good thing alcohol kills covid!
you just need to take the first can, shake it up and spray yourself and your companions
you just need to take the first can, shake it up and spray yourself and your companions
The Beer Thread
Space wrote:Yada wrote:Julian, wrote:Yada wrote:Dr. Fauci is rolling in his grave.
Shipped to my childhood friend who lives in the Hudson Valley in NY >
She works from home and accepts package via a signature >
Her parents visit her this past weekend in NY >
They take said package back to my hometown >
My parents pick up package and visit me this weekend in MoCO
Peep those logistics.
hahaha… I assumed this would be a space comment, but very expected and appropriate.
Since the pandemic began, I have bought or consumed beer in person in eight states plus the DMV. So who am I to judge.
Found a cool beer shop in C Ville called Beer Run.
Picked up 3 Floyds. Zombie Dust. / Dreadnaught / Barbarian Haze
Picked up 3 Floyds. Zombie Dust. / Dreadnaught / Barbarian Haze
Spent the early afternoon at Napenthe today. Top tier brewery? I’d say so but others may disagree. Really nice spot.
StoneTheCrow wrote:
Spent the early afternoon at Napenthe today. Top tier brewery? I’d say so but others may disagree. Really nice spot.
What beers did you have?
Pretty much everything they had. Tasters of most.
The coconut lager was intriguing but I didn’t get that far.
The coconut lager was intriguing but I didn’t get that far.
StoneTheCrow wrote:
Pretty much everything they had. Tasters of most.
The coconut lager was intriguing but I didn’t get that far.
How was this one? I had considered getting cans to compare it to the maibock I'm about the brew, but DTC sold out before i got around to it.
VERNAL GENESIS
Maibock Lager | abv 6.9%
Didn’t get to that, either.
They didn’t have the imperial stout I wanted. The milkshakes were the least impressive, IMO. The 10% TIPA was sneaky good. Enigmatic and Space Jellyfish were also good.
Nothing stood out as amazingly spectacular but the beers were consistently good. In my book that counts for something.
Definitely going back at the end of the month after my 2nd vaccine shot. Will also visit Celebrated Summer and the skate shop. Love that area of Btown.
They didn’t have the imperial stout I wanted. The milkshakes were the least impressive, IMO. The 10% TIPA was sneaky good. Enigmatic and Space Jellyfish were also good.
Nothing stood out as amazingly spectacular but the beers were consistently good. In my book that counts for something.
Definitely going back at the end of the month after my 2nd vaccine shot. Will also visit Celebrated Summer and the skate shop. Love that area of Btown.
On way out of town C Ville, found another beer store on Main Street, and found somethings called
Allagash Heart of Hearts
The Bruery Frucht
Bearded Iris Homestyle
Also, seeing how we took the back way home on the greatest road called F. T. Valley Rd . . . stopped by Pen Druid for their sour bottle releases, and spent $300 on as many bottles I could carry
The, end.
Allagash Heart of Hearts
The Bruery Frucht
Bearded Iris Homestyle
Also, seeing how we took the back way home on the greatest road called F. T. Valley Rd . . . stopped by Pen Druid for their sour bottle releases, and spent $300 on as many bottles I could carry
The, end.
Why are the Pen Druid bottles so much pricier than their on premises draft prices?
Easy. They are hard as shit to get except for Golden Swan . . . which should tell you something about Golden Swan.
Even easier. They are located in Rappahannock County, where businesses since the start of the Inn at Little Washington, have learned . . . the more popular you become, charge through the roof. "City folk" will still come.
