Best (and worst) beers you’ve ever had - redux

[ShocksMyBrain 9,364]

51 minutes ago, WeaglWeaglWDE said:

That looks BEAUTIFUL. Peanut butter, raspberry, blackberry, and.....Coconut? 

Yep. It was delicious. I think they brewed it for their anniversary party, so it’s probably a one and done .

[ShocksMyBrain 9,364]

Went to Olive Branch to pick up GITM on Sunday and they were out. Left my number with dude and he called me yesterday. Snatched that up and some Braincake. The double wheat now makes sense considering their wheat is called Canebrake. Delicious beer as usual from Parish. 
 

[ShocksMyBrain 9,364]

My store is sitting at $21k in sales for a Thursday. We usually do half that. Thanks, Coronavirus!

[AUFAN78 3,894]

23 hours ago, ShocksMyBrain said:

Went to Olive Branch to pick up GITM on Sunday and they were out. Left my number with dude and he called me yesterday. Snatched that up and some Braincake. The double wheat now makes sense considering their wheat is called Canebrake. Delicious beer as usual from Parish. 
 

Damn. Why say more?

[AUFAN78 3,894]

19 hours ago, ShocksMyBrain said:

My store is sitting at $21k in sales for a Thursday. We usually do half that. Thanks, Coronavirus!

Congrats!

My affinity in the winter months is Blanton's, but I heard Evan Williams was just as successful at killing the virus. I bought it! Cheap! (I cannot confirm the medical research. Ben?)

[ShocksMyBrain 9,364]

4 hours ago, AUFAN78 said:

Congrats!

My affinity in the winter months is Blanton's, but I heard Evan Williams was just as successful at killing the virus. I bought it! Cheap! (I cannot confirm the medical research. Ben?)

We are over $30k today, which is huge outside of the holiday season. 
 

Evan Williams is a lot easier to find than Blanton’s as well. 

[Tiger Refuge 6,663]

Got some Louisiana CBS today. Damn fine.

[ShocksMyBrain 9,364]

11 minutes ago, Tiger Refuge said:

Got some Louisiana CBS today. Damn fine.

But what are the adjuncts??

[Tiger Refuge 6,663]

28 minutes ago, ShocksMyBrain said:

But what are the adjuncts??

Boudin for sure. Maple syrup? It really tastes like a really good coffee stout. Maple is just barely present and I’m not sure where the boudin comes in. Just a mild hint of saltiness...maybe. 
 

ETA- Apparently, it’s cane syrup. Why I would ever say maple? I’m an idiot.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.katc.com/news/around-acadiana/bayou-teche-brewing-releases-cajun-breakfast-stout-brewed-with-coffee-cane-syrup-and-boudin%3f_amp=true

Edited March 15, 2020 by Tiger Refuge

[ShocksMyBrain 9,364]

3 hours ago, Tiger Refuge said:

Boudin for sure. Maple syrup? It really tastes like a really good coffee stout. Maple is just barely present and I’m not sure where the boudin comes in. Just a mild hint of saltiness...maybe. 
 

ETA- Apparently, it’s cane syrup. Why I would ever say maple? I’m an idiot.

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.katc.com/news/around-acadiana/bayou-teche-brewing-releases-cajun-breakfast-stout-brewed-with-coffee-cane-syrup-and-boudin%3f_amp=true

Can you get more? Wanna throw a quick trade together?

[Tiger Refuge 6,663]

8 hours ago, ShocksMyBrain said:

Can you get more? Wanna throw a quick trade together?

I got you.

[Tiger Refuge 6,663]

17 hours ago, ShocksMyBrain said:

Can you get more? Wanna throw a quick trade together?

Picked up some more today. Let me see what I can piece together with some other offerings. S***’s gettin weird.

[ShocksMyBrain 9,364]

3 hours ago, Tiger Refuge said:

Picked up some more today. Let me see what I can piece together with some other offerings. S***’s gettin weird.

Doesn’t need to be a big trade. 

