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Alpine apparently released Exponential again, but then just didn't tell anyone.
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BrewDog's Punk IPA. That is all.
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Sep 8, 2012 18:41
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Your first contribution to this thread was an awful one
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Sep 8, 2012 20:25
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RiggenBlaque posted:Your first contribution to this thread was an awful one Hahaha. Brilliant.
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Sep 8, 2012 21:10
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Heh, sorry. What other pale ales do you guys like? I prefer them as hoppy as can be with a high alcohol content. I find a lot of the more commercial ones just don't have enough hops in them and are really boring. I think a high alcohol % is key to the flavour of a good IPA. I love the passion fruit finish to the Punk IPA, I think it would be great worked into a cocktail. I'm in the UK for context. Ted Ed Fred fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Sep 8, 2012 |
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Sep 8, 2012 21:34
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Ted Ed Fred posted:Heh, sorry. No need to apologize. Whatever floats your boat. It's just that Brewdog has a rep for doing things just to do them, not necessarily make the best beer. At least that's MY rep for them... I can't really speak to UK-available stuff though. We're over capacity in the US with high-ABV IPA/DIPAs. I suppose you can probably get your hands on stuff from Mikkeller or Evil Twin. I'd find some of their over-the-top stuff, particularly MikKeller's 1000 IBU. Not the hoppiest thing I've ever had but pretty close.
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Sep 8, 2012 22:30
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Hit a Binny's today and ran across a new batch of Pipeworks' End of Days. Chicago folks: it's not Hunahpu, but it's drat close and a steal at $9 a bomber.
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Sep 8, 2012 22:32
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Angry Grimace posted:Alpine apparently released Exponential again, but then just didn't tell anyone. It was hinted on their Facebook page the day before they did it...not exactly unannounced but it was clearly something people who'd been to the place in the days previous knew about. ELITISTS!!
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Sep 9, 2012 02:59
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XxGirlKisserxX posted:We tapped a keg of the cedar Dos Costas last week and it was sour as gently caress. And completely delicious. We've had reports of exploding bottles of all 3 variations. Basically it's infected all to hell but tastes awesome now so I really wish I had remembered reading this two weeks ago before I opened the grapefruit variation on my desk tonight. Oops. Not as sour as you describe the cedar one, but still very lively and citrusy! It's a nice chance to get at least a little taste of CCB stuff, since I have yet to see anything by you guys in Jersey. 
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Sep 9, 2012 03:08
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I didn't realize that Harpoon's White IPA was part of that 100 Barrels series when I had it on tap. I guess it's good that I had a limited edition beer, but it's not balanced like I expected it to be. It was too much IPA and not at all white, and the other two I had were more balanced (Saranac and Lynchpin by Green Flash and Founders). I only realized three-fourths of the way through that I wasn't in the mood for hoppy beer.  On the other hand, I did like the Southampton Abbott 12.
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Sep 9, 2012 05:15
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danbanana posted:Hit a Binny's today and ran across a new batch of Pipeworks' End of Days. Chicago folks: it's not Hunahpu, but it's drat close and a steal at $9 a bomber. I'll have to grab some of this. I enjoyed the first batch and generally like Pipeworks (even if I hate half of their labels). In case any of you are interested, I posted a thread in Ask/Tell about being a professional brewer. Feel free to check it out here. 
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Sep 9, 2012 06:08
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bartolimu posted:Look. Look at all of those Cascades in one place. I highly recommend the Orange Sherbet, Bourbon Barrel Fruit Blend, Sang Noir, and Figaro on the Cascade list. Hair of the Dog Flanders Fred is worth checking out. Logsdon Seizoen Bretta is a great brett saison, but seems out of place at a sour festival.
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Sep 9, 2012 06:18
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Ubik posted:I'll have to grab some of this. I enjoyed the first batch and generally like Pipeworks (even if I hate half of their labels). I'm a big fan of pipeworks, but I find a lot of their beers to be extremely yeasty for some reason. lovely way to put it but it's the best word I can think of. Love NvU though.
