Random Beer Thoughts

[JCastle1]

No, these glasses. Modern Times and a couple other breweries refer to them as Nordic glasses. I’ve got a couple from Holy Mountain, too.

Holy Mountain's Twin Peaks glass is my favorite glass I'll never own. Bissell Brothers also has some really sexy ones but I've never found one.

 

[FoudreGuy]

Holy Mountain's Twin Peaks glass is my favorite glass I'll never own. Bissell Brothers also has some really sexy ones but I've never found one.

I love the White Lodge glass. Probably my favorite.

 

[andrewdrinks]

HM Shining Nordic is my favorite... they’re all pretty awesome.

 

[furley]

Yeah that makes no sense at all. The advantages of cans is that they are light/space economical for transportation, shipping, and you can drink directly from them in situations where that's ideal (pool, hiking, etc.). But if you're at a bar why the **** wouldn't you just drink a draft pour, if the option is there? It's more likely to taste fresher, be carbonated properly, and so on.

back when going to bars on a regular basis, i hated getting a glass of beer. too easy to knock over, get knocked over, bump/get bumped in to and spill.

not say that's what that guy's reason was for getting a can but.. at least there's some logic to it.

 

[JulianB1]

back when going to bars on a regular basis, i hated getting a glass of beer. too easy to knock over, get knocked over, bump/get bumped in to and spill.

not say that's what that guy's reason was for getting a can but.. at least there's some logic to it.

That's fair enough, and I suppose it depends on the type of "bar" we're talking about. I was mentally envisioning more of a chill craft beer bar/restaurant or brewery taproom. If we are talking about some asses-to-elbows meat market type place with people milling around everywhere, loud music, and a general raucous atmosphere then yeah I can understand the appeal of a bottle or can instead of a glass that's easy to spill/break/etc.

 

[RedCoffee]

julian, pls

 

[docreight1]

Yeah I second that. Took me a while to decide which glassware to make for my beers but I said **** and it and I'm using only Willi Bechers for all styles. Maybe I'll make some tulips in the future but for now I'm good.

I’m trying to convince my wife we shld get rid of our janky ass ‘water’ and juice glasses In the kitchen and class the place up with some willi Bechers.
She’s a hard sell and doesn’t see the appeal.

 

[andrewdrinks]

This is facts. I love willis for basically everything

 

[LukeAleTime]

Willi convert here. All Willi all day.

Also good for long gin and tonics, and cold filter coffees.

 

[boogercrack]

The local movie theater has one of those fancy futuristic touch screen soda machines with like, 8 different (artificial) flavor additives for Mountain Dew. Raspberry MD is the truth.

I would add the sidebar that Code Red Mountain Dew is the only soda I drink but that's like saying the only drug I do is Krokodil.

In short: ISO.

I like the fqct you felt the need to call out that the flavorings for mountian dew were artificial.

 

[Jnorton00]

Yeah I second that. Took me a while to decide which glassware to make for my beers but I said **** and it and I'm using only Willi Bechers for all styles. Maybe I'll make some tulips in the future but for now I'm good.

Lame move Jose. At least get real tulips and not the "snulip" ******** glasses if you do eventually go that route.

 

[rjose]

real tulips

The glass you're describing is actually called a "Willy", not to be confused with the "Willi".

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

Gimme a beer in one of these any day of the week

 

[JCastle1]

Lame move Jose. At least get real tulips and not the "snulip" ******** glasses if you do eventually go that route.

I don't know what this means.

 

[lb304854]

I like the fqct you felt the need to call out that the flavorings for mountian dew were artificial.

As if someone (probably from Texas) wouldn't have corrected it if I left it out.

 

[jivex5k1]

So I spent 20 bucks on a hazy dipa with a fancy label last night. I'm not thrilled about it but the beer is good and we went there just to get out of town a bit so **** it. I'm glad **** has calmed down enough to where I can casually pick up a beer like that, I think if it was a couple years ago you would have to go with that purpose and be ready to wait in line.

In fact **** has been much more chill than ever. The last time I was up north cycle had a bunch of bottles for sale. Those used to sell out in hours, I was very happy I was able grab a couple with

Hell even the garagiste recent bottle release, I was up there by coincidence, figured it was going to be a **** show but wanted to check it out anyway. Nobody was there and I had a nice relaxing time.

