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Midorka posted:I normally love Great Divide, but man Wolfgang is a really unremarkable Dopplebock. The malt is far too heavy giving a very caramel and toffee body even approaching a burn toffee on the finish with only hints of grapes and red apples. This is borderline syrupy and just too malty, I'll stick with Troegenator. Ayinger Celebrator is the one true doppelbock champion.
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danbanana posted:This might be the only nice thing I can say about Black Tuesday: maybe if I let it sit for a few years it won't be so... Brewdog. Seconding this. I split a bottle of Black Tuesday with Kosher Man and a few other folks at Thanksgiving last year, and all of us thought it was loving vile. It was like drinking acrid, syrupy jet fuel - basically, every undesirable flavor you could get from brewing something super-high-alcohol with a ton of roasted malt. None of us could finish a glass, and by the time we all said "uncle" a good 2/3 of the bottle still sat there. Maybe it was a bad bottle, maybe it just needed a few years worth of aging... but with as many good imperial stouts as there are out there, I don't feel the need to go back to it. I might be going to GABF with Goose Island this year, but that depends on how many people the marketing department will fund going. I'm on the short list for extra people if they let more in. Keeping my fingers crossed, because I'd love to go and see a bunch of my Siebel classmates again.
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funkybottoms posted:just to be clear, i was talking about Oude Tart (there was a different picture up). both times i've had Oude Tart and Red Poppy were at tastings featuring numerous sour beers, so order might've had something to do with it, but Red Poppy really stood out for me (although OT is delicious, too)
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All this imperial stout talk is making me sad I failed to secure any bottles of Parabola at all this year.
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Angry Grimace posted:All this imperial stout talk is making me sad I failed to secure any bottles of Parabola at all this year. I think there's a few left at a store I could trade you for one.
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Angry Grimace posted:All this imperial stout talk is making me sad I failed to secure any bottles of Parabola at all this year. I really need to get around to trying this sometime, wish that Wisconsin got some Firestone love. Also, all this stout talk reminds me that I still need to crack open my bottle of Central Waters 1414 soon.
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I Dont Like You posted:Also, all this stout talk reminds me that I still need to crack open my bottle of Central Waters 1414 soon. Grrr... Sending you a PM.
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This has probably been discussed, so I'm sorry if that's the case, but how do you folks ship beers to ensure they arrive at their destinations safely when you're trading or sending to friends? Just a whole bunch of bubble wrap? Any kinds of boxes that work particularly well? I know that's probably a dumb question.
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Imagine a big revolver barrel made of styrofoam that holds beer bottles. Now imagine it's actually a rectangle about the size of a case of beer. No idea where to find them, though.
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I tend to use thick-walled boxes of whatever size holds the bottles with room for judicious amounts of bubble-wrap. I don't like packing peanuts, since the bottles tend to settle during shipping and bang against one-another.
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Splizwarf posted:Imagine a big revolver barrel made of styrofoam that holds beer bottles. Now imagine it's actually a rectangle about the size of a case of beer. No idea where to find them, though. The OP of the Goon Beer eXchange thread here in GWS has a good overview of shipping. U-Haul sells these wine shippers which also work fine for bombers and especially 750's of beer. When we did a goon homebrew swap last year, my shipment arrived in a normal cardboard box. Each bottle was wrapped in an assload of bubble wrap then sealed 3 at a time into gallon(?) ziplock bags. These were layered up a few deep and any excess space had newspaper or more bubblewrap shoved in. Worked beautifully, those babies were drat near indestructible. As an aside, don't be a loving goonlord and tell UPS it's "yeast samples" or something when they ask what's in the box. I just called it glassware and they let it on through. Docjowles fucked around with this message at 22:07 on Sep 5, 2012 |
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Docjowles posted:The OP of the Goon Beer eXchange thread here in GWS has a good overview of shipping. U-Haul sells these wine shippers which also work fine for bombers and especially 750's of beer. Great. I'll take a look at that. Thanks.
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Whodat Smith-Jones posted:Great. I'll take a look at that. Thanks. I've only shipped a couple times, but I also duct-tape a gently caress ton around the caps. Given that I'd expect lots of banging, pressure changes, etc., I hope that this will at least contain a leak if a seal does break. Not too confident it would prevent that, but it should prevent 22 oz of beer to soak through the box.
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I've been out of the game for the past 3 months traveling around Asia, drinking nothing but terrible lagers. I get back next week...whats new that I can ask someone to pick up for me? I'm in the SF bay area. I would ask just to get some IPA but I'd rather get something that has been released recently to ensure freshness.
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As far as awful GABF goon meetups sound, CCB and Green Flash are having a big tap takeover at Falling Rock on Friday of that week. We'll be bringing a pretty crazy assortment of kegs for it. So yeah, go to that.
