We look forward to fighting with you on Untapped
when you give us 1 Star because ‘you don’t like sours’.
We look forward to fighting with you on Untapped
when you give us 1 Star because ‘you don’t like sours’.
Based in Las Vegas, NV by way of Long Beach, CA Bourgeois & Crass is the originator of the 'Southwest-Style Sour Ale' category of beer. Is that a real thing? Not according to the BJCP (TL/DR: they're judgey beer people...or beer judging people?!) but don’t worry about it - we sure as hell don't! We brew fun, funky, usually acidic ales that break barriers and destroy enamel.
You’ll love them... when you can find them.
Produced in small batches and not exactly what you’d call easy-to-find in the retail market (i.e. unavailable for purchase), our beers aim to fall into one of three categories: Classy (balanced yet complex ales), Trashy (high ABV palette bombs and our super-crushable light ales), or our core BaC line which blend classiness and trashiness to create a wild experience in and out of the glass!
We look forward to ending up at your rare shares and on your white elephant lists, and then fighting with you on Untapped when you give us 1 star because ‘you don’t like sours’.
This is pretty simple, and there's no gimmick.
1 Like (and follow) us on Facebook & Instagram (and UnTappd if ya got it).
2. Send us a DM on FB or IG asking to be added to the Magic Spreadsheet of Epic Awesomeness
3. You might get a confirmation message verifying that you want free artisanal ales and that you'll be willing to pick them up by following a totally-not-dodgy-but-really-seems-dodgy series of instructions
4. If you say yes, you'll be given date & location pickup options (and a series of totally-not-dodgy-but-seemingly-very-dodgy set of directions
It's pretty simple really. We've spent ten years perfecting our craft, and the last seven years preparing to sell our beer. In order to do that, there's a ton of fancy-schmancy small-print state and federal laws we need to follow that say we have to brew at a site that has been designated as 'an actual brewery' and not 'Whereverthef$%$kwewantsville'.
OK, seems legit. We're happy to play along.
So while we're getting ready to do that, we may as well build up something that resembles a 'customer base' (see: FUTURE CASHFLOW BABY - WE GONNA MAKE ABINBEV AMOUNTS OF MONEY OFF ALL'YALL!).
If you accept one of our free beer offers, you'll have to meet with our brewer in shady parking-lots (probably in a warehouse-style-area), or pick them up from porches which might totally look like a drug deal.
Oh, and you absolutely cannot tip or bring thank you items of any kind. We can't take them. Really. There's laws. Federal Ones. Seriously. Don't Give Us Stuff (except your email addresses, and friends that you refer).
If you're willing to brave a shady parking lot or dark porch in a not-as-dodgy-as-it-sounds exchange though...prepare yourself for some insane beers.
An experiment with Fruity Pebbles and Blue Algae?
Pfft....easy. Yeah, we got it.
Saisons that are 9% but taste like they're 5% because we thought it would be funny?
Hell yeah some of those will be available soon!
Sour ales aged on wild things like Ugly Fruit or Saskatoons, and never puree or extracts?
Yeah, we got that too.
WHAT'S THAT?! You think we should throw blueberry muffins into a cream ale even though it'll feel greasy and oily because the butter will float but who cares because it will taste Totally F%&^G Amazing?! GUESS WHAT WE ALREADY DID IT (real talk though: this actually came out horribly and we're never doing it again)!
We WILL ask that you stay friends and fans AFTER you get the beer we give you, and that you'll rate us and leave tasting notes on Untappd if you're on it and like what we've done (and leave constructive feedback without ratings if you don't - like, c'mon, let us open before contributing to our downfall, fair?!), but that's it.
FREE. FANCY-PANTS. BEER.
Come and get it!