Alesmith - Bottle Releases

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  1. Redgoatman

    Redgoatman Initiate (0) May 21, 2015 California
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    Speedway has caffeine
     
    #101 Redgoatman, Oct 30, 2015
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  2. J-loco

    J-loco Savant (1,042) Jan 23, 2015 California
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    You write lovely poems.

    I can't wait to to try Hawaiian Speedway
     
    #102 J-loco, Oct 30, 2015
  3. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    This is after about 1-2hrs of sleep and no caffeine as well. I think it would have been much much worse if I was slept and caffeinated. Probably some reference to a movie from the 60s, a random political view about a country ppl can't find on a globe, and then some weird math equation that barely makes any sense. :slight_smile:
     
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  4. Redgoatman

    Redgoatman Initiate (0) May 21, 2015 California
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    Well then drink a couple Speedways and write us god damn great poem!
     
    #104 Redgoatman, Oct 30, 2015
  5. Redgoatman

    Redgoatman Initiate (0) May 21, 2015 California
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    Never to early for beer... I mean coffee.
     
    #105 Redgoatman, Oct 30, 2015
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  6. redmagik99

    redmagik99 Initiate (0) May 15, 2007 California

    I'm a big fan of the grand prix but is anyone else slightly disappointed with the lineup this year, or at least the way the flights are organized? It would be nice to have each flight have a roughly unique theme (e.g. coffee variants, fruit added) so you don't have to buy an assorted bundle with stuff you probably won't like to get the stuff you probably would like. I'd honestly rather drink coors lite than fruited stouts, which are about half the beers this year.
     
    #106 redmagik99, Oct 30, 2015
  7. thatinvisibo

    thatinvisibo Initiate (0) Sep 5, 2005 California

    I know Maple Blueberry, Banana Fosters, Peanut Butter and Jelly, and Oatmeal Raisin all have fruit in them, but they all sound like much more than simply a fruited stout. Maybe your hate for fruit in your dark beers is more than I can fathom, but I'd say give them a try before you knock them. They seem to be working with the base well; it's not like they made another Cucumber Speedway.

    And, honestly, I do like that they A) gave each flight a coffee heavy one so you can try them separate without other coffee flavors covering the intricacies of each, and B) kept all nut related ones to a single flight, so those with allergies know immediately which flight to avoid. I think this is probably the most well organized they've ever had the flights for the Grand Prix.
     
    #107 thatinvisibo, Oct 30, 2015
  8. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    I prefer it to be a mixed flight. Had this discussion elsewhere but it works on a couple different levels.

    1. You would then get to try variants you might have skipped over only to find out they are pretty good (or still terrible and thus now you know for certain)
    2. If each flight had a theme there would need to be like 6-10 different theme options to cater to everyone's varying palates (this is just dumb)
    3. Marketing 101 for alesmith, because now you would spend more to try all the ones you wanted to try

    We may not like it, but we want to drink beer. They want to make beer and make money, it is a business after all.

    Take this post however you feel, I am a huge alesmith fanboy (as if it wasn't obvious already), but I do still try to see all sides of it.

    Yes, if there was just a coffee flight that is all I would get, even moreso if it was just 4 tasters of triple hammerhead, but gotta take the bad with the good. Besides..it's just beer, go with the flow.
     
    #108 SDReaper, Oct 30, 2015
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  9. d3brewing

    d3brewing Initiate (0) Nov 24, 2014 California

    Does anyone have more info on the barrel aged beernanza and bottle sale 11/8 and 11/9 Alesmith had in their newsletter? It's on their calendar of events as well but there's no info. This isn't the BA speedway and Hawaiian sale either.
     
    #109 d3brewing, Oct 31, 2015
  10. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    It's the same thing as last year.

    Vague and helpful right? =P
     
    #110 SDReaper, Oct 31, 2015
  11. HeavySpeedway

    HeavySpeedway Initiate (0) Jul 8, 2013 California

    This used to be called "the library sale".
     
    #111 HeavySpeedway, Oct 31, 2015
  12. d3brewing

    d3brewing Initiate (0) Nov 24, 2014 California

    That's what I figured. Is this for on site consumption only or are they to go?
    Or should I just shut up and go check it out next weekend?
     
    #112 d3brewing, Oct 31, 2015
  13. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    To go, and yes plz. :wink:
     
    #113 SDReaper, Oct 31, 2015
  14. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    #114 SDReaper, Nov 9, 2015
  15. reefer_bob

    reefer_bob Savant (1,010) May 13, 2014 California
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    #115 reefer_bob, Nov 9, 2015
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  16. Research47

    Research47 Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2013 California

    #116 Research47, Nov 9, 2015
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  17. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    I just like that they go on sale as the library sale starts this morning. They did it last year with bavss. Such entertainment.
     
    #117 SDReaper, Nov 9, 2015
  18. Yabu

    Yabu Savant (1,150) Feb 4, 2015 California
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    Sorry, I'm not too familiar with Speedway's limited releases, just their standard beers. But are these bottles for sale today... the only way to buy them? Or would they also offer it at alesmith ?
    thanks
     
    #118 Yabu, Nov 9, 2015
  19. Original_Fake

    Original_Fake Initiate (0) Nov 15, 2013 North Carolina

    Yes. BPT is the only way to buy them.
     
    #119 Original_Fake, Nov 9, 2015
  20. Yabu

    Yabu Savant (1,150) Feb 4, 2015 California
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    okay, thank you for the quick reply.
     
    #120 Yabu, Nov 9, 2015
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