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XxGirlKisserxX posted:As far as awful GABF goon meetups sound, CCB and Green Flash are having a big tap takeover at Falling Rock on Friday of that week. We'll be bringing a pretty crazy assortment of kegs for it. So yeah, go to that. Eeeee!
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I picked up a bottle of Pumking and Port Brewery Midnight Expression yesterday; I'm pretty excited to try them this weekend. This is my first pumpkin beer and it seems to be one of the better ones to try. I'm trying to expand my beer horizons beyond pale ales. I am going to pick up a bottle of a sour of some type for my buddy's Oktoberfest party in a month to share with some people. Any goons have recommendations under $10 per bomber? I'm in the Chicago area.
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americanzero4128 posted:I picked up a bottle of Pumking and Port Brewery Midnight Expression yesterday; I'm pretty excited to try them this weekend. This is my first pumpkin beer and it seems to be one of the better ones to try. I'm trying to expand my beer horizons beyond pale ales. I am going to pick up a bottle of a sour of some type for my buddy's Oktoberfest party in a month to share with some people. Any goons have recommendations under $10 per bomber? I'm in the Chicago area. Rodenbach Grand Cru is basically your only option for a 10 dollar sour bomber/750. Luckily, it's pretty drat good.
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Midorka posted:Edit: Back on Southern Tier, I love their Harvest Ale. I know it's not a harvest ale like you guys are talking about above, but I love it. Just found some of this, and opened a bottle tonight. Loving it. Between this and Peak's Summit Ale, plenty of hoppy fall beers to complement all the silly Oktoberfests I can't stop buying.
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Just drinking Ballast Point Sculpin for the first time now. Hard for me to imagine a better single IPA -- just wish I had more than two bottles on hand.
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americanzero4128 posted:Any goons have recommendations under $10 per bomber? I'm in the Chicago area. New Belgium's La Folie, which is pretty much a Rodenbach clone
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funkybottoms posted:New Belgium's La Folie, which is pretty much a Rodenbach clone Yes, try and find the '10 if you can. The '11 isn't as good. Also try the Cuvee Des Jacobins Rouge. It's in 375s, but it's the same price.
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blah_blah posted:Just drinking Ballast Point Sculpin for the first time now. Hard for me to imagine a better single IPA -- just wish I had more than two bottles on hand. Sculpin is really great, I just wish it was a bit more affordable. In my area it costs $15/6, or $9/bomber. Luckily, I live in OH and there's two very similar single IPAs which cost $10/4 and $11/6. Does anyone know what hops Sculpin is brewed with? It tastes very Citra-y to me, although I'm pretty sure there's other hops (or hop combinations?) which give off similar aroma/taste.
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americanzero4128 posted:I picked up a bottle of Pumking and Port Brewery Midnight Expression yesterday; I'm pretty excited to try them this weekend. This is my first pumpkin beer and it seems to be one of the better ones to try. I'm trying to expand my beer horizons beyond pale ales. I am going to pick up a bottle of a sour of some type for my buddy's Oktoberfest party in a month to share with some people. Any goons have recommendations under $10 per bomber? I'm in the Chicago area. La Folie is $15 everywhere I've seen it in Chicago, so it doesn't fit the <$10/750 qualification, but in truth I don't think you're going to find many good sours that do. Count me against Rodenbach Grand Cru though. It's pretty acetic and I had trouble finishing the 750 I bought for myself, and I don't think it would make for a good first sour. I like Lindeman's Gueuze around the $11/750 price point. Lindeman's fruit lambics are awful, so no one seems to take notice that their Gueuze is actually pretty drat good for the price. Also, being in Chicago, you've got access to Jolly Pumpkin. Some of their beer can get a little pricey, but their excellent sour golden ale Oro De Calabaza should be around $10-$11/750 at most stores where you can find it. crazyfish fucked around with this message at 05:35 on Sep 7, 2012 |
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e: If you're in Chicago, check out Jolly Pumpkin La Roja. It was my first sour and still an absolute favorite. I seem to recall it being somewhere in the $12-13 range.Kudosx posted:Sculpin is really great, I just wish it was a bit more affordable. In my area it costs $15/6, or $9/bomber. Luckily, I live in OH and there's two very similar single IPAs which cost $10/4 and $11/6. Supposedly, anyway. Sculpin is pretty high on my list as far as perfect IPA goes, but I'm in OH too and it's just way too expensive (and drinkable, which makes it feel like even more of a waste). I get the feeling that one of the two IPA's you're talking about as a replacement is a Brew Kettle beer. Hypnolobster fucked around with this message at 10:59 on Sep 7, 2012 |
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Dozens of bottles of ~1/6/12 Sculpin are still on the shelves in every liquor store in my city and surrounding areas. It really annoys me, I really want to get another fresh bottle
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White Raja should be on everyone's list of an amazing drinkable affordable IPA. It's easily up there with Two Hearted and Sculpin for me, unfortunately I can only get one of those three regularly. Chicago does have its drawbacks.
