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Turns out chocolate beer floats with Edmund Fitzgerald are pretty tasty. Not a bad way to kill the second half of the bottle after dinner, though now I'm interested in trying that out with Moo-Hoo once it comes around again. Hazelbean talk got me thinking: are there any good nut flavored beers out there? I know Abita does some form of almond beer but I've yet to try it, and it's the only one that springs to mind. Barring some sort of unholy Thai peanut beer, I could see some nuts contributing a little something interesting to a flavor profile. Edit:  106 pictures? How long was the tour? That said, I'm gonna steal that tree house one day and live in it. poo poo's awesome.
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Thanks for those pics Midorka, I need to make it up there asap. Haven't tried 75min. yet, but that pic rules.
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Josh Wow posted:Lazy Magnolia makes a pecan nut brown that's pretty drat good, it's the only good nut beer I can think of. i've had three or four bad ones, but this is tasty
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ChiTownEddie posted:Cherry wheat is horrific, I agree. Tasted like bad cough medicine to me. 21st Amendment Back in Black is decent
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Josh Wow posted:Lazy Magnolia makes a pecan nut brown that's pretty drat good, it's the only good nut beer I can think of. Flying Fish Exit 8 is pretty solid, too.
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Kraven Moorhed posted:Turns out chocolate beer floats with Edmund Fitzgerald are pretty tasty. Not a bad way to kill the second half of the bottle after dinner, though now I'm interested in trying that out with Moo-Hoo once it comes around again. Evil Twin Biscotti Break and Imperial Biscotti Break has Almonds in it. Oh and they are awesome.
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Rogue has a black ipa called Dad's little helper. Its not bad.
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Midorka posted:I finally got around to uploading the pictures I took at the Dogfish Head Brewpub/Brewery, I not a photographer so the photos aren't that great, but someone might enjoy them. Here's the album. As for the Dogfish Head items I purchased, the coasters were a steal at $5 each they are made really well and look great. The glass is a bit light and thin compared to what i was expecting, especially with the thick stem. The soap smells fantastic and so does the shampoo. All of the products are quality and I highly recommend them. That's a cool album but why does it end with screenshots of your computer? Also I bought that DFH soap and shampoo... I know, I know. But the soap is actually really nice and I'd use the shampoo if I didn't have to keep my dandruff under control 
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Kosher man posted:Evil Twin Biscotti Break and Imperial Biscotti Break has Almonds in it. Oh and they are awesome. was real bummed when it turned out the BB that made it to our market was infected. IBB is apparently happening, though, so hopefully i'll be able to get in on that.
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funkybottoms posted:was real bummed when it turned out the BB that made it to our market was infected. IBB is apparently happening, though, so hopefully i'll be able to get in on that. Both are excellent. Of all the Evil Twin stuff, these and Freudian Slip are my favorites. All are contract brewed by Westbrook in SC.
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Victory's Yakima Glory is a really good dark DIPA-ish style beer. Went to Boston yesterday, visited Cambridge Brewing and got some samples: Dry hopped pale - Bright, aromatic hops, light in color and feel. A bit more "west coast" than most of the pales you get around here Cask version of the above - Did not enjoy. Tasted like wort. It was like the cask somehow un-fermented the beer, turning it back into a thick, completely uncarbonated mess of astringent hop oils. I know cask is normally bitter and flat, but this one was too bitter/oily and too flat. St Charles Porter - Awesome porter. Complex aromas of fruit, coffee, roasted malt. Fairly hoppy for a porter, but went down easy. Belgian Wit - Lots of coriander and orange peel, bready/chewy texture. Light, refreshing very little hops. Hefeweizen - A really good German style hefe Arquebus "Summer Barleywine" - 14% white wine barrel aged barlywine. Was almost like a very light port wine. Dominated by sweet wine barrel and grape, and almost plain saccharine sweet aroma. It was like drinking very alcoholic flower nectar. Was enjoyable as a sample, but I don't think I'd want more than a few ounces. I also forgot how expensive booze is down there. Paid $18 for a shot of Jack and a Budweiser. CalvinDooglas fucked around with this message at 23:09 on Jul 22, 2012 |
