Tin Bucket changing hands?

**checks calendar ... july 2nd... Not April 1st... sheds tears, a bucketful of them**

 

Well, this could explain why the coolers were distressingly barren on my last visit (June 15). I wondered but really didn't want to ask.

This part does make it sound like it will still be a bar of some kind:

"I guarantee you will see the same regulars in the bar seats that have been there for years as well as some familiar bartenders."

Maybe just not a bottle shop any more? (Or bottles of hot sauce instead of beer?)

 

I'm not more polite. I just have zero poker face.

If I'd been asked to believe, "We're temporarily giving up a certain portion of our ability to generate revenue, for an unspecified time, just to keep the coolers nice and clean for you, our valued customers," I would've made a face. And it would've been the face that says, "You, sir, are bullshittng me."

 

https://www.newschoolbeer.com/2019/...XM6z8IaYWHXQEoTH_deW9FDJKIW0n5gk0j7vW7NK6x9Ds
Sounds like a real winner ..not

 

Who knew that Portland was such an undeserved market for hot sauce?

Good luck to them. There was not a single part of that story which sounded appealing to me.

R.I.P. Tin Bucket.

 

Didnt like the tap list, or the bartenders, or the location? As for the hot sauce market... yeah, I kinda get it. It's weird for Portland to not have a store, but I get mine online, it's not like I NEED ghost pepper sauce or Carolina rheaper sauce NOW

 

But, as long as one is out and about on a given day, and ones daily to-do list had one in the area, and one was thirsty, and, hey, why not test-drive a few sauces whilst having a lovely beverage?

OK, maybe not a destination store (or, maybe so for some folks), but, if Friday Harbor can support a hot sauce/jerky store, I suspect PDX can as well.

 

It's a strange turn for a successful bar for sure, but I won't complain about having great hot sauce and beer in one place; just wish I lived closer by. I'll be checking out the new spot at some point soon.

 

In my head, I composed my post as "None of those changes sounded appealing to me." It would've been a lot clearer if I'd stayed with that. Ah well.

No, I don't like the thought of turning a good beer bar into a "beer bar and hot sauce store." That does not appeal to me.

No, I don't like the idea of taking away most of the beer coolers. That does not appeal to me.

No, I don't like the name "AleFire." That gets an eyeroll from me, but I have already established that I am not the target market, so I concede my opinion on the subject isn't worth much.

Also: I've been wrong plenty of times before. What the heck, this new place may become my new favorite hangout. Shrug.

 

Agreed on the eyeroll for the name.

 

I apologize for being negative, but hot sauce and good beer just do not go together in my mind or palate. Seperate they are both great..together?

 

ha ha. same for me. That why the BWW advertisements that promote BEER + HOT WINGS never resonates with me. when my mouth is on fire with buffalo sauce, the last thing I want is a beer, let alone a high quality craft beer

 

Does not something like this make you happy Portland has some place Like The Horse Brass, not mentioned here much but still chugging along years after Don ( rip)..or even McMenamins.

 

and how can they guarantee the "same regulars"?