So what the eff is up with breweries

[heelmanwilm]

i mean i dont get it. Cause really they’re just bars. Look....When u sit at a counter and drink alcohol...YOU’RE IN A FREAKING BARRRR!!!! But heres the thing... they’re not even good bars!! They’re the shittiest bars EVER and they’re crowded af! Think about it....Basically u take a bar, remove the music, pool tables, the fun, dart boards and oh yea....the LIQUOR!!!!!!! and replace said items with big stainless steel containers to stare at. Wtf??!! This is either a monument to incredible marketing or a prime example of millenial “cool kid” thinking. And oh yea...they have a dress code! Flannel plaid shirts with beards and skinny jeans and flat bottomed skate board sneakers. And noone’s gettin laid!! No drunk hotties doing tequila shots. No girls making out on the dance floor. Just a bunch of people (with their bored as hell dogs wanting to just go home) talking in hushed tones as they vape and contemplate the latest winter spiced amber goelsch ipa. Which is just some bitter ass beer they burned in the back with cloves in it or something. Dont these people know the true meaning of drinking?

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

You are definitely going to the wrong breweries.

 

[heelmanwilm]

And they close at 9!

 

[tarheel0910]

i mean i dont get it. Cause really they’re just bars. Look....When u sit at a counter and drink alcohol...YOU’RE IN A FREAKING BARRRR!!!! But heres the thing... they’re not even good bars!! They’re the shittiest bars EVER and they’re crowded af! Think about it....Basically u take a bar, remove the music, pool tables, the fun, dart boards and oh yea....the LIQUOR!!!!!!! and replace said items with big stainless steel containers to stare at. Wtf??!! This is either a monument to incredible marketing or a prime example of millenial “cool kid” thinking. And oh yea...they have a dress code! Flannel plaid shirts with beards and skinny jeans and flat bottomed skate board sneakers. And noone’s gettin laid!! No drunk hotties doing tequila shots. No girls making out on the dance floor. Just a bunch of people (with their bored as hell dogs wanting to just go home) talking in hushed tones as they vape and contemplate the latest winter spiced amber goelsch ipa. Which is just some bitter ass beer they burned in the back with cloves in it or something. Dont these people know the true meaning of drinking?

5 star rant.

 

[Raising Heel]

i mean i dont get it. Cause really they’re just bars. Look....When u sit at a counter and drink alcohol...YOU’RE IN A FREAKING BARRRR!!!! But heres the thing... they’re not even good bars!! They’re the shittiest bars EVER and they’re crowded af! Think about it....Basically u take a bar, remove the music, pool tables, the fun, dart boards and oh yea....the LIQUOR!!!!!!! and replace said items with big stainless steel containers to stare at. Wtf??!! This is either a monument to incredible marketing or a prime example of millenial “cool kid” thinking. And oh yea...they have a dress code! Flannel plaid shirts with beards and skinny jeans and flat bottomed skate board sneakers. And noone’s gettin laid!! No drunk hotties doing tequila shots. No girls making out on the dance floor. Just a bunch of people (with their bored as hell dogs wanting to just go home) talking in hushed tones as they vape and contemplate the latest winter spiced amber goelsch ipa. Which is just some bitter ass beer they burned in the back with cloves in it or something. Dont these people know the true meaning of drinking?

Who hurt you?

 

[heelmanwilm]

 

[heelmanwilm]

...and lots of tourists frequent them!

 

[Hark_The_Sound_2010]

The beer is freshest straight from the brewery. I do prefer the ones that don't allow dogs to be running around everywhere though.

 

[heelmanwilm]

Brewery vs bar

 

[Raising Heel]

I really like craft beers but the whole movement has gotten out of hand. Sour beers, fruity beers, lactose beers...just stop it already.

I don't mind drinking in a brewery because sometimes you just want to chill and not have to yell to be heard over the music. There will always be pretentious hipsters so you just have to deal with that. Of course I love dogs and can live without billiards and darts and slutty women but the one deal-breaker for me is when the place is crowded. Trying to get the bartender's attention and waiting 5 minutes for a drink sucks.

