
There were some things that caught me off guard though, such as Stone's contribution: IPA. Way to compete guys. There were quite a few empty stations (ran out of beer?), and pretty much every station was staffed by some random dipshit.
For example (at Alpine):
me: "It's good to see you guys out here."
him: "Yeah, we just ran out of Nelson."
me: "Ah damn. Say, how often do you bottle Exponential Hoppiness?"
him: pause. blank stare. pause.
me: ?
him: "uh... I don't work for them."
to myself: "well fuck my face."The more I think about that, the more it bothers me: Why wouldn't you represent your brewery? So what if the place is packed with d-bags just trying to get shit-canned? There's still gonna be at least 25% who do give a shit. I don't know what to think, but it's a little disappointing. At least I noticed the Iron Fist family was representin', and I'm proud of that as a lover of local craft.

On to the good surprises. Finally got a chance to try some New Zealand beverages (Epic, Kaimai,...), some from Beer Here (Denmark), and Dieu Di Ciel (Montreal) - there are so many more I can't remember. My personal standouts: Samichlaus Helles and Gouden Carolus Cuvee. Holy fuck those are ass kicking awesome.
whatever you got drunk, climbed barb wire again, and had fantastic beer at a cheap price stop be snobbish bc there are some people out there who are jealous, aka me
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ReplyDeleteThey were not permitted to pour their own - apparently brewers tend to give too generous a pour... That said, some of the local folks were there. I had a fun time Friday night hanging out with the Iron Fist guys.
ReplyDelete@cjemmott I see, that makes sense. The generous pours were the best part about it!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, Adolph, I know. But don't worry, we got nice and trashed in your honor.