sdreaper
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Sooo ummm......if I keep my TRB membership and you are still doing various trips back here to San Diego....wanna proxy? =P
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Sooo ummm......if I keep my TRB membership and you are still doing various trips back here to San Diego....wanna proxy? =P
coldstorage
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Depending on how 2016 purchases, length of membership and my high levels of radness are weighted I might have a shot but the last 6 months some family situations have killed my beer spending across the board. Did they indicate when invites were going out? Didnt see it in the email but I guess it's gotta be some time before Oct 1...
sdreaper
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No specific indication. I would venture a guess it would be the week prior to Oct 1st though, kinda like how Bruery does it.
chemman141
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I had the new one, see the stars last night. If you can believe it, it's even more fantastic.
Damn MT opening new place in Portland.....http://www.moderntimesbeer.com/blog/were-doing-it-again
coldstorage
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Skips bay area, opens in Portland.
Its fine. No really.
Its fine. No really.
![Craft A Brew - Safale S-04 Dry Yeast - Fermentis - English Ale Dry Yeast - For English and American Ales and Hard Apple Ciders - Ingredients for Home Brewing - Beer Making Supplies - [1 Pack]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/417FujUfrWL._SL500_.jpg)
rcubed1
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They lucked out on getting that spot leased. I wonder where The Commons is off to.
Xul1
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I've heard that comment several times now in the last 20 minutes. Trade us an Alvarado St tasting room and we'll talk.Skips bay area, opens in Portland.
Its fine. No really.
Tyrsis
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Send us a ******* Fieldwork. You have like 37 of them...
coldstorage
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sdreaper
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wolf13
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League pickups in Portland. Surprised they only increased membership by 200 people this year. Maybe dipping a toe in the water?
Also, would make in person trades for FT:MT beers much easier if MT will just ship them up there for you when you go for vacation/work during a pick up window.
Also, would make in person trades for FT:MT beers much easier if MT will just ship them up there for you when you go for vacation/work during a pick up window.
I'll fight ya
bathroomlaughter
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how is picking people based on what they spend in any way unfair? what makes more sense than that?
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drbenzo1
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you know what I've come to realize?
I am planning to save $$ and drink basic butthole beer. Perfectly fine with me.
smithj21541
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Amen! One word... HOMEBREWyou know what I've come to realize?
I am planning to save $$ and drink basic butthole beer. Perfectly fine with me.
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drbenzo1
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all the homebrew!!!!!!
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drbenzo1
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In nut shell, I can buy Pizza Port cans for $10-15 a six pack. Avoiding $30 stouts is the real game as some taste great but $30, thirty ******* dollars...
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drbenzo1
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so I go to Vons to get some **** and I end up buying week old Hop HWY, ICE, and 3 week old Swamis... No way I am re-uping Modern Times
coldstorage
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Who said it's unfair?
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drbenzo1
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this is good
rcubed1
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this is good
Severely underrated beer.
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drbenzo1
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note: if you google "underrated gif" thats wat u get
Xul1
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2017-09-12 Preview Tasting
Assorted Notes:
1) Jacob and Andrew weren't around tonight, so we had Rick joining again and Justin Holmes (Special Projects Coordinator or something along those lines) making his preview tasting debut, with Steven of course driving the bus. Obviously tasting the beer is the focus of these events, but I've really enjoyed seeing what different people bring to the table and how they present information. It might be a bit challenging to set up but at some point, it would be cool to get a sort of all star tasting set up with everyone who has done a tasting this year - Jacob, Andrew, Steven, Rick, Justin, and Luke (hopefully I'm not forgetting anyone from earlier in the year). Everyone seems to have slightly different ways of tasting and describing beer, as well as presenting technical info, and it would be interesting to see that first hand. I assume something along these lines happens during internal tasting panels, so I suppose it would be sort of a behind the scenes look more than anything else, but it would be neat to see. Highly tangential, but having done tastings with staff from a variety of breweries over the years - and not always being particularly impressed - it's awesome to see that MT can keep rotating participants without a drop in quality.
