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I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/8/2020 6:30:08 AM   
Eduardo787

 

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Status: offline 		I think this is the first time in many years I have not drank wine in more than a month. When I returned to Monterrey from Rochester all I did was drink wine every single day for weeks, then suddenly all came to a halt because I turned on my beer refrigerator that I turn off between nov-march and then 1st of April I turn it on again for beer season. I been drinking beer like crazy since it´s been hot around here and I am doing 2-3 bbq a week since I have nothing else to do.

BTW, there is STILL no beer anywhere to be found in Mexico and there is somewhat of a black market of people selling beer from their homes at x 3 the normal price. When this thing hit I thought I was prepared with about 300 or so bottles and cans of beer ( something like that) , now I am to my last 24 case and I feel extremely anxious. There are some Belgian and weird ales at the supermarket still left, but with temps above 85f you don´t want a stout/porter/or Belgian style beer....you want piss water, Pabst style ( which I love btw)

Still trapped at home....still paying all my employees full salary even when closed..... I am losing thousands and it does not look good in the horizon.

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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/8/2020 6:48:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		So sorry to hear that. We haven't seen a shortage of alcohol here in the States, although I have a feeling that imports will begin to be affected as time goes on. Most distributors had several months of imported wines and booze in their warehouses. Our local microbreweries are making beer, and while their taprooms aren't open, they're doing a killing in crowlers with curbside pickup. My husband has bought more beer from our local micro brewery in the past six weeks than he did in the past year.

Where I can envision a shortage over the next two harvests is in the auxiliary things needed to make wine--barrels are first and foremost.

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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/8/2020 7:25:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		"there is somewhat of a black market of people selling beer from their homes at x 3 the normal price."

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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/8/2020 7:32:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		When the weather gets warmer here, I switch to cocktails - G&T, Negroni, etc. I'm not a big IPA fan but will drink them too as part of the rotation.

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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/8/2020 7:46:41 AM   
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Status: offline 		With 4 craft breweries in town, and three of them canning their products so able to stay in production right now, I don't have to drive more than 10 minutes to find all the local IPA and such that I want. Add to that, a friend only 20 miles away is a craft beer connoisseur and he likes to share the fruits of his adventures with me. Just this week I consumed two different 16oz India IPAs canned in his town which he dropped off a couple weeks ago. Both were quite tasty so I think I'll ask him to stop by again soon.

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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/8/2020 8:33:05 AM   
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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/8/2020 6:53:19 PM   
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With 4 craft breweries in town, and three of them canning their products so able to stay in production right now, I don't have to drive more than 10 minutes to find all the local IPA and such that I want. Add to that, a friend only 20 miles away is a craft beer connoisseur and he likes to share the fruits of his adventures with me. Just this week I consumed two different 16oz India IPAs canned in his town which he dropped off a couple weeks ago. Both were quite tasty so I think I'll ask him to stop by again soon.


I can walk 5 minutes to my nearest local craft brewery. Somebody beat that! Boom!

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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/8/2020 7:31:16 PM   
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I can walk 5 minutes to my nearest local craft brewery. Somebody beat that! Boom!


When we had an apartment on 6th & Lombard, there were at least a half dozen craft breweries within walking distance. Can't compete with you now though since we don't have that place anymore.

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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/8/2020 10:06:29 PM   
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ORIGINAL: racerchris

With 4 craft breweries in town, and three of them canning their products so able to stay in production right now, I don't have to drive more than 10 minutes to find all the local IPA and such that I want. Add to that, a friend only 20 miles away is a craft beer connoisseur and he likes to share the fruits of his adventures with me. Just this week I consumed two different 16oz India IPAs canned in his town which he dropped off a couple weeks ago. Both were quite tasty so I think I'll ask him to stop by again soon.


I can walk 5 minutes to my nearest local craft brewery. Somebody beat that! Boom!


