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ScootyHoofdorp t1_jaczvw0 wrote

Sucks big time. They make the best sours in the city IMO. A city this size should be able to support 20+ breweries without much trouble.

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weahman t1_jad0fli wrote

Well it seems like it could be a few things going on. On Facebook they responded to this person when they asked if it was just the food and they would still brew.

they said "a lot of ugliestness to deal with behind the scenes right now before they can even think about brewing beer"

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skeenek t1_jad0tgl wrote

I don't love their beers enough to support them, but their weird stuff like those Nerds ales and the Lemon Peppermint sour are so goddamned good. It's a shame. Really wish they'd bottle and sell.

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guest0112 t1_jad3ysa wrote

IMO their beers went downhill after their last bead brewer left (2ish years ago?). Their beers were either really really good or downright bad. More recently they’ve had more misses than hits

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boarbar t1_jadr161 wrote

It’s weird because I think they got markedly better outside of the sours. Their hazy beers definitely had me coming back.

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guest0112 t1_jadvvus wrote

They’d make a great beer and then say “let’s never make that again” or maybe make it one more time. Their soul candies were better a few years ago. They mostly only sold 4 packs of 16 oz beers instead of 6 12s. Probably to save money but I hated drinking 16 ounces of sugar sours. Hopefully another brewery or restaurant can come in and save that space

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boarbar t1_jaehijj wrote

THAT part, I can’t count the times I’d try a beer there, love it, and then never see it again.

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guest0112 t1_jaeiw42 wrote

The one owner said he hated repeating beers. He was overly confident in their stuff and wouldn’t listen to anyone. Their pumpkin beer would come out 1-2 months later than all other breweries. Their cans had no similar design or fluidity. Aka thejr branding was terrible. A better business owner can cover up for bad beer

I used to hate ministry of brewing and Mobtowns beers but in 2-4 years they’ve both really improved. Fulltilt went in reverse

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cdbloosh t1_jadfzy6 wrote

The city absolutely has the ability to support that many breweries (and off the top of my head is pretty close to that number if not exceeding it) but at this point they do at least need to have fairly good beer and be well-run.

We’re past the days of a brewery just needing to exist and being able to charge 7 bucks a pint for mediocre beer because of the novelty of them being a brewery. If you don’t have good beer, you’ve got to have good food, or a really unique location like Ministry, or something, because there are other breweries nearby now.

The brewery industry is going to become more like the restaurant industry where it’s competitive enough that it’s important to actually be good. The consensus (and my own opinion) was that Full Tilt just wasn’t very good.

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ScootyHoofdorp t1_jadl8y8 wrote

I hear what you're saying, and I'm not disagreeing, but there's definitely a cultural element to this as well. Denver has something like 150 breweries. I obviously don't expect Baltimore to ever even approach that level, but still, it's not like all 150 are good.

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cdbloosh t1_jadoubo wrote

Sure, but Denver is an outlier. I think Baltimore is a very typical city when it comes to breweries and interest in beer and it’s only getting better. DC has, like, 8 breweries. Baltimore has roughly 18ish depending on what exactly you consider to be a brewery. Plus I’d imagine we have more suburban breweries within 30 minutes or so of the city than a typical city, considering just how much affluent suburbs we have around here.

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AreWeCowabunga t1_jad4605 wrote

The absolute worst beer I've ever tasted in my life was a Full Tilt pear sour. I still get grossed out thinking about it. Tasted like straight-up vomit.

Not that I want to see the place close over it, though.

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ScootyHoofdorp t1_jadfsul wrote

Yikes. I have a hard time believing that particular batch was brewed as intended, but who knows? I once had a berry sour at a brewery in Frederick, and the dominant flavor was metal. I informed the staff, thinking that maybe there was some issue with their kegs or their lines. Their response was, "Oh, no, that's how it supposed to taste." Coincidentally, they also shut down within a couple of years.

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mulderwithshrimp t1_jadtpw3 wrote

False wet city does

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ScootyHoofdorp t1_jadv4zw wrote

ooh actually...it's been a long time since I've been to Wet City and I'll admit I momentarily forgot about them. You might be right lol. All of the Dan's Jams I've tried have been excellent though.

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