Random Beer Thoughts

[arren]

I can tell you straight up I’m not talking down to anyone condescendingly. But I forgive you because it’s hard to gauge someone’s tone from just reading words on a screen. I asked a pretty standard and fair question and it seems your getting a little too emotional about it. Acting like a child, geez man I hope your day only gets better from here you beautiful human.lol chill, relax, maybe rub one off to my huge beer dick***

***denotes just a joke in case you misinterpret my words on a screen again.

 

[FTowne1]

I think people are going to have trouble reading your tone again

rodosman is hornydevil

 

[stupac2]

Have any sales figures indicated a broader craft beer slowdown? I feel like signs of slowing growth were apparent in 2015, with saturation and consolidation after that. Has 2018 actually reflected a pause or contraction?

Bummer for Council.

I was just going from general scuttlebutt and observation, not hard numbers. I'm pretty sure that the number of breweries is still increasing, but I'm not even sure where to look for the rest. Maybe the Brewers' Association will put out some kind of year-end report soon.

 

[wuntrikpony]

******* yinzer is ******* yinzer

checks out

 

[trickytunadicky]

This is way too many pages dedicated to a not very good Toppling Goliath beer. **** you are going to drive the few people left off the site.

 

[ggfunk]

Guys, I found Rodos Man!

 

[BadJustin]

LBS owner writes a weekly column in a local paper, I am gonna go out on a limb and say this is directed at me and my friends. Finally, the recognition I have been waiting for.


Some of these beer “experts” are also trying to bring levity back to a culture deemed too pretentious by posting “chugging videos.”

Beer culture should not be condescending, but not all beer is created equal, nor does it not need to be dumbed down or disrespected.

Nothing like chugging a $50 bottle of Cantillon Lambic, spontaneously fermented and aged to perfection, to prove money is no object and you’re a regular guy who also loves Natty Ice.

 

[NeedsMoreDog]

Guys, I found Rodos Man!

take it to the gaming LIF

 

[Lutter]

No ******* way it's per can. I mean it is Florida but give them a little credit. The whole cheaper on release day thing is pretty funny though.

Most definitely not per can. Go check em out. They are rad dudes.

Is it bad in this day and age that I wouldn't even blink totally thinking that was true? We're not that far off with Treehouse/Trillium pricing hitting $7/can.

 

[Josh2]

LBS owner writes a weekly column in a local paper, I am gonna go out on a limb and say this is directed at me and my friends. Finally, the recognition I have been waiting for.


Some of these beer “experts” are also trying to bring levity back to a culture deemed too pretentious by posting “chugging videos.”

Beer culture should not be condescending, but not all beer is created equal, nor does it not need to be dumbed down or disrespected.

Nothing like chugging a $50 bottle of Cantillon Lambic, spontaneously fermented and aged to perfection, to prove money is no object and you’re a regular guy who also loves Natty Ice.

You should take a lambic bath and spit mouth fountains next time.

 

[ggfunk]

take it to the gaming LIF

**** your mother.

 

[trickytunadicky]

You should take a lambic bath and spit mouth fountains next time.

Or send him the Zwanze Day Moeder Lambic video.

 

[litheum94]

There any new notable breweries in the Fort Lauderdale area I should be visiting next week? I'm gonna be there for 1 night before we head down to the Keys for a week.

Definitely hitting up Laser Wolf. That's all I have on the agenda thus far.

Say hi to Robert the Doll for me.

 

[Lutter]

Say hi to Robert the Doll for me.

Nightmare fuel for sure....

Not sure if we're making the drive down to Key West. Going to mostly be in the Islamorada area.

Gonna ruin myself with conch fritters and Yuengling.

 

[FoudreGuy]

Nightmare fuel for sure....



Not sure if we're making the drive down to Key West. Going to mostly be in the Islamorada area.

Gonna ruin myself with conch fritters and Yuengling.

TIL conch fritters are a thing.

 

[Lutter]

TIL conch fritters are a thing.

A very delicious thing if done correctly.

 

[JCastle1]

TIL conch fritters are a thing.

Missing out, my friend.

 

[Beer4B]

Is it bad in this day and age that I wouldn't even blink totally thinking that was true? We're not that far off with Treehouse/Trillium pricing hitting $7/can.

Not that far off?

[insert image of The Answer waving while holding a f&*king milk stout can]

 

[NeedsMoreDog]

Leaving the office yesterday I had a decision to make between two options:

1. Go to local craft store and buy a stovetop BA 1050 and 4-pack of local haze for around $25+ combined and hope the hops are excellent but know the chance of them being tough to drink are just as likely.

or

2. Go to Publix and buy the Sierra Nevada Snow Pack 12-pack on sale for $16 out the door.

SN is going to get a lot more of my $ this year, and I'm really not a big fan of SNPA (solid, just always 2-3 months out)

I run into these situations all the time. I usually just buy a 6 pack of good fresh IPA and a 12 pack of yuengling or pils for less than the ba beer and hazy 4 pack.

