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SUPER HASSLER posted:It's Trader Joe's pick-a-six time! Who needs to pay hard money for Budweiser when I can have Simpler Times instead? Simpler Times is a good beer to drink to see what diacetyl tastes like. Trader Joe's does have some great beer, although they're usually in the $6.99/sixer range. The Mission St. pale ale and ipa are both awesome, and the brown ale is perfectly fine for $3 a bomber even if it's a little boring. The Stockyard Stout is amazing, an excellent lower gravity oatmeal stout. The vintage ale is great as well for $5. My store still has some from last year, I'm gonna grab one or two and do a side by side with this years. They have a lot of German styles but from what I've seen they're all brewed by Gordon Biersch, and I've not had one I really liked. It's a shame because I love German beers but I've tried the oktoberfest, bock and the hefeweizen and they were all pretty bland. Are there any of those that are good? I keep getting pulled in by the allure of cheap German beer but I don't want to try the dunkelweizen or bohemian lager and be dissapointed again.
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Mission st. is pretty solid. Though it's expected since it's a Firestone Walker creation. I pass on the German brews at Trader Joe's. You're right, none I've ever tried were worth a drat. I'm amazed yours still has the vintage around.
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Knew what that was before I even clicked. Good luck ever being taken seriously or going mainstream. I can't imagine you're gonna attract many women beer drinkers either.
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Sirotan posted:Knew what that was before I even clicked. Good luck ever being taken seriously or going mainstream. I can't imagine you're gonna attract many women beer drinkers either. And if that weren't enough: quote:Raves from friends and family whet his desire to push on, along with a magazine article about New Belgium’s Brewery wild success from a humble start to $94 million a year in revenues. Inspired by an article about how much money he can make! Truly in it for the right reason!
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so my coworker's band was on tour and he entertained my half-joking request to bring back some Marshal Zhukov from Tampa. he went by the brewery last Saturday and there were no more bottles, but he was kind enough to get me a growler (32oz only, apparently) despite the fact that the place was very busy and he's not much of a beer dude. great of him, especially since he wouldn't let me repay him, but i remember someone saying that it was generally very easy to find in the area. is the demand/hype higher this year or did he just pick a bad bay? also, i know this isn't the trading thread, but if someone wants to save me a bottle or two i'll send you some Gingerbread Stout when it comes out next month.
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funkybottoms posted:also, i know this isn't the trading thread, but if someone wants to save me a bottle or two i'll send you some Gingerbread Stout when it comes out next month. I would be interested in a bottle of Gingerbread Stout, e-mail me at isprettyrandom at gmail.com and we'll figure something out.
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danbanana posted:Inspired by an article about how much money he can make! Truly in it for the right reason! Reminds me of the guy from Finch's who basically started a brewery because of the "market opportunity". Can't find the interview unfortunately 
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crazyfish posted:Reminds me of the guy from Finch's who basically started a brewery because of the "market opportunity". Can't find the interview unfortunately Doesn't surprise me, as Finch's hasn't done anything good... Seriously, the more I think about the DP guy, the angrier I get. I don't wish failure on many people but this fucker is one of them.
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I know I've linked this before, but reminds me of these similarly classy folks.  
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^^^i'm at work, took me too long to post. ugh, i loving hate that so much.crazyfish posted:Reminds me of the guy from Finch's who basically started a brewery because of the "market opportunity". Can't find the interview unfortunately yeah, that's the preachy, self-righteous straightedge kid from my high school class whose father bought him into the business. i have straightedge friends and it's totally fine, but i took DARE class with that smug dickhead and the fact that he runs a brewery now makes me want to stomp him out. as for Donkey Punch, that's pretty awful, but nowhere near as bad as Big Beaver Brewing Company. i mean jesus christ their logo is enough to make me want to burn the place down, nevermind the sixth-grade humor on display throughout their website.
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funkybottoms posted:
IF YOU'RE NOT NOW, YOU NEVER WERE. NAILED TO THE X FOR LIFE! Ahem. Sorry. Don't know what came over me there...
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Is Big Beaver in some backwoods as gently caress part of Colorado? I can't imagine how they are in business with mediocre beers and names of beer that would make me embarrassed to order/admit I liked even if they were good.
