The Official Modern Times League Of Partygoers & Elegant People Thread

[thegerm87]

Hadn’t seen anything in the MT email (or anything in this thread) but do they allow proxies for these releases?

 

[Tyrsis]

Hey ModernTimesLeanne ModernTimesSteven do all you get is one hour early for VIP? For $30?

 

[sdreaper]

Hadn’t seen anything in the MT email (or anything in this thread) but do they allow proxies for these releases?

Proxies allowed if you are a league or theory member (doing the purchasing)...not allowed for public.

 

[sdreaper]

Email went out for Festival of Dankness tickets.

Appears it didn't go to Theory members and only League members. Steven is aware and will be fixing it in a few minutes.

Also appears that regular VIP has a mistype in that it gets in at 3pm instead of 2pm.

Edit: Ticket email should now be with the Theory members. =)

 

[yabu]

So I see JAMAICAN RUM BARREL-AGED MODEM TONES W/RASPBERRIES & COCOA on tap list . Is that available for the public?

 

[chemman141]

So I see JAMAICAN RUM BARREL-AGED MODEM TONES W/RASPBERRIES & COCOA on tap list . Is that available for the public?

Pretty sure the only time they have had a "league" only tap was the MTV at the dojo because it was the last part of a keg leftover from the member party. You should be good to go.

 

[yabu]

Pretty sure the only time they have had a "league" only tap was the MTV at the dojo because it was the last part of a keg leftover from the member party. You should be good to go.

Thanks. I thought that bottle was members only.

Planning on visiting Point Loma saturday night. If only there was an area reserved for members only. Then I would know who to beg for league pours, haha.

 

[chemman141]

Thanks. I thought that bottle was members only.

Planning on visiting Point Loma saturday night. If only there was an area reserved for members only. Then I would know who to beg for league pours, haha.

Bottles likely are, but it appears to be on tap. At least at the dojo

 

[souredstouts]

What is Mega Devil's Teeth? I know Devil's teeth, but now Mega Devil's Teeth.

 

[Brent212]

Same. Exact. Question.

 

[Tyrsis]

jesus ******* christ, I've been holding back lately but with a release like that, how can I?

 

[chemman141]

jesus ******* christ, I've been holding back lately but with a release like that, how can I?

Yeah... this is not fair at all ModernTimesSteven/ModernTimesLeanne. Can I have you two write a note to my landlord explaining why I will be late on my rent next month?

 

[smithj21541]

jesus ******* christ, I've been holding back lately but with a release like that, how can I?

What's the line up? I saw cans from PDX on Twitter. But that's all I've seen.

 

[Xul1]

What's the line up? I saw cans from PDX on Twitter. But that's all I've seen.

• Heart of the Universe (new wave IPA w/ Mosaic, Calista, & Mandarina Bavaria hops--Firestone Walker collab)
• Stratos DIPA (Hazy DIPA w/ Mosaic & Motueka--Alvarado collab)
• Sea of Tranquility (super-Berliner w/ yumberries, cherries, & raspberries)
• Druid Heights (imperial dessert stout w/ pistachios & coconut)
• Prometheus Effect (amphora & red wine barrel-aged funky saison)
• Deeds & Exploits with Coconut, Vanilla, & Bourbon Barrel-Aged Coffee (bourbon barrel-aged strong ale)
• Mega Devil's Teeth Aged in Elias Butte Barrels (imperial stout)
• Mega Devil's Teeth Aged in Elevated Occident Rye Barrels
• Yellow (red wine barrel-aged saison w/ apricots)
• DR Congo Cooperative Kawa Kabuya Cold Brew Coffee

And Theory members get Double Barrel Monsters' Park (Bourbon & Spanish Brandy)

 

[Xul1]

August 2018 Preview Tasting

Assorted Notes:
1) Andrew was out of town working on a collab (which I'm assuming essentially means sitting around with other brewers, lamenting the fact that they have to brew increasingly decadent pastry stouts and hazy IPAs to keep up with the disgusting demands of beer geeks like us, rather than pursuing their artistic dreams of brewing nothing but low ABV lagers and British bitters and milds), so Justin Holmes joined Steven and Leanne and dropped a tremendous amount of knowledge on us. It's always fun to get a slightly different perspective and way of conveying information and Justin really did a great job. The only real downside is that Steven looked a bit disappointed not to have someone to troll all evening. Can we get a cardboard cutout of Andrew made as a sort of safety blanket for future tastings he can't attend?

