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cryme posted:the first, more limited batch got a ton of hype It was the (or one of) first barrel aged barleywine from the brewery started by the guy who brewed M. The first batch barely got out of Alaska. That's legit cred. But it's still loving beer.
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Pretty excited got a text from my Chicago trader... he snagged me a BA Behemoth and a Black Flame(maybe 3 or 4 actually).
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Vertigo posted:Pretty excited got a text from my Chicago trader... he snagged me a BA Behemoth and a Black Flame(maybe 3 or 4 actually). Hook me up Americanzero!
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Feb 28, 2015 05:18
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LeafHouse posted:Hook me up Americanzero! haha not him... a regular guy I deal with out that way
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Feb 28, 2015 05:20
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Vertigo posted:haha not him... a regular guy I deal with out that way Please stop posting things from chicago that I have to use the Internet to figure out what you're talking about...
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Feb 28, 2015 05:26
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wodin posted:I'd be fine paying anything under $30. I can drink Nelson by the PINT and walk home. It's a goddamn dream come true.
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Feb 28, 2015 05:48
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danbanana posted:I'm about 90% sure they did that prior to the first ADWTD release, which was maybe a year and a half ago. And while the fact that ADWTD has M's lineage, i'm with LeafHouse that that number is M level. I would imagine the poster got it confused with M specifically as I remember reading an internet article saying that M sold for over a thousand bucks at some point. Also I really want to try ADWTD but at the same time, I was really excited to try Billionaire and then I remembered that hey, I don't actually like cognac very much. I fuckin love tequila, rum and gin, on the other hand. Send me all your exotic barrel brews. Or recommend them. For that matter, now that the crappy Laird's Apple Brandy is becoming sought after beer barrel, somebody needs to pioneer a vodka barrel beer and filter it like five times and put "ULTRA PREMIUM" on the label somewhere. (note: I like vodka)
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I saw A Deal With the Devil for like, $36 here and passed. I'm gonna go ahead and assume it's not worth that for my own sanity. In other news, I also just picked up the new Boulevard Coffee Stout amongst a bunch of other things, curious to crack it open after the above praise. edit: this place has '13 & '14 narwhal 4-packs for $7.99, as well as some other odd bottles of multi-year old stuff mixed in randomly. Will have to go back to investigate more. Hauki fucked around with this message at 06:05 on Feb 28, 2015 |
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Just read one of the most troll/asinine/clickbait articles with regard to beer in quite a while. I didn't know they stopped selling mass produced lagers?! (They didn't) https://archive.today/ipKs5 quote:Is the craft beer “revolution” over yet? For the past four or five years I’ve been plaintively asking this question in the same tone as a toddler in the back seat. Now it seems that every time I head to the pub I’m confronted by a row of hand-whittled taps. My pleas are becoming more desperate. 
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Feb 28, 2015 06:24
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Hahaha it just reeks of "stop liking stuff that I don't!" I will not begrudge anyone their miller lite or whatever, if they like it they like it fine! The thing they like doesn't hurt me, and I have never seen a bespectacled beer nerd lecture some knuckle dragging macro drinker, or vice versa, but apparently that's totally happening in Australia 
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Hauki posted:I saw A Deal With the Devil for like, $36 here and passed. I'm gonna go ahead and assume it's not worth that for my own sanity. I spent 40 and I ain't even mad
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Vertigo posted:Pretty excited got a text from my Chicago trader... he snagged me a BA Behemoth and a Black Flame(maybe 3 or 4 actually). next time just mail me $20- it will be half as painful as drinking BA Behemoth Hauki posted:I saw A Deal With the Devil for like, $36 here and passed. I'm gonna go ahead and assume it's not worth that for my own sanity. or send Hauki $36 for me Fluo posted:Just read one of the most troll/asinine/clickbait articles with regard to beer in quite a while. I didn't know they stopped selling mass produced lagers?! (They didn't) my first thought was, "did Ann Coulter write this?" it's not even worth arguing about.
