Beer 2020?! F*ck that sh*t! Beer 2021!

[patrickdrinksbeer 788]

Just saw an online ad for a service called HopDrip that apparently delivers Dallas beers to Houston and Houston beers to Dallas. Heard of it? Any thoughts on joining it?

yeah we’ve participated with HopDrop in the past, but we have no issue selling all of our own cans. it’s the slowed taproom and distributed keg sales that have tanked. obviously i understand why that is and we’ve been very cautious in our own taproom with reduced capacity, no bar seating, one-use plastic cups only (which i despise), only table service (no lines), and zero events. we may jump back on with HopDrop just to move a little more volume. the production capacity of our canning line and the (lack of) availability of actual cans really limit the amount of volume we can put into cans vs kegs. it’s probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 30/70 right now.

[patrickdrinksbeer 788]

just for a little more perspective, we’re at about $0.50 per can in packaging costs (can+lid+label+paktech holder+cardboard case flat). that doesn’t include the cost of canning machine, CO2, spillage, labor, designer, or any of the actual beer costs. so there is an enormous difference in selling a $12-16 four pack of IPA to-go ($3-4 per beer) compared to $6-7 pints in glassware we can use hundreds of times. our business built on margins of draft beer isn’t really feasible on margins of canned beer (at a small scale).

[mdleast 8286]

Yeah I have always understood that the best profits for brewery taprooms (as well as growler fill bars/bottle shops) is drink there in person tap pours. Had forgotten about the can shortage. That’s a double nut kick to all y’all given everything else you’re dealing with. Honestly, I mainly scrolled through the HopDrop site to see if you were on there as well as a few other local breweries there I have visited/liked that we don’t get here. Wondered how good of a deal it is for y’all (beyond your examples of tap vs can).

Looking forward to visiting your place again the next time I’m in town and remember:

[Okie State 3789]

The on-site pizza truck is really good too. Nice place to spend a few hours on the weekend. Wish we lived close enough to walk.

[Damor 1233]

Genius labelling.  I was powerless to resist.

Oh, the beer was pretty good.

[MoJames 8241]

Last night was Hazy

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

Team Haze. New Albin IPA. A NEI(northeast Iowa)PA. Pivo Brewing, Calmar IA

[hacker 184]

Pinthouse Pizza 

[CooterBrown 17949]

Pinthouse Pizza 

Which beer?

[HenryJames 65918]

Live Oak Helles, imo.

 

[GreenspointTexas 9568]

This is absolutely fantastic. Pretty much Texas KBS


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[mdleast 8286]

Why they bottle upside down?

[hacker 184]

13 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Which beer?

Counting Stars

[CBT 1281]

So good

[CBT 1281]

Maybe better

[Hank_Hill 18598]

My roommate always buys the Martinhouse gimmick beers and gives me one to critique, tad bit on the sweet side but the only one I’ve tried that I’d actually consider paying for. Yes, I have baby hands.

Edited January 11, 2021 by Hank_Hill

[mdleast 8286]

[4th&Five 41474]

46 minutes ago, Hank_Hill said:

My roommate always buys the Martinhouse gimmick beers and gives me one to critique, tad bit on the sweet side but the only one I’ve tried that I’d actually consider paying for. Yes, I have baby hands.

I’d slam that. 

[shnsajax 3590]

2 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

My roommate always buys the Martinhouse gimmick beers and gives me one to critique, tad bit on the sweet side but the only one I’ve tried that I’d actually consider paying for. Yes, I have baby hands.

I thought this was @HenryJames post and he was just having his kid hold the can for fun.

[Hank_Hill 18598]

[GreenspointTexas 9568]

10 hours ago, Hank_Hill said:

My roommate always buys the Martinhouse gimmick beers and gives me one to critique, tad bit on the sweet side but the only one I’ve tried that I’d actually consider paying for. Yes, I have baby hands.

I actually like Martin House but this beer was not good imo. Tasted nothing like puppy chow (“what did ya expect from Martin House, greeny” - everyone... probably)

[Biff Tannen 45536]

On 1/9/2021 at 5:32 PM, hacker said:

Pinthouse Pizza 

FYI, they opened their 4th location recently.  Pinthouse Brewing off Ben White.  No pizza, but an eclectic menu and beer.

https://www.pinthousepizza.com/ben-white

[HenryJames 65918]

1 hour ago, Biff Tannen said:

No pizza

Probably a good idea.

[utee94 15747]

8 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Probably a good idea.

Word.

 

[Hank_Hill 18598]

9 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said:

I actually like Martin House but this beer was not good imo. Tasted nothing like puppy chow (“what did ya expect from Martin House, greeny” - everyone... probably)

I don’t hate them, I do hate their novelty beers of which I found this one the least offensive. 

[mdleast 8286]

Speaking of novelty beers, how about a smoothie?

[drt 637]

Live oak put their taproom only 6 packs on sale for $10. Hope this doesn’t mean what I think it means. 
 

fyi diamant and juicemeister are both solid

[utee94 15747]

1 minute ago, drt said:

Live oak put their taproom only 6 packs on sale for $10. Hope this doesn’t mean what I think it means. 
 

fyi diamant and juicemeister are both solid

That's been their standard price.  Their mainstays are $12 but the taproom-only 6ers are $10.

Except for Treehugger of course.

[drt 637]

That’s not true as recently as last month. Juicemeister was 18 and diamant was 12. They’d raised prices as I know they used to be 10, so maybe they’re just going back to business as usual. 

[utee94 15747]

23 minutes ago, drt said:

That’s not true as recently as last month. Juicemeister was 18 and diamant was 12. They’d raised prices as I know they used to be 10, so maybe they’re just going back to business as usual. 

OK I'll take your word for it.  I haven't paid more than $10 for any taproom-only releases since last May or so, other than Treehugger which was released in 4-packs at premium pricing .  But I also haven't bought them all. 

I don't think this is anything specifically doomy regarding the brewery, but I do know that the volume of business for them (and many other breweries) post-COVID isn't sustainable, and that bridge funding isn't enough to prop it up for much longer.

 

[HenryJames 65918]

3f, imo.

 

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

Making Kevins tonight. 2/3 Sue, 1/3 Fandango. An OG TG taproom classic

[HenryJames 65918]

Brugse Zot, imo.

 

[mdleast 8286]

Lagunitas never seems to disappoint

[HenryJames 65918]

Does it go to eleven?

[Al_4_ISU 12409]

[mdleast 8286]

Does it go to eleven?

[patrickdrinksbeer 788]

Lagunitas never seems to disappoint

i was pretty disappointed when they sold out. Sucks was probably my most purchased beer in like 2013-2014.

[Okie State 3789]

Any idea how this beer could go from $8-$9/can to $14/4 pack? Did they sell out to a conglomerate too?

[HenryJames 65918]

Pilz, imo.

 

[hacker 184]

Zilker's Gratitude.   Good but not as good as some of their other stuff

[4th&Five 41474]

Tasty. Worthy of my favorite Real Ale pint glass. 
 

[hacker 184]

Spindletap has some good beers

 

 

 

[mdleast 8286]

Agreed

[Guest]

Better than I was expecting... reminds me of the Stone Xocoveza.  From Three Nations Brewing.

 

[MoJames 8241]

Ola imo

 

[mdleast 8286]

Nm

[mdleast 8286]

The best part of waking up is an imperial coffee porter in your cup

[DDD Dad 14272]

Damn you dry January. Damn right to hell.

[Party_Taco 3688]

The best part of waking up is an imperial coffee porter in your cup

Got damn I miss Pizza Port...