Steady line up breweries or small batch/one off breweries?

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  1. JuliusPepperwood

    JuliusPepperwood Initiate (0) Jul 21, 2013 North Carolina

    I personally prefer breweries with the steady flagship beer lineups. I like knowing if I love one of their beers I can get it regularly or if it’s seasonal I can grab it again next year. There are only a few experimental batch brewers with constantly changing tap lists that I really like. My main complaint is it sucks to be blown away by a beer and know you’ll never see it again. But on the other hand you come in sometimes and they have no styles you care for.
     
    #1 JuliusPepperwood, Oct 13, 2015
  2. TonyLema1

    TonyLema1 Pooh-Bah (2,890) Nov 19, 2008 South Carolina
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    Steady line up for me, I don't mind a small batch/one off, if I'm at the brewery, but I don't seek them out anymore (it's become an expensive pain in the ass)
     
    #2 TonyLema1, Oct 14, 2015
  3. Brolo75

    Brolo75 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,134) Aug 10, 2013 California
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    Give me a steady flagship of beers before the one offs as one offs become a pain in the ass to obtain.
     
    #3 Brolo75, Oct 14, 2015
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  4. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    Both please
     
    #4 Orca, Oct 14, 2015
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  5. mstrcrwly

    mstrcrwly Pundit (912) Dec 21, 2013 New York
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    I don't chase one-offs..if i happen to be around when they have it..great..but if not..just one beer that i missed out on..no biggie..unless it's CBS..which i missed twice...
     
    #5 mstrcrwly, Oct 14, 2015
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  6. Premo88

    Premo88 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,670) Jun 6, 2010 Texas
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    What this BA says ...

    Living in Texas, I want my favorite Karbach/Deep Ellum/Real Ale regulars *and* my Jester King sour one-offs and blended batches.

    Three of the best beers I've had from Texas brewers were from small batches drank at the brewery/brew-pub. Sure, it sucks that I might not get to drink them again, but I still have the memories. :wink:
     
    #6 Premo88, Oct 14, 2015
  7. donspublic

    donspublic Grand Pooh-Bah (3,552) Aug 4, 2014 Texas
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    Yes and it makes the trips the the breweries on those days that much more memorable. The problem with one-offs is that I spent most of the day Friday running around Houston looking for Upslopes' Blood Orange Saison, but it was worth it. Someone asked me from work, what were you doing Friday evening, I replied looking for beer.
     
    #7 donspublic, Oct 14, 2015
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  8. yemenmocha

    yemenmocha Grand Pooh-Bah (4,116) Jun 18, 2002 Arizona
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    For my preferences there are too many regular flagships and regularly occurring seasonals out there to bother much with the rare, infrequent, one-offs, etc. Like others said, even if I really liked them, the experience is tainted because you know it will be hard or impossible to get them again. Having been in craft beer for a long time and had much easier access to great beers in the past, the "hard to get" game is not the slightest bit fun any longer as well.
     
    #8 yemenmocha, Oct 14, 2015
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  9. westcoastbeergeek

    westcoastbeergeek Initiate (0) Sep 16, 2015 Canada (BC)

    Prefer one-offs over steady line up. I like to try different things, although I do have some seasonal favourites that I like to see every year and am building some verticals.
     
    #9 westcoastbeergeek, Oct 14, 2015
  10. bluehende

    bluehende Initiate (0) Dec 10, 2010 Delaware

    I like a mix. A brewery with good flagships is a great find. If they then send out a few great one offs even the better. If I cann't get it again something else will come along.
     
    #10 bluehende, Oct 14, 2015
  11. Hrodebert

    Hrodebert Savant (1,024) Sep 2, 2013 Michigan
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    With the 4000 brewery mark recently reached in the U.S. I find plenty of room, and desire, for both.
     
    #11 Hrodebert, Oct 14, 2015
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