Random Beer Thoughts

[tosh1]

A Saaz-hopped pale ale? Not sure what about that was unclear.

Neat take on "New England pale ale" or alternatively a spin on a dry-hopped pils/kolsch

 

[Lutter]

You can raffle off backyard chicken eggs? We get over a dozen a day and refuse to sell them for the 2.50/dz they go for around here.

I need to get some chickens.,.

... at the farmer’s market yesterday the standard price was $5/regular $6/jumbo dozen eggs.

 

[JulianB1]

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I guess my point is it was sort of a mash-up of the two. When people think of a "NEPA" they pretty much default to "fruity" hops like citra, mosaic, etc. So it could be viewed as either a take on that style but with a much different than typical hop, or alternatively something like a dry-hopped pils/kolsh (where Saaz would be standard) but with a more "pale ale" malt/yeast combo.

 

[NeedsMoreDog]

I guess my point is it was sort of a mash-up of the two. When people think of a "NEPA" they pretty much default to "fruity" hops like citra, mosaic, etc. So it could be viewed as either a take on that style but with a much different than typical hop, or alternatively something like a dry-hopped pils/kolsh (where Saaz would be standard) but with a more "pale ale" malt/yeast combo.

 

[JulianB1]

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I normally don't read Instagram comments/replies, but couldn't help take a look on this one. They are as lit as expected.

 

[Josh2]

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I normally don't read Instagram comments/replies, but couldn't help take a look on this one. They are as lit as expected.

Good for them.

My wife has 2 wedding venues. Shes instituted a no kids policy at one and no unsupervised kids outside the other.

People are ****** parents who don't care about their children's action when they're drinking

 

[Jnorton00]

Good for them.



People are ****** parents who don't care about their children

FTFY.

 

[sacrelicio]

Local brewery has a pretty cool new beer I haven't really experienced before: they did a single hop pale ale with Saaz, a pretty clean malt bill (mostly 2-row) and their English ale yeast they use for their NEIPAs. These pale ales are mainly brewed as a way to propagate the yeast and maintain yeast health, but this is a legitimately tasty beer. Some spicy and tangerine-esque hoppy aspects, a soft mouth feel, and a neutral malt profile. Neat take on "New England pale ale" or alternatively a spin on a dry-hopped pils/kolsch. Flavorful but drinkable and not palate-fatigueing.

Sounds legit. Srs.

 

[drgarage1]

Good for them.

My wife has 2 wedding venues. Shes instituted a no kids policy at one and no unsupervised kids outside the other.

People are ****** parents who don't care about their children's action when they're drinking

I'm 100% in favor of doing adult swim at a certain hour. 6 or 7 is perfect. A lot of bars in Europe do this, and it works great. People with kids come early, give a lot of business to the place at a low-demand moment, and then people who hate being around kids have the place to themselves afterward.

Barebottle in SF does it this way.

 

[stupac2]

I'm 100% in favor of doing adult swim at a certain hour. 6 or 7 is perfect. A lot of bars in Europe do this, and it works great. People with kids come early, give a lot of business to the place at a low-demand moment, and then people who hate being around kids have the place to themselves afterward.

Barebottle in SF does it this way.

I've only been to Barebottle once but I literally cannot imagine bringing a kid there. It was so unpleasant. Super ******* crowded and super ******* loud. People were in there with babies! I bring my kid to lots of places, but would never do it there. Baffling.

 

[drgarage1]

I've only been to Barebottle once but I literally cannot imagine bringing a kid there. It was so unpleasant. Super ******* crowded and super ******* loud. People were in there with babies! I bring my kid to lots of places, but would never do it there. Baffling.

You gotta go to the room off the main area. It's nothing but kids and friendly dogs. Totally fine.

 

[sacrelicio]

I'm fine with a family-friendly taproom but some people treat the like it's an open space where their kids can do whatever they want.

 

[Jnorton00]

You gotta go to the room off the main area. It's nothing but kids and friendly dogs. Totally fine.

Sounds like hell on earth.

 

[lb304854]

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I normally don't read Instagram comments/replies, but couldn't help take a look on this one. They are as lit as expected.

Good. Surprised the argument from six months ago took this long to snap back the other way.

 

[FTowne1]

Sounds like hell on earth.

I don't go to bars much at all anymore, but if there was one full of friendly dogs close by I'd be a regular.

 

[stupac2]

You gotta go to the room off the main area. It's nothing but kids and friendly dogs. Totally fine.

I was at a birthday party and I think that's where we were. It was still loud. Like, the place had concert-level volumes, it sucked to be at.

 

[drgarage1]

I was at a birthday party and I think that's where we were. It was still loud. Like, the place had concert-level volumes, it sucked to be at.

Huh. That hasn't been my experience. They sometimes do birthday parties more toward the pingpong table, and it is crazy loud there.

 

[user 307594]

I'm fine with a family-friendly taproom but some people treat the like it's an open space where their kids can do whatever they want.

