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Amazing beer.
Opened brew dogs cocoa psycho. Too much coffee for me, but I'm not a big coffee fan.
Drinking a Founders Breakfast Stout for Stout Day.
Sad about Karbach, but can't blame them for cashing in. They have done phenomenally well since starting up five years ago. There are still lots of locally owned breweries in Houston to choose from thankfully.
Sad about Karbach, but can't blame them for cashing in. They have done phenomenally well since starting up five years ago. There are still lots of locally owned breweries in Houston to choose from thankfully.
Drinking Hanmer of the Beast by Clown Shoes.... Not bad but not as good as some of their other barrel aged stuff
Connd said:
Wait.... Wouldn't all the metalheads at Brash appreciate a deal with the devil??!!
Went to Ode brewing in El Paso and had The Squeege, an oyster stout, which is new to me.
Went with a Temptress for stout day. Love me some stouts but been hard to get into with this weather.
Ending with a temptress.
18%, 10%, and 9% for the night. I'm feeling great.
18%, 10%, and 9% for the night. I'm feeling great.
Drinking this after a regular BBH last night and clearing out the stash. Suck it you corporationy Corporatists!
Cuvee Delphine 2012 vintage for my Stout Day beer.
Stick it to the man by giving me any more of those that you have. I'll ensure they are disposed of properly.Represent830 said:
Drinking this after a regular BBH last night and clearing out the stash. Suck it you corporationy Corporatists!
I still have a bbh, bbhv, and bbhc. Waiting for the cherry to have a tasting/drunk night.
between Rockwell closing and karbach ****ting all over everyone, it's been a tough few days. drowning my sorrows in a birthday bomb, preceeded by fbs, with maybe a xocoveza to follow because stout day doesn't end til i say it ends.
because I dont want to support inbev and their ****ery, I'll no longer be purchasing anything from karbach's regular or seasonal lineups after keeping my fridge stocked up with their stuff since the beginning. because im a horrible person I'll still pick up on the new bbh variants if the opportunity arises, but i wont go out of my way nor will I stock up on 10+ bottles as i did in the past as they lingered on shelves. probably just one of ea for my eventual side by side of them all. for the fun stuff, if there's one I just have to try, I'll probably just get a glass at a bar and never speak of it again.
I'll miss a few of their beers, but they certainly don't make anything in a can that something comparable or better cant be easily found. still, a sad day. luckily we have much better options in Houston today than we did when Karbach started, and even st Arnold's has become a much better brewery than they were 5 yrs ago imo. any truth to the rumor inbev offered SA and was turned down?
because I dont want to support inbev and their ****ery, I'll no longer be purchasing anything from karbach's regular or seasonal lineups after keeping my fridge stocked up with their stuff since the beginning. because im a horrible person I'll still pick up on the new bbh variants if the opportunity arises, but i wont go out of my way nor will I stock up on 10+ bottles as i did in the past as they lingered on shelves. probably just one of ea for my eventual side by side of them all. for the fun stuff, if there's one I just have to try, I'll probably just get a glass at a bar and never speak of it again.
I'll miss a few of their beers, but they certainly don't make anything in a can that something comparable or better cant be easily found. still, a sad day. luckily we have much better options in Houston today than we did when Karbach started, and even st Arnold's has become a much better brewery than they were 5 yrs ago imo. any truth to the rumor inbev offered SA and was turned down?
In my opinion all this Karbach stuff comes down to whether or not you want to financially support an AB InBev property if you feel they are making efforts to quash or limit craft breweries. It's not really anger at Karbach for taking the money. It's just that now continuing to buy their product means putting money in InBev coffers and that is unpalatable to some.
That sounds like a rumor that could be made up by St A for an easy opportunity for them to gain a lot more neckbeard fans.dixie whiskey said:
any truth to the rumor inbev offered SA and was turned down?
St. A seems too stagnant for AB to care about.
How do I get one of these, looks like a mighty fine beer. Going to have to keep my eyes open for itChipotlemonger said:
Amazing beer.