2) If you've noticed that your League points balance is lower than it should be on receipts, don't fret - Steven and Leanne are still catching up with manually adding points that were sent in. They'll keep us abreast of it as they work through the process.

3) The Festival of Dankness is two and a half weeks away, and if you don't already have your tickets, I'd suggest purchasing them immediately, then contemplating what you're doing with your life that was more important than buying them as soon as they went on sale. Steven announced that the League keg will be a blend I created at a special event for the top handful of members with the most League points from last year, and it might not be a perfect crusher for the weather we've been having, but it certainly will be a good change of pace from all the hoppy beers. Assuming it ends up being awesome, all credit to the MT Special Projects team - I got to have fun with a French press and throwing decadent ingredients at some fantastic beers, they're the ones that actually make the magic and will bring my absurd pastryarchal idea to life. The Theory keg is still TBD, but I suspect it will be pretty awesome.

Tasting Notes:
1) Druid Heights
Style: Pastry Stout w/ Coconut & Pistachio
Score: 4.0
Notes: They tweaked the base beer a bit this time around, adding muscovado sugar and dark candi sugar, along with 10 lbs/bbl of coconut and 5 lbs/bbl of pistachios on the adjunct side. On the nose, the addition of the dark candi sugar shows quickly as an initial wave of coconut is joined by dark cherries and dates, along with pistachios and caramel-tinged semisweet chocolate. The palate largely follows suit as coconut hits first, followed by an even more assertive dark fruit character and pistachio really taking over on the backend. I found it to be the most drinkable of the canned pastry stouts they've released so far, the addition of unrefined sugars definitely made it a bit more dangerous on this front. That said, I think the dark candi sugar could be toned down just a bit as the dark fruit character distracted a bit from the adjuncts in my eyes. If they end up doing a variant with dark fruit adjuncts, I think candi sugar would be an excellent choice, but I would've preferred to see more muscovado sugar or even piloncillo in this particular beer.

2) Mega Devil's Teeth Aged in Elevated Occident Rye Barrels
Style: Imperial Stout
Score: 4.25
Notes: I didn't catch all of the details, but Mega Devil's Teeth is a slightly amped up, more dessert-like version of Devil's Teeth. This particular variant is a blend of two High West Rye barrels from K&L so if you missed out on buying a bottle from Modern Times, keep an eye on K&L's website as they'll be getting in the other half of the batch. The aroma opens with massive barrel character, displaying notes of maple, rye spice, vanilla, sugar cookie, figs, dates, light oak, light to moderate boozy character, and dark chocolate with hints of toffee from the base beer. I'm going to assume these barrels were pretty wet when Modern Times got them. The flavor is perhaps even a touch boozier than the nose, but the barrel character quickly overpowers that with perhaps a bit less rye spice but more sugar cookie and dark fruit. I actually found it to be a bit thin, which surprised me considering it's an amped up version of Devil's Teeth. Curious to hear if other people felt the same but that was my only real issue with the beer and a small one at that.

