Naughty Temple

My bottle is sitting in the fridge. I'm waiting until after the snow storm to enjoy it!

 

looking forward to trying my first TG beer in Omaha this weekend!

 

Definitely an interesting beer. I had it on tap awhile back and am looking forward to bottles being dropped off today.

 

TG is just killing it. They brew good stuff and use quality control to make sure they never compromise for their customers. Really great people making world class beers.

Speaking of world class beers, I can;t wait to get some Naughty Temple. It's truly a work of art. And the fact that they are brewing more Morning Delight and Kentucky Brunch, and will have Assassin bottled soon and future Assassin in Pappy barrels....building a bigger brewery and bottling line...holy crap they are killing it.

And that isn;t even mentioning their IPAs which are ridiculously good. I can't wait for the day that I have PseudoSue in my fridge in bottles. Wow, just exciting times for TG and their fans.

20TG is shaping up to be a good year.

 

Same. Will probably crack my bottle Saturday evening or Sunday afternoon.

And I also agree that I am really psyched for TG to start bottling so I can have their beers in my fridge. Top notch brewery, with bigger and brighter future ahead! Can't wait to see what they come up with next.

 

It seems like they are doing everything right to be successful in the future, though I don't know what goes on on the inside. All I can say is that everything I've ever had from them has been an above average beer. And then they pull something off like the Pompeii IPA that was just delicious...

 

I picked up one of the last bottles available here in Des Moines. Waiting for a weekend when my drinking buddy from MN can get down here and share it with me.

I, too, cannot wait until I can walk into stores and buy TG brews like I did today!

 

Well from what i know, they take great care in making sure their beer meets a quality standard before selling it under the name. For example, I believe only about 1/3 of the barrels for Naughty Temple actually met the standard to be bottled as Naughty temple.

 

I also feel like there should be/have been a one or MAYBE two bottle limit on this so as many people as possible could enjoy it.

 

The Valley West Hy-Vee in DSM had a 1 bottle/person limit on their Naughty Temple. Still went super fast from what I hear, but not sure how many bottles they got either?

 

Looking at the TG Facebook page some guy bought six bottles at HyVee in Iowa City and a guy on Twitter had four, so yeah I'd tend to agree with you. There is a reference to following around the TG truck in Iowa City which I don't know was in jest or not. Good on them I guess.

 

That's what I was referring to. I'm always torn on whether there should be limits on beer or first come, first serve. It's kind of a bad situation because not everybody has the luxury of being able to not be at work until 4 or 5...

And I just know from a personal standpoint, karma, if I couldn't get a bottle of something because somebody spent $150 on 6 bottles of beer I'd be upset kind of...

 

At nearly $25 you would assume the price would limit the amount purchased, but that doesn't seem to be the case. We sold out in a few minutes and had people waiting for in line for about an hour before they arrived. 1 bottle per person limit. This is one of the few times in the last 2 years that I bought a bottle of a small batch/limited release beer from the store. TG is just too good to pass up and I'm curious to A/B this verses my notes on the draft version.

 

I am against limits. I have a tasting group locally that watches out for each other on releases. If someone can't make it to a release and there aren't limits then we can cover them. When there are limits I think hoarders still find a way around them.

 

I would say there's a difference between actually hoarding and buying for a few friends...just my thoughts.

 

A bomber is more than enough for most of the tastings I've attended. We've tried releases in all sorts of different ways and it is impossible to make everyone happy. At least with a limit of one, 24 people got to go home with a bomber. Hopefully they spread the love around if they have some people to share it with.

 

Roudy1 there is a difference, but the retailer can't tell. If I roll in wanting to buy 6, many think I'm a hoarder even though I may be buying 1-2 for 4 or 5 people...

 

Agree 100%.

Tasting groups are great and something I support, but not everyone in the group needs their own bottle either. It is just really a huge bummer when you walk into a store on a day you know they are getting a special/limiited release and you see someone walking out with multiple bottles/six packs, etc. and when you ask the manager, you find out the person exiting the store with a huge grin on their face cleaned out the last of their shipment.

And as Roundy noted, not everyone can make it to stores or wait in lines on release days, as they have day-time jobs. Without limits, usually by the time they are able to get off work and make it to the shop, the supply is already gone. I think for super limited releases like this a 1 bottle or 1 six pack/person limit is only fair when stores are only getting 24 bottles or 20 six packs (5 cases) or something, for example.

 

I feel this thread is getting steered a bit off course....

....so has anybody else had Naughty Temple yet. Thoughts and first impressions?