Carton Brewing (2019)

yea carton has done many - just few NJ...completely forgot about the magnify one.

 

The Carton/&telier side of this (Delight) was entirely different than the Magnify take (Delightful). I really liked the Carton one, but oh man the Magnify was a sticky, saccharine mess.

 

Don’t forget the Capy May collab as &telier. Tip to Top. I actually REALLY enjoyes that one. Much more than I would have thought.

 

I actually really liked Delight as well. The cherry and pistachio added a nice subtle wrinkle to an otherwise pretty straightforward NEIPA. As with all Carton stuff, the attention to nuance and an overall flavor experience is always what I appreciate most. The Magnify one was more of a marshmallow, lactose, milkshake beer which I didn't enjoy too much. Not a fan of the style, really.

Tip-to-Top was also great. That basil was so prominent. Would love to see a Kane collaboration but I agree with the points made above about it never living up to anyone's expectations.

 

Tip To Top was one of the coolest beers I tried last year

 

Drinking a warm Epitome because my FN son decided to try one at 4am, he didn't finish it and i'm not gonna let it go to waste. Its suprising good at room temp

 

I love that beer. My son is only 6 months old and I'm already making plans to fortify my beer fridge

 

Add Primoodonna to the list of NJ collabs (Bolero Snort). Fun beer, but the 2 cans I bought were more than enough for me.

The &telier series has been a blast. I agree with most of you, Delight is probably my favorite in the series thus far.

So that’s at least 3 NJ breweries that Carton has worked with in the past year or so. Can’t speak for Kane but I’m presuming it’s less than that. They seem to be pretty insular when it comes to these sorta things (not a complaining, just noting)


EDIT: speaking of collaborations, Trillium released their end of the Carton/Trillium collaboration....supposedly (unsurprisingly?) it’s delicious

https://www.trilliumbrewing.com/brimming-bin

 

I liked the Primoodonna too and also was happy with a single.

 

Delight was awesome, and while I have not had all of the beers from &telier, Yea We Doin This with Industrial Arts was my favorite.

 

New batch of IDIPA is dank and delicious. Prettay, prettay, prettay, pretty good!

 

Grabbed Reg Coffee at Whole Foods in Middletown last night and it was amazing. First time trying it and truly impressed.

 

Funny you say that. This is first 4 pack I purchased since they started brewing it again in NJ and something about it just doesn't work for me. I thought it was the Two Roads version I didn't like but I guess it was just the beer itself.

Must be a palate thing. If I remember correctly either here or in a different thread I expressed a strong preference for Overhead over 077xx, and you said the opposite.

 

I remember not being satisfied with the Two Roads brewed IDIPA also. Now with Dub/Overhead, I still really like Overhead even though I prefer Odub.

 

Good god.

 

I ALMOST drove down on my day off to get this but then I remembered that I got the first irregular release at the store so hopefully I can do the same with this one.

 

St. Kitts/Irish packs went wicked fast last year (by Carton standards). I'm not even sure if it made it past the weekend. Pretty sure we'll see a lot more this time around though.

 

Hope I can find St Kitts/French at some point. Both sound amazing.

 

French is good but nothing tops St Kitts for me