Grimm Artisanal Ales (January 2017)

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  1. NiceBeerCans

    NiceBeerCans Initiate (0) Mar 16, 2013 New York

    Happy New Year! New Monthly Grimm thread.

    For info directly from their website
    http://grimmales.com/

    Their new online shop is open. Check out their gorgeous glassware and shirts.

    Grimm beers are usually in high demand (especially the cans). Cans have been limited to low counts per person. Grimm Artisanal Ales supply their beers at low prices (and have NOT raised their prices recently) to the distributor, who supply the retail shops, and therefore are not responsible for the final price you may encounter. They try to support the "Mom and Pop" shops that sell their beer. Hopefully, we should all support these small shops. Also available at select Whole Foods beer departments with limits to spread the wealth among your fellow BA brethren. :sunglasses:

    The latest fitness craze has been the checking of this thread and Beermenus for their cans/bottles and running around town trying to get them before inventory is sold out. Needed exercise for some of our fellow beer enthusiasts. :grinning: If you miss out, you can usually find their beer on tap.

    Post away and yes, Joe and Lauren (the Grimm's) monitor this thread and are great about responding to your questions and comments. Especially, if you tag them @Grimm_Artisanal_Ales. :slight_smile: Great people, great couple, great brewers.


    Artwork

    The beautiful Grimm artwork on their labels is designed by Lauren, about 50% from scratch and the rest using Gretta Johnson's (their longtime friend) artwork.

    Check out http://grettajohnson.com/ for more about this talented artist.

    The artwork on the Splish can is by Joe's old band mate, and incredible artist, Brian Alfred.

    http://paintchanger.com/

    The artwork on Lambo Door, Awoogah, and Light Year is by the amazing Lauren Grimm. She can do it all!

    The artwork for Sumi Ink label is by Sumi Ink Club (http://sumiinkclub.com/)

    Their friend Maggie (Margaux Ogden) did the Zap design (http://www.margauxogden.com/paintings)


    Can advice:

    Keep cold! Drink Now! Roll can to suspend hop particles. :slight_smile:


    Castling bomber advice:

    The yeast we used can throw off some sulfur compounds that some people are sensitive to. These aroma compounds are super volatile and will flash off if you pour down the center of the glass in Belgian fashion.


    Upcoming Grimm releases for January (subject to change)

    Color Field - new version, re-imagined as a dry hopped sour with hibiscus, rose hips, and chamomile (bombers/draft)

    In Mid Air - Double IPA with Columbus, Simcoe, Citra, Wai-iti, and Mosaic (cans/draft)

    Sumi Zest - Sumi base imperial stout with vanilla and orange zest; no barrel treatment (bombers only)

    Skyspace - basically a raspberry version of rainbow dome (bombers/draft)

    Blackberry Orange Pop! - dessert berliner with vanilla, milk sugar, blackberries, orange zest, and oak (bombers only)

    Cube Cuvee #3: Saison de Coupage -- blend of barrel aged golden sour and young saison (draft only)
     
    #1 NiceBeerCans, Jan 1, 2017
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  2. ZSharp

    ZSharp Initiate (0) Sep 4, 2016 New York

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    HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
     
    #2 ZSharp, Jan 1, 2017
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  3. ONovoMexicano

    ONovoMexicano Initiate (0) Jun 14, 2012 New Mexico

    Do you intend to drink these or did you last night? If so, I'd be interested to know how the 6-month to year old IPAs and DIPAs tasted. haha
     
    #3 ONovoMexicano, Jan 1, 2017
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  4. ZSharp

    ZSharp Initiate (0) Sep 4, 2016 New York

    Not sure yet, I really like the can art and I like to collect stuff so I guess we will see!
     
    #4 ZSharp, Jan 1, 2017
  5. prettygood

    prettygood Initiate (0) May 27, 2016 New York


    Room temperature, dated full cans!?!?!?


    I bet you don't roll those poor babies either.
     
    #5 prettygood, Jan 1, 2017
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  6. Bigklip74

    Bigklip74 Zealot (682) Jun 17, 2014 New York
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    Big fan of Grimm, I'm upstate, seems we get enough of the bottled stuff but the cans are always like 1-2 individual cans per person
     
    #6 Bigklip74, Jan 1, 2017
  7. Grimm_Artisanal_Ales

    Grimm_Artisanal_Ales Initiate (0) Apr 6, 2015 New York

    wow that's amazing! can't vouch for the older cans but this is a sight to see.
     
