Comments on: What Did You Pick Up This Week?

By: Michael Reinhardt

Michael Reinhardt — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:05:08 +0000

It wasn’t cloying like the commercial product of the same name. It was nice and sour…plus, extremely sneaky. We loved it.

By: Don

Don — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:29:01 +0000

I picked it up just because I picked up everything they had from 21st amendment. I figured why not. I had a Monks Blood last night and it was very good!

By: Scott-TheBrewClub

Scott-TheBrewClub — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:43:42 +0000

Hell or High Watermelon was the only canned beer I’ve had other than Guinness in recent memory. I think cans make perfect sense but there’s just something about beer from a bottle that will be hard to let go of. For the Watermelon beer, I thought it was great for the summer and didn’t think it was too fruity. I’d get it again.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:53:25 +0000

Yes, but if you are a beer store owner they are more convenient.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:28:34 +0000

WOW! The benefits of being from the Motherland! Great job Mike!

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:06:00 +0000

Oh, I agree that cans are superior. Except when it comes to shelf appeal.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:53:48 +0000

Right, and it’s not like the current “Best method of serving” (kegging) isn’t done in aluminum anyway, because it is. It doesn’t taint the beer at all. I think it could work.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:47:52 +0000

Oskar Blues has shown me that cans are as good or better than bottles (less light and air exchange), so the practicality of cans makes all the sense in the world. However, I paid $14.25 for a four pack of Ten Fidy a few weeks back, and couldn’t help but thinking it was a bit dear for four cans of beer. Of course $14.25 is a lot to pay for four 12oz imperial stouts of any kind, but still, I think the cans played a part in my thinking. That’s the real hurdle – overcoming the perception / expectation that cans bring with them.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:33:51 +0000

I think canning may be the way of the future. As a process, its going to have some difficulties meeting the ease of bottling, but you’ve got to love the ease of drinking. Its going to have some of the hurdles to overcome that the synthetic cork and screw-top wine bottles have dealt with. There’s a brewery in Michigan that can’s also, and while I wouldn’t say its top of the line stuff, it’s great session beer.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:30:36 +0000

Perfectly put – it’s a “nice” beer, and I think a really well made one. It’s not like Mad Elf (oh Mad Elf, why do you only come but once a year!) which is a big, bold, sweetie of a beer, but it’s still a quality brew that’s a little unique. I got a six pack of it on Friday, and that’ll probably do it for me.

By: Rob Crozier

Rob Crozier — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:23:53 +0000

Yes, tasted the peach flavor right away. It was a “nice” beer – I wouldn’t go crazy searching it out. I was expected more of a bite – it kind of wimped out; almost tasted like Magic Hat #9. The label is very peachy in color…you’re onto something there Don with the subliminal thing.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:35:02 +0000

It’s obvious who is a brewer when you read some of these comments! That lemonade sounds tasty, Mike. Hmmm…Mike’s Hard Lemonade…you might have been on to something.

By: Michael Reinhardt

Michael Reinhardt — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 17:57:12 +0000

Three Philosophers is a nice brew. Van Winkle. Yum! Another awesome Buffalo Trace offering. When I lived in KY, I used to get 54 gallon barrels from Jim Beam. Normally, there would be 1/2 to a 1/4 gallon of uncut bourbon left (not bad for $10). I would take that bourbon and filter it through my coffee pot. Then I bought a $30 barrel from Buffalo Trace that had been for that Rye you are talking about. I put about 3 gallons of Jim Beam into the Rye barrel and left it sit for a few months. At the end, I had about 2 gallons of wonderfully strong and uncut bourbon. After that, I put about 2 gallons of water per barrel for about 2 weeks and made some lemon-aid from the 20% ABV water. Then I sold the barrels to people that wanted them for the same price I got them. It was awesome…that’s one of the things I missed most about KY.

By: Don

Don — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:25:59 +0000

You said it….not me.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:15:22 +0000

I think may be subliminal. Or they knew the taste was there and chose the color of the packaging and the “nectar” name intentionally.

I’ll choose the “on purpose answer above, as otherwise I’m a weak minded loser!