Craft Beer Group! Sound Off And Add Your Name

[PoorMonger]

I brought this up a while ago and did get some good response. But now Skinner has given the official go-ahead to see if the interest is there.

So please, if you’d like to see a Craft Beer Group on DU add your name here and lets get it done. I love beer and I love to share with friends. I know I can’t share a pint with you all through the internet but as a truly global community I know there has to be others out there on DU that feel the same.

If you are a home brewer you can drop science on us or discuss successes and failures. If you are just a drinker like me i’d love to know what you are drinking, what’s going on in your local scene, and what do you think about what’s happening in the industry.

[GoCubsGo]

1. I would definitely join this forum if it is created.

[PoorMonger]

7. Quick draw!

Love to see the first reply a minute after this posted! Cheers.

[jiminvegas]

104. I'm opening a craft brewery in Las Vegas.

I'm in.

[PoorMonger]

2. Id Add A Poll If I Could..

But for now we’ll have to settle for old fashioned discourse. Also, if you’ve got any ideas for ways to expand upon this group idea please share i’d love to hear them.

[GoCubsGo]

10. Expand it to include craft spirits, too.

Some people prefer sipping whiskey to beer. I would suggest adding wine, but I have a hunch everything else would wind up getting lost. Wine needs its own forum.

[PoorMonger]

12. Oh sure

I love a good bourbon as much as the next guy so i’m good with that! Also in beer there is the huge trend of barrel aged everytging.

[badhair77]

66. I would be interested in discussions of bourbon and other spirits.

My husband has a distilling history.

[nycbos]

3. Same here

There is an app you can use called "untapped" You rate the beer you drink and gives you recommendations based on your location and what you drank in the past.

[PoorMonger]

4. Yup

I’m on untappd. Though I often forget to check in. Ha my name there should be the same as here. PoorMonger (via search, it’ll say Aaron P. )

[Adrahil]

5. Pull me one! NT

[PoorMonger]

8. Right on!

[LuvLoogie]

6. A beer group would be great.

I meet about beer about once a month with guys in the neighborhood. We just did our annual winter/holiday brew meet up.

[PoorMonger]

9. And Now Im Jealous.

That’s great tho. I live in small town Nebraska so there isn’t much in the way of events or bottleshares. We do have a local brewery downtown that does a good job thankfully. I’ll for sure be posting about them later on.

[Brother Buzz]

11. This winemaker supports a craft beer group

"It takes a lot of beer to make wine"

I had a fifteen gallon all-grain brew system, buried somewhere around the house.

[PoorMonger]

14. Cool!

My love of beer has also given me a bigger appreciation of wine. One of my favorite Nebraska beers is Nebraska Brewing Company’s Melange a Trois ( Belgian Strong Ale Aged in Chardonnay Barrels ) it’s a bit pricey but worth it for special occasions

[Brother Buzz]

18. Wine is too goulash as beer is to a souffle

Back in the day, used Chardonnay barrels cost me a whopping twenty bucks, today they are north of a hundred bucks. Bummer, until I visited the barrel factory and hauled away a load of free French oak shavings and extended the use of my old barrels.

[cyberswede]

13. I support this

[PoorMonger]

15. Thank You

Please don’t forget to Rec, dunno if they count Recs or replies or what so I’m hoping to cover all the bases

[HeartachesNhangovers]

16. Yes, I like drinking and talking about

beer.

[PoorMonger]

23. Great. I look forward to everyones input.

So, do you guys think this should be a sub category in recreation? Or maybe we need a wine/spirits/beer umbrella with everything in their own subgroup?

[ghostsinthemachine]

17. Im a beer snob, so count me in

I live in NORCAL the dank beer and dank dank capital of the universe....

[PoorMonger]

25. Glad to hear it.

Though I prefer not to think of it a snobbery so much as a general enthusiasm. I don’t mind anyone who still likes mass produced beer. It’s just not for me now that I know what’s out there.

