The Beer Thread
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^ damnit. I picked up and put it back down like 3 times yesterday debating on trying it. I also noticed I'm spending like 100+ bucks a week on craft beer which is insane.
Needless
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Jesus christ, i know some bottles can be anywhere from 8-15 bucks but how many bottles/cases a week are you buying?
Mind you i did over 100 this week as well.. only because i paid $70 for that advent calendar above lol
The Baptist is real. My wife bought me a bottle of that and the Mikkeller Breakfast Geek Stout a week ago, and I'd highly recommend either to folks that love stouts.
Great Lakes Christmas Ale is out now if you're into beers that used to be good but now taste like water
You ever buy a 12 pack of a good beer and find a skunked one? Just opened a 12 pack of Stone and my Arrogant Bastard is literally skunked. It tastes like day old budweiser
opiate82
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Yup, will happen from time to time. Unfortunately it is tough to pin down the culprit between the brewery, distributor, then the retailer. Big reason why Stone started their "Enjoy By" line.
I was super stoked to see a bunch of Ballast Point show up at my local grocery store only to find out it was all well past its shelf life. Turns out the distributor was trying to dump a bunch of excess on hand stock and the beer and wine manager at the grocery store was too incompetent to realise it was happening.
monnoh
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Restocked on beer this weekend and bought:
- 2 bottles of Geuze 100% Lambik Cantillon
- 1 bottle of Geuze Boon Mariage Parfait
- 6 bottles of Sint-Bernardus Abt 12
- 6 bottles of Orval
- 12 bottles of Duvel Tripel Hop
Also tried the winter beer of Achouffe (N'ice Chouffe) and was pleasantly surprised, I'm normally not a fan of winter beer but this was good.
- 2 bottles of Geuze 100% Lambik Cantillon
- 1 bottle of Geuze Boon Mariage Parfait
- 6 bottles of Sint-Bernardus Abt 12
- 6 bottles of Orval
- 12 bottles of Duvel Tripel Hop
Also tried the winter beer of Achouffe (N'ice Chouffe) and was pleasantly surprised, I'm normally not a fan of winter beer but this was good.
opiate82
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10 Barrel Brewing has been bought out by AB/InBev. I will say the same thing about this that I did about the Goose Island buyout; I don't care if the quality and innovation of the beer doesn't change one bit, I will not be buying any more of their beer simply because I don't want even a fraction of my beer dollar going to support the InBev advertising and political lobbying warchest.
I don't begrudge 10 Barrel for selling, they are going to get a life-changing amount of money. Although, from their "all-star" brewers lineup to the owners connection to AB, it seems like the whole brewery was built on the idea of eventually selling out which scares me a little for craft beer industry as a whole. I don't want to see the start-up culture of the tech industry seeping its way into craft beer.
I don't begrudge 10 Barrel for selling, they are going to get a life-changing amount of money. Although, from their "all-star" brewers lineup to the owners connection to AB, it seems like the whole brewery was built on the idea of eventually selling out which scares me a little for craft beer industry as a whole. I don't want to see the start-up culture of the tech industry seeping its way into craft beer.
same. exact same feelings on this. I will no longer buy your product, but no hard feelings for selling out
Gotta get paid
calhoonjugganaut
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My wife recently got me a kegerator for my birthday. Anyways, the first 1/2 keg is finished. I've been told it's much cheaper to take them somewhere and have them filled as opposed to going back to the store I got it from and buying a fresh keg. Any pointers?
My supermarket had a really cool Arrogant Bastard sampler pack. 4 x 22oz bottles.
1 x Arrogant Bastard Ale (just the normal one)
1 x Bourbon Barrel Arrogant Bastard Ale
1 x Double Arrogant Bastard Ale (11% APV)
1 x Lucky Bastrd Ale (basically a blend of the above three)
I had the bourbon barrel one yesterday. Gave the beer a bite on the front end. Almost a metallic taste. Was decent but nothing overwhelming.
1 x Arrogant Bastard Ale (just the normal one)
1 x Bourbon Barrel Arrogant Bastard Ale
1 x Double Arrogant Bastard Ale (11% APV)
1 x Lucky Bastrd Ale (basically a blend of the above three)
I had the bourbon barrel one yesterday. Gave the beer a bite on the front end. Almost a metallic taste. Was decent but nothing overwhelming.
Khane
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I've never heard of this before. Ever. For a few reasons.
1) Most states have ridiculous deposit laws for kegs. CT for example has something like a $35 deposit, so if you don't return the keg, goodbye deposit
2) I don't think there are any breweries that would ever fill a barrel of any size for you. I have never heard of anyone doing that.
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This.
For the state I'm in, you can't get barrels refilled (1/6, 1/4, 1/2 etc). The breweries have to fill them after cleaning them. For the most part you can keep the deposit "paying forward", though some of the smaller breweries have much larger deposits.
opiate82
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I know a local brewery here will fill up 5 gallon corny kegs (soda pop kegs popular amongst homebrewers) but outside of that I have never heard of getting a keg "refilled" before. Logistically speaking I'm not really seeing how a store or brewery would do that. Properly filling a keg is a lot more involved of a process than just cracking it open and pouring in some beer.
Also keep in mind that keg-shell is the property of the brewery it came from. Yes you probably paid a deposit in the neighborhood of $30-$50 for the shell, but those things cost the brewery over $100 a piece new so you are technically stealing from them by keeping the shell.
Keg attrition is actually a major issue for breweries. They are often kept and either sold for scrap, which will often net more than the average deposit, or homebrewers have been known to keep (steal) keg-shells to convert them into brew-kettles. Most breweries can't get away with charging their business accounts a deposit for the full value of a keg-shell but I know several in my area have started doing so for the private consumer as they are the most likely people to keep a keg-shell for personal purposes.
Also keep in mind that keg-shell is the property of the brewery it came from. Yes you probably paid a deposit in the neighborhood of $30-$50 for the shell, but those things cost the brewery over $100 a piece new so you are technically stealing from them by keeping the shell.
Keg attrition is actually a major issue for breweries. They are often kept and either sold for scrap, which will often net more than the average deposit, or homebrewers have been known to keep (steal) keg-shells to convert them into brew-kettles. Most breweries can't get away with charging their business accounts a deposit for the full value of a keg-shell but I know several in my area have started doing so for the private consumer as they are the most likely people to keep a keg-shell for personal purposes.