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SUPER HASSLER posted:They are starting really big (50bbl system), but for some reason they are charging by far the biggest prices for bottles in this state. I mean, people used to think Jester King charged a lot, but they are charging like $16 for a bomber of a very basic (tho good) kinda saison, and that's just ridiculous. That's like a new local (and largely crappy) brewery here in MPLS which I won't name, I've seen their bombers at 6.99 which isn't too expensive if it were decent (it's not). 6.99 can get you a decent six pack. Who actually buys this poo poo? At what point will the enthusiasm for something 'local' fade in the face of the fact that the beer kinda sucks? Maybe this rampant homerism is just a Minnesota thing, I feel like people and the local press here always go on about how awesome the Cities are.
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enthe0s posted:Enjoyed Great Divide Samurai and Hades tonight. Strangely enough, I got almost 0 taste out of the Samurai. It almost felt like I was drinking water. Loved the Hades though; it wasn't too sweet like most other Belgians I've tried. Samurai is a rice ale. It's supposed be really light, and not very strong. I used to get it on really hot days if I wanted refreshment during daylight hours. I really recommend Colette for a lighter summertime Great Divide beer.
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funkybottoms posted:please can we not talk about pumpkin beer again Thanks for the heads up... im most looking forward to my full nelson cans
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Kraven Moorhed posted:Uinta's Dubhe Black IPA is fantastic, by the way, and has a gorgeous bottle/label design: I thought Dubhe was okay, but not my favorite of their summer seasonals. Baba - which has a neat label if you like sheep silhouettes - is a fantastic Bohemian-style dark lager and was my go-to beer for bar outings until the keg kicked at my local. I want that beer year-round.
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Yeah, thanks for that heads up. I think I saw that at my local store last night too. Had a Love Child #2 and if you can get it, DRINK IT NOW. I felt like I was taking a bath in a field of sour cherries. The smell just goes on and on. Deep tartness but not as intense as Schaerbeekse Kriek. Lots of lacto, vanilla, brett, and bourbon flavor. Oh yeah, two failures on the collaboration beer front: New Belgium/Lost Abbey Brett Beer (22 oz LoF bottle): drainpoured. Soft carbonation and really minimal on the brett. It may as well have been like a slightly tart blonde ale with a little sorachi ace thrown in. Maui/Jolly Pumpkin Sobrehumano Palena'ole (black can from Maui): I got a lot more toasty malts kinda like the Coconut Porter as opposed to any semblance of tartness. If anything, it was some kinda muddled fruit flavor somewhere in there. It's a weird mix of fruit a la Magic Hat #9. Plus it was $6 for two cans - gently caress that noise. Reviews seem to say that the JP version is far better, so Sirotan, ShaneB, etc, please post up your thoughts! air- fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Jul 3, 2012 |
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air- posted:
Buddy of mine had one this weekend at a bar near Rockford, IL of all places... He's still raving about it.
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Jul 3, 2012 14:52
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air- posted:Maui/Jolly Pumpkin Sobrehumano Palena'ole (black can from Maui): I got a lot more toasty malts kinda like the Coconut Porter as opposed to any semblance of tartness. If anything, it was some kinda muddled fruit flavor somewhere in there. It's a weird mix of fruit a la Magic Hat #9. Plus it was $6 for two cans - gently caress that noise. Reviews seem to say that the JP version is far better, so Sirotan, ShaneB, etc, please post up your thoughts! At $18 a bottle its definitely pricey, but has the characteristic Jolly Pumpkin "funk" and a nice tart flavor. I've had it on tap and from the bottle and I think its pretty fantastic. Are you somewhere that you can get the Maui cans off the shelf? I'd be interested in setting up a trade so that I could try them side by side. Could send a bottle of the JP version.
