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deadwing posted:I'm about to take the last sip of mine, and it rules. If you don't like lemon in your beer, you will not like this though. According to the back of the bottle it's also nearly a rye IPA, so if you don't like rye then it may not be your idea of a good time either.
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Toebone posted:The Boonton store had a one bottle limit I spend enough time at Gary's where they weren't on the shelf yet, and they started off asking if I wanted 3. Wine Library is out until next Monday, and Gary's on 23 has 3 cases sitting out on the shelf (so my sources say). Didn't find any Stone 16 on my trip out though, I want to try that real bad too. danbanana posted:I dare you to open one up exactly one month from now. I loving DARE YOU. If I can find another round, I JUST MIGHT.
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Jahoodie posted:If I can find another round, I JUST MIGHT.
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bartolimu posted:I'd probably register a Twitter handle just to tweet Greg a picture of me drinking a bottle of Enjoy By one day late. Not for Greg's reaction, of course - he's a chill dude and would be chill about it - but for the inevitable beer nerd tears that would ensue. Cellar it. Drink it one year later. Claim ignorance and/or illiteracy.
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"I thought it was using european date order"
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FrancisYorkPatty posted:"I thought it was using european date order" Lousy Smarch bottles.
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Long Trail Ale is a pretty accessible alt that sees good distribution. That fruity character is only a little less prominent than the Longshot Derf's.
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Whoever (bartolimu?) recommended Uinta's Baba Black Lager knows their poo poo. Lots of roast and malt character for a lager, and only 4% to boot. Impressive! Then I had a moment of divine inspiration and made a black & tan with Full Nelson, which I highly recommend trying if you have access to both. The transition between layers is a lot smoother and more pleasant than most black & tans I've had. Pretty drat delicious. Also tried Uinta's Punk'n. I'll have to do a side-by-side, but it tasted like a slightly watered down DFH Punkin. Aptly named as it turns out. Not a fantastic beer, as it's another entry into the rather played-out pumpkin-pie-in-a-bottle school of autumn beers, but not terrible. Just a little lacking in the mouthfeel department. Might wanna pass on this one. Lastly, I had a pint of Blue Mountain's Dark Hollow on tap the other day. Having tasted it a few times a month or two previously, it was interesting to come back and see that it'd developed a taste not unlike my halfway botched homebrew RIS. It's hard to describe it as anything other than an off-wood flavor. Lactic maybe? I'll have to pop a bottle of my homebrew and see if I can get a better read on it. Seeing as how Blue Mountain had some issues with one of their other brews from their Barrel House series, there might be some issues down the road if it's not the taplines or my finicky tastebuds.
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For Chicagoans looking to try Enjoy By, beermenus is showing it on tap at Maria's in Bridgeport. Also of note: Lunar has Kosmonaut. I had the barrel-aged version last December and it was fantastic.
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Drinking a New England Brewing Co Coriolis right now and wow, moving to CT sucks in a lot of ways, but at least we have this brewery. They really know what they're doing. I don't think I've ever had nelson sauvin hops before this beer, and I have to say I really enjoy the profile of this hop
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As I was walking down the craft beer isle something sinister caught my eye. Something...PINK. I would have bet anything that this would taste like poo poo, but it's loving delicious. Anyone know what I'm talking about? 
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Powdered Toast Man posted:As I was walking down the craft beer isle something sinister caught my eye. Something...PINK. It does taste like poo poo.
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Hypnolobster posted:It does taste like poo poo. Ignore him. He's clearly trolling.
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 No, I'm actually not. Rogue Voodoo Donut? Nice smoky flavor, hint of maple, and yes, I can actually taste the bacon but it isn't being shoved in my face.
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Tell me more about this Rogue Voodoo donut beer, i've never heard of it before
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Powdered Toast Man posted:
Ok. Not a troll. Next most likely explanation: works for Rogue.
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RiggenBlaque posted:Tell me more about this Rogue Voodoo donut beer, i've never heard of it before For content: still drinking a ton of Weihenstephaner.
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FreelanceSocialist posted:Pepto Bismol Back in the dark times of underage drinking (  ) a friend pulled the classic "combine everything in dad's liquor cabinet, bring to party" move. Even at that age everyone knew it was something truly revolting, even worse than normal booze tasted. We dubbed it Pepto Dismal. I feel like Rogue's Donut atrocity was brewed and bottled in its memory.
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Novice cellaring question. A friend of mine brought over a 4 pack of Founders Devil Dancer, we each had one and did not love it...too much booze, not enough balance, but the label says it ages well. They were in the fridge, now I want to cellar the other two bottles, is it okay to transfer this to my cellar (which is a kitchen cabinet with a bottle of DFH 120 in it) or is temperature fluctuation bad for this kind of beer. I have heard that temperature fluctuation hurts beer but I have also heard that this is overstated. Also the case says "keep refrigerated" but so do all Founders cases. Thoughts?
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broom posted:Novice cellaring question. A friend of mine brought over a 4 pack of Founders Devil Dancer, we each had one and did not love it...too much booze, not enough balance, but the label says it ages well. They were in the fridge, now I want to cellar the other two bottles, is it okay to transfer this to my cellar (which is a kitchen cabinet with a bottle of DFH 120 in it) or is temperature fluctuation bad for this kind of beer. I have heard that temperature fluctuation hurts beer but I have also heard that this is overstated. Also the case says "keep refrigerated" but so do all Founders cases. Thoughts? They'll be fine.
