Random Beer Thoughts

[JCastle1]

I like Mikkeller ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Far from my favorite but there's plenty other breweries that are worse.

 

[lambandtunaphish]

I'm just hoping the Mikkeller brewery opening at Citi Field is solid. It's for sure something that would get me to go to more games.

 

[falc0n26001]

I like Mikkeller ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Far from my favorite but there's plenty other breweries that are worse.

I’m more okay with Mikkeller if I’m not the one paying. Their pricing has gotten better but it can still be ridiculous sometimes.

 

[Saind]

Are we still calling Mikkeller a brewery?

 

[capnmike]

I used to live in Evanston and never knew this...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman's_Christian_Temperance_Union_Administration_Building

There used to be a postcard "Evanston at Night" (it was just a black square). A lot has changed - there are now 4 breweries and a distillery there, but still no single beers (though I'm sure they sell 40s).

 

[nanobrew1]

Are we still calling Mikkeller a brewery?

They actually have a brewery location in San Diego

 

[jivex5k1]

They actually have a brewery location in San Diego

They'll always be a gypsy brewery to me.

 

[wuntrikpony]

They'll always be a marketing gimmick to me.

 

[jmgrub]

Mikkeller is dece. Most meh, some terrible, and a few bangers. Price point is definitely high though.

 

[drgarage1]

I used to live in Evanston and never knew this...

I lived in Willard Res College, named for Frances Willard, founder of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.

Of course we held an insane Rager every year on her birthday Dormwide. Every floor was decorated all day, one floor my freshman year did an amazing super mario redecoration, and then when the time arrived, the entire school filled to drink our booze.

They shut it down my senior year.

 

[drgarage1]

https://dailynorthwestern.com/2001/...another-willard-party-drinking-will-continue/

Column from one of my least favorite people in college during the party’s demise. He’s now an SEO consultant, so I think I won.

 

[Gaseous Clay]

I will never forgive Mikkeller for ruining what was one of my favorite bay area bars by turning it into a Mikkeller bar
RIP Trappist Provisions

 

[stupac2]

I will never forgive Mikkeller for ruining what was one of my favorite bay area bars by turning it into a Mikkeller bar
RIP Trappist Provisions

Well I think the other option was for it to just close.

It's interesting to me that somehow the Trappist guys had a bar in that location close to closing, I'm honestly not sure how that could be possible.

 

[Gaseous Clay]

Well I think the other option was for it to just close.

It's interesting to me that somehow the Trappist guys had a bar in that location close to closing, I'm honestly not sure how that could be possible.

Was that the reason they made that move? Kinda surprising as it consistently had good beer on tap and in bottles. I never saw it fully empty either.

 

[stupac2]

Was that the reason they made that move? Kinda surprising as it consistently had good beer on tap and in bottles. I never saw it fully empty either.

That was the scuttlebutt.

 

[jivex5k1]

That was the scuttlebutt.

Remember that South Park episode with scuttlebutt? It was a creature that had Bryan boytano for a leg or something. I didn't learn scuttlebutt meant rumors until I joined the military later.



This has been your drunk tangent post of the day.

 

[Gaseous Clay]

That was the scuttlebutt.

Sad if true

 

[JulianB1]

The Iceman Pour: perfect for when you want to simultaneous disguise the fact that the beer you are releasing is flat AND get likes on Instagram!

 

[fogindex]

Well I think the other option was for it to just close.

It's interesting to me that somehow the Trappist guys had a bar in that location close to closing, I'm honestly not sure how that could be possible.

Aaron & Chuck considered closing that location? Or is my sarcasm-detection way off?

 

[Lutter]

Growler USA in Austin has a pretty intense tap wall...

Very reasonable fill prices too!

 

[stupac2]

Aaron & Chuck considered closing that location? Or is my sarcasm-detection way off?

I don't understand how that post could come off as sarcastic. My understanding around the time the switch happened is that if Mikkeller didn't take over they were going to have to sell/close/whatever.

 

[jwazzy]

Aaron and Chuck were running a wildly successful business that would fund retirement someday. They sold because why not.

 

[Gaseous Clay]

Aaron and Chuck were running a wildly successful business that would fund retirement someday. They sold because why not.

That's worse

 

[tosh1]

Regardless. The Mikkeller place in the Rockridge is awful.

I would have been okay with it shutting down rather than turn into what it has.

 

[Stubs]

Tired Hands can literally say their Milkshake brings all the boys to the yard.

 

[boogercrack]

The Iceman Pour: perfect for when you want to simultaneous disguise the fact that the beer you are releasing is flat AND get likes on Instagram!

How are they disguising that it is flat? It literally says "no carbonation" in the text....

 

[wuntrikpony]

How are they disguising that it is flat? It literally says "no carbonation" in the text....

As if Instarones actually read the full post.

 

[JulianB1]

How are they disguising that it is flat? It literally says "no carbonation" in the text....

As if Instarones actually read the full post.

 

[fogindex]

I don't understand how that post could come off as sarcastic. My understanding around the time the switch happened is that if Mikkeller didn't take over they were going to have to sell/close/whatever.

Aaron and Chuck were running a wildly successful business that would fund retirement someday. They sold because why not.

I know that Perdition was definitely running at a huge loss before they closed it but I had no idea Provisions was a bust as well. Felt like the rebrand was in parallel with the Mikkeller take over of the old Alesmith brewery, had no idea it was a saving throw granted by Mikkel. Nice of him to do, but then again I've only been there once in the past year.

 

[Kasher]

How are they disguising that it is flat? It literally says "no carbonation" in the text....

He was blinded by all the likes he was envisioning.