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The White wine Black Hole came out I believe last may. I am not sure if they did a second batch or not. The Tequila is actually the best of the bunch.
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Kosher man posted:The White wine Black Hole came out I believe last may. I am not sure if they did a second batch or not. The Tequila is actually the best of the bunch. I think it depends on how much you like tequila. I hate the stuff but was pleasantly surprised with the Black Hole. I thought the bourbon was the best because I'm boring like that.
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Jun 1, 2012 13:12
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escape artist posted:What does everyone think of AV's Summer Solstice? Maybe I got a bad batch, but mine tasted like liquified pennies. One of only three drain-pours in my life. Sweet vanilla cream soda is really the only way to describe it. Personally I like it better in a can for some reason.
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Anyone had Jester King's Boxer's Revenge? Someone sent me a bottle in a trade yesterday and I'm not sure if I should be excited or disappointed.
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Sirotan posted:Anyone had Jester King's Boxer's Revenge? Someone sent me a bottle in a trade yesterday and I'm not sure if I should be excited or disappointed. Their first run of it was way undercarbonated, which is amusing because JK became notorious for a while in Austin for extremely overcarbonated bottles. It's definitely got that funky thing going though and I think it's the best beer of its kind from where it comes from.
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Flying Fish Farmhouse Summer Ale. Anyone else had it? I'm not sure if I got a bad bottle or what, but that beer had the worst drat aftertaste I've ever experienced. Plastic and aspirin, and it lingered for hours. I tried about 4 or 5 sips and finally had to pour it. It was also an odd, unappealing color. I'd describe it as maybe a grayed out yellow-brown? Just looked...unhealthy. Definitely the worst beer I've had in years in that it wasn't just a flavor I didn't like, it was straight up disgusting after I'd swallowed.
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Jun 1, 2012 14:36
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I finally had this year's batch of Hoptimum and I'm still unimpressed. Granted I don't know how old the bottle actually was but I still find it a too boozy and sweet DIPA. I prefer the dryer versions of the style. Also had Great Divides DPA which I was way more impressed with. Any of the homebrew/brewer goons know what malts they are using? I typically don't go for the malty pale ales but whatever malts they are using with the DPA provided such a tasty backbone with a nice hoppy finish
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lazerwolf posted:Also had Great Divides DPA which I was way more impressed with. Any of the homebrew/brewer goons know what malts they are using? I typically don't go for the malty pale ales but whatever malts they are using with the DPA provided such a tasty backbone with a nice hoppy finish Haven't tried their DPA but I had similar thoughts when I first tried their Titan IPA. It's substantially more malty than other IPAs I've had which was a bit of a surprise at first, but I came to realize that it works really well. I'll have to try their DPA now.
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Jun 1, 2012 15:11
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Retemnav posted:Flying Fish Farmhouse Summer Ale. Anyone else had it?
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Kosher man posted:The White wine Black Hole came out I believe last may. I am not sure if they did a second batch or not. The Tequila is actually the best of the bunch. Does it have overwhelming tequila notes? Tequila and rum just make me want to hurl now, though I drank the Innis & Gunn Rum and it wasn't terrible. Retemnav posted:Flying Fish Farmhouse Summer Ale. Anyone else had it? This year it's being brewed at the Matt Brewing Company, Saranac, and I can't say I was a fan this year. Something is off with it and I've avoided it and will avoid it until the new factory is up and it's being brewed there again. I know Matt Brewing used to handle, or maybe still does, Brooklyn Brewery's brewing and did a good job so I think it was just something off. Also I bit the bullet and bought a 6 of Goose Island Nut Brown Ale last night, most brown ales I've had I just did not like they seemed boring I guess, but this one has just enough sweetness and complexity for me to really enjoy it.
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Jun 1, 2012 15:51
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deong posted:Can someone point out a good summer beer, that comes in a can, and I can get in CO. I'm not a fan of IPAs or the bitterness of hops generally. Looking for cans so I can pack it in/out easily. Dale's, Mama's Little Yella Pils, Avery Joe's pilsner, whatever New Belgium's summer beer is this year... just go to Total Bev, Lukas, or Argonaut and browse. There are a ton of options.