[EarthFirst]

72. The NEIPA scene says, what?

Just foolin’ bud!

Some of my favorite seasonals are out your way!

[tonedevil]

19. I do more drinking...

but my brother and I have won a third place and two second place ribbons for our home brew at the California State Fair. Sounds like a great group.

[PoorMonger]

27. Thats dope!

I imagine your area sees a ton of entries so that’s very impressive!

[Cuthbert Allgood]

20. Count me as a yes vote.

Love to find out things I should find. I'm in Wisconsin, so we have a ton of craft breweries.

[PoorMonger]

28. Nice.

I’ve always wanted to get my hands on some New Galrus.

[SeattleVet]

21. I'll drink to this!

Homebrewer and also an active founding member/owner of a local co-op brewery.

[PoorMonger]

29. Sweet!

What’s the name of it? Wondering if I’ve seen any because although I live in Nebraska I am a member of Tavour ( a beer club based in Seattle.

[SeattleVet]

45. It's Flying Bike Cooperative Brewery

in the Greenwood neighborhood, in the North end of Seattle.

It was the 2nd fully licensed co-op brewery and taproom in the US. The first was the Black Star Co-op Brewery in Austin, TX. Opened to the public about 2.5 years ago. We're also on tap in a few local pubs.

[PoorMonger]

53. Thanks for sharing.

I’ll keep an eye out for the name on Tavour. They actually seem to get a good amount of smaller breweries stuff. Especially if it’s from their friends and acquaintances around there.

[MurderMittenLiberal]

22. SO DOWN

For years Craft Beer has been one of my obsessions. From trying new breweries and taprooms to cellaring beers to age them. Really spoiled here in Michigan with the #1 and #2 ranked breweries in the nation here.

[PoorMonger]

30. Havent taken a look at rankings

For a few years but if you are in MI I’m going to guess you mean Founders & Bells. Love them both. We only get the standard lineups here. Came this way a little over a year ago at the same time, figure it’s to do with some larger distribution deal.

This year at Thanksgiving, Breakfast Stout was on my table. It makes incredible beer biscuits btw. The beer biscuit mix by Duff Goldman is what I use. Then you pick whatever beer to add to it. Breakfast Stout has been the best I’ve tried so far

[MyOwnPeace]

77. Not been following rankings........

but Michigan is close to Indiana, and Indiana has 3 Floyds. Just don't see how anything can be better than that!

Yes, I'd LOVE to see such a group!

[bullwinkle428]

24. I'd love to see one too!

[PoorMonger]

33. Thanks

Good to see this getting some traction.

[DinahMoeHum]

26. Count me in.

[PoorMonger]

34. Cheers!

Thanks for showing support for the idea!

[OriginalGeek]

31. I love craft beer!

I'm just a drinker and I look forward to finding out about new beers and talking about the ones I love.

[PoorMonger]

36. Same here.

At least for now. I don’t have the space for brewing currently.

[rogerashton]

32. I'm with you.

Haven't brewed my own since the seventies but still an enthusiast.

[OriginalGeek]

35. the funniest thing my uncle ever said:

A few years ago he was talking about how my cousin had started brewing his own beer and I said "That's neat, is it any good?"

and he replied without even pausing to think "Oh GOD no! It's awful!" My cousin has since gone on to make bread instead and I can confirm he must be a much better bread maker than beer brewer because it was tasty.

[PoorMonger]

39. Ha!

Gotta be willing to fail if you’re ever gonna homebrew. Lots can go wrong. But those mistakes also help a palate get better.

As much as bad beer can be real bad, I’ve still wanted to get one of those off-flavor kits they sell for the aspiring cicerone just to see what it’s like as an experiment.

[OriginalGeek]

42. I am almost positive

that I am not detail oriented enough to do it right. I have a friend that has taken a couple local ribbons for his brews and he is excruciatingly detailed about the notes he takes on time and temperature, and relative humidity when he racks the beer and a million other things from how many oz of this or that hops to what color socks he was wearing and I just know I ain't that guy. He did it for years before he was happy enough with one to give it to someone outside his family.

