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On 7/26/2022 at 3:33 AM, turbocraig said:
Birdsong is our go-to brewery. Not only is it just two turns away, but they have great beer (I’m lookin at you, MexiCali), are totally unpretentious, have a friendly and surprisingly long-term staff that know you by name and when they ask you how you’re doing, they mean it (Lisa, Britney, Toolie). Chris, the owner, is often there hanging out with patrons. They have rooftop solar, use half the amount of water to brew vs most everyone else, sponsor and organize local stream clean up events… the list goes on. It’s a place for people that value good beer and supporting a local business that truly cares and gives back on the reg, vs. making the scene and being overly trendy. I like a ton of breweries here and we’re fortunate to have so many, but Birdsong really is a gem and we as a community are lucky to have them. Go support them everyone.
use half the amount of water to brew vs most everyone else
How is that even possible?
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7 minutes ago, InSouthPark said:
Because the state ABC isn't going to approve beer cans with strap on dildo's and pocket pussies on them. Did you read the article?
The state’s ABC commission is notorious for being cautious when it comes to anything racy.
In August, the commission denied the request from a Utah brewery to distribute its “Polygamy Porter” throughout North Carolina. The label depicted a barely dressed man flanked by three women, who were also barely dressed.
In that case, the governing group cited a code that prohibits statements on labels that are “undignified, immodest, or in bad taste,” the local station WRAL reported.
For its sin — not attaining approval for its labels — Sycamore will be issued a notice of violation, which will probably arrive within a month, Qureshi says. Then they’ll likely face a fine. Around $500-$1,000, Qureshi estimates.
Right on. We have crossed wires. I thought you had a place where the labels were (not) on record. I didn’t realize you were speaking in terms of ABC decisions past. All good.
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3 hours ago, InSouthPark said:
Yes. They have an approved label from 2018. That isn't it.
Not sure why this is so hard for you believe.
I am not having a hard time believing you, and I also know the genesis of all of this. I simply found the ABC links and assumed that approved meant approved. How do you know otherwise?
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1 hour ago, InSouthPark said:
There is zero chance the ABC approved that label, just like they didn't approve the two labels before it. Year 1, Joe Bruno reported about the reindeer sex label. They get a fine, makes the news, publicity sells even more of it, have to re-label, rinse/repeat every year since.
So you are saying the ABC website is wrong where it shows “approved” for both of these beers?
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15 hours ago, InSouthPark said:
They have come out and said they couldn't buy that kind of advertising for the $1000 fine, so money well spent. They think the are "cool" and "edgy"....how about making good beer instead? Nah, we just want attention so we pay Charlotte Agenda for advertising and break state laws to get noticed instead.
These beers are approved. What makes you think they are breaking laws? Just the rumor mill churning?
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I wonder if Farmer Ralph knows Farmer Ted.
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22 hours ago, InSouthPark said:
But but but...I thought COVID and the democratic NC/CLT leaders were ruining his business?!?! $4.3m project, on top of the Cornelius expansion...seems he was doing ok after all.
So what were all the tears about on the news?
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On 4/26/2021 at 4:03 PM, kermit said:
Me too
Sunstead (now Salty Parrot, ugh) is still a brewery, but they sell the worst IPA I have ever tasted (two weeks ago).
What do you expect? It is from one of the guys that started D9, right?
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1 hour ago, grodney said:
So I ordered three 4-packs.....a hazy, an imperial hazy, and a mix pack which has those 2 plus a cream ale and an imperial pumpkin. They show up at my door Saturday with a case of beer and say "yeah, our logistics is still working itself out and we ran out of hoppy beer before we could take it off our order site.....so here's half a case of cream ale and half a case of imperial pumpkin.....and we'll refund your whole order". Okay.
The cream ale is fine. Hoppy enough that you can tell yourself it's a pale or something. I don't like pumpkin beers, generally, other than Gordgeous. This one wasn't great....although I tried to convince myself it was Birdsong's St Tuber and it almost worked.
What a grandiose way of saying our overpriced homebrew kicked before we thought it would. I’m pretty sure they don’t have a proper brewery yet, right?
