Latest Pipeworks Releases and Updates

I grabbed a s'more money but haven't opened it yet. I'll probably wait and share it with my brother who likes sweeter stouts.

I'm really exciting for the upcoming simcoe ninja batch. That was my favorite of all the ninjas.

 

I didn't care for darkness. Too much hop flavor for a stout to me. I definitely will sit on the rest for a while and hopefully it will calm down. Same with abyss just not because of hops. I guess there is a best after date for a reason.

Edit: Agree with simcoe it's really hard to pick one ninja that is clearly my favorite but that is at the top

 

If you dont mind me asking where did you get the abyss??

 

Ninja Suggestions: Mosaic, Sorachi Ace

 

Something Hoppy This Way Comes uses Sorachi. I agree Mosaic would be good, but if they get more I woiuld rather they rebrew Square Grouper. It is their best hoppy beer by a long shot.

 

square grouper and marilime law for me.

 

Black shirt is so great. And they just started canning, so may be worth discussing with them...

Copper kettle does have a nice little tap room as well.

 

That'll work too! I regrettably wasn't able to track down one of those. It's actually the first PW release that wasn't limited to FwB that I wasn't able to get.

 

dang - surprised by those stout reviews! Where's the "dislike" button on here, haha. Although I haven't cracked either one yet, I'll wait and see what I think of them.

Obligatory PW board edit: excited that Simcoe is on the way again and I have it on good authority that Square Grouper will be brewed sometime this year.....VERY excited to have that again. I do a lot of beer hunting on a reg basis, but for that one I set a PR in calls/visits to area proprietors of the booze to track those fishies down.

 

i was born there so spend many many birthdays there...

 

Privileged childhood

 

Simcoe and Deutsch Hopfen Ninjas are in the west burbs now. Also, a fresh batch of NvU.

 

Simcoe in stock at Capones via their FB page

 

I'm guessing the recent Simcoe to hit the market with Batch #194 on the label aren't the new ones? Or are old labels being reused?

 

I havent seen the new batch yet to verify a # but #194 came out on 8/23/13. assuming thats the old one I'd pass for freshness

 

There are 3-5 bottles on the shelf at Rayan's at Clark/Wilson. No limit.

 

Not sure on batch #'s, but they changed the Ninja picture. It has glasses now. And it's Gerrit.

 

Just grabbed a few Simcoe. Batch 306 307 322 323.

 

Thanks! Just grabbed the last one (that was out, anyway).

 

Square Grouper is without a doubt the best beer I had in 2013

 

yea where is that that you saw it? can you e-mail me the deets at order@pipeworksbrewing.com, attention 'Gerrit - Old Simcoe?' either an old label got snuck on there or someone's not doing their job... =p because old bottles like that shouldn't be floating around.

 

how do you know that? lol

 

I seem to remember on the Beer Temple's Facebook page someone going on about "sexy eyes" haha

 

hey Gerrit, it was actually @MattLatuchie that found the old or mislabeled Simcoe. Matt can you hook PWs up with the info? Also just picked up a fresh (my beer guy said I missed Bobby by like 15 minutes) Blood of the Unicorn, is it required that I drink it from a PWs tulip inside of a candlelit pentagram? Cuz I was just planning on enjoying it with dinner tonight.

 

Yo Pipeworks, was actually in the city and stopped by WLVL thinking aww yeah, I can go pick up a Pipeworks tulip! Except they dont have any. How many unicorns do I have to slay to get ahold of one of these?

 

Finally got to enjoy a TNA at Niche tonight. Delicious coconut,really enjoyed it. And I could really use some Pipeworks glass wear as well......

 

Deutsch Hopfen is fantastic! So much melon in the aroma and flavor. It's one of my favorite PW DIPAs to date! Well done, Pipeworks.

 

I knocked out a TNA and was a little underwhelmed. It wasn't bad at all but i didn't get the flavors/aromas as described. It's at the bottom of the pile compared to the rest of the Abduction series.

Hey Man, was great and I really enjoyed that yesterday. Late last week I knocked out smore money smore problems. that was pretty good, fun too. make me reminisce of the times my friends would rent cabins, drink, cook smores.

 

real quickly back to old batches of PWs; I found a small cache of late 2012 Last Kiss on the shelf, I think batch #52, one of the ones that's still waxed. That's one of the PWs I've never had (up until recently I've not been a fan of Scotch ale/Wee Heavys). I've been tempted to pick one up (or the whole cache) but wanted to get thoughts on drinkability. That style should be cellarable, but obviously a store shelf in flourescent lighting at room temp is no cellar. I appreciate any thoughts on this. Some of you probably know exactly where this is - pretty big PWs retailer.

 

I'd bite. part of the cellaring process is to see how it tastes (even in the not so best conditions), at least for me it is. Even better that it's waxed.

 

Someone brought a waxed Last Kiss to a tasting I was at a few months ago. I'm not sure what the batch number was, but I thought it was fantastic. However, I haven't had it fresh so I can't give you a comparison. From what I remember it was like fresh roasted pecans with hints of cinnamon and other spices.

 

Last Kiss is one of the best PW and flies under the radar for some reason. It was also one of the best BA versions.

That said I wouldn't hesitate to buy year+ old Last Kiss, I'm sure it's fine.

 

thanks for the responses guys! Look forward to imbibing one of PWs earliest hits soon.

 

Speaking of barrel aged stuff...any chance us lowly non-FWBs will get a shot at those anytime soon?

 

buy one, drink it. if it's good, buy the rest.

it does say cellar worthy on the label (though, admittedly PW has stated in the past that sometimes they don't know what ends up on the label. see: nisperos batata "drink fresh"). I will wish i could say i've been able to cellar any pipeworks beer, but they usually end up in my belly within a few days of purchase (though i do have that cucumber saison in my basement).

 

i believe that already happened. long and gone. I think WLV sold em to the public and Binny's on grand.

 

I think tis' the year to get sloppy

 

I believe those were just bottles from the FwB allocation. Pretty sure there's more that will be available to the general public (it's somewhere in this thread). I thought they said Jan/Feb.

 

Several stores had them available to the general public already. They may have just been extras from the FwB but I'm not sure.