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Dec 10, 2014 22:26
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HatfulOfHollow posted:Sam Adams Merrymaker is just as good as Hardywood GBS but beer nerds will never admit they like something from Sam Adams. really because I thought beer geeks with a wallet have a boner for the Utopias
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Dec 10, 2014 22:28
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deadwing posted:If the guy at a brand new store offered that to me I'd hand him back whatever I was going to buy, and wish him good luck with his business. Attempting to rip off new customers is a great way to gain loyalty! I just called the guy back to make sure I understood him correctly. I did. Good luck, bud.
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Dec 10, 2014 23:02
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Wamsutta posted:I want to die. Well, if it makes you feel better, you can try going to this: quote:On Saturday, December 27th from 12-3pm, Two Roads Brewing will host a “Meet the Brewer” event at their brewery tasting room in Stratford, CT, with both Sip of Sunshine IPA and Super Session #2 on draft. Also, apparently the distribution is "all counties except NH and Fairfield," so if you live close enough to another county, you could give it a shot. Also, their twitter feed seems to indicate it will be in NH and Fairfield "soon" quote:Lawson's Finest I guess I'm a little embarrassed to admit I'd never even heard of this beer or its whalez status until all this started. I'm usually pretty good about stuff like that.
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Dec 10, 2014 23:33
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HatfulOfHollow posted:Sam Adams Merrymaker is just as good as Hardywood GBS but beer nerds will never admit they like something from Sam Adams. i think Hardywood does a better (and impressive) job of capturing the flavor they're going for, but i don't really like either beer.
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Dec 10, 2014 23:38
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americanzero4128 posted:Yeah you did the right thing. $40/per for New Glarus fruits? I Google Map-ed it, the seller in Glenview is 40 miles from the Woodman's in Kenosha, who sells all of those for ~$10/bottle.
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Dec 11, 2014 00:40
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ExtremistCow posted:$40/per for New Glarus fruits? I Google Map-ed it, the seller in Glenview is 40 miles from the Woodman's in Kenosha, who sells all of those for ~$10/bottle. apologies if i've shared the analogy before, but it reminds of seeing "RARE OOP" records for sale on ebay when the label still has them on their website. just realized i hadn't figured out what to drink tonight. poo poo.
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Dec 11, 2014 01:55
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funkybottoms posted:just realized i hadn't figured out what to drink tonight. poo poo. I'm having to delay my cellar raiding as friends' plans kept shifting around, so I'll be cracking something tomorrow, and, like you, I have no idea what I'm drinking.
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Dec 11, 2014 01:56
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I had two cellar beers tonight.  First up, some Troegs Mad Elf from 2011 (I think). This is a cellar beer in the sense that I drank one bottle of it, thought "ew, this is loving gross" and put it in my "cellar" for the next 3 years. Most of the cherry flavor is gone, but the beer itself is still gross. Cloves, chocolate, cherry cough syrup, really sweet, really boozy. Numbs the tongue and leaves a film in my mouth. Gross.  Next up and substantially better, some Victory Old Horizontal from 2011. The best by date on the bottle was smudged when I bought it back in 2011, so I just assumed it was from that year. Shares a lot in common with Bigfoot, although maybe not as good for me. Very enjoyable.
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Dec 11, 2014 02:14
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Hint, hint: Jester King got a shipment of Montmorency and Balaton cherries today.
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Dec 11, 2014 02:29
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And here I was not planning on drinking tonight. Thanks, assholes.  2012 Peche Mortel. Definitely past it's prime. Green pepper, no real coffee left. Maybe some astringency? It's all a little off putting and especially sad considering how amazing this is fresh. WOULD NOT AGE AGAIN.
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Dec 11, 2014 02:36
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danbanana posted:And here I was not planning on drinking tonight. Thanks, assholes. yeah, i had some from a two-year old keg a while back that was really good, but the bottles i sat on did not fare very well, either. speaking of which, i opened up a CCB Brewer's Brunch from last year (got it recently in a cellar sale) and it's definitely infected- gushing everywhere, pouring full glasses of foam, thin and sharp, and really tart and fruity. good lacing, though!
