Sand City Brewing (2018)

...but why defend alchemist? Why is it disrespectful as a consumer to change your preferences? I don't know if you are referencing a specific post but in general, it isn't like people are speaking malicious lies to deliberately hurt the alchemist's business, they are just expressing and explaining their taste preferences in a community developed around talking about the product.

 

Responding to both your posts quickly

My point is not that people shouldn’t prefer other beers (and express those opinions). I also said I preferred much of what I’ve tried from SC/OH

My problem is people claiming Alchemist beers are now “hyped” just because there’s a beer they now prefer more. That is ridiculous IMO.

There is a distinction between saying “I used to love beer x but now far prefer beer y”, vs saying “beer y is amazing, but beer x is so overhyped”

If this isn’t clear now to you or @guinness77 then I won’t bother attempting to clarify again.

 

Just because it was already being discussed further up in this thread I guess I don’t know what else would be required... I know I was a little late to the party, but I don’t think that’s an atypical reason. Sorry I just don’t read the SC thread as often as some others, so was responding to something a few days old. Usually catch up about once a week. I made a similar point in the Grimm thread when the same topic came up there. But anyway if I disagree with anything in the SC thread in future, I’ll leave it alone.

 

They are indeed DDH'ed as far as I know.

 

Feel free to discuss whatever you like...this IS a discussion forum after all

All good to have an opinion...I can't speak for @guinness77 but I was just conversing. I was mostly saying who cares or that I didn't understand why people talking down about a beer that used to be on a pedestal would bother someone. At the end of the day, this stuff is all BS. Its our hobby and as such we all like to think we are experts since we dedicate so much time and energy to this...but like any hobby there will always be people who have opinions based on other people's opinions and there will always be people passing their opinions off as fact. Try not to let it bug you or this hobby is going to make you grumpy. I can assure you that there will be someone who thinks that what you love is garbage and vice versa you will think what someone else loves is garbage and you will likely encounter someone with an opinion on a beer that they only had an oz pour of...such is this hobby.

 

How is Infinity + 2?

 

For sure as you can see I’ve been on here a few years (as have you). I understand the way it works - and trust me I’m not remotely grumpy (or upset @guinness77 ). But as you say, everyone is entitled to their opinion, and I’m sharing mine - that opinion being that IMO people should have a broader appreciation for the breweries/beers/people that have taken the beer scene from A to B, rather than being a blinkered fanboy of only the latest and greatest.

I just got the vibes that this thread is off limits for that type of point - which has confused me.

Anyway sorry to derail the thread. How is +2 tasting

 

Who let the Scottish guy in the spandex pants in this thread ? This is what happens when you forget to close the door on your way in!

 

You guys watch your mouths ok? Otherwise I’ll ride out there in my tightest kit with my biggest soapbox

 

Just another ho hum 4.75 juice bomb from Kevin and the crew...still not nearly as good as Heady or Focal though.

 

We will have a BA SC crew positioned at Suffolk borders to prevent your entry. We will be throwing full cans of 2 day Heady at you to knock you off your bike.

 

A lot of valid points going on here, too many for me to comment on, but have to comment on what I bolded above. I don't personally know the brewers, but have seen them around the tap room and have seen them walking the line on release day in rain and freezing cold counting people so if need be they can lower limit and make sure as many people get beer as possible.

 

@rozzom - This is the man you need to direct your ire at !

 

I miss the 12pm mid-week releases where I could grab a beer and eat half the container of utz pretzels as a substitute for lunch.

 

Plus 2 is solid but (I hate saying this) might need a week. The aroma is rediculous it’s all pineapples. I’ve only smelled one other beer with this much and that was in Charleston at Charles Towne fermentory. In any case the flavor didn’t back it up for me. I will say it hid the alcohol much better than 2nd anni did on tap when that was released. Really hard to tell it’s 9, no heat from the one can I’ve had.

It seems the general opinion of up the beach was not as high as I thought it was but I had recently had my Second to last can of this the day before having plus 2, and it blew plus 2 out. UTB has become all peaches.

Unrelated it appears the unannounced can release could be plus 1 this weekend. They posted about a tap takeover at cest cheese in PJ and it mentioned a pre release of plus 1

 

Now now...I love all the love going on, but let's not forget what actually IS off limits in this thread, right?

So I guess speak to everyone tomorrow night then?

Fingers crossed that the taproom opens soon. Heard at the last release that the town has really been not helpful in speeding up the process to get things open and have even started to require the brewery to get permits for releases where crowds were expected.