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Some people didn't redeem their Catador memberships on time and they are sending out more down the list. Anyone have any idea how many are going out?
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No word from CCB, but according to some FB posters, there were around 75 unredeemed this morning. "Additional will be sent out soon." lament.cfg fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Jul 29, 2013 |
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Jul 29, 2013 17:47
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They've started sending them. Hoping I get in on this wave.
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Jul 29, 2013 18:05
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I was out of town for about 10 days, but I did get in the first go-round in El Catador. Very pumped. I sent the email from my phone while driving through rural western Minnesota. As for how CCB handled all this: if there's a fair way to get ~1,500 bottles of a beer to 3,000 people, I highly suggest you sell that info to breweries. There's no "good way" to make this work. While on vacation, I had a bunch of MI and MN local things, not much of which I was impressed with. MN in particular has boomed with new breweries in the last couple years, but the only thing I had that I really enjoyed was the Ride Again pale from Lucette. Obviously had some delicious Surly stuff. I lucked into a few bottles of Seviin, which... I dunno. Not my style. Basically came off as a very strong Tripel. Their anniversary beers have been pretty unspectacular.
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Jul 29, 2013 18:20
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Eejit posted:Did have some exceptionally lovely poutine though. Either way, excellent night. Haha. Yeah The Mayor recently "revamped" their kitchen and the food is pretty awful now. Honestly my opinion of the place just keeps going down, unfortunately they keep getting the best special releases in the region and they're always loving packed so I doubt they'll be working to change.
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Jul 29, 2013 18:28
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danbanana posted:I was out of town for about 10 days, but I did get in the first go-round in El Catador. Very pumped. I sent the email from my phone while driving through rural western Minnesota. As for how CCB handled all this: if there's a fair way to get ~1,500 bottles of a beer to 3,000 people, I highly suggest you sell that info to breweries. There's no "good way" to make this work. They could do like wineries and inflate the price 10x. Then we'd have something entirely new to complain about instead.
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Jul 29, 2013 19:17
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Well, it looks like this is happening at Monk's for Zwanze Day: http://phillytapfinder.com/event/zwanze-day/
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Jul 29, 2013 19:29
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Jul 29, 2013 19:37
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zedprime posted:They could do like wineries and inflate the price 10x. Then we'd have something entirely new to complain about instead. GI already did that when Rare came out at 3x-4x the price of regular BCBS. How rankled the Advocates were then! E: And Cthuhlu just sold out according to Twitter. Hello, New Whale. danbanana fucked around with this message at 20:04 on Jul 29, 2013 |
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Jul 29, 2013 20:01
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HatfulOfHollow posted:Well, it looks like this is happening at Monk's for Zwanze Day: http://phillytapfinder.com/event/zwanze-day/ Hopefully they have some good bottles for sale again this time. I missed out on the T25/Blauw last year.
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Jul 29, 2013 20:28
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danbanana posted:GI already did that when Rare came out at 3x-4x the price of regular BCBS. How rankled the Advocates were then! There's someone on BA offering an '06 Abyss for one. Just as I thought the hype universe had peaked with the Toppling Goliath trio, this one comes along and jumps right over it. edit: ShaneB, I now understand your love for Bud Light Lime. I brought a tallboy of it to a gig on Friday and crushed it within like 5 minutes. crazyfish fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Jul 29, 2013 |
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Jul 29, 2013 21:01
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I was able to stop by GI at lunch today after the line had died down, and picked up a Cthulhu!  This morning is my first real experience following anything other than typical seasonal release threads on BA, and boy, do I understand the earlier comments in this thread around the 'walez' culture. Yikes.
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Jul 29, 2013 22:28
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Cervixalot posted:I was able to stop by GI at lunch today after the line had died down, and picked up a Cthulhu! I was stuck at work so my girlfriend took one for the team and stood in line for me this morning. Can't wait to try it!
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Jul 29, 2013 22:43
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Maybe someone on BA will trade you their car for it!
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Jul 29, 2013 22:44
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FreelanceSocialist posted:Maybe someone on BA will trade you their car for it! I'm from Bend and I'll trade my fixie and my dog
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Jul 29, 2013 22:51
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I will trade an advance copy of my latest fanfic called Harry Porter, a brewer wizard who fights Budemort aka Tom 'Miller' Riddle, for a Cthulhu. It's worth at least as much as a car.
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Jul 29, 2013 22:53
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Duck Duck Gooze is going to sell over Labor Day weekend this year via first-come-first-serve online ticketing. The downside? Six bottle max per person. Either they've made a lot more or there's going to be a rather small number of people obtaining it directly from them.
