Random Beer Thoughts

[jivex5k1]

That's the thing with THA tho, you gotta sit on it for years to let it mature.

I can remember bringing vintage bottles of THA was all the rage when I first started going to bottle shares. Thomas Hardy Ale & JW Lees FTW.

I remember hearing that about Samichlaus. I had a two year old one eventually, it was still terrible.

 

[FTowne1]

Some people don't run in beer-only circles. Shocking I know.

Preach

 

[JulianB1]

Some people don't run in beer-only circles. Shocking I know.

That's a bit of a strawman. Are there people who there who blow hundreds of greenbacks on festival and bottle release tickets, hang out on beer media sites, and do a lot of beer tourism, that don't know or hang out with any local friends into craft beer? Yeah, I'm sure there are a few, but it's likely a pretty big exception. I'm not talking about someone who only hits up their local breweries or stores.

 

[quirk6]

I remember hearing that about Samichlaus. I had a two year old one eventually, it was still terrible.

Drank it fresh once. That was ******* awful.

 

[boogercrack]

Drank it once. That was ******* awful.

 

[Kasher]

That's a bit of a strawman. Are there people who there who blow hundreds of greenbacks on festival and bottle release tickets, hang out on beer media sites, and do a lot of beer tourism, that don't know or hang out with any local friends into craft beer? Yeah, I'm sure there are a few, but it's likely a pretty big exception. I'm not talking about someone who only hits up their local breweries or stores.

Just as a data point. If I bought a Mexican Cake package or however they're selling those stupid things now, I don't think I could convince any of my friends to buy one, even at cost. They'd probably look at me when I told them the price and wonder where I suddenly found disposable income like that.

I guess I just don't have to many friends that would want to ogle my rare stouts. I guess beer isn't as much of hobby for me as it's just something I like to drink.

Different stouts for different folks.

 

[Ziggy]

If someone drinks treehouse beer in the woods and nobody was around to see it.

Did they actually drink it? Or was it traded?

 

[jivex5k1]

If someone drinks treehouse beer in the woods and nobody was around to see it.

Did they actually drink it? Or was it traded?

Depends. Did it still end up on Instagram?

 

[JulianB1]

If someone drinks treehouse beer in the woods and nobody was around to see it.

Did they actually drink it? Or was it traded razzled?

FTFY

 

[Ziggy]

Depends. Did it still end up on Instagram?

 

[sacrelicio]

If someone drinks treehouse beer in the woods and nobody was around to see it.

Did they actually drink it? Or was it traded?

It was sold for 40 bucks a can

 

[FoudreGuy]

Just as a data point. If I bought a Mexican Cake package or however they're selling those stupid things now, I don't think I could convince any of my friends to buy one, even at cost. They'd probably look at me when I told them the price and wonder where I suddenly found disposable income like that.

I guess I just don't have to many friends that would want to ogle my rare stouts. I guess beer isn't as much of hobby for me as it's just something I like to drink.

Different stouts for different folks.

I'm the same way. I've got friends who like craft beer but not enough to drop that much on a bottle.

 

[arren]

I'm the same way. I've got friends who like craft beer but not enough to drop that much on a bottle.

Yeah, as time goes on I find it exceedingly more difficult to spend more than $20/bottle on something that ultimately just gives me rancid farts the morning after I drink it.

 

[Hookemhops13]

Yeah, as time goes on I find it exceedingly more difficult to spend more than $20/bottle on something that ultimately just gives me rancid farts the morning after I drink it.

That's my favorite part!

 

[furley]

looking like he and Traficant visit the same hair stylist

 

[jbeezification1]

I'm with Bourdain on that. Flights can go to hell. I just want my full size beer, I don't want to be stuck behind some indecisive group who want to drink it all.

There's a bar in Glaveston that will sell you a flight of one beer for cheaper per ounce than getting that much not in a flight. So I will order two flights.

 

[JulianB1]

There's a bar in Glaveston that will sell you a flight of one beer for cheaper per ounce than getting that much not in a flight. So I will order two flights.

I've been to some bars that do pints, samples, and flights, where a 4oz sample of some beer would be like $4, but you can get it in a flight with 3 other beers for a total of $8.

