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Roommate should be forced to drink a 30 pack of Gennessee Cream Ale in one sitting. Edit for new page content: This year's Aprihop is better than I remembered, much better than the two years of drain pour. It's a moderately bitter ipa with a tarty apricot flavor. I'm not a fan, but I can see why people would like this.
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SUPER HASSLER posted:"In the case of Shane's '08 WWS, roommate...you ARE the drinker!" they can probably still test his BAC to prove this...
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Mar 28, 2012 23:43
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Midorka posted:Edit for new page content: This year's Aprihop is better than I remembered, much better than the two years of drain pour. It's a moderately bitter ipa with a tarty apricot flavor. I'm not a fan, but I can see why people would like this. I'm assuming you're getting these for free? If I had two years of drain pouring a beer, I wouldn't waste my time with a third unless someone handed me one.
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Mar 28, 2012 23:44
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danbanana posted:I'm assuming you're getting these for free? If I had two years of drain pouring a beer, I wouldn't waste my time with a third unless someone handed me one. Yeah, a friend whom drain poured with me the past two years, was foolish enough to buy it and gave me one. I think the past two years we had infected bottles or something because it tasted like puke last two years. I'm not joking around either, it tasted like bile to me and 3 other people who tried it.
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Mar 29, 2012 00:00
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Get some goons to send you empty bottles from some rarer stuff, and then urinate in those bottles and fill the rest up with Natty Light or something (if you don't have enough pee). Then cap them and probably mark them somehow and wait for him to drink your pee beer. Or more likely he'll be uncomfortable that you're aging your piss and move out on his own.
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Mar 29, 2012 01:45
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dumptruckzzz posted:Get some goons to send you empty bottles from some rarer stuff, and then urinate in those bottles and fill the rest up with Natty Light or something (if you don't have enough pee). Then cap them and probably mark them somehow and wait for him to drink your pee beer. Or more likely he'll be uncomfortable that you're aging your piss and move out on his own. I've got an empty BC Bramble Rye bottle I can supply for this.
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Mar 29, 2012 01:46
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Literally the best thing that happened to me today was finding a Racer 5 12 pack in my local store. It was $20 but, so worth it. I don't know if it's just me but for $5 more this stuff beats the hell out of SN Torpedo.
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Mar 29, 2012 01:52
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TenaciousTomato posted:Literally the best thing that happened to me today was finding a Racer 5 12 pack in my local store. It was $20 but, so worth it. I don't know if it's just me but for $5 more this stuff beats the hell out of SN Torpedo. wow, $20? where are you again? SUPER HASSLER posted:"In the case of Shane's '08 WWS, roommate...you ARE the drinker!" hahaha. god, can you imagine goons "settling" their differences on Maury?
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Mar 29, 2012 02:06
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Across the country, Massachusetts  Also got some Weihenstephan Original (lager) which was okay, tastes like a really good version of a light American lager, goes down great, but has nothing on Brooklyn Lager IMO (I guess they are kind of different). Tomorrow I will have the Weihenstephan Hefeweissbier, looking forward to it. TenaciousTomato fucked around with this message at 02:45 on Mar 29, 2012 |
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Mar 29, 2012 02:38
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TenaciousTomato posted:Across the country, Massachusetts Yeah Original is nothing special, but if you want to give a light beer drinker something familiar to get them started down the path of good beer... Now Hefeweissbier.  I've been trying to clone it and just can't quite nail it down. Guess I need a few hundred years to figure it out.
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Mar 29, 2012 02:58
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My girlfriend's sister in law gifted me a Lunch IPA earlier tonight! Can't wait to enjoy tomorrow.TenaciousTomato posted:Across the country, Massachusetts Beer is too goddamn expensive in MA. At least at Kappy's and the other bottle shop I went to in Ipswich. But, you guys get Oskar Blues and Great Divide. Have you seen any OB Deviant Dale's packs, or Great Divide Colette six packs?
