Lagunitas is diving on their price to remind everybody that Ballast Point is overpriced.
The Beer Thread
Space wrote:sweetcell wrote:Space wrote:
Singlecut Softly Spoken Magic Spells may be the best bottled DIPA I've ever had. Nearly as good as it is on draft.
thanks for this heads-up! i had never heard of this brewery. looking at the map, it's easy to get to via subway and it's open until midnight wed-sat. i'll be hitting this place up next time i'm in the NYC office.
I had heard the name, so was intrigued when I saw that a local beer store was having Singlecut tap takeover when I was visiting my brother in upstate NY over the summer. We stopped in and were totally blown away.
They just started shipping small quantities of single (pricey) bottles and select kegs to DC. I've had that bottle as well as a couple of others on draft at Smoke and Barrel. All excellent. The beer director for Smoke and Barrel/NP/BP made similar flattering comments regarding the hoppy beers from SingleCut in the BA forum.
We're hoping to hit the brewery when we go to NYC in January (also considering LIC Beer Project in Queens, as well as Other Half and Threes in Brooklyn). I'll post a review here if we do so. If you're there anytime soon, let us know how it is!
It sounds like your NYC visit is purely beer focused, so don't sleep on Sand City brewing. Had a few of their offerings over the weekend and they're producing juice bombs that all the kids love. I can't comment on how family friendly their brewery is or isn't.
Yada wrote:Space wrote:sweetcell wrote:Space wrote:
Singlecut Softly Spoken Magic Spells may be the best bottled DIPA I've ever had. Nearly as good as it is on draft.
thanks for this heads-up! i had never heard of this brewery. looking at the map, it's easy to get to via subway and it's open until midnight wed-sat. i'll be hitting this place up next time i'm in the NYC office.
I had heard the name, so was intrigued when I saw that a local beer store was having Singlecut tap takeover when I was visiting my brother in upstate NY over the summer. We stopped in and were totally blown away.
They just started shipping small quantities of single (pricey) bottles and select kegs to DC. I've had that bottle as well as a couple of others on draft at Smoke and Barrel. All excellent. The beer director for Smoke and Barrel/NP/BP made similar flattering comments regarding the hoppy beers from SingleCut in the BA forum.
We're hoping to hit the brewery when we go to NYC in January (also considering LIC Beer Project in Queens, as well as Other Half and Threes in Brooklyn). I'll post a review here if we do so. If you're there anytime soon, let us know how it is!
It sounds like your NYC visit is purely beer focused, so don't sleep on Sand City brewing. Had a few of their offerings over the weekend and they're producing juice bombs that all the kids love. I can't comment on how family friendly their brewery is or isn't.
One day for Queens, one day for Brooklyn, one day for Manhattan. Not entireiy beer focused, but beer will get it's fair share.
Isn't Sand City on Long Island? Won't be on Long Island. Do they can/distribute in one of the boroughs?
Yada wrote:Space wrote:Yada wrote:
Barrel Aged Ted Fidy > BCBS and by a hair a bit friendlier in the space ounce:cost ratio.
Depending on how much of it I can get my hands on, High Westified at $12/six pack may negate me from ever purchasing any other barrel aged beer again.
from another beer thread…
"Also, I'm not sure if this was discussed in detail earlier, but the reason you see Lagunitas High-Westified 6-packs for ~$10 everywhere is that Constellations Brands, which bought Ballast Point, also owns High West. As a result, Lagunitas can't get any more barrels (they'll all be going to BP), so they decided to unload everything dirt cheap and set the market for quality, High West BA beer, thus turning any High West stuff BP releases into shelf turds if the price is out of line and the quality isn't much better."
That is genius. Lagunitas is owned by Heineken so no doubt they can take the short term loss to fuck BP on the long term.
Anchor Steam
I like Anchor Steam.. its a reliably tasty beer for me.
I like Anchor Steam.. its a reliably tasty beer for me.
I walked through a Total Wine in Northern Virginia this evening because my partner wanted to get a nice bottle of Rose, for a Christmas get together. The amount of individual brands of beers from American breweries to all the old standard Belgium and foreign imported breweries made me realize that there are too many beers out there.
hutch wrote:
Anchor Steam
I like Anchor Steam.. its a reliably tasty beer for me.
i'm shedding a tear over here… our little hutchie is growing up!
Was very impressed by BA Ten Fidy, that's a great beer. I also have to give props to this year's release of BCBS because that sombitch is drinkable now. No need to age it.
sweetcell wrote:hutch wrote:
Anchor Steam
I like Anchor Steam.. its a reliably tasty beer for me.
i'm shedding a tear over here… our little hutchie is growing up!
I can't wait till he tries a Foster's Oil Can!
walkie,talkie wrote:
there are too many beers out there.
The market is indeed saturated. That goes for breweries, too.
excontradiction wrote:sweetcell wrote:hutch wrote:
Anchor Steam
I like Anchor Steam.. its a reliably tasty beer for me.
i'm shedding a tear over here… our little hutchie is growing up!
I can't wait till he tries a Foster's Oil Can!
his beverage of choice when at the black cat
I entered. Looks pretty cool.
sweetcell wrote:
i'll answer pasteurization=improved? later…
better put a few thoughts down before i forget…
pasteurizing a beer affects it in two ways: biologically and chemically.
the heat will kill anything in the beer - yeast, bacteria, mold, etc. for a clean (non-sour and non-funky) beer, this is generally a good thing (as long as you're not trying to bottle-condition the beer). so for a beer like BCBS, which is force-carbonated before going in the bottle, pasteurization should be beneficial from a biological point of view. whatever bug ruined last year's batch won't appear again this year, thanks to the flash-heating. (aside: some sour/funky beers are pasteurized, like rodenbach or new belgium. their stated goal is to "freeze" the development of the beer - they release it when it's just the way they want it, and they don't want it changing in the bottle. i'm not a fan of this, i like my sours to evolve over time. let me decide when the beer is at its best, dammit).
chemically, pasteurizing does impact the make-up of a beer - and thus impacts the flavor. supposedly flash pasteurization, which a lot of breweries use, has minimal impact on the beer. i have not had the opportunity to taste pasteurized vs. unpasteurized beer, but i have had pasteurized vs. unpasteurized milk and there is a noticeable difference. the impact on beer might be different (maybe the fat in milk is more affected than the carbohydrates in beer) but it can't be positive IMO.
overall i'm not a fan of pasteurizing beer. beer is supposed to be alive. plenty of breweries send live beer out the door so it can be done.
however, from a business perspective pasteurization makes a lot of sense. GI lost a lot of money and consumer goodwill because of last year's infection.
sweetcell wrote:beer is supposed to be alive.
Yes!
Did not Enjoy - by 12.25.16
wasn't like a drain pour thing, but not even close to a top 10 DIPA that I've had in 2016
but somewhat glad I over paid for a single than a 6 pack
wasn't like a drain pour thing, but not even close to a top 10 DIPA that I've had in 2016
but somewhat glad I over paid for a single than a 6 pack
Steep mark up, but no line for Bourbon County Regular and Barley at Yes market in Eastern market. $15.99 ad $19.99 I think.
gavroche wrote:
Steep mark up, but no line for Bourbon County Regular and Barley at Yes market in Eastern market. $15.99 ad $19.99 I think.
Just say NO to Yes Market.
yeash. barleywine was $13.99 at whole foods.
sweetcell wrote:
yeash. barleywine was $13.99 at whole foods.
Definitely won't hear me defending them. If only Eastern Market had a Whole Foods.