What are you drinking now?

[Remmy]

That's it, heading to CT for Backwoods Bastard and some Gandhi Bot. Not too bad. Only about a 45min drive.

Come through!

 

[wobrien]

Courtesy of Clint. Really like this a lot

 

[wobrien]

Quiet in here tonight. That's ok, when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself. (Except for the newborn that's been on my lap for two hours)

 

[nukebrewer]

Thanks again, Stauff. Great Black IPA.

 

[mhurst111]

Lakefront pumpkin lager.



Not a fan, but have a couple left from Halloween, and they ain't gonna drink themselves...

 

[nukebrewer]

Quiet in here tonight. That's ok, when I drink alone, I prefer to be by myself. (Except for the newborn that's been on my lap for two hours)

You weren't kidding. It's been 23 minutes without a post. Except for this one.

EDIT: There was a post exactly one minute before this one, so this post is no longer valid. Please disregard.

 

[NewWestBrewer]

Avery IPA. Nice citrus and floral notes. Great IPA

 

[tyzippers]

That sucks man, sorry to hear that. Lets hope for the best!

Thanks man. I'm not even sure what the best is right now. All I know is that one of my bosses asked me not to quit. The other (the one in OKC with me) probably has I idea that the company is in such a site situation. Whatever. I'm going to bed and pretend like yesterday didn't happen so I can try to enjoy my Thanksgiving holiday.

Good night HBTLand.

 

[BrewinHooligan]

Avery IPA. Nice citrus and floral notes. Great IPA

Just tried this one last weekend and have to agree, very well done.
Having some more rye saison. I think I preferred it better fresh but it almost gone now.

 

[nukebrewer]

Getting ready to go to bed by drinking one of my Black Hole Bourbon Oak Aged Vanilla Chocolate Imperial Stouts.

 

[Dave37]

Getting ready to go to bed by drinking one of my Black Hole Bourbon Oak Aged Vanilla Chocolate Imperial Stouts.

Sounds like that one has a lot going on.

Stayed up and finished 2 more leffe blondes while watching Cloud Atlas. Wow it's long.

I know I loved the beer I drank while watching it but I'm not sure how I feel about the movie. Good.

 

[chuckstout]

HB session hoppy brown tonight

 

[dirtybasementbrew]

Coffee and coconut water!!!!!

 

[chuckstout]

Coffee and coconut water!!!!!

One in each hand, startin off on a run

Another HB session

 

[Remmy]

Coff

 

[dirtybasementbrew]

Coffee and coconut water!!!!!

 

[dirtybasementbrew]

One in each hand, startin off on a run Another HB session

I'm chasing the coffee with CW

 

[MrNickVT]

Roads are really bad due to the weather. Should be an interesting day.
Moar water

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Yeah, I just saw something about the believers club in the FB comments, what's that all about?

Plus it's supposed to rain all day tomorrow. That sucks, but may scare people away

People who signed up as "fans" before TH opened get preferential treatment on the releases.

Aaand I'm back from a reealy reealy ridiculously terrible day at work. Just found out that my company may be kaput when I get back from OKC in a few weeks. I'm not in any mood.

Watching Archer after having the following. They were both excellent, I just wish I was in a better mood to enjoy them.

Sorry to hear that man - especially this time of the year. I hope things turn around and start to improve for you!


On to coffee while the pumpkin pies finish baking and the cranberry relish chills. Then I have to figure out what will get done with work today and what will wait until next week.

 

[TNGabe]

Hey you got a tracking number for the package?

You mean the tracking number I PM'd you yesterday? Should be there Friday. I'll send again.

Aaand I'm back from a reealy reealy ridiculously terrible day at work. Just found out that my company may be kaput when I get back from OKC in a few weeks. I'm not in any mood.

Watching Archer after having the following. They were both excellent, I just wish I was in a better mood to enjoy them.

Couldn't happen at a better time of year, right? That sucks man. Even if they don't fold, sounds like it's time to start looking around. Isn't this the second time recently?

Having a Foothills Endo IPA that Hello sent me. Pretty solid IPA, thanks for sharing your local brews. Dog photo bombed again and this time I figured out why. He goes crazy for any an all transient sources of light and reflections, so he came investigating the auto-focus assist light that my camera throws in low light.