I think I could maybe operate that Picobrew thing - but I wouldn't even count that as brewing. That's more like just drinking with extra steps.

[PoorMonger]

49. Hmm? Thats cool.

Is it like the kurieg of beer?

[OriginalGeek]

50. Exactly what I was thinking when I first saw it

supposedly they sell packs to make something that tastes like whatever your favorite beer is. At 500 bucks it's juuuust a little bit out of my comfort zone for something that may get used once and put in the back of the pantry lol.

[PoorMonger]

56. Yeah 500

Too rich for my blood.

[PoorMonger]

37. Thats neat tho.

Before the big waves in craft expansion I imagine home brew was a lot different.

[rogerashton]

91. I was living in Washington State at the time.

Washington is a big hop-growing state, so I guess the culture was more brew-oriented. Anyway, I was able to get hops and malt syrup pretty easily. I made some pretty good beer. But (responding to some of the other posts above) my biggest failure was the batch that exploded. We're cozy in the sack at 3 in the morning or so, and the booms start. Fortunately, I had put the whole batch in a big garbage bag, but even so I had brew all over the floor of the kitchen closet.

[MyNameGoesHere]

38. I'll join but if a beer doesn't adhere to the Reinheitsgebot

I'm not drinking it.

[PoorMonger]

41. Ah.

A fundamentalist I see.

I’ve got a Canadian friend who says that. But I love fruited sours far too much to say that myself.

[ChubbyStar]

40. Count me in! I LURVE BEER!!!!

Wearing my Pliny the Elder hoodie right now.

[PoorMonger]

43. Nice

Bit of a whale for me in landlocked Nebraska. Though i’m more of a Belgian, Sours & Stout fan than IPA typically. Not that I don’t love hops when used well.

Best big IPA I’ve had was from Melvin ( Drunken Master DIPA) but even that was a lucky find on tavour

[OriginalGeek]

46. Pliny is literally the very top of my wish list

I've never seen it down here but I look everywhere I go.

[ChubbyStar]

47. The original brewery is 4 blocks from my house

They are building a massive spread 16 miles North, I think it should open in late 2018. But the 4th St Santa Rosa funky joint is my local pub!

[OriginalGeek]

54. lol, if Lived that close

i'd be more than just chubby, Star.

then again, maybe the 4 block walk to and from would work off some of those carbs.

[ChubbyStar]

73. ChubbyStar is my horse

I'm tall and thin!

[d_r]

44. drinking

a sierra nevada celebration right now. That used to count as "craft beer" but not sure any more.

[PoorMonger]

48. Sure it does!

Sierra Nevada are kind of the OG’s Of Craft right? I mean Sierra Nevada pale is still an exceptionally well made beer and better than most things you’ll find on a consistent basis. Celebration holds up well too. I had a two year old bottle that I just drank in November when I had to clear the basement fridge to make space for a brined turkey and it was still great. I have the last two years of Bigfoot too. Gonna wait for the new one and have em side by side.

[Docreed2003]

51. Count me in! NT!

[PoorMonger]

59. Glad to have you.

[grantcart]

52. This is a group that encourages you to drink beer when your wife forces you to do crafts?

Who would be against that?

[PoorMonger]

60. Certainly not me!

A happier household is always best. Just be careful with those scissors.

[mindem]

55. Yuppers

Sounds good to me.

[PoorMonger]

64. Right on.

Thanks for speaking up.

[EarthFirst]

57. Im in!

We’ve got a really happening craft scene here locally; and it’s always nice to branch out!

I used to hang with Drinking Liberally briefly before it became a defunct group.

Cheers, friends! -I’m going to go pour a Trillium Four Point and lament on the new tax bill...

[PoorMonger]

61. Now Im jealous . Again.

I hear nothing but glowing praise for Trillium.