 

[FoudreGuy]

There's a bar in Glaveston that will sell you a flight of one beer for cheaper per ounce than getting that much not in a flight. So I will order two flights.

I'm mostly talking about breweries/taprooms where I get stuck in line behind the people on the Cycle Pub who all want flights and don't know what they want.

Rage.

 

[Hookemhops13]

We need more honesty in craft beer. Getting tired of asking "How is that beer".

Answer "Oh it's great!".

No. No its not. It's not horrible but it's not great by any means....

 

[masterovkhaos]

Why would anyone hate on flights? There are too many ****** beers to have to drink a pint of something you've never tried.

 

[quirk6]

Why would anyone hate on flights? There are too many ****** beers to have to drink a pint of something you've never tried.

Flights suit the way I'd usually prefer to drink.

 

[JulianB1]

Why would anyone hate on flights? There are too many ****** beers to have to drink a pint of something you've never tried.

Like anything else in craft beer, I feel like there's a time and a place for flights. If I'm at a brewery with lots of options (especially one I've never been to before), or a bar that rotates 100 taps and has tons of local stuff to that area on draft, it's great to have the option to try a bunch of beers. If I'm at a bar with a rock-solid tap list of 10-20 beers that are known quantities or a brewery I've been to many times, I'd rather just grab a full glass of something good.

 

[FoudreGuy]

I'd rather just have a full pour of something, and I've got a good track record of mostly ordering good beer. To each their own.

 

[lambandtunaphish]

I'd rather just have a full pour of something, and I've got a good track record of mostly ordering good beer. To each their own.

Jason? tawd?
https://www.beeradvocate.com/mag/14230/suffering-samplers/

 

[caaam]

Like anything else in craft beer, I feel like there's a time and a place for flights

Read this as "a time and a place for fights" and thought this turned into a tree house parking lot thing already.

FWIW I love flights as a patron when they're mine (keeps me from getting stuck with ****** beer, get ticks in a larger than sample format) but hate them when i'm next in line behind flight guy, or as a bartender (dramatically more work than one beer, especially if there's a paddle involved)

My personal favorite is what places like wicked weed do - a 3oz pour of anything for one of a couple set prices ($2 or $3 i think, depending on the price of the beer) and you can do that as a flight or just 1 or two at a time. I think that's a good compromise (and, keeps people from sampling all day without buying, another pet peeve of mine)

 

[Stubs]

Read this as "a time and a place for fights" and thought this turned into a tree house parking lot thing already.

FWIW I love flights as a patron when they're mine (keeps me from getting stuck with ****** beer, get ticks in a larger than sample format) but hate them when i'm next in line behind flight guy, or as a bartender (dramatically more work than one beer, especially if there's a paddle involved)

My personal favorite is what places like wicked weed do - a 3oz pour of anything for one of a couple set prices ($2 or $3 i think, depending on the price of the beer) and you can do that as a flight or just 1 or two at a time. I think that's a good compromise (and, keeps people from sampling all day without buying, another pet peeve of mine)

Avery does the same thing as WW. It's awesome. Like a fight you can order as you go, don't hold up the line, and you don't get shitfaced off of 18% adjunct stouts.

 

[FTowne1]

you don't get shitfaced off of 18% adjunct stouts

 

[Gonzoillini1]

I'll get a flight at a new brewery for sure, but there are some etiquette things I think far too many beer folks either A) are oblivious about or B) are jagoffs and don't give a **** about.

Example, going to a new brewery early on a Saturday to grabbing a flight to decide what I like / don't like / might want a full size pour of is a totally normal thing to do.

Going to a brewery and asking for samples of beers that you are going to get in a 5oz or smaller glass in a flight is ******* asinine and makes you look like a ********. Same for ordering a flight at 10pm on a busy Friday where the bar is 2 deep. Or walking up with a group of 3+ people and everyone in the group orders their own custom flights.

 

[Sam Fu]

Whenever I witness a bartender get asked for a flight I always pray he/she turns and says "I'll give you a sample, of DIS DICK"










This is why I don't hire bartenders for a living

 

[LukeAleTime]

Sometimes I like flights, sometimes I like full pours.

One thing I hate is people policing how others should enjoy their beer. Drink it in your ass for all I care.