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karstenkibbe said:
Don’t know if anyone is getting Schenker in distro, but for those of you who have access to Twelve Percent Beer Project (or its CT-wide free delivery), run and get Joey Peppers’ beers. Everything I’ve had in the Schenker portfolio has been fantastic. Had the newest pale (it’s fantastic) and German pils today. Joey did great things during his years at Folksbier in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. We are lucky to have his beers brewed in CT now.

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I'll give a try.
 
storrsroars said:
Says you. There comes a point where too much is simply too much. I found that point earlier this year. Wife and I both tasted first can and tossed it. Gave the other three to my gutter guy.

And really, fork coconut in anything that's not a curry or pina colada.
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storrsroars - "Hey Fred. My wife and I almost puked when we tried this beer last night. We'd like you to have it."
 
Dove said:
storrsroars - "Hey Fred. My wife and I almost puked when we tried this beer last night. We'd like you to have it."
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My gutter guy is in his 20s. That's the demo that seems to embrace these brewing abominations. He gladly took them.
 
karstenkibbe said:
Don’t know if anyone is getting Schenker in distro, but for those of you who have access to Twelve Percent Beer Project (or its CT-wide free delivery), run and get Joey Peppers’ beers. Everything I’ve had in the Schenker portfolio has been fantastic. Had the newest pale (it’s fantastic) and German pils today. Joey did great things during his years at Folksbier in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. We are lucky to have his beers brewed in CT now.

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I'll parallel this post with the German style beers Nod Hill has been making this summer. Tried their pilsner on cask during their Wednesday trivia and it was fantastic.
 
Out in California for work in the Palmdale/Lancaster area and trying out some local beers.

Very good summer drinking beer when it's a "yeah but it's a dry heat" 100 degrees.

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My last Belleflower. "Early Appearance of Stars." A west coastie.
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Vitamin Sea with a winner. Light body and a different hop character. Almost a bit of banana. Atlantic Sunset.

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karstenkibbe said:
Love the beer name. Clearly a little play one of the two hops used… Pacific Sunrise. Very unique, fruity flavor profile.
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Yeah, almost a little bubble gum? Really liked it as a warm weather beer. Refreshing.
 
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I was shocked, shocked I tell you, to find a couple of beers from Toppling Goliath at our Whole Foods this week. First time I've seen anything from the legendary Iowa brewer around these parts. There were 4 packs of both Psuedo Sue and Pseudo Sue Double Dry Hopped. I picked up the former. It's an unfiltered single hop (citra) pale ale. Not particularly challenging, but grapefruit and mango are there. Quaffable at a relatively sane 5.8 ABV. Not the kind of beer that will be anyone's all-time favorite, but it's well done and enjoyable.
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storrsroars said:
Do they have distribution in MA now? Or is it something you get when you're in Kansas?
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Been in Mass for several years now. Mass tends to be the first state to get these beers. We were first east of the Mississippi to get Boulevard too. Oddly, I had it here before my cousins in Missouri.
 
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HuskyHawk said:
@storrsroars Pseudo Sue is very nice. I continue to enjoy these guys’ beers, even if this one is a but different.
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Little Willow having lots of trouble getting distro in CT. I should have stopped in Palmer to get cans when I went up to Treehouse a few weeks ago. I’m in Newport this weekend. He told me he has limited distro in RI. Going to search for it tomorrow.
 
storrsroars said:
I was shocked, shocked I tell you, to find a couple of beers from Toppling Goliath at our Whole Foods this week. First time I've seen anything from the legendary Iowa brewer around these parts. There were 4 packs of both Psuedo Sue and Pseudo Sue Double Dry Hopped. I picked up the former. It's an unfiltered single hop (citra) pale ale. Not particularly challenging, but grapefruit and mango are there. Quaffable at a relatively sane 5.8 ABV. Not the kind of beer that will be anyone's all-time favorite, but it's well done and enjoyable.
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A great < 6% IPA is a treasure.
 
karstenkibbe said:
Little Willow having lots of trouble getting distro in CT. I should have stopped in Palmer to get cans when I went up to Treehouse a few weeks ago. I’m in Newport this weekend. He told me he has limited distro in RI. Going to search for it tomorrow.
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I’m headed to Long Live today. Looks like some good stuff on tap and in cans.
 