 

[gunslingerdick]

i mean i dont get it. Cause really they’re just bars. Look....When u sit at a counter and drink alcohol...YOU’RE IN A FREAKING BARRRR!!!! But heres the thing... they’re not even good bars!! They’re the shittiest bars EVER and they’re crowded af! Think about it....Basically u take a bar, remove the music, pool tables, the fun, dart boards and oh yea....the LIQUOR!!!!!!! and replace said items with big stainless steel containers to stare at. Wtf??!! This is either a monument to incredible marketing or a prime example of millenial “cool kid” thinking. And oh yea...they have a dress code! Flannel plaid shirts with beards and skinny jeans and flat bottomed skate board sneakers. And noone’s gettin laid!! No drunk hotties doing tequila shots. No girls making out on the dance floor. Just a bunch of people (with their bored as hell dogs wanting to just go home) talking in hushed tones as they vape and contemplate the latest winter spiced amber goelsch ipa. Which is just some bitter ass beer they burned in the back with cloves in it or something. Dont these people know the true meaning of drinking?

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I really like craft beers but the whole movement has gotten out of hand. Sour beers, fruity beers, lactose beers...just stop it already.
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Amen. Not only has the beer making gotten out of hand with the flavors and whatnot, but the whole movement is incredibly irritating. @heelmanwilm nailed it in his rant. I am so tired of hipsters. They attempt to come off so "original" and they're anything but.

 

[tarheel0910]

Brewery vs bar

There's a bar in that pic? Oh, wait... now I see it.

 

[Raising Heel]

I am so tired of hipsters. They attempt to come off so "original" and they're anything but.

The problem, ironically, is that they're not old enough to realize it. The same probably could've been of me and my dumbass friends in our 20s.

 

[toophly1124]

The best thing about local breweries around here are the food trucks that come. Other than that I’d belly up at an actual bar 100 xs over.

 

[nctransplant]

This is how I roll

 

[coryfly]

Breweries around here aren't filled with hipsters. I'm a little too old for bar hopping I think. Plus, the food at a brewery is generally way better. I don't live in a place with a ton of breweries though and almost all the ones here or in Nashville are also restaurants. Admittedly I think cheap beer is crap to drink though so I prefer something decent.

 

[uncboy10]

I really like craft beers but the whole movement has gotten out of hand. Sour beers, fruity beers, lactose beers...just stop it already.

I don't mind drinking in a brewery because sometimes you just want to chill and not have to yell to be heard over the music. There will always be pretentious hipsters so you just have to deal with that. Of course I love dogs and can live without billiards and darts and slutty women but the one deal-breaker for me is when the place is crowded. Trying to get the bartender's attention and waiting 5 minutes for a drink sucks.

Don't you go bad mouthing sour beers.

Go try a Westbrook Gose and get back to me.

 

[uncboy10]

I go to breweries for beer. And the hipsters are just added entertainment. It's kinda like drinking at the zoo

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

Don't you go bad mouthing sour beers.

Go try a Westbrook Gose and get back to me.

No thanks, ya hipster.

 

[heelmanwilm]

For whatever reason the breweries in wilmington cant serve food. They can however have food trucks in their parking lots. carolina beach doesnt allow either. Yea its stupid but i could fill the page with idiotic health laws here. Actually there is one brewery that serves food, front street brewery. But they have a full service bar as well which by some mind numbing logic makes them eligible to serve food. But there is a black lady who drives up and down the strip late night selling soul food plates out of her trunk. And thats legal cause she has a permit.

 

[gunslingerdick]

No thanks, ya hipster.

I'd be shocked if @uncboy10 doesn't
1 - have a beard
2 - wear skinny jeans
3 - ride a bicycle as his main mode of transportation
4 - have tattoos of weird shit that no one would ever know what they are
5 - smoke American Spirit cigarettes
6 - wear glasses that aren't prescription
7 - have an Instagram account
8 - know all the names of the baristas at his favorite mom and pop coffee shop
9 - own a cat with a zany name like Mr. Chuckles
10 - deny being a hipster

 

[tarheel0910]

I'd be shocked if @uncboy10 doesn't
1 - have a beard
2 - wear skinny jeans
3 - ride a bicycle as his main mode of transportation
4 - have tattoos of weird shit that no one would ever know what they are
5 - smoke American Spirit cigarettes
6 - wear glasses that aren't prescription
7 - have an Instagram account
8 - know all the names of the baristas at his favorite mom and pop coffee shop
9 - own a cat with a zany name like Mr. Chuckles
10 - deny being a hipster

No man bun?

