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Midorka posted:I don't see a reason for me to ever buy Duck-Rabbit again if they can't fix their poo poo. I mean I can get Left Hand's Milk Stout, Troegs Troegenator, Edmund Fitzgerald, Victory's Baltic Porter, and etc instead of risking an infected bottle. Doesn't seem worth it. You seem to have skipped over this post from a dude who used to work there. Kosher Man posted:Yeah it seems DR had some infection issues over the last 6 months. Paul replaced some hoses and changed out the way they handled the yeast and it seems to have fixed itself now. It sucks that it happened but now that they have built a lab hopefully it shouldn't happen again. Duck Rabbit is one of the gems of the Mid-Atlantic and you're doing yourself a disservice to skip them because of an infection problem. Every brewery has QC issues, the ones that I'd stay away from are the ones that never acknowledge them and just quietly fix them or worse, don't.
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I'm fine skipping them since they don't distribute to my state (I have to go to Philly for them) and everything I've had by them I can find cheaper from a more local brewery (Troegs, Victory, Weyerbacher, DFH, etc). It's good they fixed the infection issues, hopefully, but that's my deterrence from now on.
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funkybottoms posted:ouch, hope that's at least a full pint nope, but i think it was the best beer I've ever had
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Docjowles posted:I thought Clutch was decent as long as you pretended it wasn't supposed to be a sour beer. If you just thought of it as a big, strong porter it was pretty tasty. But it completely failed at being even a little bit sour. I'm not sure if you got a bad bottle, one of our mouths are broken, or some combination of the two of those things because I loved the beer* and clearly picked up on the sour flavor. Have you had a sour stout before? NB Lips of Faith are pretty hit and miss for me but this was great, I thought. *and the band. Clutch kicks rear end.
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I got a job offer today that I've been waiting a while for. Parabola is going to be drank tonight.
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Anybody else going to Great Taste of the Midwest in Madison this weekend? I'll be there pouring beer with Goose Island (and likely getting a bit snockered with coworkers afterwards).
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Had a nice trip to the Seattle area this past weekend. Sadly we had minimal time for beer tourism, but I did get a Ninkasi Total Domination IPA which was pretty excellent. Also got a nice surprise from my in-laws who live in Maine. "Oh hey we were at this farmer's market near Portland and got talking to some guy from Allagash brewing. He gave us these for free, and we know you like beer so we brought them for you" *busts out bottles of Allagash Tripel Reserve and Curieux*  So basically I went to Seattle, had no Pacific NW beers, but came home with a bunch of outstanding Maine beers somehow. Not complaining.
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Docjowles posted:*busts out bottles of Allagash Tripel Reserve and Curieux* Those are both amazing. The tripel is my favorite for the style and Curiuex is a bit better. Just a hint of bourbon compared to most bourbon barrel aged beers.
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Curieux is one of my favorite barrel-aged beers. One of the few that really balances the bourbon and the white oak with the beer itself. Just tossed a Brewdog Dogma into the fridge. Looking forward to it after I get done sanding the loving deck in muggy weather tonight.
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Ubik posted:Anybody else going to Great Taste of the Midwest in Madison this weekend? I'll be there pouring beer with Goose Island (and likely getting a bit snockered with coworkers afterwards). I'll be there. I really hope you goose folk are bringing some of the more bizarre BCBS variants. I long to try the ghost pepper.
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So my sister in law came home from Germany with a bottle of Bruges Zot and a Rugenbrau for me. Anyone had these?
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Whisker Biscuit posted:I'll be there. I really hope you goose folk are bringing some of the more bizarre BCBS variants. I long to try the ghost pepper. I saw a twitter post where there were about 16 1/6 barrel kegs of single-barrel Bourbon County that they're going to use to conduct blending classes. edit for tweet: https://twitter.com/GooseIsland/status/231105724514697216 crazyfish fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Aug 7, 2012 |
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Well, Dogma is a loving weird beer. I guess I should have expected that. The flavors are interestingly complex, it's just not... good. Poppyseed, Honey, Guarana, Kola Nut... they're there, but they don't play nice.
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FreelanceSocialist posted:Well, Dogma is a loving weird beer. I guess I should have expected that. The flavors are interestingly complex, it's just not... good. Poppyseed, Honey, Guarana, Kola Nut... they're there, but they don't play nice. I've never had anything from Brewdog I've liked.
