The Dysfunctional-Palooza Obnoxious Masshole BS Thread

[Cape Brewing]

That’s a bummer. Brian’s a good guy

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

Bummer is right.

 

[day_trippr]

Aww, sh!t.
I knew this was going to happen, and it happened in slow motion.
I'm not sure I even want to go by there now...

 

[jrgtr42]

Came here to mention this ^ especially the posts a page back where someone was mentioning a sale on Blichman.
Too bad indeed - and I hadn't heard before now that the brewery is going too.
Sad to say, but this writing's been on the wall for a while - when I go in to get Pilsner malt for a brew - and they don't have any, or any Crystal / caramel under 40L... Hop selection has been hit or miss for a while...
Now I have to figure out where to get my ingredients. Thank goodness I got a mill on Black Friday...
PLanning on stopping in tomorrow evening to fill out my grain log and see what else there is.

 

[day_trippr]

Just realized my easy-peasy CO2 refills at StrangeBrew are over, and I need to fill a couple of tanks soon.
I guess I'll take them over tomorrow and hope for the best.
Double crap!

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

A little more detail here. https://marlborough.wickedlocal.com...ry-tackle-box-brewing-to-close-in-marlborough

 

[day_trippr]

I feel extra bad for Adam, I watched him put his space together over the last two years, lots of regulatory pain every step of the way, only to have this bomb drop. Probably spent a couple dozen hours letting him tell me all the plans and the half-steps (brand new walk-in fridge arrived with the door on the wrong side, for example). But he was always amazingly up-beat about even the smallest progress.

Crap.

Anyone ever try to get a CO2 cylinder refilled at Marlboro Fire Extinguisher on Washington street?

 

[Cape Brewing]

I didn’t even know about Tackle Box and yeah, that adds a whole other layer of “that sucks”.

It’s a brutal business.

The next few years will be interesting in terms of who is still around. Unfortunately, I think there will be a lot of these announcements although it won’t have anything to do with the “bubble” bullshti.

 

[bluemoose]

I feel extra bad for Adam, I watched him put his space together over the last two years, lots of regulatory pain every step of the way, only to have this bomb drop. Probably spent a couple dozen hours letting him tell me all the plans and the half-steps (brand new walk-in fridge arrived with the door on the wrong side, for example). But he was always amazingly up-beat about even the smallest progress.

Crap.

Anyone ever try to get a CO2 cylinder refilled at Marlboro Fire Extinguisher on Washington street?

You must have a welding supply place around. Airgas swaps tanks, but Maine oxy fills them. At least they do up here.

 

[day_trippr]

There are places, but MFE would be more convenient to me, hence the specific question...

 

[day_trippr]

Made a sad visit to Strange Brew ("Now Even Stranger"), commiserated with Bill The Brewer while he filled a pair of cylinders for me, walked the aisles to see if there was literally anything I needed (nope), then said good bye for probably the last time.

Ugh.

On a positive note, I drove over to Marlboro Fire Extinguisher, Inc. on Washington Street and visited the office ladies there. I posted the details but the short story is they do refills at competitive prices and they're only 15 minutes away from me...

Cheers!

 

[paulthenurse]

Always a sad day when a brew shop shutters. I’ve never been there but I feel your pain.

 

[balrog]

Made a sad visit to Strange Brew ("Now Even Stranger"), commiserated with Bill The Brewer while he filled a pair of cylinders for me, walked the aisles to see if there was literally anything I needed (nope), then said good bye for probably the last time.

Ugh.

On a positive note, I drove over to Marlboro Fire Extinguisher, Inc. on Washington Street and visited the office ladies there. I posted the details but the short story is they do refills at competitive prices and they're only 15 minutes away from me...

Cheers!

Man, I hate it when they go. The northampton LHBS closed in 2018 after 42 years, there is a new one now and I hope they do well. As for CO2, I'd offer that you take a stroll west as I like my guy, and you could stop by for a pint, but it's 96 minutes away so Marlboro seems a better fit.

 

[day_trippr]

lol! My sons all went to The Zoo so I'm familiar with that drive.
If I ever head that far west again it'll be to the Swift River for some flyfishing

If the MFE thing works out wrt gas needs it'll actually be a win. Strange Brew's price is the same for a 5# fill, and when Brian stopped beer gas refills last year I ended up 40 miles away. The nitro was actually a great price, but at 18 mpg in the Durango that was still an expensive fill...

Cheers!

 

[balrog]

lol! My sons all went to The Zoo so I'm familiar with that drive.
If I ever head that far west again it'll be to the Swift River for some flyfishing

If the MFE thing works out wrt gas needs it'll actually be a win. Strange Brew's price is the same for a 5# fill, and when Brian stopped beer gas refills last year I ended up 40 miles away. The nitro was actually a great price, but at 18 mpg in the Durango that was still an expensive fill...

Cheers!

Sounds good. One if these days I’ll meet you at MassToberfest or something.

 

[Cape Brewing]

Holy crap... get a room.

 

[balrog]

Holy crap... get a room.

Alrighty then. Social norms readjusted. Thanks.

 

[day_trippr]

lol! Cape ate a bad clam today?

 

[Cape Brewing]

No... I saw your wife LAST night

 

[day_trippr]

hahahaha! What are you, twelve now?

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

DT. If youre hardup for refills, I have a feeling I drive pretty close to your neighborhood on the days I work. I take the backroads of 85 from Bolton to Marlborough. I could loop thru stow and do a drop off. I'm up in Nashua alot. I hear there's average prices up there and Jasper's probably does refills. Let me know. Stow does seem to be a dead spot for gas. I use to see a lot of welding sites down in Marlborough too. Something to look into.

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

hahahaha! What are you, twelve now?

Yeah, way older than 10 now.

 

[Cape Brewing]

hahahaha! What are you, twelve now?

YOU are.

[emoji23][emoji482]

 

[day_trippr]

Obligatory "Real mature" response

@TheDudeLebowski, thanks for the offer, but with the refills today and MFE (with beer gas!) only 15 minutes away I think I'll be in shape gas-wise.

Now, ingredients. I have a local connection to BSG that delivers full bags at near-wholesale prices, and I have almost 300 pounds of base malt on hand. So it's pretty much about specialty malts and yeast.

There's the Emporium outlet in Boylston, the other Emporium in Cambridge, and Jasper's up in Nausea, all on the small side, that are all well known to me. Then there's the place up in Woburn that I haven't been to in forever. https://www.beer-wine.com/
I should check them out again just to see how they're doing.

I really don't want to have to put the likes of morebeer.com in my scheduling...

 

[HoppyDaze]

No... I saw your wife LAST night

So you smell like a clam?

 

[Cape Brewing]

Just go to Airgas and swap out CO2 tanks. There are a ton of them around. Or just look up “welding supplies”. There are a bunch of places to swap out tanks.

And if you’re going to say, “but I like my shiny tank and dont want to swap it out”... instead of typing all of that out, just punch yourself in the face.

 

[Dland]

I really don't want to have to put the likes of morebeer.com in my scheduling...

What's wrong with them? sounds like you schedule a lot of running around for supplies.

Just curious, I have no choice but to order from on line place and exchange tanks at airgas dealer(which is helpfully about 1/4 mile away, and I use other welding tanks too)

 

[paulthenurse]

So you smell like a clam?

In a sourdough bread bowl.

 

[TheDudeLebowski]

Just dropped by Jasper's. #5 exchange is $20. Two blocks away from Spyglass

 

[Dland]

And I thought I paid a lot,,,costs about $35 exchange, tax included, for a 20# tank here on island.