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FreelanceSocialist posted:Nursing a Mikkeller Nelson Sauvin Single-Hop right now. Very interesting hop profile. I like it a lot. Interesting delicately citrusy grape note to it. Oh man, I'm so jealous of you. The Nelson Sauvin Single Hop is my all time favourite beer, but I think Mikkel stopped making it? It's impossible to find, even in Denmark 
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I'm gonna need a new liver by the end of this week. Sierra Nevada takeover at Churchkey wasn't as bad of a clusterfuck as I expected. Standing room only of course, but I managed to wedge myself into a spot that got me prompt service. There were plenty of interesting beers and I wish I could've tried more. Wood Aged Brown Saison (aged in French Oak Syrah): Saison characteristics hardly exist, if at all. Lots of sticky brown sugar and grapes with a strong barrel smell. I was worried about it being so one dimensional andit turned out to be pretty delicious. Exportation: ExPorter aged in pinot noir barrels. Someone next to me mentioned that the base and this beer were brewed for a past Philly Beer Week? Looks like a porter but then the smell doesn't match. Malt and tartness (think dark fruits, berries, grapes) woven together with a vinous body made for a really unique beer. RepoTerroir: Quite a polarizing beer because of the huge spice/vegetable flavors. Has some both traditional/nontraditional as it is a collab between SN, DFH, Avery, Lost Abbey, and Allagash. Some guy said it reminded him of a vegetable flavored jolly rancher. I found it oddly refreshing because of cucumber flavors but I wouldn't call it amazing nor a drainpour, mostly  Wood Aged Life & Limb: This was the letdown of the night. The pour looked amazing and dark as balsamic vinegar. Didn't really get a lot of wood/barrel notes on this and it was just a ton of sweet flavors: licorice, vanilla, and toffee popcorn.
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Apparently Funky Buddha and Cigar City are doing an event today in Philly for Philly Beer Week and I already have plans. Here's the tap-list, tell me how much I'm missing out: Cigar City Taps: Dos Costas Oeste (Lemonwood Aged) Habanero Mango Red Ale Bone Valley Brown Ale Cucumber Saison Jai Alai Funky Buddha Taps: Passion Fruit Berliner Weisse Bobita Applebum
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Jun 5, 2012 15:38
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I know I'm a bit late on this but finally had Rayon Vert and I definitely agree with whoever said it reminded them of Orval. Nice funky tartness paired really well with the crazy burrito I made
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Jun 5, 2012 15:39
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NOVA people: Total Wine stores are getting Parabola today. One case alotted per store and one per person (first come first serve). Happy hunting!
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Jun 5, 2012 15:39
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Midorka posted:Apparently Funky Buddha and Cigar City are doing an event today in Philly for Philly Beer Week and I already have plans. Here's the tap-list, tell me how much I'm missing out: Cucumber Saison is amazing and so are the two Funky Buddha beers. The Applebum is like apple pie in a glass, and although a bit two sweet for my tastes, it's still pretty awesome to experience. The berliner is probably the best beer on the list.
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Jun 5, 2012 16:00
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Ubik posted:I've been wondering about that, considering the quality of most of ST's regular lineup. The IPA is mediocre and Phin & Matt's is actively terrible. Phin & Matt's is so abominable I don't understand how it sells any bottles. It tastes like wood pencils.
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Jun 5, 2012 16:06
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I got to try four of the Funky Buddha berliners (plus a chocolate porter) on Sunday at Monk's. They were all awesome, but the key lime & passionfruit were the best. The lines were a clusterfuck though, and I think all the kegs kicked within about 45 minutes.
