Random Beer Thoughts

[Gene1]

I don't have an issue with a brewery pricing their beer according to what the market will bear. They certainly should do that. I suppose I'm really just lamenting what the market will bear. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[Beer4B]

I don't have an issue with a brewery pricing their beer according to what the market will bear. They certainly should do that. I suppose I'm really just lamenting what the market will bear. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

And the fact that the market still bears bombers of hops (and their prices) is embarrassing to mankind.

 

[jivex5k1]

Srs, no need to alliterate

Annoying alliteration always assembles an astronomical amount of anger.

 

[NAD1983]

Here's a decent article that discusses the costs of various can types and owning v using mobile. It only uses one vendor as an example, so not that thorough but it's the best I could find.

 

[landrewg]

I want to know who this "pro" is giving us all these "tips".

 

[regularjohn]

I want to know who this "pro" is giving us all these "tips".

I'm not a pro but i'll give you just the tip.

 

[caaam]

a take so hot you need oven mitts to handle it

I'm convinced this is someone's troll account to see how many posts can be made while getting zero likes.

 

[jbeezification1]

I'm convinced this is someone's troll account to see how many posts can be made while getting zero likes.

I lol'd.

 

[jivex5k1]

I'm convinced this is someone's troll account to see how many posts can be made while getting zero likes.

Only account I've ignored here. I think some people say the same thing about me though.

 

[Stubs]

Only account I've ignored here. I think some people say the same thing about me though.

I said it about you as a joke with the whole autoliker thing then I just turned off likes.

 

[Barroomhero]

I suppose I'm really just lamenting what the market will bear. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It has gotten rather absurd.

But then again, I'm just part of the problem...

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

I'm convinced this is someone's troll account to see how many posts can be made while getting zero likes.

Nah it's a real person who gets zero likes IRL too.

 

[girlscantell]

Pro-Tip: If you don't like that a certain beer that is expensive, buy a less expensive beer, don't bitch about the expensive beer.

 

[ccbstl]

Great first post!

 

[nanobrew1]

Pro Tip: When cooking (roasting, frying, or searing) brussel sprouts blanch them first.

 

[JulianB1]

Pro Tip: When cooking (roasting, frying, or searing) brussel sprouts blanch them first.

TheGreenGiant

RIP

 

[jivex5k1]

Pro Tip: When cooking (roasting, frying, or searing) brussel sprouts blanch them first.

 

[mvl339]

Pro Tip: When cooking (roasting, frying, or searing) brussel sprouts blanch them first.

And if I get blanch of my t-shirt then ima feel like an *******

 

[MooseLang]

I'll just save raginasian238 a GIF search and post this now...

 

[Stubs]

This anything of note? Neighbor found it in his garage.

 

[user 312341]

I'll just save raginasian238 a GIF search and post this now...

Thanks for looking out, pal.

 

[hornydevil]

Interesting article on curating tap lists.

Personally, I think that anything over 50 taps gets a bit ridiculous and unwieldy, but anything under about 20 doesn't allow for enough variety. If you have 4 - 6 taps, like they mention in the article, you should just carry bottles because you aren't moving that much beer.

 

[mvl339]

I think 15-20 is the sweet spot. One of my favorite bars in bk double windsor has I think 12? Never been in there and not seen at least one thing that was good on tap. Also they move a lot of beer so any given week half the taplist changes.

 

[hornydevil]

Also they move a lot of beer so any given week half the taplist changes.

This bit is key. Move beer, keep your stock fresh, and provide consistency and some variety. Hallmarks of great beer bars.

I don't think many proper restaurants, that aren't gastropubs, can do this.

 

[GhostOfGaspar]

I curate beer lists for a living. Typically i work with 60-tap systems, and ~120-bottle lists. The key for draft is style variation and staying away from too many hop-forward beers that rely on freshness. Only keep as many on as you can kick in a couple weeks; whatever the market will allow. The bar in Wisconsin has ~6 IPAs at any given time. The bar in California has ~15. With package beers, strive for things that don't need to move quickly; saisons, imperial stouts, barleywines, AWAs, etc.

As what's-his-face just said, freshness is key. If the bar is doing 40k/week, there's generally no problem. If the bar is doing 15k/week, it's a lot more tricky.

 

[hornydevil]

Brand new brewpub here in town is doing the tap thing correctly. 38 taps, with 12 of their own beers, with a lot of variety . ******* perfect. Bottle selection is HUGE but terrible, though.

 

[GhostOfGaspar]

Bottle selection is HUGE but terrible, though.

This kills me. I go into a World of Beer and there's 500 bottles that are all old as ****.

And i get it, it's the WORLD of beer, but do you really need 4 ****** lagers from the ******* Congo? It's asinine.

 

[hornydevil]

This kills me. I go into a World of Beer and there's 500 bottles that are all old as ****.

And i get it, it's the WORLD of beer, but do you really need 4 ****** lagers from the ******* Congo? It's asinine.

The people who put together the bottle list of the brewery that I mentioned probably did something like this:

Dude #1: We have 12 coolers to fill with beer.

Dude #2: What do you think we should do?

Dude #1: Get the entire year-round portfolio of every brewery that has general distribution in Pittsburgh.

Dude #2: Great idea!

 

[Padraig]

Realness.

 

[austinbridges]

Realness.

What's wrong with lager?