Summerfest Lookout Thread (2023)

Have you tried Sterling Pig Shoats Pilsner? That is a favorite of mine.



https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/new-beer-sunday-week-755.620761/#post-6592327

Cheers!

 

A very good and well thought out review. No, I haven’t had the chance to try that Pilsner yet. I’ll keep a lookout for it and thanks for the recommendation! Stoudts Pils is another beer from the past I miss. Cheers!

 

Well, it kind of showed up in town.
Frontier Brewing and Taproom has a keg in hand.

 

And?

 

They will let me know when they tap it.

 

Seems SN has given Arizona the finger as far as Summerfest goes. WTF?

 

Referring back to the Scrimshaw dating discussion a couple of pages earlier, I picked up a 6 pack of bottles and by the date decode method put forward by @unlikelyspiderperson it was bottled on February 13, 2023. I picked it out of a cooler. It's tasting plenty fresh enough with a nice white bread character followed up by dry semi-spicy hops. I tend to get a bit of a yeasty element with some NC beers which I quite like as well.

 

https://www.beeradvocate.com/commun...ookout-thread-2023.672159/page-6#post-7755648

Don't forget this clarification from the brewery -- that first digit corresponds to the brewing year.

 

Well, tell 'em to get on the ball! What? They still have Powder Day on tap to drain?

 

FYI - this isn’t related to Summerfest, but SN does not always put “can-conditioned” on cans that are can-conditioned.

 

But is that info on their site current? According to that the only cans that are conditioned are the Pale Ale. But it mentions Celebration in bottles, which isn't available anymore, is it?

 

The text in your link is probably quite old.

 

Got anything more current?

 

30050213

 

Nice. I'll have to see if I can find the same codes.

 

12-packs just started hitting my area over the weekend. I have to say that I'm absolutely loving this batch. Lagers are pretty much everywhere these days, but I'd take cans of Summerfest over 99% of them.

 

I think you can still buy Porter & Stout direct, can't you? At least for locations where you can receive mail order beer.

As to Celeb being CC, first it wasn't then it was... or vice versa? :thinking_face:

 

From their FB page Saturday:

Happy Saturday friends! Papas Pork Chops are parked right out front this beautiful day for all your lunch and dinner needs! Pairing perfectly with our BRAND NEW, just tapped Hazy IPA Comfortably Numb! Coming it at 6.5% ABV this classic New England style brew brings the hops with mild citrus and a smooth finish. Get yours at Frontier today! Cheers!

Here’s what you’ll find on tap when you’re here!

•Frontier Easy Rider Cream Ale

•Frontier Happy Jack Pale Ale Vol 4

•Frontier Muddy Mountain Mild

•Frontier Comfortably Numb Hazy IPA

•Frontier Spookster Saison

•Odell Peach Stand Rambler

•Ten Sleep Red Cliff Red

•Ten Sleep Speed Goat Golden

•WYOld West Sage Creek IPA

•WYOld West Flying Diamond Peanut Butter Stout

Alaskan Brewing Kölsch & Hop Valley Bubble Stash IPA on tap SOON!

 

Here's what I've got on their bottle conditioning:

Their bottle conditioned beers are their bottled heritage brands - Pale Ale, Porter, Stout, Celebration, Bigfoot (but obviously this is dependent on if a brand is even in production), and some of their oddball special release beers (like the 40th Anniversary in @AlcahueteJ 's post). They normally don't force carbonate (or pasteurize) anything besides barrel-aged beers.

The draught versions of those beers undergo what they call "tank conditioning" - where they use the natural carbon dioxide and elevate top pressure to increase CO2 during cellaring.

Torpedo and a majority of their non-heritage bottled (and canned?) beers are tank conditioned (Summerfest?). Bigfoot was tank conditioned from roughly 2007-2010/2011 instead of bottle conditioned, but they switched back to bottle-conditioning to improve it's stability for aging ( @DIM ). Their canned "Draught Style" Pale Ale (for Utah and some export markets) is tank conditioned. Can-conditioned Pale Ale is the same recipe as bottle-conditioned Pale Ale.

Canned Celebration has fluctuated between tank-conditioning and can-conditioning... and it seems that they didn't want to fully commit to a single approach off the bat. It might even change within the same season if they lose the warehouse space for can conditioning (but I have no idea if this was just in theory or if it was actually something put in motion at any time). That's why it doesn't state "can conditioned" on the packaging. Tank-conditioning and can-conditioning sound like names for similar things, but they are clearly quite different.

I could be wrong (or out of date) about any of the above.

I'm with you (but particularly regarding US beer).