3) Deeds & Exploits w/ Coconut
Style: Barrel-Aged Strong Ale Blend w/ Coffee, Vanilla, and Coconut
Score: 5.0
Notes: Would you like some beer with your coconut? No? Good, I don't either. I don't know exactly how much coconut went into this, but I can safely say it was a good amount. Before the glass is even up to your nose, a massive wave of coconut takes over your olfactory system and completely saturates your sense of smell, eventually making way for a significant supporting vanilla character along with milk chocolate, bourbon, and restrained coffee. The flavor is somewhat more balanced as the coconut is intense but not overwhelming, allowing the coffee more room to shine along with the vanilla and barrel character (derived both from the beer and coffee infusion). It's not the most complex strong ale Modern Times has done, but it doesn't need to be - it delivers on what it promised (coconut, coffee, and vanilla) in a massive way and is borderline liquid absurdity. This perhaps won't be as universally loved as something like Monster Tones or even Modem Tones w/ Vanilla, but it's a stellar example of an adjunct-laden beer and really scratches that coconut itch for me. One thing that's important to note is that they've really fine-tuned the process of infusing the coffee beans with spirits - the first couple kegs had a clear ethanol note that was a struggle for some people to get past, but I wasn't getting any of that from this batch.

4) The Prometheus Effect
Style: Amphora-Aged Saison
Score: 4.25
Notes: This year's entire batch spent time in amphoras before being racked into wine barrels, which stands in contrast to only part of the original batch being aged in amphoras before being blended into wine barrel aged saison. The nose opens up with moderate acidity and assertive citrus character - lemon zest and flesh - followed by big mineral notes, barnyardy/hay funk, and some light wine barrel character. The minerality and funk really play nicely with the citrus to build an aroma where the sum is clearly greater than the parts. The palate goes a bit heavier into the citrus realm, leaning towards the lemon zest end of the spectrum, but the minerality comes in hard on the mid-palate with funk supporting, before going into a long, acidic finish. Lively on the palate and went down beautifully in the heat last night. I'm curious to see how this ages - if the Brett continues developing I think it could really end up being beautiful. As an aside, these are 750ml bottles that were packaged before the switch to 375ml bottles.

5) Yellow
Style: Sour Saison w/ Apricots
Score: 4.5
Notes: Collaboration with Hawkshead Brewery from the UK and a part of the Rainbow Project. Like many stone fruit beers from Modern Times, the apricots really take center stage with aromas of apricot flesh and skin jumping right out of the glass, followed by light to moderate acidity and restrained funk that dovetails with the apricot skin. Flavor-wise, the beer opens with citrus-focused acidity before apricot envelops the palate - mainly flesh and skin but hints of juice - giving way to a long, fruit-focused finish. Moderately carbonated, it's neither heavy on the palate nor particularly effervescent.

 

[chemman141]

August 2018 Preview Tasting

Assorted Notes:
1) Andrew was out of town working on a collab (which I'm assuming essentially means sitting around with other brewers, lamenting the fact that they have to brew increasingly decadent pastry stouts and hazy IPAs to keep up with the disgusting demands of beer geeks like us, rather than pursuing their artistic dreams of brewing nothing but low ABV lagers and British bitters and milds), so Justin Holmes joined Steven and Leanne and dropped a tremendous amount of knowledge on us. It's always fun to get a slightly different perspective and way of conveying information and Justin really did a great job. The only real downside is that Steven looked a bit disappointed not to have someone to troll all evening. Can we get a cardboard cutout of Andrew made as a sort of safety blanket for future tastings he can't attend?

2) If you've noticed that your League points balance is lower than it should be on receipts, don't fret - Steven and Leanne are still catching up with manually adding points that were sent in. They'll keep us abreast of it as they work through the process.

3) The Festival of Dankness is two and a half weeks away, and if you don't already have your tickets, I'd suggest purchasing them immediately, then contemplating what you're doing with your life that was more important than buying them as soon as they went on sale. Steven announced that the League keg will be a blend I created at a special event for the top handful of members with the most League points from last year, and it might not be a perfect crusher for the weather we've been having, but it certainly will be a good change of pace from all the hoppy beers. Assuming it ends up being awesome, all credit to the MT Special Projects team - I got to have fun with a French press and throwing decadent ingredients at some fantastic beers, they're the ones that actually make the magic and will bring my absurd pastryarchal idea to life. The Theory keg is still TBD, but I suspect it will be pretty awesome.

