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- Sat Jun 01, 2013 9:52 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: What're you drinking right now?
- Replies: 16950
- Views: 3122258
Shacklands Farmhouse Saison (Shackland is a Junction brand or rebranding or something. Anyone know what the deal is there?) That'd be me. It's essentially a contract brew situation where I do my own brewing and yeast management (most contract breweries take a hands off approach), Junction provides ...
- Thu May 30, 2013 8:11 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Is West Coast style IPA excessively bitter?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8247
- Fri May 17, 2013 4:18 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Some thoughts about hops
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7013
This guy has some good and well-considered thoughts on hoppy beers... https://twitter.com/davidmarzek :wink: He singled me out as a purveyor of bitter hop juice. And so on and so forth. Weird thing, that, since I once had a respected member of the beer community tell me I don't understand how to us...
- Mon May 13, 2013 10:34 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Wine tasting is bull
- Replies: 32
- Views: 7475
My favourite reviewer in the city? Paul Dickey. I take it as a very high compliment when he asks for seconds of one of my beers. It generally means the beer has no obvious off flavours and just tastes ... good. He's also brutally honest if the beer is flawed. And points out the flaw. And then makes ...
- Thu May 09, 2013 8:40 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Wine tasting is bull
- Replies: 32
- Views: 7475
Re: Wine tasting is bull
http://io9.com/wine-tasting-is-bullshit-heres-why-496098276 It's hard to say what this says about beer tasting. I would certainly argue that beer flavours are more distinct owing to the number and nature of ingredients. That said, I think the nature of the human palate makes many of the more verbos...
- Wed May 01, 2013 8:23 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Big Beer has brutal Spring
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2578
I've heard through the grapevine (like, 3rd hand) that the actual numbers might be worse -- a very large growth in returns to distributors isn't being tracked. I.e., the amount of pale lager actually purchased by consumers is showing an even larger drop. Maybe even a 10% year over year decrease. And...
- Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:06 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Parkdale 2.0
- Replies: 48
- Views: 16191
I believes it's an example of someone else selling beer.El Pinguino wrote:Why did you post this here, this is not a Jason Parkdale related brewery is it?midlife crisis wrote:Liberty Village Brewing announces the release of, can you imagine, an actual beer:
http://www.bartowel.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=8922
Jason
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 3:45 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Parkdale Brewery
- Replies: 99
- Views: 8811
- Thu Apr 11, 2013 3:14 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Parkdale Brewery
- Replies: 99
- Views: 8811
Maybe dude's going for a much higher concept than I am. Between November or so and now, I've bought a couple fermenters (inside Junction Craft), brewed a few batches of beer, sold some kegs to local bars, filled a bunch of growlers and glasses at Junction, and had a logo designed (just signed off on...
- Wed Apr 10, 2013 12:21 pm
- Forum: Breweries, Tied Houses & Taprooms
- Topic: Parkdale Brewery
- Replies: 99
- Views: 8811
That's the thing we're all wondering... Only two possibilities that I can think of: 1. He is somehow making money through these fake businesses. On line advertising? 2. He is more off-centered than Dogfish Head. To me, it has the sniff of a school project for a business or marketing class. Perhaps ...
- Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:36 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Craft Brewers Conference 2013
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2234
- Mon Mar 18, 2013 11:31 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Darklord Day - anyone trying for tickets?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 10612
- Sun Mar 17, 2013 8:47 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Big bottles equals Wines...?????
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8760
That's very interesting about the origins of Champagne- never heard that. Is the article you are referring to online anywhere? I think he uses it as a pretty standard quip in interviews and talks -- here's one example: http://www.ticketsarasota.com/2011-11-02/section/dining/a-beer-dinner-cooked-by-...
- Sun Mar 17, 2013 4:07 pm
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Big bottles equals Wines...?????
- Replies: 34
- Views: 8760
Has anyone else read Calagione's Brewing Up a Business ? He goes into some detail about how DFH used heavy stock for its bottle labels to make the bottles seem more wine-y. That's right, when DFH aimed its sights north of Bud, one of their targets was wine drinkers who scoffed at cans and cheap-look...
- Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:40 am
- Forum: General Beer Discussion & Random Talk
- Topic: Left Field Brewery
- Replies: 45
- Views: 16622
Personally I doubt it. I saw somebody brewing at Amsterdam the other night at like 10PM, and I think Steamwhistle has something like three brewing shifts (someone correct me if I am wrong), but I don't think the smaller guys like Black Oak are quite to the 24 hour brewing schedules just yet. If the...