Tired Hands (August 2018)

150 cases of Gatherer made it to the next day. I really hope this is the new normal.

 

I got there last night about 7 or so. Line way maybe 20 people long, was out in 15 minutes with my allottments. They still had a lot of shakes left but I see they sold out later that night.

Ferm was packed, I wanted to eat there but it was an hour wait. We grabbed a shake pour 8oz from tap, it was still a little hot. I liked it though, gonna smooth out nicely. Headed over to El Limon for dinner and had a great meal there, highly recommended for anyone n00bs to the area looking for some authentic mexican.

 

Yeah rolled up around 8:20 or so and they had the line split between the bar and down at the garage doors so there were only three people in front of me. Had a shake last night and although I wish it had more banana (like that place on the boardwalk in Ocean City that does all of the soft serve with bananas, if that's even still around) it basically tasted like a better double vanilla imo. Creamy and with the vanilla and sweetness really coming through, probably my favorite of the recent shakes.

 

Fully agree, but banana is really hard to get the flavors from unless you really use over ripe bananas, I mean really over ripe. Still, a really good double that I'm glad I got.

 

Yeah gotta use those banana bread bananas. Would have been interesting if they had tried using a strain of belgian yeast to get that banana/clove or if that would mess up the process way too much since they have the yeast for their shakes (and most of their clean beers one and the same? dialed in)

 

Banana seems really difficult to incorporate well into beers, I've only personally had / heard about bad experiences save for one (Prop 17). Glad to hear this one turned out well, it sounded like it could have been a mess.

 

Was thrilled to get there at 1015 and still had every thing except 2017 Gatherer. Got 2 of High Road and 2 Gatherer. Had a small pour of the shake. Not a big fan of bananas.

 

That’s a great deal for that line up. I would have loved to have tried that emptinessfarm before buying one. I am surprised Toms Hands is still around.

 

Yeah I have an Emptiness sitting in my cellar too. Would love to try it to see how excited I’ll be for my bottle.

 

Had another Banana Forster shake this weekend, still needs some more time to breath and I'm still not getting a lot of banana.

 

you probably never will... kind of like the pineapple shake never really has pineapple... kind of a shame they don't make these gimmick beers taste more like the gimmick... that is what makes the shakes great and most have not been great for some time

how was the nelson magomagotagotago? been hearing it was fantastic and up their with OG Mago and the cafe 3rd anniversary mosaic mago

 

CSA Week 1: Fuzzy Green
CSA Week 2: Pineal
CSA Week 3: D2H3: Motueka
CSA Week 4: Raspberry Green Tea Milkshake
CSA Week 5: Trendler Pilsner
CSA Week 6: High Road

 

Meanwhile Gatherer 2018 made it to the general store.

 

Had a Gatherer the other night too, really good beer, very easy to drink. Glad I got some.

 

Looks like they're joining the sour IPA game now

 

Sounds a lot different then the sour IPAs that are popular right now.

 

I wonder if it'll be more like Hill Farmstead.. ex; Susan - Sue, Edward - E.

 

Anyone else feel that the D2H3: Nelson is lacking? I had it side by side this past weekend with Hop Hands and D2H3: Mosaic, and it was the worst of the bunch for me, and Nelson is probably my favorite hop. I think it's a bit oxidized, actually.