Side Project / Shared (2022)

I saw they canned it the other day. Did I blink and totally miss the public sale of Parfait cans?

 

There was no public sale

 

PN15 incoming.

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Today we have a blend that was inspired to be a re-creation of a favorite of ours - Pulling Nails Blend #8.

At first, I was tempted to just call this beer "8" or "#8" or something like that. The one drawback of this series of beers is when you want to re-create one of them, you can't technically make Blend #8 again, it either gets a whole new name, or it just becomes the next number in the series.

Introducing Pulling Nails Blend #15...

I pulled the notes from Pulling Nails #8 to mimic the fruiting addition exactly - the ratio of Raspberries to Cherries. Then we blended up what could be the best foundation for these fruits and their refermentation by using the base for the Blend #8 as a guide.

Where Blend #8 used a portion of spontaneous beer back-blended with a 1-year-old Saison, Blend #15 uses a base of our lambic-inspired beer (quick turbid mash, funkiest of our cultures, expresses itself somewhere between Coexpressionalism and our old spontaneous beers) blended with Oude Fermier and a Brett-forward Saison for some additional Brett spice and classical "funk." The blend was refermented on Raspberries and Cherries for less than 2 months (just like Blend #8 yet unlike any other Side Project beer ever) and then allowed to bottle condition since early May. ”

 

hmm, didnt they already try to recreate 8 with one f the recent PNs? i guess this one is more focused, hopefully its a banger, pn8 is impossible to get. it would have been cool if they gave this one a proper label and called it eight tho

 

Pulling Nails 12 was 8-ish. Black raspberries instead of red. It was damn good.

 

I hope PN15 recaptures that PN8 magic

 

All this talk about PN15.

I feel like SP has set the expectation so far that when they do a beer great the first time, the second time it absolutely murders. Don’t know how that is possible. It’s rare. But they do it. BBT B2, RBBT B2 latest Coco Vibes are all great examples (yea, coco isn’t just B2, but just saying). That said, PN is a beer that at least FEELS like it would be significantly harder to dial in and make “better” the second time around. Pretty exciting stuff, and quite curious what comes of it.

 

RBBT1 was probably my favorite SP stout I've ever had so this makes me really excited to open my B2

 

I never posted my review from July when a buddy and I split them. They were both quite different to me, but outstanding alone. That said, I think we had B1 getting the nod as better/preferred even though I went back and forth with each sip. There were no losers that day. One of my favorite drinking experiences recently. Enjoy it.

 

In Person Zwanze tickets on sale at The Cellar, now, from Karen and Shae.

 

i’ve been having issues too. especially with SP & the Cellar.

 

Ditto on the notifications

 

but i’m getting all the Shared ones about happy hour special and slow pours of CM

 

That's interesting. In that case I wouldn't be too excited for b2. I know I won't be seeking it out.

I did a side by side BBT 2020 with RBBT 2020 this weekend and was very disappointed in how nearly indistinguishable they were from each other. Don't get me wrong, they were both great beers, but any rye influence was almost entirely imperceptible on the RBBT.

Coming from someone who not only loves rye barrel aged stouts far and away more than their bourbon barrel aged counterparts under most circumstances, but also paid a hefty sacrifice for the b1 bottle, this was a collosal let down, only intensified by the fact that we all found the regular BBT to be the better of the two. It really was unbelievable. I can't tell you how many chances I gave it over at least an hour to try to change my mind, but it never developed into something more, or even distinct.

 

That’s unfortunate. Pallets/palettes/palates, I guess. I certainly think RBBT22 is worth seeking out despite your experience with ‘20.

 

I just had b2 this weekend and while it was a great beer, my friends and I still definitely prefer regular BBT. To be fair though, I'm not too big on rye barrels. But like Sabtos, I can't say I felt like RBBT b2 had as much rye influence either, at least not as much as I've tried in some other beers.

 

new batch of Tommy Fresh (batch #4) listed as “NEW” on the Brewery tasting room’s draft and to-go menu. this batch was triple dry-hopped with Simcoe, Mosaic and El Dorado.

also, KdF b1 listed for on-site bottles at the tasting room.

 

Nice. Everyone has their different experiences.