The Beer Thread

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.

Can confirm.

Fantastic

WalkOnBack wrote:Like 2 people who decide they need a 5 bedroom, 6000 square foot home on 20 acres.  Just, because they can, afford it.

There are many in Arlington County who will do that on 1/4 acre because they can afford it too…just cost $1.5-2 mil

I just don’t understand English anymore

hutch wrote:
I just don’t understand English anymore

Still smarting over the Harry and Meghan interview?

I been reading the headlines and small parts of stories .. I have the opposite reaction of most everyone I know or everything I read


But the British royalty is of no interest..


Still they say if you don’t have anything good to say…

The thing about this Royalty kerfuffle is, as with most things, everyone acts like its a binary. Either "Meghan is a bitch" or "the royal family are dicks," when the most likely explanation is that ALL OF THESE PEOPLE SUCK. Like its OK as a young woke to hold an opinion that yes, the royal family and the institutions around it are outdated and likely racist in some unspoken way and Prince Charles is likely a shitbag AND ALSO the first African-American member of the royal family is obnoxious and ridiculous and did not know what she was signing up for.

Basically what Jules said…but additionally, how any ANYONE be shocked that these old frumpy fucks are also racist fucks?

Meghan and Harry are so full of it


They moved to Hollywood for privacy? Inked a mega deal with Netflix or whoever for privacy? Get paid millions for interviews for privacy?

Give me a break..

I mean good for them if they want to monetize their “royal status” which was meant to be about serving their subjects  for personal economic gain but just spare me all the BS… these guys come off as grifters

Space wrote:
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.

well, there is more cost involved in filling a bottle vs. selling a draught: the bottle, the bottling line, the labor involved in running a bottling line and then handling the bottles (boxing, stacking, warehousing, etc.), etc..  the cheapest and most profitable means of getting a beer to a customer is across the bar. 

Space wrote:
Sorry I'm spacin' out over here.

woudn't expect anything less.

Space wrote:
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.

are you saying sapwood is a "hype brewery"?  or that CC isn't a hype brewery, nor are they like sapwood (in some unspecified way)?

Non-denominational-vinyl wrote:

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

sapwood mentioned that this poll/tournament was organized by the Maryland Beer Drinkers Club, a group with 10,000 members (on FB, at least). i'd never heard of them before.  FB page was created in 2012.

Folks go there to talk and trade, iirc? I don’t have a FB account so I never looked into it.

sweetcell wrote:

Space wrote:
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.

are you saying sapwood is a "hype brewery"?  or that CC isn't a hype brewery, nor are they like sapwood (in some unspecified way)?

Sapwood gets a fair share of hype, Crooked Crab does not. That's just my instinct. Could be wrong. They probably both get what they deserve.

Being in Odenton doesn't help CC much. At least Sapwood is conveniently located off 95, half-way between Btown and DC.

Riveting

We need a, basic beer thread, for hutch.  Where we discuss PBR vs Devils Backbone and whether to actually put an orange slice into a Blue Moon.

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Ugh.