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Sep 9, 2012 07:48
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So Norway has a huge problem with regards to promoting good beer. Alcohol advertisements are illegal. In an effort to increase awareness of craft brewing, some local guys got asked by food festival arrangers if they wanted to do a beer festival the same weekend. The result was an awesome turnout and alot of great beers. My favorite was a Lervig/Mikkeller collaboration, a double IPA at a whopping 14% ABV. It was really well balanced and not boozy at all. It's not available for retail but might be due to people going insane over it.  Left hand side. The Rye IPA was also quite nice. My second favorite was a Nøgne Ø brew, a pilsner brewed with champagne yeast and having a whopping 9.5% ABV. It was closer to champagne than to beer, but quite tasty.  The breweries present were Lervig, Ægir, Kinn, Haandbryggeriet, Hansa (Macrobrewery, had two generic beers on tap, yuck), Nøgne Ø and Balder(New brewery). http://bergenolfestival.no/bilder/bilder-fredag-2012/ Photos.
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Sep 9, 2012 12:52
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danbanana posted:Hit a Binny's today and ran across a new batch of Pipeworks' End of Days. Chicago folks: it's not Hunahpu, but it's drat close and a steal at $9 a bomber. I had the original batch and it was okay, but I've heard that subsequent batches were much better. I generally like Pipeworks, but I had their blueberry berlinerweiss and it was terrible - had a bizarre cheesy flavour. Hope they fix it in their next batch.
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Sep 9, 2012 13:34
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wattershed posted:It was hinted on their Facebook page the day before they did it...not exactly unannounced but it was clearly something people who'd been to the place in the days previous knew about. ELITISTS!! I went there yesterday and they've got it in on draft. They told me that they "announced" it by putting out a FB update with the word "exponential." Meaning, they used it as an adjective in an unrelated sentence.
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Sep 9, 2012 20:05
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I have the feeling that, things going the way they are, alcohol ads will probably be banned in most countries in a decade or so. I can say that I do look forward to the end of Bud Light/Coors ads because they're all incredibly annoying to me.
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Sep 9, 2012 20:26
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 Found a few of these in the back of a cooler in a local liquor store, and decided to give one a shot. Made with Anaheim Chile's and Cinnamon, it's definitely one of the most interesting Belgian's I've ever had. Not too sweet, some raisin and banana flavors, a hint of the chili and cinnamon. Hoppier than most Belgians, but being a Stone beer, I wouldn't have expected anything less. Pretty enjoyable, and easy as hell to drink, despite its 9.4% ABV. Nice beer to enjoy while watching some football for sure. I may pick up one more and keep it stashed until after 12/12 as per their recommendation, but I can't imagine another 3 months doing anything special. To stay topical, I also found a Buffalo Bills Pumpkin ale for 75 cents that I kinda enjoyed!
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Sep 10, 2012 00:47
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Perfectly Cromulent posted:I highly recommend the Orange Sherbet, Bourbon Barrel Fruit Blend, Sang Noir, and Figaro on the Cascade list. Hair of the Dog Flanders Fred is worth checking out. Logsdon Seizoen Bretta is a great brett saison, but seems out of place at a sour festival. I'm pretty sure I got some Orange Sherbet at Stone Sourfest this year, but I'll somehow force myself to have some more. Bourbon Barrel Fruit Blend is definitely high on my list, as is Figaro, but I've got a bottle of Sang Noir (and one of Sang Royale) and know people with more, so I may give those a pass to try something else I haven't. Soizoen Bretta is there I guess because it has brett in it, even if it's not actually sour. It's a drat good beer and will make a nice change between more tart things. I went to a birthday party last night armed with a six-pack of Uinta Baba, two four-packs of Shift, and an Otiose for the birthday boy. Shift is far from my favorite beer, but it was great with grilled sausage and chicken and the cans were handy. Baba remains one of my favorite summer beers, it's probably the best recreation of a Czech dark lager I've found in the US. Otiose is doing very well, good balance of sour/sweet (maybe a little high on the sweet for some) with the guava and barrel flavors both noticeable. bartolimu fucked around with this message at 02:44 on Sep 10, 2012 |
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Sep 10, 2012 02:40
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[Awful beer content] Somebody left a can of Lazy Mutt Farmhouse Ale in the fridge so I decided to give it a shot; never mind Lazy Mutt is made by Minhas, the brewery responsible for some of the worst poo poo I've ever drank. I like when I try a beer and immediately start laughing at how bad it is. This stuff tastes like white grape juice.
