Side Project / Shared (2023)

not even close. DB rye BBT was amazing. Rye BBT23 was quite the let down, especially with how good 22 rye BBT was.

 

Cracked my first bottle of this.....aaaaaaaaand it's gone. Holy smokes.

 

I felt the same way about RBBT23. Never had 22 but batch 1 was an all time side project stout for me

 

b1 was insanely hot. b2 brought that into balance. top BBT along with 18 & 19 regular.

 

Is O.W.K. always available for pours at the Cellar? I see it on the menu but just wanted to double-check.

 

Negative

 

Last year MJK was available pretty much all of December, so I think it’s likely that OWK will be available for most of this month.

 

Langst 2023 is available to members. $50/750ml. I really enjoy Langst but in other barrel aged STL beer news Modern released BA Looted Art + Coconut today for almost half the price/oz and it's in 12oz cans.

 

Also SP food truck is open

 

They did a soft opening 2 weeks ago, food was free, testing out their systems and everything. The flash-fried soft pretzels w/ beer cheese are fantastic. Burger was also quite good.

This also seemed like it spelled the end of Pizza Champ frogger-ing across Manchester.

 

Do they have one at Cellar location too? I've never been but planning in the next 2 weeks so not sure if dumb question, lol.

 

Food isn’t allowed in the cellar at all

 

Honestly I'm not sure why they were even allowing delivery from the patio to the brewery. Manchester is a shit show lol

 

Yep - under ideal circumstances, it's a shit show. After about 4 15% pours, it's an accident waiting to happen.

 

Dumbest rule ever

 

The brewery is slowly morphing into a brewpub for families on weekends, which is not a bad thing.

I hope they keep the cellar the way it is. There is a very specific smell at the cellar that is innate to the experience of drinking there. I would hate if it started smelling like food and takes away from the experience of drinking there. Although I can see them pulling off a curated cheese menu there that could easily complement the experience, without taking anything away from the smell or overall beer experience.

If I want to drink in St.Louis while I eat, I am heading to Modern, Perennial Lockwood, or Rockwell. Even if the beer is better at Side Project, I find most of the beer I go there for does not complement the food they sell (pizza and burgers).

 

Over/under on how long Langst will last? 4 months?

Also speaking of adambier, I noticed that it's not a recognized style by BA. BA has Langst as an Old Ale. What style does adambier fall under? Rauchbier?

 

With Continuance out there for so long, over 4 months easy on Langst.

Not sad about it, though. I have a good friend who can't do stouts but loves strong ales, and Langst is right in that wheelhouse.

 

i would say old ale is about as close as it gets. perhaps american or english strong ale? definitely not rauchbier for several reasons (that’s a lager style, use of smoked malts, tops out at about 6% ABV)

edit: i think i misunderstood your question. i thought you were asking does langst specifically fall under rauchbier. so, i guess i don’t have an answer for you. sorry!

 

Yeah Langst really isn't an adambier by any historical style standards either, which I'd generally describe as a sour rauch. Seeing as Langst is neither smoky nor sour, and never really has been either, it just always seemed more like a barleywine-stout blend or maybe slightly quad-like.