[Tiger Refuge 6,663]

57 minutes ago, ShocksMyBrain said:

Doesn’t need to be a big trade. 

May be a straight stout trade. Got some Revé rolling around town here if you don’t have that showing up locally.

[ShocksMyBrain 9,364]

6 minutes ago, Tiger Refuge said:

May be a straight stout trade. Got some Revé rolling around town here if you don’t have that showing up locally.

4:4 sound good?

Edited March 16, 2020 by ShocksMyBrain

[Tiger Refuge 6,663]

2 minutes ago, ShocksMyBrain said:

4:4 sound good?

Sounds good to me man!

[McLoofus 35,182]

People helpin' people. I love it.

[McLoofus 35,182]

From Matt @ Scofflaw:

Half of all sales for the foreseeable future will be rerouted to folks working in the service industry. I’ll give up my salary for now. #dosomething #real #leadwithyourheart #followupwithyourwallet and #sacrifice

[AUDub 11,148]

Some offerings from the new brewery in Trussville. They are doing good things. 

Their fruited "gose" (actually a wild). Blueberry, boysenberry and blackberry. Knock your socks off good. Tart, fruity as hell, full bodied and at 8% abv will knock you on your ass.

Couple of howlers of two of their other offerings. Banana wheat sounds awful but I'm curious.

I haven't had this stout, but I had their major one (Ursa) in their tap room and it was very good. If it's anything like that, it's going to be banging. 

[ShocksMyBrain 9,364]

1 hour ago, AUDub said:

Some offerings from the new brewery in Trussville. They are doing good things. 

Their fruited "gose" (actually a wild). Blueberry, boysenberry and blackberry. Knock your socks off good. Tart, fruity as hell, full bodied and at 8% abv will knock you on your ass.

Couple of howlers of two of their other offerings. Banana wheat sounds awful but I'm curious.

I haven't had this stout, but I had their major one (Ursa) in their tap room and it was very good. If it's anything like that, it's going to be banging. 

A lot of traditional Bavarian wheat beers have notes of banana and clove. So it’s probably not too bad. 
 

That Gose sounds delicious. 

[AUDub 11,148]

43 minutes ago, ShocksMyBrain said:

A lot of traditional Bavarian wheat beers have notes of banana and clove. So it’s probably not too bad. 
 

Yeah, notes. The way they talked, it'll be over the top "banana runts" tasting. But I'm intrigued enough that I picked it up.

43 minutes ago, ShocksMyBrain said:

That Gose sounds delicious. 

It is. They have raspberry version as well I haven't been able to try.

It's an interesting venue. Rows upon rows of fermenters viewable from the restaurant seating area, and the beers are interesting with a huge selection on site. They aren't messing around. Plus the food was awesome. My wife and I have been twice.

[ShocksMyBrain 9,364]

17 minutes ago, AUDub said:

Yeah, notes. The way they talked, it'll be over the top "banana runts" tasting. But I'm intrigued enough that I picked it up.

It is. They have raspberry version as well I haven't been able to try.

It's an interesting venue. Rows upon rows of fermenters viewable from the restaurant seating area, and the beers are interesting with a huge selection on site. They aren't messing around. Plus the food was awesome. My wife and I have been twice.

Oh. Runts style, not natural. Could be a hard yikes. 
 

My grandfather lives in Trussville, and while I don’t make it down there much, my folks do. I’ll tell them to drop in if he’s feeling like eating something other than Olive Garden or Jim n Nicks. 

[ShocksMyBrain 9,364]

Did another $35k today. We have legitimately done an average of $10-15k more a day for the past week. It’s nuts. Sanitizing constantly, all staff washing hands on a 30 minute running timer. Asking people to leave who appear sick. Stopping those who are touching too many bottles. Curbside pickup. We’re not ******* around. BUY OUR BOOZE and #flattenthecurve!

Edited March 21, 2020 by ShocksMyBrain

[Tiger Refuge 6,663]

Welp, shelter in place order here. So, three weeks of beer drinking?

[McLoofus 35,182]

Still being made to come into the office every day. Alcohol consumption has picked up.