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Midorka posted:Is Big Beaver in some backwoods as gently caress part of Colorado? I can't imagine how they are in business with mediocre beers and names of beer that would make me embarrassed to order/admit I liked even if they were good. Nope, decent sized city of ~70,000 one town over from where I live. I've never bothered to go and try any of their beer even though I used to work like a mile from the brewery because I didn't want to give that moron money or encouragement.
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Apparently Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break is being released again. A couple stores around me in Chicago have gotten it in, and I've got two bottles. I missed out on this one last time, and I'm really pumped to give this one a shot.
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crazyfish posted:Apparently Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break is being released again. A couple stores around me in Chicago have gotten it in, and I've got two bottles. I missed out on this one last time, and I'm really pumped to give this one a shot. loving awesome. By far the best beer they do. I saw West Lakeview got some in. I may have time to swing by there this weekend (and maybe other places) on Sunday.
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Oh, Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti, you are so good.
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Sirotan posted:I'm not sure what list you found, but this is what you are going to want to check out before you visit: http://www.bellsbeer.com/eccentric-cafe/beers-on-tap/ (It's a webcam of the cafe tap list so the image I am adding below might not be the current list.) I will pick some up for sure. Im also interested in trying the cherry stout. Which is in the bottom right hand corner cuttoff just a little. That is available here though so I might try that this weekend.
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Oh hey speaking of Loveland I had beer from Loveland Aleworks for the first time at GABF and chatted with the brewer a bit. It was really darn good. Between them and the completely awesome Grimm Brothers I am a little jealous. I have a confession to make; myself and some friends went to the Big Beaver once, and I was drunk and...well... I own a Bust-a-Nut Brown Ale T-shirt  (Their beer is average brewpub stuff.)
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Incursus posted:I will pick some up for sure. Im also interested in trying the cherry stout. Which is in the bottom right hand corner cuttoff just a little. That is available here though so I might try that this weekend. Note that that is the bourbon barrel cherry stout, which isn't available in bottles (yet). I actually had it the other day when I was visiting and was a bit disappointed.
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 Quick picture from a new house tasting from last week. Thomas Hardy's oh my lord thank you, Shane. The Ølfabrikken Winter Porter was so infected it was hilarious. I didn't think you could make a spiced beer even worse, but this did. *Edit* @Tigren - No, this was my last bottle from the original batch. Still remarkably solid for its age. Serious dry hop was gone, obviously, but still pretty tropical. Paul Proteus fucked around with this message at 19:07 on Oct 19, 2012 |
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Paul Proteus posted:
Is that Le Terroir a new bottle? It's one of my favorite beers and I can't find it anywhere, nor can I find much about release information.
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Hey San Diego goons, Stone is hosting a Brewmaster's Dinner with Cascade Brewing on November 8th.quote:The menu includes... That menu and beer list look ridiculously good.
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Jack Skeleton posted:Mission st. is pretty solid. Though it's expected since it's a Firestone Walker creation. Forgot to reply to this too. I completely agree with you and Josh Wow in that Mission St. IPA was by far the night favorite and the German stuff wasn't great. There was a KBC Porter which wasn't bad, too.
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Paul Proteus posted:
How did you like the Barrel Aged Naked Evil? I missed out on it during the initial release, but I might have the chance to get some very soon... it is like $20/bottle though
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My favorite part was the photo they chose to use for the article.quote:Pool contractor-turned-brewmeister Could he have maybe submitted a slightly less poolcleaning-evocative photo? Maybe like him standing by a tank with some beer or something? Yeesh. danbanana posted:I don't wish failure on many people but this fucker is one of them. Well, that's just too bad, because His wife posted:“I told him people drink beer when they’re up and when they’re down, I can’t see us failing.” I wonder if he's told her what the name means? 
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Paul Proteus posted:Quick picture from a new house tasting from last week. Is the Westy from that gift set that I'll never actually see in person? Haven't ever seen their bottles with a label/mark like that before.
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Sirotan posted:Is the Westy from that gift set that I'll never actually see in person? Haven't ever seen their bottles with a label/mark like that before. I think I read somewhere once that all the 2012 bottles had a special label.
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Kudosx posted:How did you like the Barrel Aged Naked Evil? I missed out on it during the initial release, but I might have the chance to get some very soon... it is like $20/bottle though It sucked and was not worth the money at all. Almost no barrel character and easily the second worst beer of the evening after the infected one. Maybe Shane can remember more details than I. Sirotan posted:Is the Westy from that gift set that I'll never actually see in person? Haven't ever seen their bottles with a label/mark like that before. That bottle is from one of the Canadian Westvleteren gift boxes.
