Russian River's Possible Second Brewery

Still haven't tracked that one down. Was it ever bottled, or draught only (RR pub only)? TIA

 

Draught only

 

Hopfather is a fantastic beverage. to me if feels like it sits right between Pliny and Pig.

And to the best of my knowledge, it's never been bottled. It's typically been pretty rare on draught. I wonder with the down sizing of r2h56 that it comes out more often?

 

Now let's not get too crazy, hesitant to talk about scaling back r2h56 for a beer I've never had

 

They scaled back r2h56 because they couldn't get enough simcoe for it and Pliny. So, Pliny won, and they make less r2h56 now. Thus my comment as I don't know what hops are in Hopfather...

I just know that Happy Hops, is very average.

 

I just googled Conde and Mitchell, Windsor CA to get an idea of where the place is...and street view shows a guy sitting on the sidewalk in front of the empty lot. Apparently they're lining up for Younger already.


https://www.google.com/maps/place/Conde+Ln+&+Mitchell+Ln,+Windsor,+CA+95492/@38.5323115,-122.7991759,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x80843e7ac5203c13:0xc638391e2b12da21!8m2!3d38.5331088!4d-122.7980923!6m1!1e1

 

LOL

 

Or maybe for their upcoming "Hazy IPA" release....
https://russianriverbrewing.com/pages/tempo-change

 

Tempo Change has already been available for draft. I got a growler fill at the beginning of April. It also wasn't super hazy, more of a heady topper haze. I thought it was a good beer, nothing amazing, but drinkable.

 

I agree. In fact when I was there in late March it was on for draught pours. The keg kicked one night but it was back on two nights later. I liked it, and its inclusion on the big board didn't strike me as an attempt to hop aboard the hype-train. Still very pretty, and closer to-style as an IPA than an "NE hoppy pale ale".