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Spanish Manlove posted:Saint Somewhere makes some good rear end saisons and they really do taste better when in green bottles for some reason. Just a tiny bit of skunk really brings out the funk. Saint Somewhere: A Tiny Bit Of Skunk, Brings Out The Funk
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MunchE posted:Saint Somewhere: A Tiny Bit Of Skunk, Brings Out The Funk The bottles taste so much better than on draft, doubly so when they've sat on the shelf for two years because nobody likes farmhouses down here unless they're hyped to all hell.
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Spanish Manlove posted:The bottles taste so much better than on draft, doubly so when they've sat on the shelf for two years because nobody likes farmhouses down here unless they're hyped to all hell. We got a ton of Saint Somewhere a few years ago in Philly and it just sat on shelves forever. I had a couple and thought they ranged from decent to very good but gently caress if I can remember what the names of the good ones were because all their labels are the same. Marketing and packaging are things that a lot of people in the beer industry haven't grasped yet I guess.
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HatfulOfHollow posted:We got a ton of Saint Somewhere a few years ago in Philly and it just sat on shelves forever. I had a couple and thought they ranged from decent to very good but gently caress if I can remember what the names of the good ones were because all their labels are the same. Marketing and packaging are things that a lot of people in the beer industry haven't grasped yet I guess. Cynthiana, Saison Athene, and Serge are the ones I know off off hand that I think are worth writing about but yeah their downfall is their marketing and packaging. Hopefully with the recent/upcoming expansion they'll do a better job at it. At least the new ones they have coming out all have different labels. I might play them up as being the best things ever but they're a solid 8/10 to 6/10 but being cheap bombers that used to be easy to find means I like them a lot. Also Bob Sylvester's a nice guy and they deserve to at least be better thought of than "sleeper hit."
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Mar 18, 2016 21:58
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There was literally a Malort beer at Hunahpu day. There may have been multiples. I went to Brouwers and Fremont yesterday. I'll probably go somewhere else tonight. I wanna hit up Canon before nippon.
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Jerome Louis posted:Randomly decided to go to the beer shop today here in norcal and they had Jester King Le Petit Prince and Simple Means, Toolbox Bog Sauce, and Cantillon Gueuze. A good day. Sounds like we go to the same shop or we all got the same stuff, except no cantillon at mine  Also saw Sump for the first time ever but looked at the price tag and put it back and grabbed 2 more city of the dead for the same $ instead.
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LeafHouse posted:A friend snagged me a group D ticket so I'll be there. Drop me a PM or if a bunch of other goons are going we can get an email chain going for some meetups. Fingers crossed for decent weather. Surely it can't be lovely for the 3rd year in a row! Agreed about the weather. I got group B's again this year, and I've already resigned myself to the fact that BVDL is going to be gone, but I have fun at the event every year anyway. I usually get there around 7:30, 8am and do the whole line bottle share thing on the south side. If ya'll goons want to meet up, lets get together for some shares.
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Mar 19, 2016 01:33
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zonacat posted:Sounds like we go to the same shop or we all got the same stuff, except no cantillon at mine Corti bros... Love that place. Todd was almost out when I was there. I also saw Sump on the shelf at Curtis Park market for $16.99, but yeah I'd rather have something else :p
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Mar 19, 2016 01:41
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 I decided tonight was the night for me to try a bunch of beers that I've had my eye on for a while. They are:
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Daunte Vicknabb posted:There was literally a Malort beer at Hunahpu day. There may have been multiples. I'm in Seattle too. I only went to Pinebox last time, so Brouwers is top on my list. Was Fremont worth going too? Any other brew pubs that offer something I can't get in Portland?
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Daunte Vicknabb posted:There was literally a Malort beer at Hunahpu day. There may have been multiples. Pine Box is my fave bar in Seattle, stop by there too!
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Spanish Manlove posted:Cynthiana, Saison Athene, and Serge are the ones I know off off hand that I think are worth writing about but yeah their downfall is their marketing and packaging. Hopefully with the recent/upcoming expansion they'll do a better job at it. At least the new ones they have coming out all have different labels. Cynthiana is one of my all time favorite saisons. I highly recommend it.
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Mar 19, 2016 18:08
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Just got back from the Lickinghole Creek's Illuminatos release. A pretty drat good beer. Also had plenty of Heir Apparent on tap, which is currently one of my favorites.
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Mar 19, 2016 23:31
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Clean your glass and you won't get so much foam.