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Mar 29, 2012 03:15
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Can any Chicagoons tell me what the availability of stuff from Half Acre is like? I have a friend going to Chicago on Sunday, and he'll be coming back Monday, and he said he would be willing to pick me up some beer. I was just wondering if it was available at Binny's, or if he would have to stop in at the brewery on Monday. I'm hoping for him to pick me up a 6 pack of Alpha King, and some Daisy Cutter.
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Mar 29, 2012 03:18
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CalvinDooglas posted:My girlfriend's sister in law gifted me a Lunch IPA earlier tonight! Can't wait to enjoy tomorrow. Great Divide six packs yes, but they are also expensive and they didn't even have Colette Deviant Dale's I don't think so but I will ask next time.
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Mar 29, 2012 03:19
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TenaciousTomato posted:Across the country, Massachusetts i missed the fact that it was a twelve pack; $20 seems reasonable, now.
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Mar 29, 2012 03:21
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beetlo posted:Now Hefeweissbier. Or a millenia. Weihenstephaner is going to be 1,000 years old in less than three decades. 
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Mar 29, 2012 03:27
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I know it was beer he drank, and this is a beer thread, but I've been through the same thing with scotch. Roommates mixed a $300 single malt with coke one night after killing the Jack Daniels in the cabinet. Bricks were shat the next morning.
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Mar 29, 2012 03:40
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Quiet Feet posted:Or a millenia. Weihenstephaner is going to be 1,000 years old in less than three decades. I'm hoping that there's going to be something huge happening for that, because a trip to Weihenstephaner's millennial party would be a great 60th birthday present. 
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Mar 29, 2012 03:49
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I popped an Urthel quad and the cork says 20/07. Anybody have any idea when this beer was bottled? I'm assuming it wasn't 2007, but who knows. Been in our cellar for at least two years.
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Mar 29, 2012 03:51
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Kudosx posted:Can any Chicagoons tell me what the availability of stuff from Half Acre is like? I have a friend going to Chicago on Sunday, and he'll be coming back Monday, and he said he would be willing to pick me up some beer. Daisy Cutter, Over Ale, and Gossamer are all pretty available at all the Binnys. They may have Baume and Cipher, but the brewery definitely still does as of yesterday.
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Mar 29, 2012 03:53
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Paul Proteus posted:Daisy Cutter, Over Ale, and Gossamer are all pretty available at all the Binnys. Binny's definitely has Cipher, but I didn't see any Baume there. And you can get Daisy Cutter everywhere these days. Drinking a Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout right now, and I have to say this is one of the best examples I've ever had of the milk stout/cream stout style. Deep chocolate/roast flavor with a rich sweetness from the lactose, and a perfectly creamy/silky texture from the nitro carbonation and lactose. LH Milk Stout has always been an excellent beer, but this version is just sublime.
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Mar 29, 2012 04:48
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Tonight's brews, based on customer chatter this week (otherwise, tonight would've been a Cantillon night)... Terrapin Hopzilla (10.8%) Very hot DIPA. Too malty and sweet, but has potential. Great hop profile in the nose and in the taste (tasty, tasty mango), once you navigate around the malts and the booziness. Better than most of Terrapin's limited-brew offerings (what the gently caress went wrong with Moo-Hoo this year?). Brooklyn Monster Ale (10.8%) Bottled 2011, vintage is '07. Dear Brooklyn, "Monster" is a term I reserve for my own use when subjectively reviewing beers. When you use it , yourselves, you have a lot to live up to - especially with your reflective silver labeling on the bottle. Sincerely, Me. Does this beer make the cut? No. You get a ton of wonderful dark fruits and malts in the nose and then it all disappears in the flavor. There's a bit, here and there, but it's muddled. It's not complexity, it's simply a "soup" that's hard to dissect. Still a solid english BW, though, but not deserving of the title, in my opinion. For the price, however, it is a good choice. Dogfish Head Saison du Buff (6.8%) Jesus, dogfish. This is definitely one of your "off-centered" brews. Fantastic savory aroma - herbs de Provence, straight up, in the nose. Slightly spicy. I feel like there should be a Cornish game hen involved somewhere here. Definitely straying from "saison" into "gruit" territory. Very different. Would suggest pairing with appropriate dishes - definitely with poultry and pork. Maybe with salmon, if you're poaching it. Pairs perfectly with Camembert and other soft, cow's-milk-based cheeses. Would not recommend over other readily-available saisons unless you're serving the above foods. Also, looks stunning in the glass - creamy foam, luscious lacing, wonderful color. I am definitely going to save about a dozen bottles for when I host company, though. Fantastic when served with an appropriate meal, "interesting" by itself. FreelanceSocialist fucked around with this message at 06:28 on Mar 29, 2012 |
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Mar 29, 2012 06:18
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Correct me if I'm wrong but each breweries version of Saison du Buff is different right? I've only had the Stone offering the first time it rolled around and I loved it.
