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SUPER HASSLER posted:2. Jeez I can barely get through two before I'm wasted and I'm a fairly seasoned beer drinker. I think the only reason I can still walk is because they've been spaced out over a few hours. Definitely a fantastic barleywine, though I think its more of a DIPA with a sweet finish, personally.
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What It Dooski posted:Red Thunder. Most of the stores in my area (Columbus) have cases of Brown Shugga laying around. Are there any good beer shops relatively close off of 71 in Columbus? I'll be driving through next week. Last time I drove through I stopped at a Giant Eagle that had a decent amount of good beer but not a single bomber or anything to be found.
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Docjowles posted:Besides the Stone suggestion, see if you can find Firestone Walker Wookey Jack, Deschutes Hop in the Dark and Sierra Nevada Tumbler (Tumbler's not the same style but I bet a fan of Snow Day would like it. May be hard to find now that it's Celebration season, though). Deschutes and Firestone still don't distribute in NC unfortunately.
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Captain Shortbus posted:I'm thinking about drinking my bottle of The Dissident tonight. Am I going to be really sad that it's the only bottle of I I was able to get? I'm torn giving you an answer here. On one hand, I'm a firm believer of try it fresh if you're gonna age it. But you only have one, so if you try it now you can't age it. But this year's The Dissident really needs to age before it's good. There's way too much oak and alcohol right now which almost completely covers up the rest of the flavors.
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Saw this on facebook: I didn't believe it until he posted the receipt:  Crazy poo poo right there. Somewhere in Chicago there is one pissed off liquor store owner right now!! This was the best beer I had at Zwanze day this year!
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Here's a link to info on the Westy 12 release. There's only a few stores in OH getting it, and I'm really surprised there's no places in Columbus getting it. I will probably line up to get my 6 pack, cause I really don't want to miss out.
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Dec 5, 2012 06:39
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quote:People go to Vegas for different things; I'm sure casino ceiling height isn't at the top of your typical tourists' priority list. quote:Triple 7 deserves a chance, they change up their brews frequently and you won't burn holes in your wallet.
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I managed to get 1 bottle of this year's Abyss. Apparently only five cases of the stuff went to the entire south Bay Area, which is crazy. Did Deschutes' capacity go way downhill this year? Last years Abyss was all over the place. I was interested to see that it's exactly the same recipe as last year, too.Arnold of Soissons posted:Sort of raises an interesting topic. We've all see beers that try to grab sales through out-there names or bottle art or both. They usually aren't very good beers. But would you ever pass on a beer that was really good, just because it had in incredibly asinine "out there" name? Not just not want to order it at a bar, but fully with hold your business so as to not support such a lovely name / label? I'd be willing to bet that Stone would be nowhere without Arrogant Bastard having such a "catchy" name.
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Kudosx posted:Here's a link to info on the Westy 12 release. Did you forget the link?
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crazyfish posted:Did you forget the link? Hmmm... I guess I did! Sorry, it's been one of 'those' days. http://121212xii.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/hello-world/
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Kudosx posted:Hmmm... I guess I did! Ugh. I'm not looking forward to this. Oddly enough, I received an email from the buyer at a shop saying he's getting a few and will put one aside for me. That shop is not on that list. It'll be fun figuring out if the list is incomplete or he's pulling a bait & switch on me. One of the shops on that list said on Facebook that they don't anticipate having to do reservations, lottery, early lineups, etc, that they should have plenty for anyone in the first few days. That seems dubious.
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wattershed posted:Ugh. I'm not looking forward to this. Oddly enough, I received an email from the buyer at a shop saying he's getting a few and will put one aside for me. That shop is not on that list. It'll be fun figuring out if the list is incomplete or he's pulling a bait & switch on me.
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Somewhat annoyed that no Enjoy By seems to have made it up to OR; what's wrong, you guys scared to fight it out against real IPAs? 
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SUPER HASSLER posted:Somewhat annoyed that no Enjoy By seems to have made it up to OR; what's wrong, you guys scared to fight it out against real IPAs? Stone ships each batch of Enjoy By to a limited number of specific markets, and I think Stone's distribution is either all of or most of the 50 states plus several foreign countries. Out of the three batches they've run, I think only two of them have been released in San Diego even and the first two were only like Southern California plus two other cities (not even full states). It was only the 12.21 release that actually seemed to get a wider release. I'm sure it will get there, but unfortunately, not necessarily soon. I thought it tasted a lot like Sculpin, for what its worth. Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 11:31 on Dec 5, 2012 |
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Sublimer posted:Saw this on facebook: That's the Greektown Walgreens. They have a surprisingly awesome beer list and according to beermenus, have Cantillon's Grand Cru right now. Unfortunately, I have a job I have to go to...
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Angry Grimace posted:So apparently this is going to be a thing. What's the source for this image?