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funkybottoms posted:my first thought was, "did Ann Coulter write this?" it's not even worth arguing about. Pretty much, its clickbait to get people angry. I just find it painfully dumb, people can have their buds and stuff but its like the beer snob who wants to get rid of all mass produced lagers strawman in reverse 
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Gonna be at JWB grand opening tomorrow. If you are going and want to say hi, PM me. Otherwise I will be the drunk guy in the tap room. Not sure what I am wearing yet but probably a blue/orange Florida Gators hat....and nothing else. But for real, if you are there I will be checking my phone so lets party.
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Fluo posted:Just read one of the most troll/asinine/clickbait articles with regard to beer in quite a while. I didn't know they stopped selling mass produced lagers?! (They didn't) This guy sounds like he's real popular at parties. Maybe this is the second round of Budweiser's marketing strategy.
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Feb 28, 2015 14:45
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danbanana posted:Beer review: Boulevard's Coffee Imperial Stout is what regular Speedway wants to be. Lightly sweetened coffee, big roastiness, really drinkable but still leaves something in your mouth. Very little bitterness. This reminds me a lot of BCBCS without the booziness and half the sweetness. Seriously, this is excellent and now I'm definitely picking up whatever other "X" variations they release this year (money is on vanilla, coconut and chocolate). Did you like the base imperial stout? I wasn't a huge fan of it when I tried it last year, wondering if the coffee version is different enough to be worth picking up.
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Feb 28, 2015 16:46
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Blue Palms in Hollywood is tapping Younger at 11, anyone here gone there for it before? How much potential misery am I looking at?
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dphi posted:Did you like the base imperial stout? I wasn't a huge fan of it when I tried it last year, wondering if the coffee version is different enough to be worth picking up. It wasn't my favorite. The coffee version was very coffee heavy and a completely different beer.
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Small bottle share with a worthy uhh last night at the best ghetto Mexican BYOB in south Philly. Highlights included: 2011 Jolly Pumpkin Oro De Calabaza - Time transformed an already great beer into something magical. An exercise in cellaring gone right. 2014 Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock - One of my own person whales. Lived up to expectations. Straight raspberry liqueur. Would love to try this with another year on it. Backyard Rye - This is so much better right now than it was fresh that I am actually sad about trading my last bottle. Chocolate and fruit for days. Good time. Would share bottle again.
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HatfulOfHollow posted:Small bottle share with a worthy uhh last night at the best ghetto Mexican BYOB in south Philly. Highlights included: I can never seem to let a cellared Oro make it more than a few months before I lose my self-control and drink it. Waaant to try. I hope to crack my last Backyard Rye soon, glad it is drinking so well right now 
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deadwing posted:I spent 40 and I ain't even mad
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Perhaps since all their draft beer is at Green Flash now they are able to use more capacity towards bottles? On that note, I tried Hoppy Birthday, Nelson, and Duet brewed at Green Flash and they were tasting as good as they ever were. I'm really going to try to track down some bottles and taste them blind vs. the draft growler from Green Flash.
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I had Younger "before untappd" and once I tried Notorious, had a good feeling that it's solidly better. Feeling was confirmed today since it's got more flavor depth and fruit than just hop harshness. No line was nice  
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Feb 28, 2015 20:30
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danbanana posted:Ehhh... That's what 3F Oude Gueuze runs in Chicago (if you can find it). I think definitely prefer 3F, but Cantillon still attracts a higher price point. I think $25 is absolutely reasonable. Hell, that's what a 750 of Tilquin goes for... And I agree that it's a great coffee stout.
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air- posted:I had Younger "before untappd" and once I tried Notorious, had a good feeling that it's solidly better. Feeling was confirmed today since it's got more flavor depth and fruit than just hop harshness. No line was nice Barley Brown's Tank Slapper might be even better than Notorious. The best thing about Notorious and Tank Slapper: they are available many times throughout the year.