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Dec 11, 2014 02:55
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Got to try some of the 2014 BCBS Monday night on draft at Datz in Tampa, evidently they also had the vanilla and coffee until last Friday, it was nice but I'm thinking it will be better in a year when it mellows a bit.
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Dec 11, 2014 02:55
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a worthy uhh posted:Hint, hint: Jester King got a shipment of Montmorency and Balaton cherries today. All of their fruited sours are fair game to be done again from what I understand! However I'm not sure how often I can make it down there in the future, but more than likely I'll be around that area during PAX South to meet up with Bag of Sun Chips.
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Dec 11, 2014 02:55
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danbanana posted:And here I was not planning on drinking tonight. Thanks, assholes. You gots to link to the actual image, not the imgur page http://i.imgur.com/xbDZuQs.jpg
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Dec 11, 2014 03:19
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air- posted:I would've started laughing at the dude and walked out. Glad you liked it! I somehow just found out yesterday that they're bottling Christmas Morning, it goes on sale Saturday. If you're interested in a bottle I could be persuaded to pay them a visit.
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Dec 11, 2014 03:56
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Bar in town put BCBS on tap for $5/10oz so I've been drinking that instead of pulling anything from the cellar. I did open a Westbrook Gose from this summer and it's still delicious. It's become a bit less bright, but the huge sour + salt is still there. I have 2 of these left from the 2 cases I brought back from the reg Mexican Cake release. Gonna have to get back down to SC for some more!
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Dec 11, 2014 05:25
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funkybottoms posted:apologies if i've shared the analogy before, but it reminds of seeing "RARE OOP" records for sale on ebay when the label still has them on their website. That's a cool analogy that I haven't seen before. As someone who worked at a record store I know exactly what you mean. I'm drinking a Sam Adams Merry Maker anyway and still find no difference between Christmas beers and Halloween beers. Same spices and same bases.
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Dec 11, 2014 05:58
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Brace yourselves for nerd rage... Brew Dogs filmed at Cantillon yesterday.
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Dec 11, 2014 14:26
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a worthy uhh posted:Brace yourselves for nerd rage... Brew Dogs filmed at Cantillon yesterday. "we put an actual horse blanket in the beer"
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Dec 11, 2014 14:39
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cryme posted:"we put an actual horse blanket in the beer" I think we can shut this thread down because nothing will ever top this. So. Much. Win.
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Dec 11, 2014 14:43
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poop dood posted:Glad you liked it! I somehow just found out yesterday that they're bottling Christmas Morning, it goes on sale Saturday. If you're interested in a bottle I could be persuaded to pay them a visit. Rum GBS comes out next weekend, you know
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Dec 11, 2014 15:10
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It's been a massively busy trip so far so I haven't had the time to write much about it. Some quick notes: - Boise has a really booming beer scene, to the point where I visited a growler-fill joint that was almost nothing but Idaho beer. (They also used the term "grunt" to refer to 32oz fills, which was a new one to me.) - 10 Barrel Boise is 3 times as large as the Bend one and has like 1.75 as many taps, which is great. It's not really new beer to me though; they just have a lot more of the one-offs on at once that I've drunk in Bend before. The Mother Faucher red ale (named after the chef in Boise) was particularly nice. - In Utah they make the best 4% beer on earth, I am convinced (although the beer-bar owner I spoke with said that the Utah liquor commission really doesn't check these things very closely and your average 4% craft tap in UT was usually more like 4.5%). Red Rock makes the "IPA Jr." which is rich, fabulously hoppy, and maybe just a little thin on the body; I'd drink that a lot around town if I lived here. Since bars can serve whatever they want in bottles, some of the bottle lists in what seemed like pretty divey places were surprisingly deep -- I came across one joint that had 2009 Mirror Mirror bottles for like $24. - Turns out the entire WY beer scene is really in Jackson Hole, yolk's on me for driving I-80 instead! I did not drive down to Ft Collins due to very tight time constraints (will return on the way back). Cheyenne has Freedom's Edge and I had to struggle to find a good beer there until I ran into the Hip Shot IPA, which apparently was made because they were planning to make some other beer but lacked one important ingredient or another, so just made an IPA with the hops instead. (The place is very homebrewy indeed).
