Bay Area Supermarket & Bottleshop Thread (August 2017)

Discussion in 'Pacific' started by thuey, Aug 3, 2017.

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  1. thuey

    thuey Pooh-Bah (1,705) Nov 13, 2015 California
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    You all ready for the Thursday City Beer Store opening dance?

    Also just(?) dropped:

    Mikkeler SD / Tired Hands Holographic #1 (Yuzu India Oat Kolsch) @ K&L
     
    #1 thuey, Aug 3, 2017
  2. grilledsquid

    grilledsquid Initiate (0) Jul 10, 2009 California
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    Based on your preferred beers, I think you'll like Holographic. Clean, crisp, and nuanced.
     
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  3. thuey

    thuey Pooh-Bah (1,705) Nov 13, 2015 California
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    I actually picked up a can yesterday at K&L, while I was picking up my Hop Mix #1. Haven't tried either though. Maybe tonight!
     
    #3 thuey, Aug 3, 2017
  4. thuey

    thuey Pooh-Bah (1,705) Nov 13, 2015 California
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    And... CBS sold out of the Alvarado / Moonraker collab in reportedly 4 minutes.

    I got my 2 cans of that (Spaced Out) and 2 cans of the Alta California pale.
     
    #4 thuey, Aug 3, 2017
  5. atomicpunk5151

    atomicpunk5151 Maven (1,280) Jul 25, 2010 California
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    Cool that you were able to get some "Spaced Out" Moonraker collab.

    Let us know what you think.

    Hoping at least a keg makes it up to Moonraker in Auburn or at some tap room in Sacramento.

    .
     
    #5 atomicpunk5151, Aug 3, 2017
  6. Frosty11161

    Frosty11161 Savant (1,076) May 2, 2016 California
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    Just wanted to do a shoutout to Imperiale Beer Café in Brentwood for having great bottles for sale at very solid prices. Personally grabbed a few of the de garde available (Vache de Mer, Imperial Hose & Houblon De Mer) for $13. Also saw the logsdon spontaneous fermentation there as well.
     
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  7. IQBlue

    IQBlue Zealot (513) Oct 2, 2014 California

    4 minutes? They only get like 2-3 cases or something? It's like Russian River delivery days all over again.
     
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  8. ElijahSF

    ElijahSF Initiate (0) Aug 30, 2013 California

    That's exactly what it's like.

    I don't have a problem with what's going on quite yet as I'm still arriving at 11:45 and still getting cans, but we're gonna have a problem the Thursday I arrive at 11:45 and don't get cans because some dudes showed up at an hour before they open and caused everyone else to show up earlier and earlier and earlier.

    Hoping they have another instagram video.
     
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  9. grilledsquid

    grilledsquid Initiate (0) Jul 10, 2009 California
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    It's getting nuts over in the East Bay as well. There was a small mob (myself included) that descended upon the cart of cans as the clerk parked it in the beer section of BBW. It was only a matter of minutes before that shit was gone.
     
    #9 grilledsquid, Aug 3, 2017
  10. IQBlue

    IQBlue Zealot (513) Oct 2, 2014 California

    Not sure why I envisioned you guys carrying pitchforks and torches while making your way to the cart.
     
    #10 IQBlue, Aug 4, 2017
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  11. thuey

    thuey Pooh-Bah (1,705) Nov 13, 2015 California
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    Since it's National IPA Day, I was hoping to do Spaced Out, but my wife isn't feeling beer today and I wanted to share it with her, since she loves her some Moonraker.

    So Alta CA it is.

    As a pale with "traditional NW hops", it tastes very much like a WC IPA-. I mean that in the best way. Clean, piney, and bitter (and lack of the new school hop fruitiness). Just dialed down from IPA-levels. I may have never tasted a Pale Ale like that.
     
    #11 thuey, Aug 4, 2017
  12. CommanderOfAwesome

    CommanderOfAwesome Initiate (0) Aug 30, 2012 California

    I will never wait in line or truck chase for a freaking APA/IPA.
     
    #12 CommanderOfAwesome, Aug 4, 2017
  13. beermeplz

    beermeplz Initiate (0) Feb 13, 2015 California

    alpha acid's hella gnar and final final were tasting great at the taproom yesterday...both on for growler fills
     
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  14. hopschomping

    hopschomping Initiate (0) Dec 29, 2014 California

    I hesitate to mention it since I like having it there so much - but, ehhh - f it - you can normally find all the latest Alvarado releases at The Cooler in San Leandro on 14th St. in the to-go section. They generally hang around for at least a few days, I think they've gotten almost all the releases as of late, minus Duane's World.

    I'm guessing they are going to be a buck or two over what you'd get 'em for at the bottle-shops - but you can also just pick it up at your leisure...
     
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  15. thuey

    thuey Pooh-Bah (1,705) Nov 13, 2015 California
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    Gonna leave this here in the local thread, as opposed to WBAYDN.

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    This one surprised me ... despite being a Kolsch and a wheat beer, I don't think it's that velvety smooth, nor do I get the malty Kolsch notes either. To me, it tastes more like an IPL with really old-school Pacific NW hops (Cascade? Centennial), which means non-descript pungent bitterness. I wasn't as much of a fan of it as I thought I'd be.

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    This one, on the other hand...

    It's probably the best Alvarado DIPA I've had, but it's still an Alvarado DIPA. On the (-) side, that means it has a soapiness and alcohol nose and taste, that's offputting to me. It also has a bitter finish that doesn't really mesh well with the rest of the beer.

    But on the (+) side, there are plenty of fruity notes to be had. There's peach, pineapple and even some berry flavors. I wouldn't describe the entire beer as juicy, but it has some of those notes.

    It's just that the bitter/alcohol notes detract from it so I feel its polarizing. I had the latest batch of CNJ and felt a similar way. If I were rating this I'd put it at a 3.75'ish, which certainly isn't bad. I'd just pick a lot of DIPAs over it, like anything from Moonraker.
     
    #15 thuey, Aug 6, 2017
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  16. grilledsquid

    grilledsquid Initiate (0) Jul 10, 2009 California
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    I've never had a malty kolsch. They've always been clean and crisp with faint fruity esters. It's one of the few styles that I'd pair with foods with delicate flavors like white fish or some Japanese foods.
     
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  17. ElijahSF

    ElijahSF Initiate (0) Aug 30, 2013 California

    Almost time for the CBS madness! It's a shame this has gone from something I've enjoyed to something I dread over the past month.

    Picked up a couple cans of the Belching Beaver/Phantom Carriage collab at Jackson Market and it's surprisingly better than what I thought it would be.
     
    #17 ElijahSF, Aug 10, 2017
  18. IQBlue

    IQBlue Zealot (513) Oct 2, 2014 California

    What did they get from Alvarado today?
     
    #18 IQBlue, Aug 10, 2017
  19. thuey

    thuey Pooh-Bah (1,705) Nov 13, 2015 California
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    Double Cone - WC DIPA with Mosaic, Citra, El Dorado
    Floccs Wid It - NE/WC fusion lightly hazy IPA with El Dorado, Simcoe, Mosaic
     
    #19 thuey, Aug 10, 2017
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  20. ElijahSF

    ElijahSF Initiate (0) Aug 30, 2013 California

    No one in line at 11:40, so funny.
     
    #20 ElijahSF, Aug 10, 2017
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