The Beer Thread
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McCheese
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I really like basic Newcastle and I've enjoyed some of their other seasonals, as well.
Soygen
The Dirty Dozen For the Price of One
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Right, and that's how it should be. You(the brewer) should be allowed to dictate when you need that help with distributing, not the government.
I'll check out that documentary. Thanks.
For the weekend I decided to mix it up. I went with two 12 packs. Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA, and UFO White
Lost Virtue
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All of their beers are fantastic, even though incredibly limited. They don't have 50 types, they just have a handful of amazing and proven beers. I had their winter beer a year back, probably one of the top winter beers I've had.
Khane
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What the hell is a "winter beer"? You need to be at least a little more specific. Porter, Stout, Winter Lager, Winter Ale, Nut Brown, Eisbock, Doppelbock, Black... Anything? You know what's actually really good in the colder months of the year? Sours.
Lost Virtue
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Their winter seasonal beer, it is a dark ale... "winter beer" = winter seasonal beer if you don't understand...
Sours are good all year around, but I would not consider them a great winter beer. Give me a Stout, Quad, Dark/Strong Ale, Barleywine for the winter, something that has enough ABV to warm you up.
opiate82
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The gas station growler fill has been coming into a lot of gas stations in my area as well. Tricky part is remembering to bring your growlers. If I'm heading to the brewery I usually remember to grab it but if I am just out and about the odds of having an empty are low. However, one of these makes it easier to keep growlers with you at all times:
Joeboo
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Growler laws must vary a lot by state. Here in MO you can't fill/sell growlers unless something like 50% or more of your gross receipts are food. So liquor stores and gas stations can't fill growlers, and neither can actual breweries, only restaurants can do it.
opiate82
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Yes, a growler is generally a 64oz, or sometimes a 2-Liter (~68oz) container and is a very popular choice for breweries to use for off premise sales. In Florida, a brewery can fill either a 32oz or 128oz container off the tap for off premise sales, but the distributors and InBev have fought very hard to ensure efforts to legalize the filling of "growlers" by breweries remains illegal in that state.
Joeboo
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That's probably why it's so restrictive here in Missouri. Home of Anhueser-Busch. They run the state where beer/alcohol is concerned.
the whole gd purpose of a growler is that it's refillable at a lower price.Some Google-fu says retail can sell them, but I don't recall seeing them anywhere here.