More than once I've had to ask parents to get their toddler off our forklift. I cannot imagine letting small children play on dangerous industrial equipment. It's baffling.

 

[jdd419]

More than once I've had to ask parents to get their toddler off our forklift. I cannot imagine letting small children play on dangerous industrial equipment. It's baffling.

My kid is allowed to do whatever they want. They are perfect and you are wrong.


That is the reply I would expect to hear from people who let their kids do stuff like that.

 

[chefduff2]

I took my kids to all kinds of places when they were young and either in a carrier or a car seat. Once they became mobile it became a lot more selective and usually just for a family meal at place that happens to serve beer.

 

[quirk6]

My kid is allowed to do whatever they want. They are perfect and you are wrong.


That is the reply I would expect to hear from people who let their kids do stuff like that.

My kid is perfect.



Because it doesn't exist.




Perfect.

 

[jdd419]

My kid is perfect.



Because it doesn't exist.




Perfect.

You have a way with words that really sums it up

 

[Arbitrator]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/10/belgium-sour-lambic-beer-climate-change-risk

Climate change is putting one of the world’s oldest beer varieties at risk, environmental scientists and one of Belgium’s leading artisan brewers have said.

A study into temperatures in Brussels and the Pajottenland region south-west of the Belgian capital has raised doubts over the future of the sour lambic beer produced exclusively in the region.

Cross-posting to the Science thread.

 

[stupac2]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/10/belgium-sour-lambic-beer-climate-change-risk



Cross-posting to the Science thread.

Hey, SeaWatchman was in there!

Also, I know JVR says he suspects that artificial cooling would change the beer, but it seems to me like using passive-ish (so non-airflow) methods could keep it as close as possible. (So, say, water cooling the coolship.) It's not going to get any cooler going forward, so they might have to work out something like that to keep it going.

 

[drgarage1]

Hey, SeaWatchman was in there!

Also, I know JVR says he suspects that artificial cooling would change the beer, but it seems to me like using passive-ish (so non-airflow) methods could keep it as close as possible. (So, say, water cooling the coolship.) It's not going to get any cooler going forward, so they might have to work out something like that to keep it going.

Biggest challenge would be which microbes are in the air at which temperatures. Not sure how cooling helps with that.

 

[SeaWatchman]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/10/belgium-sour-lambic-beer-climate-change-risk



Cross-posting to the Science thread.

Yeah, Science! We've been working on this project since late 2016 and it's been pretty awesome but sad at the same time. I'd also suggest reading this post from Brussels Beer City who got this out on the internet again: https://www.beercity.brussels/home/2018/climate-change-brasserie-cantillon-lambic Eoghan did a great job summarizing our work and sat down with Jean, Mark, Asa, and me in June while we were there working with the instruments and prepping our talk for Carnivale Brettanomyces.

Hey, SeaWatchman was in there!

Also, I know JVR says he suspects that artificial cooling would change the beer, but it seems to me like using passive-ish (so non-airflow) methods could keep it as close as possible. (So, say, water cooling the coolship.) It's not going to get any cooler going forward, so they might have to work out something like that to keep it going.

When he talks about climatizing the brewery, it's more for the cellaring aspect. Even though the brewing season has tightened up a bit, there's still work arounds (such as brewing on weekends or brewing more intensely), but it's still somewhat unpredictable. The one thing he can do now though is check real-time conditions at the brewery by logging into our weather station and not relying on the weather forecast. I don't see any work being done on/to/around the coolship anytime soon, but that's just my opinion.

Biggest challenge would be which microbes are in the air at which temperatures. Not sure how cooling helps with that.

Indeed. Of course, their location isn't helping them at all. They are in a city after all, and it's warmer there and it retains more heat overall. Interestingly, the lot that used to be completely vacant across the street from them is now a high rise apartment building in progress. No idea how that will effect anything.

One of the more interesting things about this whole project so far has been seeing just how massive that building is. You don't realize it when you're in there, but the building is realllllly long in the back. I'd say at least 50 yards or more. I wish I had gotten a shot from up on the roof of how far back it goes because I was stunned. Also, the collective WTF look from a large tour group when four random people came out of the attic one day covered in dust was hilarious.

 

[BadJustin]

Guy I am in a beer group with got a whaleslayer yesterday. Get this ****..........1500.00 ******* dollars. Why?

 

[Jnorton00]

Guy I am in a beer group with got a whaleslayer yesterday. Get this ****..........1500.00 ******* dollars. Why?

People go crazy and bid bid bid on them.

 

[NClambicguy]

Guy I am in a beer group with got a whaleslayer yesterday. Get this ****..........1500.00 ******* dollars. Why?

How else are you going to stab the ****** that takes the oversized pours of the whales at the next share?

 

[BadJustin]

People go crazy and bid bid bid on them.

It was more rhetorical but yeah I know. I hope he gives himself a puncture wound.