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air- posted:What's the source for this image? Ballast Point's facebook page
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My local bottle shop is selling Bourbon County Coffee for $23.15 a bottle. Am I getting ripped off?
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WaffleStomp posted:My local bottle shop is selling Bourbon County Coffee for $23.15 a bottle. Am I getting ripped off? No. That's $3 higher than MSRP but not exactly a rip-off.
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Eccentric Day is this Friday! It's my favorite day of the year. Seriously, even more than Christmas. It's pretty much the most fun, ever. Also, really good beer. They have a pretty nice taplist this year. (e: food doesn't look bad, either) Maybe I can finally try some Black Note? Also curious about the 2007 Third Coast Old Ale. I love that stuff and never manage to keep it around long enough to age it. If anybody wants to awkwardly talk about beer with (a probably somewhat drunken) me, find the gang of Post-Apocalyptic Shriners in Skull Fezzes and I'll be the dude that glows in the dark. See, that's why I love Eccentric Day, I get to type sentences like that and not be full of poo poo at all! nominal fucked around with this message at 15:38 on Dec 5, 2012 |
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Mahoning posted:Are there any good beer shops relatively close off of 71 in Columbus? I'll be driving through next week. Yeah, most of my favorite places are pretty close. I think the best is Weilands market, between cook rd and North Broadway. They have a great selection and recently put in a 6 tap growler station that had some pretty interesting stuff. It's also the best bet for rarer stuff. Also, just a block away is Palmers, another bottle shop with a pretty good selection. Those are your best bets and both are very easy to get to from 71. The Giant Eagle near the Hudson ave exit (sort of near campus) is also pretty good. Let me know if you have any other questions. The columbus beer scene is rapidly growing with at least half a dozen breweries set to open in the near future.
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nominal posted:Eccentric Day is this Friday! It's my favorite day of the year. Seriously, even more than Christmas. It's pretty much the most fun, ever. Also, really good beer. They have a pretty nice taplist this year. (e: food doesn't look bad, either) You've probably had it already, but in case you haven't, BBA Batch 9000 is really drat good and I highly recommend getting some of that in addition to Black Note.
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Captain Shortbus posted:I'm thinking about drinking my bottle of The Dissident tonight. Am I going to be really sad that it's the only bottle of I I was able to get? Did you wind up drinking this? If not, I'd recommend holding off for quite a while. I had one of this year's batch and it was so not ready yet. The aroma was there, but the sourness just wasn't present in the taste.
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air- posted:What's the source for this image? Its Ballast Point's official mockup (that's their new logo/packaging design they are rolling out, although it's only appeared on the Indra Kunindra stout so far). They already have the canning line and said that they're going to can Sculpin + couple of their other relatively boring regular offerings.
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No, I chickened out and just drank FBS all night. I picked up a couple of bottles of Cherish Kriek today to hold me over on my sour kick until I can find O'Dell's Friek. The one store I know had some (drove 40 minutes each way) got it in yesterday and was sold out in less than 2 hours. It wasn't a wasted trip, though. They probably had about 90 4-packs of FBS just laying around everywhere. They now have about 85.
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I e-mailed Cantillon about the art on Fou Foune. It seems inspired by Le Petit Prince, I asked if this was the case and they responded that it was original. I still think it was heavily inspired from the book and if it is then that's loving awesome.
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You know, I never saw a single bottle of Firestone Walker XVI this year even though last year, BevMo had stacks and stack of XV just sitting around for months.
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Glottis posted:I managed to get 1 bottle of this year's Abyss. Apparently only five cases of the stuff went to the entire south Bay Area, which is crazy. Did Deschutes' capacity go way downhill this year? Last years Abyss was all over the place. I was interested to see that it's exactly the same recipe as last year, too. loving Santa Clara Costco got a case, but my local couldn't get any. Dumb dumb dumb. Whole Foods are still expecting theirs soon.
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Angry Grimace posted:You know, I never saw a single bottle of Firestone Walker XVI this year even though last year, BevMo had stacks and stack of XV just sitting around for months. I picked up two at a local shop, passed on more at another (which still had XV on the shelves). Unfortunately, a friend said that XVI is a step down from the two previous years, IHO. I haven't opened one yet.
