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[Marc2]

Anyone have any suggestions for decent restaurants around Referend? Looking for lunch.

When you're there ask Jspriest for the BYOB Thai place up the road

 

[skrip]

When you're there ask Jspriest for the BYOB Thai place up the road

i think it closed! haha

 

[Marc2]

Oh **** is that the place? Where are we gonna get our late night snacks now?

 

[skrip]

Oh **** is that the place? Where are we gonna get our late night snacks now?

we're gonna have to stock up on dank cheese and cured meats... or Firkin... haha

 

[Marc2]

Firkin works but that Saturday crowd...

 

[Jspriest]

i think it closed! haha

Pru Thai is alive and well! Fame Dish is no more, which wasn't really ever that good, but they delivered and were open late so they saved our lives as the default go-to for post-bottling run late night dinners.

Anyway, shadowane Pru Thai is very good. So are the Brick Farm establishments. So, in its own way, is Firkin Tavern.

 

[skrip]

Pru Thai is alive and well! Fame Dish is no more, which wasn't really ever that good, but they delivered and were open late so they saved our lives as the default go-to for post-bottling run late night dinners.

Anyway, shadowane Pru Thai is very good. So are the Brick Farm establishments. So, in its own way, is Firkin Tavern.

ahhh i had a feeling there were 2 places haha

 

[user 305778]

Pru Thai is alive and well! Fame Dish is no more, which wasn't really ever that good, but they delivered and were open late so they saved our lives as the default go-to for post-bottling run late night dinners.

Anyway, shadowane Pru Thai is very good. So are the Brick Farm establishments. So, in its own way, is Firkin Tavern.

Great thank you for the other suggestion. The Brick Tavern is 15 minutes vaguely north of Referend so I'm feeling that it may be too far to drag my family, but we'll see.

Appreciate all the suggestions anyway guys!

edit: Pru Thai is only 5 minutes away. That may be more possible.

 

[seedavid]

Where should I take someone that just moved to Somerville for a nice-ish meal? I've only ever been there for work purposes, so I have no idea where I ought to eat or drink.

 

[Timmush1]

Where should I take someone that just moved to Somerville for a nice-ish meal? I've only ever been there for work purposes, so I have no idea where I ought to eat or drink.

Verve in Somerville is pretty good if you are thinking directly in town. Other options if willing to drive 15 to 20 min

 

[MKtheGeneral]

Verve in Somerville is pretty good if you are thinking directly in town. Other options if willing to drive 15 to 20 min

 

[whitehouse50]

does anyone know where I could find a bottle of 2017 Gouden Carolus Cuveee van de Keizer BLUE in northern NJ? Need one to fill a gap in my vertical, any leads are appreciated thank you!

 

[Os]

does anyone know where I could find a bottle of 2017 Gouden Carolus Cuveee van de Keizer BLUE in northern NJ? Need one to fill a gap in my vertical, any leads are appreciated thank you!

*must not make joke about filling vertical gap*

 

[MikeJones]

Where should I take someone that just moved to Somerville for a nice-ish meal? I've only ever been there for work purposes, so I have no idea where I ought to eat or drink.

I'm about to dive into some short rib tacos at Project PUB.

PUB/Tapastre are both great.

Verve in Somerville is pretty good if you are thinking directly in town. Other options if willing to drive 15 to 20 min

Never actually ate at Verve. Best cocktails around though.

 

[doctorstiffington]

Where should I take someone that just moved to Somerville for a nice-ish meal? I've only ever been there for work purposes, so I have no idea where I ought to eat or drink.

Tapastre has great tapas food and an excellent craft beer tap list. There are nice Tai and sushi places too but you’d have to look them up because my brain cells don’t have the capacity to store them.

 

[Gene1]

does anyone know where I could find a bottle of 2017 Gouden Carolus Cuveee van de Keizer BLUE in northern NJ? Need one to fill a gap in my vertical, any leads are appreciated thank you!

Not sure if this helps at all, but I’ve got a 2012...

 

[MKtheGeneral]

Not sure if this helps at all, but I’ve got a 2012...

And he loves filling those gaps too

 

[whitehouse50]

Not sure if this helps at all, but I’ve got a 2012...