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danbanana posted:I've never had anything from Brewdog I've liked. Does Brewdog make *anything* worth a drat? Everytime I see Brewdog in a store it makes me think they're just a total gimmick brewer, unlike DFH which at least has some good beer mixed in with their hit-and-miss gimmicks.
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crazyfish posted:Does Brewdog make *anything* worth a drat? Everytime I see Brewdog in a store it makes me think they're just a total gimmick brewer, unlike DFH which at least has some good beer mixed in with their hit-and-miss gimmicks. Tokyo is probably the one beer from them that's decent. But there's many other imperial stouts to go after that won't cost you as much either!
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air- posted:Tokyo is probably the one beer from them that's decent. But there's many other imperial stouts to go after that won't cost you as much either! poo poo, I've got a bottle of Tokyo in the back of my fridge that I've completely forgotten about. I got that poo poo for free.  I guess I'll drink it sometime when I don't need to be up in eight hours, because gently caress that.
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The beer bottles inside taxidermied squirrels was an amazing troll you guys, you have to agree. poo poo they even sold those suckers for $1k apiece.
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deadwing posted:poo poo, I've got a bottle of Tokyo in the back of my fridge that I've completely forgotten about. I got that poo poo for free. By the way, is it Tokyo* or Tokyo? The * one is 18% and that'll truly kick your rear end.
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crazyfish posted:Does Brewdog make *anything* worth a drat? Let's just agree on "no" and discuss something else.
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danbanana posted:Let's just agree on "no" and discuss something else. They make that beer that's bottled inside a dead squirrel.
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Captain Shortbus posted:I got a job offer today that I've been waiting a while for. Parabola is going to be drank tonight. This seems like a huge scam, the fact that the website made me click that I was sure to leave reeks of a scam. The lady lives 20 minutes away from me and if she were making that money she would not be living in Sicklerville anymore, nor would she call if "comfortable living." What a crock of poo poo. Edit: I only post this to advise others to ignore this post, this post is shortbus material. Stay away from the pyramid scam poo poo. Midorka fucked around with this message at 04:46 on Aug 7, 2012 |
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crazyfish posted:Does Brewdog make *anything* worth a drat? Everytime I see Brewdog in a store it makes me think they're just a total gimmick brewer, unlike DFH which at least has some good beer mixed in with their hit-and-miss gimmicks. This is my general attitude with them but the Punk, 5am saint, and dead pony club are all solid.
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air- posted:By the way, is it Tokyo* or Tokyo? The * one is 18% and that'll truly kick your rear end. It's the rear end-kicking one, and that's why I forgot about it. Holding the power of nearly five "standard" beers in one 12oz bottle is nothing to scoff at, and it's why I forgot I had it. 
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Midorka posted:This seems like a huge scam, the fact that the website made me click that I was sure to leave reeks of a scam. The lady lives 20 minutes away from me and if she were making that money she would not be living in Sicklerville anymore, nor would she call if "comfortable living." What a crock of poo poo. Yeah, Firestone Walker... what a scam. Shortbus material, indeed... edit: yeah, I'm assuming he's had a Parabola or two of his own and pasted into the wrong tab. But, yeah, gently caress Sicklerville. It's a crock of poo poo. CalvinDooglas fucked around with this message at 05:44 on Aug 7, 2012 |
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Uh yeah I have no idea what the poo poo you're talking about, Midorka. Unless my adblock plugin is censoring some crap out for me that you're seeing.
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Could I get a recommendation on a nice hefeweizen or honeyweiss for end of summer barbeques? Preferably to go with shrimp, steaks and kebabs.
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The Tinfoil Price posted:Could I get a recommendation on a nice hefeweizen or honeyweiss for end of summer barbeques? Preferably to go with shrimp, steaks and kebabs. Weihenstephan for hefeweizen is always my choice, although I've found that a lot of the time that people ask for hefeweizen, they're actually looking for American style wheat ale, which is totally different.
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crazyfish posted:Does Brewdog make *anything* worth a drat? Everytime I see Brewdog in a store it makes me think they're just a total gimmick brewer, unlike DFH which at least has some good beer mixed in with their hit-and-miss gimmicks. I really, really like Smokehead. It's not something I want to drink all the time, but it's a great example of an extreme of beer production.
