The San Diego area thread

[reidjoshua1]

Found a low fill bine of the times last night and cracked it tonight. Try to find one if it's not sold out. That's all

 

[rcubed1]

Well ****, that Woodshop news is a kick to the dick.

ABC dicks. I was supposed to have judging at Wild Barrel last Saturday for the sour beer competition I run and they said they couldn’t have Homebrew on premise even as a private event. Which is not true, that became legal several years ago.

 

[Tyrsis]

This sucks. I was really looking forward to Woodshop.

 

[arren]

This sucks. I was really looking forward to Woodshop.

Word. I purposely skipped out on other stuff because I knew Woodshop would be coming to wreck me.

 

[sdreaper]

Word. I purposely skipped out on other stuff because I knew Woodshop would be coming to wreck me.

Same, I skipped any friday events so that I could recoup from the week and carbo-load in preperation and then also skipped on Barrel Night since I didn't think it would be wise to do both. Ah well, the ****** archaic uninterpretable rules police that hates fun strikes again.

 

[hi im richie]

So uh what happened with Woodshop?

 

[sdreaper]

So uh what happened with Woodshop?

Basically, "The reason for our event postponement is because of ABC concerns that unexpectedly arose due to listing the event on Brown Paper Tickets, which technically classifies it as a “public event” per the ABC. We had never experienced this concern in the 13+ years of Woodshop events across multiple venues and cities."


ABC slapped cquiroga hand and said "no, stop it, bad."

There was more in the email about discussions trying to get whatever issues ABC had resolved, but didn't work out. =(

 

[Xul1]

Found a low fill bine of the times last night and cracked it tonight. Try to find one if it's not sold out. That's all

+1, hot damn is this beer great. kingg wasn't joking when he told me that Mikkeller SD surpassed Bine Mender. Phenomenal barrel character, great coffee, and a deep chocolate profile from the base...just outstanding. If you haven't grabbed a can (or more), you're missing out.

 

[rcubed1]

Wild Barrel is has been wanting to add a patio space and of course needed to get the ABC's approval. On the 25th they were there and the homebrew competition and Woodshop got brought up. The ABC agent told them that neither could be hosted there based on their license. I had less than 24 hours to scramble to find a new judging venue and lost quite a few judges in the process. I was hoping with Woodshop would have been resolved in time but it's sad to hear that did not happen.

I'm sure such events will be fine in the future once things settle out as the laws do allow breweries to host private events (be it with homebrew or off premise brewed beers).

 

[DannyFullpint]

I was minutes away from booking my lodging when the bad news came out. Still might boogie down this weekend.

 

[schmaltzy1]

lets ask Sebo to pair us up, we'll win it

We ****** did it.... For the win. Always a good time at Fling, best beer week event btw.

 

[Tyrsis]

lets ask Sebo to pair us up, we'll win it

******* CALLED IT

 

[Sebowski1]

lets ask Sebo to pair us up, we'll win it

Three team playoff! Tyrsis crushed a drive and Smaltz nailz a putt. Both threw straight steel to seal it. Congrats. Flags fly forever. You will always be champions. Great day.

 

[arren]

Finally, a Lost Cause membership!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-coveters-club-membership-tickets-83090665417

...oof, is it just me or does that price seem a little steep?

 

[sdreaper]

Finally, a Lost Cause membership!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2020-coveters-club-membership-tickets-83090665417

...oof, is it just me or does that price seem a little steep?

I value the bottles around 190-200 (25/bottle). The 2 parties will hopefully be either no payment for the meads either unlimited or like 5-6 pours, again, hopefully.

Aside from that, I think you would need to be able to take advantage of the discount to make up for it. I do think it is a tad much for what they are offering, but I can easily get back $60 in just discount usage.

So yes to being steep if you don't visit all that often.

 

[Tyrsis]

Chasing Shadows might be the best IPA I've had all year.

 

[LSUPT]

Chasing Shadows might be the best IPA I've had all year.

Agreed. Also, Alvarado Street Fins & Faultlines is insanely good.

 

[riko1]

Chasing Shadows might be the best IPA I've had all year.

Who makes it? Not seeing any good info on Untappd or Googles.

 

[arren]

I value the bottles around 190-200 (25/bottle). The 2 parties will hopefully be either no payment for the meads either unlimited or like 5-6 pours, again, hopefully.

Aside from that, I think you would need to be able to take advantage of the discount to make up for it. I do think it is a tad much for what they are offering, but I can easily get back $60 in just discount usage.

So yes to being steep if you don't visit all that often.

I guess if they're going to start making meads north of $25, it's a little more reasonable, but it's a hard bargain for me - especially when some of their less expensive, more widely available meads are just as good. I killed a bottle of Lemon's Cello last week while marathoning through Mindhunter. No ragrets.

Chasing Shadows might be the best IPA I've had all year.

you can't ******* name the beer and not give any more damn info about it

 

[Xul1]

Chasing Shadows might be the best IPA I've had all year.

Who makes it? Not seeing any good info on Untappd or Googles.

you can't ******* name the beer and not give any more damn info about it

I assume he meant Casting Shadows, a Burgeon/Societe collab (brewed at Burgeon).

 

[sdreaper]

I guess if they're going to start making meads north of $25, it's a little more reasonable, but it's a hard bargain for me - especially when some of their less expensive, more widely available meads are just as good. I killed a bottle of Lemon's Cello last week while marathoning through Mindhunter. No ragrets.

It sounds like they are going to experiment more with the small batch meads and use pricier ingredients.

I agree, Lemon's Cello is stupidly crushable, just like the Heavy Meadows.

 

[Tyrsis]

I assume he meant Casting Shadows, a Burgeon/Societe collab (brewed at Burgeon).

Oops! Yes, casting.

 

[blackzag05]

Oops! Yes, casting.

pretty much sums up craft beer right now.

 

[hophead841]

Chasing Shadows might be the best IPA I've had all year.

I really like Burgeon. Their IPA is consistent and usually good to very good, though never reaching great. I had a taster of Casting Shadows at Bottlecraft and didn't think it was as good as Treevana or most of the other WC IPA they've done. I'll have to try it again, perhaps a pint this time.

 

[Tyrsis]

I really like Burgeon. Their IPA is consistent and usually good to very good, though never reaching great. I had a taster of Casting Shadows at Bottlecraft and didn't think it was as good as Treevana or most of the other WC IPA they've done. I'll have to try it again, perhaps a pint this time.

I think I've had 6 or so pints in the last two weeks. And a boot at Obriens...

 

[arren]

Hit up Societe to get those Pupil cans. Man I forget how much I take that brewery for granted - had a half pint of Coachman and it was legit one of the best IPAs I can remember drinking in a while.

 

[riko1]

Curious to get reports on the Pupil cans. That beer used to be awesome but I've been disappointed when I've ordered it the last couple years.

 

[Tyrsis]

Curious to get reports on the Pupil cans. That beer used to be awesome but I've been disappointed when I've ordered it the last couple years.

Just popped one.

It's okay.

 

[hophead841]

Just popped one.

It's okay.

That sounds like Pupil for the last five years. I wonder what happened to that beer. At this point it's been mediocre far longer than it was good.

 

[rcubed1]

The Pupil has relied on Nelson hops and Nelson hops have not been good until last year. I would assume they have been using the new crop by though.