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Jul 3, 2012 15:11
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Sirotan posted:At $18 a bottle its definitely pricey, but has the characteristic Jolly Pumpkin "funk" and a nice tart flavor. I've had it on tap and from the bottle and I think its pretty fantastic. Are you somewhere that you can get the Maui cans off the shelf? I'd be interested in setting up a trade so that I could try them side by side. Could send a bottle of the JP version. Aw man, would have been great to do that! These cans were the last two I saw at the Whole Foods in DC and I just kinda stumbled into it while wandering around on Sunday. Will keep on the lookout and shoot you a PM if I run into any more though. My go-to store hasn't gotten it yet.
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Drank my first Drie Fonteinen Oude Kriek last night. Bottled May 31, 2009 - it had a distinct vinegary smell. Not overpowering, but definitely there, and carried over slightly to the taste. Would this be a normal component, or a product of oxidization? It didn't take away (much) from the beer, but it was noticeable. It was also basically uncarbed. Ridiculously tart to begin with, but very smooth in the mouth with the cherries coming through as I held it, then finished off with another blast of tart as I swallowed. Very, very wine like, especially with the basically non-existent carbonation.
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air- posted:Aw man, would have been great to do that! These cans were the last two I saw at the Whole Foods in DC and I just kinda stumbled into it while wandering around on Sunday. Will keep on the lookout and shoot you a PM if I run into any more though. My go-to store hasn't gotten it yet. Ok, sounds good. I don't even need 6 either, I'd be happy with three with the rest made up of some other Maui beer if you get it, I've only ever had the Coconut Porter.
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Retemnav posted:Drank my first Drie Fonteinen Oude Kriek last night. Bottled May 31, 2009 - it had a distinct vinegary smell. Not overpowering, but definitely there, and carried over slightly to the taste. Would this be a normal component, or a product of oxidization? It didn't take away (much) from the beer, but it was noticeable. It was also basically uncarbed. Vinegar is usually a sign of Acetobacter, a producer of acetic acid. This can be found in lambic but most blenders try to blend it out but it will show up from time to time. I get it all the time in Cantillon though rarely ever in 3 font.
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I bought an Ithaca 14th Anniversary for my friend's 4th of July party. I was told it was very good by the couple who was ahead of me in line, are they right? I was about to buy Unibroue Terrible but this is for America's day.
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This is probably bullshit, but my dad talked with some guy from the Charlottesville area and said that Stone is thinking about putting a brewery in the area where Devil's Backbone is... thoughts?
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Stone is still building out their expansion in Escondido, so I wouldn't put a lot of stock in rumors of expanding elsewhere in the near future.
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Kosher man posted:Vinegar is usually a sign of Acetobacter, a producer of acetic acid. This can be found in lambic but most blenders try to blend it out but it will show up from time to time. I get it all the time in Cantillon though rarely ever in 3 font. I get a lot of acetic acid in Flanders Red Ales, but I think its more called for in that style.
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bartolimu posted:Stone is still building out their expansion in Escondido, so I wouldn't put a lot of stock in rumors of expanding elsewhere in the near future. Their super-long term expansion had them opening up a brewery in Europe, but that hasn't panned out despite them looking at a number of different cities and countries. I don't think doing anything on the east coast is in their plans, especially since they're usually not coy with their expansion plans (i.e. we tend to hear about everything they've done at least 6-18 months before they do it).
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I heartily approve of the thread title change. To keep it on topic, I am about to drink a Uinta's Dubhe Black IPA that I picked up in Chicago when I was there the other week. Like Kraven Moorhed, the artwork appealed to me, and I've never had anything from Uinta. My track record with black IPAs isn't good though....keeping an open mind.
