The Metro Detroit Thread

[fiestaplatypus]

Did Lord Jim batch 2 sell out quickly or was it available for hours when first released?

 

[steimie]

Did Lord Jim batch 2 sell out quickly or was it available for hours when first released?

Bottles were gone in no time.

No bottles this weekend, though. Pours only the way it looks.

 

[jdd419]

Going to little caesars Monday for a concert. Any thing on that side of 75 worth stopping at. Our usual stops in Detroit are eat at slows, old shillelagh, and then the couple bars by CoPa and Ford Field.

Wasn't sure if I wanted to park in the Greek town side since it is a bit of a walk.

 

[steimie]

Going to little caesars Monday for a concert. Any thing on that side of 75 worth stopping at. Our usual stops in Detroit are eat at slows, old shillelagh, and then the couple bars by CoPa and Ford Field.

Wasn't sure if I wanted to park in the Greek town side since it is a bit of a walk.

8 Degrees Plato for a beer and some bottles. Hopcat and Jolly Pumpkin for food and beer.

Enjoy Sir Paul!

 

[joe1]

BNSS checking in.... get ready because it's soon.gif!

 

[IndianaJones]

Went to Green Dot Stables Saturday night after Motorcity, that place was legit. Hard to beat $3 cans of fresh Mosaic Hero while chowing down on all sorts of sliders

 

[user 305963]

BNSS checking in.... get ready because it's soon.gif!

cough cough

 

[joe1]

cough cough

Did they start selling them yesterday? I just seen that the cafe has them!

Gonna try to run up tomorrow but it'll be tough to find the time. Hope they have lots!

 

[steimie]

Did they start selling them yesterday? I just seen that the cafe has them!

Gonna try to run up tomorrow but it'll be tough to find the time. Hope they have lots!

BA says 4-4pks per person.

 

[joe1]

Seems low to start. Hopfully i can make it tomorrow, ive been craving some black note BAD!

 

[steimie]

If anyone around Detroit grabs some and wants to trade a 4pk, hit me up. I'm not going to make it there this week. Timing is terrible.

 

[steimie]

Managed to get some BN yesterday. I thought the BNSS shirts in the General Store were pretty funny.

Also, BN is fantastic. Just perfect right now.

 

[steimie]

Short's collab with Holiday Market.

******* terrible beer. And $17 to boot. Just awful.

 

[cneville1]

Short's collab with Holiday Market.

******* terrible beer. And $17 to boot. Just awful.

Speaking of terrible beers I saw bloody beer in stores today

 

[beerindex]

Short's collab with Holiday Market.

******* terrible beer. And $17 to boot. Just awful.

I start with the assumption that all Short's beers are terrible, and I'm proven right far more often than not when I grudgingly give them a chance.

 

[thebandit1]

Short's collab with Holiday Market.

******* terrible beer. And $17 to boot. Just awful.

Drank one last night. It would have been fine at $8.99 but $17.00? Nope.

 

[steimie]

Drank one last night. It would have been fine at $8.99 but $17.00? Nope.

I'm actually angry about how bad this beer is.

Holiday/Ashley have some balls asking $17 for this.

 

[wuntrikpony]

I'm actually angry about how bad this beer is.

Holiday/Ashley have some balls asking $17 for this.

Is that a bomber?

 

[thebandit1]

I'm actually angry about how bad this beer is.

Holiday/Ashley have some balls asking $17 for this.

He’s usually so good at prices that I have to believe there is something up. Maybe the distributor up charged them since it was exclusive?

 

[steimie]

Is that a bomber?

Yes.

He’s usually so good at prices that I have to believe there is something up. Maybe the distributor up charged them since it was exclusive?

It's interesting to me that it says "A. Price" on the label and not "Holiday Market."

 

[thebandit1]

Yes.


It's interesting to me that it says "A. Price" on the label and not "Holiday Market."

The whiskey picks say “Holiday Market”. Don’t know about Lord Jim, except it was $25 more when Schramm’s sold it.

