Twin Elephant Brewing to open

oh I know, it's still a solid deal, but looking at it from the other direction, a 64oz growler is $15, but 2x 32oz is $20, so a 33% markup to fill 2 vessels. I wouldn't expect same pricing per volume, as there is more labor and beer loss involved in filling 2 smaller growlers, just wish it was a slightly less of a premium. I think part of the reason is that TEB doesn't price each beer differently despite a difference in cost of producing it... so a barrel aged stout or heavily dry hopped DIPA sells for the same as Chuck's Garage, and this pricing structure helps equalize that without getting too complicated for them to manage...

 

that's some what normal though -- where the smaller versions are always more expensive (per ounce) than the larger versions, 4 - 4oz tasters will be much more than 1 pint, etc.. This is also why the limit the growler size of some of their more robust beers to 32oz instead of 64oz.

i do prefer their streamlined pricing forsure though. Unfortunately - just like Kane had to adjust HH growler fill pricing, eventually I can see them moving to either different prices per beer, or like $12 for 32 or $17-18 for 64oz. Especially as hop prices (specifically galaxy) keep rising. Though they've done a great job of utilizing cheaper/less common hops

 

drank The Echoes They Left Behind last night.... so good...

 

I had it on Sunday. I'm not generally a big fan of sours and boy, at first sip was it sour. But then there was a wonderful taste of pineapple at the end. I liked it!

 

no doubt its a bit tart, but as you drink it and it warms it subsides I think, and the other layers and flavors come out.. It's kind a wine drinkers beer as well - definitely has some vinous attributes.

 

Glad to hear this was good. I passed on the bottle because I'm not a big fan of sours, but glad to hear it was a good one.

 

On Tap
Mantis Toboggan - Brown Rye Ale - 5.9% ABV
Tuxedo Bulldozer - American IPA - 6.0% ABV
Mac Mittens - American IPA - 6.7% ABV
Hope Not Sporadically - American Session Ale - 4.7% ABV
Chuck's Garage - American Session Ale - 4.7% ABV
Sunset Flip - Blonde Ale with Homestead Columbian Coffee - 5.0% ABV
Deserted Village - Imperial Stout w/ Peruvian Cacao Nibs, Homestead Black Eddy's Coffee, Torched Cinnamon & American Vanilla Oak Chips - 9.3% ABV
Intergalactic Kegger (after Tuxedo Bulldozer kicks) - American IPA - 6.3% ABV

Tapping Friday
Buddy Hoppy - American IPA - 6.7% ABV

Tapping Saturday
Split the Megahertz - American IPA - 6.8% ABV

The growler fills for this weekend will be:
Chuck's Garage - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Mantis Toboggan - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Mac Mittens - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Sunset Flip - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Hope Not Sporadically - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Deserted Village - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Tuxedo Bulldozer - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Intergalactic Kegger (after Tuxedo Bulldozer kicks) - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Buddy Hoppy (Friday) - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available
Split the Megahertz (Saturday) - 32 or 64 ounce growler vessel fills available

Total Volume limits are 64oz max per person per type of beer.

In the Secondary (coming up)
Name TBD - Farmhouse Red
Lil' Shimmy Ye' - American Pale Ale
Plow United - American Pale Ale
Crooked Spoke - American IPA
Dude Maintain - Double IPA

 

Did anyone try Mantis Toboggan last week? Looks good, but I didn’t get over to try.

 

that "Coming Up" list has the potential for a double can drop in it... hmmm.. would love to see Crooked Spoke and LSY cans together...

 

If I recall correctly, crooked spoke was one of the labels they had gotten approval for. So it's possible, and I'd definitely would like up for that and shimmy since I've skipped the last two releases.

 

Excellent write up Just what I was hoping it'd be.

 

Mantis Toboggan is nice. It’s has that maltiness that I like in a brown. The rye is more prominent in the nose, but it has a nice subtlety in the flavor. There is also a real nice nutty flavor as well.

Split Megehertz is a fantasy NEIPA. Probably my second favorite NEIPA of theirs, after Tuxedo Bulldozer

 

p.s. I meant fantastic NEIPA, not fantasy lol. Seems it's too late to edit my post

 

splitz sounds really good. I mean they all do, but if i went there the first beer I would order is splitz.

 

Split was absolutely fantastic last week. It’s right up there with Tuxedo Bulldozer, for me.

 

Strong disagreement on that one. Tuxedo was great, Split had a horrendous aftertaste and the mouthfeel was just too much. Mac Mittens was a lot better.

 

Agree to disagree. I actually though Mac Mittens was worse; the flavors didn't mesh well for me. To each his own.

Edit: flavor and mouthfeel didn’t mesh for me.