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Jul 29, 2013 23:15
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wattershed posted:Duck Duck Gooze is going to sell over Labor Day weekend this year via first-come-first-serve online ticketing. The downside? Six bottle max per person. Either they've made a lot more or there's going to be a rather small number of people obtaining it directly from them. I already presume BPT will just break at 12:01 of whenever it launches and whale-hunting shitlords will bitch about how entitled they are to DDG despite not liking sours and wanting it solely to complete trades they made without actually having the underlying goods.
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Jul 29, 2013 23:37
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wattershed posted:Duck Duck Gooze is going to sell over Labor Day weekend this year via first-come-first-serve online ticketing. The downside? Six bottle max per person. Either they've made a lot more or there's going to be a rather small number of people obtaining it directly from them. It will be interesting to see how the new batch is. I just had a bottle of the last release at a tasting and it wasn't worth the hype. It was good, but not much better than Beatification, 3F Gueuze, or Cantillon Gueuze.
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Jul 30, 2013 00:00
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Bag of Sun Chips posted:It will be interesting to see how the new batch is. I just had a bottle of the last release at a tasting and it wasn't worth the hype. It was good, but not much better than Beatification, 3F Gueuze, or Cantillon Gueuze. That's what's strange to me; I've never heard anyone claim that the last release of DDG was above and beyond things I can find on the shelf (3F, for example). I find it slightly doubtful people want to pay 4 times what a Cantillon bottle costs for a DDG bottle for reasons other than whale-hoarding.
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Jul 30, 2013 00:17
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Cervixalot posted:I was able to stop by GI at lunch today after the line had died down, and picked up a Cthulhu! Living in the suburbs of Chicago and not the city itself is the biggest tease.
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Jul 30, 2013 00:20
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Angry Grimace posted:That's what's strange to me; I've never heard anyone claim that the last release of DDG was above and beyond things I can find on the shelf (3F, for example). I find it slightly doubtful people want to pay 4 times what a Cantillon bottle costs for a DDG bottle for reasons other than whale-hoarding. If I can trade a similar local Gueuze for a bottle or two (*hint hint* anybody want to trade me DDG for an Upland Sour Reserve #3?), I won't put much effort in trying to trade for one, it won't matter much to me if I don't get a chance to try it. XxGirlKisserxX posted:Let's address a few things Do you guys plan on extending El Catador perks to events like Hunahpu Day? I know there have been rumors about Hunahpu turning into a ticketed event, sounds like the perfect opportunity to give El Catador members the chance to get tickets early, assuming you guys go that route. I know one thing for sure - being an El Catador member has made my decision to go down again for Hunahpu Day that much easier - you really can't beat the Peg's event the day before, Hunahpu Day, and 7venth Sun's hangover event. I may even be tempted to drive down to Miami to check out Funky Buddha and J. Wakefield (assuming he's open by then). Corb3t fucked around with this message at 02:58 on Jul 30, 2013 |
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Jul 30, 2013 00:48
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LeafHouse posted:Living in the suburbs of Chicago and not the city itself is the biggest tease. Where as I live a mile from the Clybourn brewery, worked from home, and still couldn't be bothered to try and get it. I think I'm a bad beer nerd?
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Jul 30, 2013 03:11
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In other Brown Paper Tickets news, Alesmith is doing a second Barrel Aged Speedway release this year. $28(!), six bottle limit Oh, and Vietnamese Speedway Stout as well. $15, 4 bottle limit.
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Jul 30, 2013 03:47
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(Cantillon Kriek and a bunch of other sours at Teresa's tomorrow, don't drink it all before I get there.)
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Jul 30, 2013 03:55
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Angry Grimace posted:In other Brown Paper Tickets news, Alesmith is doing a second Barrel Aged Speedway release this year. $28(!), six bottle limit Oh, and Vietnamese Speedway Stout as well. $15, 4 bottle limit. If The Bruery can sell $30 bottles of barrel aged beers, so can AleSmith. I'd take an AleSmith barrel aged beer over any of The Bruery beers, too. I'd much rather have access to higher priced beers that stick around on the "shelves" longer rather than have to hunt for a cheaper release like Firestone Reserve's Reserve series. It just means I have to be more selective.
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Jul 30, 2013 04:12
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Bag of Sun Chips posted:If The Bruery can sell $30 bottles of barrel aged beers, so can AleSmith. I'd take an AleSmith barrel aged beer over any of The Bruery beers, too. I always feel like I get my money's worth with AleSmith. Take that for whatever it's worth. I wouldn't mind adding more BASS to the cellar, might as well grab the Vietnamese SS too. This is assuming I can get out of the two meetings I apparently have when they go on sale, lame. In "hey I had a beer" news, Maine's King Titus is quite a lovely porter. Not overbearingly roasty, with great viscosity for a ~7%abv porter (not a fan of thin porters). Don't remember how I acquired it, so if it was via goontrade, thanks to someone!
