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hahahahaha why the gently caress did you go to one of the douchiest events of Tampa Bay Beer Week and expect anything less than a shitshow People were stressed out, don't sperg out and write them off completely because of it.
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Captain Duvel posted:tell us to stand single file like children. Florida beer people are so awful they can't even loving stand in line right.
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Mar 9, 2018 03:57
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We have trouble standing in lines unless we recruit random people via craigslist to stand with us
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Mar 9, 2018 04:09
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I stood in a single file line to buy a 6 pack of full sail today, on sale for $7
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Spanish Manlove posted:We have trouble standing in lines unless we recruit random people via craigslist to stand with us
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Mar 9, 2018 04:16
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What happened at CCB
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nah posted:What happened at CCB 3 sons tap takeover brought out more neckbeards than free cosplayer lapdance day at an anime convention
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Spanish Manlove posted:3 sons tap takeover brought out more neckbeards than free cosplayer lapdance day at an anime convention sorry you dressed up for nothing
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Mar 9, 2018 11:20
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What is wrong with Americans?
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Mar 9, 2018 11:28
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Aramoro posted:What is wrong with Americans? You better stfu before we use our guns on you.
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Spanish Manlove posted:hahahahaha why the gently caress did you go to one of the douchiest events of Tampa Bay Beer Week and expect anything less than a shitshow I expected worse at the cupcake release. Angry chair handled that like a champ. Hell, CCB couldn't even get the Huna bottle release straight. Charging 16.04 for the bottle. So everyone paying with cash(which was most) had to wait for change and took for.ever.
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You making GBS threads on 3 Sons gives me life. Nothing funnier than hearing every single Lorida nerd with a useless palate raving about every beer Cory does. At Civil anniversary his peppermint patty stout was legitimately one of the five worst beers I tried all day and it was the longest line with several people moaning about how good it was all day. So many people tried convincing me I shouldn't go home yesterday and should wait around for three hours for that shitshow.
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Thankfully here bottle releases aren't really a thing yet, though some people are trying to make it a thing, artificial scarcity to drive up prices. The last beer festival I was at you got your glass on the way in and just got whatever beers you fancied, no money, no tokens. It worked great, no real queues because no one was fumbling with cash etc. There was a theoretical 6 pint limit so they would get a licence but it was purely theoretical (Not that it didn't mean some full on toys out the pram tantrums from some people) We were at the Campervan taproom last week to grab some dinner, my wife was up buying some beers and some guys actually had a go at her for buying halves. Apparently that's a thing that still happens in the TYOOL 2018.
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Aramoro posted:The last beer festival I was at you got your glass on the way in and just got whatever beers you fancied, no money, no tokens. It worked great, no real queues because no one was fumbling with cash etc. There was a theoretical 6 pint limit so they would get a licence but it was purely theoretical (Not that it didn't mean some full on toys out the pram tantrums from some people) Wut.
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You people need to move on from beer to cigars. Less pretentiousness and no line waiting. Edit: to not be a complete shitposter, in honor of Off Color releasing Eeek batch 2, I opened an Eeek batch 1. I honestly don't recall it tasting any different from when it was released. That said, was really good and only exploded just a little. Compusaurus fucked around with this message at 14:21 on Mar 9, 2018 |
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I'm curious to try some sours -- what's a good entry level option to look out for?
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i really want to try eeek
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emotive posted:I'm curious to try some sours -- what's a good entry level option to look out for? what region are you in? rodenbach grand cru and lindemans gueuze cuvee renee should be easy to find in most places.
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So who else is going to Huna Day tomorrow? Should I skip 3 sons and their likely huge lines?
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DROP TABLE PHIZ posted:what region are you in? Live in MA. I was looking into Lagunitas Aunt Sally only because I saw it on the shelf, but it looks like my store carries at least the Lindemans so maybe I'll pick up that or both to see what the style is all about.
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Allagash stuff shouldn't be hard to find around MA. Safe bet to slide into the realm of sour beer. Also grab cans of the various Anderson Valley goses. e: wrt pints - I couldn't down more than 2-3 pints in one sitting and even then it's gotta be something like a lager/pilsner or a berliner. edit again:  to Night Shift, shoulda remembered that
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Mar 9, 2018 15:28
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danbanana posted:Wut. Do Americans not drink 6 pints on the regular?
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emotive posted:I'm curious to try some sours -- what's a good entry level option to look out for? Boon oude gueuze black label isn't on the crazy sour end, and is utterly delicious. Not sure what it would cost in the US, but it shouldn't be too high.