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Boulevard's Saison Bret is back on shelves next week. Oh glorious day! http://kcbeerblog.blogspot.com/2012/05/boulevard-saison-brett-interview.html?spref=tw Captain Shortbus fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Jun 1, 2012 |
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Captain Shortbus posted:Boulevard's Saison Bret is back on shelves next week. Oh glorious day! For real. I'm getting as much as possible. I had a slightly aged (??) Alesmith Wee Heavy, and man I think I simply do not like scotch ales. Soooo sweet, and at 10% too boozy to really enjoy.
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Jun 1, 2012 16:45
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I can have about one scotch ale a year, during winter, and enjoy it.
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Jun 1, 2012 16:47
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internet celebrity posted:Sweet vanilla cream soda is really the only way to describe it. Personally I like it better in a can for some reason. I love cream soda. It must be that I got an infected batch. This literally tasted like copper. edit: Pardon the double post.
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Jun 1, 2012 16:48
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I just discovered Jester King's Le Petit Prince and I want it, even if only for the book it was named after. Please distribute to NJ soon!
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Jun 1, 2012 16:50
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Midorka posted:I just discovered Jester King's Le Petit Prince and I want it, even if only for the book it was named after. Please distribute to NJ soon! Best under-3% beer ever. I'm glad to see all this JK love today especially because a lot of TX BA nerds like to player-hate on them these days. They're an all "farmhouse" outfit these days, chiefly because their joint got entirely infected -- whether this was deliberate or not depends on who you hear the story from. Either way though it means the Black Metal on the shelves now is the last, and so I'm getting a lot for safekeeping. SUPER HASSLER fucked around with this message at 19:05 on Jun 1, 2012 |
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We actually started getting JK distributed in Northern California a few months ago.
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SUPER HASSLER posted:Best under-3% beer ever. That kind of reeks of desperation.
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I respect what JK did in Texas with the laws and such, but I respect them more for paying homage to one of the best children's books ever written.
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Well poo poo, my commute to Stone will become 10 minutes instead of 2 hours.. Stone Brewery is going to open up a spot in Pasadena, Ca. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-beer-notes-20120601,0,6895196.story quote:At 16 years old, San Diego County's Stone Brewing Co. is ancient compared to the still-fledging L.A. craft beer scene. Along with Sierra Nevada Brewing and Lagunitas Brewing, Stone Brewing has become a nationally known California brand and is now the 11th largest craft brewery in America, according to 2011 year-end statistics from the Brewers Assn. I'm seriously going to be using my Growler a lot more now.
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Picked up two new-to-me beers this week: Green Flash Rayon Vert, and Weyerbacher Verboten. Opinions? From that mix six I got last week in NH, I enjoyed all the beers. Except the GI 312. *sigh* Midorka was right.
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CalvinDooglas posted:Picked up two new-to-me beers this week: Green Flash Rayon Vert, and Weyerbacher Verboten. Rayon Vert is very good, I don't think you'll be disappointed.
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DC/NOVA goons: Apparently Whole Foods Vienna and Norms are both already out of Parabola. I hope Total Wine gets it in next week so I can pop in after work...
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air- posted:DC/NOVA goons: Apparently Whole Foods Vienna and Norms are both already out of Parabola. I hope Total Wine gets it in next week so I can pop in after work... BA people in Chicago are reporting most city Binny's out already as well. FW availability has always been weird, especially lately. The "rare" stuff seems to come in in waves. The first one inevitably sells out. Then a while later, it's all over the shelves. I was in a bottle shop in the far northeast suburbs of Chicago this weekend and they still had cases of XV on the floor. But people in the city haven't been able to find it in months.
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lazerwolf posted:Also had Great Divides DPA which I was way more impressed with. Any of the homebrew/brewer goons know what malts they are using? I typically don't go for the malty pale ales but whatever malts they are using with the DPA provided such a tasty backbone with a nice hoppy finish They tout it as an English pale ale so probably (to state the obvious) it uses an English base like Maris Otter or Golden Promise. They tend to be a bit richer in flavor than North American base malts.
