Bottleworks Anniversary Beer

ZZ Hop on cask at Latona was really good.

 

Is that The Ram's double IPA? If so, I think that was on several months ago and was tasting delicious.

They definitely bring some good stuff to the fests. One year Kevin brought a sour and coconut porter to the cask fest and both were awesome.

 

You're thinking way too much about this. The thing about celebrating is that you don't celebrate the way you do something the rest of the year. Can I not celebrate new years with a champagne toast because I drink beer the rest of the year?

 

Not sure if it's a double or not. IIRC, it was brewed as a tribute to Jim Quilter when he passed a few years ago.

 

From talking with the dudes at BW a while ago, i live down the street and visit often, they have a long lineage of ppl that used to work for them in the shop that now either are brewers or have strong ties with other breweries, whom they then ask to brew beer for their anniversary. So its not so much about what beer they've sold or bought or had on tap etc its about the ppl they've known for a long time who now work in other places that brew beer or contribute in some way to a brewery who has no obvious ties to their bottle shop. Hope that helps.

 

Man, guess everyone loves some Ram. I'm going to go grab an old Navy vest and some shirts from aeropostale and check them out some time.

 

Bend Beer by Jon Abernathy has a timeline based on Deschutes employees that kinda like you're suggesting, but a real family tree-style would be tough to lay out. Where do you put Patio?

 

That's cool, I'll have to check out the book.

 

If you happened to be good friends with that prostitute.

 

No, dammit; NYE you have to watch funny cat videos on YouTube and eat a box of Tostino pizza rolls just like any other day.

 

I'll drop it. It's a weird analogy. Bottleworks takes a much different approach than other places on this sort of thing, and that's fine. I don't get it, and that's also fine. Enjoy your pizza rolls.

 

I like to arrange the pizza rolls on a nice plate in front of all my empty bottles. It makes me think, "I have lots of friends!"

Obligatory beer comment: I pair pizza rolls with a good pale ale such as Barley Brown's Hand Truck. IPAs tend to obliterate the delicate oregano character of a Tostino Pizza Roll.

 

I still have 4 or 5 of those Stone anniversary beers in the cellar...

 

Funny. Kevin is such a good friend they misspell his name!

 

Gin-barrel aged baltic porter? I'm having trouble imagining that flavor combo...

 

Two Beers has done a gin botanical Porter. It was good.

 

actually kind of stoked about this. haven't had a great gin-barrel aged beer yet, but this combo sounds nice.

 

best gin barrel aged beer I've had is Special Herbs from Upright, although that is a combo of gin and wine barrels. Plus, I believe de Garde's cran bu goes in gin barrels, and that's fantastic too.