Random Beer Thoughts

[PHBoiler]

That guy has since come back a apologized a bit. St. Louisans tend to get defensive about stuff (I realize I am doing just that), mostly because the city gets **** on a lot. Sometimes it's called for, most of the time it isn't. There are profiteering ******** everywhere, the "STL traders are shitlords" thing is played out. Can't we all agree to just **** on Florida?

Half of the bad St Louis rap is actually FIBs hoarding & muling Side Project. Another factor is they probably get tired of only ISO: SP. perennial, 4 hands, & 2nd shift all put out multiple trade worthy beers but they get overshadowed.

I actually made a great IP trade using that FB group. I also got numerous "offers" of random "limited" beers only ISO BCBS variants.

It's all in good fun. It takes a ground swell of generous BIFing to knock down those stereotypes. At least I think it helped with FIBSs. Not sure, maybe we're still the worst.

 

[JCastle1]

And scotch ales are even worse!

Scotch ales, barleywines, and quads are the AT&T of beer styles.

 

[Beerontwowheels]

Too ******' lazy to screenshot for full effect- but the ****** bags rated Lord Hobo's Boom Sauce an 87. To say that any beer Lord Hobo has produced is better than Trillium's worst beer would be a bold faced lie. C'mon now...

 

[austinbridges]

Scotch ales, barleywines, and quads are the AT&T of beer styles.

IPAs are boost mobile?

 

[RyanG1]

I don't really care for bocks.

I knew I liked you!

Heard that bocks. **** you!

And dopple? bocks can go straight to hell!

Unless they are the same thing

 

[Jnorton00]

Scotch ales, barleywines, and quads are the AT&T of beer styles.

You're either drunk or not drunk enough. Go away.

 

[liquiddegenerate]

Scotch ales, barleywines, and quads are the AT&T of beer styles.

 

[RyanG1]

Love me some FIBs, those Friendly Illini Brethren send the best boxes.

Now if you get the chance to trade with a sante shitlord run away!

 

[ccbstl]

Half of the bad St Louis rap is actually FIBs hoarding & muling Side Project. Another factor is they probably get tired of only ISO: SP. perennial, 4 hands, & 2nd shift all put out multiple trade worthy beers but they get overshadowed.

I actually made a great IP trade using that FB group. I also got numerous "offers" of random "limited" beers only ISO BCBS variants.

It's all in good fun. It takes a ground swell of generous BIFing to knock down those stereotypes. At least I think it helped with FIBSs. Not sure, maybe we're still the worst.

Now that batch sizes are going up and 2nd batches of the fruited stuff are coming out hopefully the death grip starts to loosen. In the past it has been genuinely hard to get beer, even for the locals, but that may change with the new brewery. I don't have any hard feelings towards FIB's, just jealousy over the ability to drop what you are doing on a Thursday afternoon and drive five hours for 4 375ml bottles of beer

 

[jivex5k1]

caveat emptor: the people usually clamoring to send you **** are usually like some obscure 7bbl 5 tap handle brewery outside of Birmingham that SWEARS their crystal laden IPA has the locals losing their **** more than trans-bathroom debates.

then you have a hot dilemma of:
1) accept something knowing you are likely gonna beat up on it OR
2) respectfully decline and look like a prick.


for every one of those boxes your cordially accept, dipshits will be like MAN U SOLD OUT, even if you **** that brewery up and provide exposure with an even hand. Because trading for ****** beer and panning it is more noble


wait what ******* forum am I in right now


how did i get here

I'm simultaneously jealous and dumbfounded people send you free beer just so you can review it.

 

[golden1]

I should become a beer reviewer and hound instagram for free porch bombs.

caveat emptor: the people usually clamoring to send you **** are usually like some obscure 7bbl 5 tap handle brewery outside of Birmingham that SWEARS their crystal laden IPA has the locals losing their **** more than trans-bathroom debates.

then you have a hot dilemma of:
1) accept something knowing you are likely gonna beat up on it OR
2) respectfully decline and look like a prick.


for every one of those boxes your cordially accept, dipshits will be like MAN U SOLD OUT, even if you **** that brewery up and provide exposure with an even hand. Because trading for ****** beer and panning it is more noble


wait what ******* forum am I in right now


how did i get here

Even the esteemed dontdrinkbeer came to Santa Ana for Good Beer. Dude in Florida may have wanted us to ship him beer.

 

[FTowne1]

That guy has since come back a apologized a bit. St. Louisans tend to get defensive about stuff (I realize I am doing just that), mostly because the city gets **** on a lot. Sometimes it's called for, most of the time it isn't. There are profiteering ******** everywhere, the "STL traders are shitlords" thing is played out. Can't we all agree to just **** on Florida?