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Wolfy posted:Wow, looks like they have really good food in addition to beer. I'm actually moving to Corvallis so I think I'm going to be there a lot. Going to OSU? Check out Flat Tail Brewing, too. They are making some pretty good beer. I believe I read something about them having an anniversary party soon, possibly while you are there. Let us know how your trip went and what you drank. Phanatic posted:In the case of Frangelic, it's because the hazelnut coffee they're using as an ingredient is artificially flavored coffee. Every hazelnut coffee I've ever smelled has given me the impression that the only people who would buy it like neither coffee nor hazelnuts. It's weird that a great brewery like Founders would use that poo poo when there is hazelnut extract on the market made from actual hazelnuts. Rogue uses a real hazelnut extract in their Hazelnut Brown, IIRC. I was in Orkney, the islands in the far north of Scotland, and I found this:  I had the regular Dark Island when I was there and it was pretty good. This is 2x the ABV and aged in whisky barrels. I have no idea how this is going to be, but I figured I'd buy a bottle and pack it in with the scotch I was bringing back. Looking forward to opening it soon. consensual poster fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Jul 23, 2012 |
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Perfectly Cromulent posted:I was in Orkney, the islands in the far north of Scotland, and I found this: if you like sweet beer and peaty whisky, i think you'll enjoy it. not typically my thing, but i tasted one with a few years on it and thought it was decent enough. ended last night with an Imperial Stout Trooper, which is very good IS with great chocolate and roast flavors and some nice viscosity, but pretty far from the most complex beer i've ever tasted. better than the year-old Stone RIS i had the other night, but i wouldn't take it over FIS.
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Sirotan posted:For a full trip report you will have to wait for Corbet's thoughts, as I bailed from the tasting around 11pm last night. It didn't end up being the train wreck I was expecting, but turning a tasting into a big guessing game with a bunch of people you don't even know is a pretty terrible idea. For the whole first hour everyone just silently passed around bottles stuck in paper bags and awkwardly wrote down their 'guesses'. The host wasn't even going to reveal what everyone was drinking until the end of the night until we convinced him to do so otherwise. We also drank waaaaaaaaaaaaaay too loving many stouts in a row, which we had to do because someone didn't show up that was bringing beers #6 and 17 or something, and he wouldn't change up his pre-arranged order. I don't have much to add about this, it definitely wasn't a train wreck, the host was surprisingly normal but I thought the blind tasting was stupid, along with the limit on styles. It got the the point at the end where I had no idea what stout I was drinking because there were 3 blind bottles being passed around. Once midnight hit, there were a few of us left and the host told us he was going to bed, something about having a baby (his baby wasn't even there) and needing sleep or something. Someone went upstairs to see if he wanted to open a bottle of King Henry and apparently he was puking. I ended up taking them over to Ashleys for a couple more beers until they closed. If he did it again without the style limit and without the blind tasting, I think I'd go again.
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Kraven Moorhed posted:Edit: The tour was 30-45 minutes and our guide was fantastic. You get the history of Dogfish Head, get shown all of the areas of the brewery, and get 4 samples. They are currently building an oak aging room just for oaked beers, as of now they are in with the some other fermenters. You also get to hold a piece of Palo Santo wood which is very hard and heavy for the size. TenaciousTomato posted:Thanks for those pics Midorka, I need to make it up there asap. My advice is to not plan to be in Rehoboth Beach for more than a night, there's not enough to do there to keep you occupied for a long time. Good thing is that Philly and Baltimore aren't far away and have loads to do. cryme posted:It's really fun to be inside the treehouse. There's a phone powered by hand-crank that can call the tasting room. Gets hot in the summer though. Overlooks my house. It stinks that it's closed to the public now outside of events because of the rust. I really wanted to go in it, but it's still a fun time. I'm really surprised at how the brewery is right across from a new group of homes being built/already built and is a stone's throw from more houses. Milton is really a nice quaint town. FreelanceSocialist posted:Flying Fish Exit 8 is pretty solid, too. Are you in New Jersey/Philly area then? Flying Fish is largely mediocre outside of their Exit series, but they sure do a good job on those. Manky posted:That's a cool album but why does it end with screenshots of your computer? Thus concludes my long chain of replies.
