tomthirtysix
Wishing I was as cool as Phil
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It was very nice of the folks at Sam Adams to start the festivities even earlier this year by getting their Octoberfest to shelves when it was 100°
in the northeast. Can't fault them, though. they had already run out of their summer ale, which hit shelves the first week of March. When most of the northeast had snow.
I'm no mathemagician, but 1st week of March isn't even spring yet. And they're already forcing summer down your throat.
Now, full disclosure, I don't like most summer beers. I don't know why, but I have yet to find one I like. For me, the fall releases are the best of the year. But it's just too damn hot out to be drinking that stuff now. Plus, where the hell are you getting pumpkin in June to brew for July release? For the most part, craft beer drinkers like to pride themselves on wanting the best from their beer, but there's evidently enough of a demand that people don't care if the pumpkin beer they're drinking is made with canned pumpkin.
I read about a place up near Boston, Craft Beer Cellar, who refuses to put a fall seasonal on their shelves until September 1. Good for them. I wish more retailers would do this and get the message to brewers that we don't want fall beers at our July 4th BBQ. And if timing holds true, next year you'll be able to do just that. Or maybe we can just wait another 40 years until the calendar restes itself.
in the northeast. Can't fault them, though. they had already run out of their summer ale, which hit shelves the first week of March. When most of the northeast had snow.
I'm no mathemagician, but 1st week of March isn't even spring yet. And they're already forcing summer down your throat.
Now, full disclosure, I don't like most summer beers. I don't know why, but I have yet to find one I like. For me, the fall releases are the best of the year. But it's just too damn hot out to be drinking that stuff now. Plus, where the hell are you getting pumpkin in June to brew for July release? For the most part, craft beer drinkers like to pride themselves on wanting the best from their beer, but there's evidently enough of a demand that people don't care if the pumpkin beer they're drinking is made with canned pumpkin.
I read about a place up near Boston, Craft Beer Cellar, who refuses to put a fall seasonal on their shelves until September 1. Good for them. I wish more retailers would do this and get the message to brewers that we don't want fall beers at our July 4th BBQ. And if timing holds true, next year you'll be able to do just that. Or maybe we can just wait another 40 years until the calendar restes itself.
