Random "Unthankful" thread

Yeah Terry, I feel your pain. I'm unthankful that I'm out of Surly but for one lonely Coffee Bender. I'm unthanful that Pliny doesn't make it up here anymore. And I couldn't care less about ciders and meads. Take 'em or leve 'em.

Have a great Thanksgiving anyway

 

I'm unthankful that bcbs is so hard to get and no places post where it will be in Portland. I'm also unthankful for the hype machine that makes getting beer hard or is only there to up the rarity.

 

I'm 'kind of' unthankful of all you NWesterners who are happy to sleep in and let me poach a case of BCBS without much fuss. You guys are the best. Also, really shameful of you BHam folks to pop 3 previously un-had to me De Garde brews last weekend So unthankful to cross the border into the land of the 'kind of' cheap beer. Cheers! p.s. see you on Friday!

 

I'm unthankful for all the non-carbonated beer recently purchased. Sigh.

I'm also unthankful for every asshole bartender I run across. Especially at some of my favorite spots to drink in PDX. I can think of 2 bartenders who really make my experience that much worst.

Cheers and Happy Thanksgiving!

 

I'm unthankful that growlers on Hawthorne was tweeting that things were being tapped today, so I went and they were closed. Wtf?

 

Something is messed up about that place. I've seen them tweet things a couple times (and by things, I mean Hop Venom) and when I swing by a couple hours later it's nowhere to be found. I think their webpage tap list is more accurate, but I'm really puzzled why their tweets seem to have little to do with reality.

 

Probably had limited hours for the holiday.

 

They were open 10-3 today.

 

I am unthankful that I am not drinking a nice big imperial stout tonight.

That said, I am kind of digging this Sockeye Powerhouse Porter. A charmer, though I'd rather have a bit more roast and a little less sweetness.

 

I'm unthankful that most of the Midwest beers that turn up around here have nicknames like "King of Beers," "Champagne of Beers", etc.

 

I'm unthankful for people who aren't happy with the amazing selection of beers that can be obtained locally.

 

Yes agreed. Try moving to the a$$hole of the nation. Being born and raised in the PNW I have newfound appreciation of "home" having done hard time here in the souf.

 

No idea about that specific location, but I am glad you brought up the issue of poor communication in the beer world. I would also pose a question, who is doing it right?
Several places are close enough to me to work into my schedule but too far to stop what I am doing and go get a growler fill when I get the tweet or Facebook post. What drives me nuts is they know they are going to put it on, they know people want it so why the attitude of "Oh and BTW Dogfish Head 120 just tapped." Why not, Hey y'all we'll be tappin DFH 120 tomorrow night! They seem to do it right with bottle releases.

 

Since they usually wait for one keg to kick before putting on a new beer, pre-announcing coveted beers probably just makes more headaches for them when somebody comes in the next day and says "You promised DFH 120 Minute would be on today!" before the keg it's replacing has sold through. Bottle shelf space is usually more accommodating to new additions than the finite number of taps an establishment has.

I think BS stating what's on deck for that tap line is about the best you can expect. I only know of one place here in town that does anything like that, but it's just a group of tap handles in the "on deck" area, so you don't know which exact beer will be tapped for any given kicked keg. Also, this is only at the pub, not online.

Anyone know roughly what it costs to set up and maintain an online taplist like Bier Stein and Bailey's? I'm sure it's a spectrum of homegrown software and manual maintenance to more expensive automated systems, but is a top of the line (complete database of beer info, amount remaining in keg) like they have a huge investment? I'm much more likely to visit a place if they have an online taplist, but it's almost more of a turn-off to me if they have a poorly updated one than none at all. Nothing like seeing a beer you want to try, then noticing the taplist was last updated 2 weeks ago.

 

I wish more places in the Seattle area used that DigitalPour taplist. It really is a great taplist online and at the location. The amount left in the keg is really cool. I do wonder how much it costs though.