Official Supp Misc Beer Crew. We Kill for Hops

[cyde]

Deep Ellum just switched brew masters and all Houston bars stopped ordering DE due to quality issues.

But I only discovered Deep Ellum IPA a few months ago when it was drinking very well. At least I got a couple cans out to Swing and Spak before that beer went to shyt.

these hot bartenders keep feeding me beers.. now drinking ska brewing nefarious ten pin Baltic porter. pretty Damn good

they don't have live oak or 512

Bum some 2 ounce samples of locals between your free pints.

[icetrauma]

But I only discovered Deep Ellum IPA a few months ago when it was drinking very well. At least I got a couple cans out to Swing and Spak before that beer went to shyt.



Bum some 2 ounce samples of locals between your free pints.

Good advice right there!

[TheFugitive]

The Southern is disappointing, bring on the Northern

[swingracex]

But I only discovered Deep Ellum IPA a few months ago when it was drinking very well. At least I got a couple cans out to Swing and Spak before that beer went to shyt.

and my taste buds thank you...how bad has it gotten?!?

[spak]

So, Today was beer mania. I went to Holdridge and rode some muddy as fuk trails with friends. We went to Blackthorn Pub and had dinner after the ride and I had: A lot of Shorts: Rye Not Rye IPA, Goodnight Bodacious Black DIPA, Prolonged Enjoyment Session IPA; plus Anderson Valley Summer Solstice Cream ale, and Dark Horse Citra Crooked tree IPA all on tap. Drove home just fine >_>

http://app.strava.com/activities/65949753

Then I had Southern Tier Eurotrash Pilz, and this motherfuker:

The true B-day beer of the night right now. INSANE complexity and balance of deep fruity notes with dark malts and moderate barrel presence. AMAZINGGGGG. 14.5% and your palate wont know until you're drunk. Super smooth sipping.


Drinking 1 or 2 more then were good. Probably IPAs because they rule for drinking all day(Lagunitas IPA and something else lol)

[TopsecretWaffle]

^mirin. happy birthday

[icetrauma]

Hop you had a Hoppy Bday Spak!

[DICE20]

Happy B-Day Spak!



Waffle, i always get in a bind at the flying saucer. End up getting blitzed and underestimate my billl by usually 25 or 30 dollars.

Every year though, there is a big oil and gas expo in Houston, and one of the big Geophysic companies hosts a party at the Flying Saucer.
Free of charge, whatever the hell you want. Open bar everything available.


Hngggg i cant wait until next Feb when it happens again. I bet my ticket alone was over 100 dollars. Couldnt imagine what the final bill for that parrty was.
several hundred people coming in and out. wow.

[thefleshlight]

Waffle, i always get in a bind at the flying saucer. End up getting blitzed and underestimate my billl by usually 25 or 30 dollars.

What are you saying here? That your bill is $25-30 higher than you expect? If not, I was gonna say that I wish I could get blitzed on 30 american dollars.

[DICE20]

What are you saying here? That your bill is $25-30 higher than you expect? If not, I was gonna say that I wish I could get blitzed on 30 american dollars.

lol yea, its normally a $75 bill + and i receive that anticipating it being 40-50 dollars max.

[OmniscientCause]

What are you saying here? That your bill is $25-30 higher than you expect? If not, I was gonna say that I wish I could get blitzed on 30 american dollars.

Add me to the list of people wishing to get drunk off 30 worth of beer. That wouldn't even get me 4 sculpins around here. Everything is 8 dollars a pop minimum.

[thefleshlight]

lol yea, its normally a $75 bill + and i receive that anticipating it being 40-50 dollars max.

Ya, sounds a little like me.

Add me to the list of people wishing to get drunk off 30 worth of beer. That wouldn't even get me 4 sculpins around here. Everything is 8 dollars a pop minimum.

Sounds like my favorite bar around here, but they don't sell crap beer on draft or on bottles. Not even guinness. A lot of Unibroue, Mikkeller, and other shyt on tap and bottles. They had Cantillon Gueze in bottles there, so you know it's a cool bar even though I don't drink that shyt.

[OmniscientCause]

I spent 50 bucks on a 4 pk of founders ris at a bar this winter. It was worth it on tap though.

[thefleshlight]

I spent 50 bucks on a 4 pk of founders ris at a bar this winter. It was worth it on tap though.

Pssh, that shyt ain't worth it. Bfast stout, maybe if you're desperate. Shyt's like $10-12 here.

