PNW Stouts

So I guess this is how it's going to be. Can't say I blame them if the demand is there, but still......

 

Sounds delicious though.

 

Meh....if it's anything like the previous release it will be an average Barrel Aged Stout that has balance issues.

 

At thirty goddamn dollars for a pint, I'll never find out. And I'm okay with that.

 

Yeah I wasn't blown away by BADS; I personally liked it quite a bit more than regular DS but I'm not a big coffee guy.

 

It's gonna be on tap Thursday night at Alberta, so at least there's that this time (as opposed to buying a $125 box set without so much as a single review lol)

 

The GN trading Facebook group is littered with people who have no interest in trading GN beer. It's really pretty obnoxious.

I use trade groups as a tool, so people who join them to spam their distaste for a brewery are actively trying to ruin a tool I use. I honestly judge them as human beings a bit, like I won't be trading with one guy who did that anymore.

It's digital vandalism, people acting like teenagers. It's one thing to shit on a brewery in other groups every chance you get (which of course they also do), but to actively go to a trading forum to do it? Grow up.

I see it from a lot of avid traders and resellers though; they actively try to disrupt trading for beers they don't want or get, while trying to do their best to hype up beers they have to trade. But I think it's mostly just "This thing I don't like is popular, wahhhhhhhh!"

 

I 100% believe this because being anonymous and online tends to bring out the worst in a lot of people. With that said, this doesn't change the fact that BBDS wasn't great and that letdown is probably negatively affecting the hype for this release. I am with John in that it amuses me to see the hype/beer quality ratio.

 

Maybe I'm a sucker, but I'm going to go to the release hoping that it'll be more of a Horus beer than GN? I also just really want to try a horus release, heh.

 

https://untappd.com/b/great-notion-brewing-share-the-fire/2986887

This sounds great until they get to the part about dehydrated marshmallows.

 

Probably cheaper to buy in bulk and more than likely doesn't mess with brew ratios by adding an unknown amount of extra water.

 

Sticking not dried marshmallows in a beer doesn’t do much or requires so much time the flavor would fade anyways making it a zero sum game of sorts. That’s what I’ve heard from people who French press or make their own adjunct beers.

But you might just be complaining about the marshmallows in general which is fair lol. Unless you use ones with added natural flavors you might as well just toss sugar in the beer. Maple can be the same way.

 

Plus, ya gotta dig though the rest of the Lucky Charms to get 'em all out.

 

I'm just complaining about how sweet most GN stouts are. I would love a smoked imperial stout from them that wasn't a sugar bomb.

 

Anyone braving the Frenched Toast madness tonight?

I trust you knuckleheads more than Untappd.

 

Drinking a Cosmic Cold Brew and I gotta say it's mighty fine. Excellent coffee flavor, including aftertaste.

 

Had 3Mags Orange Treat tonight, for those unfamiliar, it’s an homage to the chocolate oranges that come out during the holidays every year and were a staple in my house as a child, so I had to try one. Another solid stout from 3Mag, I actually wish it had a little more orange flavor.