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Sep 10, 2012 05:04
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I think I love ESB Amber Ales. I drank the poo poo out of Flying Fish's mediocre rendition until I fell in love with Southern Tier's Harvest Ale and am not greatly enjoying Goose Island's. I guess I need to try to find Fuller's for an authentic English one.
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Midorka posted:I think I love ESB Amber Ales. I drank the poo poo out of Flying Fish's mediocre rendition until I fell in love with Southern Tier's Harvest Ale and am not greatly enjoying Goose Island's. I guess I need to try to find Fuller's for an authentic English one. Pretty sure ESB is its own style apart from Amber. Anyways, I'm kind of an ESB fanatic myself. Goose Island's Harvest isn't so much an ESB as it is a pale. Pretty disappointed with it since I've loved everything I've had from them so far. To be honest, their Honkers Ale is actually closer to an ESB than the Harvest. I will have to try Southern Tier's take on it, though. But yes, get Fullers. Especially if you can find it on tap. It really is the standard to judge all others. There's an English pub near my school/job that always has it on tap, and despite the markup on what should be a pretty cheap beer, I always fall for it. You might also want to try Wells' Bombardier for another decently accessible and authentic ESB, and Coniston Bluebird for a different interpretation on the style.
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Sep 10, 2012 07:36
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Kraven Moorhed posted:Pretty sure ESB is its own style apart from Amber. Anyways, I'm kind of an ESB fanatic myself. Goose Island's Harvest isn't so much an ESB as it is a pale. Pretty disappointed with it since I've loved everything I've had from them so far. To be honest, their Honkers Ale is actually closer to an ESB than the Harvest. I will have to try Southern Tier's take on it, though. Hrm, I guess I just called them all "ESB Amber Ales" because the name of the first one I ever had. Ratebeer has them all listed as Premium Bitter/ESB for what it's worth and I've enjoyed all of the beers I've had listed as that. As for Southern Tier's the best way I can describe it is a moderately sweet caramel with a slight toasted flavor and a moderate citrus sweetness, reminds me of tangerines or oranges. It's possibly one of my favorite beers, despite not liking much of what they put out lately. Thanks for the other recommendations. I know Fuller's uses the second runnings of the wort to make another beer, is ESB the first of the runnings?
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Sep 10, 2012 14:28
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Finally found a bottle of Tilquin Gueuze, got it on hold for me and I'll pick it up tonight  Have heard a ton of good things about this blender; very excited to try it.
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Sep 10, 2012 14:38
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air- posted:Finally found a bottle of Tilquin Gueuze, got it on hold for me and I'll pick it up tonight yeah, hadn't seen it in VA for quite a while. it's probably the best somewhat-regularly-available gueuze you can find in VA- better than Oud Beersel, Hanssens, Lindemans, and Girardin- but not on par with Cantillon (edit- Cantillon has not been spotted here for a number of years). considering the lack of good sours in the mid-Atlantic, though, it's worth snagging an extra bottle or two. haven't opened one yet, but Mikkeller Spontanale is also around (as is the strawberry version, but i hear it's a disaster). funkybottoms fucked around with this message at 22:35 on Sep 10, 2012 |
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Sep 10, 2012 15:30
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Dunno if anyone is interested, but my local LivingSocial deal today is a 2-year subscription to Draft Magazine for $15: http://www.livingsocial.com/cities/94/deals/460174-two-year-12-issue-subscription
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Sep 10, 2012 22:24
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Drinking the Firestone Walker XV from tap. It's good, but I'm not blown away by it. Quite sweet and boozy with a ton of barrel notes: molasses, toffee, vanillin, etc. Quite a bit lighter in both color and mouthfeel than I was expecting. I think this will be really good with some time, but I'm not sure that the alcoholic heat will ever subside.
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Sep 10, 2012 22:37
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Enjoying Sierra Nevada's Tumbler right now. Nice, malty brown that seems built for cool evenings and steak dinners on the porch.
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Sep 10, 2012 23:20
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funkybottoms posted:Mikkeller Spontanale is also around (as is the strawberry version, but i hear it's a disaster). I take it it's not their strongest effort.