EDIT: The name is Cottonwood Endo, not just Endo. My mistake.

If you care, not that you should, Foothills bought Cottonwood and kept making the beers under the Foothills name.

People who signed up as "fans" before TH opened get preferential treatment on the releases.



Sorry to hear that man - especially this time of the year. I hope things turn around and start to improve for you!


On to coffee while the pumpkin pies finish baking and the cranberry relish chills. Then I have to figure out what will get done with work today and what will wait until next week.

From what my friend who signed up for believers tells me, TH isn't really happy with it either. They didn't set a time period or anything ahead of time, so it's not like a reserve society.

Pumpkin beer, pumpkin pie, you should at least build a trebouchet or an air cannon and do something good with pumpkins to balance out all the nasty.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Pumpkin beer, pumpkin pie, you should at least build a trebouchet or an air cannon and do something good with pumpkins to balance out all the nasty.

From some of the comments yesterday, it does look like they've either put some limits on BC members (i.e. you can reserve two releases a year or something) or have tied it to buying beer throughout the year to earn points. Either way, I would have to believe they will be changing the model on that to both expand it (for people who weren't in the know ahead of time) and make some money off it.

 

[Remmy]

Supposedly there will be a line at NEBCO today for a new beer. Meh. This is what craft beer has come to. I plan to get some beer hours after the rush. It's also their last day of brewing at the old place before they move.

Having another coff right now.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

Today is gonna be rough to get through.... all i keep thinking is at 7 I'll be on my way home to brew a ipa drinking a beer

Coffee now

 

[Remmy]

Today is gonna be rough to get through.... all i keep thinking is at 7 I'll be on my way home to brew a ipa drinking a beer Coffee now

It could be worse. You could be RGIII.

 

[TNGabe]

From some of the comments yesterday, it does look like they've either put some limits on BC members (i.e. you can reserve two releases a year or something) or have tied it to buying beer throughout the year to earn points. Either way, I would have to believe they will be changing the model on that to both expand it (for people who weren't in the know ahead of time) and make some money off it.

Note to self, open ended presale of beer is a bad idea. I honestly don't like the whole reserve club model. High end beer is already more than exclusionary enough without it. I saw that Beatification is up to $18 (for a 375) this year. Considering you can order 750 of 3F or Cantillon from Belgium for that, I'm a little shocked how many people are falling over themselves to get some.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

Frankly, I like the idea of doing tickets (either first come-first server or a raffle) to exclusive releases. That way there's no risk of wasting time in line and getting screwed over. For people who want to line up and do bottle sharing while they wait, that's still an option (just look at Darkness day) but for people with work/life conflict if they get the ticket then it takes the pressure off. I agree that the escalating prices are going to backfire real soon...

 

[TNGabe]

Frankly, I like the idea of doing tickets (either first come-first server or a raffle) to exclusive releases. That way there's no risk of wasting time in line and getting screwed over. For people who want to line up and do bottle sharing while they wait, that's still an option (just look at Darkness day) but for people with work/life conflict if they get the ticket then it takes the pressure off. I agree that the escalating prices are going to backfire real soon...

How would you handle tickets? Sold at the brewery starting a couple weeks out? Jackie O's does calendar days starting at 5pm the Friday before. Jan 1 goes first the next morning when sale starts. I don't have the cash for bottles right now, or I'd be considering a trip up there in a couple weeks. There's about a 2% chance I might go to mule for my buddies, but at 7hrs ea way, seems a little excessive just to drink beer Friday night / Saturday am, although the tap line up is looking very sweet.

 

[govner1]

Coffee! I'm off until Monday. Easing into the holiday!

 

[MrNickVT]

Frankly, I like the idea of doing tickets (either first come-first server or a raffle) to exclusive releases. That way there's no risk of wasting time in line and getting screwed over. For people who want to line up and do bottle sharing while they wait, that's still an option (just look at Darkness day) but for people with work/life conflict if they get the ticket then it takes the pressure off. I agree that the escalating prices are going to backfire real soon...

At Hill Farmstead they do a lottery. Which is most fair. But sucks because I've yet to be picked. Then again I'm talking about their parties and not bottle releases. I really wish they would do a members club like many breweries have.

 

[CliffMongoloid]

It could be worse. You could be RGIII.

Robert griffin da turd