Beer 2020: Pint glasses or it didn’t happen.

[dingleberryswitzer 2,724]

Busted sandal in San Antonio has a pretty cool deal going for beer to go

"

• $3 in-house credit with each 6 pack or 32 ounce growler fill

• $6 in-house credit with a 64 ounce growler fill

• $25 in-house credit with any slim keg purchase

Not valid until the taproom is fully open.  

Edited March 27, 2020 by dingleberryswitzer

[Hank_Hill 20,112]

 

Celestial beer to go has been much appreciated 

[deft 7,077]

Busted sandal in San Antonio has a pretty cool deal going for beer to go
"

• $3 in-house credit with each 6 pack or 32 ounce growler fill
• $6 in-house credit with a 64 ounce growler fill
• $25 in-house credit with any slim keg purchase

Not valid until the taproom is fully open.  

YeH but then I have to drink busted sandal

[HenryJames 67,474]

Oddwood Ethics and Standards hazy IPA. great fucking beer.

[CooterBrown 18,289]

[Al_4_ISU 12,668]

Pivo Brewing, Calmar IA. Damn fine pils

 

[mdleast 8,524]

Tasting pretty great for a 10 year old beer.

[Al_4_ISU 12,668]

Tasting pretty great for a 10 year old beer.

Thinking I need to upgrade from grill to fire

[utee94 16,091]

1 hour ago, mdleast said:

Tasting pretty great for a 10 year old beer.

I have to say, I'm delighted to see that you're finally realizing  and embracing that the point is to DRINK the beer.

BUYING the beer is just a step, it's not the end goal.  STORING the beer is a very short-term step that is only important in that it allows the goal of DRINKING the beer.

So all I can say is, welcome to the jungle.  It gets better here every day.

[mdleast 8,524]

And yet by STORING the beer for so long it makes the DRINKING of it better than had I DRANK it immediately after BUYING. Winner: ME!!!

[utee94 16,091]

ehhh

 

[ChiTownDoc 21,359]

4 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Pivo Brewing, Calmar IA. Damn fine pils

 

Wife is Slovak, have to rep this shit hard. 

[ChiTownDoc 21,359]

Three Floyds gumballhead.  After the wine.  Then whistle pig single barrel neat til I knock myself out.  

[utee94 16,091]

17 minutes ago, ChiTownDoc said:

Wife is Slovak, have to rep this shit hard. 

Slovak chicks are hot.  Humblebrag executed flawlessly.  Well done, sir.

 

[ChiTownDoc 21,359]

4 minutes ago, utee94 said:

Slovak chicks are hot.  Humblebrag executed flawlessly.  Well done, sir.

 

I feel like you kind of have to know Slovakia to know these things.  Usually in convo it doesn't come off like saying Russian, Czech or even Polish...but you cultured bastards don't let anything slide.  And thank you. 

[Al_4_ISU 12,668]

Wife is Slovak, have to rep this shit hard. 

NE IA has some heavily Czech communities. Owner of said brewery and his wife both are. All their beers are named after area towns, and they tend to match beer styles to the predominant ethnicity associated with the town. Protivin still has old fuckers who speak the native tongue and hosts Masopust in the spring and Czech Days in August. Kolaches, brats, and beer.

[HenryJames 67,474]

11 hours ago, Al_4_ISU said:

Pivo Brewing, Calmar IA. Damn fine pils

 

6.4%?

[Al_4_ISU 12,668]

6.4%?

That’s what the can says, but theres no boozy flavor. It’s crisp and clean.

[utee94 16,091]

I'm down with a pils at 6.4%.  Giddyup.

 

[mdmost 44,116]

It's really weird that during this shelter at home stuff, the only comfort food I seem to be gravitating towards is beer. 

[HenryJames 67,474]

3 minutes ago, mdmost said:

It's really weird that during this shelter at home stuff, the only comfort food I seem to be gravitating towards is beer. 

Pint glasses or it didn’t happen.

[DDD Dad 14,665]

2 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Pint glasses or it didn’t happen.

That would be a cool name for a beer thread.

[utee94 16,091]

1 hour ago, DDD Dad said:

That would be a cool name for a beer thread.

It'll never catch on.

 

Just returned from Live Oak to go, where I got a case of roggenbier, and another case of assorted goodies.  So tasty.

[zlavydra 2,142]

20 hours ago, mdleast said:

And yet by STORING the beer for so long it makes the DRINKING of it better than had I DRANK it immediately after BUYING. Winner: ME!!!

Learn me on which beers are better stored, please.