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Mar 29, 2012 14:31
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Alright, I'm looking for a little confirmation to a horrendous experience I had with Brooklyn Lager recently. I've had it on tap and really enjoyed it, I've had it in bottles and liked it. I had it in a can last Friday and it was a mess. It was syrupy sweet with a little citrus hop character and almost no carbonation. It tasted like a Del Monte fruit cup with fresh grapefruit that had been charged up with a little CO2. Bad batch? Brooklyn doesn't have their canning line working optimally? I was drinking from the can, but I don't think that would have had such a large effect as to change a lager to a sticky, fruity, mess.
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Mar 29, 2012 15:01
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lazerwolf posted:Correct me if I'm wrong but each breweries version of Saison du Buff is different right? I've only had the Stone offering the first time it rolled around and I loved it. That's what I've heard. I've only had Dogfish's version, but I should be able to get my hands on Victory's around here.
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Mar 29, 2012 15:42
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BoredByThis posted:Alright, I'm looking for a little confirmation to a horrendous experience I had with Brooklyn Lager recently. Not sure but it could be a issue of where it was brewed. Brooklyn does a lot of contract brewing at FX Matt AKA Saranac. Maybe they do their draft lager but then the rest up there or something. No clue really. I tend to like their lager a good bit when fresh.
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Mar 29, 2012 17:35
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Paul Proteus posted:Daisy Cutter, Over Ale, and Gossamer are all pretty available at all the Binnys. Thanks! I'm *super* excited to be able to try Daisy Cutter, and Alpha King. It's kind of weird how many really good APAs are available in the Chicago area that aren't available anywhere else (Alpha King, Daisy Cutter, Pride and Joy, Zombie Dust... although I know that's only available in Munster) The only good APAs available in my area that I know of are Sierra Nevada, and Burning River (which I don't enjoy that much...) I still need to give Founder's Pale Ale a shot, I bet it's pretty good... Founder's seems to really make good Pale Ales. Kudosx fucked around with this message at 18:15 on Mar 29, 2012 |
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Mar 29, 2012 18:13
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Kudosx posted:Thanks! I'm *super* excited to be able to try Daisy Cutter, and Alpha King. It's kind of weird how many really good APAs are available in the Chicago area that aren't available anywhere else (Alpha King, Daisy Cutter, Pride and Joy, Zombie Dust... although I know that's only available in Munster) Zombie Dust is around Chicago, though it's in high demand to the point where one store near me is charging $14 per 6 pack.
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Mar 29, 2012 18:15
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crazyfish posted:Zombie Dust is around Chicago, though it's in high demand to the point where one store near me is charging $14 per 6 pack. Oh really? For some reason I thought someone had said it is only available out of 3F's brewery, I guess I must have misread/misunderstood. I'm definitely going to give my friend a couple extra bucks, and hope he could find me a 6 pack of ZD. I really, really want to try it... probably even more so than Daisy Cutter, and Alpha King.
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Mar 29, 2012 18:17
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crazyfish posted:Zombie Dust is around Chicago, though it's in high demand to the point where one store near me is charging $14 per 6 pack. For a beer of that quality, I'd easily pay that. I paid 5 bucks for an 8oz pour and thought that was worth every penny.