Meanwhile, I'm pretty confident I also got scammed by Craftshack (as well as brewforia). Placed order on 6/22. Emailed twice. No response. Second email was threats of filing false CC charges and violating the Fair Credit Billing Act.
Doubly, still no response from Alpine about that Nelson being bad. I guess they don't care.

[OmniscientCause]

Pssh, that shyt ain't worth it. Bfast stout, maybe if you're desperate. Shyt's like $10-12 here.

Meanwhile, I'm pretty confident I also got scammed by Craftshack (as well as brewforia). Placed order on 6/22. Emailed twice. No response. Second email was threats of filing false CC charges and violating the Fair Credit Billing Act.
Doubly, still no response from Alpine about that Nelson being bad. I guess they don't care.

Your just a goldfish they rnt wasting their time on you when their are tunas out there to fry. Kind of ****ty philosophy but I doubt they care what someone from ny has to say

[TopsecretWaffle]

Pssh, that shyt ain't worth it. Bfast stout, maybe if you're desperate. Shyt's like $10-12 here.

Meanwhile, I'm pretty confident I also got scammed by Craftshack (as well as brewforia). Placed order on 6/22. Emailed twice. No response. Second email was threats of filing false CC charges and violating the Fair Credit Billing Act.
Doubly, still no response from Alpine about that Nelson being bad. I guess they don't care.

thats fcked

[thefleshlight]

Your just a goldfish they rnt wasting their time on you when their are tunas out there to fry. Kind of ****ty philosophy but I doubt they care what someone from ny has to say

I told them I didn't care about reimbursement and that I'm from Norcal and I specifically made a day trip there for Nelson.
But ya, that's fine. Whatever. I'm getting sick of brewers and retailers not giving a damn about the customer.

[DICE20]

Man that blows you got scammed! I hope they come through for you though.


in other news, i couldnt resist picking up a bomber of this while on lunch break. Ready to taste it side by side with a few others tonight

[cyde]

and my taste buds thank you...how bad has it gotten?!?

Last sixer I bought recently tasted like old stock, but the store manager assured me it was a fresh shipment. It lacked the bright and fruity hop profile and tasted like an old, muted IPA. Their brewmaster left the company at the end of April I believe.

The next round of Austin Beerworks Heavy Machinery is right around the corner. It's a 5.5% American Pale Ale with lots of citra and amarillo. They've been on a roll lately with the DIPA and Einhorn, so I'm curious to see if ABW releases another quality beer.

Ya, sounds a little like me.



Sounds like my favorite bar around here, but they don't sell crap beer on draft or on bottles. Not even guinness. A lot of Unibroue, Mikkeller, and other shyt on tap and bottles. They had Cantillon Gueze in bottles there, so you know it's a cool bar even though I don't drink that shyt.

It's refreshing to see a bar or shop free up precious real estate for good beer. More bars and stores in Austin are refusing to sell Bud/Miller/Coors, etc because of the high demand for quality craft brews. I was at Whole Foods getting a growler fill the other day, and a customer was mad the store didn't stock Budlite. The beer manager told the customer to try HEB because his store only stocks craft beer.

[bodomwarrior13]

just found this site, they have pliny and pure hoppiness for sale...never bought anything there so im not sure on the shipping and prices etc..

http://www.beverages4lessinc.com/

edit: website is a pain in the ass

Fuuukkk Freddie (owner). I realize you guys will do what you have to do to get the beer you want but this guy is a major Dbag.

San Diego people have lots of great stories about him. My experience was good when I first moved close to his shop, had an insane selection. Always a little over priced but was worth it to me since all the other good shops were 20 minutes away. Then when I got married I wasn't buying as much for awhile and just drinking what I had. Show up after a couple months to pick up Abyss and he went on about "why should I sell you this beer, this guy over here spends 300 a month here" bullchit like that.
said

and never went back.

He is pretty hated locally for just being an all around POS.

[bodomwarrior13]

WAFFLE and other socal brahs.

Great deal and great beer store. Don't not go in the walk in cooler.
http://www.groupon.com/deals/holiday-wine-cellar

[TopsecretWaffle]

WAFFLE and other socal brahs.

Great deal and great beer store. Don't not go in the walk in cooler.
http://www.groupon.com/deals/holiday-wine-cellar

that's a fantastic deal! too bad I'm not heading down that way soon

[bodomwarrior13]

that's a fantastic deal! too bad I'm not heading down that way soon

coupon is redeemable until september. after that it is still worth the value you paid for it forever.

[swingracex]

The next round of Austin Beerworks Heavy Machinery is right around the corner. It's a 5.5% American Pale Ale with lots of citra and amarillo. They've been on a roll lately with the DIPA and Einhorn, so I'm curious to see if ABW releases another quality beer.

and what would you like in exchange?

