CCB Growler Tuesday Thread

I wonder if some folks do make it there every Tuesday. Not I, though I do go up there when the offering is enticing enough. Was definitely curious about today's release but had other obligations.

 

Do you know if it is posted anywhere what the growler fill is each Tuesday? I remembe someone mention they saw it in the El Catador section, but I'm a member and have never seen it.

 

They will post it on social media, but not until Tuesday. El Cat members generally get a heads up a little earlier than the general population, but not more than an hour or so before they open and sometimes less than that.

 

I usually go every Tuesday. Have only missed a handful of them in the last 6 mos.

 

Growler tuesday turns into bottle share tuesday most weeks.

 

I've been doing Growler Tuesday for almost two years. Missed only a handful in that time.

It's fun and occasionally you do get treated to something amazing.

 

Spoken like a man who's slayed a few six-point bucks in his day.

p.s. I'm diggin' the overpriced glassware you were drinking out of!

 

Lol, now I get to connect the Untappd/BA usernames...

 

Untappd/BA/Instagram

But you'll never find out!

 

Lol!

 

Best one i've ever had was a toss up... Penultimate Push and Gates of Hell. Both were awesome. Rum Zhukov also made an appearance, but I missed that one. Life is Like... was also one, and i think but may be wrong that Good Gourd Almighty might have been the same day, but don't hold me to it.

Oatmeal Raisin cookie is always a winner. White Oak Peach Jai Alai was awesome. Habanero Peach IPA was one I liked.
One of the better off the wall ones was Red White and Blue IPA. it was Red Oak aged, White Oak Aged, Blueberry IPA, made for Independence day. really liked that one.

They are usually creative and half the time pretty cool and 1/4 of the time i could take it or leave it, and a few times just not my thing. Smoked Marzen comes to mine... wasn't terrible (although some would disagree there), but i don't like smoked beers.

 

Lately for me its closer to half of them that I'm indifferent to. There are some rare gems but there have been as many that are vile/drain pour material. That Smoked Marzen being one of them plus White Oak Citrus Punch and the recently released Dark Woods being another that come to mind immediately. Nobody bats a thousand and that's part of the fun of it.

As for the best? Rum Zhukov, Life is Like, Good Gourd Almighty and Hunahpu have all hit in the past year. If you like Maduro variants and IPA treatments then Growler Tuesday is for you. After attending most Growler Tuesday's for the past two years I'll admit that the routine does become a bit stale. There are several brews that seem to pop up regularly i.e. White Oak Peach IPA, Key Lime IPA, Granola Brown Ale, etc and at some point you begin to feel like you've had them all.

Lately I've found it hard to motivate myself to go.

 

Be motivated next Tuesday.

 

I just want to say thank you to @Bartos for hooking it up in the past.

 

Today's Growler/Crowler Tuesday is Blueberry Pancake Brown Ale

 

Here's a list of the recent Crowler Tuesday offerings...

08/05 - Lime Session Berliner
08/12 - Blueberry Ginger Saison
08/19 - White Oak Key Lime IPA
08/26 - unknown
09/02 - White Oak Lemongrass Pale Ale
09/09 - Coffee Cherry Almond Black Lager
09/16 - Hunahpu's Imperial Stout...then...Vanilla Maduro Brown Ale
09/23 - Swordfight IPA (IPA aged on Spanish Cedar and White Oak)
09/30 - Humidor Series Smoked Märzen
10/07 - White Oak Peach Experimental Pale Ale
10/14 - Granola Brown Ale
10/21 - The Dark Woods Imperial Porter
10/28 - Key Lime IPA
11/04 - Blueberry Muffin Brown Ale
11/11 - White Oak Peach IPA
11/18 - Rum-soaked White Oak Coffee Vanilla Double Nut Brown Ale
11/25 - White Oak José Martí India-style Porter
12/02 - Peppermint Brown Ale
12/09 - Cuvee de Fromm #1 (Blend of Bolita / Warmer Winter / Puppy's breath - aged on rum soaked white oak.)
12/16 - Blueberry Pancake Brown Ale

 

ISO

 

Just FMI, Why do you have this list? It's awesome that you do but just seems rather tangent.

 

It's kind of just building off of what Mangbus listed in his original post and what velcrogrip and wiltznucs were saying about their favorites and how CCB gets into a routine (common threads - white oak treatments, maduro treatments, etc.)

I didn't "have" this list. I just put it together real quick by browsing the El Catador facebook page (slow day at work). Hence the reason is only goes back to August 5th (which is when El Catador FB page purged all the members for the new edition) and why one of the weeks is missing

 

Do you have to be and El Cat member for the special Tuesday release and is it one per person?

 

Slightly off-topic but might as well ask it here. So how long do people find crowlers stay good? If kept cold and still? I picked up a blueberry pancake brown ale crowler and want to take it to Funky Buddha day (three weeks), will it still be good?

 

I've had growlers and crowlers for various lengths up to 4 months (unopened) w no problems (non-hoppy beers)
Three weeks should be fine w a crowlered brown.
Maple is subtle so that may fade.

 

Thanks @velcrogrip ! Should be an interesting experiment. I think I saw your name on the FB forum so see you there!

 

No problem. Will be curious of your results. I haven't opened either of the last 2 crowlers yet.

won't be at the FB share. I wish I was. Definitely going to be in the hunt for MBCP.

 

I saved a crowler of Dark Woods for about 5 weeks. It was perfectly carbonated and delicious but it had lost the citrus hoppiness that made it so good. I am sure the Blueberry Pancake will still be perfect by then.

 

Do they tap them at noon?

 

There may be some confusion in previous question and this answer.... Crowlers for the standard growler-able beers are available from the minute the doors open at 11am. The special 'growler Tuesday' beer doesn't get tapped until 12 pm, and it's not unusual for there to be 30-40 growlers/crowlers lined up by the time they actually start pouring.

 

Thanks for clarifying

 

Today's growler/crowler offering...White Oak Fireball IPA

 

Interesting

 

I'm assuming cinnamon makes it 'fireball'?

 

I think they soaked the white oak spirals in Fireball whiskey

 

Refilled a well cleaned glass growler with Swordfight, brought to a share a week later (kept cold) and it held up great.

 

Forgive my vulgar display of ignorance....what is a crowler?

 

32 oz can filled and closed on site. Look at my post a pic of your latest haul for examples

 

While show and tell is in session, can a Cat member post a pic of the 16 oz container they received? That would be a great serving size for those in the Fogeys' Beer Club.