A New Nice Beer Thread

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Fri Aug 02, 2013 4:25 pm

I applied for a job at Night Shift. And tuesday of next week I'm having a few beers after work with a guy at Sam Adams... a friend of my wife's knows him and introduced us. Told him I just wanted to pick his brain. Would really like one of these to pan out so I can start making half the money.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:42 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

I applied for a job at Night Shift. And tuesday of next week I'm having a few beers after work with a guy at Sam Adams... a friend of my wife's knows him and introduced us. Told him I just wanted to pick his brain. Would really like one of these to pan out so I can start making half the money.

Trust me, you'll love it, haha.

Good luck though for realz.

wenchlette · **Posted:** Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:43 pm

Cap'n, if you ever start your own brewery, I would like to work there. Thanks.

(And good luck and have fun!)

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:47 pm

Anybody tried the Uinta "Birthday Suit" Sour Brown? I picked one up earlier.

Description:

Quote:

Brewed in celebration of Uinta’s 20th Birthday, this American Style Sour Brown Ale flaunts significant acidity balanced by flavorful Abbey and Chocolate malts and a modest amount of hops. A distinct tartness on the palate combines with notes of toffee and earthiness.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Sat Aug 03, 2013 12:47 pm

They wrote back. Super positive, they want me to come in and chat. Going Tuesday. Wenchlette you are on the short list.

Promethium · **Posted:** Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:08 pm

Today is Mead Day. I will be attending my homebrew club’s annual mead making event later this afternoon, but I will not be making any for myself. I enjoy it, but not enough to waste $50 on honey.
I went to a tapping party for Laughing Dog last night. I tried their Sneaky Pete Imperial IPA and their regular IPA. They were both malt forward and less hop aggressive than most IPAs out there, and the ABV in the Imperial IPA was boosted by clover honey.
I would consider buying a $6 bomber of the Imperial IPA, but I wouldn’t drink either of them regularly.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 10:39 am

I had a Boulevard 80 (that hopped wheat beer) and a Founders All Day IPA, both new to me, as I was out Friday evening. Both were predictably great sixpack beer,s but the Founders was the standout. Gigantic late hop nose and great malt character, but in such a light / delicate delivery around 4.5% ABV I think? That would be a spectacular "lake weekend rental house" keg.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 12:50 pm

I love both of those. All that's missing is them being in cans.

The 80 Acre is the first semi-hoppy beer that FemDerris has really bought in with. I can buy a 12 pack of that, throw it in the fridge and she'll pull from it as well.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:51 pm

Cans would be spectacular.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Just got my tix for Blue Palms 5th anniversary party next weekend (Derris - this is where we meet for lunch and beers)...80+ kegs, live band, bbq. Here's the partial keg list they've released to date:

Alpine TBA
Alpine TBA
Alesmith Cask TBA
Allagash BA BlacK
Almanac Farmers Reserve#2
Almanac Dogpatch Sour
Almanac Flowering Gose
Avery Boulder Weiss
Avery Uncle Jacobs Stout
Ballast Point Lenzo Lollipop CASK
Ballast Point Mole Victory @ Sea
Ballast Point Sculpin
Beachwood BBQ Hot Tub IPA
Bell's Two Hearted Ale
Big Sky BA Hog Hound
Blue Palms IPA
Blue Palms Hefe
Brooklyn Reserve,
Bruery Bois
Bruery White Chocolate
Bruery White Oak
Bruery Xata
Coronado Peanut Butter Stout
Coronado Sock Knocker DIPA
Craftsman Angelino Weisse
Craftsman Curiosity Saison
Dechutes Abyss,
Deschutes Black Butte 24
Dogfish 120 min
Drakes Jolly Roger,
Drakes Sour 2011
Eagle Rock THREE
Figueroa Mountain BA #2
Firestone Double Jack DIPA
Firestone Parabola 2012
Firestone Parabajava (Coffee Parabola) added 7/23/13
Firestone Pivo Pils
Firestone Sucuba
Firestone Union Jack IPA
Founder's Devil Dancer
Founder's Double Trouble
Golden Road Buffalo Trace Barrel Aged Brown 2012
Golden Road Tumbledown Shack
Grado Plato Chocarrubica
Great Lakes Monster
Green Flash Flanders Drive
Hangar24 Hammerhead
Hangar24 Pugachev’s Cobra
Kern River Just Outstanding
Kinetic It’s Peanut Butter & Jelly Time
LadyFace Barrel Aged Midnight Special (Dark Scotch Ale fermented w/ Belgian yeast, aged 8 months in Cabernet Barrels)
Lagunitas TBA
Logsdon Seizoen Brett
Lost Abbey TBA
Monkey Paw Pale w/ Lychee Fruit
Monkey Paw Bonobos
Moylans Barrel Aged Girard Berry Special
Mother Earth Sixty Three
Mother Earth TBA
New Belgium 2012 Tart Lychee
New Belgium Eric's Ale
New Belgium Biere de Garde
Ninkasi Tricerahops DIPA
Noble Black Apricot
Oskar Blues 2010 Ten Fidy
Russian River Blind Pig,
Russian River Consecration
Russian River Pliny
Russian River Sanctification
Russian River Supplication 8/12 and 12-12-12
Sierra Nevada Narwhal
Sierra Nevada Pils
Sierra Nevada Special
Southern Tier Choklat
Speakeasy The Accomplice
Stone 17th Anniversary Gotterdammerung IPA ** LA Release
Stone Mix Tape
Stone IRS
TAPS REMY
TAPS Cream Ale
Telegraph Obscura Vulpine
Trumer Pils
WANDERING AENGUS ANTHEM CHILI PEPPER CIDER