I can say with great pride that I'm from STL and I've never had the desire to step foot in Side Project's doors and/or attempt to drink their beers. The whole situation is just way too over the ******* top for my old, basic ass.

 

[LukeAleTime]

Bruery, Alesmith and Oskar Blues to see legit distro in Australia.

 

[primebeer]

Bruery, Alesmith and Oskar Blues to see legit distro in Australia.

Source plz?

 

[trickytunadicky]

I can say with great pride that I'm from STL and I've never had the desire to step foot in Side Project's doors and/or attempt to drink their beers. The whole situation is just way too over the ******* top for my old, basic ass.

And for me, I will admit to FIBing the **** out of Michigan, and even then, I have memberships for most of that nowadays, I am just not all that into Side Project and Perennial.

 

[LukeAleTime]

Source plz?

 

[RyanG1]

I can say with great pride that I'm from STL and I've never had the desire to step foot in Side Project's doors and/or attempt to drink their beers. The whole situation is just way too over the ******* top for my old, basic ass.

That would require you to get off your lawn.

 

[FTowne1]

That would require you to get off your lawn.

I'm perfectly content on my lawn, drinking shelf saisons.

 

[JulianB1]

I'm perfectly content on my lawn, drinking shelf saisons.

I can't imagine an actual trip to Side Project (to drink, not wait in line for bottles) would be all that bad. They've got a pretty solid tap list of beers. No idea if it gets crowded or not but I'm guessing the people looking to flip bottles aren't going regularly for draft pours of their regular saisons or to drink Sierra Torpedo and FW Pivo.

 

[FTowne1]

I can't imagine an actual trip to Side Project (to drink, not wait in line for bottles) would be all that bad. They've got a pretty solid tap list of beers. No idea if it gets crowded or not but I'm guessing the people looking to flip bottles aren't going regularly for draft pours of their regular saisons or to drink Sierra Torpedo and FW Pivo.

Outside of company functions, I think I've gone to a bar to drink maybe twice in the last year or so. I'd rather take the money that I'd piss away at a bar and spend in on a fresh steak from the butcher shop, a couple nice bottles of saison, and sit outside in my backyard.

 

[SSTroller]

I can't imagine an actual trip to Side Project (to drink, not wait in line for bottles) would be all that bad. They've got a pretty solid tap list of beers. No idea if it gets crowded or not but I'm guessing the people looking to flip bottles aren't going regularly for draft pours of their regular saisons or to drink Sierra Torpedo and FW Pivo.

Just going to the SP Cellar is where its at. I've had some of the best service I've ever experienced from a bar there and his wife and crew runs that place great. Plus they only add $5-10 to the cost of their bottles, which makes it a hell of a lot easier to try them compared to trying to trade for them.

 

[jivex5k1]

Just picked up a couple Funky Buddha Wide Awake bottles, ******* 18 dollars a bomber... I feel like this is going to end in regret.

Cracked one open last night. Surprisingly it's pretty good, no ragerts.

 

[ccbstl]

Just going to the SP Cellar is where its at. I've had some of the best service I've ever experienced from a bar there and his wife and crew runs that place great. Plus they only add $5-10 to the cost of their bottles, which makes it a hell of a lot easier to try them compared to trying to trade for them.

While the releases can be a nightmare, the Cellar is a great place. It's not cheap, but they've got 3 SP beers on tap now and 4 SP bottles for on-site including Fuzzy and Derivation 5. It can get crowded, but most of the time I can walk in and get a seat at the bar. The staff is great too! They also have a nice whiskey list.

 

[BadJustin]

Outside of company functions, I think I've gone to a bar to drink maybe twice in the last year or so. I'd rather take the money that I'd piss away at a bar and spend in on a fresh steak from the butcher shop, a couple nice bottles of saison, and sit outside in my backyard.

So much this. Bars just irritate me.

 

[FTowne1]

So much this. Bars just irritate me.

We're officially old, man.

 

[RyanG1]

So much this. Bars just irritate me.

We're officially old, man.

 

[lb304854]

I'm simultaneously jealous and dumbfounded people send you free beer just so you can review it.

Emphasis.


LYMI, @DDB.

 

[BadJustin]

Can't argue with accuracy.

 

[SeaWatchman]

Local place just got a crowler filling station. I'm pretty sure it's the only one in Montana.

 

[ant880]

Local place just got a crowler filling station. I'm pretty sure it's the only one in Montana....

...and they only have Natty Light on tap to fill them with.