Societe Tasting Room

Apprentice and the butcher are money !

 

Put some water in their growler when it's not filled with beer. I poured a gallon of arrowhead water in there and it tasted like a pond of snow after it was in the freezer for 300 minutes.

 

Went there for the first time last weekend and thought the all the beers were fantastic. The one that really stood out to me was the 10/19 Obrien's Pale Ale w/ Chinook hops. One of the best noses on a beer that I have smelled with a great clean, crisp taste to back it up. Was glad that they did half pours of all their beers and made it alot easy to try most of their offerings. It was a tough pill to swallow with the price of the growler but couldn't pass up getting a fill of the Pupil to take back to Seal Beach with me. Overall had a great time and will make it a point to go there everytime I'm down there and get a fill in the future.

 

Haven't been there yet. Am planning on stopping in on my next Alpine run. From the picture on their webpage the price of a new growler is $25. Is that correct? And you have a choice of stainless or the fancy german style? Hanger 24 out of Redlands also uses the fancy growlers. And new is $25. So the pricing isn't bad. They choose to purchase and use that style. I have one from Hanger 24. It is nice, but yes the regular cheaper growlers do the same as the fancy ones. What I like is the stainless growler. Don't have one yet. What size is the stainless? 64oz?Is the stainless growler insulated? If it is then it is worth more than $25. I believe Stone sells a stainless canteen (40oz) for $24.
How does their IPA's compare to other WestCoast IPA's? Example: to Alpine's, Ballast Point, Kern, etc.

 

1 growler? Just 1? Sorry, I need 10 so I can buy a sixtel.

Another issue is unless you carry all 50 of your SD growlers in your car at all times, you might be passing through and say "I'll stop in and pickup a growler". With Pizza Port growler options, that's doable. Societe? Fuck no. You have to PLAN to get a growler and have those $$$$ bitches in your car.

 

Rip Current Brewing only charges $20 for there SS Growler.

 

I wish I could fit a gallon into a 64oz container.

 

skunkpuddle has a growler of holding. Consumption of any liquid stored in the aforementioned growler of holding restores one's mana, but at the cost of 20% of one's intelligence for six hours after consumption.

 

Not everyone is a raging alcoholic that has to buy beer at every brewery they pass.

 

I like how $5 growlers and "absurd" stainless steel pricing always come up in Societe threads. I also like that almost no places (that are worthy of growlers) have $5 growlers and my stainless steel growler hasn't shattered rolling around in my trunk.

I wish all breweries went to the $20 stainless growlers if only to get the whiny cheapskate bitches that spend $30 on a bottle of hype to stop complaining over and over about stainless growlers.

 

Wow, black and white much? Whose troll account is this?

 

Really, the raging alcoholic argument on BEER ADVOCATE? Come on, you can do better than that. Nothing in his post mentioned compulsion to buy more beer. Sometimes you're in a situation where you might want to buy a growler (awesome beer on tap, unexpectedly are in the neighborhood, etc).

 

Not a fan of Society at all. Their prices are just ridiculous for a startup brewery. Expensive growlers and $15 taster flights? Hello other SD breweries.

 

So is their quality...I don't bother with growlers from them since I can walk to both TigerTiger and Toronado, who both always have 2 or 3 Societe beers on tap, but their quality far outstrips the majority of other startup breweries, and a lot of established ones, too.

 

I have to disagree, I thought their RIS was horrible (although this was 2 months ago), and didn't care for 2 of the IPA's I've tried. Also service was pretty snooty. I might have just had a bad experience, but it was in the middle of a 5 brewery trip and this was by far the low point of the trip.

 

What did you find to be horrible about their RIS?