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So the big liquor store has Saison Brett in. But it's only for "members" which is $15. Also, limit of one bottle. gently caress them. $30 for a $15 smokestack? I'll just have to work to get this one. And right down the road  I'm using the mobile app, so sorry if it breaks tables. Captain Shortbus fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Jun 5, 2012 |
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Exporter was Sierra Nevada Beer Camp a couple years ago. It was Tom Peters from Monk's, Fergus Cary, Joe Sixpack, Brendan Hartranft (the guy who owns Local 44, Resurrection Alehouse, Memphis Taproom), Andy from Teresa's, Scoats from the Gray Lodge, Matt from the Beer Yard, Lew Bryson, Terry from the London Grill, and probably a few others I'm forgetting. They wanted to call it "Deport Her" in honor of Terry's beer-making suggestions, but SN nixed that idea. They made 40 barrels, 15 of which ended up being aged by Russian River in the Dumol barrels. It's really tasty, I'm surprised there's still some around. The base beer was on pretty heavily during PBW 2 years ago, and then the aged version was on last year. Edit: Oh Jesus, ebay has reached a new level of ridiculousness. Current bid is $980 for a bottle of Midnight Sun M, and! "Winner will also receive a Lost Abbey, Drie Fonteinen, or other beer coaster or cork." Phanatic fucked around with this message at 17:59 on Jun 5, 2012 |
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It looks like we have a pretty big move on the horizon, so I emptied out our "cellar" into the fridge today. Some highlights: Avery Reverend 2010 Weyerbacher Quad 2010 Unibroue Trois Pistoles 2010ish De Dolle Oerbier Reserva 2008 Brooklyn Monster 2010 Brooklyn Black Ops 2010 SN Bigfoot 2010 Dieu du Ciel whatever their quad is 2010ish Duval 2010 - not 100% sure why I was aging Duval, but whatever Rochefort 10 2010 - also some recent bottles in the fridge, might do a side by side Mahler quad 2010 - I don't remember is this is the Méthode Champenoise one (which they actually send to that region to have done) or the regular one, but honestly I think they taste the exact same. d' Gaverhopke Den Twalf 2010 - known in USA as Extra, this is one of the best quads I've had Ommegang Three Philosophers 2008 - from their now-defunct Cave Aging project Pannepot Reserve 2008 Allagash Coolship 2010 - Allagash didn't date these, but IIRC I bought it in 2010 Rodenboch Vin de Cereal 2004 - they stopped making this beer I think in 2009 or so, it comes in a wood box Cantillon Iris 2007 Cantillon Bruscella Grand Cru 2008 Obviously we went on a big quad collecting and storing binge a while back. The Mikkeller Monk's Brew c. 2010 was already in the fridge and the Bernardus and Westvleteren we already drank. I'll post some photos of the Rodenbach in its little box later. e: found some Boon Marriage Parfait 2008 and a De Prouf quad from 2010ish too Arnold of Soissons fucked around with this message at 18:04 on Jun 5, 2012 |
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Phanatic posted:Edit: Oh Jesus, ebay has reached a new level of ridiculousness. Current bid is $980 for a bottle of Midnight Sun M, and! "Winner will also receive a Lost Abbey, Drie Fonteinen, or other beer coaster or cork." I think someone sold a bottle of M on there for around $1,500 or so the other month.
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What is so special about that beer? I've never even heard of the brewery outside of that beer specifically. I looked them up on Ratebeer and they have a really cool rare bottle theme each year it seems. There's not a chance in hell I'd drink M if I ever came into possession though, $1,000 is better spent on tons of other beer to me.
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Jun 5, 2012 18:18
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That is one I would treat like a bottle of first-growth Bordeaux. Buy it and then sell it later as an investment.
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Hell yeah. Second to last bottle at Total Wine Mclean. e: are thumbnails not working?
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air- posted:NOVA people: Total Wine stores are getting Parabola today. One case alotted per store and one per person (first come first serve). Happy hunting! Want to share it when you open it? My weekend is free 
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Jun 5, 2012 19:45
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Someone from Ohio wants to trade my 2010 DFH WWS for something from his area. What's a good beer that I can't get in NJ I should look for? Also I had Brooklyn Brewery's Mary's Maple Porter and it was a bit bland, I'm glad I opted out of the growler of it I was considering getting.
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Jun 5, 2012 20:09
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Midorka posted:Also I had Brooklyn Brewery's Mary's Maple Porter and it was a bit bland, I'm glad I opted out of the growler of it I was considering getting. I know this is an opinion that you have but that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Like, in the history of opinions. Ever. MMP is one of the most delicious things I've tried in the last few months. I love it very much.
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danbanana posted:I know this is an opinion that you have but that's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. Like, in the history of opinions. Ever. actually, i had it on tap in two different locations and was unimpressed. it was okay, but nothing special, and i, too, passed on filling a growler. i am literally worse than Hitler (Midorka, you can be
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funkybottoms posted:actually, i had it on tap in two different locations and was unimpressed. it was okay, but nothing special, and i, too, passed on filling a growler. I'd rather be Stalin if that's okay. I was going to get a growler of it but got a sample before, it wasn't bad but there was nothing that screamed to me it was worth the $17 for the fill and $17 for the growler (since I had forgotten mine). I would rather have 12 Edmund Fitzgerald for the same price.
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I had the Maple Porter the other night and was hoping for a bit more, but that was on the tail end of a heavy stout. Porters in general seem to a be a bit hit-and-miss with me, as I'm pretty used to getting a more full body with those types of flavors. So does that make me Southern France? Mussolini? Edit: For more content, I got curious and checked eBay for auctions of Hardywood Park's Gingerbread stout. Not a single completed or in-progress auction. This saddens me, as I'd really like to know the value of what I'm sitting on. My cellar peen needs stroking. Kraven Moorhed fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Jun 5, 2012 |
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It probably has a lot of trade value, I know I would trade a lot of things for it.
