Kane Brewing (2020)

Need an edit. Kane no longer requires a $30 keg deposit. They use entirely disposable plastic kegs that you can just put out with your recycling (and which I hate for many reasons).

 

So did anyone actually open the new ANTEAD yet? Jealous of not trying it but how is it? Too sweet, just right amount of sweetness...?

 

I've heard the typical "not as good as last batch" and "not enough maple" comments amidst generally positive reviews. I think people need to go in expecting the maple to be subtle. This isn't Morning Bell where they add adjuncts by brewing a pot of coffee and pouring in a little beer. It merely spent time in a maple barrel, it's going to be subtle. Hope to try it sometime, I'd be more excited about the barrel character of this one than the maple personally.

Interested in any firsthand experience though, too.

 

Interested to see if people think they used the '17 or '18 as base. People are unfairly harsh with the '18 but the '17 was possibly the best base they have ever done in my opinion. Missed out on bottles so hoping to try on tap.

 

Hollow Sea, our new 5.5% Czech-style Dark Lager, will be on tap today during our tour and tasting room hours of 5pm – 8pm. Hollow Sea, inspired by the famous Tmavé Pivo from the Czech Republic, was brewed with Weyermann Floor Malted Bohemian Pilsner and Dark Munich base malts, @rabbit_hill_malthouse Chit malt, and a blend of Weyermann caramel and dark malts. Like a traditional Tmavé Pivo, we used the decoction mashing method and hopped exclusively with Czech Saaz all throughout the boil and again in the whirlpool. The result is an exceptionally smooth and drinkable lager with the chocolate and coffee character of an English Porter. Perfect for these long winter nights on the coast.

 

Czech style dark lager on tap today?

They gonna roll out something big tomorrow. Either a BBA beer or like 3 cans

 

could use a week off...

 

Pretty sure you will get your wish.

 

A new IPA, Blue Motel being released today.

 

relatively early announcement....could there be more?!

Also $18 for a 6% IPA? mehhhhhhhhhhhh, same price as their last few 7.5-8.5% beers.


https://www.instagram.com/p/B65x6Ing2Is/

Blue Motel is a new 6.0% IPA brewed with two-row base malt with malted wheat and flaked oats. It was hopped with Vic Secret in the whirlpool and dry-hopped with Vic Secret and Citra. $18 a 4-pack |1 case limit.⁣ ⁣⁣
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A couple specialty beers on tap today include:⁣ ⁣
• 2017 Sunday Brunch: our 9.2% Imperial Milk Porter with Rook Coffee, cinnamon and maple syrup⁣.
• Hollow Sea: our 5.5% Czech-style Dark Lager inspired by a traditional ⁣⁣Tmavé Pivo.
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Available to-go we have Black Tie Required, Single Fin, Sideshore, and Rye and Cognac Object Permanence. Visit kanebrewing.com for full tap, bottle, and can availability.

 

We will be releasing 2020 Barrel-Aged Sunday Brunch on Saturday, January 25th starting at 10:00am at the brewery. The brewery will open at noon that day for its normally scheduled tour and tastings room hours. PLEASE NOTE: This release announcement is not for this coming weekend but for the following Saturday. We will not have these bottles available at the brewery this Saturday.

Barrel-Aged Sunday Brunch is our Imperial Milk Porter brewed with maple syrup, aged in a variety of spirit barrels, then conditioned on cinnamon and Rook Coffee. We will be selling this release as a set, which will include one 500 mL bottle of each of the following barrel-aged variants for a total of 3 bottles:

• Bourbon Barrel-Aged Sunday Brunch aged in a blend of Barton, Old Forester, Woodford Reserve and Heaven Hill Bourbon barrels for over a year.
• Cognac Barrel-Aged Sunday Brunch aged in Cognac puncheons for a year.
• Cognac Vanilla Barrel-Aged Sunday Brunch aged in Cognac puncheons for a year, then conditioned on Madagascar and Mexican vanilla beans.

Each set is $60 | Limit 4 sets per person.

 

Kane with BA Brunch 2 weeks out. High limited at 4 sets pp.

Would love to hear the logic behind:
1. why post 2 weeks out
2. switch away from online sales
3. high limits

IMO this is basically causing a shitshow that you would think they have been avoiding all along.

 

AP beer fest is also that weekend.

This is going to be chaos. I wonder how many people who complain about EB will be waiting in this massive line.

 

would not be suprised if limits drop to 2 sets before they even open

 

Difficult to see what the angle is behind any of the changes made to this release's format...

 

Probably an overnight camp fest with those limits..

 

How long into that day till it drops to 1 set? It's too much money for me to want to make the drive. No matter how they release things it'll be good for some, bad for others. But this...I feel like just promotes a line and crowds that may not even be needed.

Let's say they made a ton and it still makes it to later in the day. This method of announcing will cause many more people to come early and create a long line for nothing (possibly). Will that many people really drop 240$ on 12 bottles? Reality check: 80$ four pack of 16 oz cans volume wise.

 

A surprising amount will between traders and mules. It's not ANTEAD but still a very sought after beer.

 

I won't be showing up to this release, but I will definitely be showing up online in the days afterward to glance through the wreckage.