The Beer Thread

this is why the general public makes fun of craft beer:

Leftover Halloween Candy and Beer Pairings

I'll be doing my part to celebrate International Stout Day!
https://stoutday.com/

3 Stars Brewing Company
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TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
Sunday November 24th -

Join us for Hopfunk Fest.

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We are at it again, bringing some of the best beers in the country right into DC's back yard. We will be showcasing tons of hop-forward and sour beers in a celebration of everything delicious. Food vendors, live music performances and so much more. We have limited the number of tickets available this time around to cut down on lines. This event will sell out and there will be no door tickets. General Admission: Tickets are $15 for GA which gains you entrance, a custom glass, and your first 2 drink tickets. VIP: There is also a limited quantity of VIP experience packages which will get you into the event an hour before GA (12 pm start time for VIP), 4 additional drink tickets, these packages are $50 and available on a first-come, first-served basis. All tickets are non-transferable and non-refundable. BEER LIST AND PARTICIPATING BREWERIES TO COME!!!

sweetcell wrote:
BEER LIST AND PARTICIPATING BREWERIES TO COME!!!

They may want to get on that considering this is next weekend.

I thought it was supposed to be bottles

^ hipster-fratboy heaven

welp…now I can blame my increase in drinking on UBER! 


but we all know it's because of Trump

this was an interesting takeaway
That said, there is one group of individuals who clearly benefit from the presence of Uber, Lyft and others: bartenders. Messrs Burgdorf, Lennon and Teltser find that employment at bars and restaurants increases by an average of 2% whenever Uber enters the market.

Australia's Lion Little World Beverages to take over by the end of the year. Over 300 employees will get $100,000 pay outs.
In another major blow to the Colorado beer industry in the last two months, New Belgium Brewing on Tuesday announced that after nearly 30 years in the craft beer business, the employee-owned company is selling to Australian-based Lion Little World Beverages, a subsidiary of Japanese company Kirin Holdings Company Limited.
More than 300 of New Belgium’s employee-owners will receive more than $100,000 in retirement money through the deal, “with some receiving significantly greater amounts,” New Belgium founder Kim Jordan wrote in a letter on Tuesday.
“We will no longer be employee owned and it would be easy to see that as a drawback,” Jordan wrote in her letter. “But here’s another way to look at it … Over the life of our (employee stock ownership plan), including this transaction, the total amount paid to current and former employees will be nearly $190 million. We will have helped a significant number of people realize the upside of having equity in something, being a part of the American Dream!”
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/11/19/new-belgium-brewing-sale-kirin/

This bums even me out.  But hey, at least Craft Brewers are just like the rest of America - in it for the money!

vansmack wrote:
This bums even me out.  But hey, at least Craft Brewers are just like the rest of America - in it for the money!

I think the employees are doing very well in this situationthe total amount paid to current and former employees will be nearly $190 million.
most companies sellout and 98% of the staff don't benefit at all, just the owners/investors

to think someone who was just a bartender at the tap room would get a 100K pay out is pretty nice and as far as I can tell they still have their jobs…just not the equity

When you are as big as NB, you can't operate like a small 50barel brewery, you have operate like a corporation…

Whenever I see you chuckleheads getting upset that a brewery sells to one of the big boys, I wish you'd take a step back and realize you are in effect going: "hey, I have this co-worker whose company I enjoy and I now hate their guts because the piece of shit had the audacity to retire, take care of their family, and made room for career advancement for their faithful lieutenants who have worked shoulder to shoulder with them. Fuck that guy."

Julian, wrote:
Whenever I see you chuckleheads getting upset that a brewery sells to one of the big boys, I wish you'd take a step back and realize you are in effect going: "hey, I have this co-worker whose company I enjoy and I now hate their guts because the piece of shit had the audacity to retire, take care of their family, and made room for career advancement for their faithful lieutenants who have worked shoulder to shoulder with them. Fuck that guy."

TLDR

And wrote:

I think the employees are doing very well in this situationthe total amount paid to current and former employees will be nearly $190 million.
most companies sellout and 98% of the staff don't benefit at all, just the owners/investors

to think someone who was just a bartender at the tap room would get a 100K pay out is pretty nice and as far as I can tell they still have their jobs…just not the equity

Well, the 300 owner employees of their 703 total employees anyway…

Massive Triple Crossing drop at the best beer store in the DMV region this Friday, approximately eight cans and one bottle.

Yada wrote:
Massive Triple Crossing drop at the best beer store in the DMV region this Friday, approximately eight cans and one bottle.

so are they going to do one per customer, or will they let the first duded scoop up all nine beers?

and i'd hardly call one-and-a-half sixers a "massive drop".

Yada wrote:
Massive Triple Crossing drop at the best beer store in the DMV region this Friday, approximately eight cans and one bottle.

How do you like Triple Crossing's IPA's compared to The Veil's? If you work for Paste Magazine, I already know your answer.

I've been to both Triple Crossing locations and had a couple of their beers here in DC, but I've paid way more attention to the Veil and only had cans by the Veil. I'm not sure if that's because the Veil does more hype and I follow it, or if they're actually better.

Edit: I once brought home a four pack of a Berliner from TC, but never any IPA's.

sweetcell wrote:

Yada wrote:
Massive Triple Crossing drop at the best beer store in the DMV region this Friday, approximately eight cans and one bottle.

so are they going to do one per customer, or will they let the first duded scoop up all nine beers?

and i'd hardly call one-and-a-half sixers a "massive drop".

failol

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:
Massive Triple Crossing drop at the best beer store in the DMV region this Friday, approximately eight cans and one bottle.

How do you like Triple Crossing's IPA's compared to The Veil's? If you work for Paste Magazine, I already know your answer.

I've been to both Triple Crossing locations and had a couple of their beers here in DC, but I've paid way more attention to the Veil and only had cans by the Veil. I'm not sure if that's because the Veil does more hype and I follow it, or if they're actually better.

Edit: I once brought home a four pack of a Berliner from TC, but never any IPA's.

TBH, it's been a long time since I've had a Veil IPA that's blown my mind. I took a big step back from chasing every single IPA in 2019 as let's be honest, they all taste pretty similar. I have no interest in triples which seem to be a lot of Veil beers (and aslin).

All of the ipa's I have had from TC have been above average or really good.

sweetcell wrote:

Yada wrote:
Massive Triple Crossing drop at the best beer store in the DMV region this Friday, approximately eight cans and one bottle.

so are they going to do one per customer, or will they let the first duded scoop up all nine beers?

and i'd hardly call one-and-a-half sixers a "massive drop".

jez, doesn't even seem to cover the cost of the driver to deliver these 9 items

A picture of Space's daughter celebrating her amazing grades on the family vacation to St. Petersburg.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5JF0OWgTLs/?igshid=1qns1vlfyoocm