What's Happening in NJ? Releases, News, Gatherings

[darehulk112]

Hung out at Harvest Moon today. I continue to really enjoy the coffee porters that Kyle is putting out. The guava sour was nice as were his Cubs pale ale and the double IPA.

Upstream red team.

RU Rah Rah!

- Joe

I work around the block from there, so happy I do now. I hope Oceanus comes out again this year (heard it may be spring '17, but nothing close to confirming that)

 

[seedavid]

Vanilla Rye goes for like $50/oz on the secondary market these days, so I'm pretty sure you can't afford to miss this one:



Edit: For the benefit of those w/o Facebook:

Cloverleaf Tavern
395 Bloomfield Ave, Caldwell, New Jersey 07006
Friday Nov 25, 2016 at 10:30 AM - 4 PM

Join us for a VERY SPECIAL Black Friday with Goose Island. WE WILL OPEN AT 10:30AM

Upon opening the first 60 guests will receive a SPECIALTY flight. The first 30 will have CHOICE of one of two SPECIALTY Bourbon County Stout Flight with 3oz of each of the following. The 2nd 30 will receive whichever of the two flights remain:

2012 Bourbon County Stout (draft)
2016 Bourbon County Stout (draft)
2014 Bourbon County Coffee
2014 Bourbon County Vanilla Rye

OR

2012 Bourbon County Stout (draft)
2016 Bourbon County Stout (draft)
2014 Bourbon County Coffee
2012 Bourbon County Cherry

Flight is $20

We'll also be tapping:
2012 Bourbon County Stout (one 8oz pour per guest)*
2016 Bourbon County Stout (one 8oz pour per guest)*
Carton Epitome
Dogfish Head Beer for Breakfast
Goose Matilda
Goose Winter Brown Ale

ALL BEER tapped at 10:30am - We will also have 3 breakfast specials:
-Taylor Ham, Egg and Chesse Sandwich
-Breakfast Burger (Taylor Ham Egg & Cheese on a burger)
-Breakfast Quesadilla (Scrambled eggs, sausage, onion and peppers)

*One FLIGHT or 8oz Vintage BCBS per guest - We will have plenty of BCBS draft for those who do not make the cut on the flights.

Also, 2012 BC Cherry. Is that gonna be 'tussin at this point?

 

[gregkoko]

Vanilla Rye goes for like $50/oz on the secondary market these days, so I'm pretty sure you can't afford to miss this one:



Edit: For the benefit of those w/o Facebook:


Also, 2012 BC Cherry. Is that gonna be 'tussin at this point?

Cherry Rye is DELICIOUS. Even more so now

 

[DigDug1810]

last i had a cherry rye was Sept 2015 and i thought it hadn't aged very well and was pretty let down.. could have been bottle variation.. idk but i'd choose the nilla over the cherry...

good looking event either way.. wish i could make it

 

[gregkoko]

last i had a cherry rye was Sept 2015 and i thought it hadn't aged very well and was pretty let down.. could have been bottle variation.. idk but i'd choose the nilla over the cherry...

good looking event either way.. wish i could make it

Had it in December 2015 and thought it was fantastic, but to each their own. I also think all the berry/cherry BCS were not the greatest when fresh

 

[axeman91821]

Definitely plan on getting daydrunk at Cloverleaf on Friday.

 

[gregkoko]

I have to work on Friday.

 

[axeman91821]

Serendipitously, I'm going to Thanksgiving at my aunt and uncle's who live about a five minute walk from the Cloverleaf, so probably will crash there for the night and then stumble over on Friday morning for 'Nilla Rye.

 

[seedavid]

Serendipitously, I'm going to Thanksgiving at my aunt and uncle's who live about a five minute walk from the Cloverleaf, so probably will crash there for the night and then stumble over on Friday morning for 'Nilla Rye.

Brunchin' ass Bill loves him some 'nilla.

 

[Os]

Brunchin' ass Bill loves him some 'nilla.

BCBS ass Bill

 

[MKtheGeneral]

BCBS ass Bill

 

[user 305778]

Guess NJ is actually getting their BCBS on Friday this year?

 

[DigDug1810]

Guess NJ is actually getting their BCBS on Friday this year?

maybe in some areas... inbev distro's are different in various counties.. don't think in South Jersey or Ritchie & Page we'll see it till next week.. think 2014 was only black friday release here in south jersey

 

[Stewmeister91]

Anyone hit up Wet Ticket in Rahway yet?