2) If you haven't been keeping up with MT emails about Encinitas, they sent us one on September 7th with a boilerplate email they'd like to see us customize and send to the Encinitas City Council. Additionally, the next meeting is October 11th and a strong show of support in person would be beneficial both for the City Council to see MT fans, as well as to block opponents from grabbing seats. I'm sure Steven will be providing more info on this as it draws closer, but keep your eyes out for the email.
3) Steven said that it's looking likely that this month's sale will be on their internal platform, rather than BPT. Always a chance that changes and I'd rather they get it right than rush it out, but stoked to hear it's so close.
4) Not a note, but broad feedback – the question of single barrel stouts was raised, and what we thought of them. People seemed to be largely in favor (shocking...), but I wanted to specifically point out that I think single barrel treatments are a great way to learn more about the base beers and what sort of flavor profiles work well with them. I've particularly enjoyed the recent Devil's Teeth single barrel treatments – XM Schmeller and now Uncommon Raptor – and I'm finding that for my palate, it's perhaps better suited to the format than Monster's Park. I love BA Monster's Park and I generally find the BA MP blended base without adjuncts to be my favorite each year, but I always seem to find that DT allows more of a barrel's nuance to shine through. I'd be curious to know if others feel the same way...I certainly won't complain about single barrel MP treatments, but I'd love to see DT thrown into more interesting barrels.
Tasting Notes:
1) Devil's Teeth in Uncommon Raptor Barrels - 4.5 - Eagle Rare barrel from K&L, in which the beer was aged for roughly a year. Really dug the aroma on this one, big opening salvo of baker's chocolate with dark cherry character supporting, some light vanilla lurking around, and touches of oak and alcohol heat. A richer sweeter dark chocolate character hits the palate first, followed by moderate vanilla. The cherry notes from the nose are far lighter, but still clearly discernible. Hints of oak with just enough woody character to add pleasant complexity waft around the background. A bit of heat on the finish but not what I'd consider a particularly boozy treatment. One of my preferred single barrel treatments so far this year.
2) Dragon Mask – 4.25 – Collaboration with Casita Cerveceria. The highest original gravity MT has ever hit at 34* plato, 11* plato FG, 3 hour boil, adjuncted with cinnamon, cacao nibs, salt, and vanilla...ridiculous. Aroma was a lot more well integrated than you'd expect out of a pastry stout, rich chocolate with a nice salinity to balance some of the sweetness and restrained cinnamon. A lot of people find cinnamon overpowering in beers, but I think they'll be pleasantly surprised with this one. I think the vanilla could've been a touch stronger, but it's a delicate balance since that can also increase the perception of sweetness. Flavor is like a spiced chocolate milkshake, just decadent as hell but surprisingly not as sweet as you might expect. I think cacao nibs and salt were both excellent adjunct choices to balance the residual sugars. Incredibly thick mouthfeel, absolutely coats your tongue and leaves a long sweet finish.
3) Transit of Venus Aged in Red Wine Barrels w/ Strawberry and Meyer Lemons – 4.5 – Second use lemons from Lightning Helix, which I think was a real positive since I found they added a bit too much herbal character to that beer. Nice blend of fruits on the nose with the strawberry providing a delicate counterpoint to the citrus notes. The rustic funk of the base beer is still evident, which I'm glad to see – it would be easy to just throw fruit at a beer to make it taste like strawberry lemonade, but maintaining what I love about Transit of Venus and blending that with the fruit is excellent. Strawberry comes through a bit more on the palate along with the perception of more acidity than the nose. Still well-balanced and driven more by funk, but a nice dose of sourness to drive home the strawberry lemonade theme. I seem to recall kegs ever so slightly more, but that was at a beer fest so my palate was definitely not in top form. Either way, bottles are really nice and I look forward to cracking a couple open in the next couple months before summer well and truly ends.
