Beer in the new era

BCBS Sir Isaac is the first variant I have had in a while that I have wanted more of.

Met a fellow "beer wanker" here in Australia who pointed me to a local micro brewery doing all sorts of weird/gross maybe US inspired kitchen sink brews. Pastry stouts, etc. The prices, though ... woof. Like $13 US a can! Kind of more impressed that anything higher than 5% is more or less considered a strong beer. My brother in law is a super fit machine who can climb trees and swim a few miles in the ocean even when he's sick, but it took only a couple of 8oz. 5.6% beers to totally throw him off kilter. My training has paid off!

https://images.foxtv.com/static.ktvu.com/www.ktvu.com/content/uploads/2023/01/932/524/HORMEL-Chili-Cheese-Brew_Media-3.jpg

Okkkaaayyyyyy....

I thought about posting that but decided against it… it's another in a long line of weird Minnesota beers (for example: https://untappd.com/b/invictus-brewing-salted-nut-roll/4995009). Modist is a decent brewery but this seems to be such a lame publicity stunt, idk.

i had other half's "cream of broccoli" beer in the fridge and my wife was horrified at what she believed to be a cream of broccoli flavored beer.

it's actually one of the best beers i ever had fyi. i love their oat cream ipas and this one is perfect. not too sweet.

That is one of my favorites. Broccoli (non cream version) great as well.

lol I have to search that one out, great name

I like Other Half a lot, but I want to say they were the first 4-packs I saw going for $20+.

We had all the neighbors over last night for a haven't-seen-you-in-a-while party. They liked the selection of "weird" beer I had on offer for the summer block party, so I filled my fridge with a whole bunch of good stuff again, only "weird" if you're used to, like, Bud. Once again, it was all a big hit, but best laid plans, etc., since my ulterior motive was to thin out some of the cans I'd amassed, but as usual people brought their own beers, which led to an almost 1:1 replacement of my DIPAs and the like with cans of Coors Lite. I almost suspect someone on the block was trolling me.

Uh

Curious if more breweries will be putting out a note to confirm they don't have connection with the "ultra-right" beer. https://t.co/TkaCN3B9w3

— Mike Zoller (@mikezoller) April 14, 2023

At the moment, the price of 6 cans of "Ultra Right Beer" is set at $19.99.

nothing woke about that!

it's also 4.0% ABV! Fuck that shit

At least it's not a 3%-er.

In one post, a potential customer told Weathers they decided against buying the beer, saying that while they wanted to support him, they could not afford the $35 total cost it would have amounted to with the shipping cost included.

Critics of the brand quickly piled on.

LOL

Revolution is selling VSO Gravedigger for $40+ a four pack and that's 14.9% abv, lol

I suppose this sort of post is very much in character from a beer as (usually) innocuous as Bud-Light:

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— Anheuser-Busch (@AnheuserBusch) April 14, 2023

Maybe insipid is a better word? Mealy-mouthed?

Did they really think this 'boycott' would have any real impact? It's already forgotten

Guessing it had an impact in old-man bars in certain states…

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/13884/49215/

this my jam

https://vimeo.com/830643144

Two Hearted still my fav

My 8 year old told me recently that for as long as he can remember his mental image for 'beer' has a bottle of two hearted

Not a fan of ambers

Is that directed at Two Hearted? Because that's an IPA (and an excellent one imo.) I once picked it out in a blind taste test easily, the floral hop profile is very unique.

Otherwise yeah, amber ale is mostly pretty meh.

Weather's been super hot here, I've been enjoying some lagers and pilsners, and a few Maibocks.

My mistake, I thought the bells 2 was an amber ale
I’ve had it many times but never felt the need to seek it out

https://i.imgur.com/NQAw9CD.jpg
This is a bells 2 and it is an amber

I honestly don't think I've ever seen this.

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What

i have suddenly lost my taste for "sweet" hazies.

tired hands' "alien church" is now my "king of beers." it has the rich, oaty mouthfeel but a dry finish.

that bells' amber ale is an ai generated prank btw. the only "bells" beer has a fish on it and it is an ipa.

Ha. it's real, but iirc they have new owners, maybe they did it.

it has all the tells of an ai rendering. for example, the person featured on the box has unusually thin legs and a long neck.

Ehh

Lmao Two Hearted is not amber and Bells Amber is a classic in its own right

Source: I am from Michigan and drink a lot of beer

My go-to Bells beer is the Lager of the Lakes. Pretty decent for a domestic lager. Another one I'm currently enjoying is the Sierra Nevada Summerfest.

Scab beer

https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2023/06/26/surly-omar-ansari-declining-sales-beer-thc

Anyone in the Baltimore/DC area drinking Union beers? They don’t know their distribution range but they are consistently great.

Anchor Steam will stop distributing nationally and just focus on California..

Also: they're likely discontinuing their Christmas Ale, which has been around forever

There’s a recent episode of TrueAnon discussing Anchor, the Sapporo takeover, the union drive (which te host was involved in), and the recent changes.

https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/anchor-brewing-company-to-cease-operations-in-san-francisco/

sad

It's a real bummer

I used to really like the Liberty Ale and the Porter, but I've seen neither in a store or on tap for years. You'd think Sapporo would bring better distribution, but that didn't seem to be the case... also the repackaging of the Steam Beer was a major fail

Yeah, I'm in the northeast and it's been at least 3-4 years since I can recall seeing any of their products regularly and the new packaging was so ugly and generic that it looked like a knock off brand. The classic packing was iconic as far as beer labels go and likely would have inspired me to pick it up every once in a while for pure nostalgia if I still saw it around.

Anyone in the Baltimore/DC area drinking Union beers? They don’t know their distribution range but they are consistently great.

I had an Anchor Steam on tap a few weeks ago when they announced ceasing national distribution. Not flashy, but definitely good.

A good solid standby, a shame to lose it. It's also just weird thinking last year's Christmas beer will be the last time I ever had that.

That said, writing was kinda on the wall over the past few weeks -- the big cutbacks announced the other week was a clear signal.

Yeah, it was definitely the first beer I had that wasn't bud/coors/michelob etc.

But beer is selling like hotcakes now... had they not sold to Sapporo USA in 2017, they might have well have survived; they made it through Prohibition and the Depression, after all

great, drinkable, no bullshit beer RIP

Liberty Ale was so good, but generally hard to find.

last year's Christmas beer will be the last time I ever had that

Article says that they have some 2023 Xmas beer they're selling at the tap room

Hm, so it is. I suspect there'll be a crush...but this does give me an idea.