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Sculpin only makes it to one bottle shop near me, and they've run out and told me they don't expect more for a while. That makes me super sad. It's probably the best IPA I've ever had, and if I could buy it fresh and regularly, I would. The only east coast beer I'd compare it to would be Flower Power, which thankfully, I can get in abundance.
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Wamsutta posted:Sculpin only makes it to one bottle shop near me, and they've run out and told me they don't expect more for a while. That makes me super sad. It's probably the best IPA I've ever had, and if I could buy it fresh and regularly, I would. The only east coast beer I'd compare it to would be Flower Power, which thankfully, I can get in abundance. I never see Flower Power these days, I've heard they've had production problems since they've started moving breweries.
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Kudosx posted:Sculpin is really great, I just wish it was a bit more affordable. In my area it costs $15/6, or $9/bomber. Luckily, I live in OH and there's two very similar single IPAs which cost $10/4 and $11/6. I'm pretty sure* Sculpin's original recipe was being kicked around before Citra even came out. My understanding is that its some completely insane mix of hops; the recipes I've seen for the original North Star IPA (the home brew recipe they tweaked into Sculpin) has like 10 hop additions and 7 varieties. No clue if that's what's actually in it. Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Sep 7, 2012 |
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So I'm going to be studying abroad in Spain for the next three months. I know the town in staying in, Valladolid, has a reputation for good wine, but I know absolutely nothing about Spanish beer. Never even heard of such a thing. Is there anything good I should look out for? What kind of stuff can I expect to see in the bars or tapas bars? Doesn't have to be Spanish in origin necessarily, I'm sure theres plenty of other European brews around. In other news, I tried Chimay Grande Reserve (blue) yesterday. Wow. Amazingly complex fruits (banana even?) and it was just so perfectly balanced. Are the red and white offerings as good?
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Chicago Goons: looks like Upright brewing is doing an event at Bangers & Lace tonight. If you are into Saisons, I would highly recommend checking them out. Unfortunately, they are not pouring any of their regular seasonal beers, but they will have all 4 of their year round beers plus two one-offs.
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Perfectly Cromulent posted:Chicago Goons: looks like Upright brewing is doing an event at Bangers & Lace tonight. If you are into Saisons, I would highly recommend checking them out. Unfortunately, they are not pouring any of their regular seasonal beers, but they will have all 4 of their year round beers plus two one-offs. I really wish I could be at this, but I'm working.  And my old Siebel classmate Bobby is representing Upright, too.
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Not sure if you Denver goons have already heard about this, but looks like Crooked Stave will be expanding further. The article is more about restaurants than beers but.. Eater.com posted:http://denver.eater.com/archives/2012/09/05/denvers-most-anticipated-restaurant-openings.php
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Trying Goose Island's Belgians for the first time tonight. Matilda is nice and drinkable. Juliet will probably have to wait for tomorrow. I have to make room for the Box 'O Stouts I got from Funkybottoms today. 
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Edmund Fitz: as good as I remembered. I just want a direct pipeline of Great Lakes from Ohio to Louisiana and into my mouth. I think it'd be a far better capital investment than the Keystone pipeline.
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BoredByThis posted:White Raja should be on everyone's list of an amazing drinkable affordable IPA. It's easily up there with Two Hearted and Sculpin for me, unfortunately I can only get one of those three regularly. Chicago does have its drawbacks. I'm Canadian, please don't complain
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San Diego-area beer nerds, Churchill's is doing a sourfest next Saturday. 4- or 10-oz pours depending on rarity of beer, and there are plenty of amazing things:quote:Preliminary draft list is as follows:
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Hypnolobster posted:I get the feeling that one of the two IPA's you're talking about as a replacement is a Brew Kettle beer. Indeed, it is! White Rajah is such a great beer. The other beer I was talking about is Head Hunter. White Rajah is a bit cheaper, but Head Hunter is much more readily available nowadays (in my area anyway), so it's been my go-to for the past two months or so. BoredByThis posted:White Raja should be on everyone's list of an amazing drinkable affordable IPA. It's easily up there with Two Hearted and Sculpin for me, unfortunately I can only get one of those three regularly. Chicago does have its drawbacks. Unfortunately for most people, White Rajah is only distributed in bottles around OH (That I know of...). That's okay though, because other people get great beers which we're not able to get in OH, so it sets up great trade opportunities. When the weather outside gets a bit cooler I'm going to try to get some trades going on with other beer goons, so I can try to spread the White Rajah/Head Hunter love to some places other than OH!
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