Sam Tierney

Innovation Brewery Manager for Firestone Walker. Brewing the next thing.

[Sam Tierney @intothebrew]

It’s been a great year fine tuning this beer. The mosaic/nelson/Riwaka combo is almost unbeatable for me. This will be our last can drop from Venice, so get some before it migrates to Paso next summer.

[Firestone Walker @FirestoneWalker]

⁠⚡ Electric Eagle is back. ⁠⚡

This West Coast IPA rips with huge hits of berry, tangerine, and papaya, backed by a crisp base of pilsner malt, wheat, and rice.
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Crafted in collaboration with @ernieball, it’s a beer built to shred.⁠

[Sam Tierney @intothebrew]

I still don’t understand dip hopping. How does this have a different effect than whirlpool hopping?

[Sam Tierney @intothebrew]

8.4oz cans for pils was a bad choice. There was no need to go smaller than 12.

[Sam Tierney @intothebrew]

@fhteeth Thanks. So is this a best by date or bottle date?

[Sam Tierney @intothebrew]

Does anyone know how to read this date code? This is either super fresh or a year old.

[Sam Tierney @intothebrew]

@JonnyBright84 I also love how they lucked 5 possible bottling days every month. Wonder if they actually stick to that? 😂

[Sam Tierney @intothebrew]

@JonnyBright84 Don’t see a year, just a day and month notch

[Sam Tierney @intothebrew]

Mexican 2-row seemed mildly interesting until I saw that it was 30% more expensive than domestic or Canadian. In this economy!?! I can get German pils for that price.

[Sam Tierney @intothebrew]

We use the half nonic (10oz to top) for most half pours, so this makes things simple. Choose the Czech pour option for a half-pour and you get to choose a šnyt or mlíko for the same price.

[Sam Tierney @intothebrew]

Dialing in mlíko and Šnyt service for our new batch of Czech-style pale lager for the first time and noticed some unexpected aspects of these pours. First off, they both yield the same amount of beer after the foam settles! Second, it’s almost exactly a full pour in a half-nonic.

[Sam Tierney @intothebrew]

#131 Portishead, Dummy. TIL what trip hop is. And it’s not really my jam, though there is some interesting stuff here.

[Sam Tierney @intothebrew]

I’ve decided to listen through Rolling Stone’s top 500 albums (or which are available on Spotify) and deliver some hot takes. Here we go!

[Sam Tierney @intothebrew]

#130 Prince, 1999. Starts strong, but kinda trails off for me. Prince has always been a mixed bag for my tastes.