distantmantra
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I'm still amazed Fuggles and Warlock hasn't been sued for all their video game "inspired" labels.
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Beer |OT2| Can't stop won't stop the fresh hop
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I'm still amazed Fuggles and Warlock hasn't been sued for all their video game "inspired" labels.
Scotland. BrewDog are Scottish.
newdayrocks
Member
Heading back to DC at the end of the month, and Churchkey has what sounds like an amazing event going on.
Gimme.
Gimme.
ErnieMcCracken
Member
Buying up the shelf turds no one wants.
I love that everyone ignores the Pannepot Reserva. Such an amazing beer. The Speedway is about 2 years old. Decided to give it a home. Everybody is so focused on local hype and NE IPAs...
I love that everyone ignores the Pannepot Reserva. Such an amazing beer. The Speedway is about 2 years old. Decided to give it a home. Everybody is so focused on local hype and NE IPAs...
Never had the Pannepot it's on my list now thoughBuying up the shelf turds no one wants.
I love that everyone ignores the Pannepot Reserva. Such an amazing beer. The Speedway is about 2 years old. Decided to give it a home. Everybody is so focused on local hype and NE IPAs...
distantmantra
Member
Buying up the shelf turds no one wants.
I love that everyone ignores the Pannepot Reserva. Such an amazing beer. The Speedway is about 2 years old. Decided to give it a home. Everybody is so focused on local hype and NE IPAs...
Pannepot is good stuff. The Pannepooch collab Hair of the Dog did with them once was really nice.
Strong Ales and Barleywines aren't fancy and typically full of adjuncts that draw hype.
distantmantra
Member
Barleywines are a little too boozy sweet for me. I'm good with about four ounces and then I'm done.
eyeball_kid
Member
Buying up the shelf turds no one wants.
I love that everyone ignores the Pannepot Reserva. Such an amazing beer. The Speedway is about 2 years old. Decided to give it a home. Everybody is so focused on local hype and NE IPAs...
I love Speedway, it's in my top 10 Imperial Stouts. Can't believe wherever you got those from would be trying to sell it for 2 years.
newdayrocks
Member
Speedway, Dissident, and that Harvest variety are all terrific. Like you say, no idea why anyone would leave those on the shelf.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
If I make a chili with a beer in it, do I post it as a check in on Untappd as I eat it?
Not serious.
But, it is my first time using beer as an ingredient, and loving what it has added. Used a Founder's Porter.
Not serious.
But, it is my first time using beer as an ingredient, and loving what it has added. Used a Founder's Porter.
newdayrocks
Member
Beer ads some great qualities to beer. Porter brings one thing, IPAs another, Pilsners something completely different!
distantmantra
Member
Drink some of the beer first than show the bottle in front of your cooking apparatus.
I do that, cause it's fun.
My wife uses rauchbier a lot in a gochujang black bean stew she makes.
theSlacker
Member
Can't wait. The Shlafly event last night was okay as well but I got there too late for the bottle pours. Their toasted coconut was pretty good but the best thing they brought was the dessert that they serve at their bar.
newdayrocks
Member
Lemme know if you're interested in a mini-BeerGAF drink-up. I'll 100% be there.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Went by the store before work today and the only thing sitting on the new counter was one six pack of Hopslam. I am the only person in the store for about ten minutes, just casually looking at everything else.
Then another guy comes in and seemed distraught that I was walking around with Hopslam and there was none left. Eventually I found a clerk and they had about 25 more cases so he brought out more. The other customer was a bit excited. And then as I was checking out multiple people were coming in to buy as much as they could.
I wasn't even expecting to find it. It was just a "Oh, I guess that is out. Think I will get it."
I mean, it is good, but not THAT good. They said I could buy 2 six packs, but one is enough for me. I just don't understand why people go that bonkers for it. Just like any 3 Floyds release that hits the shelf.
Then another guy comes in and seemed distraught that I was walking around with Hopslam and there was none left. Eventually I found a clerk and they had about 25 more cases so he brought out more. The other customer was a bit excited. And then as I was checking out multiple people were coming in to buy as much as they could.
I wasn't even expecting to find it. It was just a "Oh, I guess that is out. Think I will get it."
I mean, it is good, but not THAT good. They said I could buy 2 six packs, but one is enough for me. I just don't understand why people go that bonkers for it. Just like any 3 Floyds release that hits the shelf.
ErnieMcCracken
Member
Hop JuJu is where it's at. Too bad people go nuts for that one now too...
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Give it a couple of years. Seems the only things around here that people go fucking bonkers over are Hopslam and KBS. And still Zombie Dust for some reason. People here sleeping on Alpha King, which is fine by me when I feel the need for an IPA from 3 Floyds.