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On 10/16/2020 at 9:49 PM, kermit said:
The Great American Beer Festival announced its 2020 winners. Locally:
- Gold: NoDa, Gordgeous -- Best Pumpkin beer
- Gold: Town Brewing, Cruise to Nowhere -- Contemporary Gose
(these were the only Gold Medals in NC)
- Silver: Lost Worlds Brewing, Emmer -- American Style Wheat
- Silver: NoDa, Maibock -- Bock
- Silver: Devil's Logic, Control Alt -- German Style Altbier
- Silver: Triple C, Baby Maker -- Old/Strong/Barley Ale
Its a pretty epic performance by Charlotte breweries, 6 out of 11 NC medalist were Charlotte based (with NoDa winning a gold and silver)
Glad to see Town get some recognition, I have been consistently impressed with their beers. I'll also be sure to go to Devil's Logic and try the Altbier.
Is this Triple C's first serious award ever? Its been a while since I have had a beer there.
I searched the list by NC winners, there were none in the Triangle or Triad. Wicked Weed, Sierra Nevada, Duck Rabbit (Farmville) and Waterline (Wilmington) were the only other winners in the state.
https://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.com/the-competition/winners/
That’s great for Town! I haven’t tried that gose, but it is now on my list.
Triple C definitely has won GABF awards in the past. They just don’t win them in the categories of what they commercially claim their beers to be.
A quick google shows:
- Zest-A -Peel American Pale Ale - Medal in English Style Summer Ale
- Babymaker Double India Pale Ale - Medal in Old Ale/Barleywine
- 3C India Pale Ale - Medal in Strong Pale Ale
- There may be more?
Has NoDa won a gold for Gordgeous in the past? I have been fatigued by pumpkin beer for a few seasons, but good for them!
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Has anyone else been watching the OMB train come off the rails? How shortsighted of them!
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How about Legion’s locations three through five? Are they proceeding forward?
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2 hours ago, Jt282506 said:
I think in todays environment I am more than happy to pay $8 a pint to keep people employed and businesses afloat.
No doubt that supporting local breweries is the way to go, now more than ever. My point is that when you look at how some are pricing versus others, some really inflated pricing seems to be evident. For example, Triple C is selling mixed cases for $60. At Wooden Robot prices, that would be a $144 case.
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To continue my mild rant a few days ago crowler prices, I see Wooden Robot is now offering to drive a required minimum of two 32oz crowlers worth of beer (2x $12 each) to your home (if you live 5 or less miles away) for a $5 delivery fee. So, 4 pints at $29 pre driver tip.
To be fair, you can also get a 4 pack of their pilsner for $12 and/or $6 branded wine glasses towards that minimum.
I'm out of their radius anyway, but IMO spending what post-tip will equate to ~+$8 a pint is way out of bounds pricing.
What do you guys think about all these breweries charging taproom prices and higher for crowler/growler beer?
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18 hours ago, kermit said:
Heard a rumor that Brewers at Yancy has $3.99 crowlers (I don't remember any details). I was very impressed by the price, but it made me realize I don't love any of their beer enough to go get any. Bummer.
Agreed on their beer.
Also, a $3.99 crowler is just a dollar or two saved, ounce per ounce, over a 16oz can of most local beer, not to mention it is poured in an environment with oxygen. It is a deal, I guess, but really it just seems like it because so many of these other breweries are out of bounds with their crowler/growler pricing.
With all the awesome properly canned options out there, I hardly see it as worth it to drive to a brewery with a mask on just to save a buck or two on beer that has such a short time until tasting less than optimal. I am all for supporting local, but when breweries like Divine Barrel are charging $11 and up for two pints in a hand poured can... nah, I'm good.
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In case you are really craving old pumpkin beer... in April... NoDa has you covered. Very odd.
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3 minutes ago, grodney said:
OMB now in cans. 4-packs of 16oz. $12 at Rhino.
I remember when they adamently declared their beer would never be in cans because of the purity law nonsense they wave around. How long until they make an IPA? (This is the part where all their bland beer loyalists jump to the rescue.)
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On 11/1/2019 at 7:32 AM, grodney said:
Another new brewery opening in December in Plaza Mid: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/charlottefive/c5-food-drink/article236859538.html
Brewery/Taproom, whatever.
