Random Beer Thoughts

[RyanG1]

Where did piggy back come from anyway. Were farmers carrying pigs around on their backs a lot? Are pigs constantly jumping over each other for some reason? They don't seem very nimble.

Well, it's not from the pigs themselves. The adverb piggyback likely began as "a pick pack." Another early form of the word is pickback, evidence of which can be found in the still-extant variant pickaback. The adverb piggyback dates to the mid-16th century, and the noun-referring to an act of carrying piggyback-was in use by the end of that same century. The adjective piggyback, as in "piggyback ride," didn't enter the language until the 18th century, and the now-common verb piggybackdidn't piggyback on the others until the late 19th century.

 

[stupac2]

And I'm guessing that the use of the term for marketing/hype is mostly piggy-backing off of Trillium.

That would be surprising, "double dry hopped" has been a thing since before Trillium existed.

 

[TommyShitt]

Stoopacked

 

[Previously]

And I'm guessing that the use of the term for marketing/hype is mostly piggy-backing off of Trillium.

That would be surprising, "double dry hopped" has been a thing since before Trillium existed.

Right.

Stone was using it as a marketing term a ~decade ago...

 

[Sage1]

Does anybody actually have any insight into this? I find it oddly fascinating.

 

[tosh1]

Where did piggy back come from anyway. Were farmers carrying pigs around on their backs a lot? Are pigs constantly jumping over each other for some reason? They don't seem very nimble.

If it was not for piggy backing we would never buy anything at work with Federal mulla. i approve of piggy packing regardless of it’s source.

 

[andrewdrinks]

This year’s Ratebeer Top 10 Breweries...

1. Hill Farmstead Brewery
2. Cloudwater Brew Co
3. Trillium Brewing Company
4. AleSmith Brewing Company
5. Cycle Brewing
6. Omnipollo
7. Other Half Brewing
8. Cigar City Brewing
9. Mikkeller
10. Evil Twin Brewing

 

[daniel1]

Anybody got any vanilla? These are the beers made by the Prairie club members:

 

[danbanana]

Anybody got any vanilla? These are the beers made by the Prairie club members:

RedCoffee

 

[trickytunadicky]

Anybody got any vanilla? These are the beers made by the Prairie club members:

Suddenly, attending the Hop Jam doesn’t sound like such a good idea.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

Anybody got any vanilla? These are the beers made by the Prairie club members:

Dear Lord the names of those beers.

 

[lambandtunaphish]

Anybody got any vanilla? These are the beers made by the Prairie club members:

I think that I have a few bottles of Sump'ting Strange coming my way, which appears to only be 1 of 2 that did the bourbon/nilla/coconut/coffee combo. So I'm glad they sourced that Sump coffee to make a true 1/1 original.

 

[jivex5k1]

Dear Lord the names of those beers.

Scoop Dawg made me laugh. Should be Dogg though.

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

It still seems like a huge rip off.

 

[Stubs]

This summer when lager is all the rage. This thread gonna be every other post "lager is so lame, do they even lager, lol double lager."

 

[lambandtunaphish]

It still seems like a huge rip off.

Isn't it only like $8/bottle? I say this as someone who 1) sees non-BA Prairie Bombs on shelves for over 10 bucks and 2) wasn't the schmuck shelling out $3600 6 months early.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

This summer when lager is all the rage. This thread gonna be every other post "lager is so lame, do they even lager, lol double lager."

Double Frost Brewed.

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

Isn't it only like $8/bottle? I say this as someone who 1) sees non-BA Prairie Bombs on shelves for over 10 bucks and 2) wasn't the schmuck shelling out $3600 6 months early.

Yes.

I think it's foul to their consumers that they had to pay $500 to be allowed to prepay for approximately twenty-three cases of a beer they already make using barrels/adjuncts they already use. They sold the beer around their wholesale prices, despite requiring prepayment for the beer plus the membership cost.

I get that in 2018 people have lost their **** and will pay outlandish prices for beer for the flimsiest reasons but I still dislike the practice. This is how they treat their supposedly most loyal customers.

 

[coach1]

Anybody got any vanilla? These are the beers made by the Prairie club members:

Not a single banana. Disappointing.

 

[abawol01]

Not a single banana. Disappointing.

boogercrack please advise.

 

[Gonzoillini1]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/taranu...d-market-customers-who-cant-pay/#1012fa897343

A fascinating article regarding hop vendors having too much stock on hand, and breweries not being able to afford the products they contracted out for in years past.

Especially with places like Hill Farmstead and others sourcing micro lots of particular hops instead of taking whatever Hopunion / Yakima Chief / etc... have sourced will be especially fascinating going forward. Why pay a middle man when I can contract directly with the farmer?

 

[RyanG1]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/taranu...d-market-customers-who-cant-pay/#1012fa897343

A fascinating article regarding hop vendors having too much stock on hand, and breweries not being able to afford the products they contracted out for in years past.

Especially with places like Hill Farmstead and others sourcing micro lots of particular hops instead of taking whatever Hopunion / Yakima Chief / etc... have sourced will be especially fascinating going forward. Why pay a middle man when I can contract directly with the farmer?

1. Surplus of aged hops sold at discount
2. Aged hops in lambic
3. Dylan
4. Breweries make lambic
5. Profit
6. Not sure how this works.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/taranu...d-market-customers-who-cant-pay/#1012fa897343

A fascinating article regarding hop vendors having too much stock on hand, and breweries not being able to afford the products they contracted out for in years past.

Especially with places like Hill Farmstead and others sourcing micro lots of particular hops instead of taking whatever Hopunion / Yakima Chief / etc... have sourced will be especially fascinating going forward. Why pay a middle man when I can contract directly with the farmer?

 

[user 308679]

Other Half is releasing a "quadruple dry hopped" IPA on Wednesday for their four year anniversary.

Come on, man.

Odd 13 did this a few weeks back with QDH Superfan. It was really quite good. The $7 upcharge, really not so good.

 

[boogercrack]

Not a single banana. Disappointing.

boogercrack please advise.

 

[Stubs]

Odd 13 did this a few weeks back with QDH Superfan. It was really quite good. The $7 upcharge, really not so good.

Per 6 pack on the upcharge.


That beer was also brewed because they accidentally quadrupled hopped it the first time they brewed ddh and everyone loved it.

 

[user 312341]

QDH

Come on, man.

 

[quirk6]

Who needs these guys, I can do it myself.

God, that's ******* glorious. Anyone want to play Mortal Kombat with me because suddenly I really, really feel like it.

 

[Kasher]

Who needs these guys, I can do it myself.

God, that's ******* glorious. Anyone want to play Mortal Kombat with me because suddenly I really, really feel like it.

 

[jivex5k1]

Who needs these guys, I can do it myself.

God, that's ******* glorious. Anyone want to play Mortal Kombat with me because suddenly I really, really feel like it.

The key is getting exactly the right amount of nacho cheese on your hands to help you nail those combos.