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wildfire1 posted:So Green Flash is pulling out of Australia, along with Bear Republic so no more beers from them. Citing wanting to expand domestic markets? That's a gain. Deschutes flagships are all good and hopefully they'll send reserve series stuff your way. The Abyss is one of my all time favorites.
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I've never tried any Green Flash because their labels are uninteresting. I'm horrible. Bear Republic stuff is above average? Those two for Deschutes is a score.
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Oct 9, 2013 13:46
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Me in Reverse posted:I've never tried any Green Flash because their labels are uninteresting. I'm horrible. You are missing out my friend. Palate Wrecker is a great beer. Double Stout and Le Freak are also pretty good. For the record, I agree about their labels. They just look generic.
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Me in Reverse posted:I've never tried any Green Flash because their labels are uninteresting. I'm horrible. Silva and Sleepin' with Shaggy are incredibly good, but they're not in regular distribution, and i don't think i've bought any of their non-IPAs more than once. i know plenty of people that love Green Bullet, Palate Wrecker, and West Coast.
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Oct 9, 2013 14:21
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Palate Wrecker, Rayon Vert, and West Coast IPA are my GF go to's. Silva is ridiculously good as well.
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Me in Reverse posted:I've never tried any Green Flash because their labels are uninteresting. I'm horrible. Not a big fan of most of their stuff but Rayon Vert is a really excellent year-round brett beer. Not Saison Brett good or anything but it definitely scratches that itch and is pretty cheap (~$10 a 4-pack). air- posted:That's a gain. Deschutes flagships are all good and hopefully they'll send reserve series stuff your way. The Abyss is one of my all time favorites. If they send Abyss to Australia but not Chicago, I'm going to raise ruckus... Personally, the only Deschutes beers I love are the Black Butte anniversary variations.
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danbanana posted:Not a big fan of most of their stuff but Rayon Vert is a really excellent year-round brett beer. Not Saison Brett good or anything but it definitely scratches that itch and is pretty cheap (~$10 a 4-pack). This. It's a pretty decent Orval clone without costing near what Orval does. It is crazy carbonated, though.
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E: Whoops wrong thread lol In other news, thanks to crazyfish for the Founders black IPA. It was pretty decent. I still tend to stand by the "Meh" on Black IPAs, but I did kinda like the balance of malt and hops on that one. ChiTownEddie fucked around with this message at 15:24 on Oct 9, 2013 |
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Oct 9, 2013 15:18
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air- posted:Got an 1130 tour at New Belgium on Friday, how about we do lunch after that? I'll pm you my info. I have no idea in Boulder, but I saw Fernet at Supermarket Liquors in Fort Collins just a few days ago. It's probably also available directly at Odell's. Wilbur's Total Beverage is the other bottle shop I'd recommend in the area.
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Deschutes is the tops and that's a fact, Jack. Fans of the company may be surprised to find that as of this weekend, Mirror Pond (which is not really a pond but a reservoir in the middle of the river) doesn't really exist any more due to a dam leak. I should probably post about my Portland trip sometime but I'm overwhelmed with work.
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danbanana posted:Not a big fan of most of their stuff but Rayon Vert is a really excellent year-round brett beer. Not Saison Brett good or anything but it definitely scratches that itch and is pretty cheap (~$10 a 4-pack). Chainbreaker was in pretty heavy rotation at my house this summer.
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Rapman the Cook posted:
I'm in the UK, but you can get Little Creatures here. Fan-loving-tastic beer. Depressing indeed that it's easily gettable over here in London and not in WA
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BoredByThis posted:Chainbreaker was in pretty heavy rotation at my house this summer. I generally really like Deschutes, but Chainbreaker is probably their only offering I actively dislike. I feel it drinks like a spice cabinet. I don't mind spiced IPAs or other styles, but they over do it on Chainbreaker in my opinion.
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Eejit posted:I generally really like Deschutes, but Chainbreaker is probably their only offering I actively dislike. I feel it drinks like a spice cabinet. I don't mind spiced IPAs or other styles, but they over do it on Chainbreaker in my opinion. Disagree, Chainbreaker loving owns. So refreshing.
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I dont' think of it as a spiced IPA, I feel it's more in line with a hoppy wit, akin to Gumballhead or Lil' Sumpin' Sumpin'(Technically American wheats but, similar idea)
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wattershed posted:Changed my mind. Went after work, they still had a few cases on the floor, and not everyone there was picking some up. My friend ended up going to pick up his bottles and he was in line with a guy who bought 0 bottles, but did get 3 growler fills of Willy Vanilly and 2 more growler fills of Raspberry Nectar 
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BoredByThis posted:I dont' think of it as a spiced IPA, I feel it's more in line with a hoppy wit, akin to Gumballhead or Lil' Sumpin' Sumpin'(Technically American wheats but, similar idea) Except it's spiced unlike those two you listed. It's kinda gross, but I hate spiced beers in general so...
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No beer and no healthcare make Homer something something: Government shutdown includes TTB and puts new beer label and brewery approvals in limbo. It's not gonna hurt the big guys (of course  ), but it's putting a damper on any craft brewery releasing a new beer, and REALLY loving up breweries just opening up.
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Oct 9, 2013 18:35
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Anyone else win in the latest Upland sour lottery? I'll be getting a kiwi! edit: If you have gmail, check your spam folder; that's where my winner was.
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Can one of you guys give me a quick education on Jester King offerings (what's good)? Working on a trade and have this available: "Boxer's Revenge, Funk Metal, and I should have access to Wunderkind, Uberkind, Black Metal, Mad Meg, El Cedro, Salt Lick (Censored) and others."