[EarthFirst]

70. What part of the country are you from?

I receive it semi-regularly; so maybe we could get a bottle trade going...

[PoorMonger]

82. Im from right in the middle of Nebraska

Kearney to be exact. I’d take you up on that if it weren’t so damn expensive to ship liquids safely. This is why the Tavour beer club i’m a member of is such a screaming deal. No matter how big my monthly order is the shipping is 15 dollars flat.

Before I found them I did a trade with a friend from Ohio and I spent more on shipping than I did on the actual beer. Lol

[McCamy Taylor]

58. Great idea!

[PoorMonger]

67. Thanks!

I appreciate the support for the group. Liking our chances

[ClarendonDem]

62. Certainly

Enjoying a Stone Enjoy By right now.

[PoorMonger]

63. Nice.

Ripper pale ale has become a regular in my fridge. Looking for that Enjoy by Christmas but I think it’s passed my market by thus year.

Hoping they bring back that crazy mocha IPA this year. It was the star of my New Years party last year. Part of my brain doubted coffee , chocolate & IPA would work. But that beer is amazing. Like a blondie dunked in cold brew coffee.

[ClarendonDem]

65. Yeah, the one I'm drinking is the

Enjoy By 12/25. The local Whole Foods seems to have a huge supply--have them in six packs and on draft at the Whole Foods pub.

[PoorMonger]

68. Its weird

I usually don’t see them with the regularity you’d want. I got the Enjoy by Halloween this year. And Enjoy by Valentines this year so I was hoping to see the holiday ones all year but no such luck.

[LakeVermilion]

69. Despite my gout, I still drink my local IPA's!

Shout out to Huntsville's beer scene, too! We enjoy the breweries of Alabama.

[PoorMonger]

71. Yeah!

Last Tuesday on Election Day my beer club app tavour put up bottles of Straight To Ale’s Stout at The Devil. I bought two for good luck. And because I’m on a personal mission to try beer from all 50 states and i’d never seen Alabama beer. That box is due to ship out my way on New Year’s Day.

[LakeVermilion]

75. If you like a great IPA, get down to Birmingham...

My favorite beer is there: Snake Handler at Good People Brewing, just south of downtown across from the baseball stadium. Its a double IPA and runs about 12%!

[Initech]

74. Hell yeah!!!!! IPAs for the win!

[PoorMonger]

81. For me, the best state local IPA.

Has got to be Nebraska Brewing Company’s IPA. Though a few weeks ago I had a limited time DIPA from a smaller brewery out of Lincoln called White Elm. It was their Inverted Galaxy IPA that had some good peach notes and pushes just over 10%

[Initech]

88. I think I have had that one.

Any double, triple, imperial IPA = liquid gold!

[GulfCoast66]

76. I do not normally hop into new groups

But you have tapped into an interest of mine and can count on me.

[MyOwnPeace]

79. "I don't normally 'hop' into new groups.........."

"hop" into them - I see what you did there!

I'm with 'ya!

[PoorMonger]

83. If you are a fan of puns

You might love the trend in Gose style ales. I’d say 9 out of 10 are named something punny.

[GulfCoast66]

86. Those gose and other Brett fermented beers sour many people to different beers

But I love them.

All punning aside. I am in a beer club and it is one of the few places politics is kind of off limits. But I have still got some of my non-liberal beer brothers at least thinking about their beliefs. Not by preaching but just making comments.

I will participate in a craft beer group.

Have a great holiday season.

[crazycatlady]

78. Pour me one

I don't know much about craft beer but I like drinking it.

When I'm out, I ask the server/bartender for a recommendation.

[PoorMonger]

84. Thats a great attitude to have!

I just love to share with anyone willing to try something new. I think it is one of the best things about beer as a hobby. No one in my immediate family really cares for Beer except for my grandpa who now lives all the way in Arizona most of the year.