Tasting Notes:
1) Druid Heights
Style: Pastry Stout w/ Coconut & Pistachio
Score: 4.0
Notes: They tweaked the base beer a bit this time around, adding muscovado sugar and dark candi sugar, along with 10 lbs/bbl of coconut and 5 lbs/bbl of pistachios on the adjunct side. On the nose, the addition of the dark candi sugar shows quickly as an initial wave of coconut is joined by dark cherries and dates, along with pistachios and caramel-tinged semisweet chocolate. The palate largely follows suit as coconut hits first, followed by an even more assertive dark fruit character and pistachio really taking over on the backend. I found it to be the most drinkable of the canned pastry stouts they've released so far, the addition of unrefined sugars definitely made it a bit more dangerous on this front. That said, I think the dark candi sugar could be toned down just a bit as the dark fruit character distracted a bit from the adjuncts in my eyes. If they end up doing a variant with dark fruit adjuncts, I think candi sugar would be an excellent choice, but I would've preferred to see more muscovado sugar or even piloncillo in this particular beer.

2) Mega Devil's Teeth Aged in Elevated Occident Rye Barrels
Style: Imperial Stout
Score: 4.25
Notes: I didn't catch all of the details, but Mega Devil's Teeth is a slightly amped up, more dessert-like version of Devil's Teeth. This particular variant is a blend of two High West Rye barrels from K&L so if you missed out on buying a bottle from Modern Times, keep an eye on K&L's website as they'll be getting in the other half of the batch. The aroma opens with massive barrel character, displaying notes of maple, rye spice, vanilla, sugar cookie, figs, dates, light oak, light to moderate boozy character, and dark chocolate with hints of toffee from the base beer. I'm going to assume these barrels were pretty wet when Modern Times got them. The flavor is perhaps even a touch boozier than the nose, but the barrel character quickly overpowers that with perhaps a bit less rye spice but more sugar cookie and dark fruit. I actually found it to be a bit thin, which surprised me considering it's an amped up version of Devil's Teeth. Curious to hear if other people felt the same but that was my only real issue with the beer and a small one at that.

3) Deeds & Exploits w/ Coconut
Style: Barrel-Aged Strong Ale Blend w/ Coffee, Vanilla, and Coconut
Score: 5.0
Notes: Would you like some beer with your coconut? No? Good, I don't either. I don't know exactly how much coconut went into this, but I can safely say it was a good amount. Before the glass is even up to your nose, a massive wave of coconut takes over your olfactory system and completely saturates your sense of smell, eventually making way for a significant supporting vanilla character along with milk chocolate, bourbon, and restrained coffee. The flavor is somewhat more balanced as the coconut is intense but not overwhelming, allowing the coffee more room to shine along with the vanilla and barrel character (derived both from the beer and coffee infusion). It's not the most complex strong ale Modern Times has done, but it doesn't need to be - it delivers on what it promised (coconut, coffee, and vanilla) in a massive way and is borderline liquid absurdity. This perhaps won't be as universally loved as something like Monster Tones or even Modem Tones w/ Vanilla, but it's a stellar example of an adjunct-laden beer and really scratches that coconut itch for me. One thing that's important to note is that they've really fine-tuned the process of infusing the coffee beans with spirits - the first couple kegs had a clear ethanol note that was a struggle for some people to get past, but I wasn't getting any of that from this batch.

