More Brewing Co. (StB) - (2018)

I mean that's a sample size of 2 for a brewer that didn't exist a year ago. Marketing consistency might not be their highest priority yet

 

Fair point. They do have a marketing person though and I can see a purpose of doing it with just under a week's notice (line size management). But you're right that the next one could be different, especially if it's ticketed

 

Honestly, the least amount of notice, the better until the weather truly warms up.

If it means more beer for Chicago and less for WI, IN, and MI, I'm fine with that.

 

Stopped in tonight after work to try Mosaic Dusty, Frooted Sour Berry and Fruited Sour Tropical. I actually liked how the vanilla and lactose gave a creaminess to the new sours. Also, they are not overly sour or tart so I think these are pretty approachable and loaded with fruit. Berry was my favorite of the 3 but I would happily order all again sometime.

 

I understand the reference, and its very clever.

Where the hell did you get this from though?

 

Good to know. I was interested when I saw their post yesterday. Illuminated just did something similar recently too.

NE-Sour IPAs are, IMO, going to be the next big thing. I realize this isn't quite a NE-style IPA, but like you said, the addition of lactose makes them creamier and closer to that style. It could be the first step.

If you ever have a chance to try Hudson Valley, do not hesitate. Their NE-Style Sour IPAs are mind blowing.

 

Called today to see if they were taking reservations for Valentine's Day. They said they were, and that they will have a special menu. Still ironing out the details of the menu however.

 

I picked up a crowler of Mosaic Dusty. Really liking this beer - maybe my favorite Dusty yet. More's beers always taste a little bit grassy to me (not a bad thing - just not always a good thing), and while this still has that taste, it seems to have good balance between some dry fruit and that grassy-ness. It's a pale ale so you can't expect the flavor of a DIPA. But the trade-off is drinkability and I polished off a crowler pretty quickly despite sharing a couple lagers with my wife beforehand (she doesn't drink the hoppy beers).

 

Henna Batch 3 S’mores. Ticketed release:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/henna-batch-3-smore-tickets-42759990282

Added the details:

Henna Batch 3: S'MoRE - Our imperial stout aged on cocoa nibs, graham crackers and vanilla.

Tickets will be available for purchase on Monday, February 5th at 12pm (noon).

Tickets will be $40 and will include 2 bottles. Eventbrite Fees are included, however sales tax will be added to your order at checkout.

To help keep everything as smooth as possible, we will have three pick up windows:

The first pick up window will start on Friday, February 16th at 11am. The second window will open on Saturday February 17th at 11am. The third pick up window will start on Sunday, February 18th at 11am. All windows will end on Sunday, February 25th at 11pm - If your bottles have not been picked up by this time, your ticket will be refunded automatically. There will be no exceptions to this. Thank you for understanding.

We strongly urge you to pick up your bottles before 5pm any day within your designated window as we do experience increased volume for our dinner rushes.

One ticket per person - no proxies - must have a valid Governement Issued ID matching the name on your ticket when picking up bottles.

There will be a limited amount of Henna Batch 3: S'MoRE on tap for additional purchase. We will make sure that everyone who has a ticket has a chance to purchase one pour within your desgnated pick-up window. Any leftover Henna Batch 3: S'MoRE that we have after the windows have closed will be available to the public.

Cheers!

 

As much as I enjoy the sharing, and meeting new people, getting there super early and waiting that long just sucks.

Good luck to everybody.

 

I'm glad to see this being released in bottles. This is what they had at New Year's event and I thought it was quite good. Reminded me a good bit of Smore Luv.

 

Thanks for the ticketed release guys! Most people were cool in the B2 line, but enough acted like animals. Kudos to you for respecting the neighbors and not putting them through that anymore.
Missed B1 but B2 was so good I was sure hoping for a ticketed B3!

 

Really hope this goes smoothly. Just cracked Batch 1 and 2 last weekend and am craving more (no pun intended).

 

I like that it's ticketed, but at 2 pp, this will sell out in like a quarter of a second.

 

Yup, just like any other ticketed beer release that draws any attention. IMO the best option for releasing high demand beer. Having 500+ people line up 4 hours early is chaos.

 

I'm definitely not endorsing the line. Ticketed or lottery is better, though selfishly I would prefer a different time because work likes to block websites and my data connection usually sucks.

 

Definitely appreciate the ticket release. Maybe I'll get to try one this time!

 

THANK.

GOD.

 

apparently you buy your ticket specific to your pick up window
that being said, I imagine more people will lean toward saturday / sunday?

 

I assume so as well, especially for people that are out-of-towners. I'm in Chicagoland but I'll be traveling on that Friday, so I will be one of those going for Saturday/Sunday tickets myself.