Oregon Beer News (2020)

But isn't this what always happens with the first few batches of 3-Way? I've had to wait around a month or so before being able to find it easily (as in, not watch social media and run right over) in years past.

 

FYI -- New Seasons on scholls ferry will have everything you are looking for. I wouldnt make a trip for 3-way, but the Fresh Flow and WanderJack on the other hand......

 

1.) Lots of people like (hazy) IPAs.*
2.) Lots of people are eager to try whatever's new simply because it's new.*
3.) 3-Way is a highly anticipated annual release for lots of people.*

Ergo:

A new version of 3-Way tends to sell out quickly when it first hits the market. #RocketScience


*These postulates may not apply to you, but it's a pluralistic world out there and it really shouldn't be so hard to wrap your mind around it.

 

I think this belongs here..but last few months i have been seeing that many small Oregon breweries have been going directly to Grocery Outlet, as a cheap ass i shop at GO and i first noticed it with Beer Valley..now seeing Steens in Burns are doing this and now Bent Shovel and Coin Toss much closer to home...i saw a few more on FB i cant remember. Good or Bad?

 

I think it depends on freshness. As long as the beers are the same age as what the other stores are getting, I don't see a problem.

 

Listen, I get that you think 3-Way shouldn't sell as briskly as it does whenever the latest iteration comes out because there's already a glut of hazy IPAs on our shelves, they always make a boatload over the course of the summer, and it's been hazy (albeit with different brewers and a different recipe) each of the past few years. Your views, oft repeated, are very clear.

But there's obviously a "quorum" out there that doesn't care about any of this or has other ideas and interests. For them, it's another beer to tick, a favorite annual collab they're eager to try, a fresh take on a favorite style, etc...So they rush off to grab it. These people aren't like you, don't think like you, and don't behave like you, but there are lots of them. A whole fucking world of them, in fact.

You said you didn't understand why it goes quickly when it first arrives each summer. This is why. It's as simple as that.

 

No it won't. And I'm sure we'll hear all about it.

Not that I find it necessary, but you actually can't block a moderator. However, since occasionally challenging your point of view seems to upset you and distracts from the other business at hand, I do think it's better for me to go back to silently rolling my eyes whenever you trot out your greatest hits for another tour.

No hard feelings, man. It's not personal and it's just beer. Cheers.

 

Beer gods have spoken. No #truefans are allowed to buy 3-way before July 1st

I, a member of uninformed, am on the way to level to pick up my 4-pack

 

This is childish and beneath someone who's supposed to set an example and follow the code of conduct through his role as a moderator.

I made a point—which I now regret—about your perspective being insular since you couldn't comprehend the sales of a beer you were personally less interested in buying than other people. I then made a playful (if unkind) jab at your tendency to complain and repeat yourself. And now we're at name-calling.

You talk about BA being a place where differences of opinion should be aired, but when I questioned your perspective on something with a little force you immediately got bent out of shape.

You got the next best thing to your deal. I can't ignore you, alas, but I'm done talking with you.

 

I just had this year's 3-Way a few days ago and can confirm that it is hazy and will probably not do much for those not into the style. Probably it's pretty average for the style. I feel like some of FG's other IPAs are better.

That said, I like this year's way more than last year's (which did nothing for me).

 

I generally was OK with the haze craze..but now i tend to when looking for a new beer experience to avoid new Hazy's because most are just pedestrian and i believe serve the same purpose as Alcoholic seltzer..less bitterness more fruits..i didnt destroy my tongue with extreme hops to settle for this! LOL

 

It didn't help that I was a few beers deep while reading this - you,like me, aren't into hazies as much and find them bothersome? High 5!

 

Yeah I thought it could easily have just been another batch of Fields of Green. It's on the sweeter side too unfortunately, a little more hop bite and I'd be much more excited to load up over the summer.