Thanks very much for the offer Gene, but I'm good on the 12.

 

[seedavid]

I went to White Chapel Project in Long Branch like a week and a half ago I think. Its a brewpub, I guess. Huge gorgeous indoor/outdoor space, close to the beach. I suspect it will be packed in the summer.

Food was good. I had this fried burger thing that comes in some sort of enclosed potato bun. The rest of the menu sounded good and approachable. Nothing too boring, but nothing too out there either.

Beer was fine. The pale ale, IPA, DIPA, "American Ale," and the two saisons I tried tasted like accurate representations of the styles, but nothing mind blowing. All very standard offerings, but they're just starting.

Split a cocktail between 3 people just to try it. It was pretty terrible. Tasted like pre-made cocktail mix. I know for a fact they have some very talented folks on staff that know how to make a damn fine cocktail. However, the cocktail menu suggests to me that the recipes they're being forced to make are hot trash, which is too bad.

I will visit again, but probably not for a few months. Hopefully they can figure it out before the weather warms up.

 

[augiecarton]

Our friend Jin reached out to us this weekend to ask about deformed Regular Coffee Nitro cans. So we did a series of tests Saturday and some follow up extreme tests this morning. Some cans (3 of 48 tested) were over-pressurized. Not enough pressure to be dangerous but enough to deform a can.


We think that during one of the constant tweaks to the canning line's nitro doser, the tech adjusted it outside of the range for a 12oz. can, to a level intended for 16oz. cans.


The beer is as it should be. It will actually probably hold longer and cascade more beautifully when poured. The higher pressure isn’t enough to compromise the can’s seals, but the cans may misshape. We believe we have isolated the affected cans and pulled them from the stacks as of Sunday morning, but Jin is evidence that some are out there in the wilds of NJ.


If you have “popped up” Nitro Coffee cans and want a perfectly can-shaped cans, we totally understand and want to make it right. Please bring them back to Carton next time you are by, and we will exchange them for some cans we are holding for this purpose. If you aren’t bothered and drink from a deformed can, bring the empty in on your next visit, and your first Boat is on us. If getting to Carton is not convenient in your near future, shoot an email to [email protected] and we will sort something out

 

[Os]

deformed is such an ugly word... let's just say those cans have an outtie

 

[augiecarton]

deformed is such an ugly word... let's just say those cans have an outtie

you're right i shouldn't can shame like that

 

[MikeG1]

deformed is such an ugly word... let's just say those cans have an outtie

Deformed cans about to become the new Hazy chicken-soup IPAs of 2019. "This batch is deformed AF and straight fire!:

 

[Zimm]

Just figured I would share this cause I’m sure some of you have bottles. Kane 1460 and all of their older anniversary beers are drinking fantastically. Don’t sleep on them. Well the barrel aged 365 was falling off but damn the rest have held up better than expected!

 

[MikeJones]

Just figured I would share this cause I’m sure some of you have bottles. Kane 1460 and all of their older anniversary beers are drinking fantastically. Don’t sleep on them. Well the barrel aged 365 was falling off but damn the rest have held up better than expected!

I always enjoy them with some age.

 

[CoinStarChange]

Just figured I would share this cause I’m sure some of you have bottles. Kane 1460 and all of their older anniversary beers are drinking fantastically. Don’t sleep on them. Well the barrel aged 365 was falling off but damn the rest have held up better than expected!

I still have a bottle of the original cork and cage 365, wondering how that will hold up. I'm definitely not excited to open the wax on 1825...that was brutal.

 

[Zimm]

I still have a bottle of the original cork and cage 365, wondering how that will hold up. I'm definitely not excited to open the wax on 1825...that was brutal.

Yeah the wax... I thought 365 fell off. Now the barrel aged 730 was always exceptional. I think I had my last one less than a year ago but fresh... that thing was tight.

 

[MikeG1]

Anyone going to Carton today that could grab me a few cans of Churro or a mixed 4 pack? Lmk. Was planning on going but ear infections for the kids changed plans.

 

[Stewmeister91]

New batch of boat with the new can wrapping, bottom yellow lip graphic, is so delicious.

 

[skrip]

man this thread has never been more dead...

today!

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anyone going?