The Official Modern Times League Of Partygoers & Elegant People Thread

[hi im richie]

At the Fermentorium right now and a rat just ran from the brewery side to the glass door and then (presumably) out.

Also, the tap list is quite great. Highly recommended.

 

[wolf13]

At the Fermentorium right now and a rat just ran from the brewery side to the glass door and then (presumably) out.

Did he have a beard? If so, that’s just Pizza Rat’s West Coast vegan hipster cousin, Beer Rat. Cool dude, but he’s ALWAYS got his League challenge coin on him, so don’t challenge him unless you really want to buy him a beer.

If he didn’t have a beard, it was probably just one of those Haze Rats scampering away once he realized he couldn’t turn a Monkish profit on any of the beers.

 

[chemman141]

Modern Times clearly needs a brewery cat.

 

[litheum94]

Sizzle Pie collab is mighty fine!

 

[drbenzo1]

I like the glass better than the beer, but it’s pretty nice.

 

[rcubed1]

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[abawol01]

By my math, Beastmaster has an FG of 1.060.

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[chemman141]

By my math, Beastmaster has an FG of 1.060.

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Sweeter than dragons mask?

 

[abawol01]

Sweeter than dragons mask?

Similar, maybe a bit less. A sipper to be sure.

 

[chemman141]

I am going to be so lost this month without Xul tasting notes.

 

[sdreaper]

2/13 San Diego Tasting Notes from League member Carl, reposting with permission.

"
Great tasting as always, the staff did a great job getting beers out to around 150 people and Andrew and Steven did a great job answering questions and providing witty banter. I have to agree with Steven that I hope this is the absolute max size. As much as bringing plus 1s is nice, it did take a long time to pour that many samples and there were a lot of repeat questions. My thoughts on the beers below:

Beastmaster- Huge decadent dessert stout, but not overly sweet considering the big body. It came off drier and less sweet than Dragon mask. Big roasty flavors with coffee and mainly coconut stealing the show. As it warmed the coconut came through even more and the roastyness moved toward the more chocolatey side. Big fan.

BBA DT with BBA coffee 2016 - Next to beast master this came off very dry, the bourbon and oak character have come to the forefront from when this was fresh and it has a slightly tannic finish. The coffee character has decreased quite a bit and now comes off as more nutty and woody. Overall, this one is very barrel forward, which I enjoyed.

Wizard and Graf 2 - Quite a bit of funk with a big minerality, green apple skin and a hint of that wine-like cider character. The sourness was present but played a supporting role. The minerality gave it a bigger mouthfeel than you would expect from a beer/cider and because of that it didn't come off super dry. I really enjoyed it, funky and amphora aged beers are my jam.

Palace of Paper Sacks - A ton of fleshy nectarine character, backed up by solid acidity. It really captured the flavor of biting into an "acidic early season farmers market nectarine" as Andrew would say. At 1st when it was cold it came off a little more acidic and and then mellowed into a more floral white nectarine character. It's everything I want from a stone fruit forward beer.

Delectable mountains - Big funk upfront followed by a sharp citrus/citrus zest note. I really felt like the citrus flavor from the kumquats cut through the funk well and gave it a great balance between the fruit and funk. Again a solid body on this one but not as big as those aged in amphoras. Another example of how MT's funky beers and their sour program in general has been killing it lately.
"


Additional notes from me,
Andrew stated that they definitely did not have any Infinity Gauntlet sitting in Cognac barrels....
Brewer from Hawkshead in the UK was in town and was working on a collab with MT. He was brought up in front to chat about the process of where they go to do collabs and how they decide on which beer to brew. His accent was thick with a cross between new zealand, UK, and scotland....so I tried, but failed at collecting all of the details.

 

[Tyrsis]

Andrew stated that they definitely did not have any Infinity Gauntlet sitting in Cognac barrels....

Hoping we can get this beer without adjuncts at least once. Don't get me wrong, I'm a pastry-bitch but barleywine is still life

 

[litheum94]

2/13 San Diego Tasting Notes from League member Carl, reposting with permission.

"
Great tasting as always, the staff did a great job getting beers out to around 150 people and Andrew and Steven did a great job answering questions and providing witty banter. I have to agree with Steven that I hope this is the absolute max size. As much as bringing plus 1s is nice, it did take a long time to pour that many samples and there were a lot of repeat questions. My thoughts on the beers below:

Beastmaster- Huge decadent dessert stout, but not overly sweet considering the big body. It came off drier and less sweet than Dragon mask. Big roasty flavors with coffee and mainly coconut stealing the show. As it warmed the coconut came through even more and the roastyness moved toward the more chocolatey side. Big fan.

BBA DT with BBA coffee 2016 - Next to beast master this came off very dry, the bourbon and oak character have come to the forefront from when this was fresh and it has a slightly tannic finish. The coffee character has decreased quite a bit and now comes off as more nutty and woody. Overall, this one is very barrel forward, which I enjoyed.