[PantsTent 2,007]

It'll never catch on.
 
Just returned from Live Oak to go, where I got a case of roggenbier, and another case of assorted goodies.  So tasty.

Yeah, some faget wrote an article about supporting local breweries. The tone of JK is definitely more somber than ABV.


https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/food/2020-03-27/austin-craft-brewers-vs-covid-19-austin-beerworks-and-jester-king/

I did Live Oak last week and today hit up St Elmo and Hi Sign. Starting with Carl...in a pint glass.

[Bottlecap 1,523]

34 minutes ago, PantsTent said:

 

Yeah, some faget wrote an article about supporting local breweries. The tone of JK is definitely more somber than ABV.


https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/food/2020-03-27/austin-craft-brewers-vs-covid-19-austin-beerworks-and-jester-king/

I did Live Oak last week and today hit up St Elmo and Hi Sign. Starting with Carl...in a pint glass.

 

Yeah. If Jester King is any of yalls favorite brewery, I'd start supporting them ASAP 

[Bottlecap 1,523]

FYI, Vista's trails are still open for some casual hiking if you end up going out that way for bottles and crowlers. 

[zlavydra 2,142]

Messed up photo

Edited March 28, 2020 by zlavydra

[mdleast 8,524]

Learn me on which beers are better stored, please.

For me, barrel aged stouts and most closer to 10% ABV (non-IPA/pale ale obviously) beers are better with age (if stored properly like a beer fridge or closer in a cool house like mine...pretty much never over 70 degrees) as they become smoother and less “hot” with the alcohol.

[mdleast 8,524]

*Closet...not closer

[Okie State 3,892]

Drank my last St. Arnold's Commitment today. Just opened my last of a 12 pack of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Have a few Primus left that my wife picked up the other day. Getting dangerously low though. Thinking about cracking one of the DFH 120's that I've been aging. Seems like as good of a time as any.

[zlavydra 2,142]

We don't have the same options here in the northern ATL burbs as you guys in Austin or Decorah, but Variant in Roswell brews some fine beer. Picked up a porter, a stout, a NE IPA, and a helles.

[4th&Five 42,027]

Gettin’ drunk local tonight!

 

[HenryJames 67,474]

How’s the Ignatius? 

[DDD Dad 14,665]

And yet by STORING the beer for so long it makes the DRINKING of it better than had I DRANK it immediately after BUYING. Winner: ME!!!

Drunk

[4th&Five 42,027]

3 hours ago, HenryJames said:

How’s the Ignatius? 

Really good. 

[mdleast 8,524]

So smoooth

[DDD Dad 14,665]

So smoooth

Now that’s a fire! /Eddie Murphy

[Al_4_ISU 12,668]

No fire, no pint glass, still a great beer. Surly has slipped over the past few years, but they still hit some home runs.

[mdmost 44,116]

Westlake Brewing’s Arm Day IPA, in my opinion 

Edited March 30, 2020 by mdmost

[drt 647]

I was thinking of getting Jester King for lunch today seeing as my better half really enjoys their beer and they're not doing so hot.  Blanc de Bois Gewurztraminer Coferm - $36 for a crowler.  Damn.  Even the mainstays are $17.  We both still have jobs but maybe I'll just be getting pizza.

[CooterBrown 18,289]

What's the scoop on Jester King? There were rumblings about it being in trouble before COVID-19.  They did lose their head brewer last year.

[HenryJames 67,474]

Before @GreenspointTexas died of coronavirus he mentioned that their sour sales had plunged.

[HenryJames 67,474]

Saison DuPont, imo.

[dingleberryswitzer 2,724]

Live by a fad, die by a fad?

Edited April 1, 2020 by dingleberryswitzer

[deft 7,077]

They didn’t have a neipa trio

[DDD Dad 14,665]

Fuck it. I’m having a beer.

[zlavydra 2,142]

Total Wine in the ATL burbs had a dearth of beer on hand; however, the no-contact pick-up process was flawless.  Settled on an old fave which still hits the spot. 

I mean the Sierra Nevada, not the Lysol.

[mdleast 8,524]

#9? #9? #9?

This has obviously lost some carbonation (which is weird as I have several other beers as old or even older than this stored in the exact same place/manner that retained all their carb) but is still very tasty and so smooth.

[Hank_Hill 20,112]

https://www.statesman.com/entertainment/20200323/mass-closures-during-coronavirus-pandemic-rsquodevastatingrsquo-for-austin-breweries?template=ampart&__twitter_impression=true