Collage

Hey, who ever said BAs lack of a sense of humor?
Anyway, you guys made me feel a little better about the $9.89/bottle I spent on this; not so much the 10% sales tax I paid to Seattle and Washington for a 100% Oregon-made product...

 

Unless you were in Portland or Bend and had the component Dissident that went into the Collage, this statement doesn't mean much. The component Dissident was a completely different beer than the 2010 (or 2008) Dissident released in the reserve series bottles. I personally thought the Dissident was the best of the component beers and enjoy the strong Dissident flavors that dominate when the beer is cold. The real drawback is that until the beer warms, the complexities the other three components add really aren't apparent. But I would hardly call the beer disappointing when cold, just more one dimensional. Of course, you can say that with almost any barrel aged beer.

 

1) You tacitly backed up the assertion there's too much Dissident in the blend, so apparently the statement means quite a lot

2a) Why would it matter if people had had the component or not? It's clear neither the Stoic, nor the HotD beers add the sourness found in Collage.

2b) Why does it matter if people had the component or not? Is it really going to change their opinion of the beer one way or the other? This comes off as a dismissive and overly defensive rebuttal for your opinion of the beer.

3) A lot of people, judging by the reviews, really like the beer. Others don't. It's not shocking with a beer that's blended so and has such a pedigree behind it.

 

Haha, that DIY Collage needs to happen. If only for the pure joy of shenanigans.

 

I find it kind of strange that people will line up at 4 in the morning to buy something like Michael or Adam FTW for $15, and yet Collage, an equally impressive (not to mention properly carbonated) beer is generating comments like, "It's not worth $12/bottle."

The only thing I can think of is that it's lacking that elusive "rare" flavor due to wide distribution and high bottle count.

 

can you taste the rareness?

 

I'm not upset about this at all. It just means that I don't have to run out and buy a bunch of bottles. Nothing will make me happier than to simply walk into a bottle shop and buy a bottle whenever I get the hunger.

 

I thought I detected notes of rare, but they were overpowered by the Dissident component.

 

So any word on if its pasturized? I'm assuming so, since its a blend of sour and sacc beers and they don't want explosive bottles.

 

It's actually pasteurized in "rare."

 

Is this still around on shelves? I'd like to trade for a bottle but was not sure of availability.

 

Or you could just buy one here (if they'll ship to NJ that is; offer ends today).

 

I live in New Jersey and according to the website: Can be shipped to residents of AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NM, NV, NY, OH, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY.

Anybody want to be my letspour proxy? lol

 

You can't spell pasteurizer without rare.

 

So your saying Belmont Station has a lot of stock that isn't moving like you hoped?

 

Heh. I was afraid people would assume that, which was why I almost didn't post it. It's actually selling pretty well given the price, and I'll be happy if we still have some in stock when all the tourists descend upon us in July.

 

I find the difference between the craziness of Michael, Adam FTW and the Collage is that Michael and Adam are proven beers. They are worth the investment because we all know their cellar ability. It also helps that Michael and Adam already taste really freaking good out of the gate. Collage was good, but not on the same scale of those beers in my opinion.

 

HAHAHA!!! Made me lol at work...

 

This tourist already has his hotel reservation:
http://www.oregonbrewfest.com/

 

Well I know I said its not worth a $12 price tag and I've never lined up to pay for Michael or Adam from the wood for $15 so I'm gonna assume my opinion isn't one in which you find kind of strange, right?

Also, once people realize their Adam FTW bottles aren't carbonated, I'm sure they would hesitate to say they were then still worth $15 per bottle. It's not like they advertise that they're selling flat beer.

What I'm sarcastically saying is the people who are saying collage isn't a $12 per bottle beer are probably not the same people who.are lining up for the beer you mentioned.