These guys started a distro comp in bryan in 80s to focus on craft beer, built it up and sold the TX operations to Ben E Keith in 2008. 2 years prior, in 2006, they expanded the same company to CO, which was allowed to remain separate, since it's not TX. From the 2008 sale, they had plenty capital to dream up a brewery, so Karbach was born in 2011ish. They just sold the CO distro company to Breakthru earlier in the year.
They sold the same company twice, and 3 total acquisitions in 9 years. That's impressive.
I wonder if these karbach guys left, and opened up another small brewery, a genuine one, there to stay. Sell out was simply for money. Those that won't buy karbach because the 'money goes to belgium', would you buy from this new brewery?
They sold the same company twice, and 3 total acquisitions in 9 years. That's impressive.
I wonder if these karbach guys left, and opened up another small brewery, a genuine one, there to stay. Sell out was simply for money. Those that won't buy karbach because the 'money goes to belgium', would you buy from this new brewery?
I'd probably buy from them but then again I'm probably not going to stop drinking Karbach unless it starts to suck.
So.. any guesses to who's next???
Anheuser-Busch's Craft Beer Acquisition Map Prior to Karbach
Southeast seems the clear winner. Then maybe great lakes and North Carolina.
Anheuser-Busch's Craft Beer Acquisition Map Prior to Karbach
Southeast seems the clear winner. Then maybe great lakes and North Carolina.
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I wonder if these karbach guys left, and opened up another small brewery, a genuine one, there to stay. Sell out was simply for money.
This is probably not an option, at least not for several years. I'm going to assume that the terms of the buyout included a strict noncompete that will prohibit these guys from opening another brewery.
Cigar City got their brewery approval for Texas.
Yesterday, everyone was up in arms about Karbach. Today, everyone is celebrating.
i know its not apples to apples, but still, lulz.
Yesterday, everyone was up in arms about Karbach. Today, everyone is celebrating.
i know its not apples to apples, but still, lulz.
A noncompete won't last for ever.. just a few years, maybe 5. Very hypothetical question.jh0400 said:Quote:
I wonder if these karbach guys left, and opened up another small brewery, a genuine one, there to stay. Sell out was simply for money.
This is probably not an option, at least not for several years. I'm going to assume that the terms of the buyout included a strict noncompete that will prohibit these guys from opening another brewery.
Total wine Austin lake line has backwoods *******. No limits. Picked up two packs. Also have a good amount of karbach FUN series Trigave.
What's that? Trigave? That was the *****
Yeah stuff has been off the shelf for a while. So I was surprised to see a boat load of it.
AggieStout said:
Total wine Austin lake line has backwoods *******. No limits. Picked up two packs. Also have a good amount of karbach FUN series Trigave.
That backwoods has been there awhile. Picked some up last week.
And SA isn't that great.
What's the end game for craft beer? When does the growth hit a peak, and does it happen due to outside influence from forces like AB, or hitting a demand apex?
Just left Sunrise Mini Mart. They had a bottle of taming the savage heart, so I grabbed it. Also grabbed a sizer of greenhouse and a sixer of community yessir pale ale.
Just found out that I'm going to be training for a straight day position that I'll start in January, no more night shifts for the foreseeable future, kind of a big deal for us in the oil industry. I'll be cracking something good when I'm done with Dad duties.
maca1028 said:
Just found out that I'm going to be training for a straight day position that I'll start in January, no more night shifts for the foreseeable future, kind of a big deal for us in the oil industry. I'll be cracking something good when I'm done with Dad duties.
Congrats!
I don't know how you O&G guys do it.
I don't know either, it's been nice to be off in the middle of the week but the sleep schedule sucks.
Picked a couple up from a local store in Nashville...not sure what distribution they have. But I seem to remember seeing them in Dallas some last year.
Anyone in the Austin area find (512)'s wild bear that was just released?
reesei10 said:
Anyone in the Austin area find (512)'s wild bear that was just released?
It's at the Total Wine off of Lakeline. At the customer service desk.
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