 

[gunslingerdick]

No man bun?

That's a given.

 

[Heels Noir]

I love bars, I love breweries, I'll take either. When I'm hanging out drinking beer not much bothers me.

 

[uncboy10]

I'd be shocked if @uncboy10 doesn't
1 - have a beard
2 - wear skinny jeans
3 - ride a bicycle as his main mode of transportation
4 - have tattoos of weird shit that no one would ever know what they are
5 - smoke American Spirit cigarettes
6 - wear glasses that aren't prescription
7 - have an Instagram account
8 - know all the names of the baristas at his favorite mom and pop coffee shop
9 - own a cat with a zany name like Mr. Chuckles
10 - deny being a hipster

1. Yeah I have a beard. Not all of us want to look like a child molester with a porn stache.

2. Definitely fukkin not.

3. Don't even own a bicycle.

4. No tattoos.

5. Don't smoke

6. Only pair of glasses I own are sunglasses. Ya know... for when it's daytime and stuff.

7. Are you seriously old enough to think an instagram account makes someone a hipster? How do you even know how to use a computer?

8. Don't drink coffee. Everyone around here just drinks Starbucks though.

9. My cat is the man. You watch your damn mouth.

10. Im the hippest yo.

Batting a pretty low average there sporty spice.

 

[uncboy10]

No thanks, ya hipster.

Lol. I'd have to stop drinking it if it became popular around here anyways. Isnt that what hipsters do?

I love bars, I love breweries. When I'm hanging out drinking beer not much bothers me.

/thread.

 

[Raising Heel]

Batting a pretty low average there sporty spice.

You actually responded point-by-point tho so I think Dick wins this round.

 

[uncboy10]

You actually responded point-by-point tho so I think Dick wins this round.

Damnit, it was supposed to be funny

 

[Raising Heel]

Damnit, it was supposed to be funny

Tell us your cat's name then.

 

[tarheel0910]

Tell us your cat's name then.

Jinxy. He's a big fan of Meet the Fockers.

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

Jinxy. He's a big fan of Meet the Fockers.

It's actually Fidel Catstro. He's a big fan of communism.

 

[uncboy10]

Tell us your cat's name then.

Just got him not too long ago. He mostly just responds to buddy, but his actual name is Winston.

 

[uncboy10]

It's actually Fidel Catstro. He's a big fan of communism.

Meow Zedong

 

[toophly1124]

So we do have this “brewery” here in High Point called Liberty Steakhouse. Also one in Myrtle Beach. It’s really just a kick ass restaurant that brews their own beer. Count me in for this.

 

[nctransplant]

Damnit, it was supposed to be funny

Damnit, you spelled damnit correctly. Dude can't be all bad.

 

[Heels Noir]

So we do have this “brewery” here in High Point called Liberty Steakhouse.

You have a new one called Brown Truck Brewery that is becoming a popular watering hole. Go check it out.

 

[JuleZ '02 HEEL]

You have a new one called Brown Truck Brewery that is becoming a popular watering hole. Go check it out.

I like the sound of that Scotch Ale.

 

[toophly1124]

You have a new one called Brown Truck Brewery that is becoming a popular watering hole. Go check it out.

Have been there once. Had Homeslice Pizza food truck there as well. Quite a night.

 

[tarheel0910]

I don't understand the point of going somewhere that doesn't serve liquor. I won't even go to a movie theater that doesn't serve liquor. Why would I go eat somewhere that doesn't serve it?

 

[uncboy10]

I don't understand the point of going somewhere that doesn't serve liquor. I won't even go to a movie theater that doesn't serve liquor. Why would I go eat somewhere that doesn't serve it?

I normally do multiple breweries in one go because I usually have to take a road trip to asheville or somewhere similar to hit any decent ones anyways. Sticking to beer means that my metabolism can pretty easily keep up, so I don't get hammered by the third brewery. Craft beers tend to be somewhere around 5-7% ABC so that's like two light beers per pint. Mix in some liquor to that equation and you're gonna have a rough night.