I'd guess ten minutes walk to the gates of my two nearest wineries, another three minutes to the next nearest. Probably 30-40 minutes back

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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/9/2020 5:15:20 AM   
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ORIGINAL: khmark7


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ORIGINAL: racerchris

With 4 craft breweries in town, and three of them canning their products so able to stay in production right now, I don't have to drive more than 10 minutes to find all the local IPA and such that I want. Add to that, a friend only 20 miles away is a craft beer connoisseur and he likes to share the fruits of his adventures with me. Just this week I consumed two different 16oz India IPAs canned in his town which he dropped off a couple weeks ago. Both were quite tasty so I think I'll ask him to stop by again soon.


I can walk 5 minutes to my nearest local craft brewery. Somebody beat that! Boom!

That used to be true for me but the place was mis-managed and went out of business last year. Too bad, because it was an evolution from the first one that opened up in town many years ago, and I really liked the place.

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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/10/2020 4:51:25 AM   
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ORIGINAL: Eduardo787
There are some Belgian and weird ales at the supermarket still left, but with temps above 85f you don´t want a stout/porter/or Belgian style beer....you want piss water, Pabst style ( which I love btw)


Personally I'm happy to drink ales and porters even in warmer weather . Lambic ale would be ideal if you could find it, but that might be too esoteric .

I hope things improve for you soon. It's been a difficult time!

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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/10/2020 4:57:05 AM   
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ORIGINAL: penguinoid

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ORIGINAL: Eduardo787
There are some Belgian and weird ales at the supermarket still left, but with temps above 85f you don´t want a stout/porter/or Belgian style beer....you want piss water, Pabst style ( which I love btw)


Personally I'm happy to drink ales and porters even in warmer weather . Lambic ale would be ideal if you could find it, but that might be too esoteric .

I hope things improve for you soon. It's been a difficult time!


Completely agree on the Lambic beers. I stocked up back in early March.

Hopefully brewing and many other industries get back on track here soon.

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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/11/2020 3:37:06 AM   
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ORIGINAL: khmark7


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ORIGINAL: racerchris

With 4 craft breweries in town, and three of them canning their products so able to stay in production right now, I don't have to drive more than 10 minutes to find all the local IPA and such that I want. Add to that, a friend only 20 miles away is a craft beer connoisseur and he likes to share the fruits of his adventures with me. Just this week I consumed two different 16oz India IPAs canned in his town which he dropped off a couple weeks ago. Both were quite tasty so I think I'll ask him to stop by again soon.


I can walk 5 minutes to my nearest local craft brewery. Somebody beat that! Boom!


I used to have a brewery in my garage, having kids put a stop to being able to spend a day making beer :-(

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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/12/2020 2:06:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		In warmer weather, we switch over to whites & rosés predominantly.

Wife isn't big on beer, though I like having a few during the week.

If we're out on the porch, a nice white or rosé does the trick.

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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/12/2020 2:22:43 PM   
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ORIGINAL: racerchris

With 4 craft breweries in town, and three of them canning their products so able to stay in production right now, I don't have to drive more than 10 minutes to find all the local IPA and such that I want. Add to that, a friend only 20 miles away is a craft beer connoisseur and he likes to share the fruits of his adventures with me. Just this week I consumed two different 16oz India IPAs canned in his town which he dropped off a couple weeks ago. Both were quite tasty so I think I'll ask him to stop by again soon.


I can walk 5 minutes to my nearest local craft brewery. Somebody beat that! Boom!

There's a local brewery about five minutes' walking distance from us...if I jaywalk. Due to its particular location and the way the streets are laid out near where I live, though, it's probably more like 15 minutes if I don't.

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RE: I have not had wine in more than a month ! - 5/13/2020 6:31:31 PM   
khmark7

 

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Status: online 		Just read that Mexico is beginning to open back up starting next week. Not sure how well that will work, but i am hoping for the best.

Also didn't realize that 130 million people live in Mexico.....double what i expected. Wow.

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