Exactly... whatever.
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9 hours ago, grodney said:
In the continuing saga of Pineville's Middle James Brewing, on July 4 they posted "B I G announcement coming early next week!". On July 12....8 days later.....they posted "Welp our week didn't go how we expected! With some construction delays we were not able to share our big announcement! We don't want to jinx ourselves so our announcement right now is thank you for your patience and support."
In other news, Lower Left is brewing.
Oh, Middle James definitely holds the local record for longest delays and most painful delivery of opening announcements. Remember back in December when they claimed a few short weeks until their opening?
https://www.charlottefive.com/middle-james-brewing/
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11 minutes ago, grodney said:
Well it could be Free Range, which is much more of a Thriving Brewery District.....with a 3.5 barrel system....but way too cheap for them, right? Or Salud, who seem perfectly capable of calling their 1-barrel system a "micro-brewery" even though that makes no real sense. Hell, it could be Dukbone or some other dumbass in his garage.....who knows. So yeah, I agree it's Thirsty Nomad, I just wondered what confirmed it.....as I said, thought maybe I missed something.
Oh, gotcha. You didn't miss anything. I just don't think it can be anyone else. Pilot maybe? Their setup is equally small, I believe.
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2 hours ago, grodney said:
How do we know that brewery for sale is Thirsty Nomad? Am I missing something in the listing?
And whoa, Three Spirits listing on the same site is 350K instead of the 650K listed in the CBJ!
Craft Brewery For Sale: https://craftbreweryforsale.com/three-spirits-brewery-charlotte-nc/
Well, who else could it be? The "thriving Brewery district" makes me think they are claiming to be in OMB land. The $100k price point is too low for any actual production brewery. It seems like a reasonable price for Thirsty Nomad's cobbled together Frankenstein set-up.
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16 hours ago, JRNYP2C said:
Wooden Robot used to be my favorite place. Not sure where it turned the corner for me. Maybe it was a combination of things over the past year and a half. Nowhere to park. WAY too crowded. Rude staff half of the time. And Good Morning Viet Nam does not taste the same as when they first opened. It kinda bums me out, b/c I REALLY liked it at first. I'll just break out here that Thirsty Nomad is my new favorite tucked away brewery that is decent with their beers. It is definitely in an awkward place, but at times, I appreciate that.
While I'm on a roll here, I wanted to attend the UnTappd event at BofA Stadium next month, but the thought of being around (potentially) 40,000 people and paying $60 to get in the door was completely off-putting. I'd be interested in hearing what others think. I like the app and use it all the time, but not sure about this event.
Don't get too attached to Thirsty Nomad. It is for sale.
https://craftbreweryforsale.com/charlotte-area-microbrewery/
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On 2/22/2019 at 7:47 AM, grodney said:
I have 3 bits of weird Sycamore stuff:
1) This Saturday they are releasing "Juiciness IPA" , the latest in their IPAs that are indistinguishable and inconsistent.....in my opinion.....but apparently sell. Anyway, they're doing 8-pack boxes of cans instead of 4-packs. If that weren't odd enough, they're saying the 8-packs are $15.99. I figured it was a typo, but they typed it twice separately. What in the world? That doesn't even make sense. Weird.
2) Last Saturday.......cold, rainy, all-star festivities......they had an oyster roast. And now they just announced this Sunday they're having a "pop up raw bar" with free oysters on the half-shell. You don't think they.........they're not using............8 days later............nooooo.......can't be. But weird.
3) I was at a small bottle shop and couldn't find any Sycamore on the shelf. I asked the owner, and he said they no longer carry it, because Sycamore treats people poorly. Apparently specifically an ex-employee (of Syc, or of the bottle shop? I don't know). He said he hated to do it because their product sells, but you can't treat people like that. Huh, weird.
That is quite the conspiracy theory. Lol. You are aware the first oyster event was from some oyster farmer from the coast and the second was held by their also South End neighbor, the Waterman, right? I went to both.
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I just saw in the Business Journal that Resident Culture in South End got one of the lowest health scores out of 1100+ establishments. Yikes!