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Tico-hatch wrote:
Monkish Brewing Co.
Four beers tapping throughout the week
at Dominion in falls church

-‘Conscience Be Free’ DIPA (8.5% ABV)
-‘If It Fits’ IPA (6.9% ABV) “Double Dry Hopped (DDH) IPA with Nelson Sauvin and Enigma hops.”
-‘Realer Than Real’ TIPA (10.0% ABV) “Robust Triple IPA with Galaxy and Amarillo (Triple IPA version of Really Real & The Realness).”
-‘West Coast Classic’ West Coast IPA (7.0% ABV)

2.5 weeks after tapping six Monkish beers at Shelter, four of them are still on tap.

Same beers kicked just hours after being tapped at Dominion.

I think people in the burbs like craft beer more than people in DC.

Space wrote:

Tico-hatch wrote:
Monkish Brewing Co.
Four beers tapping throughout the week
at Dominion in falls church

-‘Conscience Be Free’ DIPA (8.5% ABV)
-‘If It Fits’ IPA (6.9% ABV) “Double Dry Hopped (DDH) IPA with Nelson Sauvin and Enigma hops.”
-‘Realer Than Real’ TIPA (10.0% ABV) “Robust Triple IPA with Galaxy and Amarillo (Triple IPA version of Really Real & The Realness).”
-‘West Coast Classic’ West Coast IPA (7.0% ABV)

2.5 weeks after tapping six Monkish beers at Shelter, four of them are still on tap.

Same beers kicked just hours after being tapped at Dominion.

I think people in the burbs like craft beer more than people in DC.

alternate take: people downtown are too busy with their downtown lives to be chasing kegs.  folks in the burbs are accustomed to driving everywhere for anything interesting, and generally lack stimulation so they get excited about… beer.

sweetcell wrote:

Space wrote:

Tico-hatch wrote:
Monkish Brewing Co.
Four beers tapping throughout the week
at Dominion in falls church

-‘Conscience Be Free’ DIPA (8.5% ABV)
-‘If It Fits’ IPA (6.9% ABV) “Double Dry Hopped (DDH) IPA with Nelson Sauvin and Enigma hops.”
-‘Realer Than Real’ TIPA (10.0% ABV) “Robust Triple IPA with Galaxy and Amarillo (Triple IPA version of Really Real & The Realness).”
-‘West Coast Classic’ West Coast IPA (7.0% ABV)

2.5 weeks after tapping six Monkish beers at Shelter, four of them are still on tap.

Same beers kicked just hours after being tapped at Dominion.

I think people in the burbs like craft beer more than people in DC.

alternate take: people downtown are too busy with their downtown lives to be chasing kegs.  folks in the burbs are accustomed to driving everywhere for anything interesting, and generally lack stimulation so they get excited about… beer.

alternate take: no one cares about chasing below average haze that was worthwhile in 2019.

alternate take x 2: people are focusing on their waist sizes.

Also, DC got more kegs than VA?

Yada wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

Space wrote:

Tico-hatch wrote:
Monkish Brewing Co.
Four beers tapping throughout the week
at Dominion in falls church

-‘Conscience Be Free’ DIPA (8.5% ABV)
-‘If It Fits’ IPA (6.9% ABV) “Double Dry Hopped (DDH) IPA with Nelson Sauvin and Enigma hops.”
-‘Realer Than Real’ TIPA (10.0% ABV) “Robust Triple IPA with Galaxy and Amarillo (Triple IPA version of Really Real & The Realness).”
-‘West Coast Classic’ West Coast IPA (7.0% ABV)

2.5 weeks after tapping six Monkish beers at Shelter, four of them are still on tap.

Same beers kicked just hours after being tapped at Dominion.

I think people in the burbs like craft beer more than people in DC.

alternate take: people downtown are too busy with their downtown lives to be chasing kegs.  folks in the burbs are accustomed to driving everywhere for anything interesting, and generally lack stimulation so they get excited about… beer.

alternate take: no one cares about chasing below average haze that was worthwhile in 2019.

alternate take x 2: people are focusing on their waist sizes.

you didn't address the urban vs. suburban divide.  are you saying folks downtown are more focused on their physical appearance?  and folks in the burbs are still stuck chasing 3-year-old trends?

sweetcell wrote:

Yada wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

Space wrote:

Tico-hatch wrote:
Monkish Brewing Co.
Four beers tapping throughout the week
at Dominion in falls church

-‘Conscience Be Free’ DIPA (8.5% ABV)
-‘If It Fits’ IPA (6.9% ABV) “Double Dry Hopped (DDH) IPA with Nelson Sauvin and Enigma hops.”
-‘Realer Than Real’ TIPA (10.0% ABV) “Robust Triple IPA with Galaxy and Amarillo (Triple IPA version of Really Real & The Realness).”
-‘West Coast Classic’ West Coast IPA (7.0% ABV)

2.5 weeks after tapping six Monkish beers at Shelter, four of them are still on tap.

Same beers kicked just hours after being tapped at Dominion.

