Private Press (2024)

@johnInLA
Haha. Ya not really sharing size. Probably best to solodome or share with 1-2 people.

 

There is no taproom, however because of the close relationships of the Santa Cruz beer community you have several options…
* Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing almost always has pp guest taps.
* Sante Adairius Portal usually has one pp guest tap and in-house bottle options.
* Lupulo Craft Beer house usually has at least one thing on draft and in-house bottle options.
* hit me up when you come through and could possibly introduce you to Brad and the barrel room if he’s free.
Holy Water and Toronado in SF will have stuff too, but I specialize in the immediate local beer.

 

Thanks for the info! Will definitely hit some, hopefully all three, of those SC locations.

 

Renewals for next membership year just finished, so if you are on the waiting list, invites are probably going out sometime very soon.

 

So I got the email saying a link will go out tomorrow as a potential new member.

What site do they use for the F5 challenge?

 

So true. no gimmicks. The labels are all geometric shapes. But the beer is always world-class.
And Brad is one of the nicest people I’ve ever met. There’s never any drama.

 

Guess I'm a Private Press member now.

Although I wish they held your bottles until you have enough for a case. Paying for shipping every purchase kinda blows.

 

I received my invitation!

Alas, I am no longer in state.

(This means there’s one additional membership spot available.)

 

I guess….

 

Plenty of folks available to proxy ship for you if you join!

Brad will box up your stuff ready to ship so all your proxy has to do is slap a label on it and drop it off.

 

Open Drums and DB Cosmic Echoes were probably #2 and #3 for me last year. But #1 was definitely One Way Glass, stout/munichwine/barleywine blend in rye barrels. Loved it, bought like 6 bottles.

 

How do you do fellow members?

 

Yay! Welcome to the club! If you ever make the trip down to pick up in person, let me know. Stopping in to chat with Brad about beer and getting to try a few pours is worth the 3+ hour round trip for me. Plus lots of fantastic beer options in and around Santa Cruz.