The Craft Beer Thread....

Some good stuff right here.

The Juggler said:

Indifference71 said:

bbiggs said:

Indifference71 said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

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Poignant time for a Dogfish Head beer post. Yuge deal.

Crazy deal.  I can't believe Boston Beer Co is worth over $300 per share!  Apparently all of Sam Adams beers are struggling, but it's their other stuff like Truly/Hard iced tea and all that other crap that is keeping them going.  Prob a good move to merge with Dogfish Head...

They acquired Dogfish Head? If so, I wonder if that will affect quality. I’ve always enjoyed Dogfish Head. Their 60 minute was a staple in my early IPA days. 

Yeah not sure the exact details but I keep seeing "merger" being used.  Dogfish Head is solid but I've always thought Sam Adams was garbage.  Will be interesting to see what happens with these 2 

Really hoping this will just help with distribution and keep the cost of their beer lower and not have much of an effect on quality. Dogfish always gets crafty in addition to their staples...

To Indifference - haha, that was my exact thought: 1) I didn't know Sam Adams was on the stock market 2) nor that it was worth over $300/pop (now climibing over $343 btw).

So, yeah, they keep reiterating that they both have a portfolio that won't overlap. I can see that for the most part - Dogfish kinda sets the line in "boutique" beers (for a lack of a batter word) and their IPAs are wayyyy better than SA. 

But that Calagione couple are set for eternity. And the people who work there, and were invested in the company, got paid. Good for them.

bbiggs said:

Dark Lord Day tomorrow at Three Floyd’s!! 

Good luck!

tempo_n_groove said:

tbergs said:

Some good stuff right here.

I've said this before that this is a fantastic "go to" beer.  One of my faves to drink.

Oh and I had the Habenero style on tap and it was hot!  You have to be in a mood to drink it though.

bbiggs said:

tempo_n_groove said:

bbiggs said:

Dark Lord Day tomorrow at Three Floyd’s!! 

Good luck!

We’re taking a party bus down and will have a day full of delicious beer. Looking forward! 

Nice! I couldn't talk my girlfriend into going and not many of my friends are craft beer people. Especially enough to spend that much on a ticket. They don't understand the resale value of the variant or the 4 bottles of regular DL. And they just assume it's a giant mosh pit there. Have fun, bud. Photos will be appreciated.  

Also, if you can find them, the 3 Floyd's brisket tacos are fucking AMAZING! Do yourself a favor and try one and report your findings back here.

Also, if there is a FFF/Pipeworks IPA collab called Zombie Vs. Unicorn, I highly recommend that you try that as well.

We're going up there first thing Sunday morning (11-1130)...just so I can get the brisket tacos. They used to be a regular menu item but now are only available on DLD. So I go the day after DLD for the last 3 years for the leftovers and get a double order. Drug another couple along last year and they were each counting down for the same day. 

darwinstheory said:

bbiggs said:

tempo_n_groove said:

bbiggs said:

Dark Lord Day tomorrow at Three Floyd’s!! 

Good luck!

We’re taking a party bus down and will have a day full of delicious beer. Looking forward! 

Nice! I couldn't talk my girlfriend into going and not many of my friends are craft beer people. Especially enough to spend that much on a ticket. They don't understand the resale value of the variant or the 4 bottles of regular DL. And they just assume it's a giant mosh pit there. Have fun, bud. Photos will be appreciated.  

Also, if you can find them, the 3 Floyd's brisket tacos are fucking AMAZING! Do yourself a favor and try one and report your findings back here.

Also, if there is a FFF/Pipeworks IPA collab called Zombie Vs. Unicorn, I highly recommend that you try that as well.

We're going up there first thing Sunday morning (11-1130)...just so I can get the brisket tacos. They used to be a regular menu item but now are only available on DLD. So I go the day after DLD for the last 3 years for the leftovers and get a double order. Drug another couple along last year and they were each counting down for the same day. 

Thanks dude. Will definitely try for the tacos. Would also like to try Zombie vs Unicorn. You know I’m a fan of both! 

bbiggs said:

Indifference71 said:

bbiggs said:

tempo_n_groove said:

bbiggs said:

Dark Lord Day tomorrow at Three Floyd’s!! 

Good luck!

We’re taking a party bus down and will have a day full of delicious beer. Looking forward! 

Have fun!  I've always wanted to go but can't justify that ticket price.  $180 for 5 bottles and only 1 of them is barrel aged is way too much for me.  And then you still have to pay for beers from the other breweries that they have there....that's an expensive ass day.  A lot of other good beer fests out there for a much more reasonable price.

Yeah it’s definitely not the best value, but will be worth it for the experience with a good group of friends going. I’m going to Oath Days at Solemn Oath Brewery in Naperville on June 1, which should be a good, reasonably priced day.

If you wait until some of the DL beer whores are good and liquored up, you can probably double your ticket money back today. People are ALWAYS willing to shell out good money to horde this stuff up. Especially the variant bottles. People get oddly crazy about shit like that. 

tempo_n_groove said:

darwinstheory said:

bbiggs said:

Indifference71 said:

bbiggs said:

tempo_n_groove said:

bbiggs said:

Dark Lord Day tomorrow at Three Floyd’s!! 

Good luck!

We’re taking a party bus down and will have a day full of delicious beer. Looking forward! 

Have fun!  I've always wanted to go but can't justify that ticket price.  $180 for 5 bottles and only 1 of them is barrel aged is way too much for me.  And then you still have to pay for beers from the other breweries that they have there....that's an expensive ass day.  A lot of other good beer fests out there for a much more reasonable price.

Yeah it’s definitely not the best value, but will be worth it for the experience with a good group of friends going. I’m going to Oath Days at Solemn Oath Brewery in Naperville on June 1, which should be a good, reasonably priced day.

If you wait until some of the DL beer whores are good and liquored up, you can probably double your ticket money back today. People are ALWAYS willing to shell out good money to horde this stuff up. Especially the variant bottles. People get oddly crazy about shit like that. 

This is why I stopped chasing beer.

I do spend money on the BCBS tasting every year and it paid off considering I won a damn keg of the stuff.

That's awesome! Crazy the damn post office lost my invitation for your party!!

I guess bombers of Dark Lord are the PJ posters of craft beer!

I wonder how crazy things are for Brian at DLD now. There is a storm moving in pretty quick.