 

[user 305963]

I'm actually angry about how bad this beer is.

Holiday/Ashley have some balls asking $17 for this.

As always, untappd reviews are unreliable. Bunch of mediocre descriptions, yet 4.00-4.50 ratings. Buncha homers

 

[beerindex]

As always, untappd reviews are unreliable. Bunch of mediocre descriptions, yet 4.00-4.50 ratings. Buncha homers

Is it any surprise? Just think about how many ****** breweries there are in "Beer City" and the surrounding metro area that make consistently terrible beer, yet appear to have zero issue bringing in enough customers to stay afloat, in some cases for multiple years now. You'd think that with so many breweries for such a modest population market forces would close places like Osgood, Kitzingen, Mitten, and City Built (though if their food is as good as alleged, at least their existence is defensible). I'm sure the list of terrible places would be longer if I could be bothered to try places like Thornapple and EastWest.

 

[user 305963]

Is it any surprise? Just think about how many ****** breweries there are in "Beer City" and the surrounding metro area that make consistently terrible beer, yet appear to have zero issue bringing in enough customers to stay afloat, in some cases for multiple years now. You'd think that with so many breweries for such a modest population market forces would close places like Osgood, Kitzingen, Mitten, and City Built (though if their food is as good as alleged, at least their existence is defensible). I'm sure the list of terrible places would be longer if I could be bothered to try places like Thornapple and EastWest.

I agree that there are a lot of bad breweries around here. I used to be an Osgood fan but haven't been there in two years, not because their beer was bad, just not as good as others. No idea what they're putting out now. I have no qualms against Mitten, and would never say they're beer is bad. But again, I don't go there very often. Haven't been to any others that you listed, so can't comment. But how the hell does Elk have two locations? Their beer is like bad homebrew and the food is Casa del GFS.

 

[beerindex]

I agree that there are a lot of bad breweries around here. I used to be an Osgood fan but haven't been there in two years, not because their beer was bad, just not as good as others. No idea what they're putting out now. I have no qualms against Mitten, and would never say they're beer is bad. But again, I don't go there very often. Haven't been to any others that you listed, so can't comment. But how the hell does Elk have two locations? Their beer is like bad homebrew and the food is Casa del GFS.

As I understand it, Osgood used to have a competent professional brewer, but that was years back. By the time I paid them a visit in 2016, they were sans professional personnel brewing. Apparently their brewing was (is?) being done part time by the homebrewing school teacher who I'm told owns the place. Kitzingen opened without any professional brewers on the payroll; the head brewer is the owner, a guy who made his money in the mortgage industry and had cash to invest in a brewery, so he decided to open one himself. He only likes one style of beer (hefeweizens), which is the only style he'd tried homebrewing before opening, and by his own admission he wasn't successful at it.

As to Elk, I haven't had anything from them. Not sure that I ever will.

 

[thebandit1]

Short's collab with Holiday Market.

******* terrible beer. And $17 to boot. Just awful.

Still available!!!

 

[Holland]

Still available!!!

Thought it was okay, but should be way better for the price. Still have not had a Shorts beer that I'd buy again.

 

[dadavat]

Hey locals, I'm going to be spending my whole Thanksgiving break in Troy, MI for my son's hockey tournament. Few questions:

We need to stay on Thanksgiving, is there any chance any cool restaurants are open Thursday night?

Any chance of scoring a few bottles of bcbs on Friday without much effort?

Have schramms and jolly pumpkin on my list to visit. Anywhere else (brewery, bottle shop, restaurant) you'd recommend? Bonus points if located near our hotel in Troy.

 

[thebandit1]

Any chance of scoring a few bottles of bcbs on Friday without much effort?
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Zero chance. Maybe worse. Metro Detroit gets the least amount of BCBS of any larger metro area. Even the larger stores only get enough for one bottle limits and variants are non-existent. Usually those stores don’t even do a Black Friday release.

 

[Jb123]

also bcbs in Detroit area can be up to 29.99$ a bottle....ive seen it.