like when your toddler suddenly cries out in the middle of the night and you stumble over to her room and your hand completely misses the doorknob
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 March 2014 15:52 (ten years ago) link
lol
― sleeve, Thursday, 27 March 2014 16:05 (ten years ago) link
more drunk dad stories please
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 27 March 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
I have thankfully few! Having to change a poop diaper drunk (or hungover first thing in the morning) really cures a lot of the urge to get drunk!
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 March 2014 16:17 (ten years ago) link
I'm drinking most of the time while I'm parenting.
― Jeff, Thursday, 27 March 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
you guys are crazy for not digging bourbon barrel-aged stuff btw! i'm not sure imperial stouts are the best thing to put in a bourbon barrel tho - scotch ales, barleywines, belgian strong darks, etc are a much better fit. those styles are all pretty sweet to begin with, the bourbon taste adds a bit of sweetness but the other smokey/leathery flavors usually stand out way more ime
it's not like i want that much sugar in my beer all the time, but it's a nice treat in the winter or as dessert or w/e
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 27 March 2014 16:32 (ten years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/30/magazine/mag30-Glaser-beer-sidebar.html
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 27 March 2014 18:21 (ten years ago) link
Shiner is by far the best-looking bottle on that page
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 March 2014 18:44 (ten years ago) link
yea. ommegang has always had a nice sense of design too. most of the others are terrible, though i like sixpoint and lefthand
― marcos, Thursday, 27 March 2014 18:50 (ten years ago) link
dogfish is just awful though
― marcos, Thursday, 27 March 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
yeah milt otm about that one, but I think he's also onto something about how standing out and not looking like a beer beer is more important than good design
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 March 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
the uinta one is almost nice but the colors make me hurt
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 March 2014 18:52 (ten years ago) link
I think this is one of the nicest beer bottles (and a delicious beer too)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n_7gOdboq2w/T25UX_jVGgI/AAAAAAAACvI/i-evjfm2z3s/s640/uintababablacklager.JPG
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 March 2014 18:53 (ten years ago) link
that's a good looking bottle
― marcos, Thursday, 27 March 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
the uinta ipa one i don't really like. it kind reminds me of the vermont brewery wolavers:http://wa.worldclassbeer.com/wp-content/beer_spy/images/prodimages/Wolavers/lOatmealStoutLogo.jpgwhich is kind of like, i don't, generic "good design" but just kind of blank and doesn't leave much of an impression
― marcos, Thursday, 27 March 2014 18:58 (ten years ago) link
ha i take back the "good design" comment
do not like that farmer guy
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
it's definitely a little generic. I'm not a designer but to me something about it is weak design-wise. Maybe it's that there are too many words. "VERMONT'S OWN WOLAVER'S FINE ORGANIC ALES BETTER BEER BETTER WORLD OATMEAL STOUT RICH AND CREAMY STOUT" kind of seems like a lot to be saying when you line it all up
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
like all those phrases are all-caps, they all attract the eye. my eye bounces all around the label with all the different text all over the place, yet it looks like it's not supposed to be busy. It's "clean style" that's not actually clean.
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
feeling these new throwback-ish cans from amnesia
https://untappd.s3.amazonaws.com/photo/2014_02_09/ac484d68987a5c99c18e669d85f54ed2_640x640.jpg
also like the super-basic look of occidental cans
http://spiritsofmtseymour.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/o/c/occidental_kolsch.jpg
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
woah, apologies for HUEG pics
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:10 (ten years ago) link
I never liked the sixpoint cans as much as I like their beer. It could be worse. But they look so "I'm a bro, but I'm a CITY bro" and their beers always struck me as a little more interesting than that.
