Did COVID kill flights? If so, do you care?

Flights are back. I did one at both Kane and Carton in NJ today.

 

I am a full pour guy. I’d rather have a full beer or two then a bunch of little pours. Rather take a chance then have just a few ounces of a beer I like.

I love when places have 8 or 10 oz options. Alesmith and Sierra Nevada do those sizes or something close, which I think is great.

 

My experience is mixed. Last week I had a very nice conventional flight of 5 beers but they also sold flight-sized glasses one at a time. On the other hand, about 4 months ago I was at another brewery where they ONLY did 16 oz and ONLY in those god-forsaken plastic cups like Solo cups. They claimed the covid thing terminated (at least temporarily) their use of glassware and flights. I'm not drinking a nice craft brew out of a plastic cup at a brewery. I'm happy to buy 4-6 oz small glasses to try a couple beers until I learn what is the best offering.

 

Still do it around here. At a brewery they hate filling flights especially if there are people waiting. Just ask for a sample. Much easier even if you ask for several and saves everyone time.

 

I love it when flights are offered.
Tasting 4-6 or even more at a time so you can get a decent representation of what the brewery has to offer between styles or even within the style.
That way when, sometimes if, you return you know what you're getting a full pour of...so would you prefer several small disappointments or winners or several large ones?
They could be all winners, but I am a cynic by nature.

 

What’s unsanitary about flights? You order 4 of them, drink them, and move on. What I never liked is when a bar uses your empty, dirty glass to fill up your next beer (even if you ordered the same beer). I also hope they don’t use a dirty glass while using the water rinse (saw that post covid at beer festivals). I’m also not a fan of the use the same glass all night, pour your own beer places.

 

Although I do nearly all of my drinking at home, I do like having the option of a flight when I visit a brewhouse. They've pretty much always been available around here, SCAMdemic be damned.

No one has ever tried to serve me a flight in plastic cups. I figure anyone who would do this doesn't care too much about their beer.

 

Why would I do flights i can request a free sample pour of any beer i want to try

 

Weird. Arizona breweries are still doing flights and I just had a heavy travel schedule that included trips to Portland, OR and to D.C. and all the breweries there were still doing them as well

 

I write Place reviews of new-to-me breweries, and I want to make a comment as accurate as I can about the overall quality of the beers. The only way to do that without over-indulging is to drink a flight that I think is representative of their line-up of beers. I didn't visit as many breweries during COVID as my normal schedule, but I did find one place that stopped serving flights because of the pandemic.

So I voted that I need flights to be able to do what I like to do. However, rarely do I order a flight at a known brewery.

 

God, I hope so (that COVID killed flights). Because flights inhibit progress... of me getting my beer... is >=1 people in front of me are ordering a flight.

 

I rarely buy flights myself but all the breweries close by seem to be offering them.

 

Still serving them here. I don’t like them as you pay a premium to get 4 smaller pours. I can ask for a sample taste if unsure of a beer. A local I go to is always good so I order by the menu description. Never had one I was upset with.

It does bother me that folks get upset over others ordering flights. If that bothers you go to a bar that does not offer them. The brewery offers them to pour or they would not have them on the menu.

Enjoy

 

Sadly, fucking taster trays are still a thing around here. I wish they'd go away. Such a pain in the ass.