The Answer Brewpub (Richmond, Va)

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  1. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    Still waiting on the Joose update for the day but posted of what house beers are available has come.
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    All the Action (DEBUT) - our first quadruple dry hopped beer: All The Action is our 100% Mosaic hopped DIPA with lupulin powder. Stupid aroma, bursts with them flavors. No Crowler limit.

    As a special treat for everyone today, we are putting Diablos Brunch and Vanilla Vixen on tap. No Crowler fills available for these two, draft pours only. These will not last long, and we will not be tapping additional kegs.

    IPAs (No Limit Crowlers)
    - TDH Extra Credit
    - DDH Mouth Hug
    - Black Forest Seduction (very little left)

    Doors open at 4pm
     
    #81 TomCat11, Jun 27, 2017
  2. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    Joose update for today. Also note another glass giveaway
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    JOOSE (2 per joose per person)
    - 2 Scoops: Passionfruit, Raspberry
    - Kromer Juice : Blueberry
    - Limonsito: Apricot, Peach
    - Double Peach Popsicle
    - Lychee Creamsicle

    On Deck
    - 2 scoops: Strawberry, Blood Peach
    - Pina Colada
    - Peach Mangito

    GIVEAWAY
    - 150 Kromer Juice glasses

    [​IMG]
     
    #82 TomCat11, Jun 27, 2017
  3. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    June 29th availability.....
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    IPAs (No Limit Crowlers As Always)
    - TDH Grand Larceny: A triple dry-hopped version of Grand Larceny, our Citra & Mosaic hopped DIPA.
    - QDH All the Action: This is a quadruple dry hopped version of All The Action, our 100% Mosaic hopped DIPA with lupulin powder.
    - TDH Extra Credit: A triple dry-hopped version of Extra Credit, our 100% Citra DIPA.
    - DDH Mouth Hug: A double dry-hopped version of Mouth Hug, our 100% Citra hopped DIPA.

    STOUT (4 Crowlers Per Person)
    - (DEBUT) Tubby Svelte (collab with Horus Aged Ales) - Imperial Stout with peanut butter and vanilla beans

    JOOSE (2 Crowlers Per Joose Per Person)
    - Joosey Couture: High end Berliner Weisse with Coconut, White peaches, Calamondin (5%) and Blood Orange (3%)
    - Raspberry Popsicle: Popsicle Gose with Red Raspberries, Blood Orange and Pink Himalayan sea salt
    - Stonefruit Popsicle: Popsicle style Gose with Apricot, White peaches, blood orange and pink sea salt
    - 2 Scoops Strawberry, Blood Peach: Sorbet style with strawberries and Blood peaches
    - 3 Scoops Passionfruit, Lemonade, Mango: Fruit Smoothie (Passionfruit, Filipino Lemonade and Mangoes)

    Please keep them cold and drink asap
     
    #83 TomCat11, Jun 29, 2017
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  4. FrankenMiller

    FrankenMiller Savant (1,194) Mar 5, 2014 Florida
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    How much do the crowlers usually run?
     
    #84 FrankenMiller, Jun 29, 2017
  5. ArlVABeerGuy

    ArlVABeerGuy Zealot (511) Feb 23, 2012 Virginia
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    What does the line usually look like on Thursdays?
     
    #85 ArlVABeerGuy, Jun 29, 2017
  6. montman

    montman Maven (1,444) Mar 10, 2009 Virginia
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    I think the IPA prices are on their site but the joose crowlers were about $20 last time I grabbed some.
     
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  7. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    Thurs July 6 availability
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    IPA (No Limit Crowlers)
    - TDH Megablast TIPA
    - TDH Mind Game DIPA
    - TDH Grand Larceny DIPA

    STOUT (4 Crowlers per person)
    - Tubby Svelte
    - Vanilla Vixen (?? - showing available per Untappd)

    JOOSE     (2 per joose per person)
    - Stonefruit Popsicle
    - Double Peach Popsicle
    - Blueberry Popsicle
    - 3 Scoops: Pink Guava, Passionfruit, Mango
    - Kromer Juice : Blood Peach

    Joose On Deck
    - 3 Scoops: Passionfruit, Lemonade, Mango
    - 2 scoops: Raspberry, Strawberry
    - Abbey Popsicle
     
    #87 TomCat11, Jul 6, 2017
  8. carolinabeerguy

    carolinabeerguy Pooh-Bah (2,035) Oct 10, 2005 North Carolina
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    I have been told by multiple people that they basically purée the fruit or whatever adjuncts they're using in a blender along w/ the beer then add directly to the kegs. I've also been told that they use Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose as their gose base and either Speedway Stout or Founders Imperial for their stout base. I don't know how true it is, but I have heard from different people in different groups that they're only brewing IPAs in house.
     
    #88 carolinabeerguy, Jul 7, 2017
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  9. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    It's going to be quite the day in Richmond tomorrow. Appears The Answer is releasing their new collab with Other Half.

    Nothing But Net - This is a collaborative DIPA made with our friends at Other Half in Brooklyn, NY. Nothing But Net is a hazy DIPA with Mosaic, Galaxy, and Motueka hops, triple dry hopped and doused with Mosaic lupulin powder. Nets stay wet. Believe that.
     
