Chicago Stout Releases (2021)

This excites me! Always loved me some Clare’s Thirsty Ale

 

They’ve only been around for 10 years? Seems longer.

 

How young these established places are constantly amazes me. Like how Pipeworks started on kickstarter

 

10 years in, I don't think Haymarket played the beer game as well as HA, Pipeworks and Rev....

 

I say this as a card-carrying member of the "I like hot peppers but not in my beer" club, but Temperance Might Meets Right La Sorpresa is actually pretty good and I say give it a try even if you're not about that life.

Also I know this isn't a 2021 release but I'm drinking it now so whatever.

 

What cracks me up is how Temperance sells out of the mixed 4 packs of Might Meets Right every year, but then they magically re-appear months before they release the new years edition....

 

I missed it last year, but La Sorpresa is legitimately one of my favorite chocolate/chili stouts. I gotta see if they still have some 4 packs

 

I thoroughly enjoy the might meets right mixed 4 pack from temperance.I would appreciate this mixed 4 pack concept from other breweries.

 

My dad and I picked up Might Meets Right at AH Binny’s last year’s was great hopeful this year’s is as good

 

They were pretty focused on the brew pub(s). They don’t depend on distro like Pipeworks chose too. Heck, Haymarket only started canning beer a few years ago, after PDubs

The argument can be made that Haymarket makes beer on par with those breweries. Haymarket just doesn’t chase trends as well are the other companies mentioned.

 

This was brought up on p.18 of the 2020 thread. Brickstone and Buckle Down got you covered.

 

Anyone tried Coffee El Zacaton? Seen cans around!

 

It isn’t chasing trends, it’s scaling. Haymarket seems to be content with retail brewpubs. They did/do make solid beer, but they missed the window to be a distributing brewer and will never be beloved as much as the big Chicago brewer’s because they chose to stay smal.

 

Beermiscuous currenty has both the coffee and regular version for sale

 

I generally agree with the first part of this:

But it's completely different from what you first said...

...which assumes that there's only one game to be played in brewing, and all breweries are better or worse at that singular game.

 

How is that completely different? Those things aren't mutually exclusive- Haymarket played a bad beer game, they seem to be content with their model... How is Haymarket doing during the pandemic compared to their peers who have large distro models? I'm guessing not nearly as well. . At similar starting times, how much more are Pipeworks and Half Acre worth than Haymarket? Even just on goodwill in the form of the brands. Some brands are content to be average. Some teams are content to be average and it shows in their game.