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funkybottoms posted:if you like sweet beer and peaty whisky, i think you'll enjoy it. not typically my thing, but i tasted one with a few years on it and thought it was decent enough. I'm a bit surprised that anyone else here has had it, though I don't think there is much of a market in the UK for it. It's quite possible that it's brewed primarily for export. I'm glad to hear that peaty scotch barrels were used to make it. It doesn't explicitly say that it was scotch whisky on the bottle. I've not had a beer with peat smoke notes in it before. I noticed that they are pretty serious about the CAMRA thing in Scotland. I didn't see many beers that weren't either mass-produced or hand-pumped from a cask with a CAMRA logo on or near the tap.
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Midorka posted:It stinks that it's closed to the public now outside of events because of the rust. I really wanted to go in it, but it's still a fun time. I'm really surprised at how the brewery is right across from a new group of homes being built/already built and is a stone's throw from more houses. Milton is really a nice quaint town. They only open it for events. I'd say it's a shame you left town when you did, they put two limited beers on at the pub the next day, but neither of them were particularly good. If you come down again let me know, we'll open some bottles.
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Perfectly Cromulent posted:I'm a bit surprised that anyone else here has had it, though I don't think there is much of a market in the UK for it. yeah, had it at a "high-roller" tasting (the point was bring beer that cost at least $20, not necessarily anything rare, although of course the focus ended up more on rarity than cost. anyway.) where this guy seriously just kept opening bottle after bottle. not sure if i've seen if for sale in VA, but i know the dude traveled a lot.
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CalvinDooglas posted:I also forgot how expensive booze is down there. Paid $18 for a shot of Jack and a Budweiser. I've finally adjusted to living in Colorado. When I first moved out here I'd get my bar tab and because I spent like $18 on 6 drinks with tip. Now when I go back to Boston I for the same reason you posted.Had Oro de Calabaza for the first time on Friday. To state the obvious it was totally outstanding, especially on a super hot day. Very light and refreshing but also complex, full of European hops and brett. For Colorado goons: I visited the relatively new City Star Brewing in Berthoud (little farm town north of Longmont). It was...totally unremarkable. Nothing I had was straight bad, but neither did it make me want to go back. I hope they do OK just because they're bringing craft beer to a "if you don't drink Coors you're a fag" town and that takes balls. But every single beer from the golden ale to the stout tasted real thin and watery, just wasn't much flavor going on. Still way better than Pateros Creek in Fort Collins who I would nominate for worst brewery in the state 
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Drinking the Maui verson of Sobrehumano right now. Compared to the Jolly Pumpkin version it is solidly 'meh'. I'm rather disappointed. 
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cryme posted:I'd say it's a shame you left town when you did, they put two limited beers on at the pub the next day, but neither of them were particularly good. If you come down again let me know, we'll open some bottles. I plan to come down next year at the very least. If so I'll let you know and I'll bring some as well. I know they were tapping the DNA on Friday, how was it? Edit: Sierra Nevada's Kellerweis is really good, from memory it's a step down from Weihenstephan's, barely. Midorka fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Jul 23, 2012 |
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So I'm fairly new to the world of craft beer since a buddy from work introduced me to Stone IPA at a bar we went to after work one evening a few months ago, but I've made up for lost time by drinking quite a few different Stone offerings as well as a few other breweries here and there. Recently, I drank a sixer of Deschutes Black Butte (which I really enjoyed, of course) over the course of the last few days and then I just grabbed a bomber each of Ballast Point Pale Ale and Alesmith IPA tonight since it's been damned hot and I wanted something a bit lighter. Anyway, to come to a point here - I find I really like porters/stouts and IPAs and would like more recommendations, especially for IPAs or straight pale ales, being that it's summertime. I'm in San Diego, so fire away with your best local recommendations (I know there's Stone, Green Flash, Alpine, Alesmith and Ballast Point at least...) I loved Stone's Imperial Russian Stout and their pale ale/IPA is great stuff, as is the Ruination IPA. I also really liked the Cali-Belgie IPA - that had a fascinating fruity undertaste melded with the usual hoppy IPA taste that was amazingly smooth. I'm really digging the Alesmith right now as well - it's not as hardcore hoppy as Stone but very smooth. Had the BP earlier and liked it but wasn't blown away (maybe I should have listened to the beer store clerk and bought BP Dorado instead).