I just don't like spending the money for what turns out to be an average product. Plus I have beer for two weekends this way compared to one

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pretty much what is happening to me, I've drank a lot of Celebration this year

 

[FoudreGuy]

Missing out, my friend.

No conch in the Puget Sound. Surprised we don't do this out here with our native shellfish, though. Geoduck fritters might be tasty.

Guess it is a thing:
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports...hood-has-a-delectable-geoduck-fritter-recipe/

 

[Lutter]

No conch in the Puget Sound. Surprised we don't do this out here with our native shellfish, though. Geoduck fritters might be tasty.

Guess it is a thing:
https://www.seattletimes.com/sports...hood-has-a-delectable-geoduck-fritter-recipe/

I was suprised to see our Chinese supermarket has geoduck the other day (I'm sure probably from China, but still)

 

[FoudreGuy]

I was suprised to see our Chinese supermarket has geoduck the other day (I'm sure probably from China, but still)

We export the majority of geoduck to China, so probably not.

 

[liquiddegenerate]

rodosman is hornydevil

Also TBBC Reef Donkey>>>>>all other distributed canned FL hoppy beers.

 

[Beer4B]

Leaving the office yesterday I had a decision to make between two options:

1. Go to local craft store and buy a stovetop BA 1050 and 4-pack of local haze for around $25+ combined and hope the hops are excellent but know the chance of them being tough to drink are just as likely.

or

2. Go to Publix and buy the Sierra Nevada Snow Pack 12-pack on sale for $16 out the door.

SN is going to get a lot more of my $ this year, and I'm really not a big fan of SNPA (solid, just always 2-3 months out)

Holy **** update: was running around so dropped into craft store to see actual pricing...

BA 1050 stovepipe is $15 and the local 4-Pack of Haze hops: $22!!!!

So I was really choosing between $16 and $37.




It’s almost like they don’t even want us to buy their beer these days.

 

[pen15clubmember]

Our employees already felt well compensated under our tip-based model.

Just had to throw that in. Wasn't it friend(s) of employees who felt like they were being jobbed who brought this whole thing to light?

 

[Nivek43]

Re: SR-71. This is mostly from memory so I could be off, but at least some of it is backed up by some searching.

-The original batch was draft-only, was called SR-71, and was not barrel-aged. For reference: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/23222/91930/

Ignore all the recent check-ins by people not paying attention, and observe that the earliest ones (and only actual review) are from April 2013 around the time of the KBBS b1 release. Ratings were good, not spectacular. Note that there was a lull in reviews, followed by a couple in March 2015. Which is where this picks back up. Note the new, separate beer listing on BA, and when reviews start: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/23222/162502/?view=beer&sort=&start=475

Forward to March 2015. This beer hit my radar because it was on the taplist for Huna Day. Discussion at the time was basically that it was as described above and wasn't really moving the needle compared to the more hyped stuff like Mornin' Delight. Then the bottle release takes place and people find out that it's a "new" beer of the same name, rumored to be 2014 Assassin barrels that were not considered ready for release at the time. This is one of many theories about this beer now floating around, none of them confirmed. Others include that it has adjuncts like vanilla, or that it's not rejected barrels but ones that were considered particularly interesting and aged for longer for that reason. Who knows, but obviously a new BA stout from TG sent the hype train into overdrive. I never tried it at Huna Day as I didn't want to wait in line. Eventually did try it at Cycle BA Day, from a bottle, 3 years later in March 2018. It was good.

I stopped in to the old taproom about 2 years ago on the Friday before Zwanze day as I was going to visit a friend in Dubuque. Mike happened to be sitting at the bar eating some pizza. I struck up a conversation with him and asked him about SR-71, the first bottling. He said it was extended aged Assassin with small amount of vanilla beans thrown in.





But this is the internet.

 

[jammery]

LBS owner writes a weekly column in a local paper, I am gonna go out on a limb and say this is directed at me and my friends. Finally, the recognition I have been waiting for.

you’re a regular guy who also loves Natty Ice.

definitely not you. Natty Ice? No. Regular guy? I don't know your full BM schedule but from the sound of it (wink) I'd say you're far from regular.

 

[BadJustin]

definitely not you. Natty Ice? No. Regular guy? I don't know your full BM schedule but from the sound of it (wink) I'd say you're far from regular.

The beers have been changed to protect the "innocent"

 

[furley]

Jai Alai sucks, fite me

probably my most drank beer of the last 4-5 months

 

[furley]

TIL conch fritters are a thing.

if you should remember anything about Trick Daddy it's that the man ******* loves conch fritters


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