    #89 TomCat11, Jul 10, 2017
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  10. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    An posted that The Answer will have some pre-filled (not sure the exact count) Crowlers today to help with the wait times that have been an issue recently. Below is what they will have. Will post the full list of IPAs/Joose availability once they provide that information too.

    Pre-Filled JOOSE Crowlers for 7/11
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    #90 TomCat11, Jul 11, 2017
  11. hoppytobehere

    hoppytobehere Pooh-Bah (2,046) Aug 10, 2012 District of Columbia
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    So people are paying $20/crowler for someone to add fruit juice to a shelf gose?
     
    #91 hoppytobehere, Jul 11, 2017
  12. montman

    montman Maven (1,444) Mar 10, 2009 Virginia
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    I stopped by again this past Saturday for dinner and was (knowingly) disappointed that I could not pay $20 to take a few jooses that I drank home. So yeah.
     
    #92 montman, Jul 11, 2017
  13. beernuts

    beernuts Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2014 Virginia

    Possibly more than fruit juice. I went with my wife on Saturday night, she ordered one of the jooses, and her comment to me was "I like these, but they're really hard to drink because they're so sweet". I tried hers and was pretty shocked that it had never registered with me how incredibly sweet they are. I think she's right too, every time I go I drink one and that's it. I feel like they have to be adding either sweetened fruit juice or straight sugar. I saw someone on a facebook group trading these crowlers for Cantillon, I honestly can't think of anything more ridiculous in the beer world right now.
     
    #93 beernuts, Jul 11, 2017
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  14. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    IPAs for today
    - Nothing But Net collab w/ OH (4 Crowler Limit/pp)
    - TDH Monday Games DIPA (No Crowler Limit/pp)
    - TDH Megablast TIPA (No Crowler Limit/pp)

    JOOSE
    - See post above with pic of Crowlers


    From an old pinned post on the group fb page, one of the admins did state, "These things are packed with sugar.", when they wanted to address the issue of several Crowlers exploding during storage / shipping by people. I think they use fresh fruit for all of them and just add a lot of sugar behind it. As someone posted earlier this week, fruit and fruit puree are not cheap. And An does every one himself so one person's time is money. Not that I agree with the cost they charge for something that only comes in at around 4% which it one reason I've never purchased a Crowler. I'm happy getting just pours when I visit. I'll save my Crowler $$ for their IPAs to get the best bang (no pun intended) for money.
     
    #94 TomCat11, Jul 11, 2017
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  15. montman

    montman Maven (1,444) Mar 10, 2009 Virginia
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    I had always assumed the sugars were just from the fruit and/or juice they could be adding, but I can see how maybe they could be putting some sugar in also.
    Guess we are all different, I enjoy the stouts there also, but can only have one taster or two at the most bc they are usually insta-diabeetus. The jooses I could drink all day.
     
    #95 montman, Jul 11, 2017
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  16. beernuts

    beernuts Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2014 Virginia

    I do feel the same way about the stouts, I ordered a flight one time and was really regretting it after about 8 oz. Now I usually just try a small pour of whichever one sounds the best.
     
    #96 beernuts, Jul 11, 2017
  17. elbrooksie

    elbrooksie Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2013 Texas

    While I don't think they have specifically said one way or the other, my impression as always been that the "sugar" they are referring to in various posts is from the massive amount of fruit, not added sugar.
     
    #97 elbrooksie, Jul 17, 2017
  18. TomCat11

    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    Appears to be a new stout (Non-Andall) hitting the lines on Thursday and likely available for Crowlers.
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    Phantom Limb Pain - 10.6% Imperial Stout with Swiss Almond chocolate coffee and toasted coconut added.
     
    #98 TomCat11, Jul 17, 2017
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    TomCat11 Pooh-Bah (2,096) Jul 21, 2012 Virginia
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    Today's (Tues., July 18th) availability
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    JOOSE (2 per Joose per person):
    - Adri Strawberry Rhubarb
    - Shannon Spiker
    - Blueberry Popsicle
    - Lychee Creamsicle
    - 2 Scoops: Rasberry Passionfruit

    On Deck:
    - 3 Scoops: Raspberry, Strawberr, Rhubarb
    - Mango Pineapple Popsicle
    - Double Blueberry Popsicle
    - Kromer Juice : Lychee

    **There will be some prefilled crowlers of Double Blueberry Popsicle and 2 Scoops: Raspberry, Passionfruit**

    IPA (No Crowler Limit)
    - Triple Dry Hopped Petty Larceny
     
    #99 TomCat11, Jul 18, 2017
  20. skinsnatscaps

    skinsnatscaps Initiate (0) Mar 13, 2017 Virginia

    Have never made it to the Answer. Are Crowlers available every day? I see that they have a pretty good hours - do Crowlers make it to closing? Just trying to avoid going down from NOVA and not getting a Crowlers.

    Was thinking about going to Veil / Answer on a Tuesday after work (arrive around 7:30pm) or Answer Then TC on a Saturday. Goal would be to take a much home as I can.

    Any info is appreciated. Thanks!
     
    #100 skinsnatscaps, Jul 21, 2017
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