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wattershed posted:Their super-long term expansion had them opening up a brewery in Europe, but that hasn't panned out despite them looking at a number of different cities and countries. I don't think doing anything on the east coast is in their plans, especially since they're usually not coy with their expansion plans (i.e. we tend to hear about everything they've done at least 6-18 months before they do it). A lot of breweries are trying to buy up European breweries in order to take all the equipment and ship it back to the US. Ballast Point is intending to open a third facility by buying some closed-up German brewery and sending all the brewing stuff back to some yet un-located San Diego facility. Speaking of Stone, I had the 10th Anniv. Ruiniation and good god was it bitter. It was pretty good actually but it was flirting really, really close to the line of tolerable bitterness. Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 22:47 on Jul 3, 2012 |
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Sirotan posted:To keep it on topic, I am about to drink a Uinta's Dubhe Black IPA that I picked up in Chicago when I was there the other week. Like Kraven Moorhed, the artwork appealed to me, and I've never had anything from Uinta. My track record with black IPAs isn't good though....keeping an open mind.
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man, i was too busy drinking to be all talking about it! (not my picture, and i believe the total count was 30 bottles between eight of us. worst beers were Great Divide Wolfgang and Almanac Spring 2012 Bière De Mars, highlights were probably Cuvee de Tomme, three-year old bourbon barrel Angel's Share, and Haandbakk)
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Sirotan posted:I've never had anything from Uinta. I think their standards are pretty unspectacular, but their Crooked Line stuff is generally very good, especially Labyrinth. RE: Black IPAs... Grand Teton's Trout Hop was something special but while looking it up just now, BA is reporting it retired. Sucks.
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I'm heading home with a mixed 6er and a bomber. What order should I drink these in? New Belgium Abbey N.B. Ranger Great Divide DPA Sierra Nevada PA O'Fallon Smoked Porter FW Union Jack FW Reserve Porter I'm all over the place tonight.
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danbanana posted:I think their standards are pretty unspectacular, but their Crooked Line stuff is generally very good, especially Labyrinth. Captain Shortbus, I'd probably go: Abbey Sierra Nevada PA Ranger Great Divide Union Jack Smoked Porter Reserve Porter You're never wrong capping off the evening with Firestone Walker. Unless of course you're too drunk to appreciate it.
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That's pretty much my plan. I didn't want to follow a porter with something bitter like an IPA. Thanks!
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It's so hot and awful out that all I want to drink is PBR and Bud Light Lime. I poo poo you not. Blime is fabulous: 4% beer soda that never dehydrates you the way Miller Lite and Budweiser seem to. I drank it for 24 hours straight at my buddy's lake house the other weekend and was never dehydrated OR drunk, so I consider that a success.
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ShaneB posted:It's so hot and awful out that all I want to drink is PBR and Bud Light Lime. I poo poo you not. Blime is fabulous: 4% beer soda that never dehydrates you the way Miller Lite and Budweiser seem to. I drank it for 24 hours straight at my buddy's lake house the other weekend and was never dehydrated OR drunk, so I consider that a success. I was going to pick up some PBR to be all American for the 4th but I spent the afternoon baking in the sun gawking at a 70ft trailer being maneuvered around and had no real want to stop by the store on the way home.
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I have to admit that I do like a near-freezing Bud Light Lime when it is nine billion degrees outside. Or a Kolsch. I had the day off yesterday and ended a pretty long hike with two pints of Harpoon Summer. Probably one of only a handful of times that I actually appreciated the frosted mug. There's definitely a time and place for everything. Even Pumking 
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I noticed Victory Summer Love in Colorado for the first time recently. Maybe it was out here before but I hadn't seen it. Anyway, holy crap this beer owns, maybe my new favorite summer seasonal. Light, crisp, refeshing, lemony... I want to drink this by the gallon.
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Docjowles posted:God drat. When it is literally over 100 outside, a syrupy rear end pumpkin beer is about the last thing on my mind. Save that for October. What pisses me off is by the time Fall hits, all the Pumking is sold out. You can't find them here by the end of October. When it's a beer that would be best in the winter. And sorry for talking about Pumpkin beer, but summer is literally my least favorite season for seasonal beers. I've never had a good summer beer. escape artist fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Jul 4, 2012 |
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This year's crop of saison-inspired summer beer is pretty good, I think. Some nice, sessionable stuff that's light and crisp.
