Night Shift Brewing

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  1. TheMattJones88

    TheMattJones88 Maven (1,372) Sep 12, 2009 Massachusetts
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    Double barrel aged Kolsch. SHIP IT.
     
    #401 TheMattJones88, Nov 25, 2017
  2. oldbean

    oldbean Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2005 Massachusetts

    Fake news.



    (I actually agree with your point, just not your example.)
     
    #402 oldbean, Nov 25, 2017
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  3. CraftBeerLos

    CraftBeerLos Zealot (682) Jul 18, 2014 North Carolina
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    Anyone have any update on AB Lechedor? I know regular Lechedor bottles were scrapped this year, but they did mention that it would NOT affect AB...
     
    #403 CraftBeerLos, Nov 26, 2017
  4. cmoney13

    cmoney13 Initiate (0) Sep 9, 2017 Massachusetts

    not really digging this updated 87. 11/16 batch. I'm not getting much tropical of anything. It's def piney and bitter which I like, but there's this off malt on the finish. Oh well.
     
    #404 cmoney13, Dec 1, 2017
  5. soheadyithurts

    soheadyithurts Zealot (551) Jan 4, 2013 Massachusetts

    Lots of chobani is my take. Hard pass
     
    #405 soheadyithurts, Dec 1, 2017
  6. Manfrombelmonty

    Manfrombelmonty Savant (1,165) Sep 12, 2010 Massachusetts

    Yeah they seem to have taken a quality beer and abandoned it in the pursuit of fashionable NEIPA dollars.
     
    #406 Manfrombelmonty, Dec 1, 2017
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  7. Sideshow_Luke_Perry

    Sideshow_Luke_Perry Initiate (0) Jan 9, 2016 Massachusetts

    Can anyone comment on aging the Maple Cinnamon Darkling? Will those flavors drop off in a good way or a bad way?
     
    #407 Sideshow_Luke_Perry, Dec 2, 2017
  8. TheMattJones88

    TheMattJones88 Maven (1,372) Sep 12, 2009 Massachusetts
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    Can't comment on aging it, but drinking it fresh I was pretty disappointed. Not a lot of maple in there at all, lots of cinnamon. I don't know if I was expecting a totally different beer or if it just wasn't great.
     
    #408 TheMattJones88, Dec 2, 2017
  9. Rysk22

    Rysk22 Savant (1,240) Nov 12, 2014 Massachusetts
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    The rule of thumb with most adjuncts is to drink as fresh as possible. It will always drop off to my understanding. The only time that's a good thing is if they were too strong to begin with
     
    #409 Rysk22, Dec 4, 2017
  10. DeweyCheatem-n-Howe

    DeweyCheatem-n-Howe Initiate (0) May 23, 2015 Massachusetts

    Maple Cinnamon Darkling is SO GOOD.

    That's all I got.
     
    #410 DeweyCheatem-n-Howe, Dec 5, 2017
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  11. Rysk22

    Rysk22 Savant (1,240) Nov 12, 2014 Massachusetts
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    I never had the first recipe of The 87, but this new recipe is very tasty. Great to have this on shelves!
     
    #411 Rysk22, Dec 8, 2017
  12. joberlander

    joberlander Initiate (0) May 30, 2014 Massachusetts
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    I was disappointed in the maple cinnamon darkling. Not a lot of the flavors came through. Their prices for the "special" beers are not worth it for me anymore since I have yet to have one that's worth the price IMO. Still love whirpool all day long but have been disappointed too many times now, which sucks because they have 2 new stouts now that sound good but I have no reason to believe they will be good.
     
    #412 joberlander, Dec 9, 2017
  13. TheMattJones88

    TheMattJones88 Maven (1,372) Sep 12, 2009 Massachusetts
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    This is where I am too. I bought all three Darkling's and only cracked the Maple Cinnamon, and it wasn't great. I got a couple of cans of Timber! and Second Breakfast as well, and they were both super disappointing, Timber! especially. I think I'm going to stick to just getting Morph and One Hop's from now on.
     
    #413 TheMattJones88, Dec 9, 2017
  14. ransom22

    ransom22 Initiate (0) Feb 5, 2016 Uzbekistan

    This is the exact problem I have with this Brewery. Aside from fresh Santilli, I've been disappointed by every beer they make. Every beer.

    El Lechedor was the final straw.
     
    #414 ransom22, Dec 9, 2017
  15. TheMattJones88

    TheMattJones88 Maven (1,372) Sep 12, 2009 Massachusetts
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    Are you talking about bottles of Lechedor, or on draft this year? I enjoyed it on draft well enough, but not $25 a bottle enough...
     
    #415 TheMattJones88, Dec 9, 2017
  16. ransom22

    ransom22 Initiate (0) Feb 5, 2016 Uzbekistan

    Draft was OK, I'm referring to the bottles.

    Night Shift pricing is absurd for the "quality" of beer you're getting.
     
    #416 ransom22, Dec 9, 2017
  17. TheMattJones88

    TheMattJones88 Maven (1,372) Sep 12, 2009 Massachusetts
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    I feel that their canned stuff is a relatively fair price, $14 for pales/IPA's, $16 for DIPA's/Stouts but yeah, the bottled stuff is absurd.
     
    #417 TheMattJones88, Dec 9, 2017
  18. juliolugo

    juliolugo Zealot (640) Jun 22, 2015 Massachusetts

    I’ve got a bottle of Maple Cinnamon Darkling. I’ll find out soon enough I guess, but what are the general critiques? Bourbon hot and not well integrated? Can’t taste the cinnamon and/or maple? Body too thin? Some off flavors creeping in?
     
    #418 juliolugo, Dec 9, 2017
  19. DeweyCheatem-n-Howe

    DeweyCheatem-n-Howe Initiate (0) May 23, 2015 Massachusetts

    ...I liked it...
     
    #419 DeweyCheatem-n-Howe, Dec 9, 2017
  20. PeteKuncis

    PeteKuncis Initiate (0) Dec 6, 2014 Massachusetts

    I'm curious too. Is it just bad? Good, but not what you had high hopes for? Good, but not as advertised? I've got (2) of each. May have one next weekend at a stout pahty.
     
    #420 PeteKuncis, Dec 9, 2017
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