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Sep 11, 2012 00:50
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bartolimu posted:I haven't tried it, but most of the people in my circle of beer friends have and most of them would probably agree with that description. A couple actually used the word "disaster" when describing it; also terrible, horrific, laughable, repellent, and emetic. places that sold out of Spontanale still have plenty of the strawberry, so i guess word got around. drank the Spontanale just now and it's a solid gueuze, but i'd prefer to stock up on more Tilquin (even if it wasn't $2 less per bottle).
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Sep 11, 2012 02:12
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funkybottoms posted:yeah, hadn't seen it in VA for quite a while. it's probably the best somewhat-regularly-available gueuze you can find in VA- better than Oud Beersel, Hanssens, Lindemans, and Girardin- but not on par with Cantillon (edit- Cantillon has not been spotted here for a number of years). considering the lack of good sours in the mid-Atlantic, though, it's worth snagging an extra bottle or two. haven't opened one yet, but Mikkeller Spontanale is also around (as is the strawberry version, but i hear it's a disaster). Ho-ho-holy gently caress this is good stuff. Nothing really super complex or tart. This would get someone to like sour beers. Way too easy to drink and the balance between crisp tartness and the dry finish is pleasant. I wish it were more easily available 
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Sep 11, 2012 02:31
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Years of drinking craft, now working at a solely craft bar, and I only look for the beer thread now. I have failed, fellow goons. That said, I work at one of Draft Magazines "Top 100 Beer Bars". In Arizona and am down to talk AZ beer trends, why our market is weird, or anything else. Currently enjoying some Lagunitas Daytime bottles, with a Breckenridge 72 Imperial and Firestone Double Jack (12oz) thrown in. The Daytime IPA is really loving impressive for a session. Hope it makes it into the regularly made rotation.
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Sep 11, 2012 07:21
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Modern Automaton posted:Years of drinking craft, now working at a solely craft bar, and I only look for the beer thread now. I have failed, fellow goons. Where in AZ?
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Sep 11, 2012 16:57
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I'm posting about Petrol Station again.  Beer is trendy in Houston and one of the places that opened up as a result is The Hay Merchant. It's an OK place and they have very good food and beer selection, but (a) they're very hipster (b) they're expensive -- most beer starts at $6 and they do stuff like sell smaller glasses of fancier beer than necessary given the ABV and trying to sell that for what other joints charge for a full pint. Here's their logo:  Up north, Petrol Station (which has been around since 1994 or so) announced today that they were producing this growler:  This is the sort of reason why I'm already missing Petrol Station a lot. They are the craziest bunch of stoner IPA-heads on the planet and I wish every city had one.
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Sep 11, 2012 18:00
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Those guys at Petrol are the best. Saw on Kevin Floyd's twitter (one of Hay Merchant's owners) that it's all in good humor and no one takes this seriously at all, there's no beef between the two.
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Sep 11, 2012 18:11
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air- posted:Those guys at Petrol are the best. Saw on Kevin Floyd's twitter (one of Hay Merchant's owners) that it's all in good humor and no one takes this seriously at all, there's no beef between the two. Well I wish there was because HM should stop charging like $8 for JK Le Petit Prince 
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Sep 11, 2012 18:13
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Love how hipsters seem to be the bane of beer nerds. It's always unexplained like "oh, the taps and service were good but then a bunch of hipsters came in and my night was ruined".
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Sep 11, 2012 20:00
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SketchyNick posted:Love how hipsters seem to be the bane of beer nerds. It's always unexplained like "oh, the taps and service were good but then a bunch of hipsters came in and my night was ruined". Such an overused term too, and has been for years. I just figure "hipsters" usually means "people not like me/that I don't like for... some reason".
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Sep 11, 2012 20:04
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To me, those types are the ones who have zero desire to learn anything about craft beer, yet they form hordes within a "popular upscale" beer bar (think Hay Merchant, Churchkey type places- especially this loving bar) mostly for scene cred. It's cool to be into beer and they wanna be part of the fun before moving into the next hip thing. Myself, I could care less about the atmosphere where I drink. You have places like Tony's Darts Away or Toronado which aren't exactly the nicest, but at least having a pint there means higher likelihood of being around people who genuinely like beer.
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air- posted:having a pint there means higher likelihood of being around people who genuinely like beer. I have found the best places for this are brewpubs. Downside is the only thing you're getting is that brewery's beer. Upside is presumably you picked a good brewery, so that's not problem?
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