[TheFugitive]

coupon is redeemable until september. after that it is still worth the value you paid for it forever.

Gotta love Groupon

[thefleshlight]

Pssh, that shyt ain't worth it. Bfast stout, maybe if you're desperate. Shyt's like $10-12 here.

Meanwhile, I'm pretty confident I also got scammed by Craftshack (as well as brewforia). Placed order on 6/22. Emailed twice. No response. Second email was threats of filing false CC charges and violating the Fair Credit Billing Act.
Doubly, still no response from Alpine about that Nelson being bad. I guess they don't care.

Your just a goldfish they rnt wasting their time on you when their are tunas out there to fry. Kind of ****ty philosophy but I doubt they care what someone from ny has to say

thats fcked

Man that blows you got scammed! I hope they come through for you though

Oddly enough, maybe craftshack and Alpine are in here monitoring what we say. Craftshack said it was sent long ago but they don't have any tracking for it nor does UPS have anything on it, so he's gonna "resend the box" once they get in more Pure Hoppiness plus some 'bonus goodies', that is, if it was ever sent in the first place

Doubly, email from Alpine

Thank you for contacting us about your off bottles of Nelson. After some internal investigating I have determined what is wrong. The bottles you were unlucky enough to purchase had a bunch of hop particles in them. A result of transferring beer and missing when it changed from clear beer to hop sludge. Don't worry, it is not harmful, just doesn't taste good.

However, we owe you beer. It would be our pleasure to send you the three bottles, if that’s the correct number, in a good faith effort to do the right thing. Another option is to give you bottles on a return visit. Or, we can reimburse your cost in cash. Whichever you prefer is fine, just let me know what is your preference.

So sorry for your experience. I hate to see our beer go out like that so I'm embarrassed beyond words.

Sorry again

Waffle, you wanna be the recipient?

[swingracex]

Oddly enough, maybe craftshack and Alpine are in here monitoring what we say. Craftshack said it was sent long ago but they don't have any tracking for it nor does UPS have anything on it, so he's gonna "resend the box" once they get in more Pure Hoppiness plus some 'bonus goodies', that is, if it was ever sent in the first place

Doubly, email from Alpine



Waffle, you wanna be the recipient?

boss status

[spak]

Tonight's fare:

Great Hefeweizen! One of the better American brewed ones Ive had. Big citrus, banana, bubblegum, wheat, clove, pepper; and super drinkable.


Damn good Belgian Blond! All around nice balance and complexity of bright fruit, citrus, banana, clove, honey, and bread with no cloying. super carbed and smooth sipping.


FUKKKK. Its been like a year since I had this. One of the best IPAs ive ever had, hands down. World class. Orgasm. Huge tropical and bright tangerine, lemon zest, orange rind, pine. etc. Just fricking amazing. Will be buying more than a 6 pack next time im at my parents house that's for damn sure.


Awesomeness. This is still quite fresh I can tell. Huge citrus and tropical pineapple hop flavors with a moderate caramel malt balance that doesnt overwhelm. Delicious as fuk. I might have to lower my BA 5 rating on this though for my second bottle.

[TopsecretWaffle]

Oddly enough, maybe craftshack and Alpine are in here monitoring what we say. Craftshack said it was sent long ago but they don't have any tracking for it nor does UPS have anything on it, so he's gonna "resend the box" once they get in more Pure Hoppiness plus some 'bonus goodies', that is, if it was ever sent in the first place

Doubly, email from Alpine



Waffle, you wanna be the recipient?

yes please!! u got my shipping info yes? coincidentally, your box is on the way already...containing nelson


Also, Alpine HATES craftshack.

Due to increased demand, currently maxed out supply, (and stressed out brewers), and rather than raise our prices, we have had to implement new limits on bottle and growler sales. As of today, July 5th, there will be a limit of three 22 bottles, per beer, per customer, per day. There will be a limit of four growler fills, per beer, per customer, and a limit of two NEW growlers, per customer, per day.

We may not sell to groups.

We WILL NOT sell beer to people we think may re-sell it, because to do so is against the law, and could jeopardize both of our licenses. It's because of liquor stores sending people in to buy our beer, and illegally re-sell it, that we had to put limits on our bottle sales in the first place.

You can directly blame Windy City/Craftshack in El Cajon. We would have more beer for you, if it wasn't for them! Please contact them and let them know how you feel about that.

Thank you, and have a Hoppy Weekend!

[icetrauma]

That's the 1st time in 3 threads a brewery has come through in a banner way. Props to Alpine and Flesh you lucky bastard!