Comments on: Packing Bottles

By: kchophead

kchophead — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:51:47 +0000

BTW, Jared did a way better job of shipping the beers than I did and I have no excuse as I’ve shipped a dozen times or so now. I will be doing a vertical tasting with another blogger of the 07, 08 and 09 versions of the Abyss. I’ll do a post on it within a month or so.

Thanks again Jared!

By: Capital Taps

Capital Taps — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:42:36 +0000

Jared! I’ve got a reason for you to visit wineries…I bet you could offer to reuse/recycle wine shippers they won’t use any more – blemishes, stains, cracks, cosmetic things that might make the wineries not want to use them for customers, but which would still leave them usable for your purposes.

Also – Heater Allen in McMinnville is holding an open house this weekend – so there’s another source of pilsner as well as a beer destination in wine country.

By: jbx

jbx — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:14:37 +0000

Mr. Beermented, we are shouting in agreement.

btw, last night, returning from PDX with arrived guest, ~545p, we left south bound rush hour traffic on the I-205 by exiting at SW Powell Blvd and driving 3.3 miles to Hopworks Urban Brewery.

HUB pilsner is excellent; my new #1 favorite; can’t say enough good about it. I purchased a growler.

At home, taste tested 5 available pilsners; all preselected as among best available ‘local’: <600 miles. HUB pilsner won the taste-off / is #1 in my clan; YMMV. And, the quest continues.

Re: HUB brewpub: good organic food; nice ambiance and lots of 30something families, many rug rats/ankle bitters; I would go back tomorrow.

By: Beermented

Beermented — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:59:56 +0000

I have no problem supporting a quality brewery with a diverse catalog of quality beer. I do have a problem supporting a brewery or brew pub that is churning out crappy, no matter weather local or not. Why glorify sub-standard beer?

By: jbx

jbx — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:48:55 +0000

@Beermented – Subtle; very clever.

Returning to the discussion of yesterday ['return with us now to the early days of yesteryear', the narrator of the Lone Ranger announces].

Regarding, support your local [Pacific Northwest] brewery.
I cede the point that buying Budweiser American Ale supports the AB employees, distributor, community of Fairfield, California.

But, supporting the micro and regional breweries supports the employees . . . community ‘plus’ it supports
- diversity
- innovation

Anheuser-Busch in now offering a dozen different beers; but, for example, Bear Republic Brewing Co. submitted 22 different beer to the GABF according to their website.
http://www.bearrepublic.com/OnlineGABFBeerDescriptions.php
btw: I have no vested interesting in promoting BRBC; but, their website seems to remain up-to-date.

By: Beermented

Beermented — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:54:05 +0000

but…. what do I do with those pesky coffee stains on my trousers??? ;-}

By: jbx

jbx — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:12:45 +0000

Two thoughts,
1. allegedly, popped popcorn is a cheap / eco friendly replacement for Styrofoam.
2. a liquor box with 12 cells [3 x 4] provides lot of isolation to the internal two cell; assuming to 10 outer cells are filled.

[ Did I wander into the 'Helpful Household Hints from Heloise]‘ column. ]
later, jbx