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Dec 11, 2014 15:39
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cryme posted:"we put an actual horse blanket in the beer" Let's talk beer 4: We put an actual horse blanket in the beer
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Dec 11, 2014 16:03
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crazyfish posted:Let's talk beer 4: We put an actual horse blanket in the beer Funny, but the current one is more appropriate to the current state of this bullshit.
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Dec 11, 2014 16:14
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 In other Founders news, Blushing Monk is coming back in March. And only two more Backstage beers in 2015.
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Dec 11, 2014 16:29
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Yesssssssss. ISO a case. Can't wait to truck chase.
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Dec 11, 2014 16:30
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a worthy uhh posted:Brace yourselves for nerd rage... Brew Dogs filmed at Cantillon yesterday. ha, turns out i know a guy who was actually at Cantillon while this poo poo was going down and, well, he did not come away with a very good impression of the BrewDogs. he said they clearly pissed off JvR at some point, too. oh. gently caress yes. (beaten.) http://foundersbrewing.com/latest-news/2014/bringing-blushing-monk-back-march-2015/
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Dec 11, 2014 16:31
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Are you guys telling me Founders brews a good beer? loving weird, man...
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Dec 11, 2014 16:41
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Holy hell, a Backstage beer I actually want to buy!
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Dec 11, 2014 16:42
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funkybottoms posted:ha, turns out i know a guy who was actually at Cantillon while this poo poo was going down and, well, he did not come away with a very good impression of the BrewDogs. he said they clearly pissed off JvR at some point, too. I'm shocked that a guy who has serious reverence for the history and art of brewing was not a fan of The Brew Dogz.
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Dec 11, 2014 16:46
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I like how they're the Guy Fieri of brewing.
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Dec 11, 2014 16:47
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~Brëw Dawgz~
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Dec 11, 2014 16:56
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I finally got me some Habanero Sculpin, which I missed out on last time it hit Philly. So good. Okay, maybe I wish it were a bit hotter. Interestingly it reaches a plateau and then sits there, it doesn't keep getting hotter as you keep drinking more of it. But it's got that delicious fruity character that ripe habaneros have, plus Sculpin. I really like this beer. In non-beer-related news, apparently the PLCB just put some Pappy up for sale online and the web page is getting *hammered*. I'm sure by the time I manage to get in it'll be gone. Oh, also, a few Texas breweries are suing Texas for what sounds like excellent reasons: http://ij.org/r/texas-craft-beer/ quote:In 2013, Texas passed a law that prohibits brewers from negotiating with distributors for the value of their territorial rights. Instead, the law forces brewers to give those rights away for free. So if Texas brewers want to self-distribute, they can do that. But if they want to distribute across an area so large that they'd, you know, enter into an agreement with a distributor, they can't take any money in exchange for distribution rights. They have to give those rights to a distributor. The distributor can, however, turn around and sell those rights to another distributor. WTF, Texas? Phanatic fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Dec 11, 2014 |
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Dec 11, 2014 17:34
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funkybottoms posted:Rum GBS comes out next weekend, you know Jesus. Wonder what I could trade a full GBS set for.
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Dec 11, 2014 18:04
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crazyfish posted:Let's talk beer 4: We put an actual horse blanket in the beer Related: http://www.beeradvocate.com/communi...whities.234742/
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Dec 11, 2014 18:06
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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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poop dood posted:Jesus. Wonder what I could trade a full GBS set for. If the rum is as good as the bourbon, I'll start the bidding at a sixer of Old Style.
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Dec 11, 2014 18:09
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Were they used or fresh out of the pack?
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Dec 11, 2014 18:10
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danbanana posted:Are you guys telling me Founders brews a good beer? loving weird, man... Oh come on now. Though I may be missing the sarcasm, if so I apologize.
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Dec 11, 2014 18:15
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The Lucy  https://www.facebook.com/454141454626661/photos/a.454144901292983.104184.454141454626661/895273210513481/?type=1
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Dec 11, 2014 18:22
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