(02-07-2019, 06:13 PM).RJ Wrote:(02-07-2019, 03:05 PM)Gordonovski Wrote: Even their biggest hop bombs are more palatable than typical IPAs because of the way they hop everything. Almost rather drink an Aslin Triple IPA than a big box single IPA.
Almost... I tried one of their early Triples and man that was over my limit, but still better than some overhopped bitter shit low gravity singles. Whats your favorites? We'll have to get together and nerd out on Aslin sometime.
(02-07-2019, 04:35 PM)Deceus Wrote: Not being able to swing into Ocelot or Aslin is about the only thing I miss about NoVa. I used to pop into Three Notch on occasion on Thursdays for their local small batch releases but most of them haven't sounded remotely appealing in the last year or so.
If there's anything you see that you feel like you have to have, I can grab it for you and hold it until you can pick it up or I make my way down yonder, I'm 5 minutes from the brewery and sometimes its on my way home from work.
Why did ABC shut down the bottle shops in HBG?
New ABC manager took over and had a different idea on how the law was supposed to work. The old one was lenient with the food sale requirement since it's fucking ridiculous anyways but the new person took over and started a zero tolerance policy. She couldn't afford to pay the fines and think Mid Towne simply moved everything into their convenience store and drastically downsized to make the percentage.
I think they were operating on some kind of wine & gourmet food license that required something like 25% in sales be food. People gave them shit for that but I don't think there's really a small bottle shop license. People aren't going to blow $10 on snacks every time they buy 2-3 bottles of something decent and if you start preparing food to make the 25% it becomes 45%. Maybe one of these days we'll get rid of the idiotic liquor laws in VA but I doubt it.
I usually order through Zach when I can but I'll be sure to bug you too haha.