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Just had a coworker out of town run across two cellar gift packs of Alaskan Brewery Smoked Porter: 2008 and and 2013. The owner had them stashed in the back last October for someone who never showed up. Now the hard decision on when to actually crack these bad boys open. Why can't they distribute this in ohio, I would buy so much
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the smoked porter is the only beer they make worth drinking. i seriously don't understand how people seem to love alaskan amber considering back home it's rightfully regarded as the swill it is. their White beer is some of the most heinous poo poo i've ever had, it tasted like loving pennies and spoiled meat with a mouthfeel similar to licking a 9v battery
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Anyone tried Kilkenny? I can't get it in Oregon, have to have friends bring it down from Canada. It's good poo poo..
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 Just saw this at a store here in Maryland, and I briefly considered grabbing one in the name of science. Judging by the amount of sediment at the bottom, the past two years have not been kind to it... Also, thanks to whoever recommended Love Leopold Blackberry, it's on at Max's right now and is absolutely fantastic.
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From the Pipeworks BA Abduction beer advocate entry: 5/5 rDev n/a look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5 I have not had this beer, but it is awesome! Definitely worth seeking out! Bassguy206, Wednesday at 09:31 PM I can safely say that PW has put out another over priced and just alright beer.
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Compusaurus posted:From the Pipeworks BA Abduction beer advocate entry: Hahahaha This is very believable
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I cracked my last 2013 Bigfoot last night to compare it to the 2015. The 2013 was a lot better with age. A lot more complexity to the malt flavors, boozy but mellowed out, and with a nice level of bitterness that balanced it. The malt character was the highlight though, lots of caramel, some fruitcake-like flavors and brown sugar and a nice toasted malt aftertaste. The 2015 in contrast was really malty, but mostly just caramel, lacked a lot of the complexity. It was also far boozier. Luckily I got some to cellar to see if it evolves the same way as the 2013. It's still a really good beer, but drat does Bigfoot get better with age.
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wheez the roux posted:the smoked porter is the only beer they make worth drinking. i seriously don't understand how people seem to love alaskan amber considering back home it's rightfully regarded as the swill it is. their White beer is some of the most heinous poo poo i've ever had, it tasted like loving pennies and spoiled meat with a mouthfeel similar to licking a 9v battery Yeah my parents brought me back a variety pack after one of their alaskan tours and I didn't really understand how the rest of the beer was just eh/blah.. but drat the smoked porter is awesome
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fyallm posted:Yeah my parents brought me back a variety pack after one of their alaskan tours and I didn't really understand how the rest of the beer was just eh/blah.. but drat the smoked porter is awesome I tried their stuff after hearing raves about their amber from people. I found their white to be too sweet, their IPA to be too standard in a crowded style and the amber is just meh. The kolsch was okay though, but I can get better examples of the style. People like them for whatever reason though. I must say I do like their Winter Ale for the price, but there are better Old Ale seasonals if you're willing to pay just a bit more.
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Framinghammer comes in 4packs now.
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Shabadu posted:Framinghammer comes in 4packs now. Yes. I loving love it.
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http://mybeerbuzz.blogspot.com/2015/03/cigar-city-error-establishing-database.html Too soon.
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swickles posted:Gonna be at JWB grand opening tomorrow. If you are going and want to say hi, PM me. Otherwise I will be the drunk guy in the tap room. Not sure what I am wearing yet but probably a blue/orange Florida Gators hat....and nothing else. But for real, if you are there I will be checking my phone so lets party. I didn't see this earlier, how was it from the OG perspective? It was a bit rough around the edges, but that's to be expected I guess even without the torrential rains and flooding.
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KiteAuraan posted:I tried their stuff after hearing raves about their amber from people. I found their white to be too sweet, their IPA to be too standard in a crowded style and the amber is just meh. The kolsch was okay though, but I can get better examples of the style. People like them for whatever reason though. I must say I do like their Winter Ale for the price, but there are better Old Ale seasonals if you're willing to pay just a bit more. Know of any others similar to their smoked porter? Something I could find around, Ohio Kentucky area preferably
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fyallm posted:Know of any others similar to their smoked porter? Something I could find around, Ohio Kentucky area preferably Simple Malt Double Porter (Canadian, but i used to see it in VA a lot), Dark Horse Fore Smoked Stout, Evil Twin Ashtray Heart, Bruery Smoking Wood... i wanna say that i had something from O'Fallon's at some point, too
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