4) The Prometheus Effect
Style: Amphora-Aged Saison
Score: 4.25
Notes: This year's entire batch spent time in amphoras before being racked into wine barrels, which stands in contrast to only part of the original batch being aged in amphoras before being blended into wine barrel aged saison. The nose opens up with moderate acidity and assertive citrus character - lemon zest and flesh - followed by big mineral notes, barnyardy/hay funk, and some light wine barrel character. The minerality and funk really play nicely with the citrus to build an aroma where the sum is clearly greater than the parts. The palate goes a bit heavier into the citrus realm, leaning towards the lemon zest end of the spectrum, but the minerality comes in hard on the mid-palate with funk supporting, before going into a long, acidic finish. Lively on the palate and went down beautifully in the heat last night. I'm curious to see how this ages - if the Brett continues developing I think it could really end up being beautiful. As an aside, these are 750ml bottles that were packaged before the switch to 375ml bottles.

5) Yellow
Style: Sour Saison w/ Apricots
Score: 4.5
Notes: Collaboration with Hawkshead Brewery from the UK and a part of the Rainbow Project. Like many stone fruit beers from Modern Times, the apricots really take center stage with aromas of apricot flesh and skin jumping right out of the glass, followed by light to moderate acidity and restrained funk that dovetails with the apricot skin. Flavor-wise, the beer opens with citrus-focused acidity before apricot envelops the palate - mainly flesh and skin but hints of juice - giving way to a long, fruit-focused finish. Moderately carbonated, it's neither heavy on the palate nor particularly effervescent.

If the league doesn't sell out D+E after that review, I would be amazed. It was so good, you captured the description perfectly.

 

[Xul1]

If the league doesn't sell out D+E after that review, I would be amazed. It was so good, you captured the description perfectly.

Already sold out.

 

[rcubed1]

Glad to hear Justin was good at the preview tasting (he's a buddy of mine) and a beer geek like the rest of us.

 

[hi im richie]

I really need to remember the sales begin on Wednesdays. I checked around noon and both Mega DT bottles and Deeds were sold out.

 

[chemman141]

Already sold out.

Yep, good work team!

 

[sdreaper]

I really need to remember the sales begin on Wednesdays. I checked around noon and both Mega DT bottles and Deeds were sold out.

The mega DT bottles lasted maybe 10minutes into the sale. Steven had mentioned there were maybe 60 bottles of each left after theory had a crack at them.

 

[chemman141]

The mega DT bottles lasted maybe 10minutes into the sale. Steven had mentioned there were maybe 60 bottles of each left after theory had a crack at them.

shame on theory for leaving that many. Shame!

 

[drbenzo1]

LOL... totally forgot to order that D+E... my ***** level has dropped to barley anything at all

 

[chemman141]

LOL... totally forgot to order that D+E... my ***** level has dropped to barley anything at all

Dude, why aren't you flipping the **** out that they didn't set limits so you could get some? You should catch some of the whining going on over at that other place. They really should change the name of that place to Beer Entitlement. A few posters are being far from elegant about this.

 

[anvindr]

Dude, why aren't you flipping the **** out that they didn't set limits so you could get some? You should catch some of the whining going on over at that other place. They really should change the name of that place to Beer Entitlement. A few posters are being far from elegant about this.

ironic coming from the man himself

 

[chemman141]

ironic coming from the man himself

The man himself? Show me where I have said that a brewery owes me something?

 

[anvindr]

something something de garde? bottle logic? beginning to see why most people block you and you have a thread about you

 

[chemman141]

something something de garde? bottle logic? beginning to see why most people block you and you have a thread about you

Yeah, never been entitled about any of those breweries. I don't consider having an issue with de Garde not selling beer to someone because they merely suspect them of flipping bottles to be entitlement. To me, no one should have to be subjected to that. Even you. The bottle logic also had nothing to do with entitlement, so please explain that one.

Sounds like you should join the ignore list, I'm not for you.

 

[abawol01]

I think it was more about your general lack of self awareness but ok.

 

[chemman141]

I think it was more about your general lack of self awareness but ok.

Ok, enlighten me then. You're saying that it should be an acceptable practice in the beer scene to deny sales to someone because you merely suspect them of bottle flipping? I shouldn't have a problem with that and speak upon it to whoever will listen?