Space wrote:*labels as idiot*Side-burbs wrote:
there were some idiots I'm glad left and never came back…but I felt GGW was a great addition to the many flavors of the board and wish we weren't always talking to the echo chamber here
At the risk of being labeled an idiot, I'll posit that he preceded you here by a number of years. Wouldn't that make you the addition, and not him? :)
The Beer Thread
Space wrote:I'm horrible at grammar and spelling (and getting good seats…the trifecta) but did you seriously think that I meant what you said?Side-burbs wrote:
there were some idiots I'm glad left and never came back…but I felt GGW was a great addition to the many flavors of the board and wish we weren't always talking to the echo chamber here
At the risk of being labeled an idiot, I'll posit that he preceded you here by a number of years. Wouldn't that make you the addition, and not him? :)
Side-burbs wrote:Space wrote:I'm horrible at grammar and spelling (and getting good seats…the trifecta) but did you seriously think that I meant what you said?Side-burbs wrote:
there were some idiots I'm glad left and never came back…but I felt GGW was a great addition to the many flavors of the board and wish we weren't always talking to the echo chamber here
At the risk of being labeled an idiot, I'll posit that he preceded you here by a number of years. Wouldn't that make you the addition, and not him? :)
He came and went at least a couple of times. I just assumed you weren't aware that he had been here prior to you (and me, I think.) and maybe he was "gone" at the point you joined, then later came back.
i don't think that being called "a great addition to the many flavors of the board" says anything about precedence of membership/longevity… it's merely a statement of appreciation of what he brought to the conversation. i think you misfired on this one, space.
in local beer news (well, local for you lot)
- Sapwwod brewed a collab with Other Half: "We dropped by Other Half Brewing DC last week for the brew day on our collab Cone Concentrate. It's a DIPA brewed with loads of Simcoe (plus a custom Simcoe oil). You'll have to visit their place in a few weeks to snag it, but they'll be stopping by Columbia for a collab before too long!"
- Idiom Brewing in Fredneck is expanding: they're opening up a production facility with a bigger canning line, so [font=Verdana]expect to see 4-packs or sixers of their stuff on shelves at some point[/font]. they got some big wooden foeders that will be used for lagers and stouts in the short-term, and sours eventually.
- Sapwwod brewed a collab with Other Half: "We dropped by Other Half Brewing DC last week for the brew day on our collab Cone Concentrate. It's a DIPA brewed with loads of Simcoe (plus a custom Simcoe oil). You'll have to visit their place in a few weeks to snag it, but they'll be stopping by Columbia for a collab before too long!"
- Idiom Brewing in Fredneck is expanding: they're opening up a production facility with a bigger canning line, so [font=Verdana]expect to see 4-packs or sixers of their stuff on shelves at some point[/font]. they got some big wooden foeders that will be used for lagers and stouts in the short-term, and sours eventually.
Haven’t been to many breweries in Frederick but Idiom is the best I’ve had.
If there are better ones, please advise.
If there are better ones, please advise.
Yesterday, we stopped for a seafood lunch on the coast in Jersey, then hit the beach. After, we stopped at Kane Brewing, arguably one of the top breweries in Jersey. We sampled an ipa, a fruited berlinner, an Italian pilsner, and a barrel aged stout. All very good to excellent. Everything was outside under a large tent in their parking lot. Apparently, they still haven't reopened their indoor taproom….which was fine with me.
Not sure what's on tap for today beer wise, but we're a five minute walk from Folksbier and an eight minute walk from the original Other Half Brooklyn location.
Not sure what's on tap for today beer wise, but we're a five minute walk from Folksbier and an eight minute walk from the original Other Half Brooklyn location.
Mountain Dew is getting a boozy kick.
PepsiCo Inc. and Boston Beer Co. said they plan to partner on an alcoholic version of the Mountain Dew soft drink with the brand Hard Mtn Dew. The coming product is a nod to what the companies see as evolving tastes of drinkers, executives said Tuesday.
Boston Beer, the company behind the Samuel Adams beer and Angry Orchard hard cider, will make the alcoholic Mountain Dew rendition, while PepsiCo has set up a new entity to sell the product, the companies said. They expect it to be on shelves in early 2022.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mountain-dew-gets-boozy-rendition-in-pepsico-boston-beer-partnership-11628618239
StoneTheCrow wrote:
Haven’t been to many breweries in Frederick but Idiom is the best I’ve had.
If there are better ones, please advise.
I've been to a bunch of the Fredneck breweries, and Idiom is probably the best. Monocacy is decent too. The rest, forgettable.
vansmack wrote:
Mountain Dew is getting a boozy kick.
PepsiCo Inc. and Boston Beer Co. said they plan to partner on an alcoholic version of the Mountain Dew soft drink with the brand Hard Mtn Dew. The coming product is a nod to what the companies see as evolving tastes of drinkers, executives said Tuesday.
