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Sep 17, 2014 12:03
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Hey guys, Dogfish is selling these sweet punkin growlers. Only $175 (limit of 1 per person).
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Sep 17, 2014 12:27
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Quantrill posted:Hey guys, Dogfish is selling these sweet punkin growlers. Only $175 (limit of 1 per person). ......  I'm sad that I know there will be people buying them. D:
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Sep 17, 2014 12:30
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Jesus gently caress that's an expensive growler. Popped open a Hardywood Raspberry Stout and that was so yummy. Very much like eating a raspberry chocolate cake and happy that the fruit nor sweetness wasn't cloying!
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Sep 17, 2014 12:31
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funkybottoms posted:he's a autistic stoner who alternates between being really friendly and being an aloof, arrogant dickhead. he doesn't beat up his wife or anything truly hosed up, though, so i will continue to enjoy the beer that he makes. Let's Talk Beer 4: We stop at wife beating, even for WHALEZ.
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Sep 17, 2014 14:11
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Quantrill posted:Hey guys, Dogfish is selling these sweet punkin growlers. Only $175 (limit of 1 per person). too bad they're loving ugly. one of my usual shops is selling hand-made wooden beer totes for about a fifth of the price as Hill Farmstead. i think they're a fine idea for growlers, but a big wooden thing that's like 17" tall for a six-pack is pretty stupid.
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Sep 17, 2014 14:13
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Jesus christ what the hell is wrong with Rogue  GABF/WTF folks, I am sending out an email about our share - October 3, and we haven't quite nailed down a time but eyeballing mid afternoon to early evening (no later than 5 or 6 pm start). PM me your email if you want in!
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Sep 17, 2014 14:32
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air- posted:Jesus christ what the hell is wrong with Rogue they responded that they always serve Japanese-themed menu items with chopsticks. if true, well, okay, but the response to the complaint is still terrible. V haha funkybottoms fucked around with this message at 15:15 on Sep 17, 2014 |
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Sep 17, 2014 14:48
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Just Rogue Things
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Sep 17, 2014 14:59
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Rah! posted:I'm usually too poor to regularly buy good beer...but not today! I just picked up a 12 pack fall sampler from Sierra Nevada for $13 (Pale ale, Oktoberfest, Tumbler brown ale, and Vienna Lager). Brooklyn Lager and Great Lakes Eliot Ness are top of the class. Sam Adams Boston Lager is a sort of one. Clown Shoes Swagger is a hoppy version.
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Sep 17, 2014 15:23
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I randomly got to talk with Chris Ives, the head brewer from Ilkley Brewery, last night. He was on his way to Asheville for the Brewgrass Festival, and stopped in with his distribution company at a local bar. Really nice guy, and it was interesting to hear about the state of craft beer on the other side of the pond. He told me about getting death threats from CAMRA (on Twitter and Facebook) when they announced they were starting to keg and bottle their beers. I'd love to see some more of their English styles available over here. The Mayan is an excellent lighter chocolate & pepper stout, but of their other imports, two of them are "American-style" IPAs, and while they are ok, they're not going to be able to compete with cheaper and better actual American offerings.
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Sep 17, 2014 15:23
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Fluo posted:If anyone is in or around Bristol today: I bought the (quite pricey) gift pack of these thinking I'd never get the chance to see them anywhere nearby on draught and now there's a launch event tonight, near my mate's house, which just happens to be 40-miles nearer to a customer I have to go and see early tomorrow morning. I think fate is telling me I should see you there.
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Sep 17, 2014 16:37
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Midorka posted:Brooklyn Lager and Great Lakes Eliot Ness are top of the class. Sam Adams Boston Lager is a sort of one. Clown Shoes Swagger is a hoppy version. Stiegl is widely available and I think is one of the best import lagers. Also it is basically the definition of a Vienna Lager.
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Sep 17, 2014 17:18
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Eejit posted:Stiegl is widely available and I think is one of the best import lagers. Also it is basically the definition of a Vienna Lager. Tangentially, Stiegl's Paracelsus is one of my favorite beers.
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Sep 17, 2014 17:27
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Crooked Stave is now distributing in NC! Wow, I hadn't heard anything about this until I saw some bottle shops tweeting out that they had bottles on the shelf yesterday. Looks like St. Bretta, Surette and Vieille so far.
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Sep 17, 2014 18:53
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Tired Hands and Forest & Main both decided to do unannounced sub-200-bottle sales today. gently caress my life.
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Sep 17, 2014 18:54
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Something is in the air today... Tired Hands and Forest & Main both announced ~200 bottle count releases for today at 4pm. Tired Hands has I See A Darkness (coffee honey porter) refermented with their emptiness (sour saison) culture. Forest & Main is selling Dochter Seizoen, a hoppy saison fermented in wine barrels. It's 25 minutes to either brewery from my office and they're in opposite directions. I have plans in the city at 6 so I can only pick one. Decisions decisions. edit - beaten by the only other person as upset about this as I am.
