Picnic Party #4

Picnic Party #4 is a beer from Meanwhile Brewing Co. in Austin, Texas.

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Brewery Description

The final installation in our Picnic Party series brings delicious layers of complexity.

Source: Untappd (hand-read citation): Picnic Party listing

Tasting Notes

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Ingredients

The release announcement describes orange peel, gentian root, chamomile and fennel pollen as notes rather than explicitly listing additions. They are not entered as ingredients. Meanwhile: August release announcement

Hop Profile

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Brewing Details

Style Context

As category context only, the Brewers Association guideline for Experimental Beer covers beers that "employ unique and unusual techniques and/or ingredients", with ABV, IBU and color varying widely. The published blend and cocktail inspiration provide context for the experimental classification.

Awards History

Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.

Brewery Context

Meanwhile Brewing Co. is in Austin, TX.

Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram.

Related

• Brewery: Meanwhile Brewing Co.

Links

• Meanwhile: August release announcement
• Untappd (hand-read citation): Picnic Party listing
• Meanwhile Brewing Co.
• Meanwhile: beer list
• Brewers Association: beer style guidelines

Gaps

• Not Found: Tasting notes, Color (SRM), Original gravity, Final gravity, Hops, Hop form, Hop use, Hop lot or farm, Malts and grains, Yeast, Adjuncts, Water. Checked say-my-name.prezly.com, untappd.com, meanwhilebeer.com, meanwhilebeer.com, web searches recorded in the research notes, meanwhilebeer.com.

Research Notes

• The brewery's beer list (18 beers with style, ABV and IBU) does not include any Picnic Party beer, and the home page does not mention it or GABF.
• The online beer to go store link returned HTTP 404.
• A search result from Do512 lists a past "Summer Picnic Party No. 3, Beer Release" event at the brewery, which suggests a numbered series of summer release beers; the Do512 page returned HTTP 403, so this is unverified and no number 4 listing was found.
• Web search was limited for part of this session, so Untappd and social posts were not checked.
• Researched 2026-10-13.
• Second pass 2026-10-13: Found the exact number 4 release, its style and ABV in the brewery's publicity announcement, and IBU and blending details in Untappd beer metadata. Other numbered Picnic Party releases were excluded; the brewery QR menu's fetched text did not retain this beer.
• Field pass 2026-10-13: An exact number 4 search restricted to the brewery domain found no beer page or named hops; earlier release publicity and QR-menu checks were not repeated.
• Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery release event page (August 28, 2026) names the beer Picnic Party No. 4, Paper Plane Lager, the last of four 750ml bottles inspired by classic cocktails and made with its food truck partners; it gives no tasting notes or recipe.