The Beer Thread • Page 397

Finding the Birthday and Anniversary ones will be no easy feat. Weller 12 and OF Birthday barrels are going to send the both the beer and bourbon communities after that stuff so hard. I dread seeing what secondary pricing will be

 

Pumpkin and Fall beers have started showing up on the shelves.

It's time.

 

My lady and I are ending our 30 day dry out tonight and have a large beer stock. What should we drink?

Great Central Brewing lager
Illuminated Brew Works Trust lager
Spiteful Brewing Alley Time pale ale
Begyle Ghost Man On Third hazy IPA
Begyle Ducks Fly Together lager
Bell's Kalamazoo stout

Or should we go ham with one of these big boys?

2017 BCBS
Empirical Neutronium Buffalo Trace aged stout
2019 Begyle Imperial Pajamas BBA stout
Jackie-O's Polycephaly VII blend of BBA stouts and porters conditioned with vanilla and cacao nibs

 

Tree House in a bottle, never thought I’d see the day

 

can shortage due to increased to-go sales?

 

This is fantastic.

 

I’ve already had:

Southern Tier Pumpking
Southern Tier Warlock
Masthead Haunted Hayride
Kentucky Pumpkin Barrel Ale
Whole Hog Pumpkin Ale

Gonna pick up Dogfish Punkin Ale tomorrow.

 

After yesterday’s storms go big or go home. Buffalo trace

 

Yeah there’s absolutely a can shortage. Not sure if it’s hit a lot of smaller breweries yet. AB, and Miller Coors are definitely feeling it.

 

I totally get that. Ended up going with the GC and IBW lagers. Playing the long game tonight.

 

In April our brewery paid like 2.5x the normal rate to get a small run of labeled crowler cans in. Only going to get worse. Blanks were getting harder to find last summer, let alone now that everyone is trying to do crowlers.

fuck some places are trying to put crowlers into grocery stores as four packs of cans lol.

 

Update: this has settled into an absolutely perfect Helles, crystal clear subtle deliciousness

 

Damn. Can’t imagine trying to buy a four pack of crowlers hahah

 

We're currently stocking about 4x as many pallets of blanks compared to normal in anticipation of the shortages getting worse

 

My first of the deconstructed Bombs, Vanilla. And.... I gotta be honest, it's not that great for some reason. The vanilla tastes... Fake, metallic, plastic. Maybe it's a bad bottle or maybe there's a reason all 4 flavors are there usually haha.

 

Someone came into the bar yesterday and said “do you guys have Schlafly Pumpkin yet?” then today I was asked for Spaten Oktoberfest. I hate people.

 

Looks like Creature Comforts is opening in LA next year, they're highly regarded right?

 

Southern Tier Pumking is just straight up one of my favorite beers ever. Holding off having one until my Fantasy Football draft though.

 

Yeah. I had a meeting with a small brewery in the city I just moved and he’s like “we will probably start self distro, keg sales, crowlers in stores” and I was just like uhhhhhh no thanks.

Tropicalia is a great ipa.

 

I think Prairie stuff is overpriced for the quality of the product. (Ducks head) $13-16 a bottle and just an okay stout IMO. Was really excited when I saw Holiday Weekend drop and then after taking the first sip was transported back to the last time I bought a Prairie.

 

Goose Island's Caramella version could be great or a disaster - no in between

 

My friend that lives in Brooklyn is coming down for a socially distant hang this weekend and bringing some other half I asked him to pick up. Excited since it will be my first other half beers

 

Other Half used to be such a special experience for me. Over time I realized how many other great breweries there are in the area/how many continue to open up and brew great products. Not a knock on the quality, but they are def overhyped by some annoying beer bros

 

I just spent 100 on Icarus beer today to be delivered next week, 100 on other half I'll get this weekend, then I'll spend probably another 100 in kane for things I can't get in the store tomorrow. I have a problem.