Comments on: Blending beer: At the brewery; at the bar http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/ Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:51:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Swordboarder http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/comment-page-1/#comment-60035 Swordboarder Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:53:04 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/#comment-60035 I never wait for an occasion. I'm young, but if I learned anything from talking to people in high school it was that if I hadn't waited for the perfect time to ask out girls and missed it, I probably would have dated in high school. Sometimes you have to take the moment when you get it. I will find a Tuesday night when it is lightly raining, look into the fire and quietly enjoy a bottle. Strike while the iron is hot. I never wait for an occasion.

I’m young, but if I learned anything from talking to people in high school it was that if I hadn’t waited for the perfect time to ask out girls and missed it, I probably would have dated in high school.

Sometimes you have to take the moment when you get it. I will find a Tuesday night when it is lightly raining, look into the fire and quietly enjoy a bottle.

Strike while the iron is hot.

]]> By: Stan Hieronymus http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/comment-page-1/#comment-59973 Stan Hieronymus Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:03:21 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/#comment-59973 Thanks for the offer. I thought about it a while. You certainly wouldn't have to worry about me selling it. My problem would be ever opening it. It would end up sitting next to the 1968 Thomas Hardy. When do you find the occasion to open one of those? So I guess I'm content with the memory of when I had the 10 last. I figure that you'll let an 11 get a little age on it and open it side-by-side with a 10? That will be interesting. Thanks for the offer. I thought about it a while. You certainly wouldn’t have to worry about me selling it. My problem would be ever opening it. It would end up sitting next to the 1968 Thomas Hardy. When do you find the occasion to open one of those?

So I guess I’m content with the memory of when I had the 10 last.

I figure that you’ll let an 11 get a little age on it and open it side-by-side with a 10? That will be interesting.

]]> By: Swordboarder http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/comment-page-1/#comment-59819 Swordboarder Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:24:45 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/#comment-59819 Hard to say. It will depend on if it's $15 or $20. You never said, were you interested in trading something for a bottle of Firestone 10? I wouldn't feel right it i thought you would sell it. But I'm fairly certain you would enjoy it, which is why I'm considering a trade. Hard to say. It will depend on if it’s $15 or $20.

You never said, were you interested in trading something for a bottle of Firestone 10? I wouldn’t feel right it i thought you would sell it. But I’m fairly certain you would enjoy it, which is why I’m considering a trade.

]]> By: Stan Hieronymus http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/comment-page-1/#comment-59746 Stan Hieronymus Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:17:52 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/#comment-59746 How many bottles of this year's vintage will you be hoarding? How many bottles of this year’s vintage will you be hoarding?

]]> By: Swordboarder http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/comment-page-1/#comment-59742 Swordboarder Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:45:41 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/#comment-59742 Firestone 11 is in bottles right now, not set for release quite yet though. Firestone 11 is in bottles right now, not set for release quite yet though.

]]> By: SteveH http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/comment-page-1/#comment-59736 SteveH Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:23:39 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/#comment-59736 <i>"...it’s sort of like handing out paintbrushes and gallons of Lidden to people as they walk into the Louvre."</i> Not unless it was the artist(s) who wished it so -- after all, the "Randalizer" wasn't invented by the bartender, it was invented by the beer-maker (Dogfish Head, IIRC) to infuse their own beer. “…it’s sort of like handing out paintbrushes and gallons of Lidden to people as they walk into the Louvre.”

Not unless it was the artist(s) who wished it so — after all, the “Randalizer” wasn’t invented by the bartender, it was invented by the beer-maker (Dogfish Head, IIRC) to infuse their own beer.

]]> By: Jeff http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/comment-page-1/#comment-59725 Jeff Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:35:28 +0000 http://appellationbeer.com/blog/blending-beer-before-and-after-bottling/#comment-59725 A related issue is these hop devices that you run your beer through (essentially a cylinder full of hop cones) to give it a little boost before it hits your glass. Although I like the can-do approach, it's sort of like handing out paintbrushes and gallons of Lidden to people as they walk into the Louvre. A related issue is these hop devices that you run your beer through (essentially a cylinder full of hop cones) to give it a little boost before it hits your glass. Although I like the can-do approach, it’s sort of like handing out paintbrushes and gallons of Lidden to people as they walk into the Louvre.

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