Boston Beer, the company behind the Samuel Adams beer and Angry Orchard hard cider, will make the alcoholic Mountain Dew rendition, while PepsiCo has set up a new entity to sell the product, the companies said. They expect it to be on shelves in early 2022.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mountain-dew-gets-boozy-rendition-in-pepsico-boston-beer-partnership-11628618239
They shoulda called it Mountain Don't.
The first time someone accidentally dumped alcohol into Mountain Dew, they discovered meth.
- Colbert
Space wrote:StoneTheCrow wrote:
Haven’t been to many breweries in Frederick but Idiom is the best I’ve had.
If there are better ones, please advise.
I've been to a bunch of the Fredneck breweries, and Idiom is probably the best. Monocacy is decent too. The rest, forgettable.
Thanks. Guess I’m done with that area!
Hit up the OG OH yesterday. I had a nice fruited Berliner and a taster of a meh Brett IPA. She had two Tasters of TIPA, highly rated but too beastly for me. Tunes are in the hip hop range, but good hip hop.
Also went to Folksbier. Homey atmosphere, a Taylor Swift mix, and some really nice German beers. Didn't have 15 ipas on draft, but sometimes German is a good change of pace. Don't tell Atomic I said so.
Today it's Strong Rope, Finback, and Wild East. And then onto the Hudson Valley.
Hit those three today and caught up with some college friends. Good beers and good times. The winner may have been the Finback BQE single barrel stout. Fucking awesome. Best stout in a long rime. 4 67 on untappd. Temps approaching 100, maybe Corona would have been the better choice.
Also went to Folksbier. Homey atmosphere, a Taylor Swift mix, and some really nice German beers. Didn't have 15 ipas on draft, but sometimes German is a good change of pace. Don't tell Atomic I said so.
Today it's Strong Rope, Finback, and Wild East. And then onto the Hudson Valley.
Hit those three today and caught up with some college friends. Good beers and good times. The winner may have been the Finback BQE single barrel stout. Fucking awesome. Best stout in a long rime. 4 67 on untappd. Temps approaching 100, maybe Corona would have been the better choice.
That's pretty much all Corona is good for. But it does that well.
Was at Nepenthe again last night and would have killed for a stout. Weak-ish porters don't do it for me.
Was at Nepenthe again last night and would have killed for a stout. Weak-ish porters don't do it for me.
Locations Zwanze Day 2021
As promised, here are the locations hosting this year’s Zwanze Day on Saturday, September 25th!
Santeï!
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• Monk’s Café — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• The Sovereign — Washington D.C.
• The Veil Brewing Co. — Richmond, Virginia
As promised, here are the locations hosting this year’s Zwanze Day on Saturday, September 25th!
Santeï!
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• Monk’s Café — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• The Sovereign — Washington D.C.
• The Veil Brewing Co. — Richmond, Virginia
Hudson Valley Brewery yesterday. Awesome sour ipas and farmhouse ales. 95 degree day and no ac. Nasty.
Today we went to Brewery Ardennes near Seneca Lake. Really lovely place and awesome weather. Unfortunately the Belgian beers were only average
Today we went to Brewery Ardennes near Seneca Lake. Really lovely place and awesome weather. Unfortunately the Belgian beers were only average
Today went with my bro and ma to Aurora Brewery. Beer was good and so was the view of Cayuga Lake.
Also picked up some Mortalis cans at a local shop
Also picked up some Mortalis cans at a local shop
With a brewery stop (sometimes two) each day of the road trip, patience was wearing thin among some in our party "I'm sick of all these mediocre breweries." (when you're drinking Other Half at home on a daily basis, even very good breweries seem mediocre), "My dad must be an alcoholic, even if he only drinks eight ounces of beer a day when he's not on vacation. Now buy me another sugar drink."
Anyway, we stopped for lunch at Ever Grain in suburban Harrisburg on the way home. Food quality was well above the standard brewery fare, fruited sours and IPA's were top notch, and my other two thirds highly enjoyed the 90's hop hop. For a day, I was redeemed.
End of road trip. I think I'm making pasta and drinking wine tonight.
Anyway, we stopped for lunch at Ever Grain in suburban Harrisburg on the way home. Food quality was well above the standard brewery fare, fruited sours and IPA's were top notch, and my other two thirds highly enjoyed the 90's hop hop. For a day, I was redeemed.
End of road trip. I think I'm making pasta and drinking wine tonight.
Space wrote:
Snallygaster, anyone?
https://131fc985-8d3b-4125-9032-d87d8f0b4e3c.filesusr.com/ugd/41fc83_b919916825854053b70fddf8e759f5ab.pdf
Won't be making it, but a heck of a list!
Spent Saturday tubing the Shenandoah. Today I decided to forgo a visit to forum favorite Pen Druid so that we could be home earlier. Instead we visited *former* forum favorite Aslin in Herndon. Had not been to the new spot - ‘twas nice. Do not regret my decision.