 

[user 312341]

Other Half is releasing a "quadruple dry hopped" IPA on Wednesday for their four year anniversary.

Come on, man.

 

[JulianB1]

Other Half is releasing a "quadruple dry hopped" IPA on Wednesday for their four year anniversary.

Come on, man.

I'd laugh if the breweries marketing beers this way were using the same amount of hops they usually do for dry-hopping and just dividing them across more additions.

 

[jivex5k1]

I'd laugh if the breweries marketing beers this way were using the same amount of hops they usually do for dry-hopping and just dividing them across more additions.

Maybe they aren't dry hopping at all. 4 x 0 = 0. Stay woke.

 

[user 312341]

I'd laugh if the breweries marketing beers this way were using the same amount of hops they usually do for dry-hopping and just dividing them across more additions.

DDH everything and anything is bad enough. I've said, can a person truly taste the difference between what is "regular" and what isn't? In some cases, yes. In some cases, maybe not. In other cases, maybe we think we do because of what we see on the can. Brewers have been doing the double dry hop thing well before it became a "thing," no?

Quadruple. GTFO. New $$$

To quote our mutual friend (who may or may not share an avatar with you), "Their marketing and hype skills are second to none."

 

[quirk6]

DDH everything and anything is bad enough. I've said, can a person truly taste the difference between what is "regular" and what isn't? In some cases, yes. In some cases, maybe not. In other cases, maybe we think we do because of what we see on the can. Brewers have been doing the double dry hop thing well before it became a "thing," no?

Quadruple. GTFO. New $$$

To quote our mutual friend (who may or may not share an avatar with you), "Their marketing and hype skills are second to none."

There's definitely a taste difference between the regular and DDH Trillium beers.

 

[JulianB1]

DDH everything and anything is bad enough. I've said, can a person truly taste the difference between what is "regular" and what isn't? In some cases, yes. In some cases, maybe not. In other cases, maybe we think we do because of what we see on the can. Brewers have been doing the double dry hop thing well before it became a "thing," no?

Quadruple. GTFO. New $$$

To quote our mutual friend (who may or may not share an avatar with you), "Their marketing and hype skills are second to none."

Oh absolutely, which is kind of what I was getting at with my joke. There's basically an unlimited number of ways a brewery could choose to handle dry hop additions, so "double dry hopped" carries almost no descriptive value on its own. It's not really any different than Miller using "triple hopped". Both terms are largely meaningless without additional info/context.

There's definitely a taste difference between the regular and DDH Trillium beers.

Yeah, it's pretty clear those are getting a big hop addition beyond what they would already be using. And I'm guessing that the use of the term for marketing/hype is mostly piggy-backing off of Trillium.

 

[Ziggy]

Anyone here about this couple that was basically running a ponzi scheme with brewing equipment?

https://www.ohio.com/akron/news/geo...stech-stainless-works-for-ripping-off-brewery

 

[FoudreGuy]

Kinda surprised no one has tried to trademark DDH...

 

[user 312341]

I'm guessing that the use of the term for marketing/hype is mostly piggy-backing off of Trillium.

Yes. Very much this.
Though I hate the term "piggy-backing" almost as much as DDH/triple dry hopped/now quadruple ******* dry hopped.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

Anyone here about this couple that was basically running a ponzi scheme with brewing equipment?

https://www.ohio.com/akron/news/geo...stech-stainless-works-for-ripping-off-brewery

 

[jivex5k1]

Yes. Very much this.
Though I hate the term "piggy-backing" almost as much as DDH/triple dry hopped/now quadruple ******* dry hopped.

Where did piggy back come from anyway. Were farmers carrying pigs around on their backs a lot? Are pigs constantly jumping over each other for some reason? They don't seem very nimble.

 

[litheum94]

Where did piggy back come from anyway. Were farmers carrying pigs around on their backs a lot? Are pigs constantly jumping over each other for some reason? They don't seem very nimble.

ant880

 

[jivex5k1]

ant880

Is ant a farmer or a pig?

 

[ant880]

ant880

Is ant a farmer or a pig?