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I remember Shiltz but never tasted it. Old Style was another good beer that mucked with their recipe and chased their base away. Quite a few good beers have be

by oblib 8y ago

I remember Shiltz but never tasted it. Old Style was another good beer that mucked with their recipe and chased their base away. Quite a few good beers have been mucked up over the past ten years of brewery buyouts. Boulevard Brewery and Goose Island are two that I used to love that got ruined that way.

kevinmchugh 8y ago
Which boulevard and goose products have decreased in quality? I have a friend who managed to tell by tasting blindly when they moved Honker's production to New York, and even he said it got back to normal a month or two later. Duvel is absolutely a best-case scenario for a brewery purchase and it seems like Boulevard has been able to continue doing what they do well. Ballast Point is one of the only breweries I have lost all interest in post-buyout.
- monksy 8y ago
  GI 312.
  - kevinmchugh 8y ago
    What changes do you perceive? I've had a lot of 312 before and after the sale and I've always found it a pretty mild wheat ale.
    - monksy 8y ago
      The taste is different and isn't as wheaty/hefewiesen-like as it was before. This was reported by many people.
- oblib 8y ago
  It was their Single-Wide IPA. I bought kegs of that for probably around 3-4 years before they changed the recipe. It was always a very hoppy beer but it went from a nicely balanced blend of hops to a overly citrusy "grapefruit" taste that's become so trendy in the past 3-4 years now. Same with Goose Island, it was their IPA that changed, and in exactly the same way.
firebones 8y ago
If you're talking KC's Boulevard, which beers, and what recipes? I haven't noticed a decline, although I'm not a beer snob. Occasionally more variance, but not anything out of the ordinary compared to the past. The only dud I recall is when they messed up that Chocolate Ale a few years back and gave up on the idea.
femiagbabiaka 8y ago
old style is seeing a revival amongst young Chicagoans fwiw, there isn't a bar in Logan Square or Pilsen without it on its menu
npongratz 8y ago
As I understand it, G. Heileman sold the Old Style brand, but not the recipe. The original Old Style recipe is reputedly[0] brewed under the La Crosse Lager label, by City Brewery. [0] I've read it in various reviews; confirmed with acquaintances who have sampled original Old Style, new Old Style, and La Crosse Lager; and got the "we can neither confirm nor deny" plus eye wink when I asked their brewer at a beer festival. And I'm just some guy on the internet, so all this is quite speculative.
- oblib 8y ago
  I'll have to look into that. I really loved Old Style. It had a very distinctive flavor that I'd recognize in a sip.

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kevinmchugh 8y ago

Which boulevard and goose products have decreased in quality? I have a friend who managed to tell by tasting blindly when they moved Honker's production to New York, and even he said it got back to normal a month or two later. Duvel is absolutely a best-case scenario for a brewery purchase and it seems like Boulevard has been able to continue doing what they do well. Ballast Point is one of the only breweries I have lost all interest in post-buyout.

monksy 8y ago
GI 312.
- kevinmchugh 8y ago
  What changes do you perceive? I've had a lot of 312 before and after the sale and I've always found it a pretty mild wheat ale.
  - monksy 8y ago
    The taste is different and isn't as wheaty/hefewiesen-like as it was before. This was reported by many people.
oblib 8y ago
It was their Single-Wide IPA. I bought kegs of that for probably around 3-4 years before they changed the recipe. It was always a very hoppy beer but it went from a nicely balanced blend of hops to a overly citrusy "grapefruit" taste that's become so trendy in the past 3-4 years now. Same with Goose Island, it was their IPA that changed, and in exactly the same way.

firebones 8y ago

If you're talking KC's Boulevard, which beers, and what recipes? I haven't noticed a decline, although I'm not a beer snob. Occasionally more variance, but not anything out of the ordinary compared to the past. The only dud I recall is when they messed up that Chocolate Ale a few years back and gave up on the idea.

femiagbabiaka 8y ago

old style is seeing a revival amongst young Chicagoans fwiw, there isn't a bar in Logan Square or Pilsen without it on its menu

npongratz 8y ago

As I understand it, G. Heileman sold the Old Style brand, but not the recipe. The original Old Style recipe is reputedly[0] brewed under the La Crosse Lager label, by City Brewery. [0] I've read it in various reviews; confirmed with acquaintances who have sampled original Old Style, new Old Style, and La Crosse Lager; and got the "we can neither confirm nor deny" plus eye wink when I asked their brewer at a beer festival. And I'm just some guy on the internet, so all this is quite speculative.

oblib 8y ago
I'll have to look into that. I really loved Old Style. It had a very distinctive flavor that I'd recognize in a sip.