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emotive posted:I'm curious to try some sours -- what's a good entry level option to look out for? Night Shift has been distributing Destihl stuff in cans, you can probably find it at Craft Beer Cellars, Kappys, Redstones, Julio's etc (maybe total wine too?). Also, Everweiss just started being Canned this week, so if you can get Night Shift it's a good option for beginner sour. My wife adores it and hates 90% of beer. Allagash stuff should be pretty easy to find too. MA breweries are hyper local generally, so the town you live in may drastically change my reccomendations too.
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emotive posted:Live in MA. Since you're in MA, some of the Springdale by Jack's Abby stuff should be on the shelves at the better beer stores, and most of it is pretty solid. Or you could go to the source to try a few things, it's a cool taproom. e: seconding the night shift rec
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Spuckuk posted:Do Americans not drink 6 pints on the regular? I'm a 6 pint minimum kinda guy. With the festival is was listed as you could just drink as much as you liked. But then on the tickets it said you could only drink 6 pints and people were demanding refunds etc, despite the fact there was no way for anyone to check how much you'd had or anything. danbanana posted:Wut. I assume you have beer festivals? You go hang out somewhere and drink lots of beer. Like this https://edinburghcraftbeerfestival.co.uk/brewers/ Aramoro fucked around with this message at 15:43 on Mar 9, 2018 |
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Thanks for the recommendations! I'm a fan of Allagash and have seen some Night Shift at the store I buy from (they're pretty local) so I'll check them out.
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Mar 9, 2018 15:42
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Most tasting festivals here in the states won't pour more than 2oz at a time. If you're getting full or half pours, they tend to be ticketed affairs. Nobody pays cash at individual booths, that'd be insane.
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Shabadu posted:Destihl stuff in cans So I'm going to assume Destihl finally stopped loving up their packaged beers? emotive posted:Live in MA. Most Lindemans you're going to find are post-sweetened lambics. They'll taste more like fruit juice than a regular lambic. As someone mentioned, look specifically for Cuvee Rene, which is a true gueuze (blend of 1, 2, and 3 year old lambic). You'll likely also be able to find Boon stuff, which I'd recommend the aforementioned Black Label, or any of their Mariage Parfait blends. Any of these are going to run you $10 to $20 per bottle, but they're all very good entry level gueuzes. Understand that "sour" isn't necessarily the prominent taste feature of these, though. "Horse blanket" is a stupid loving term but it does give an idea of what lambic kind of tastes like... I like Aunt Sally, too. It's only slightly tart, and a good starting point if you just want to see how you like something like that. Also, just grab any Berliner Weiss you find. Those are really solid introductions to what a tart-forward beer is. DROP TABLE PHIZ posted:i really want to try eeek Again, it will be the best beer poured at Huna Day tomorrow! But depending where you are, you might see it. OC distros nationally through 12 Percent, and I know there were reports that the last batch a couple years ago was in NYC for a while. Spuckuk posted:Do Americans not drink 6 pints on the regular? "Beer festival" and "pints" aren't often words Americans use in the same sentence. Maybe it's different elsewhere, but fests here usually do 2-4 ounce pours. It allows you to tick more beers!
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danbanana posted:"Beer festival" and "pints" aren't often words Americans use in the same sentence. Maybe it's different elsewhere, but fests here usually do 2-4 ounce pours. It allows you to tick more beers! Here you get halves or 1/3rds if it's something particularly strong. Like you'll get a Teku or Craft Master at the door and fill it up. I don't know american sizes that well, is a half 10oz maybe? 2-4oz seems like a tiny amount, the idea is to hang around a drink a bunch of beers 2oz seems like way too little to be enjoyable. Like I say the 6 pint limit was purely theoretical so they could reasonable refuse service and get a licence for the event by saying people wouldn't be that drunk.
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danbanana posted:So I'm going to assume Destihl finally stopped loving up their packaged beers? I didn't have a chance to have any of their stuff until recently, but didn't notice any off flavors in whatever wild sour series thing I had a couple weeks ago. Anecdote yada yada.