4) Batch 1500 – 3.5 – Not 100% sure where to go with this one, as I enjoyed it more on draft in February than I did this evening. Big fruit character on the aroma with nice notes of figs, dates and some dark malt character, although I was also getting a slightly distracting level of acetaldehyde out of the nose. Not enough to make me dislike the beer by any means, but enough to knock the beer's score down in my book. I'd be curious to know if others picked it up or if I just missed the mark on smelling this one. The palate wasn't giving me that same issue, strong acidity up front followed by dark cherries and dates, moderate dark malts, and touches of oak.
5) Batch 1500 w/ Black Currants – 3.75 – Strong aroma of currants and grape juice, sort of a vinous character. The fruit really helps to temper the acidity of the base beer, along with enhancing the perception of the dark fruit notes, which I think is to its benefit. Flavor is very fruity, heavy on the currants and grape juice but with some date-like notes coming through as well. Touches of vanilla and oak in the background. I like the concept here, but I don't think the beer is quite strong enough to carry the acidity of the base version, nor is the fruit especially well integrated in this version. Palates obviously differ but I find dark sours work best both with a bit more body and a bit more malt character than is evident here.
Assorted Notes:
1) Jacob and Andrew weren't around tonight, so we had Rick joining again and Justin Holmes (Special Projects Coordinator or something along those lines) making his preview tasting debut, with Steven of course driving the bus. Obviously tasting the beer is the focus of these events, but I've really enjoyed seeing what different people bring to the table and how they present information. It might be a bit challenging to set up but at some point, it would be cool to get a sort of all star tasting set up with everyone who has done a tasting this year - Jacob, Andrew, Steven, Rick, Justin, and Luke (hopefully I'm not forgetting anyone from earlier in the year). Everyone seems to have slightly different ways of tasting and describing beer, as well as presenting technical info, and it would be interesting to see that first hand. I assume something along these lines happens during internal tasting panels, so I suppose it would be sort of a behind the scenes look more than anything else, but it would be neat to see. Highly tangential, but having done tastings with staff from a variety of breweries over the years - and not always being particularly impressed - it's awesome to see that MT can keep rotating participants without a drop in quality.
2) If you haven't been keeping up with MT emails about Encinitas, they sent us one on September 7th with a boilerplate email they'd like to see us customize and send to the Encinitas City Council. Additionally, the next meeting is October 11th and a strong show of support in person would be beneficial both for the City Council to see MT fans, as well as to block opponents from grabbing seats. I'm sure Steven will be providing more info on this as it draws closer, but keep your eyes out for the email.
3) Steven said that it's looking likely that this month's sale will be on their internal platform, rather than BPT. Always a chance that changes and I'd rather they get it right than rush it out, but stoked to hear it's so close.
4) Not a note, but broad feedback – the question of single barrel stouts was raised, and what we thought of them. People seemed to be largely in favor (shocking...), but I wanted to specifically point out that I think single barrel treatments are a great way to learn more about the base beers and what sort of flavor profiles work well with them. I've particularly enjoyed the recent Devil's Teeth single barrel treatments – XM Schmeller and now Uncommon Raptor – and I'm finding that for my palate, it's perhaps better suited to the format than Monster's Park. I love BA Monster's Park and I generally find the BA MP blended base without adjuncts to be my favorite each year, but I always seem to find that DT allows more of a barrel's nuance to shine through. I'd be curious to know if others feel the same way...I certainly won't complain about single barrel MP treatments, but I'd love to see DT thrown into more interesting barrels.