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Midorka posted:Someone from Ohio wants to trade my 2010 DFH WWS for something from his area. What's a good beer that I can't get in NJ I should look for? Also I had Brooklyn Brewery's Mary's Maple Porter and it was a bit bland, I'm glad I opted out of the growler of it I was considering getting. Can you get Columbus IPA in NJ? I hear thats a good one, if you're into IPAs.
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Trying out this Cody SOS Belgian IPA "hybrid". It's alright. A bit more IPA than Belgian. I find east coast IPA flavors are a bit... indelicate... compared to western IPAs. It comes through in this beer, as the hops are resiny and overpower the fragile belgian-ness, and the heavier than usual malt body makes it taste a little too grainy for anything with "belgian" in the name. That said, the Belgian character does bring out the dryness and fruitiness that usually lacks in east coast IPAs. Slightly spicy, too. Orange rind, alcohol, bandaid (I like bandaid flavor in Belgians). Very little of the generic "sweet" you get with stateside Belgian style beers. The only thing that's off putting is the unclean hop finish. Overall, maybe a B-, but still enjoyable. Has potential. CalvinDooglas fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Jun 6, 2012 |
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I've never once thought a "Belgian IPA" was good. I always end up thinking its a really misguided fusion that someone concocted by figuring out the two most popular general styles among beer nerds and putting them together.
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Angry Grimace posted:I've never once thought a "Belgian IPA" was good. I always end up thinking its a really misguided fusion that someone concocted by figuring out the two most popular general styles among beer nerds and putting them together. I agree, I generally find the tastes and aromas clash hard and I've never fully enjoyed one.
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Midorka posted:I agree, I generally find the tastes and aromas clash hard and I've never fully enjoyed one. Lagunitas Lil Sumpin Wild is great.
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Munkaboo posted:Lagunitas Lil Sumpin Wild is great. I forgot about that, I do love that beer.
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Munkaboo posted:Lagunitas Lil Sumpin Wild is great. God drat right. So are Raging Bitch, Brewery Vivant's Triomphe and...that's all I can think of. I'm going to channel Rage Saq and say that hoppy saisons are where it's at.
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Day one of Saison Brett hunt was a long day, but I came home with some trophies. Going out again tomorrow for the Wednesday delivery stores. I'm hoping to end up with 6, and cellar 3 and try them over the next few months. It's my first foray into keeping beer around past the time to buy more beer, but I think it will be worth it. I also threw in a couple of new ones and a Yeti, just because it's awesome!
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Rayon Vert is another great Belgian IPA. Chouffe Houblon is another one that tends to be very well respected.
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heads up- letspour.com is featuring Hair of the Dog Fred at the moment. dunno how the price stacks up against regular retail (some of the poo poo on there is crazy overpriced), but it's there.
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In Indiana, I've seen Fred on the shelves for $4.99 to $5.50 a bottle. Unfortunately they don't sell it where I live in Kentucky because its my favorite easily acquirable beer. I'd say if HotD doesn't distribute to your state, buying 6 Freds for $8 a piece and getting free shipping wouldn't be a bad deal- in fact if you've never had the beer before then I'd highly recommend doing it.
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Stone's Cali-Belgique IPA is a fantastic Belgian IPA. The only Stone beer I buy on the regular.
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I loved that Rayvon Vert I had last week. I also remember enjoying Le Freak a couple years ago. I'm seeing a west coast preference trend. Although, Raging Bitch is out of Maryland. This being my Friday night, I also have a good old Hop Wallop waiting for later.
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Jun 6, 2012 01:55
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Boon Marriage Parfait Kreik 2008 earlier, now Founders KBS 2011.
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I've been trying to set-up a trade with this guy from Ohio and it's been kind of a pain since neither of us know what the other can get, thank you Ratebeer. I don't know why it didn't occur to me until just now, but I can see the top beers brewed per state! I asked him to look into Thirsty Dog's Siberian Night Imperial Stout and Jackie-O's Dark Apparition. I don't know if they are rare or hard to find, but I'm hoping one of them will be found.
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Haymarket in Chicago has also brewed several Belgian IPAs, all of which have been pretty respectable. It's kind of a dead horse at this point, though, and if people are going to Belgian-ize styles there are plenty of others they can tinker with.
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Arnold of Soissons posted:Rayon Vert is another great Belgian IPA. Chouffe Houblon is another one that tends to be very well respected. Rayon Vert is just a western take on Orval; It's not supposed to be an IPA at all. Green Flash has an Tripel/IPA in their regular lineup called Le Freak.
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