Bruery Event at Ginger Man (9/15)

Meh. Without the wax, I wasn't even interested.

 

I know right? I can't taste the rare at all.

 

I was a bit disappointed with my experience initially, as I stood at the bar waiting for over 15 minutes to get my flight order filled - they had run out of tasting glasses, and were having to wait for used glasses to get dishwashed. That said, after finally getting my beers (Oude Tart w/ Cherries, how I love you so), they brought in four new cases of tasting glasses. Not sure where they found these glasses on ridiculous short order, but good on the bar to rectify their issues immediately.

I was one-flight-and-done, though I will say that there was a remarkable amount of slurry drunkenness surrounding me at 5 PM. Was everyone aware that these beers generally ranged from 10-20% ABV? The fella next to me most definitely should NOT have been ordering himself another flight.

 

Yea , it took a while to get a flight at 2 so Imagine it would only get worse. How often is that fella next to you going to be able to try all those beers? I would have been a mess had I stayed all day.

 

Got there around 5:30 and was able to get hold of CR, GM and a couple of others I'd been hoping to try.

Had to have full pours, as there was apparently a 40 min back up for flights. Not surprising though.

TBH - given the Gingerman / Bruery combo, it could have been much more of a shitshow. There must be some hungover people (myself included) today. Saw a couple of guys sitting in front of a "power flight" - looked like about 10 full pours. They definitely won't be feeling good today.

 

Oyyyy. Bruery. How could you do this to me? I thought we were friends.

Four flights in five hours was not a great idea. Even sticking to low-abv beers...

 

Low ABV in this context probably means around 8-9%!

 

Hit it yesterday during lunch, which was great. Only problem was they were out of flight glasses. So instead of trying 8 beers, I ordered full pours of 3.

Ended up with SitR w/ Kumquats, Tart of Darkness w/ Cherry & Vanilla, and Smokey & the Bois. I have GM, CR, BT, and BW12 in bottles at home, so I wanted to try different things. Is their tap list updated with what's still left?

 

meant to go yesterday, but work prevented me from going early and I figured it would be a zoo after 4, so I passed..really wanted to try some of those beers on tap...hopefully the Bruery decides to do another large event again in the area

 

Beermenus seems to reflect that a lot of things are gone, so I'd guess it's fairly accurate.

 

Yeah, I was just there. Some of the stuff was kicked a bit before I got there, but I still got a decent flight. Melange 1 & 8, Sucre, and Filmishmash. See my post at WBAYDN.