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Angry Grimace posted:Weihenstephan for hefeweizen is always my choice, although I've found that a lot of the time that people ask for hefeweizen, they're actually looking for American style wheat ale, which is totally different. Anything by Weihenstephaner will own, yup. Sierra Nevada Kellerweis is also a great traditional hefeweizen and should be easy to find almost anywhere. If people don't want that "weird banana poo poo" as Angry Grimace suggested, I'm partial to New Belgium Sunshine Wheat as a refreshing and inoffensive wheat beer.
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Edit: gently caress now that I think about it, I was browsing at my girlfriends and she doesn't have adblock, the link is not there on my computer with adblock. Sorry dude, on her computer where you said "job" there was a link to some sketchy site about some lady making $5,000 a week from home. I guess I didn't realize how much Adblock works since I haven't not used it in 5 years... Sorry Captain Shortbus, congratulations on the new job. The Tinfoil Price posted:Could I get a recommendation on a nice hefeweizen or honeyweiss for end of summer barbeques? Preferably to go with shrimp, steaks and kebabs. Weihenstephaner, Sierra Nevada's Kellerweis, Sixpoint Apollo, and New Glarus Dancing Man. Apollo is a kristallweizen, but it should be worth looking into for you. Midorka fucked around with this message at 18:23 on Aug 7, 2012 |
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Midorka posted:Edit: gently caress now that I think about it, I was browsing at my girlfriends and she doesn't have adblock, the link is not there on my computer with adblock. Sorry dude, on her computer where you said "job" there was a link to some sketchy site about some lady making $5,000 a week from home. I guess I didn't realize how much Adblock works since I haven't not used it in 5 years... No problem, man.
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 Posted in a GABF thread on BA to see if anyone had some Thursday/Friday tickets they might trade me for my Saturday tickets. Someone reported me as having 'inappropriate content' and now my account is on probation. lollll Not sure why I didn't post it here either but if anyone wants to trade days, I've got two tickets for Saturday (non-member) session and I've now found out my uncle in Denver can't go with me that day. Would just like to outright trade for another non-member session if possible. oh god don't report this post guys
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Midorka posted:Edit: gently caress now that I think about it, I was browsing at my girlfriends and she doesn't have adblock, the link is not there on my computer with adblock. Sorry dude, on her computer where you said "job" there was a link to some sketchy site about some lady making $5,000 a week from home. I guess I didn't realize how much Adblock works since I haven't not used it in 5 years... Your girlfriend's computer needs to run some better security.
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Angry Grimace posted:Your girlfriend's computer needs to run some better security. Yea, pretty sure that's not an adblock thing, sounds like she's got something installed that's placing those links. Also, lol suggesting New Glarus, c'mon that poo poo's hard as hell to get outside of WI. Retemnav fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Aug 7, 2012 |
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Retemnav posted:
Speaking of WI... http://www.mhtg.org/system/uploads/document/great_taste/2012/2012_great_taste_program.pdf This is my first time attending and I honestly have no clue how to approach a festival like this, any tips? edit: I'm pretty familiar with all the WI, MI, Chicago stuff...but are there any gem breweries from farther away that I should really seek out, I know part of the fun is being blown away by stuff you have never heard of/not expecting. But I don't want to miss out on something great. broom fucked around with this message at 20:50 on Aug 7, 2012 |
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broom posted:Speaking of WI... http://www.mhtg.org/system/uploads/document/great_taste/2012/2012_great_taste_program.pdf Ubik mentioned above he'll be pouring for Goose... Minneapolis Town Hall has a pretty good rep, though I've never had anything by them. In particular, their Czar Jack Imperial Stout is supposed to be really good, though it's a limited release. Surly will be there, so that's awesome. And a lot of smaller Chicago-land brewpubs (Haymarket, Revolution, Flossmoor, Piece) are represented. E: Looking at this more... dammit I wish I was going. That's a good list and it doesn't seem like it's been a total clusterfuck in the past like a lot of bigger things are.
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Town Hall's Masala Mama is one of the best IPAs around. I'd definitely recommend hitting them up.
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Corbet posted:Has anybody been to Ebenezer's Pub in Maine? It's this ridiculous Belgian beer bar that has an amazing cellar: Well, already had an overnight trip planned to Maine with my Boston cousin in a few weekends — trying to talk him into a White Mtns. hike + Ebenezer's.  guys
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