Tasting Notes:
1) Devil's Teeth in Uncommon Raptor Barrels - 4.5 - Eagle Rare barrel from K&L, in which the beer was aged for roughly a year. Really dug the aroma on this one, big opening salvo of baker's chocolate with dark cherry character supporting, some light vanilla lurking around, and touches of oak and alcohol heat. A richer sweeter dark chocolate character hits the palate first, followed by moderate vanilla. The cherry notes from the nose are far lighter, but still clearly discernible. Hints of oak with just enough woody character to add pleasant complexity waft around the background. A bit of heat on the finish but not what I'd consider a particularly boozy treatment. One of my preferred single barrel treatments so far this year.
2) Dragon Mask – 4.25 – Collaboration with Casita Cerveceria. The highest original gravity MT has ever hit at 34* plato, 11* plato FG, 3 hour boil, adjuncted with cinnamon, cacao nibs, salt, and vanilla...ridiculous. Aroma was a lot more well integrated than you'd expect out of a pastry stout, rich chocolate with a nice salinity to balance some of the sweetness and restrained cinnamon. A lot of people find cinnamon overpowering in beers, but I think they'll be pleasantly surprised with this one. I think the vanilla could've been a touch stronger, but it's a delicate balance since that can also increase the perception of sweetness. Flavor is like a spiced chocolate milkshake, just decadent as hell but surprisingly not as sweet as you might expect. I think cacao nibs and salt were both excellent adjunct choices to balance the residual sugars. Incredibly thick mouthfeel, absolutely coats your tongue and leaves a long sweet finish.
3) Transit of Venus Aged in Red Wine Barrels w/ Strawberry and Meyer Lemons – 4.5 – Second use lemons from Lightning Helix, which I think was a real positive since I found they added a bit too much herbal character to that beer. Nice blend of fruits on the nose with the strawberry providing a delicate counterpoint to the citrus notes. The rustic funk of the base beer is still evident, which I'm glad to see – it would be easy to just throw fruit at a beer to make it taste like strawberry lemonade, but maintaining what I love about Transit of Venus and blending that with the fruit is excellent. Strawberry comes through a bit more on the palate along with the perception of more acidity than the nose. Still well-balanced and driven more by funk, but a nice dose of sourness to drive home the strawberry lemonade theme. I seem to recall kegs ever so slightly more, but that was at a beer fest so my palate was definitely not in top form. Either way, bottles are really nice and I look forward to cracking a couple open in the next couple months before summer well and truly ends.
4) Batch 1500 – 3.5 – Not 100% sure where to go with this one, as I enjoyed it more on draft in February than I did this evening. Big fruit character on the aroma with nice notes of figs, dates and some dark malt character, although I was also getting a slightly distracting level of acetaldehyde out of the nose. Not enough to make me dislike the beer by any means, but enough to knock the beer's score down in my book. I'd be curious to know if others picked it up or if I just missed the mark on smelling this one. The palate wasn't giving me that same issue, strong acidity up front followed by dark cherries and dates, moderate dark malts, and touches of oak.
5) Batch 1500 w/ Black Currants – 3.75 – Strong aroma of currants and grape juice, sort of a vinous character. The fruit really helps to temper the acidity of the base beer, along with enhancing the perception of the dark fruit notes, which I think is to its benefit. Flavor is very fruity, heavy on the currants and grape juice but with some date-like notes coming through as well. Touches of vanilla and oak in the background. I like the concept here, but I don't think the beer is quite strong enough to carry the acidity of the base version, nor is the fruit especially well integrated in this version. Palates obviously differ but I find dark sours work best both with a bit more body and a bit more malt character than is evident here.
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drbenzo1
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so max out on Transit of Venus Aged in Red Wine Barrels w/ Strawberry and Meyer Lemons and Dragon Mask and call it a year? 375?
Xul1
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If you need 32 cans of Dragon Mask, might I also suggest some insulin to pair with it?
ModernTimesSteven
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Xul1
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Should've named the higher tier the Theory of Glucose Committee.
Edit: Not really accurate since most MT BA stouts are at the dry end of the spectrum. Maybe when the Bruery inevitably rebrands they can use that.
