Alesmith - Bottle Releases

Was there November 15. Line of 15 or so 5 minutes before opening. My first visit to the new location and it's great. Much more comfortable than the previous location and lots of merch if you're into that sort of thing. Bottle pick up took longer than expected as there was some confusion for proxies who were picking up multiple orders. Not sure if it was a BPT issue. Tasting room menu was a bit of a cluster especially for the 32 oz growler fills as the tap list was not at all updated and the staff seemed pretty annoyed with people repeatedly asking if other speedway variants were available. I was able to walk away with a fill of Hawaiian and barrel aged so I guess I can't complain.

 

Sorry, but how difficult is it for you to have your order #'s? Pop open your smart phone and it's right there in the email. Those mules you got should have easily sent you their confirmation emails as well.

Hey, thank you boxes require a little bit of effort now.

 

They pretty much rejected most of the larger tours back in the Cabot Drive days. Bigger isn't always better.

A logical way to handle it would be to shunt the tour traffic to the taps on the right, and leave the left side of the bar to the rest of the crowd. But beer drinking isn't always logical.

 

Precisely.

In the "old days", you handed them printed copies of your BPT receipt. And I'll say it again - if you find it inconvenient, then stop proxying for people. In fact, why don't you write Alesmith and bitch enough so they say "f&%# - we will no longer allow for proxies"?

 

It's not hard at all. It said right in the confirmation email that you needed to make sure your proxy had a copy. It took me 15 seconds to forward the email. I think people would just rather complain about the "system" instead of following simple instructions.

 

some people also enjoy complaining about people complaining

 

I'm not complaining, I was making a statement/observation

 

Rabble rabble rabble!

 

I am pretty sure that us what the Internet is for....

 

I'm upset period!

 

Some people like pointing out the fallacy of many complaints. Also, some people like pointing out that many of the complainers end up acting like the Soup **** customers when push comes to shove. Rather than backing up their words with action. For example, I bet the next time there is some sort of BPT sale involving a BA or variant Speedway, all the people that are complaining here will be F5ing away on their computer.

 

And some people like complaining about people complaining about those who complain.

I only bitch when my favorite brewery (this week) runs out of beer.

 

the hawaiian was so good. to me, it was better than JBC. the filipino coffee that they had at Toronodo was amazing too. hope they bottle that one as well.

 

Have you had a good experience in general when infusing stouts with the Randall Jr? Was thinking about picking one up but haven't seen many reviews. Thanks.

 

You are better off just getting a regular coffee press. I have used both and prefer my coffee press a lot more.

 

I've had very good experiences adding toasted coconut to stouts with the Randal Jr. I was dubious about it when my wife got it for me, but it has worked really well.

I've also had very good experiences using a french press, especially with fruit because you can mash it down a little bit and squeeze some extra juice out, but the downside to the coffee press is you lose more carbonation.

 

Might be in SD in late March or early April for work, and curious about the bpt system/alesmith one-offs in general. Do they typically do a release at this time of year (Feb-March, with pickup theoretically available in the timeframe I'd be in town)? Any particular base beer or variants? (Speedway/Numbskull/???, BA/coffee/dry hop etc etc?)

Also how do they initially announce the bottle releases - website, twitter, otherwise?