Pittsburgh - New Beers & Local Breweries

Thai is different than Asian

 

so i went to GESSMD today and observed a young man donning a six pack of hopslam under his arm ("hopslam guy" hereinafter). after thorough investigation of all beer areas, i concluded there was no hopslam to be found. i inquired with hopslam guy, who was accompanied by his girlfriend ("hopslam guy's gf" hereinafter), as to where he found the hopslam...

"oh.. it's the last one" he purported

"oh wow..." i replied with clear disappointment in my tone and expression. "well, enjoy!"

he glanced at his gf and turned back to me to say

"well we aren't sure if we are gonna buy it or not, so maybe you can have it." he offered with a kind face

"alright sweet, man! well listen, if you decide not to buy it, i'll be standing here" i replied, as i awkwardly stood where i was standing and continued to stand with an empty shopping cart.

the couple exited my peripherals in the direction of the cash register (if you're facing the cooler). i casually lingered around the 6-pack mix-n-match area as i feigned interest in the familiar cooler turds at which i dismissively glare during each trip to GESSMD. after a few minutes of reading techcrunch which felt like eternity, a woman fitting the profile of hopslam guy's gf enters my left peripheral. she approaches, and my heart skips a beat...

"here you go" arms outstretched, cradling a six pack of hopslam. "happy valentine's day, dude."

"oh wow, thank you so much!" i stammered. "i really appreciate it!"



tl;dr drinking hopslam now and it sucks ass. reminds me of 2-yr old hop devil from D's beer cave.

 

Did a side by side of Hop Slam and Juju today and IMHO Juju is way better and a lot much drinkable

 

it sounds like you did a side by side of 4-packs

 

awesome that they did that.

my immediate question would be what did they get instead?

 

i told my boy alex at the register about what happened. apparently they also had mini-kegs of hopslam, and the couple ended up purchasing one of those. so, good on them!

also, i politely require that you 'like' my post before quoting so i am granted the appropriate BA points. thanks!

 

Agree on generally weak Asian scene. But do like Trams; they have Pho. It's Bloomfield, but if you're willing to venture to the Strip, it's not that much farther. The don't have serve beer there, and maybe that's a good thing, because 33 Export tastes like shit.

 

Going all the way back to page 31 of this thread.

 

Hey peanut gallery, I'm hoping to elicit some help here. What are some local bars that devote a decent amount of taps to local (western PA) breweries? Already got The Independent, Piper's, Butterjoint, Pig Iron, & Proper. Any others you can think of? How about Smallman Galley or Whole Phoods?

 

Smallman Galley for sure. Out east Dad's Pub and Grub as well.

 

Carson Street Deli seems to focus on local and western PA beers almost exclusively

 

Just left Fatheads....plenty of JuJu left.

 

I checked Dad's, they had maybe 7. Looking for more - thinking a minimum of 10 taps or 50%.

Good call, didn't think of them.

 

Haven't been but pretty sure I saw a picture of the Smallman galley beer menu on Twitter and it was "localish". Also haven't been to in a while but doesn't bocktown keep most of their taps local?

 

Elwoods Pub has 14 taps ...usually all PA beers with most being local.

 

I kind of love Elwood's.

 

Nuts to butts at Roundabout today eh @uvm2003 @Beerman6686 @Zach_BrewGentlemen @Tedwarhc and the recently deceased CatLicks

 

it was a joke and it doesn't exist.... lol

 

Good to see roundabout as packed as they were. The hyer is killer.

 

I don't understand. You mean they don't have a website? How about a FB page? Can I look them up on Yelp?