Random Beer Thoughts

[spewlanders]

I have never returned a single bottle to get the deposit back in my entire life. I put the bottles & cans out with my recycling every week and if someone who is needier or has more ambition than I do (which is most people) comes by to pick them up for the returns before the garbage men do, then everyone wins. Does that make me an ******* too?

I have nipples. Can you milk me?

1) No, you're recycling them.
2) Don't know, never tried.

 

[seedavid]

I want to say that the Tired Hands Growler Policy® might be partially due to: A) PA laws about breweries only selling their beer in their own branded growlers (which not all actually follow) B) A growler has to have the GOVERNMENT WARNING on it (which not all actually follow) or C) Tired Hands wants to make sure their snowflake beer is in a container with their precious logo.

From their website:

OUR PROPER NEW GROWLER POLICY NOW THAT WE ARE PRODUCING A HEALTHY AND SUSTAINABLE AMOUNT OF BEER.

Effective immediately at both the BrewCafé and the Fermentaria:

Please feel free to fill as many growlers as you would like. In Pennsylvania, each transaction must be limited to 192 fluid ounces. This means that upon receipt, if you would like to purchase more than 192 fluid ounces of our beer, you must leave the premises and then return to pick up additional beer (and then repeat the cycle if you’d like any more beer!).

We will also be opening up for 64 oz growler fills on MOST ALL BEERS. There will, of course, continue to be a few beers that we will not do any growler fills of (one-off kegs, anniversary beers, etc.), but this should be a rare occurrence.

We will continue to fill our branded glassware only, as we are STILL exceedingly proud to put our name on our Strange & Beautiful beer. If this is a very big issue for you, we will be happy to let you “trade-in” any growler for one of ours. Sound good?

Many thanks for bearing with us over the past three years. We are forever humbled and extremely grateful for your support.

We’ll see you soon.

Jean Broillet IV

Nothing about a requirement that it be branded, or the gov't warning.

60 seconds of research shows me that Tired Hands, as a brew pub, can fill other people's growlers. They just choose not to.

 

[jivex5k1]

From their website:



Nothing about a requirement that it be branded, or the gov't warning.

60 seconds of research shows me that Tired Hands, as a brew pub, can fill other people's growlers. They just choose not to.

Maybe their hands are just too tired.

 

[delawaaare]

Don't let the talk of Tired Hands growler filling policy distract you all from the real issue at hand.


The Golden State Warriors blew a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

From their website:



Nothing about a requirement that it be branded, or the gov't warning.

60 seconds of research shows me that Tired Hands, as a brew pub, can fill other people's growlers. They just choose not to.

My reasoning for the branding/warning aspect was that I had email exchanges with East End about bringing in growlers other than their own. They eventually told me they could fill a growler that wasn't their own that also didn't have another brewery's logo on it so long as it had the warning. So either East End didn't know this or they got their wrist slapped. This was 2014. Probably when they were a brewery only as right now on their website they have this:

"Now that the PLCB has granted us a Brewpub License AND loosened the rules for such things, we can now fill Growlers from other Breweries, in addition to our own. PROGRESS!!!"

 

[Snarf1]

When it is $6 for an incredibly full 16oz cup at a concert, La Folie is my favorite beer.

 

[jivex5k1]

Apparently the assistant brewer at Cask and Larder didn't like how I was making fun of his hazy IPAs so he decided to laugh at my pickles. Now I'm all for a good back and forth, but talking **** about another man's pickles is going too far.

As if that wasn't harmful enough he proceeded to make fun of my "face in a corn cob" picture, and then suggested I purchased my Simpson's beer shirt at Spencers. With heavy hitting insults like these I was left with no choice but to retaliate.

I fear my group membership may be short lived.

 

[coach1]

This is what the bottom of a Flower Power keg looks like. In case you were wondering.

I'm going to message Ithaca and ask why they put all the hazy IPA at the bottom.

 

[quirk6]

This is what the bottom of a Flower Power keg looks like. In case you were wondering.

I'm going to message Ithaca and ask why they put all the hazy IPA at the bottom.

Murky IPAs, the next hot trend. Gimme dat hop sludge.

 

[shuggy1]

Murky IPAs, the next hot trend. Gimme dat hop sludge.

The next hot trend in ipa is going to be ones that are so full of extraneous matter that they can only be consumed with a spoon.

 

[RedCoffee]

The next hot trend in ipa is going to be ones that are so full of extraneous matter that they can only be consumed with a spoon.

Just as our beermaking ancestors did!

 

[coach1]

The next hot trend in ipa is going to be ones that are so full of extraneous matter that they can only be consumed with a spoon.

The **** in that pic was close. That sat in front of me for a solid 15 minutes & the head didn't dissipate at all. The bartender was surprised I didn't want to drink my free "beer."

 

[quirk6]

The **** in that pic was close. That sat in front of me for a solid 15 minutes & the head didn't dissipate at all. The bartender was surprised I didn't want to drink my free "beer."