Wizard and Graf 2 - Quite a bit of funk with a big minerality, green apple skin and a hint of that wine-like cider character. The sourness was present but played a supporting role. The minerality gave it a bigger mouthfeel than you would expect from a beer/cider and because of that it didn't come off super dry. I really enjoyed it, funky and amphora aged beers are my jam.

Palace of Paper Sacks - A ton of fleshy nectarine character, backed up by solid acidity. It really captured the flavor of biting into an "acidic early season farmers market nectarine" as Andrew would say. At 1st when it was cold it came off a little more acidic and and then mellowed into a more floral white nectarine character. It's everything I want from a stone fruit forward beer.

Delectable mountains - Big funk upfront followed by a sharp citrus/citrus zest note. I really felt like the citrus flavor from the kumquats cut through the funk well and gave it a great balance between the fruit and funk. Again a solid body on this one but not as big as those aged in amphoras. Another example of how MT's funky beers and their sour program in general has been killing it lately.
"


Additional notes from me,
Andrew stated that they definitely did not have any Infinity Gauntlet sitting in Cognac barrels....
Brewer from Hawkshead in the UK was in town and was working on a collab with MT. He was brought up in front to chat about the process of where they go to do collabs and how they decide on which beer to brew. His accent was thick with a cross between new zealand, UK, and scotland....so I tried, but failed at collecting all of the details.

Palace of Paper Sacks and Delectable Mountains were both phenomenal. Both were really fruit forward.

 

[chemman141]

Palace of Paper Sacks and Delectable Mountains were both phenomenal. Both were really fruit forward.

Is it $32.25 phenomenal? I thought I was done with the $30 sour bottles when I dropped TRB haha

 

[litheum94]

Is it $32.25 phenomenal? I thought I was done with the $30 sour bottles when I dropped TRB haha

I’ll be buying one of each.

 

[chemman141]

I’ll be buying one of each.

I was planning on the same assuming it would come in at the $23.75 price point but now I am re-thinking haha.

 

[litheum94]

I was planning on the same assuming it would come in at the $23.75 price point but now I am re-thinking haha.

I hear you. I may need to stop going to preview tastings....

 

[sdreaper]

I hear you. I may need to stop going to preview tastings....

It is fun to see your bill after tastings and after ones you couldn't make it. Mine is noticeably different

 

[Original Fake]

I was planning on the same assuming it would come in at the $23.75 price point but now I am re-thinking haha.

All of their big fruited sours have been that $30+ for like a year, no? Part of the reason why I dropped out.

 

[Tyrsis]

I dont buy them. I'd rather spend the money on IPAs and BA stouts.

 

[drbenzo1]

Mostly stouts for me... the IPA 4 packs are too pricey anymore, especially when they’re all hazey... plus Pizza Port. I love MT but the IPA prices are out of control. Hell you could argue prices in general are high. The crowler fills prices are sometimes nice though.

 

[DougOLis]

2/13 San Diego Tasting Notes from League member Carl, reposting with permission.

"
Great tasting as always, the staff did a great job getting beers out to around 150 people and Andrew and Steven did a great job answering questions and providing witty banter. I have to agree with Steven that I hope this is the absolute max size. As much as bringing plus 1s is nice, it did take a long time to pour that many samples and there were a lot of repeat questions. My thoughts on the beers below:

Beastmaster- Huge decadent dessert stout, but not overly sweet considering the big body. It came off drier and less sweet than Dragon mask. Big roasty flavors with coffee and mainly coconut stealing the show. As it warmed the coconut came through even more and the roastyness moved toward the more chocolatey side. Big fan.

BBA DT with BBA coffee 2016 - Next to beast master this came off very dry, the bourbon and oak character have come to the forefront from when this was fresh and it has a slightly tannic finish. The coffee character has decreased quite a bit and now comes off as more nutty and woody. Overall, this one is very barrel forward, which I enjoyed.

Wizard and Graf 2 - Quite a bit of funk with a big minerality, green apple skin and a hint of that wine-like cider character. The sourness was present but played a supporting role. The minerality gave it a bigger mouthfeel than you would expect from a beer/cider and because of that it didn't come off super dry. I really enjoyed it, funky and amphora aged beers are my jam.

Palace of Paper Sacks - A ton of fleshy nectarine character, backed up by solid acidity. It really captured the flavor of biting into an "acidic early season farmers market nectarine" as Andrew would say. At 1st when it was cold it came off a little more acidic and and then mellowed into a more floral white nectarine character. It's everything I want from a stone fruit forward beer.

Delectable mountains - Big funk upfront followed by a sharp citrus/citrus zest note. I really felt like the citrus flavor from the kumquats cut through the funk well and gave it a great balance between the fruit and funk. Again a solid body on this one but not as big as those aged in amphoras. Another example of how MT's funky beers and their sour program in general has been killing it lately.
"


Additional notes from me,
Andrew stated that they definitely did not have any Infinity Gauntlet sitting in Cognac barrels....
Brewer from Hawkshead in the UK was in town and was working on a collab with MT. He was brought up in front to chat about the process of where they go to do collabs and how they decide on which beer to brew. His accent was thick with a cross between new zealand, UK, and scotland....so I tried, but failed at collecting all of the details.

