Retiring Maple Bacon & Southampton Berliner

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  1. FosterJM

    FosterJM Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2009 California

    Good afternoon,

    I was thinking of submitting these for retirement. Heres my rationale.

    1. The brewer for Southhampton left and the thread from the other day (cant find it) said they arent going to
    brew it again. Also they are now brewing the Uberliner.

    2. Maple bacon was a one off in bottles and has not been done since 2011. Have heard no plans to rebrew.

    If anyone has more thoughts/comments or thinks I shoulnt please chime in.

    Also, not trying to piss anyone off by doing this, please keep this as an open dialouge.

    Cheers!
     
    #1 FosterJM, Jul 3, 2012
  2. HopsJunkiedotcom

    HopsJunkiedotcom Initiate (0) Dec 24, 2010 Florida

    Are you referring to the Funky Buddha Maple Bacon? If so, it's still brewed occasionally, just not bottled/packaged. Can't see retirement making sense for that one.
     
    #2 HopsJunkiedotcom, Jul 3, 2012
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  3. FosterJM

    FosterJM Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2009 California


    Yes that one. Appreciate update
    Ixnay that one.

    Cheers!
     
    #3 FosterJM, Jul 3, 2012
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  4. HopsJunkiedotcom

    HopsJunkiedotcom Initiate (0) Dec 24, 2010 Florida

    Okay, glad to clear that one up. It actually seems that the coffee supplier(local company) went out of business and that Funky Buddha was gifted/taught/bought the process of making the Maple Bacon Coffee themselves, in house. I'd say that based on that info(3rd hand, mind you) they are pretty dedicated to making it in the future. I know they're expanding and also contract brewing some at CCB(once the expansion is complete) so in the future chances of bottling/distro/whatever should get better. Should.
     
    #4 HopsJunkiedotcom, Jul 3, 2012
  5. BearsOnAcid

    BearsOnAcid Pooh-Bah (2,239) Mar 17, 2009 Massachusetts
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    Hasn't Maple Bacon been bottled a couple (few?) times?
     
    #5 BearsOnAcid, Jul 3, 2012
  6. HopsJunkiedotcom

    HopsJunkiedotcom Initiate (0) Dec 24, 2010 Florida

    Hand bottled, yeah. Quite the limited supply, and won't be again for some time(from what I understand). I guess everyone will just have to plan trips to Boca Raton and see if they get lucky(very lucky). :stuck_out_tongue:
     
    #6 HopsJunkiedotcom, Jul 3, 2012
  7. kscaldef

    kscaldef Initiate (0) Jun 11, 2010 Oregon

    My apologies for the slight thread-jack, but what exactly are the criteria for retiring a beer? I've certainly wondered what allows DDG and Dirty Horse to stay on the Top 100 list.
     
    #7 kscaldef, Jul 4, 2012
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  8. afrokaze

    afrokaze Pooh-Bah (1,962) Jun 12, 2009 Oregon
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    If only someone at Rogue had the sense to retire the other one... I heard they're going to make it an occassional release *faceplam*
     
    #8 afrokaze, Jul 4, 2012
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  9. csano

    csano Initiate (0) Sep 21, 2010 Washington
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    Not sure if you know, but Lost Abbey has a fresh batch of DDG in barrels now.
     
    #9 csano, Jul 20, 2012
  10. davey101

    davey101 Pooh-Bah (2,360) Apr 14, 2009 Connecticut
    Pooh-Bah

    Hate the price, love the beer. A lot of my non craft friends also really enjoyed it.
     
    #10 davey101, Jul 20, 2012
  11. Beerandraiderfan

    Beerandraiderfan Initiate (0) Apr 14, 2009 Nevada

    Yup, easily a top 100 aroma beer. Tone down the multitude of different smoked malts in it, and I think it would fall into my 'purchase one every time I'm at the store' category, just like their Chocolate Stout. . .
     
    #11 Beerandraiderfan, Jul 20, 2012
  12. Mavajo

    Mavajo Initiate (0) Feb 10, 2007 Georgia

    Too much on the smoked malts, and the body is too thin.
     
    #12 Mavajo, Jul 20, 2012
  13. Pahn

    Pahn Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2009 New York

    i know this is a huge tangent already, but...

    my opinion of rogue on the whole is that they have the skills, just not enough good sense. lot of misses by them, but pretty much always recipe misses.
     
    #13 Pahn, Jul 21, 2012
  14. MasterSki

    MasterSki Grand Pooh-Bah (4,848) Dec 25, 2006 Canada (ON)
    Mod Team Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Because the breweries consider them active beers. Just because they aren't made every single year doesn't mean they are 'retired'. There hasn't been a batch of regular Cable Car since 2010 either, and a number of other beers have irregular release schedules (Alesmith BA Speedway, Alpine Great, Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock, etc.).

    I generally retire beers a year after release unless I've heard a new batch is in the works, and I do my best to confirm with the breweries regarding the high-profile stuff (i.e. anything on the top 100). However, once something is 'retired' we don't bring it back until the new batch is physically available (this has happened with Framboos, Kuhnhenn BB4D, and will presumably happen with M).
     
    #14 MasterSki, Aug 20, 2012
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