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danbanana posted:I think I read somewhere once that all the 2012 bottles had a special label. the importer had to put a label on
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Speaking of the Westy gift boxes, when are those supposed to come out in the US? I last heard this past April, but April has come and gone without a peep.
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crazyfish posted:Speaking of the Westy gift boxes, when are those supposed to come out in the US? I last heard this past April, but April has come and gone without a peep. Cross posting from the Chicago thread! "Talked to a binnys store and beer manager about this. Came out in Cali and Canada, but there is currently no guarantee it will come to Chicago and definitely no time frame."
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Visiting family in VT, made a stop yesterday at The Alchemist for a half case of Heady Topper then a bottle shop today for....bottles. Started with the FBS. Terrific beer, reminds me a lot of the fresh coffee versions of Speedway Stout which Alesmith doesn't bottle. Maybe a bit heavy on the dark chocolate but not in a gimmicky way. Really, really looking forward to trying the Lawson's offerings. Guy was just stocking bottles of Jade, a single hop IPA, and as he was removing them from the case people were standing next to him grabbing bottles. With a one per customer limit only two made it into the cooler. Gonna ship whatever I don't finish back home, but I have a feeling I might power through a lot of what's been bought before I leave. Real shame if I have to make another trip to the bottle shop before then. Funny story about the trip to The Alchemist, this couple ahead of us in line goes "yeah, we came here from san diego, that's got to be the furthest visitor you've had today." I asked him where from in SD, and when he said El Cajon I had to pull out my driver's license and one-up him by about five miles. What a gigantic coincidence. Also, I hate the rain and while it's pretty as poo poo here right now I couldn't deal with being damp for five months a year or every store I walk in to overcompensating for a 55-degree day by running the heat at 80. Nothing like sweating through a hoodie. Christ.
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Paul Proteus posted:It sucked and was not worth the money at all. Almost no barrel character and easily the second worst beer of the evening after the infected one. Maybe Shane can remember more details than I. As a counter to this, I'll say that I love Naked Evil, although I think it's a bit expensive in most markets. It's definitely a sweeter beer and I know a lot of people don't like that. EDIT: BORIS, Hoppin Frog's imperial stout, is one of my favorite year-round stouts. I'd take it over Ten Fidy, Rasputin, or Yeti any day of the week. Corb3t fucked around with this message at 00:08 on Oct 20, 2012 |
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Holy gently caress Ballast Point's Indra Kunindra is possibly the most disgusting thing I've ever had in my life. Admittedly I don't like curry, but gently caress the curry isn't even in the background it's almost the entire aroma and flavor. This is awful if I want to experience this again I'll just open a curry packet into Ballast Point's Black Marlin or something. I can't even get past 3 sips, drain pour. I'm going to drink a Victory Old Horizontal from 2006 to wash this away. I think it's from 2006 anyway, it says Best Before December 29, 2011. vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv Yeah BA BORIS is pretty great, it's very well balanced. Midorka fucked around with this message at 03:30 on Oct 20, 2012 |
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Bag of Sun Chips posted:EDIT: BORIS, Hoppin Frog's imperial stout, is one of my favorite year-round stouts. I'd take it over Ten Fidy, Rasputin, or Yeti any day of the week. Barrel-Aged BORIS 
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wattershed posted:Terrific beer, reminds me a lot of the fresh coffee versions of Speedway Stout which Alesmith doesn't bottle. Maybe a bit heavy on the dark chocolate but not in a gimmicky way. Wait, is there another version? I just had a bottle of Speedway Stout tonight...
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Speaking of Hoppin Frog... they just released their Cafe Silk Porter today, and I'm hoping to be able to go grab a bottle of it tomorrow before work. It's a version of their Silk Porter (which I've actually never had, despite living in Akron...) with coffee added. On another note, everyone around me now seems to be sold out of Pumking... and for some reason I only bought one bomber this year. Oh well, hindsight is 20/20, I'll know to buy a few more next year!
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swickles posted:Wait, is there another version? I just had a bottle of Speedway Stout tonight... I just mean a) when it's freshly brewed and on tap at the brewery, or b) they use another type or additional amounts of coffee in a brewery-only tap offering. Also, Indra Kunindra is awesome and Midorka is wrong 
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