Speciation Artisan Ales

Glad you are a fan, was just bumping the thread so it doesn't get buried.

 

Hey couple of questions for culture club members (or anyone with knowledge of...)

What sort of allotment do you get to reserve for the monthly releases compared to us peons?

Was the incipient(red wine/mango) the first culture club only release and how many were you able to reserve?

Any clue on when/if memberships will become available? Thanks!!!

 

I think the regular release number is 8..,unsure on the members only bottles

 

Members get 3 bottles of each of the 4 Club releases throughout the year. Next release for the club is Wine barrel aged Incipient with Stonefruit (Peaches and Apricot). Super stoked for it since Stonefruit (Peaches, Apricot, and Nectarine specifically) are my favorite fruits to have in sour beer.
As far as membership renewal, it's anyone's guess, but I'm sure it'll be a crapshoot as far as securing a new membership, as current members will most likely renew. Unless of course he decides to start making a lot more beer and expand the size of the club.

 

Totally forgot about the tickets this weekend. How fast did they go?

 

From what I could see in about an hour.

 

Tangerine Incipient lasted a lot longer because it was a full batch, unlike Black Currant which I believe was only a half batch (the other half being dry hopped Incipient, the second release).
Really looking forward to the next few releases too!

 

For what it's worth, 7 Monks in Grand Rapids has Tangerine Incipient on draft right now (I should say it was on as of 5pm this afternoon and it was dead in there). $13 for a 10oz pour (ouch) but it was crazy good.

 

Yeah same here, remembered after I got home from the Madeline release But then I woulda needed to find a proxy lol oh well next time I guess

 

I did it the other way around...Speciation tix at noon, daughter's lacrosse game at 2pm & then the Madeline release at 5:30 then Cellarman's for a drink before heading back to Kzoo. All in all a pretty nice lil Saturday

 

Tangerine Incipient is awesome, I swirled the sediment at the bottom of the bottle and added it to the beer, and man, bumped up the Tangerine in the beer nicely. Try half the bottle without, then add the sediment to the next glass to see which you prefer.

 

When do these hit local shops, is it usually the Monday after pick up?

See Genetic Drift B3 hit mid-week but didn't see any Tangerine.

 

Unfortunately no Tangerine Incipient hitting shops. Mitch made a post on their FB page saying that Tangerine was going to be brewery only.

 

Thats too bad. Thought it was kind of strange they had Drift and no mention of Tangerine. Serves me right for forgetting about the release.

Thanks for the reply T.

 

Grabbed a bottle of Genetic Drift on the way home from work today, really looking forward to trying it out. As a guy with a BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology I'm absolutely loving the names that they've come up with.

 

Word is that Rishis is gonna have Tangerine Incipient and Genetic Drift batch #3 available for fills at their new growler station tomorrow.

 

Pomegranate Incipient and Vicariance Wild IPA available at the next release.

 

Dang. Tangerine Incipient is excellent.