Great Notion

These are for Seattle Beer Week events. I doubt we'll see much more GN in Seattle until the expansion is complete.

 

Latona Pub has Mandela on tap as part of the 3-Way IPA preview event.

 

bawl about it

 

Great Notion is registered with the WA LCB to distribute their product here on the reg, but I'm guessing not until their expansion is complete.

 

Your reading comprehension skills are questionable. I think @John_M said it better than I would have:

Yes.

 

They sent a couple six-barrels up to Seattle. Big deal. Sorry the beer traders that wait in line for their crowlers got short changed a bit.

 

It wouldn't be outrageous to say maybe one of the reasons GN is sending beer all over the country is because those people appreciate their beer more than people in Portland.

 

Actually, this does sound absolutely outrageous to me. I think GN knows that there is a huge segment locally that greatly appreciates their beer, despite your continuous denial of this fact (even though you aren't local and I'm not sure where your impression comes from other than these forums, which is a terrible representation of the overall beer scene).

This is rich coming from the Lord of the Mules.

Firstly, I don't think it is a big deal and never said as much ... I said it doesn't make sense to me and is not really in line with their recent post which was discussed above (again -- work on those reading comprehension skills).

Secondly, I doubt too many of their crowlers go out in trades. When you can only get two of them at any release (yes, there are those of us that go to releases without bringing a harem of mules) and you dig their beer I would imagine most folks drink them themselves.

 

yep. nobody in Portland appreciates their beer. this must be why they are building a 2nd location in Portland and also why their brewpub is always filled with customers

 

http://www.grit.com/-/media/Images/...01/The-Lowdown-on-Donkeys-and-Mules/Mules.jpg

 

I don't see anyone bashing any other PNW brewery anywhere near as much as GN. The proof is in front of all of us.

 

Browse Instagram or Untappd and you'll see tons of GN crowlers acquired in trades all over the country.

 

"Browse Instagram or Untappd and you'll see tons of GN crowlers acquired in trades all over the country."

Yep, I'm one of the people who receives it on a regular basis.

Also, it doesn't necessarily mean they're feeling the love in Portland by building a second location and you don't know all of those customers are locals. The poor dudes already publicly stated they felt like traitors due to the local backlash they received based on the style of beer they produced when they initially opened.

 

I personally hate the secondary market and am annoyed by people buying up limited local beer and shipping it away (travelling and buying things in person is fine), but nothing I can do about it. Other than complain.

 

*cue Eminem stan instrumental.....


Dear Great Notion, I wrote you, but you still ain't callin'
I left my cell, my pager and my home phone at the bottom
I bought two crowlers back in autumn
its been weeks and i still havent got 'em
There probably was a problem
At the post office or somethin'
Sometimes I scribble addresses too sloppy when I jot 'em
But anyways, fuck it, what's been up, man?
How's your new IPA?
Ive been brewing myself, my stout is OK
If I have a daughter, guess what I'ma call her?
I'ma name her Juice box
I read about your recent release, that sounds crazy
I know you probably hear this every day
But I'm your biggest fan
I even got the underground shit that you did with Aslan
I got a room full of your posters and your pictures, man
I like the shit you did with Ft George too, that shit was phat
Anyways, I hope you get this, man, hit me back
Just to chat, truly yours, your biggest fan, this is Stan

 

I prefer fan boy, thanks.

 

I would still be willing to bet that the vast majority of their crowlers are drank locally and/or shared with friends as opposed to being traded, based on my experience.

Cool .... you must have someone in the area that is willing to go regularly stand in line and then send you half of their allocation. Most folks wouldn't be willing to do that.

Yes these poor, poor bastards who recently opened up a new brewery (they brew beer for their job for crying out loud) in a very competitive market and are seeing enormous success ... so much so that they decided to open up a new facility. I obviously have no insight into their financials, but I would be willing to bet that any new business that opened would be ecstatic to have their level of success, much less a brewery. I wouldn't be so quick to buy the 'poor, poor, pitiful me' act.

They are doing just fine and obviously decided to build their new facility in Portland for a reason. And I don't know how many times we all have to say this for it to sink in:

The vast majority of local folks love GN. Some think there are things they could do better. Nothing revolutionary. And since you aren't in the area, you really have no basis to say otherwise.