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Perfectly Cromulent posted:Going to OSU? Check out Flat Tail Brewing, too. They are making some pretty good beer. I believe I read something about them having an anniversary party soon, possibly while you are there. Encryptic posted:Anyway, to come to a point here - I find I really like porters/stouts and IPAs and would like more recommendations, especially for IPAs or straight pale ales, being that it's summertime. I'm in San Diego, so fire away with your best local recommendations (I know there's Stone, Green Flash, Alpine, Alesmith and Ballast Point at least...) Wolfy fucked around with this message at 05:30 on Jul 23, 2012 |
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Encryptic posted:I'm in San Diego, so fire away with your best local recommendations (I know there's Stone, Green Flash, Alpine, Alesmith and Ballast Point at least...) Societe is cranking out some incredible IPAs right now and their IS, The Butcher, is decent too. Tap only in their facility and around town but they're being distributed fairly well so it's easy to find. Also, work your way to the Pizza Ports around the area and try their Poor Man's IPA. You'll never go wrong with it.
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Encryptic posted:Anyway, to come to a point here - I find I really like porters/stouts and IPAs and would like more recommendations, especially for IPAs or straight pale ales, being that it's summertime. I'm in San Diego, so fire away with your best local recommendations (I know there's Stone, Green Flash, Alpine, Alesmith and Ballast Point at least...) Ballast Point's Victory at Sea is amazing.
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Encryptic posted:Anyway, to come to a point here - I find I really like porters/stouts and IPAs and would like more recommendations, especially for IPAs or straight pale ales, being that it's summertime. I'm in San Diego, so fire away with your best local recommendations (I know there's Stone, Green Flash, Alpine, Alesmith and Ballast Point at least...) Also Lost Abbey Serpent Stout. It's one of the best. Anything Lost Abbey, really, but since you asked for IPA and stout recs that's what I'm suggesting. I'll second Midorka's Victory at Sea suggestion as well. And stop by Alesmith's tasting room, they frequently have variants of Speedway Stout on tap. (Speedway on its own is drat good as well.) Buy the stouts now and hold them until what passes for winter in San Diego. They'll keep just fine.
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Apparently Hill Framstead is the brewery of the moment among beer fans, if the people at the bar are to be believed. I had their Society and Solitude #4 tonight and it's really good. It's very flavorful (floraly with some pine notes) but very drinkable at the same time. They think the keg should be kicked very soon.
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funkybottoms posted:was real bummed when it turned out the BB that made it to our market was infected. IBB is apparently happening, though, so hopefully i'll be able to get in on that. It was not infected but it was way over carbonated. At that time Westbrook was bottle conditioning all his beers and well apparently he was not the best at it. He has moved to force carbonating most of his stuff now so the gushing isn't an issue anymore.
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bartolimu posted:If you're up for a big fat hoppy IPA, look for Port Brewing's Mongo. Don't get it on tap - it's not bad, but this is the rare beer that is better (freshly) bottled. That's because they don't use Simcoe hops for the keg batches, only the batches that get bottled. That's really interesting. I didn't know that - Mongo on tap is pretty atrocious to my palate. Midorka posted:Ballast Point's Victory at Sea is amazing. Encryptic posted:So I'm fairly new to the world of craft beer since a buddy from work introduced me to Stone IPA at a bar we went to after work one evening a few months ago, but I've made up for lost time by drinking quite a few different Stone offerings as well as a few other breweries here and there. Recently, I drank a sixer of Deschutes Black Butte (which I really enjoyed, of course) over the course of the last few days and then I just grabbed a bomber each of Ballast Point Pale Ale and Alesmith IPA tonight since it's been damned hot and I wanted something a bit lighter. (Ballast Point's Pale Ale isn't actually an American Pale Ale, it's a Kolsch, so everyone who has a clue what American Pales are supposed to be wigs out and writes an angry BA review.) Edit - Actually, the easiest way to do all this just get a friend and go to the Toronado in North Park and just order virtually anything they have on tap. Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 08:08 on Jul 23, 2012 |
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Kosher man posted:It was not infected but it was way over carbonated. At that time Westbrook was bottle conditioning all his beers and well apparently he was not the best at it. He has moved to force carbonating most of his stuff now so the gushing isn't an issue anymore. ah, okay. now that you mention it, what i did hear was "gushers," not "infected," but since it wasn't explained, i had assumed an infection issue.
