Fieldwork appreciation thread

I'm pretty stoked I will be stopping by sometime tomorrow! Definitely grabbing some Crowlers to go!

 

Alex Tweet probably did more creating of great Beers when he was at Modern Times. Talk about a great resume.

Good article here on his tenure at Modern Times and Ballast Point. http://beergraphs.com/bg/735-fieldwork-brewings-alex-tweet-on-beer/

 

had their coconut milk dipa last night...fantastic stuff

 

Stopped in on Saturday and they have some damn good beers! Coconut DIPA was insane, their regular Dipa "Monsoon" was really good too. Grabbed a few crowlers for the trip back to SD. Awesome spot!

 

Fieldwork is my favorite brewery in the Bay Area right now, and it's not even close. They excel at so many different styles. I try to make it up there every couple months to try some of their new stuff or repeats like Coconut Milk DIPA. I do agree that their local distribution is great, as many of the south bay's craft beer bars have at least one Fieldwork beer on tap.

 

Another quick Fieldwork article over at Beergraphs. About their NEIPA "Galaxy Juice".

http://www.beergraphs.com/bg/1018-fieldwork-changed-one-thing-and-discovered-an-neip/

 

I haven't been to the brewery yet, but have had them at craft beer bars and beer festivals. I had high hopes for them, but have been hit and misses. One great beer (Coconut Milk) and some average IPAs. Frankly, I think Faction makes better IPAs and Cellarmaker is a tier above.

Still, I plan to hit them up before the end of the year.

 

have you tried galaxy juice or saint thomas? I've had a lot of mediocre IPAs from them but I think those two are pretty outstanding.

 

they were outstanding... had them both on Saturday and liked the galaxy so much that I brought back a crowler of it

 

I've had a few average IPAs from them, but most have been damn solid to borderline great. That said, my favorite beer of theirs is Chocolate Milk...anytime I see that on nitro, I'm good to hit said venue for a pint.

Are they in Tier 1 with Cellarmaker, not quite yet. But I see them likely closing the gap in the next 1-2 years. As for Faction, I've loved most of their APAs but have been less than impressed with most of their IPAs I've come across. Finally a caveat, the only one of the three I've had at the source is Cellarmaker.

 

St. Thomas is my favorite beer by them. Super St. Thomas was great too. Thanks for the article, I gotta try that brew.

 

Looking forward to these pouring at the Festival of Dankness on Saturday:

• Pulp Free IPA
• Galaxy Juice IPA
• Saint Thomas IPA
• Green Stripe Dank Lager

 

Pulp Free is one I haven't tried that I expect good things from.

 

Really enjoyed Galaxy Juice this weekend at City Beer. After visiting Cellarmaker earlier, it held its own with some of their best. Decided to check out the brewery the next day and unfortunately they had ran out. Hazy Train was my favorite out what was on tap.

For the first time I bought some crowlers to take home.
I wonder what more San Diego breweries haven't adopted crowlers. For a dollar, I prefer it over having to purchase a growler for $10 (or sometimes more) and deal with everyone's different policies. I have too many growlers as it is.

 

I brought back a crowler of Galaxy juice and it held it up in my checked in duffel bag... def with you in the camp of more crowler fills

 

They often have Chisel at East End Pizza here in Alameda. It's pretty crushable.

 

Had the coconut milk iipa for the first time this weekend and it was excellent!

 

Fieldwork's new Sacramento Tap Room is only days away from opening, just waiting on some final city government inspections. They just posted that they sent the kegs on the short drive from Berkeley to Sac.

lots of new pics here: https://www.instagram.com/fieldwork_sacramento/

Can't wait!!

 

This appears to be their most opaque NEIPA beer yet:



Might have to make a quick stop at the brewery tonight!

 

Calling it NE-style simply based on appearance is a bit of 'cart before the horse' IMHO. Without knowing the mouthfeel, I'd simply say it's an unfiltered IPA unless I'd tasted it. What's the beer's name? If it's Hazy Train I'd say the hazy naming is due to its dankness rather than being NE-style. My $0.02