Still more beers coming from, Alpine, Lost Abbey, Mother Earth, Sierra Nevada, Pizza Port, Alesmith, Craftsman,Noble, Eagle Rock, LadyFace, Rhinegeist, Ballast Point,Monkey Paw, Avery,and MORE

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 3:28 pm

That list...

I would need three weeks and 2 more livers to enjoy all of it. That's incredible.

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 3:33 pm

Damn. How are they going to accommodate all that?

Are they taking over that parking lot right next door?

It was crowded the day we were there and it was for just one tapping (albeit Pliny the Younger).

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Rick Derris Wrote:

Damn. How are they going to accommodate all that?

Are they taking over that parking lot right next door?

It was crowded the day we were there and it was for just one tapping (albeit Pliny the Younger).

It's inside and out with an alley and small back lot in addition to the inside space. At least that's what they did last time.

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 4:29 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

I had a Boulevard 80 (that hopped wheat beer) and a Founders All Day IPA, both new to me, as I was out Friday evening. Both were predictably great sixpack beer,s but the Founders was the standout. Gigantic late hop nose and great malt character, but in such a light / delicate delivery around 4.5% ABV I think? That would be a spectacular "lake weekend rental house" keg.

I prefer 21st Amendment Bitter American for that job. And it comes in cans.

Speaking of, Uinta's Hop Notch IPA is now available in cans.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 5:02 pm

Oh yeah? From what I remember of Bitter American it was, well, more bitter. True?

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 6:37 pm

I don't think it's overwhelmingly bitter, but it is more hop forward than All Day IPA and I think a half a percent or so less alcohol. I A/B'd them a while back and definitely prefer the Bitter American. YRMV.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Mon Aug 05, 2013 8:48 pm

Well now I have no choice but to pick some up.

Great.

Thanks.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Pretty interesting article:

http://draftmag.com/features/will-it-fall-brewery-beer/

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:13 pm

billy g Wrote:

Pretty interesting article:

http://draftmag.com/features/will-it-fall-brewery-beer/

Very. And timely, given the two conversations I'm having this evening with a guy from Sam Adams and then Night Shift. I made a big pitch about quality control in my application, so seeing Founders call that out is nice.

Odds Bodkins · **Posted:** Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:49 pm

billy g Wrote:

Just got my tix for Blue Palms 5th anniversary party next weekend (Derris - this is where we meet for lunch and beers)...80+ kegs, live band, bbq. Here's the partial keg list they've released to date:

TAPS REMY

There it is.

Odds Bodkins · **Posted:** Tue Aug 06, 2013 4:52 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

I did not. We were really pushed for time by then... had a good 3 hours left to go to get back to the campsite, and everyone was seriously saddle sore. What the dealyo?

It's the best beer bar in Waterbury. Kind of a dive but decent food and a terrific list. They had 3 H-F beers on when we went including Double Galaxy.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue Aug 06, 2013 5:26 pm

Pro Pig's list was pretty goddamn incredible, I have a hard time imagining someone topping it. It wasn't 120 beers, but it was at least 50, and they were fucking curated. Not a dud on the list, other than that Original Formula Miller product that is only probably there to keep dads from having an anneurism. They also had 3 Hill Farm beers, plus two more HF collab beers. I just didn't have the liver to try them all (and drive).

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:03 pm

SA guy was very nice, but reinforced my thought that SA is already so big that a job there is no closer to beer than my current one. He too was sorta drooling over the night shift job. I must make it mine.

discostu · **Posted:** Tue Aug 06, 2013 8:53 pm

billy g Wrote:

Pretty interesting article:

http://draftmag.com/features/will-it-fall-brewery-beer/

Yes, it will fall. There's already too much shit craft brew out there anyway. It's so overwhelming trying to keep up.

Dick Meatwood · **Posted:** Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:07 pm

Have you guys talked about Monday Night in this thread?

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