Fieldwork (2019)

I think when Jay referenced Wholesome Jams, I began to expect some dankness out of Young Murks. When it failed to deliver on that, I was pretty bummed. That said, it’s still a pretty good citrus-forward dipa. It’s on the aggressive side for me right now so I’m gonna hang on to the rest of my cans for another week or two. In terms of recent releases, White Label easily surpasses Young Murks according to my tastes.

 

well shoot i’m glad i picked up a 4 pack now, i need to get to one asap it sounds

how is the collab beer?

 

The Young Murks hype had me stopping by Berkeley at opening between appointments in SF and Oakland for a Crowler lol

Just in case it's not my cup of tea I picked up a couple of tried and true Pulp

 

Hmm... maybe my pallet is just wrecked but I really wasn't a huge fan of Young Murks. It seems to be less than the previous batch. This batch of Pulp was good but I feel, with Pulp, it's almost like chasing the dragon looking for it to taste like the first time I had this beer. I think Fieldwork has some... well, work to do.

 

This batch of Pulp was definitely a little different than the last few I've had. Not as soft of mouthfeel, and less true Citra, but it actually has a nice candied citrus flavor that I'm really digging. Still a 4.5 for me, but just in a different way.

 

I'm confused, are you saying Yellow Rose is your beer of the year? It's a fine beer and all (I gave it a 4.25), but I had two single hop Mosaic beers literally just today that were better, Turok (gave it a 4.5 at CM today), or as good, Mai Tai (gave the can a 4.25 this evening). It would be in my top 10 beers I had this week though...I think.

 

yup, young murks is fantastic!

 

Fieldwork just announced an online pre-order can release:

Available right now at www.FieldworkBrewing.com/pre-order are 16oz cans of PULP, Paulie Vs Steve, Puro Gusto and Finest Things! Limits are set at 12 cans per person of each beer while supplies last! At checkout, please note that the person’s name on the order, the credit card used, and the ID of the person who picks up the beer must all match. No proxies or exceptions. The pick-up window will start this Saturday, 8/17 when each Taproom opens, and will extend until Saturday 8/25. If cans sell out online, there will be no cans available for purchase in the Taprooms.

 

bay area breweries dont understand pilsners at all lmfao

 

Traditional Pilsners in the Bay Area are fairly priced. See Temescal Pils or Anniversary Pils, both clocking in at $12-13 / 4-pack.

I get Cellarmaker Abel Tasman's higher price, as they use a bunch of NZ hops, so it's really more like an IPL. I tried Finer Things and that was super light. Not sure if Finest Things has tons of hops thrown in that warrants the higher price.

 

temescal is 1 brewery.

i want some palatine pils and Mary cans coming out of the bay area......

 

My wife is a fan of East Brother's Bo Pils, which is a Czech style. It's also $12-14'ish. I forget.

Almanac's Vibes Pilsner is also inexpensive, but I don't particularly like it :/

 

Fieldwork has been off my radar since the king galaxy release , they seem too profit motivated lately and $5 pilsner cans confirm my thoughts. They recently posted that they made nearly $15 million in 2018. Very impressive , I respect it business wise but the beer is still inconsistent.

 

Man they were all sold out of everything except Pulp when I checked early this morning. Who the hell loads up to the max on $5 pilsners?

Altamont put out a pretty good hopped-up pilsner recently Richard Pils at $3/can. I just don't find these more expensive local offerings to be better (or even as good as in most cases) than the much cheaper options readily available like Pivo Pils or Crisp. Certainly no chance they're worth 3x the price.

 

Not to side track this FW thread, but I had a Altamont Richard Pils on draft at lunch today. It was very good!

To keep it FW.... I also had a FW Orchard Street IPA at lunch. Let's just say it was a great lunch!

 

That’s what I’m saying. I used to find it around LB pretty often, and even though it was usually a few months old, it was always on point and enjoyable. Now I can’t even find it in a single store. Usually end up getting the 4-packs of heater allen now, but even those are becoming less frequent. Modern Times is consistently good but not great. So I find myself trading a lot more for what I believe are the best pilsners/lagers, Suarez and Hill Farmstead.