Who was the bro that kept yelling **** out and trying to dominate the conversation?

A few personal thoughts on the beers for me:
Beastmaster - tons of coconut
Wizard & Graf 2 - I didn't particularly care for Wizard & Graf 1 that much but I really enjoyed this one. Very good melding of cider, beer and funk.
Palace of Paper Sacks - I haven't really cared too much for most of MT's stone fruit sours to this point because I've thought they were too acidic and lacking in fruit character. This one is getting much closer to what I like though and you can really identify the nectarines in it and the acidity seemed to be dialed down a bit.
Delectable Mountains - I thought this tasted like Orange Fanta (in a good way)

Is it $32.25 phenomenal? I thought I was done with the $30 sour bottles when I dropped TRB haha

It sounds like they're using a lot more fruit in some of the sours now by doing the fruit additions in these big plastic vats rather than in the barrel. I forget what the exact ratio they said, but it was previously something like 1.5 lbs/gallon versus now using 3 lbs/gallon for Palace of Paper Sacks. That ratio would be comparable to what Casey does with their Casey Family Preserves line and also comparable in price. Delectable Mountains does use a lower ratio though and sounded like a less labor intensive fruit addition so hopefully that one is less.

 

[rcubed1]

Putting fruit in a barrel and then trying to get out the beer is a pain in the ass so a bunch of breweries are now fruiting in plastic totes so they can keep their stainless vessels freed up for primary fermentations. Glad they able to hit their beers with more fruit now.

 

[chemman141]

Who was the bro that kept yelling **** out and trying to dominate the conversation?

A few personal thoughts on the beers for me:
Beastmaster - tons of coconut
Wizard & Graf 2 - I didn't particularly care for Wizard & Graf 1 that much but I really enjoyed this one. Very good melding of cider, beer and funk.
Palace of Paper Sacks - I haven't really cared too much for most of MT's stone fruit sours to this point because I've thought they were too acidic and lacking in fruit character. This one is getting much closer to what I like though and you can really identify the nectarines in it and the acidity seemed to be dialed down a bit.
Delectable Mountains - I thought this tasted like Orange Fanta (in a good way)



It sounds like they're using a lot more fruit in some of the sours now by doing the fruit additions in these big plastic vats rather than in the barrel. I forget what the exact ratio they said, but it was previously something like 1.5 lbs/gallon versus now using 3 lbs/gallon for Palace of Paper Sacks. That ratio would be comparable to what Casey does with their Casey Family Preserves line and also comparable in price. Delectable Mountains does use a lower ratio though and sounded like a less labor intensive fruit addition so hopefully that one is less.

They're both 32.25

 

[litheum94]

They're both 32.25

Reality has definitely set in for me, and I may end up passing on both. If I get anything, it will be a bottle of Delectable Mountains, as my wife enjoyed that one as well Hard to justify $33 for a beer that only I will drink.

 

[sdreaper]

Who was the bro that kept yelling **** out and trying to dominate the conversation?

Somebody's +1 that apparently was over-served before he even got there and wanted to be the star of the show.

 

[chemman141]

Reality has definitely set in for me, and I may end up passing on both. If I get anything, it will be a bottle of Delectable Mountains, as my wife enjoyed that one as well Hard to justify $33 for a beer that only I will drink.

It's funny, I didn't bat an eye at MTv for the same price but the sour I'm just like #Nope. I think its because my cellar is very sour heavy at the moment and I want to swing that balance.

 

[coldstorage]

Well for the second month running I have missed the theory presale because of it going to my spam filter. Almost no words for how bummed I am to have missed out on my extra bottles of monster tones.

Get it together coldstorage =(

 

[abawol01]

Da fuq is monster tones?

 

[coldstorage]

MONSTER TONES — THEORY OF LEISURE COMMITTEE EXCLUSIVE
Decadence, thy name is Monster Tones. This outlandishly delicious beer is the result of a 50/50 blend of Monsters’ Park and Modem Tones, both aged for 7 months in bourbon barrels which had previously housed maple syrup. Following the blend, the beer was conditioned on freshly-roasted coffee beans, toasted coconut, and a whole lot of vanilla. When it was all over, what arose was a dessert-laden beverage of the highest order, with flavors and aromas of tiramisu, coffee, chocolate, and roasted marshmallows. We’re pretty excited for you to get some of this in your face.
ABV: 13%
Total Quantity: 196
22oz Bottle Limit: 2

2 included w/ membership, option to buy 2 more. Since I already promised a good friend he could buy one of my extra bottles i'm down to one. ******* hate paying for the premium membership and then sleeping on the premium perks.