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funkybottoms posted:improper glassware. Uh, mayybe you haven't been paying attention to the beer scene (which is understandable, there are only a few real beer connoisseurs these days), but this is the champagne of beers
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Mar 19, 2016 23:36
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Control Volume posted:Uh, mayybe you haven't been paying attention to the beer scene (which is understandable, there are only a few real beer connoisseurs these days), but this is the champagne of beers Then put it in a champagne glass...
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danbanana posted:Then put it in a champagne glass... 
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Mar 19, 2016 23:45
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better; i drank 12% coffee stout out of a mug at 845 this morning
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funkybottoms posted:better; i drank 12% coffee stout out of a mug at 845 this morning Yeah but it's coffee. Proper glassware
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Mar 20, 2016 00:14
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Let me get right in on the ground floor of hype for Sloop Brewing. They're gonna explode soon, I bet. Had their Black Razz and Sauer Peach, both excelling in fruit juice presence and mild tartness. Beer nerd nectar. And in cans nonetheless. A+.
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a worthy uhh posted:Let me get right in on the ground floor of hype for Sloop Brewing. They're gonna explode soon, I bet. Had their Black Razz and Sauer Peach, both excelling in fruit juice presence and mild tartness. Beer nerd nectar. And in cans nonetheless. A+. Had both of these a few years back and they were very good. If they are packaging now I can see the hype train leaving the station as we speak
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Jerome Louis posted:Corti bros... Love that place. Todd was almost out when I was there. I also saw Sump on the shelf at Curtis Park market for $16.99, but yeah I'd rather have something else :p My Corti Bros. process: 1. Order sandwich 2. Go look at beer 3. realize I need a basket to hold all this beer and sandwich 4. checkout 5. (days later) listen to wife complain about $50 trip to Corti Bros's that yielded no groceries, just 1 sandwich and a bunch of beer
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Cnidario posted:Just got back from the Lickinghole Creek's Illuminatos release. A pretty drat good beer. Also had plenty of Heir Apparent on tap, which is currently one of my favorites. Nice, I was there too. You try Coconut Illuminatos? It was cold as poo poo outside and I was improperly dressed but I thiiiink it might just beat Coconut Resolute. It's super tasty.
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coronaball posted:My Corti Bros. process: But it looks better to have grocery store charges on your card rather than total wine or the bottle shop.
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Are you gonna cuvee them into the bucket and ladle it out?
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The beer scene is about trying new things, after al....
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a worthy uhh posted:Are you gonna cuvee them into the bucket and ladle it out? pretty much my exact thought someone (danbanana?) mentioned how well 2013 BCBBW is drinking now and, yeah, they were right- it's still sweet, but it honestly seems less sweet than it was fresh, and there's a leathery, tobacco-ish flavor that i don't remember being so prominent. otherwise, all the classic English barleywine flavors- toffee, raisin, dark fruit, burnt sugar- in all the right places, with a nice touch of vanilla from the barrel aging. sad that i only have two more; might have to do something about that.
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Dumb pictures aside where the Frick do I find Zundert or Tre Fontane or the one trappist beer thats allergic to paper labels in the good ol US of A
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Don't bother, just drink Rochefort Westvleteren has to be imported/bought on the grey market, it doesn't get distro to US other than "brick" gift boxes every year or so. But really just drink Rochefort
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They still do the bricks for the US? I thought that was a one time thing.
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dphi posted:They still do the bricks for the US? I thought that was a one time thing. There were at least 2 different ones in the past few years AFAIK
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What are the must haves at Brouwers?
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a worthy uhh posted:There were at least 2 different ones in the past few years AFAIK If your bottle shops are anything like the shops around here who got those Westy bricks, they probably just held them back for a special event like a black Friday release or something along those lines. 12.12.12 was the only time those were actually released in the US, for the very specific purpose of funding renovations to the monastery. But as was stated above, just get Rochefort and don't sweat tracking down the Westy bottle. The difference isn't enough to justify the price. Also Control Volume you're missing St. Bernardus 12 so you might as well give up.
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You can't go to a liquor store here without tripping over a St Bernardus bomber, dont sass me
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made a last-minute decision to drive up to DC with my girlfriend on a freak Sunday off, currently sharing a bottle of Grimm Bourbon Barrel Double Negative from the bottle list at Churchkey. suck it, nerds
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The Doo Do Chasers posted:What are the must haves at Brouwers? Lambic lambic lambic 
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poop dood posted:Nice, I was there too. You try Coconut Illuminatos? It was cold as poo poo outside and I was improperly dressed but I thiiiink it might just beat Coconut Resolute. It's super tasty. I didn't try any of the coconut stuff - my friend tried it and said it was great.
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