Boom Boom Apathy
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- Sep 6, 2006
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@DaveG @garnetpalmetto , I’m enjoying a black stiletto stout and my wife is drinking the deep blue right now at Gizmo.
Just finished a Sol, a Mexican beer brewed in Netherlands.
Went for drinks last night but while they had some good Ontario craft beers I stuck to old fashioned’s.
My gf did a sampler flight and one of the beers had an aftertaste like vomit. It was something alright.
Was it a sour of some sort? Sad to say but if one isn't good that's not that uncommon of a thing to pick up.
It was a brown ale. I didn’t believe her at first so I tried it, too, and she wasn’t kidding.
Disappointing as it’s an Ottawa area brewery and I like to support local as much as possible.
And not like an Oud Bruin?.... oh god, I don't even want to know what they did to that thing.
It was nothing fancy at all. I’m not sure what happened either. I guess the good thing is she just had it in a tasting flight and not a whole pint of the stuff.
Yeah something like that I might expect that sort of aftertaste from if it's been a shelf turd for long enough or if it was just flat out not ready and they bottled it, or if there was an infection that they didn't pick up on before bottling. Working with sours is a motherf***er man.I had a bottle of something that I had a similar experience with. I think it was Grand Cru?
It's going to see a slowdown in growth for sure, though the Triangle, despite being a market that's almost as open toward the industry as the Asheville area, is a bit underserved still in some regards. Maybe not Raleigh itself at this point, but definitely the Wake County suburbs, Durham, and Chapel Hill. That said, it has nowhere near the room left to grow that Greensboro area has currently and some other areas of the country.@DaveG @garnetpalmetto
I see on the news that there is another brewery opening in Cary called Cotton House Craft Brews. From what you see at Gizmo, do you think the market will still continue to add breweries at the rate they are being added in this area? Or do you see some sort of slowdown/saturation?
A friend of my wife is the head brewer at one of the breweries in Asheville and he indicated they are seeing things start to level out a bit so seeing a slowdown in growth. Was wondering if that was the case here as well.
Sours suck
Summer is a rough time for me with a lot of craft brews. That's when all the fruity stuff comes out, and a stout and porter lover like myself has trouble. Finding a good, balanced hot weather beer isn't always easy. The heavier stuff that I really like the best isn't great for chugging outside when it's hot. The craft brewery I frequent the most (Koi Pond Brewing Co in Rocky Mount) has a lot of live music outside and in the summer, getting the right beer is a must. Enough body and taste to be satisfying. Not too fruity.
There is also Hop Fly Brewing Co in the area that does a good job with IPA's.
Sours suck
Summer is a rough time for me with a lot of craft brews. That's when all the fruity stuff comes out, and a stout and porter lover like myself has trouble. Finding a good, balanced hot weather beer isn't always easy. The heavier stuff that I really like the best isn't great for chugging outside when it's hot. The craft brewery I frequent the most (Koi Pond Brewing Co in Rocky Mount) has a lot of live music outside and in the summer, getting the right beer is a must. Enough body and taste to be satisfying. Not too fruity.
There is also Hop Fly Brewing Co in the area that does a good job with IPA's.
I'm a stout/porter guy myself, and was initially turned off to sours, particularly goses. But after Beericana last year, I made a 180. Fruit cup sorcery from Bond Brothers was fantastic and recently found Gizmo's Strawberry Gose. They absolutely destroy my stomach, but great summer beers.