[Initech]

80. Rep your local brewery!

Mine is The Bruery from Placentia, California. Second would be near by Bottle Logic.

http://www.thebruery.com
http://www.bottlelogic.com

[PoorMonger]

85. My Hometown Local

[link:http://www.thunderheadbrewing.com

Thunderhead Brewing they also make pretty awesome pizza.

They can about 6 beers at the moment. I love that their flagship is a dunkel called Cornstalker since it’s somewhat of a rare style. It was the first dark beer I ever had when I turned 21.

They also make some neat small batch stuff on site and rotate for the seasons. They have a real nice pumpkin saison and a winter warmer called Tiny Tim’s Crippling Christmas Ale

[Initech]

89. I have Oggi's Pizza.

They are a pizza and brewery joint where I live. Make an awesome 5 cheese pizza and they have some amazing beers on tap. I go there quite regularly.

[denbot]

87. Oh hell yeah.

My favorite local brewery, L.A. Ale works, Hawthorn CA. The last brewery I visited, Mother’s Brewery in Springfield MO.

The last beer I had at home;

[PoorMonger]

92. Nice!

I hear lots of good things about Freemont. I see these stuff on my beer club ever once in a while but never at the right time for me. Eventually i’ll get some though. Also gonna have to figure out how to post images on here if the group goes live.

[PoorMonger]

96. Dang.

And as I saw this I just checked Tavour. Only to see I somehow missed anther shot at a Fremont beer. Their winter warmer popped up a few days ago I guess. But I missed the initial notification and now it’s waitlisted.

Shows how much they are respected amongst us Beer nerds though. The postings for their stuff sell out within hours.

[we can do it]

90. Im in!

[PoorMonger]

93. Awesome!

I’m really looking forward to this in the new year.

[we can do it]

94. We live 4 blocks from Dogfish brew pub.

Used to live in Ohio with Great Lakes, Thirsty Dog, etc.

[PoorMonger]

95. Neat.

I can’t get dogfish here in Nebraska. But I’ve had 60 minute and Namnaste at restaurants in Denver. I really appreciate that they take chances with weird ingredients too.

[Initech]

97. Mmmmmmmmmm... Dogfish!

[kwassa]

103. Which one?

Gaithersburg?

[we can do it]

105. Rehoboth

[hack89]

98. I am in. nt

[PoorMonger]

99. Cheers.

I’ve never seen how groups get made on DU , but here’s to hoping this is what the admins need to see.

[GReedDiamond]

100. Why not have a Craft Beer Group? Count me in...

I'm working on the digital art for an artist friend of mine who has been chosen to have his art featured on a craft beer's label in 2018.

All I think I can say right now is the brewery is in the Pacific Northwest.

[PoorMonger]

107. Thats awesome!

I am always thinking about what I might call beers and how i’d brand them. I would love to do themed series on characters from literature or song names.

[GReedDiamond]

112. Don't know yet what type of beer...

...this is gonna be, or the name. Haven't heard anything since I sent the art to the brewery, which makes me kinda nervous.

I like your "characters from literature or song names" idea, but it would likely involve paying licensing fees, unless done using public domain characters/song titles.

The artist is this guy:

http://www.Germs4U.com

I will speak to Germs and find out if there are any updates on the beer label.

As far as the OP goes, any word on if such a DU group will be added?

[defacto7]

101. Can I watch?

I like to watch.

[PoorMonger]

108. I suppose...

Though that will be easier when I figure out posting beer pics lol.

[democratisphere]

102. I'm on board, count me in!

[PoorMonger]

109. Glad to hear it!

[FSogol]

106. Count me in. Since Thanksgiving, I've visted 8 local breweries. n/t

[PoorMonger]

110. Must be somewhere pretty big then?

8 local spots would be a dream for me. We only really have two where i’m at unless I want to drive about 40 minutes

[FSogol]

111. I live in No. VA. VA has 280 breweries now and there are probably

25 in reasonable driving distance.

It's the golden age of age!

[defacto7]

113. So where's the group?

There's more than enough interest. Maybe point Skinner to this thread. It's impressive enough. I'm in....