Side Project (2018)

Grats to Side Project for winning People's Choice! 2 years and counting!

 

A friend went last weekend and they only let him leave with a single bottle of each (even the Shared beers). He was trying to bring some back for our group and they pretty much shut him out. Not sure if this is normal or not.

 

I was at the Saison du Blé Blend #7 and Provence : Cup of Love release on Sat, May 27th and I thought the limit was 6 per person of each; I purchased 4 of each that day and then went this past Sunday and bought 2 more of each. I know that the Cellar was a smaller allotment (2 per person of each?) as a friend went there instead of the brewery later in the day on Sat, May 27th. I have personally bought multiples of each of the Shared beers released thus far so not sure what happened with your friend?

 

Is it a good friend? Any chance he's just saying that to keep more for himself?

 

He was at the cellar on the 27th. I imagine he asked them how many he could buy with really big eyes and they may have thought he was just muling to sell or something. He's pretty new to the beer game. He's going back soon, though, so I'll make sure he's more in-the-know this time around.

Nah, don't think so. He still intends to share everything he bought with us.

 

They usuually have the limits written on the board, so they probably did think he was trying to pull something. They also might have been in disbelief that anybody is actually buying any Shared stuff other than Vibes and Proof of Concept

 

The Brewery chalkboard hasn't had limits for over a month now. And please speak for yourself...Base Weight is my favorite porter, Table Nouveau is a great saison that is drinkable and a solid meal beverage, J Dub Fan Club is a nice pale ale with passion fruit which I haven't had in any other beer, Oranges On Wheat is now filling my fridge as the perfect summer beer, and Safe Terminal was a solid barleywine. Disclosure: I am not a Cicerone; just a consumer who enjoys different beers, not just whales.

 

I don't think he meant any offense by it... Just that breweries that churn out massive whales can develop a particular resell crowd. If they were looking to turn a profit on reselling Grisette or Base Weight, they would be wasting their time compared with other Side Project brews. Not to be confused with bad brews.

I am curious how many times folks go into Side Project asking for a full allotment for everything as well.

 

Apple Brandy Derivation on site starting this Saturday!

 

I will be driving though STL on Sunday, will this be available then? Looks like the Cellar isn't open Sundays and want to confirm my SOL status.

 

Cellar is not open on Sundays. Brewery at noon.

 

How good are AB Derivation and D7? Seriously considering making a trip down

 

D7 is amazing, I'll probably be trying AB this week.

 

D7 <= Maman

Haven't tried the AB Derivation, but it has to be good

 

ABD doesn't have the greatest reviews.

 

I've heard some talk about the keg at the Firestone Walker fest being off, which seems to be where the mediocre reviews are coming from. Either way, I look forward to trying it

 

If it didn't taste like Cory would want it to taste, he wouldn't release it.

 

yooooooooooooo, any of you guys wanna make friends with a FIB?

 

No need to find a Stl friend... it was available online for 3+ hours

 

Hopefully they do this more often. Went very smooth