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Captain Duvel posted:I will not be going back to cigar City. They are the absolute worse, mis managed brewery I've ever been too. There is no need to yell at people the way they too and to tell us to stand single file like children. Also all the 3 sons beers we're awful (minus the kicked BA scoop that we couldn't try). Double scoop tasted like water. I'm glad they yelled at nerds at the 3 Sons event They probably had you single file to catch line jumpers
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Aramoro posted:Here you get halves or 1/3rds if it's something particularly strong. Like you'll get a Teku or Craft Master at the door and fill it up. I don't know american sizes that well, is a half 10oz maybe? 2-4oz seems like a tiny amount, the idea is to hang around a drink a bunch of beers 2oz seems like way too little to be enjoyable. American beer fests are all dominated by insane stouts aged in sprit barrels which get tedious to drink past ounce 3 so just the thought of drinking six pints at a beer fest makes all of us shudder. That's 24 different samples for us and usually not possible unless it's an all day affair and most of that was sours.
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Shabadu posted:Most tasting festivals here in the states won't pour more than 2oz at a time. If you're getting full or half pours, they tend to be ticketed affairs. Nobody pays cash at individual booths, that'd be insane. I had to google that...it's like a tenth of a pint? You'd likely be chased out of the country for doing that over here, goddamn. A lot of (dumb) people are still angry about 13oz 'schooner' glasses for being a lovely small measure. Does depend on the beer festival, if it's cask ale over here it will be pints, 'craft' festivals are more likely to be 13oz serves. Ticking culture is terrible goddamn.
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Spanish Manlove posted:American beer fests are all dominated by insane stouts aged in sprit barrels which get tedious to drink past ounce 3 so just the thought of drinking six pints at a beer fest makes all of us shudder. That's 24 different samples for us and usually not possible unless it's an all day affair and most of that was sours. My local fest isn't barrel heavy stuff and even then they do 4 oz tasters. The thought of drinking a pint of anything at a fest kind of misses the point to me: I'm there to try things. If I want a pint of 4-5 beers, I can just go to a bar. Shabadu posted:I didn't have a chance to have any of their stuff until recently, but didn't notice any off flavors in whatever wild sour series thing I had a couple weeks ago. Anecdote yada yada. I was a fan of them prior to their packaging. They started off as a couple brewpubs in middle Illinois and in 2012 or so, they were doing really solid wild ales and barrel aged things. So when they started packaging a couple years later, I was pumped but the first things I had were totally hosed up: a belgian single that tasted like butter, the first few berliners like vomit, etc. I chalked it up to QA issues on the first few runs, but when I tried them again a while later, they still had problems. And considering their 500mL bottles run $15 or so, that's a lot of money to throw at an infected or poorly made beer. So I've basically written them off on packaged stuff. If you can find a keg of their BA'd stout, though... drat. Also, they really hosed up by never packaging what might be there best beer: a low-ABV golden ale called Lawnmower.
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A particularly old school pub in Liverpool has a great selection of beers, but will sell everything by the pint. 20oz of 10% belgian triple in a glass is certainly...challenging to the liver.
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danbanana posted:My local fest isn't barrel heavy stuff and even then they do 4 oz tasters. The thought of drinking a pint of anything at a fest kind of misses the point to me: I'm there to try things. If I want a pint of 4-5 beers, I can just go to a bar. I would think having to go back to the bar every second mouthful would miss the point of a beer festival to me which is to drink a bunch of beers, chat to brewers, listen to music etc. Anything less than a 1/3 and you don't really get a chance to see what a beer is like after that first mouthful. I'd expect to try maybe a dozen beers at a beer festival.
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Spuckuk posted:I had to google that...it's like a tenth of a pint? You'd likely be chased out of the country for doing that over here, goddamn. Shown: a pint glass, a teku glass, and two random beer festival glasses which are roughly 4oz each and often don't get filled all the way 
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Spuckuk posted:A particularly old school pub in Liverpool has a great selection of beers, but will sell everything by the pint. 20oz of 10% belgian triple in a glass is certainly...challenging to the liver. One of the breweries in the North east has had to go back to 500ml bottles because northerners refuse to by 330ml ones as it's 'not a proper pint'. I'd go for a pint of a triple mind you, but it would take me some time to get through. I do love triples.
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Aramoro posted:I would think having to go back to the bar every second mouthful would miss the point of a beer festival to me which is to drink a bunch of beers, chat to brewers, listen to music etc. Anything less than a 1/3 and you don't really get a chance to see what a beer is like after that first mouthful. I'd expect to try maybe a dozen beers at a beer festival. Here it's to tick as much rare poo poo as possible, socializing is limited to finally seeing your beer trade buddies in person for likely the first and last time. With the exception of the big beautiful stouts and 8%+ sours, I would love half pint pours at festivals.
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