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Sep 17, 2014 18:58
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a worthy uhh posted:Tired Hands and Forest & Main both decided to do unannounced sub-200-bottle sales today. And I thought having to haul rear end to Jester King with a few days notice was bad  e: speaking of silent releases, the new okie whale Fred's blend is now out. air- fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Sep 17, 2014 |
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Sep 17, 2014 18:59
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pugnax posted:Tangentially, Stiegl's Paracelsus is one of my favorite beers. Yeah, that's actually an awesome beer. Zwickl is an unusual style that I could drink more often if it were available. I actually had a kellerbier two weekends ago and while it was drinkable, it wasn't as excellent as Paracelsus. Retemnav posted:Crooked Stave is now distributing in NC! Wow, I hadn't heard anything about this until I saw some bottle shops tweeting out that they had bottles on the shelf yesterday. Looks like St. Bretta, Surette and Vieille so far. All three of those are worth picking up, but if you were going to skip one I'd say Vieille as it's a solid slightly sour saison but unless it's one of the day hopped variants it's maybe not worth what they charge for a tiny 350 mL. E durr of course you know this since we had beers at the source last year
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Sep 17, 2014 19:07
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North Carolina beer goons, what are some good beers that are not distributed that far out of NC (I'm in Chicago, IL)? My mom is going to be visiting my grandparents in Cary in a few weeks and she said she would be willing to pick me up a few beers from out there. All I can remember from reading this thread is Wicked Weed and Green Man. Any others that are worth checking out? Any recommendations for bottle shops close to Cary? I looked on Google Maps and found The Beer Dispensary.
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Sep 17, 2014 19:20
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a worthy uhh posted:Tired Hands and Forest & Main both decided to do unannounced sub-200-bottle sales today. You do not have to get all of the beers. They're not Pokemons. It's ok.
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Sep 17, 2014 19:35
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Sirotan posted:You do not have to get all of the beers. They're not Pokemons. It's ok. But sub-200 bottle count = whalez. FT: New TH bottles. ISO: DQ+
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Sep 17, 2014 19:43
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Sirotan posted:You do not have to get all of the beers. They're not Pokemons. It's ok. But there's only 150 of them I gotta have one.
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Sep 17, 2014 19:44
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sub-200 bottle count is my favorite flavor.
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Sep 17, 2014 20:14
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If you're that desperate for sub-200 bottle beers, just homebrew some! Then you'll have 100% of one of THE RAREST WALEZ.
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Sep 17, 2014 20:36
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Retemnav posted:Crooked Stave is now distributing in NC! Wow, I hadn't heard anything about this until I saw some bottle shops tweeting out that they had bottles on the shelf yesterday. Looks like St. Bretta, Surette and Vieille so far. Well, I know what I'm going to try to pick up on my way home now… americanzero4128 posted:North Carolina beer goons, what are some good beers that are not distributed that far out of NC (I'm in Chicago, IL)? My mom is going to be visiting my grandparents in Cary in a few weeks and she said she would be willing to pick me up a few beers from out there. All I can remember from reading this thread is Wicked Weed and Green Man. Any others that are worth checking out? Any recommendations for bottle shops close to Cary? I looked on Google Maps and found The Beer Dispensary. Check out http://www.seekabrew.com/distro/compare.html. Tasty Beverage in Raleigh is cool, I've heard good things about Bottle Revolution as well. Bottle Revolution apparently carries NoDa, which I haven't had yet but also keep hearing good things about. Cary is basically a Raleigh suburb, in terms of distance. If you want the intersection of rare NC-only and 2014's hot Gose trend, have her pick you up a bottle of Steel String Zupfen. 12 ratings on BA and not even on seekabrew L@@K FT
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Sep 17, 2014 20:37
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Listen, I didn't face ten long tours against the goddamn 'bots to come back home and lift baby weights.
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Sirotan posted:You do not have to get all of the beers. They're not Pokemons. It's ok. Some breweries could put actual nail polish remover in branded bottles and sell it at sub-200 bottle count numbers. In fact I'm pretty sure Three Floyds has done exactly that in the past. It was pretty tasty, as I recall.
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Sep 17, 2014 20:51
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Eejit posted:E durr of course you know this since we had beers at the source last year  americanzero4128 posted:North Carolina beer goons, what are some good beers that are not distributed that far out of NC (I'm in Chicago, IL)? My mom is going to be visiting my grandparents in Cary in a few weeks and she said she would be willing to pick me up a few beers from out there. All I can remember from reading this thread is Wicked Weed and Green Man. Any others that are worth checking out? Any recommendations for bottle shops close to Cary? I looked on Google Maps and found The Beer Dispensary. I'm not familiar with The Beer Dispensary, but it looks like they've got a pretty good selection. Bottle Revolution is nearby as well. Either will probably do you ok. Wicked Weed (Black Angel, Oblivion, Serenity are my favs. Some Serenity batches have had issues with diacetyl tho.) Olde Hickory (Irish Walker, Imperial Stout, Death By Hops, Hickory Stick Stout are all very good.) Foothills (People's Porter, if it's first of the month their IPA of the Month for Oct. might be out.) NoDa (Hop Drop n' Roll has been back in distro so they might be able to score some of it. Excellent DIPA. Cavu is good as well.) Duck-Rabbit (Milk Stout, Baltic Porter, Schwarzbier) Fullsteam (Summer Basil if you can still find it, Working Man's Lunch) Hi-Wire (Hi-Pitch IPA) Lonerider, Green Man, Asheville Brewing Co, Big Boss - solid beers if nothing that stands out (unless you can get some of Green Man's sours, which I kind of doubt down in Raleigh.)