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Midorka posted:I plan to come down next year at the very least. If so I'll let you know and I'll bring some as well. I know they were tapping the DNA on Friday, how was it? This years DNA was way better than last years, but it was very sweet. It tasted like a sweeter/more intense Black & Blue.
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Y-Hat posted:Apparently Hill Framstead is the brewery of the moment among beer fans, if the people at the bar are to be believed. I had their Society and Solitude #4 tonight and it's really good. It's very flavorful (floraly with some pine notes) but very drinkable at the same time. They think the keg should be kicked very soon. Hill Farmstead do hella delicious beers. I gorged on their brews down at the Cigar City taproom a couple of weeks ago. Edward is SO GOOD.
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Founders all day ipa.... Perfect beach beer... As are you, and Blue Mountain Full Nelson cans.
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Hey I'd like to talk about Schwarzbier for a bit. This is about my favorite beer style ever. Really. I mean it. Part of it may be because when it comes to Texas beer history (going back to the late 19th century), lager was it; and when the German immigrants of the time felt a little saucy, they brewed "black beer". Perhaps because of that, Köstritzer has always been in Texas, since I can ever remember; and I love it to bits. That smooth, dark, malty-without-being-too-malty flavor. Then Shiner put out their Bohemian Black Lager, which, I don't care about the BA score, it's also great. As of somewhat late, Austin Beerworks put out Black Thunder, which is also a serious candidate for best Schwarzbier in Texas  I feel a bit sad because I'll be leaving TX shortly and I won't have all these lovely black beers at my disposal any longer in a short time. It sucks, especially because, as any East German can tell you, whenever you shouldn't drink beer (because you need to be sober for something later on), you can just mix Schwarzbier with cola and you're good to go. This concoction is about the greatest thing ever for hot summer days, IMO. Try it.
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SUPER HASSLER posted:Hey I'd like to talk about Schwarzbier for a bit. Every once in a while I pick up a six-pack of Sam Adams Black Lager; it may just be my favorite of their brews. And, nothing says "tailgating in the fall" like Magic Hat "Howl," even if I've sworn off most of their other stuff. My quest to find more Schwarzbier specimens has only been derailed because I fell in love with IPAs early this spring and can't seem to stop. Come fall, I think it'll be back to Porters and Schwarzbiers 24/7.
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lazerwolf posted:21st Amendment Back in Black is decent Eddie, Stone's Sublimely Self-Righteous, Victory's Yakima Glory, and awesomely enough a semi local offering, Lakefront's BPA (not Belgian Pale Ale) are all standouts in this category, as they offer more than the black color, but also a roasty flavor and the hop profile to compliment that earthy bitterness, and not overshadow it.
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SUPER HASSLER posted:Hey I'd like to talk about Schwarzbier for a bit. I'm not sure if New Belgium 1554 counts as a Schwarzbier in BJCP terms or not (as a funny aside, Texas is the reason they call it an ale despite using lager yeast... the ABV is slightly too high to be labeled a lager under Texas law) but it's in the ballpark and that beer owns. I don't see it on draft as much as I used to which is a drat shame, it's a perfect mix of easy drinking yet flavorful. 6oz or so is also wonderful in chili instead of whatever lovely Tecate or PBR most people dump in. Also after reading your post I'm definitely mixing up a 1554 and coke shandy to bring to my softball game tomorrow.
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