Heading home from Thornton, NH, my wife wanted to hit a store in Keene. Who knew Branch and Blade was just a mile away? Not me. Here is a true juice bomb with galaxy and Idaho 7 hops.
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Dove said:
Heading home from Thornton, NH, my wife wanted to hit a store in Keene. Who knew Branch and Blade was just a mile away? Not me. Here is a true juice bomb with galaxy and Idaho 7 hops. View attachment 90875
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Nice stop! Big fan of Branch and Blade. They just did a few collabs with breweries in this area.
 
I saw Firefly Hollow in bristol is no longer of this world. I have three of their growlers I want to turn into light fixtures once I get the courage to try to do electrical things again without making it look terrible. The idea is pendant lights over a galley kitchen full of fairy lights inside the growlers. The engineering weakpoint would the metal chain holding the glass growler suspended. The ignorance weakpoint is, well, working the electrical bits without frying the fairy lights.

Fairy (LED) lights plus growler = fireflies.
 
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Patman said:
I saw Firefly Hollow in bristol is no longer of this world. I have three of their growlers I want to turn into light fixtures once I get the courage to try to do electrical things again without making it look terrible. The idea is pendant lights over a galley kitchen full of fairy lights inside the growlers. The engineering weakpoint would the metal chain holding the glass growler suspended. The ignorance weakpoint is, well, working the electrical bits without frying the fairy lights.

Fairy (LED) lights plus growler = fireflies.
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That's a nice idea!

I was sorry to see them shut down as well. The Warden and I would often sit at their place and have a Cone Flakes and a Toadstool.

With breweries going up on every block, I was surprised to see an established place that makes decent beer go down. Their original message in March said they hoped to be back at some point. Maybe it was an expensive rent or maybe Bristol just isn't a town to support a brewery. Better Half Brewing, also in Bristol closed too.
 
AreBee1969 said:
That's a nice idea!

I was sorry to see them shut down as well. The Warden and I would often sit at their place and have a Cone Flakes and a Toadstool.

With breweries going up on every block, I was surprised to see an established place that makes decent beer go down. Their original message in March said they hoped to be back at some point. Maybe it was an expensive rent or maybe Bristol just isn't a town to support a brewery. Better Half Brewing, also in Bristol closed too.
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with breweries its always a mix of things. Could be they daydreamed too hard, could be they were getting squeezed for rent, could be they couldn't keep up on the loans taken out for their equipment. Could be that the principles are getting older. You can never be too sure.

Lately I've been full time hanging out at a two barrel operation with really good people and I know two regulars there who also want to open breweries (1 year time frame and 4-5 year time frame) and I've been listening more about their thought processes.

I think the world has shifted to a "neighborhood" model but in that you will also have to expect places to come and go. Which is far different when you expected most breweries to carry a legacy. Even ones that do otherwise "fine" will run into this or that.

What I am getting right now is that there's tradeoffs. Those who work a normal job will take a loan out on the bigger equipment and have that as the collateral. Don't lose the literal house. But still one guy I talk to if you get an industrial area you're going to get a certain price for square foot but if its anything mildly trafficked its a much higher price.

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As for my little project, its been on my mind for 6 years and we (coworker helping me) tried to make it work once before covid only for me to remember that resistors are a thing... oops.
 
Patman said:
I saw Firefly Hollow in bristol is no longer of this world.
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I'm sorry to hear that. They were one of the first for me. I stood in line for Cone Flakes. And I can't believe their rent was too high.
 
Waquoit said:
I'm sorry to hear that. They were one of the first for me. I stood in line for Cone Flakes. And I can't believe their rent was too high.
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From the looks of the place, I would agree that rent alone probably wasn't the issue.
 
Dove said:
Heading home from Thornton, NH, my wife wanted to hit a store in Keene. Who knew Branch and Blade was just a mile away? Not me. Here is a true juice bomb with galaxy and Idaho 7 hops. View attachment 90875
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I'll bet that you went to Brewtopia- it's a fun store, great beer and Zach the owner is amazing
 
Anybody else heading to Beervana in RI on September 30th? It was always an amazing event, and has a new, improved venue as of last year. I’m eager to check it out after my wife banned me from the last 4 years or so.

Beervana Fest Craft Beer Enlightenment

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