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Beer trip report! So my father in law was visiting from out of town for a few days, and as is typically I reach in my fridge for some good poo poo to drink while he's here. This latest visit I pulled out some stuff that ended up being real winners.  The Bruery Smoking Wood Bourbon Been staring at this bottle in my fridge for a while and figured it was time to see what this was all about and I was really blown away. Imperial Smoked Rye Porter might not exactly be the most accurate description as I find this almost bleeds into the Old Ale territory but its probably as close as any "classification" is going to get. The aroma is huge vanilla, wood, bourbon with a bit of bread crust and dark bakers chocolate that all blend together into this really heavenly aroma. Reminds me a bit of Adam from the Wood or aged Bourbon County Stout. The flavor follows through, though its not too sweet and the bitterness is low/moderate but it definitely keeps the sweetness in balance. As it warms the chocolate really comes out along with the low amount of smoke and a healthy amount of rye which lends a spicy character. Medium dry to dry body keeps this from hitting palate fatigue and a very low amount of astringency keeps it very smooth. Overall the beer has a great complexity, flavor integration and most importantly balance. I had no idea I would enjoy this beer so much or I would have tried for another bottle. The next night...  Alesmith Barrel Aged Wee Heavy "2009" I've had this one once before about a year ago and had two more left so this one seemed like an obvious choice. I thought it was a great beer a year ago and it has evolved into a really stunning beer since. A big bouquet with bourbon, wood, vanillin, fig, port, toffee, rich malt and a touch of smoke. Its like a big warm blanket of delicious barrel aged beer. Flavor is a lot of the same in the aroma but even though this one is definitely on a bigger bodied, sweeter beer its only 9.5% so its not like you are trying to drink maple syrup or something. Rich with complex malt character, bourbon barrel character and low bitterness while not being too sweet or heavy. The flavors are really rich and complex but really tightly integrated, nothing sticks out too much and everything is really complimentary, its just so nicely put together. I sure am glad I have one bottle of this left.
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So...who's coming to eccentric day  http://bellsbeer.com/blog/151-Eccentric_Day_2012__60_beers_on_tap_____take_a_look_at_the_full_list_and_menu
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Whisker Biscuit posted:So...who's coming to eccentric day Sadly I had to pass on Eccentric Day because I'll be going to the 4 Elf party an hour away from Kzoo... http://www.darkhorsebrewery.com/events/
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Tigren posted:loving Santa Clara Costco got a case, but my local couldn't get any. Dumb dumb dumb. Whole Foods are still expecting theirs soon. Just picked up a bottle at Danville Coscto..$10.99. I got Firestone XVI and Enjoy By IPA yesterday at the Whole Foods San Ramon.
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danbanana posted:I picked up two at a local shop, passed on more at another (which still had XV on the shelves). Unfortunately, a friend said that XVI is a step down from the two previous years, IHO. I haven't opened one yet. Oof - I wound up buying mine for $25, not too thrilled to hear that it's a step down from previous years...
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Angry Grimace posted:You know, I never saw a single bottle of Firestone Walker XVI this year even though last year, BevMo had stacks and stack of XV just sitting around for months. hasn't hit here yet. did i mention having 10oz pours of XIV for five bucks a few weeks back? poo poo was delicious. speaking of delicious, anybody in (Williamsburg) Alewerks' distribution area would do well to buy themselves some Coffeehouse Stout. fresh from the bottle (i have a suspicion that they keg a different recipe), i might prefer this over FBS, but it's only five-odd percent and drops off quickly.
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To be fair, I did not like XV at ALL. It reminded me very strongly of prunes for whatever reason. That Smoking Wood review makes it sound interesting. This years Smoking Wood was just released a few days ago I believe, but it seems like its a different recipe now? Angry Grimace fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Dec 6, 2012 |
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My friend in Wisconsin finally got around to shipping his side of our bottle trade, and it showed up today. A few days earlier he'd sent me a note- his mom and her friends had accidentally drank some of the stuff that was intended for me, and he promised he'd "make it worth [my] while". Unpacked everything and this is what was inside: There's 2x each of the Enigma and the BCBS as well as the Tyranena bottles. Hey what's that unlabeled bottle doing there? zoom, enhance  Well then.  I knew he had a couple of these kicking around (his girlfriend lives in the Netherlands and they visited the monastery over the summer), but I never dreamed in a million years that he would toss one my way. I'm not quite sure what I'm going to do with it yet, but I think right now I'm leaning towards cracking it open on Christmas morning. I also didn't know he had thrown in the Three Floyds stuff either, I am especially excited to try those. Hell, I'm excited over everything. There's not enough words to adequately convey the level of thrilled I am with this. Suddenly everything I'm sending him pales in comparison.
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Glottis posted:I managed to get 1 bottle of this year's Abyss. Apparently only five cases of the stuff went to the entire south Bay Area, which is crazy. Did Deschutes' capacity go way downhill this year? Last years Abyss was all over the place. I was interested to see that it's exactly the same recipe as last year, too. I really hope not, but that would explain why it's not this far east yet (I'm near dead center between the coasts). I've been trying all around to try and get at least one (preferably three), so I can do a three-year taste test. I've been saving a 2010 and a two 2011s with the intent to be able to do all three every year. With my strange luck finding an extra 2010, I had my hopes up for a four-year next year, but if they cut back production...
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