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
also I don't get that wild west theme park logo, wtf is that doing in brooklyn
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
Best beer with worst logo/label:http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SLzVdygFDLg/Uw13BePqj9I/AAAAAAAAfPc/G1zcmU3HdXw/s1600/pliny-the-younger_large.png
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:27 (ten years ago) link
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:28 (ten years ago) link
heady topper can is pretty dope imo
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:31 (ten years ago) link
lol @ pliny. i think statistical analysis would probably show a correlation btwn shitty graphic design and delicious beer
crux probably has my favorite bottle look. cool die-cut shapes, decent background patterns
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:48 (ten years ago) link
"I'm a bro, but I'm a CITY bro"
lol perfect
― dan m, Thursday, 27 March 2014 19:49 (ten years ago) link
yea carne xp the heady topper can is awesome:http://uncrate.com/p/2013/05/heady-topper-xl.jpg
― marcos, Thursday, 27 March 2014 20:28 (ten years ago) link
One of the breweries I see everywhere now is No Li out of Spokane, which used to be Northern Lights until they re-branded themselves a couple years ago. Their old stuff was just terrible while the new ones are much better (and screenprinted bottles which I am a sucker for) but it'll probably look equally dated in a couple years:
http://justbeer.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/northern-lights-winter-ale.gifhttp://www.ohbeautifulbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/no-li-wrecking-ball.jpg
― joygoat, Thursday, 27 March 2014 20:41 (ten years ago) link
Also I had no idea Unita changed the name of "Hop Notch" until I saw it in that Glaser piece. I have apparently been buying it for months and not noticing.
― joygoat, Thursday, 27 March 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
new Ballast Point stuff looks sharp, if very "modern artisinal". love the Sculpin painting.
http://www.glibeer.com/images/products/272/sculpin_6pk__large.jpg
― circa1916, Thursday, 27 March 2014 21:03 (ten years ago) link
^ same typeface as that Baba up there i see
― circa1916, Thursday, 27 March 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
I think maybe a bold or xbold version of the same thing -- it's a bit fatter
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 March 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
I like Anchor Steam's label designs. also nice texture iirc
― anonanon, Thursday, 27 March 2014 21:21 (ten years ago) link
Let's be clear, no one can beat Oskar blues in the "great beer terrible packaging" fight
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Thursday, 27 March 2014 21:27 (ten years ago) link
I'm a big fan of the Peak brewery and their packaging basically looks like store-brand yuppie beer.
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 March 2014 21:31 (ten years ago) link
This could be a box of almost anything natural -- quinoa, fruit leather, biodegradable adult diapers
http://greatbrewers.com/sites/default/files/images/Product%20-%20Peak%20Organic%20Variety%2012%20Pack.preview.jpg
― james franco tur(oll)ing test (Hurting 2), Thursday, 27 March 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
I think Uinta stuff has a very distinctive look. Unfortunately haven't cared for their beer.
― o. nate, Thursday, 27 March 2014 21:33 (ten years ago) link
http://static.wine-searcher.net/images/labels/73/32/mcneill-s-brewery-warlord-imperial-india-pale-ale-beer-vermont-usa-10377332.jpg
always been too put off by mcneill's terrible labels to actually try their beers
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 27 March 2014 21:34 (ten years ago) link
http://beerpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/reagingovsample1.png
If it helps, all the mcneills stuff is actually as terrible as the labels imo
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Thursday, 27 March 2014 21:40 (ten years ago) link
And wow yeah that peak package jesus
that's funny about mcneill's. the packaging is horrible but i spent an evening at the brattleboro brewpub and every beer i tried was outstanding. i've seen their beer in stores but due to the ugly packaging i never have given them any thought or even associated the bottles with the brewpub -- i didn't even know they bottled stuff!
and fwiw as good as the beer was, most of the beer i tried didn't strike as me as stuff that would translate well in the bottle. not sure how to phrase it but there is often a difference in quality between draft and bottle and just tasting the draft i feel like i could anticipate it not working in a bottle. i'll have to test out my hypothesis though
― marcos, Thursday, 27 March 2014 21:47 (ten years ago) link
ah xp jjjusten i guess i don't have to do any testing then!
Struck out at 2 of 3 KBS spots thus far today, but the place that's the best chance for some hasn't gotten their delivery yet.
― dan m, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 15:52 (ten years ago) link
Binny's Lincoln Park lasted an hour and 15 minutes. Limit a surprising 1 4-pack per customer. Previously I believe they did one bottle.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 15:54 (ten years ago) link
I do like those Jon Langford DFH designs, but then I would.
― JoeStork, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 15:57 (ten years ago) link
Binny's HP put all theirs on hold for individuals, I'm pretty sure. I got there 4 minutes after they opened and the beer guy said it was all gone.
― dan m, Tuesday, 1 April 2014 16:00 (ten years ago) link
honestly i kind of hope that my local didnt squirrel any of that away for me - its good, but ive got a million other beers id rather spend money on right now
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Tuesday, 1 April 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link