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Thanks for all the San Diego beerposts. One of my college buddies is getting married there, so I'm keeping an eye on places to get drunk. (We all went to UW-Madison, so we take it very seriously.)
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Congrats PA beer goons - your state is closer to crawling out of the backwater of blue laws that is it so (in)famous for!
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What are Goose Island bombers going for in established markets? Sofie, Matilda, and Pere Jacques are going for $8.69 at Whole Foods in Maine, which seems ridiculous. I seem to remember them being in the $5-6 range when they were relatively new in Colorado. Their six packs are running about $10, too. I hope this price point is not permanent. wattershed posted:How's that cayenne treating ya? The cayenne pepper was really what surprised me about Choco Yeti. I was skeptical, but it really works as a palate lightener and keeps the beer from becoming cloying or too bitter. CalvinDooglas fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Apr 24, 2012 02:11
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FreelanceSocialist posted:The more beers you drink, the better the beers become. If I do tasting notes on a new beer, it's the first beer of the night. Unless the first is a DIPA
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FreelanceSocialist posted:Congrats PA beer goons - your state is closer to crawling out of the backwater of blue laws that is it so (in)famous for! wait, what?
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Apr 24, 2012 02:31
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Mr. Glass posted:wait, what? HB 212 
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Apr 24, 2012 02:38
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FreelanceSocialist posted:HB 212 Well that seems marginally better.
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Apr 24, 2012 02:46
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I didn't see anything in there about being able to buy beer at normal places like grocery stores, gas stations, etc.
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Apr 24, 2012 02:53
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Mahoning posted:I didn't see anything in there about being able to buy beer at normal places like grocery stores, gas stations, etc. Mr. Glass posted:marginally
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FreelanceSocialist posted:HB 212 HB 212 is about nursing. HB 242 is old news, it passed last year. The only new thing in that article is a resolution directing "“the legislative budget and finance committee to conduct an economic impact study of the brewery industry." Whooaaa, doggies, an economic impact study!
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Oops, had two tabs open, meant to link the resolution. Economic impact studies in a time of economic recession leads to relaxing laws in order to create jobs, increase tax revenue, etc. Things will change.
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CalvinDooglas posted:What are Goose Island bombers going for in established markets? $9 six packs, $8 bombers for everything not in a barrel in Chicago. http://www.binnys.com/beer/search/?advs=3&astxt=goose%20island
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Vertigo posted:Headed over to the local bar tonight.. Flower Power is such an amazing beer, I'm really just quoting this so that anyone who has seen this goes and buys some.
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FreelanceSocialist posted:The more beers you drink, the better the beers become. If I do tasting notes on a new beer, it's the first beer of the night. Yeah, I actually cracked the Orval open with a bit of apprehension because of that. I was thinking, oh man, I don't want something really intense and difficult. Maybe this is a mistake; really don't want to waste this six dollar bottle of good beer, oh man I... *sip* oh hey, this is just plain ol' nice. Still not a session beer, but not the Chocolate Watchband electric freakout I was expecting.
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Coco13 posted:(We all went to UW-Madison, so we take it very seriously.) I'm gonna be in Madison for two weeks starting this Sunday, where should I go?
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RiggenBlaque posted:Flower Power is such an amazing beer, I'm really just quoting this so that anyone who has seen this goes and buys some. Agreeing with this, ever since trying it a couple years ago I still compare pretty much every IPA to it.
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Josh Wow posted:I'm gonna be in Madison for two weeks starting this Sunday, where should I go? If I could butt in, definitely go to The Old Fashioned -- 52 WI beers on tap, most of which you'll never have heard of, and great food to match it. Ale Asylum ain't bad to visit either.
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For the Chicagoans in this thread: FFF is doing a tap takeover at Paddy Long's this Friday. 14 beers on tap: Dreadnaught Black Sun Stout Topless Wytch Hell's Black Intelligencer Boo Goop Stygian Darkness Cimmerian Sabertooth Bezerker Tiger Jelly Alpha King Ham on Rye Arctic Panzer Wolf Powder Burns Zombie Dust Cask of Mutiny on the Mollusk Can't go myself, but goddamn if that isn't tempting.
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mysterious frankie posted:For the Chicagoans in this thread: FFF has been pushing hard in Chicago lately. There've been at least 5 "takeovers" at some of my regular and pseudo-regular spots in the past month with almost all of these. The only things that look new to me are the Cimmerian and Cask. I don't know if you guys use it, but beermenus.com usually has a listing for "events" like this.
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danbanana posted:FFF has been pushing hard in Chicago lately. There've been at least 5 "takeovers" at some of my regular and pseudo-regular spots in the past month with almost all of these. The only things that look new to me are the Cimmerian and Cask. I thiiiink the Mutiny And The Mollusk is a collab between them and Half Acre... yep. "A rich, mildly briny ale made with the meat & shells of fresh oysters, Mutiny & The Mollusk will fortify the soul against a hard life on the waves." Oh wow, while reading that description my mouth filled with a rich, mildly briny brown substance. Anyone care to tap? mysterious frankie fucked around with this message at 16:23 on Apr 24, 2012 |
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Phanatic posted:It's way better than Hoegaarden. Cool history, thanks for taking the time to write it out. bartolimu posted:Alpine's about a half hour each way from anything else San Diego-flavored, so it takes up a good portion of the day by the time you try a few beers and have lunch. Thanks for the great list, as for Alpine being 30 minutes away, that's not really a huge concern in New Jersey you have to drive 30 minutes to get to anywhere exciting as it is. We're used to driving a lot.