ErnieMcCracken
Member
All the new "bros" into craft beer will always be all over those. So many good DIPAs and barrel-aged offerings out there anymore I don't get the constant hype. Still see Big Bad Baptist on the shelf. I'd rather grab that than dealing with the KBS shit show. I'd like to ask some of these guys what their favorite Samuel Smith beer is and they'd probably say "Boston Lager"...
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I would love to try Big Bad Baptist, but it aint here in KY. Dammit. Same with Sunday Morning Stout by Weyerbacher.
As for fads, it seems the sour fad never really exploded around here. There was like a month or so where anything sour had people going nuts, but not most just sit there with little to no fanfare.
ErnieMcCracken
Member
I can send you both of those if you'd like. People still go nuts for sours up here. Cantillon never sees the shelves and Tilquin can be found if you know where to look. 3 Fonteinen is a rare siting too.
Big Bad Baptist is really good but there's a variance in the amount of coffee vs the amount of barrel that you can get due to their being multiple batches hitting the shelves simultaneously... I definitely prefer more coffee to barrel, so maybe I'll love son of Baptist.
I think I might trade it all to have Bo and Luke as I've acquired such a strong taste for smoke in beer lately
I think I might trade it all to have Bo and Luke as I've acquired such a strong taste for smoke in beer lately
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Oh, that would be amazing. Is there anything in southern KY you have been wanting to try that I might be able to secure or have stashed away?
ErnieMcCracken
Member
I have a bottle of Bo and Luke in the fridge from '14 I think (was going to open it for my b'day but never got to it). Be glad to open it with you sometime. Also, Son of Baptist isn't barrel-aged, they will just be using a different coffee for each batch they brew.
Not sure what you have down there since I'm in Cincy but I'm not too picky. I'd be good with whatever you wanted to send. You can probably check my Untappd to see a lot of what I've had.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Was about to say I have a newer bottle of Bo & Luke, but that is out the window, lol.
I really don't have much sitting around, but shall go to your Untappd to see what you might like.
This is my first trade not in person, so this will be a learning experience for me.
ErnieMcCracken
Member
No worries. Just think when packing, if you can drop it from shoulder height and not flinch, you should be good. Bubble wrap and packing peanuts are your friends.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Oh, I can get bubble wrap out the wazzo from work. There is no problem there.
But still just worried about trading something worthwhile. Any kind of trade for anything I am worried about not pulling my weight in the bargain.
theSlacker
Member
Mention it again closer to the event if you remember. Pretty sure I'll be there but who knows. You would think it would be easier to plan stuff when the place is right in your back yard but sometimes it just passes me by because I don't have to actually make any big plans to go.
distantmantra
Member
I'm curious what sours you're seeing sit on the shelves. Cantillon, 3F and the fruited Tilquins are really the only ones that don't last long.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Lots of Bruery stuff. Cant remember many of the others I have seen. I usually gloss over them and don't pay attention too much. I will look closer tonight or tomorrow.
distantmantra
Member
Bruery stuff sits everywhere. I bet the lambic arms race is just as strong down in KY as it is anywhere. Probably stronger since Shelton Brothers seems to ship a bunch to that state.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
We do get lots of Shelton Brothers. Again, I shall look.
As for the stuff you have, are they bombers or regular bottles?
ErnieMcCracken
Member
Don't worry about it. I'm good with whatever you send. Let me know if you're interested in anything else. Have plenty of Jackie O's or any locals (MadTree, Rhinegeist, Rivertown, 50West).
For real. I've always wanted to try one but that price... (says the guy who bought Veritas 16 for 40 bucks.) I think I'm done with most Lost Abbey bottle releases though, they always managed to do something shitty or mess up fantastically right before they release a bottle.
distantmantra
Member
Aside from Upland and Pizza Boy, Cascade is the biggest rip off in craft beer. I fondly remember Kriek and Apricot 750s for $13 seven or eight years ago. If you're in Portland the pours are resonably priced, but the bottles... Cascade is trying to gouge people and they're somewhat successful at it. People are starting to catch on, forcing them to start shipping their bottles more places. Like South Korea.
Bruery? Both.
Shelton Brothers distributes a ton of brands and a lot of them sit around for ages. They are in charge of Cantillon and Drie Fontenein in the US, however. And those don't last anywhere.
Bruery? Both.
Shelton Brothers distributes a ton of brands and a lot of them sit around for ages. They are in charge of Cantillon and Drie Fontenein in the US, however. And those don't last anywhere.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Even if I think Hopslam is overrated, I was thinking about it all day at work. Definitely a nice, refreshing way to begin the night after a shift.
And looking at the packaging date on the bottom. It is from Monday. That is fresh as fuck.
And looking at the packaging date on the bottom. It is from Monday. That is fresh as fuck.
Good to know, I probably won't ever pick one up but if I see it on tap for a reasonable price (which I haven't seen surprisingly) then I'll try it out.
distantmantra
Member
The only place I've ever seen Cascade on draft for cheap is at Cascade.
