Hoof Hearted Brewing (2018)

Had four cans left of Konkey 4Up. Opened one on Saturday and it was super dark and brown, tasted like complete shit so I poured it out. Opened up a second which was noticeably brighter and closer to the original yellowish color but it tasted super flat and had little flavor. Opened up the next two and it was the exact same result (one that looked semi normal but tasted flat and one that was dark brown). I tried drinking one of the two that looked drinkable but I got about halfway into it and called it quits because it wasn't settling right with my stomach (probably paranoia).

Long story short I dumped my last 64 oz of KD down the drain. Super bummed and while it was only $20, I still drove round trip from Cleveland and stood in the cold for two hours waiting in line to buy it which should count for something. I filled out the QC form online and got an email back within minutes asking for a photo of my beer. I snapped one and sent it back to them and haven't gotten a single response back since (so two days). Take that for what its worth...

 

line at hoof yesterday was awesome. Easy to get beer, easy to get refills on drinks, and both blabe and WWS were drinking great on draft. WWS has a darker color so don't confuse the blueberry with oxidation...

 

line and crowd was small, and was able to get drafts multiple times with no wait.

thought Blabe was awesome. Both in Columbus and Marengo. Was gonna skip cans because was underwhelmed last time, but after drinking it I bought some.

I liked the new clip, not sure why they totally changed it. had a can last night and it didn't have any head. still good.

The triple IPA stacking papers was really good. milkiest beer they've done. The sour IPA at the pub was ridiculous but didn't realize until after getting 3 pints it was $10.

 

Sad I missed the anniversary. Looks like I need to trade for a can of Stacking papers

 

Trust me I did...twice. Nothing back. Looking less and less likely that I give any money to Hoof going forward.

 

Just reporting back, they did eventually respond and issue a refund. Sounds like they are pretty backed up on requests.

 

Sounded like it was a new/change in the canning line and they knew how to remedy it. Haven't seen oxidization issues with any other canning runs, other than that week, so I'm inclined to believe them for now.

 

The Musk/Eleven release was smooth and I understand it's not their sexiest offerings. There was extra Blabe and Slippery on hand too. Arrived at 11:45AM and beer purchased by 12:15PM. I've never gone that early and it was smooth sailing.

Perhaps I missed it in this thread and perhaps I should've asked (d'oh), what are they building? Also, I took the quick left route off I-71 (coming from Columbus) through the gravel for once, it was a lot quicker. Probably not the best surface for my family truckster though.

 

heard SoE was really good...luckily cans available for next week's release

 

IMO it's always really good. Easily my favorite from their standard lineup (RIP, I'll Have What She's Having)

 

it was always my favorite (partly the name and can art work, the best besides Konkey)... but last batch was different...could not make it Sunday so I'm glad they have cans left.

and agree, I'll Have What She's Having is/was awesome.

 

Can I get a price/date check on the cuvee clipboard please..

 

$17.99 for 4 pack; release date was March 10th

 

Thank you!

 

So are cans only available through the ticketed offerings on the website on those particular dates? Nothing around stores in town? Thinking about making the drive out there and curious how they set things up

 

The brewpub has cans but not from past morengo releases, their own. Not sure what they have right now but you can call.

 

should be worth noting you can sometimes find cans around town at places like Savor Growl, etc. but the price is usually ~$5 /can for their 'meh' beers. Usually thru tickets only or getting lucky stopping into the BP is the only sure-fire way to get some GOOD Hoof. I believe they will distro a keg or two around Ohio. but not often.

 

Tickets onsale tomorrow for Sunday's can release: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/key-bump-vs-zipper-ripper-dual-can-release-tickets-45000045347?aff=es2

Key Bump & Zipper Ripper. They also have Wangbar available in cans.