Comments on: 7-11

By: quarrygirl

quarrygirl — Sat, 08 May 2010 10:02:14 +0000

wait, wait, wait—-has this place really been sold?!?!!??!?!

By: WALT!

WALT! — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:19:27 +0000

Sad news. The Rock N Roll 7 Eleven has been sold. Hurry and grab the bombers while you can!

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 06:28:54 +0000

Meantime Brewery based in Greenwich, London makes quite a nice IPA and a few other decent beers as well: http://meantimebrewing.com/ Interestingly, being a Portland/Northwest US expat currently living in Southeast London, sometimes it's hard to find ales that I really like on tap. So many pubs seem to just have shitty fizzy lagers with the obligatory Guinness and John Smiths options. Stonch, you wouldn't happen to know of some pubs in Southeast that serve small batch beers on cask, do you? I'm interested in learning more about good British beer but haven't really gotten out there and done any hunting yet. 7-11 is indeed a massive national chain in the States. I was quite surprised to find that there's a location specialising in Belgian beer and microbrews. Sounds rad, and so convenient!

By: Stonch

Stonch — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 02:12:06 +0000

Yeah, I see what you mean about it being a convenience store, and the beers not missing out on much of an opportunity to age.
My favourite British beers – too many to list! Most of the British stuff I drink is on cask, as opposed to bottled, and the pubs I drink in rotate their casks often. There are literally hundreds of regional and micro breweries over here, often turning out a wide range of beers in small batches. As soon as I find something I really like, something else comes along I like more. At home, more often than not I have Belgian beers at hand.
I just had another look at the article – I can’t believe this guy sells the Belgian glasses as well, and in a convenience store! Astonishing.
Is 7-11 a national chain? I always assumed it was a generic term for a convenience store in the US, due to the fact it’s mentioned in American TV and movies so much. I didn’t think it was a single company.

By: evan

evan — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:45:45 +0000

Hmmmm, not a bad suggestion. There are a number of Belgians that could probably be stored so as to encourage secondary bottle fermentation. Two things though: he sells shit quicker than most beer stores, because there’s less inventory so the bottles aren’t losing out on much of an agin opportunity. And second: It’s still a convenience store. People want their beers cold. If we wanted to age this shit, we’d go to one of the next beer stores on our on-going series’ list…Tell us about your favorite British beers though Stonch!?

By: Stonch

Stonch — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:31:03 +0000

You should tell him to take half of that stuff out of the fridge. Surely storing it at a temperature like that will stop secondary fermentation in the case of the bottle conditioned stuff, and in any event most beers wouldn’t be served so cold anyway, so I don’t see the advantage in the chilling, even if they’re to be drunk straight away.