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Victory Summer Love rules, though I just tend to drink lower alcohol beers in summer rather than drinking summer seasonals. I've been super into malty but not strong lagers lately. Eliot Ness is near perfect for summer for me. edit: Just came back with a bottle of Founders Frangelic Mountain Brown. I stopped at a Whole Foods and asked about it, and they said that there was a rumour that the coffee used to make it was artificially flavoured. Was kind of surprised at that and wound up leaving empty handed. Went to my local store and got the bottle, and sure enough, on the left side, there it is: "Brown ale brewed with artificially flavoured hazelnut coffee." edit 2: The same store had Bruery Fruet, but is there any way in hell that's worth $35 a bomber? crazyfish fucked around with this message at 04:40 on Jul 4, 2012 |
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ShaneB posted:It's so hot and awful out that all I want to drink is PBR and Bud Light Lime. I poo poo you not. Blime is fabulous: 4% beer soda that never dehydrates you the way Miller Lite and Budweiser seem to. I drank it for 24 hours straight at my buddy's lake house the other weekend and was never dehydrated OR drunk, so I consider that a success. I'd rather drink Gatorade or something else than a low alcohol beer that's not getting me drunk, at least I'm drinking something that's re-hydrating me. I mean 32 ounce Gatorade's for $1 or 72 ounces of Bud Light Lime for $6.99? Easy decision for me. I just don't see the point in buying a case of a beer to drink all day for the sake of drinking with my pals, if I'm not getting drunk then I'm going to drink something non-alcoholic, unless it's to enjoy the flavor. crazyfish posted:edit 2: The same store had Bruery Fruet, but is there any way in hell that's worth $35 a bomber? I don't know but I have two. I hope they don't suck. Midorka fucked around with this message at 05:01 on Jul 4, 2012 |
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I think Firestone's Porter is their weakest beer they brew, I would take Founders Porter or Edmund Fitzgerald over it 10 out of 10 times.
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Midorka posted:I think Firestone's Porter is their weakest beer they brew, I would take Founders Porter or Edmund Fitzgerald over it 10 out of 10 times. Captain Shortbus fucked around with this message at 14:59 on Jul 4, 2012 |
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Does anybody dare trying the bizarre flavors? I tried one of these Voodoo Donut Bacon Maple Ales. Inspired by the local Donut place here in Portland and their signature donut. Luckily I was not the only one that had to suffer through this abomination of flavors. Only way I can describe it is if you took a bottle of syrup, added some bacon drippings, and topped it off with beer. That would about sum it up. I don't regret trying it but I will not be getting it ever again. I can't believe I paid $22 for a pink beer bottle. 
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Watsabi posted:I can't believe I paid $22 for a pink beer bottle.  Speaking of beers that taste like breakfast foods, the next time any of you want a beer with breakfast, I'd recommend Bromigo Smoked Maple Amber by Three Heads Brewing. It's like drinking a smoky breakfast sausage.
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Midorka posted:I'd rather drink Gatorade or something else than a low alcohol beer that's not getting me drunk, at least I'm drinking something that's re-hydrating me. This is what beer is all about, if it doesn't get you drunk then what's the point?
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crazyfish posted:edit: Just came back with a bottle of Founders Frangelic Mountain Brown. I stopped at a Whole Foods and asked about it, and they said that there was a rumour that the coffee used to make it was artificially flavoured. Was kind of surprised at that and wound up leaving empty handed. Went to my local store and got the bottle, and sure enough, on the left side, there it is: "Brown ale brewed with artificially flavoured hazelnut coffee." Glad you found it. I snagged a 4-pack of Devil Dancer at that WF and then ran to West Lakeview... Holy poo poo. That might be the best bottle shop I've ever been in. They had a bottle of Parabola (bought!) and probably 50 other things I wanted to try but held back on, including bottles of 50/50 (though they were $32 each). Did end up snagging an Oude Kriek, just because.
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