The Bruery (2025)

Email just in showing BT party favor from 2023. Sold out when I clicked.

 

I had one in my cart but a coworker interrupted me before I could seal the deal…

 

I think there have been times where they didn’t release right away but they were still part of the BT fanfare. In other words they didn’t ship until November but they were still marketed at the same time as the BT release in October. I would bet good money there is no variant box release this year.

 

This year’s BT is absolutely delightful.

 

I was excited to see the BT Amburana in the email and kept checking to see when it would be added. I finally realized it is only part of a $170 mixed set with 4 other bottles. Boo.

 

I opened a Blueberry Brueonico tonight. This was smooth and so well balanced. I wish I had bought another bottle.

 

A brief experiment in shipping prices to Chicagoland via UPS: up to 24 of the 375ml bottles get shipped for mostly linearly increasing prices. Adding a 25th more than doubles the shipping price from $60 to $127.

There is some weight-based calculation also happening: 23 of the 375ml bottles and one 750ml bottle jumps up to the higher price, but 22 and 1 stays at the lower price. Similar results for a 4-pack.

There were no other notable price jumps at 12 or 16 bottles as had happened before. I tested all the way to a single 375ml bottle.

 

Anyone have thoughts on "The Pact"? I'm a fan of Henna from More brewing so I'm tempted to snag a bottle.

 

Thanks! I've got a bottle coming so I'm looking forward to it.

 

Still catching up on a couple of older ones:

Coffee is Life - Look, I'm not a big coffee guy, but I can often get behind a coffee stout. Barleywines though? I often find that the flavors clash. This was better that expected though, with a coffee character that was prominent but not overpowering. I would definitely rather be drinking the non-coffee version of the same beer, but this is alright.

Toasted Delight - Pretty standard Bruery coconut stout with a bit of extra caramel character, quite nice if you're in the mood for a coconut stout. Definitely better than Thrill Rider, and probably a bit better than Three's Cocompany. Bruery has really leaned hard on coconut the last few years.

Hard agree, it was great (as per usual), I almost wanted to grab another bottle and pretend like I was taking down a 750 like in the days of yore. Fortunately for my liver, I didn't do that.

Also of note, my order of 9 bottles (6 bt, that 3 pack of grand reserves) came in a smaller box that was meant for 12 bottles (as opposed to my previous order, which was in a box meant for 24). This was free shipping though, so I didn't see what the smaller size did to the price...

I've always been curious what a straight up barrel aged Monster would be like, so I guess this is my chance (or as close as I'll get - never had Henna either, but I guess we'll see). Looking forward to it.

 

This description is calling me. I was a fan of the Madeira BT.

 

Anyone here excited for the BT party on Saturday?! I'm bummed I can't stay the whole night, so going to try and get through things quick. I kinda miss the old days when we would get teasers of what was going to be on tap. The only thing I've seen is the post from Westward that they are going to be there. I appreciate that during the Anni party, Westward was more streamlined with the pours. I didn't have to sit through a long presentation to get a 0.25 oz pour. Anyone see any other details? Please share!

 

I hate to say it but this Cherry Grateful is not very good. Usually when I don’t like Bruery stuff it is because it is a particular style or includes adjuncts I don’t care for. Fair enough. But this tastes like a Brown Ale that wasn’t coming out great and someone just threw a bunch of adjuncts in to see if that would help.

Promising concept, disappointing execution. Fortunately doesn’t happen for them too often.

 

2015.... makes think of Humulus Triple.