******* beer pudding, man. I'd eat it.

 

[chefduff2]

The **** in that pic was close. That sat in front of me for a solid 15 minutes & the head didn't dissipate at all. The bartender was surprised I didn't want to drink my free "beer."

I don't know what the problem is in packaging, but I'll go down the street to Ithaca grab a FP to an out of Towner and they are always surprised. The beer is great on tap at the brewery and definitely doesn't look like that. I'm also wondering when we will see anything come from this huge warehouse filled with barrel storage.

 

[Ataraxia1]

The next hot trend in ipa is going to be ones that are so full of extraneous matter that they can only be consumed with a spoon.

 

[Sam Fu]

Fro-Yo IPA



and it'll be gluten free or some **** too



God I hate humanity

 

[JCastle1]

Fro-Yo IPA



and it'll be gluten free or some **** too



God I hate humanity

#closeenough

 

[furley]

did anyone realize breweries are making cloudy IPAs? i didn't until it got beaten to absolute ******* death here for the last several months. then beaten to death some more. and then some more.

 

[JCastle1]

did anyone realize breweries are making cloudy IPAs? i didn't until it got beaten to absolute ******* death here for the last several months. then beaten to death some more. and then some more.

I never noticed when other breweries started making them but the crowds at Trillium grew exponentially after their first anniversary when they started pumping out Fort Point more often.

 

[nanobrew1]

did anyone realize breweries are making cloudy IPAs? i didn't until it got beaten to absolute ******* death here for the last several months. then beaten to death some more. and then some more.

I remember when OG Nelson would have hop haze, and pours from the same keg at different times would have different haze (Sebowski ). Then I remember Hoody Teapers drink from a can because the pour looks like **** with yeast floaties it taste better. After that it was seeing Hoof Hearted (******* terrible brewery name) rushing on the scene with BEST EVA IPAS... that look like chicken broth/shart water. Now it seems IPAs are not taken seriously unless they look like unfermented wort.

 

[drgarage1]

I remember when OG Nelson would have hop haze, and pours from the same keg at different times would have different haze (Sebowski ). Then I remember Hoody Teapers drink from a can because the pour looks like **** with yeast floaties it taste better. After that it was seeing Hoof Hearted (******* terrible brewery name) rushing on the scene with BEST EVA IPAS... that look like chicken broth/shart water. Now it seems IPAs are not taken seriously unless they look like unfermented wort.

Most unfermented wort is clearer than Hoof Hearted.

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

Some brewery should put chicken broth cut with orange juice on tap just to see the responses.

ISO: Campbell's/Sunkist/Hoof Hearted collab

FT: BIG stouts, out of distrib sours, Assassin x2, Pliny no extras

 

[Sam Fu]

Some brewery should put chicken broth cut with orange juice on tap just to see the responses.

ISO: Campbell's/Sunkist/Hoof Hearted collab

FT: BIG stouts, out of distrib sours, Assassin x2, Pliny no extras

A mix of orange/citrus juice and hop hash/powder would fly off of taps. Especially if you told them it was from Tired Hands/Treehouse/etc

People are that stupid

 

[JCastle1]

A mix of orange/citrus juice and hop hash/powder would fly off of taps.

I might honestly try to make this. I've made hopped sodas and tonic before, what could go wrong with OJ?

 

[furley]

I remember when OG Nelson would have hop haze, and pours from the same keg at different times would have different haze (Sebowski ). Then I remember Hoody Teapers drink from a can because the pour looks like **** with yeast floaties it taste better. After that it was seeing Hoof Hearted (******* terrible brewery name) rushing on the scene with BEST EVA IPAS... that look like chicken broth/shart water. Now it seems IPAs are not taken seriously unless they look like unfermented wort.

Sebowski > hey

 

[Fahmie25]

did anyone realize breweries are making cloudy IPAs? i didn't until it got beaten to absolute ******* death here for the last several months. then beaten to death some more. and then some more.

it's pretty funny how a post about people bitching about hazy IPA's just opened the floodgates for people to continue bitching about hazy IPAs

 

[furley]

it's pretty funny how a post about people bitching about hazy IPA's just opened the floodgates for people to continue bitching about hazy IPAs

the wurst

 

[nanobrew1]

A mix of orange/citrus juice and hop hash/powder would fly off of taps. Especially if you told them it was from Tired Hands/Treehouse/etc

People are that stupid

I make an orange soda using: caramelized sugar, orange juice, vanilla bean, citric acid, malt, and hops. I like it a lot.

 

[jivex5k1]

I make an orange soda using: caramelized sugar, orange juice, vanilla bean, citric acid, malt, and hops. I like it a lot.

 

[coach1]

I don't know what the problem is in packaging, but I'll go down the street to Ithaca grab a FP to an out of Towner and they are always surprised. The beer is great on tap at the brewery and definitely doesn't look like that. I'm also wondering when we will see anything come from this huge warehouse filled with barrel storage.

Yeah, I've had it many times and it's been really good (and transparent). The bartender said the rest of the keg was fine. I was just bummed I didn't actually get any drinkable Flower Power.