 

[Os]

Anyone hit up Wet Ticket in Rahway yet?

what's that?

 

[Kingfish1]

Troon is now doing growler fills on weekend evenings (bring you own glass and cash only for now). Stopped in last Saturday. Alex is a really nice guy. He had a saison, pale wheat ale, dipa, and English porter. They were all really good beers, pretty amazing considering it was his first time on the new system. He also has some barrels ready to fill up and a nice looking house culture. Really looking forward to what the future holds!

 

[Stewmeister91]

what's that?

It's a new brewery, opened last week.

 

[Os]

It's a new brewery, opened last week.

yeah, just looked them up... no real info... wish we at least got a background on the brewer

 

[seedavid]

yeah, just looked them up... no real info... wish we at least got a background on the brewer

As long as it doesn't start with "our head brewer got a home brewing kit as a gift from his Grandmother for Christmas in 2015, and from there it was love at first drink!" or something, there's always hope.

 

[gregkoko]

As long as it doesn't start with "our head brewer got a home brewing kit as a gift from his Grandmother for Christmas in 2015, and from there it was love at first drink!" or something, there's always hope.

http://www.magnifybrewing.com/

 

[seedavid]

http://www.magnifybrewing.com/

I think he got the homebrew kit for his 21st birthday, not Christmas. And then his parents got him the brewery for Christmas the following year, right?

EDIT: I should clarify though, I like several of their beers, and the place is generally very busy, so in Magnify's case, I think it worked out alright.

 

[Os]

As long as it doesn't start with "our head brewer got a home brewing kit as a gift from his Grandmother for Christmas in 2015, and from there it was love at first drink!" or something, there's always hope.

that's actually what I assume when I don't see anything about the brewer.

 

[MKtheGeneral]

http://www.magnifybrewing.com/

Magnify : Kane
Sheetz : Wawa

 

[gregkoko]

Magnify : Kane
Sheetz : Wawa

Woah woah woah lets not say things we cant take back.

Big proponent of Sheetz Pretzel Melts. **** is delicious

 

[MKtheGeneral]

Woah woah woah lets not say things we cant take back.

Big proponent of Sheetz Pretzel Melts. **** is delicious

We've all drunkenly embraced some Bojangles or partaken in some late night Crown Fried Chicken, no judgement friend.

 

[gregkoko]

We've all drunkenly embraced some Bojangles or partaken in some late night Crown Fried Chicken, no judgement friend.

Boj is the BEST

THE BEST

Get a little of that magic can shaking down on that chicken. So good

 

[user 312341]

Troon is now doing growler fills on weekend evenings (bring you own glass and cash only for now). Stopped in last Saturday. Alex is a really nice guy. He had a saison, pale wheat ale, dipa, and English porter. They were all really good beers, pretty amazing considering it was his first time on the new system. He also has some barrels ready to fill up and a nice looking house culture. Really looking forward to what the future holds!

Thanks for the info! Can't wait to check them out. Are people still meeting on the 3rd for beers? I am supposed to go to a beer friend's birthday party that day but would like to join you all. If it's a different date in December (or if people want to go another Saturday), please keep me in the loop!

We've all drunkenly embraced some Bojangles or partaken in some late night Crown Fried Chicken, no judgement friend.

There's a Kennedy around the corner from my house. Post-PATH ride home, it's heavenly. That trashy-ass mac and cheese works wonders after beers.

 

[Os]

Thanks for the info! Can't wait to check them out. Are people still meeting on the 3rd for beers? I am supposed to go to a beer friend's birthday party that day but would like to join you all. If it's a different date in December (or if people want to go another Saturday), please keep me in the loop!

yeah, a few of us wanted to do something but the 3rd is all booked for our little group

 

[user 312341]

yeah, a few of us wanted to do something but the 3rd is all booked for our little group

Well, clearly, you'll all just have to go back another day to accommodate me.
Get some grrrrowls and set up a Bob's Burgers marathon. Thanks in advance, friend. Haha

 

[DigDug1810]

what are you north jersey guys talking about with your sheetz and bojangles... what are these fandangled places you reference

wawa is pretty legit tho... miss the days however when they carried more nationally recognized brands and a bit less wawa branded items

i still remember when my lil ho bunk town got a wawa back in the mid 90's.. they let the town teenagers run the place... what a poor idea that was. it was basically a party house where the goods were free.. don't think they ran an inventory for over a year haha