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Mar 29, 2012 18:17
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Kudosx posted:Oh really? For some reason I thought someone had said it is only available out of 3F's brewery, I guess I must have misread/misunderstood. There is a six pack sitting at my corner liquor store that's been there at least 5-6 days. I know because I bought the one that was in front of it and it has never even been slid up to the front of the cooler. They also charge bizarrely average/low prices for scotch for Chicago. Not complaining.
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Mar 29, 2012 18:20
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FreelanceSocialist posted:Tonight's brews, based on customer chatter this week (otherwise, tonight would've been a Cantillon night)... I agree with everything here 100%, great post! quote:Not sure but it could be a issue of where it was brewed. Brooklyn does a lot of contract brewing at FX Matt AKA Saranac. Maybe they do their draft lager but then the rest up there or something. No clue really. I tend to like their lager a good bit when fresh. I thought they stopped contract brewing with their expansion?
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Mar 29, 2012 18:29
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crazyfish posted:Zombie Dust is around Chicago, though it's in high demand to the point where one store near me is charging $14 per 6 pack. I've never tried Zombie Dust but based on reviews alone I'd pay that if it was sold here in CT. Man why don't we get any of the loving good stuff.
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Mar 29, 2012 18:36
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I've never understood the Zombie Dust love, especially for the cost (the gouging is terrible with that stuff). I think it's good, not great, and there's plenty of others available that are superior in my opinion.
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Mar 29, 2012 18:56
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danbanana posted:I've never understood the Zombie Dust love, especially for the cost (the gouging is terrible with that stuff). I think it's good, not great, and there's plenty of others available that are superior in my opinion. I wasn't amazed when I had it GABF either, but maybe it was the other beers messing with my t-buds.
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Mar 29, 2012 19:01
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ShaneB posted:There is a six pack sitting at my corner liquor store that's been there at least 5-6 days. I know because I bought the one that was in front of it and it has never even been slid up to the front of the cooler. Vas Foremost? or Logan Liquors?
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Mar 29, 2012 19:03
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Munkaboo posted:I wasn't amazed when I had it GABF either, but maybe it was the other beers messing with my t-buds. Y'know when there's a lot of good sentiment about something and you try it and you're all, "Man, what's wrong with me where I think this isn't that great?" and then you just keep trying it to convince yourself that you agree with the crowd? Yeah, I've done it with ZD. And I'm still convinced the rest of the world is wrong. Gimme a Two Hearted, a Daisy Cutter, a Crooked Tree... Gimme standard stuff I can get year round over it.
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Mar 29, 2012 19:05
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And speaking of 3Fs... Had Topless Wych and Tiger Jelly on tap last night. The former is an amazing porter that oozes coffee notes. The latter is lighter than it's description and that makes it a little too drinkable (unless your goal is to be really wasted.)
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Mar 29, 2012 19:08
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danbanana posted:Y'know when there's a lot of good sentiment about something and you try it and you're all, "Man, what's wrong with me where I think this isn't that great?" and then you just keep trying it to convince yourself that you agree with the crowd? Thing is that ZD is a year-round, though with the insane hype over it you wouldn't believe it. Don't get me wrong, it's a very good beer (I even bought 10oz of citra hops to try and clone it soon) but it (in my opinion) is not 99 on BA good. Are there year-round releases anywhere else that get this much hype? I would happily pay the $10/6 or $35/case they charge at the brewery, but with the insane gouging in Chicago (add another couple bucks for taxes, don't forget) suddenly the $14/6 turns into almost $17/6 when you toss taxes on the pile.
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I don't rarely ever post in GiS, so if this is old beer news, feel free to ignore/mock me at your leisure. Anyway... I recently picked up a six-pack of a beer called Shotgun Betty. It's a hefeweizen with a banana-clove finish and frankly delicious. I like it as a beer with dinner or by itself.
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Just got back from a store trying to sell me Nugget Nectar for $15 a 6 pack, I politely declined. I know it will sell at that price but I paid $12 for a 1 week old 6 pack the first time around and that was enough for me.
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