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Sep 17, 2014 20:51
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bartolimu posted:Some breweries could put actual nail polish remover in branded bottles and sell it at sub-200 bottle count numbers. In fact I'm pretty sure Three Floyds has done exactly that in the past. It was pretty tasty, as I recall. That infected Rue D'Floyd was the perfect accompaniment to the bacon wrapped bandaids and used syringes I had for dinner that night.
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Sep 17, 2014 20:53
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Glad to see you all tripping over yourselves to be smug. Both of these beers are going to be loving delicious and there's nothing wrong with wanting things.
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Sep 17, 2014 21:03
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a worthy uhh posted:Glad to see you all tripping over yourselves to be smug. Both of these beers are going to be loving delicious and there's nothing wrong with wanting things. It's not so much smugness (at least in my case) as it is recognition that there are, have been, and always will be more delicious beers I will never taste than those I will. Scampering around and spending a ton of time/money to taste just one more super-rare thing seems like too much effort when there are thousands of more available things right here to drink. I mean, if a Veritas release happens to fall on the first day of my San Diego vacation I'll be up in San Marcos doing the needful. But going apeshit bananas over whales isn't my primary motivator at this point. bartolimu fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Sep 17, 2014 |
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Sep 17, 2014 21:20
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Ubik posted:If you're that desperate for sub-200 bottle beers, just homebrew some! Then you'll have 100% of one of THE RAREST WALEZ. The only problem is that the flavor of disappointment overpowers the rarity.
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Sep 17, 2014 21:30
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I really wasn't trying to be smug, I just think you need to reassess your priorities if not being able to get hold of a beer is a "gently caress my life" moment. Relax, don't worry, have a
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Sep 17, 2014 21:31
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Sirotan posted:I really wasn't trying to be smug, I just think you need to reassess your priorities if not being able to get hold of a beer is a "gently caress my life" moment. Everything people say on the internet is definitely 100% literal. Hyperbole isn't a thing.
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Sep 17, 2014 21:32
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Retemnav posted:Duck-Rabbit (Milk Stout, Baltic Porter, Schwarzbier) Have these guys resolved their near-constant infection issues?
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Sep 17, 2014 21:32
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Retemnav posted:Crooked Stave is now distributing in NC! Wow, I hadn't heard anything about this until I saw some bottle shops tweeting out that they had bottles on the shelf yesterday. Looks like St. Bretta, Surette and Vieille so far. God drat it, as soon as I move out of the state NC gets Cigar City and Crooked Stave. I'm just waiting for the announcement that The Alchemist, Russian River, and Westvleteren are coming next month.
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Sep 17, 2014 22:17
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internet celebrity posted:God drat it, as soon as I move out of the state NC gets Cigar City and Crooked Stave. I'm just waiting for the announcement that The Alchemist, Russian River, and Westvleteren are coming next month. When I moved out, they lifted the ABV cap. Obviously people should just keep leaving NC. Because beer.
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Sep 17, 2014 22:33
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internet celebrity posted:God drat it, as soon as I move out of the state NC gets Cigar City and Crooked Stave. I'm just waiting for the announcement that The Alchemist, Russian River, and Westvleteren are coming next month. What have you heard about Cigar City entering NC? I know we have a poster here that works at the brewery but I can't remember anything being said about them distributing to NC. It would be nice if Westbrook began distribution here as well, but I can definitely put up with the 15 minute drive to SC for a decent selection of their stuff. For NC beers I would add Foothills Jade IPA if you can find bottles. It's a pretty solid and unique IPA. I would also second NoDa Hop Drop N' Roll if it is possible to find. I think I have been spoiled by being local to the brewery but by the sounds of it it has become increasingly harder to find after the WBC Gold and Citra supply issues.
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Sep 17, 2014 22:36
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crazyfish posted:Have these guys resolved their near-constant infection issues? they're still in business, so, yes, i guess they did. i picked up a single of their schwarzbier out of curiosity the other day and it wasn't nearly as good as i remember, though, and i have to wonder if they have the same brewer(s).
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Sep 18, 2014 00:02
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I have a friend going to St Paul for the weekend. Is there a six pack that I should have him pick up for me?
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Sep 18, 2014 00:30
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