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Oct 9, 2013 18:56
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crazyfish posted:Anyone else win in the latest Upland sour lottery? I'll be getting a kiwi! I've not received an email about it so it looks like I am a loser again. 
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So my car bit the dust. I'm taking the train from NYC Port Authority into Philly, I assume, to 30th street station. Can I hop a train or bus from there to Tired Hands? Of not, where should I go?
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Oct 9, 2013 19:00
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crazyfish posted:Anyone else win in the latest Upland sour lottery? I'll be getting a kiwi! Looks like I won!  Thanks for the tip, it was in my spam folder too.
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Midorka posted:So my car bit the dust. I'm taking the train from NYC Port Authority into Philly, I assume, to 30th street station. Can I hop a train or bus from there to Tired Hands? Of not, where should I go? Paoli/Thorndale Regional Rail line, get off at Ardmore. It's ~2 blocks from there.
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Me in Reverse posted:Paoli/Thorndale Regional Rail line, get off at Ardmore. It's ~2 blocks from there. Thanks! I'm estimating I'll be there around 5 if any goons want to meet up. Edit: I'll be the guy in a white shirt and jeans with a beard sitting with a blonde female. We'll also have a big duffel bag. Edit: make that more like 7pm Midorka fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Oct 9, 2013 |
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Oct 9, 2013 19:11
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I'd join you but I'm avoiding Tired Hands until the Halloween dinner on the 29th. They're tapping all the stuff they'll be serving with dinner, and I want to taste them all for the first time then.
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It was just announced Prairie is coming to OH! 
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It's been a GREAT day so far; 4 bottle limit today but absolutely delicious.
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Me in Reverse posted:Can one of you guys give me a quick education on Jester King offerings (what's good)? Not sure what your taste preferences are but I'll go through each: Boxer's (wild ale) and Funk Metal (basically Tart of Darkness but better) are both good sours. I would push for getting RU-55 if possible. Uberkind and Wunderkind are their best year-round saisons and those would be regular purchases for me if they were more available. Black Metal is nothing exciting for an imperial stout and there was also nothing memorable about Mad Meg to me. El Cedro is a saison with a pretty cedar-forward flavor and I wasn't a fan. Salt Lick is this weird smoky lemonade saison thing that I drainpoured. e: Le Petit Prince is JK's most underrated beer. I've never seen it for more than $6 a bottle and it is so sessionable. Would suggest that as well and it's pretty easy to find. air- fucked around with this message at 20:33 on Oct 9, 2013 |
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air- posted:Jester King Salt Lick is loving horrendous, one of the worst beers i've ever had.
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Figures Australia would get Deschutes before Wisconsin would.
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funkybottoms posted:Salt Lick is loving horrendous, one of the worst beers i've ever had. Yeah Salt Lick was among the worst beer I've ever had. A friend bought one and it went down the drain. None of us wanted it.
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Sirotan posted:I've not received an email about it so it looks like I am a loser again. I won, but the message was in my spam folder.
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funkybottoms posted:Salt Lick is loving horrendous, one of the worst beers i've ever had. BTW did you get to pop open Viking Metal yet? When I get cocktails, been going with gin lately so I liked that one. Tough to get more though
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Ubik posted:No beer and no healthcare make Homer something something: Government shutdown includes TTB and puts new beer label and brewery approvals in limbo. It's not gonna hurt the big guys (of course If the government isn't able to approve any labels/breweries/whatever then surely they also can't actually do anything about unapproved labels/breweries/whatever just going ahead with their plans? At least until the shutdown is over?
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air- posted:BTW did you get to pop open Viking Metal yet? When I get cocktails, been going with gin lately so I liked that one. Tough to get more though no- brought it a bottle share, but half the people didn't show up, so i saved it for another night. gonna get at that Freetail tomorrow, though!
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air- posted:Not sure what your taste preferences are but I'll go through each: Boxer's (wild ale) and Funk Metal (basically Tart of Darkness but better) are both good sours. I would push for getting RU-55 if possible. Uberkind and Wunderkind are their best year-round saisons and those would be regular purchases for me if they were more available. Black Metal is nothing exciting for an imperial stout and there was also nothing memorable about Mad Meg to me. El Cedro is a saison with a pretty cedar-forward flavor and I wasn't a fan. Salt Lick is this weird smoky lemonade saison thing that I drainpoured. I actually am sitting on a bottle of Le Petit Prince I found here in Philly, so yay to that. Thanks for the quickie reviews on the other stuff -- I'm gonna grab Boxer's and Funk Metal, Uber and wunder, and maybe El Cedro because it sounds odd and interesting. lament.cfg fucked around with this message at 22:19 on Oct 9, 2013 |
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Friends and I fly out of Denver tomorrow at 4, so we were thinking about driving back up to Crooked Stave tomorrow morning for the 11 am L'Brett d'Or release. Will it be crazy crowded, or will getting there by 10:30 or so be OK? Also if anyone else is gonna be there and wants extras, I'm pretty sure we don't have room in our luggage for 6 bottles each since I've already bought some other bottles to take home.
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Retemnav posted:Friends and I fly out of Denver tomorrow at 4, so we were thinking about driving back up to Crooked Stave tomorrow morning for the 11 am L'Brett d'Or release. Will it be crazy crowded, or will getting there by 10:30 or so be OK? It's going to be crowded. GABF crowds in full effect everywhere near downtown.
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