    #7 Grimm_Artisanal_Ales, Jan 1, 2017
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  8. kthoag

    kthoag Initiate (0) May 21, 2012 New York

    I'm so hyped for these January bottles. Damn.
     
    #8 kthoag, Jan 1, 2017
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  9. Phineasco

    Phineasco Initiate (0) Sep 4, 2016 Massachusetts

    Blackberry orange pop looks incredible. I hope I get a chance to try it. Boston got a ton of cherry rasberry pop.
     
    #9 Phineasco, Jan 1, 2017
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  10. ZSharp

    ZSharp Initiate (0) Sep 4, 2016 New York

    Thanks! It's been a blast collecting these releases this past year..Albany isn't great for much but we do have a lot of nice bottle shops and your beer is the single most sought after brand in all 10-15 shops I visit. I'm almost always able to get enough to try, share, and save! The only one I haven't tried is the Fantome collab and I'm very excited to bust into that baby! Grimm for life!
     
    #10 ZSharp, Jan 1, 2017
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  11. NewmansOwn

    NewmansOwn Initiate (0) Jun 25, 2016 New York


    Some lovely can art courtesy of Beltway.
     
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  12. 2Xmd

    2Xmd Initiate (0) Apr 19, 2013 New York

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  13. Bigklip74

    Bigklip74 Zealot (682) Jun 17, 2014 New York
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    I'm up in latham! Good to see another local on here
     
    #13 Bigklip74, Jan 2, 2017
  14. danjsnyder

    danjsnyder Initiate (0) Oct 4, 2016 New York

    Christmas coming a little late for the sour heads, but oh boy is it coming.
     
    #14 danjsnyder, Jan 2, 2017
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  15. orangebarius

    orangebarius Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2015 New Jersey


    nope
     
    #15 orangebarius, Jan 3, 2017
  16. orangebarius

    orangebarius Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2015 New Jersey

    happy new yr grimm fans!!!! here's to a fruitful yr for all of you, even the ones who get butthurt when i buy more then 1 bottle of grimm and bring it back to nj. i hope none of you ever go out of state and buy more then 1 beer and share it with your friends. it might upset the locals. :grinning:
     
    #16 orangebarius, Jan 3, 2017
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  17. NewmansOwn

    NewmansOwn Initiate (0) Jun 25, 2016 New York

    @ZSharp Any reason you dont drink the beer and just keep the bottles and cans? I've kept all my Grimm cans, minus a few my roommate threw out (damn you) No reason to waste good beer...
     
    #17 NewmansOwn, Jan 3, 2017
  18. IGaveYouPower

    IGaveYouPower Savant (1,070) Dec 2, 2010 New York
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    Albany area here too.
     
    #18 IGaveYouPower, Jan 3, 2017
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  19. EnthusedAboutBeer

    EnthusedAboutBeer Pooh-Bah (1,889) May 13, 2013 New Jersey
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    "More than 1 bottle" = Every bottle/can you can find around the city @orangebarius .
    I'm not much of a Grimm chaser so I could honestly care less but come on, man. Don't make it seem like people in this thread get bent out of shape over you buying one or two extra bottles to share with a friend. From what I have observed, you go around to every shop you can and buy as much Grimm as they are willing to sell you. Then, you come on here and post your massive hauls. I will say that it does not seem like you have any malicious intent in doing so and you have every right but you should be able to understand why people are annoyed with someone who is buying up all the Grimm from their local shops and then posting about it.
     
    #19 EnthusedAboutBeer, Jan 3, 2017
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  20. orangebarius

    orangebarius Initiate (0) Dec 2, 2015 New Jersey

    i go to every shop and buy all i can? that's news to me. i only go to a few places and buy what i want if it's available. most places have limits, especially on cans. bottles sit on shelves at several stores, so yes i do buy more then 1 or 2 there. everyone has the same opportunity to buy what they want in this free market economy. it's comical to me at this point. i really don't care what anyone thinks about the beer i buy. notice the smiley face on my original post? i was just messing around.


    i stopped posting my hauls a while ago. people just bring up my name randomly, so i respond to it. it's entertaining at this point.

    cheers brotha!
     
    #20 orangebarius, Jan 3, 2017
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