An obscure beer blog about drinking for yourself
It’s nice when staying the hell home gets “rewarded” with a badge.
“Congrats, nerd, you did a lot of drinking at home this year!”
The beer that put me over the top:
Wouldn’t you think this Modern Times & Humble Sea colab would be a Hazy IPA of some sort? Yeah me too.
Except it’s not. It’s a fucking Hazy Pilsner.
I don’t hate it or anything, just not what I was expecting and I think that was on purpose. Sneaky little bastards.
How much is really too much money for a four-pack of beer?
Let’s say I paid $27.00 for this mixed 4-Pack of Humble Sea beer. …Alright, well, I actually DID pay $27. That’s before taxes and tip.
It’s was from a beer bar/bottle shop in Fresno called Out Of The Barrel. This place is only a couple blocks from my house.
Buying it a the brewery would cost $20. I don’t believe you can mix packs at the brewery. Out Of The Barrel lets you pull from same-four-packs and make your own 4-pack, if you want.
So, I am paying $7 over what I would in Santa Cruz where the Humble Sea taproom is.
Now that leaves us with one question: Did I pay too much for this beer?
Here is what some friends on Twitter think:
Well there you have it. Beer geeks don’t believe I paid too much, that’s all I need to know. I’m guessing anybody else would freak out at the price tag, but they don’t understand.
Rare beer that is really good and close by? Worth the $27.00.
I don’t know who does the beer names and can-art for Humble Sea Brewing but they are really connecting.
It doesn’t hurt that Humble Sea’s beer (Santa Cruz, CA) is super tasty too.
Humble’s new “Mr. Foggers” foggy double IPA is the latest in a series of rad beers from them.
Labels have a lot of effect over the enjoyment of beer. I have no science stats to back that claim up, just a feeling. BUT YOU KNOW I’M RIGHT!
I can’t remember having a bad beer with really good label art. Is that physiological thing? I feel like it’s more than that. Like, if you take the time to be extra with your label art, you probably do the same with your actual beer.
Keep it up, Humble Sea.
I plan to post more of my label favorites here. Please stay reading.
The drinking started on an empty stomach. That was my first mistake.
I ate a packed lunch of salami, cheese, Cheese-Its, cookies and water (in that order) at 11:30 in the morning. Drank a diet soda around 3:00. Don’t be jealous of me.
Once off work, at 5:30, we went to a new beer bar by my house, Out Of The Barrel. Here was my playlist:
Beer One: 25 West from Moonraker Brewing.
Beer Two: Some Grass from Moonraker Brewing.
Beer Three: Unknown: It was either Yeastbound & Down from Moonraker, or Tiger Uppercut from Fieldwork (I guess I wasn’t paying close attention).
The Out Of The Barrel drinking stops. There is some relaxing. I buy a four-pack of Humble Sea’s Coast Malone.
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