Even easier. They are located in Rappahannock County, where businesses since the start of the Inn at Little Washington, have learned . . . the more popular you become, charge through the roof. "City folk" will still come.
shemptiness wrote:
2021 MD Brewery Challenge
1. Sapwood
1st Place
5. Crooked Crab
2nd Place
1. Elder Pine
3rd Place
Space wrote:
Why are the Pen Druid bottles so much pricier than their on premises draft prices?
is this true in general, or for this particular release? because charging more for a long-aged sour than for an IPA is pretty standard…
excontradiction wrote:shemptiness wrote:
2021 MD Brewery Challenge
1. Sapwood
1st Place
5. Crooked Crab
2nd Place
1. Elder Pine
3rd Place
beat me to it. sapwood posted this on their FB page.
so has anyone been to Crooked Crab? or even heard of it before this "tournament"?
never heard of CC, but that's not saying much
I did like to see that Black Flag got 666 votes in the semi-finals to lose to sapwood (technically they got 4th)
That CC beat Cushwa and Elder pine are some bragging rights for this week
had like only 1500 votes max per round…with 64 breweries, seems like mostly friends and family
I could find no info on this other than the link that was provided
I did like to see that Black Flag got 666 votes in the semi-finals to lose to sapwood (technically they got 4th)
That CC beat Cushwa and Elder pine are some bragging rights for this week
or even heard of it before this "tournament"?
had like only 1500 votes max per round…with 64 breweries, seems like mostly friends and family
I could find no info on this other than the link that was provided
sweetcell wrote:excontradiction wrote:shemptiness wrote:
2021 MD Brewery Challenge
1. Sapwood
1st Place
5. Crooked Crab
2nd Place
1. Elder Pine
3rd Place
beat me to it. sapwood posted this on their FB page.
so has anyone been to Crooked Crab? or even heard of it before this "tournament"?
They get Crooked Crab cans and drafts regularly at Downtown Crown. I have not tried any of their beers yet. I don't think they are a hype brewery or anything like Sapwood, probably (guessing) a good but flying below the radar brewery like Elder Pine and Nepenthe.
sweetcell wrote:Space wrote:
Why are the Pen Druid bottles so much pricier than their on premises draft prices?
is this true in general, or for this particular release? because charging more for a long-aged sour than for an IPA is pretty standard…
Pen Druid doesn't do IPAs. Or fruited sours. Or stouts. Wild ales and Belgians only.
Their 26 oz sour bottles typically sell for $35/bottle (if memory serves, but Walkie can correct this.), whereas the same beer on draft is typically $10 for 10 oz (but they pour more.)
Golden Swan, their Belgian golden typically sells for $15 ($16?) for 26 oz bottle (I'm likely going this week on the way home from hiking and can check), whereas the draft price is $8 for 16 oz.
So what I'm saying is that sometimes you have the choice of choosing the same beer from a bottle or draft to consume onsite (or in the case of bottle, take it home), and the bottle is always more expensive. The thing that blows my mind is that I have observed people choosing the bottle for onsite consumption instead of the draft. I'm guessing these people are wine drinkers.
Sorry I'm spacin' out over here.
sweetcell wrote:
so has anyone been to Crooked Crab? or even heard of it before this "tournament"?
Yes, one visit.
They did a pastry stout collab with Sapwood that was memorable. A decent hazy. That’s about it.
Space, you do realize, that people who go to Rappahannock County, VA to eat / drink / sleep / antique . . . don't value money the same way normal people do? To them, spending more is showing off.
Like 2 people who decide they need a 5 bedroom, 6000 square foot home on 20 acres. Just, because they can, afford it.
That's the point, of Rappahannock County, VA.
Like 2 people who decide they need a 5 bedroom, 6000 square foot home on 20 acres. Just, because they can, afford it.
That's the point, of Rappahannock County, VA.
WalkOnBack wrote:
Space, you do realize, that people who go to Rappahannock County, VA to eat / drink / sleep / antique . . . don't value money the same way normal people do? To them, spending more is showing off.
Like 2 people who decide they need a 5 bedroom, 6000 square foot home on 20 acres. Just, because they can, afford it.
That's the point, of Rappahannock County, VA.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom, Walkie.
That, and having a place to hang their oversized MAGA signs.