The Beer Thread • Page 608

Three local breweries are closing this weekend, almost no notice. Not ideal.

 

Late Christmas present

 

Do it and paint a side with chalkboard paint so you do stuff like this.

 

Heady topper
Vermont lager from harpoon
Mountain ale from harpoon


IM IN VERMONT BBY

 

What’s a discontinued beer you wish you could have again? For me it’s Victory’s Hop Ranch

 

Anchor Christmas ale every winter

 

Seven Sisters from Living Waters in Nashville. Goes insane

 

Old Bavarian Lager (OBL) from Folksbier.

 

You know that guy that brewed folksbier now brews Schenker Beer. And Id probably say their hellbier is the same recipe.

 

I do. And I have had many of Joey's offerings. Its close, but not the same.

 

Yeah I grab most of the stuff they distro here. Recently it's just been a TIPA which I will always pass on.

 

Funny and cursed list.

 

What is up with Voodoo Ranger? We went to a birthday party for our friend's kid this weekend at some indoor rock climbing gym. It was like 2 pm and they had a cooler of White Claws and some beer. I wasn't going to drink (because I was at a child's birthday party at a rock climbing gym at 2pm), but our friend told me to grab something so that other people would start to drink too. I saw that the one beer was a Voodoo Ranger imperial ipa so grabbed the second choice, assuming it was lower abv. The can said "Fruit Punch IPA". Gross, whatever. I'm halfway through it when my wife goes "What are you drinking?!" and points to the side of the can. 9.5%! What kind of psycho only grabs ~10% beer for a kids party????

 

Hahahaha

 

I think Voodoo Ranger was originally just a single beer, an IPA, but it got so popular that they turned Voodoo Ranger into a brand so now there's a lot of different types of Voodoo Ranger. I dunno really

 

You are correct. They have mixed cases of different IPA’s now that are all voodoo ranger.

 

Kids birthday parties are a fine and dandy place to get buried tbh

 

Voodoo ranger I believe became the top selling SKU in the 19.2 oz can in the country. It actually forced bells, founders (and other regionals here in MI) to follow suit. That voodoo ranger line or whatever it is essentially are replacing the malt beverage category as they’re close to the price point and ABV but now are like fruit punch ipa and palatable to those looking for high abv that doesn’t taste too much like beer.

 

To its credit, it drank like a session mixed with fruit punch

 

Judging you if there isn't alcohol at your kids bday party. I don't care if it's 10am, I've been up for 6 hours.

 

There's a reason Chuck E. Cheese serves alcohol.

 

Listen. 90% of the budget of my son’s last 4 birthdays has been alcohol. I was on an island though, it was our childhood friend’s kid and every other adult was the parent of a kid in his class. A house party? A party with a single other person I knew? Bombs away

 

I rarely drink Voodoo Ranger anymore except for their booth at PAX East, where we always load up on a few of these before going back onto the expo floor

 

I blacked out drinking voodoo ranger on Christmas Eve because my mom got voodoo ranger IPA cans without knowing what they were. And I was sneaking drinks in my bedroom at my mom’s house because my puritan Christian extended family was over. Lol. They never expected a thing.