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broom posted:Novice cellaring question. 99.9% of the time, a beer is released as a finished product for immediate consumption (even the ones that age well), so keeping it cold is about maintaining freshness. a few mild temperature changes, as said above, aren't gonna do any harm, but warm storage will age the beer much faster than cold. the main thing, though, is to keep it somewhere dark and relatively cool.
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RiggenBlaque posted:Drinking a New England Brewing Co Coriolis right now and wow, moving to CT sucks in a lot of ways, but at least we have this brewery. They really know what they're doing. I don't think I've ever had nelson sauvin hops before this beer, and I have to say I really enjoy the profile of this hop Growler fills/local draft only? I know this is the beer they temporarily retired Gandhi Bot to start making. GBot is going to come back but not for a while, they want to use their limited production facilities to start making more and different things. Since I can still buy cans of fresh Elm City Pilsner and Sea Hag IPA, I'm not really mad at them. But man I have to get some of the Coriolis.
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Docjowles posted:Back in the dark times of underage drinking ( Nice. The blender route also works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDlMLqdvHzI
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Wamsutta posted:Growler fills/local draft only? I know this is the beer they temporarily retired Gandhi Bot to start making. GBot is going to come back but not for a while, they want to use their limited production facilities to start making more and different things. Since I can still buy cans of fresh Elm City Pilsner and Sea Hag IPA, I'm not really mad at them. But man I have to get some of the Coriolis. Yeah growler / local draft only. I suspect it will start popping up in bars pretty soon, but if FBD was any indication, this will go pretty quickly. They started pouring growlers at 3pm yesterday and they said they had been pouring it non-stop since then. When I went there were two separate guys getting 3 growlers filled of it
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Powdered Toast Man posted:As I was walking down the craft beer isle something sinister caught my eye. Something...PINK. Are you talking about one of those... P U M P K I N beers? I've heard those are the best kinds of beers you can buy. 
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RiggenBlaque posted:Yeah growler / local draft only. I suspect it will start popping up in bars pretty soon, but if FBD was any indication, this will go pretty quickly. They started pouring growlers at 3pm yesterday and they said they had been pouring it non-stop since then. When I went there were two separate guys getting 3 growlers filled of it If there's any downside to NEBCO, this is it - their popularity combined with their small batch sizes. I'm going to be out of town until Sunday and, as such, am nearly guaranteed not to get a growler fill. Welp.
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Eh, it was a novelty. I wouldn't buy it again but I got a kick out of it and the bottle is truly hilarious on my shelf now. Found Bell's Two Hearted Ale for the first time locally and was pretty impressed with it, although it was rather pricey. Pretty sure that's the only beer I've ever had from Michigan.
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So I know Oskar Blues had some tapping events in Chicago this week, but does anyone know if they're selling anything in stores yet? I was hoping to take home some cans of Dale's Pale this weekend, and Beermenus tells me nothing!
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Cervixalot posted:So I know Oskar Blues had some tapping events in Chicago this week, but does anyone know if they're selling anything in stores yet? I was hoping to take home some cans of Dale's Pale this weekend, and Beermenus tells me nothing! I've seen plenty of stores have announcements about carrying cans, but there's been an initial rush so I wouldn't be surprised to see the first batch of Dale's sell out quickly.
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I saw the SN Beer Camp pack at Whole Foods for $20. Is it worth it?
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Cervixalot posted:So I know Oskar Blues had some tapping events in Chicago this week, but does anyone know if they're selling anything in stores yet? I was hoping to take home some cans of Dale's Pale this weekend, and Beermenus tells me nothing! I heard September 20th is when it's hitting shelves.
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mysterious frankie posted:I heard September 20th is when it's hitting shelves. Binnys Lakeview had tons of pallets in the back last week. I'm pretty sure they are already on sale.
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Powdered Toast Man posted:Eh, it was a novelty. I wouldn't buy it again but I got a kick out of it and the bottle is truly hilarious on my shelf now. I would do anything for a bottle of Shark Pants. Or even a Poster.
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Paul Proteus posted:Binnys Lakeview had tons of pallets in the back last week. I'm pretty sure they are already on sale. I know where i'm going after work! Thanks y'all.
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internet celebrity posted:I saw the SN Beer Camp pack at Whole Foods for $20. Is it worth it? That's the same price I got it for. All I'll say is that I don't think it's quite as good as it was last year, but I still enjoyed it.
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Ok. Phil's and Marion Street in Oak Park have Enjoy By. I thought this was a CA and limited other markets only? Certainly wasn't expecting Chicago, given that we only got Stone a couple years ago.
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danbanana posted:Ok. Phil's and Marion Street in Oak Park have Enjoy By. I thought this was a CA and limited other markets only? Certainly wasn't expecting Chicago, given that we only got Stone a couple years ago. Pretty sure I read it was CA, Jersey and Chicago. Not sure why those.
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Paul Proteus posted:Binnys Lakeview had tons of pallets in the back last week. I'm pretty sure they are already on sale. Nice!
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