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Jul 30, 2013 04:52
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Bag of Sun Chips posted:If The Bruery can sell $30 bottles of barrel aged beers, so can AleSmith. I'd take an AleSmith barrel aged beer over any of The Bruery beers, too. Its just expensive. I'll still buy it. Just maybe not six of them because I probably can't afford six of them.
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Jul 30, 2013 05:22
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Had a great night out with Kudos and his friend. Good KC BBQ and some interesting beers on tap. I'm still feeling the CIB Orange Scorpion.
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Jul 30, 2013 06:14
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Docjowles posted:Haha. Yeah The Mayor recently "revamped" their kitchen and the food is pretty awful now. Honestly my opinion of the place just keeps going down, unfortunately they keep getting the best special releases in the region and they're always loving packed so I doubt they'll be working to change. Yeeep. The Mayor is where I spent my 21st, when they still had the Red Table doing cooking. They've got a lot of good beer, but the atmosphere is poo poo, the new food is overpriced, the local beers that I tend to drink are cheaper elsewhere, and I pretty much never go there anymore unless I'm specifically in the mood for an exotic beer. If they do their "100 NoCo brews" thing again for GABF, though, there are a couple days before that where they are trying to kill all their other kegs. I got 3 Van Honsebrueck Framboises and a Stone IRS for $8 last year. I had a steel reserve a few days ago, and I actually kind of liked it. What are the more upscale options for a flavorful non-dark lager? The other lagers I've had have been really bland.
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Captain Shortbus posted:I'm still feeling the CIB Orange Scorpion. I saw Bier Station had that on, is it worth trying?
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Jul 30, 2013 11:10
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Yeah I just did a double-take there — everything I've had from CIB has ranged from unremarkable to undrinkable. A bar here in Omaha had their chili beer on tap a while ago and it was pure piss. No taste, all heat. E: Huh, that might have been the same beer, now that I'm on their website. Eh, to each his own and all that Real Name Grover fucked around with this message at 14:37 on Jul 30, 2013 |
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Jul 30, 2013 14:34
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Real Name Grover posted:Yeah I just did a double-take there — everything I've had from CIB has ranged from unremarkable to undrinkable. A bar here in Omaha had their chili beer on tap a while ago and it was pure piss. No taste, all heat. He might have been saying that he's got a particular sensation as a result of consuming that beer. I am not sure how positive that mention was supposed to be.
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Jul 30, 2013 14:40
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It was not good. As long as you're drinking, no heat. Pull the glass away from your lips, burning throat. To quench it you must drink more of a "sour" with no sour going on. Yola is probably the only beer of theirs I would buy again, and I'm starting to wonder if it was even as good as I remember. cryme posted:I saw Bier Station had that on, is it worth trying? Captain Shortbus fucked around with this message at 14:58 on Jul 30, 2013 |
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Jul 30, 2013 14:56
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OK, glad you weren't using "feeling" in a douchey way ("Bro, I'm totally feeling that Tapout shirt!") CIB is based in Carson, Iowa, about 30 miles east of Omaha. Somebody involved w/ the brewery lives in my neighborhood because they have a mid-90s 4Runner with a huge logo on the back. The artwork is pretty awful, too (This is as big as I could find it) Real Name Grover fucked around with this message at 15:04 on Jul 30, 2013 |
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Jul 30, 2013 15:02
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I guess I should have specified that I was feeling it in a Tums/not looking forward to pissing fire tomorrow sort of way. I was so excited to see a new sour kid on the block, but CIB has not brought the goods And yes, their artwork is shameful.
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Jul 30, 2013 15:07
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#YOLO's Artisan Ale got #swagg
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22 Eargesplitten posted:I had a steel reserve a few days ago, and I actually kind of liked it. What are the more upscale options for a flavorful non-dark lager? The other lagers I've had have been really bland. Victory Prima Pils and Lager Brooklyn Lager Blue Point Toasted Lager Sly Fox Pils Sam Adams Noble Pils Flying Dog Underdog Atlantic Lager Sierra Nevada Summerfest New Belgium Shift if you want something hoppy
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Jul 30, 2013 15:20
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Josh Wow posted:Victory Prima Pils and Lager Firestone Walker Pivo Pils if you get it. It's top class.
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Captain Shortbus posted:That's where we were. Next time you must join us! I'll try to set something up. I'll be out there with my wife for 3 nights next week, and again at the end of September. Also sometime in December, but I'm not sure when.
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