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air- posted:DC/NOVA goons: Apparently Whole Foods Vienna and Norms are both already out of Parabola. I hope Total Wine gets it in next week so I can pop in after work... once in a while i join the rest of the state in saying, "gently caress you, NOVA." apparently the state got 37 cases, 30 of which went up there. i put in a bit of hard work to get one, and a coworker was a full hour late today, so i wasn't able to make it to WF before their Parabola keg kicked (which took a little over an hour)... but, yeah, i was able to get it for days last year, poo poo is weak.
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funkybottoms posted:but, yeah, i was able to get it for days last year, poo poo is weak. Unfortunately, this is how the hobby is going. Used to be demand for this kind of stuff was so low that it would sit on shelves for weeks. I was hoping the Parabola would be as widely available as it was last year, but maybe not. I dunno. Like I said above, FW's XV and Sucaba are still pretty widely available by me. I was hoping that'd be the case for Parabola...
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danbanana posted:Unfortunately, this is how the hobby is going. Used to be demand for this kind of stuff was so low that it would sit on shelves for weeks. I was hoping the Parabola would be as widely available as it was last year, but maybe not. I dunno. Like I said above, FW's XV and Sucaba are still pretty widely available by me. I was hoping that'd be the case for Parabola... I called around to reserve a couple bottles of Founders Frangelic Mountain Brown (which is being released on July 2nd) and every store already had a decent list of people who had called about it. Backstage Founders Beers and KBS don't even make it on the shelves anymore. Yes, I'm part of the problem, but how else am I supposed to try it?
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funkybottoms posted:you live in CO- shouldn't you be telling us? Thanks, I was looking for things I've not heard of.. I didn't want to just list off a bunch that I've had. I'm interested in that 21st amendment watermelon.. I'll have to look for that. And just a heads up, for those close to Lyons, check out the Burning of the Can. Big party that OB will be operating to celebrate breweries that can. After this, I'm hoping to have my goto summer can beer.
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Aiming to try Weihenstephaner Hefeweisse Bier for the first time tonight; it's a reliably available beer, right? To the degree it could be found at a Binny's most of the time, at least?
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mysterious frankie posted:Aiming to try Weihenstephaner Hefeweisse Bier for the first time tonight; it's a reliably available beer, right? To the degree it could be found at a Binny's most of the time, at least? You should have zero trouble finding it.
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Munkaboo posted:I didnt even know Parabola was coming. It just seems like a random time of the year to release an Imperial Stout.
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Angry Grimace posted:It just seems like a random time of the year to release an Imperial Stout. Parabola owns, but yeah. I guess on the plus side, by the time it's Giant Fuckoff 13% Stout weather again it'll have a good 9 months of age on it.
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Docjowles posted:Parabola owns, but yeah. I guess on the plus side, by the time it's Giant Fuckoff 13% Stout weather again it'll have a good 9 months of age on it. But if its way better with 9 months of age on it, why they don't just release it in Stout weather anyways so everyone would think it was a better beer?
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Angry Grimace posted:But if its way better with 9 months of age on it, why they don't just release it in Stout weather anyways so everyone would think it was a better beer?
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deong posted:I'm interested in that 21st amendment watermelon.. I'll have to look for that. I had a can of that last week, the Hell or High Watermelon. I almost got another can today, it's so weird, but totally drinkable. They did a good job keeping it balanced. One would expect it to automatically be too sweet, but I didn't think it was. TenaciousTomato posted:Summer Love is great. Isn't it though?? I picked up another bottle today, honestly found it hard not to get more than just one. I think I'll wait to open it until the weather is nice enough out to grill, though. Or at least when there isn't a fuckin' tornado warning in effect. What the hell, Lancaster County.
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Corbet posted:Yes, I'm part of the problem, but how else am I supposed to try it? No, you're just playing the system as it's currently setup. Honestly, I think the best solution is for stores to enact release-day policies rather than lists and behind-the-counter tactics. Put it on the shelves (maybe with an announcement of when you're gonna have it) and the first person who grabs one (and yeah, limits are cool) gets it. I don't blame the people who call ahead and reserve, but I do think the person in the store with money in hand is the one getting screwed by the system.
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