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Midorka posted:Cool history, thanks for taking the time to write it out. Yeah, thanks Phanatic, I enjoyed the history of Hoegaarden as well. It is definitely one of the brews that got me into craft, and I still enjoy it a lot, but I think I might have to justify spending $16.99 for a 4-pack of St. Bernardus Wit just to see what it was and should be today 
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quote:Beer history This was all pretty interesting. Are there any documentaries that go more in-depth? Or just any beer documentaries a craft beer lover should watch?
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Beer Wars is pretty interesting, and it's on Netflix Instant. Tried watching the History Channel's How Beer Saved the World the other day, and it was so, so bad. Should have been titled "People Guess About Stuff that Might or Might Not Have Happened that May Have Involved Beer or Not".
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I think that was perhaps your own fault for thinking the History channel would put out anything of quality.
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I actually watched it last night... it was kind of like if Michael Moore tried to do an informational history show. It was pretty bad.
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Retemnav posted:Beer Wars is pretty interesting, and it's on Netflix Instant. You really think so? I thought the few minutes devoted to the 3-tier system and shelf-spacing was informative. The DFH parts were interesting if only for catching them at a point when expansion was becoming a necessity. But as a whole, I thought it was a poorly made, infuriating documentary. From the Netflix summary: With a background that includes a successful career as a Hollywood producer and a stint as the general manager of Mike's Hard Lemonade Co., Baron is uniquely suited to tackle this subject matter. Sigh...
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I had no idea California wasnt a part of the three tier system. I love how you can buy beer and kegs directly at the brewery.
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RiggenBlaque posted:I think that was perhaps your own fault for thinking the History channel would put out anything of quality. Whoa, History puts out many quality shows, then again we're not here to talk about the merit of a television channel. danbanana posted:You really think so? I thought the few minutes devoted to the 3-tier system and shelf-spacing was informative. The DFH parts were interesting if only for catching them at a point when expansion was becoming a necessity. But as a whole, I thought it was a poorly made, infuriating documentary. From the Netflix summary: I think it's worth a watch. I didn't learn a whole heck of a lot, but it's interesting at the very least.
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Munkaboo posted:I had no idea California wasnt a part of the three tier system. I love how you can buy beer and kegs directly at the brewery. http://www.cbbd.com/threetier_drives.html My understanding is that the federal government requires 3-tier, but each individual state sets limitations on application. It's why brewpubs exist. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-tier_(alcohol_distribution)
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mysterious frankie posted:I thiiiink the Mutiny And The Mollusk is a collab between them and Half Acre... yep. I had a bottle of this. It's pretty good, and I think it could be even better on cask. Not sure it's worth braving a Friday night at Paddy Long's though. Last time I was there for a barrel aged beer night (including variants of Bourbon County), the place was wall to wall packed.
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crazyfish posted:I had a bottle of this. It's pretty good, and I think it could be even better on cask. Not sure it's worth braving a Friday night at Paddy Long's though. Last time I was there for a barrel aged beer night (including variants of Bourbon County), the place was wall to wall packed. I think that's just how it is with BCS nowadays. Brixie's in Brookfield held a GI takeover a few months back where they were advertising BCS, BCS coffee, and 2010's vanilla variant (*drool*). At 5:05, 5 minutes after the official tapping, you couldn't park within a half mile of the place. I gave up and went home...
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Beer Wars is infuriating because its subject matter is pretty awesome, and a lot of stuff is explained really well. But the filmmaker is just awful and annoying. But unfortunately it really is the best documentary that I know of about the beer industry.
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danbanana posted:You really think so? Her beer and business plan were pretty funny. It's been a while since I saw it, but I wasn't put off by it as a whole, gave it 3 stars on Netflix apparently. It's really slim pickings for beer documentaries, suprisingly. I would have thought someone would have at least explored the history of the monastic brewers, or something.
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Not that it really affects her ability to manage a beer company, but she was also allergic to alcohol.
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I just bought the Great Divide 18th Anniversary Wood Aged Double IPA. Anyone had it yet?
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Bought a sixer of Sam Adams Alpine Spring. Really, really crisp and hoppy for a lager, but it's not bad at all.
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Midorka posted:Whoa, History puts out many quality shows, then again we're not here to talk about the merit of a television channel. I loved the woman who bailed from an executive position at Sam Adams to start her own company producing really lovely contract brew with caffeine in it. You could not find a better example of trying to make a quick buck in the craft beer market and then failing because your product is awful if you just made up a fake one. The scene where she goes back to Jim Koch begging for investment money and he turns her down is sweet joy. It's a shame that she eventually shut down because of the moral panic that arose over Four Loko (Mixing caffeine and alcohol is bad and unsafe! Except if it's an Irish Coffee. Or Kahlua. Or an expensive coffee stout. Then it's fine. You know, as long as it's only white people doing it. If it spreads beyond that, Something! Must! Be! Done!), but even if people hadn't lost their poo poo over a bunch of mindless hysteria, that company wasn't going to last much longer anyway. What about American Beer, anyone seen it?
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Phanatic posted:What about American Beer, anyone seen it? Much better than Beer Wars.
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Munkaboo posted:I had no idea California wasnt a part of the three tier system. I love how you can buy beer and kegs directly at the brewery. In OH you can buy beer and kegs directly from breweries, too. I know I have bought beer from just about every brewery in NEOH directly from their brewery, or adjoined brewpub.
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