You have no chance to survive make your time! side note: the fact that this meme is 12 years old (and remembering it spread) makes me feel like an internet geezer.
I recently (within the last month) had Figaro on tap and it was incredible. Was my fav of the flight.
Its ok on tap, nothing mindblowing. But for the bottles to be delayed 3-4 months is a serious bad sign
Yeah, I agree. It was decent but I've had far better from Cascade and the delay is likely not a good sign for the bottles.
There was some pretty stark difference between tap and bottle versions of Sang Noir. Draft was great! Bottles...anybody wanna trade? I might be doing this wrong. I'm less than optimistic about bottles and a decent draft pour isn't encouraging.
I thought the same. Given what I'd heard about the beer before I tried it, I didn't hold out much hope that I would like it much (figured the sour flavor component would be overwhelming), but I thought it was terrific.
Well, Cascade finally announced a release date for Figaro. It is being released Thursday, August 23rd with a 2 bottle limit per person. No online sales as previously stated.
Incorrect. In SF its the 23rd. 24th for Portland. Thank god too, 23rd is hood to coast and will be brutal work day for me.
I agree. I don't think they've sold out of Strawberry yet, either. There seemed to be plenty of bottles in the fridge when I was there last week. Has anyone had Figaro yet? I wasn't too impressed. It was good, but definitely not up there with the other Cascade beers. My expectations were probably too high.
Actually, HTC starts Friday 8/24. I'll be running about the time of the release, so I hope it doesn't sell out immediately!
But it's rare! Considering the current state of beer trading nothing else matters. Yeah the beer is meh, but what's the trade value? I predict a "what's it going for" thread before next weekend's over.
It's not the Portlander's I'm expecting to do the hyping/muling/buying. It is the Portlander's that will be blamed for the hoarding though.
I had it last night from the barrel. I thought it was very tasty, but it certainly fell short of life-changing (expected based on the hype). For me, The Vine stands above it as far as their blonde/golden varieties go. And as of last night, they do indeed still have Strawberry in stock.
Has there really been hype, or just a long wait? If anything, people seem to be aggressively adjusting expectations downward based on the seemingly never-ending delays.
I agree, the hype train certainly left the station, got halfway across the country, and derailed before reaching its destination.
I wish they would bottle the Honey Ginger Lime. Had it last night along with every other sour they had. It was my favorite by far. Figaro was good but probably wouldn't pay $20 for a bottle.
I agree with most folks here - Figaro is quite meh and almost medicine-y to my tastes, and nearly every other sour offering at Cascade is better. Honey Ginger Lime has been a summer go-to beverage....yummm!
Honey Ginger Lime is possibly the easiest drinking beer I've ever had. I could kill three growlers of that in a day and not even be bummed.
Does anyone know if their Summer Gose is still on tap? (the "easiest drinking" comment made me think of this great beer, to me it was the perfect easy-drinking summer beer....and it was available in growlers)
It was last week. One of the best Gose's i've ever had (though, i've only had a few examples of the style)
I agree, not the most traditional maybe, but I don't care, it was an excellent beer to drink in the summer.
That's true, but they have 4 different versions, one for each season. If memory serves, last time I was at the barrel house in the latter part of July, I think they had 2 different versions on tap. While they're all pretty good, the recipes are different for each gose. My personal preference was the Autumn gose, but again, they're all pretty good.
Ahhh, I see your point. Yeah, I've yet to try them all. I've only had the winter (which I loved). But I'm excited to see what's there.
Are you expecting it to be significantly different from the bottle than from the cask? Personally I won't be cracking a bottle until they at least stop serving it at the Barrel House.
Given that it was bottled quite some time ago, I would indeed expect some difference from what's coming out of a barrel now.