I think people in the burbs like craft beer more than people in DC.

alternate take: people downtown are too busy with their downtown lives to be chasing kegs.  folks in the burbs are accustomed to driving everywhere for anything interesting, and generally lack stimulation so they get excited about… beer.

alternate take: no one cares about chasing below average haze that was worthwhile in 2019.

alternate take x 2: people are focusing on their waist sizes.

you didn't address the urban vs. suburban divide.  are you saying folks downtown are more focused on their physical appearance?  and folks in the burbs are still stuck chasing 3-year-old trends?

My guess is Shelter has 50+ beers on tap with 40 of them being better than Monkish.

Dominion (a place i've never been and never will be to) probably has 22 haze lines.

Yada wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

Yada wrote:

sweetcell wrote:

Space wrote:

Tico-hatch wrote:
Monkish Brewing Co.
Four beers tapping throughout the week
at Dominion in falls church

-‘Conscience Be Free’ DIPA (8.5% ABV)
-‘If It Fits’ IPA (6.9% ABV) “Double Dry Hopped (DDH) IPA with Nelson Sauvin and Enigma hops.”
-‘Realer Than Real’ TIPA (10.0% ABV) “Robust Triple IPA with Galaxy and Amarillo (Triple IPA version of Really Real & The Realness).”
-‘West Coast Classic’ West Coast IPA (7.0% ABV)

2.5 weeks after tapping six Monkish beers at Shelter, four of them are still on tap.

Same beers kicked just hours after being tapped at Dominion.

I think people in the burbs like craft beer more than people in DC.

alternate take: people downtown are too busy with their downtown lives to be chasing kegs.  folks in the burbs are accustomed to driving everywhere for anything interesting, and generally lack stimulation so they get excited about… beer.

alternate take: no one cares about chasing below average haze that was worthwhile in 2019.

alternate take x 2: people are focusing on their waist sizes.

you didn't address the urban vs. suburban divide.  are you saying folks downtown are more focused on their physical appearance?  and folks in the burbs are still stuck chasing 3-year-old trends?

My guess is Shelter has 50+ beers on tap with 40 of them being better than Monkish.

Dominion (a place i've never been and never will be to) probably has 22 haze lines.

I would estimate about 10 of the 35 lines at Dominion currently has something hazt.

14 of 50 beers at Shelter fall into their "hop" category, maybe 11 hazies?

I think you overestimate the beer quality at Shelter, or underestimate Monkish.

Another possible explanation was this was the first Monkish appearance in NoVA, whereas it's the second Monkish appearance in DC.

Sapwood Cellars Brewery
Tickets for our Fourth Anniversary Party on October 1st are now available! It'll be a similar event to previous years, broken into three sessions with 10 special beers on tap (like Snip Snap Super Max, bourbon-barrel-aged stout cuvee with coffee and coffee cherries, and a barrel-aged sour with foraged green walnuts). Each ticket Includes a 4 oz pour of each beer, and a commemorative tasting glass that is yours to keep. We'll have food trucks, a Sapwood trivia contest (with vintage bottles as prizes), bottle/can release and more! Tickets: https://sapwoodcellars.com/product/fourth-anniversary-party-tickets/

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in case anyone wants a pint (bale?) of cringe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEOtjTcQVzo

Bad news if you're a Harvest from the Hood fan.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/philadelphia-brewing-co-e2-80-99s-hop-garden-was-cut-down-by-city-cleaning-crew-who-thought-it-was-weeds/ar-AA11SGAM

Has anyone been to Dirt Farm Brewing, in Bluemont?  I have, a gift card and have never been.  I have gone to the winery right up the road, which had killer views and decent wine, to boot.

Walk,on,by wrote:
Has anyone been to Dirt Farm Brewing, in Bluemont?  I have, a gift card and have never been.  I have gone to the winery right up the road, which had killer views and decent wine, to boot.

I've been… Was on our way to Vanish one weekend until we saw about 10,000 people there so just kept going a bit down the road…. Beer is mediocre at best, but a nice place to hang out.

Walk,on,by wrote:
Has anyone been to Dirt Farm Brewing, in Bluemont?  I have, a gift card and have never been.  I have gone to the winery right up the road, which had killer views and decent wine to boot.

Please don't boot the wine.

Off-season wrote:

Walk,on,by wrote:
Has anyone been to Dirt Farm Brewing, in Bluemont?  I have, a gift card and have never been.  I have gone to the winery right up the road, which had killer views and decent wine to boot.

Please don't boot the wine.

potw

Lol.  And not shocked to hear about number of people there.  I plan on going, during a day when hopefully most Valley snob beer heads, will be at work.

Beer prices up and up

Walk,on,by wrote:
Lol.  And not shocked to hear about number of people there.  I plan on going, during a day when hopefully most Valley snob beer heads, will be at work.

My sentence was confusing.

10k people were at vanish, we said fuck that,  and drove to Dirt Brewing where about 13 people were.

Starsky wrote:
Beer prices up and up

interesting - what are you seeing in terms of beer prices? 

for me, beer prices have been relatively stable compared to a lot of other grocery items.  prices of meat and cheese have gone way up.  just this morning i bought some distilled water that used to cost $3.29 but price recently jumped to $4.99 (52% increase!).  i buy only craft beer from regional breweries (Georgetown, Fremont, etc.) so maybe they're more sensitive about raising prices?

(also, when is rustyorgan showing up to blame biden for beer prices?)