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saw that there were a bunch of midday posts and i knew exactly what was being discussed. in local news, the Veil finally has a grand opening date of April 16; i'm wondering how many out-of-towners are planning on showing up in order to be the first on their block to get the tick (even though one of their beers already has an untappd rating...)
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air- posted:based on Anime /Insert joke about vagina beer with octopus adjunct.
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funkybottoms posted:saw that there were a bunch of midday posts and i knew exactly what was being discussed. I'm looking forward to hearing good things! I need more stars on my Richmond map even though I never go there.
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Mar 29, 2016 21:45
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funkybottoms posted:saw that there were a bunch of midday posts and i knew exactly what was being discussed. I read something the other day which asserted that by the end of 2016 Scott's Addition will house one brewery, cidery, meadery, distillery, etc. for every apartment building. Truly we live in the decadent western hegemon.
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Mar 29, 2016 21:52
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danbanana posted:/Insert joke about vagina beer with octopus adjunct. Japanese Oyster Stout
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Mar 29, 2016 21:53
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*pulls out a blond-haired model and/or celebrity from the shelf and examines it closely* ah yes, a vintage 1972 b-lister, this will do nicely
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Mar 30, 2016 00:08
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Eejit posted:I'm visiting San Diego this weekend. Last time I was there I visited Acoustic, Belching Beaver, Hess, Societe, Council, Helm's, Quantum, Ballast Point, Intergalactic, 2kids, Ritual, Double Mountain, Stone, and Modern Times. Tentatively have AleSmith, South Park, Fall, Half Door, and Toolbox on the list. Are any of those bad and am I missing any good ones I haven't visited yet? The Bruery and Alpine are the only two I can think of.
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ChickenArise posted:I'm looking forward to hearing good things! I need more stars on my Richmond map even though I never go there. Quorum posted:I read something the other day which asserted that by the end of 2016 Scott's Addition will house one brewery, cidery, meadery, distillery, etc. for every apartment building. Truly we live in the decadent western hegemon. the Richmond entry for the beergoon wiki is gonna be pretty lengthy, as anyone who's asked me about visiting RVA can attest. so, yeah, in Scott's Addition we will have Buskey and Blue Bee making cider, Black Heath with mead, Reservoir distilling whiskey, and Ardent, Isley, Three Notch'd, Vasen, and Veil (although i'll be impressed if both Vasen and Three Notch'd are open this year) i'd been kicking myself for not buying more Devil's Backbone Adventure packs since i like the Surly collaboration so much (and my lady will drink most of the rest), so i snagged the last one at Total Wine yesterday despite being sketched out by the condition of the box... and i was right to be! someone swapped out the two bottles of Risen with two of something else, so i'm gonna take it back tomorrow. weak.
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Mar 30, 2016 01:31
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I got some beers at Total Wine recently that were "best by" 12/07/2015. I didn't notice until I got home and they were awful. Total Wine 
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Mar 30, 2016 01:36
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Now that I'm at home, I just want to express how loving astounding this Gspirits website is. Thank you, Leafhouse. I owe you a beer.quote:Loose yourself in a world full of autumn gold, matured in former Sherry casks, and feel the warmth of Alexa (Playmate Of The Year 2012), whose breasts it´s poured over. Its unbelievably versatile flavours range from roasted almonds, dried fruit, and toffee, to honey, vanilla, baked apples and cinnamon. Its finish is harmonic, well balanced, spicy, and long-lasting. SOMEONE HAD TO WRITE THAT. And it makes me wonder whether Brewdog or Rogue will steal this idea.
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Mar 30, 2016 01:58
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I'm going through Aaron Franklin's barbecue show that was on PBS and he's always wearing beer shirts, then oh hey... a chunk of one episode has a ton of footage at Jester King starting from 17:50 on.
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Mar 30, 2016 03:42
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Eejit posted:I'm visiting San Diego this weekend. Last time I was there I visited Acoustic, Belching Beaver, Hess, Societe, Council, Helm's, Quantum, Ballast Point, Intergalactic, 2kids, Ritual, Double Mountain, Stone, and Modern Times. Tentatively have AleSmith, South Park, Fall, Half Door, and Toolbox on the list. Are any of those bad and am I missing any good ones I haven't visited yet? FYAD SECRETARY posted:only one I can think of is Rip Current Skip Half Door, the food is better than the beer and the food isn't really amazing or anything. If you are going to be downtown go over to The Local, on 4th just north of Broadway, where inside the bar is a new brewery, Resident Brewing. The guy who made that R&R Coconut IPA with Stone opened his own shop and the reports are all positive so far. Apparently the coconut IPA actually tastes like the homebrew version he won with in the first place. In addition to those two and Rip Current (for food and beer), venture east a bit and try Burning Beard and Helix Brewing, or hit up one of the Pizza Ports. Ask for the beer crust, too. If you go to either Burning Beard or Helix, get a California burrito from el Azteca, eat it at a brewery, and let it change your life.
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air- posted:I'm going through Aaron Franklin's barbecue show that was on PBS and he's always wearing beer shirts, then oh hey... a chunk of one episode has a ton of footage at Jester King starting from 17:50 on. Oh neat. I caught a couple episodes of this but didn't make it that far. I even have a bottle of Figlet sitting here, I picked it up on a whim because it's turding up the shelf at my local bottle shop. Jester King really is scenic. I went several years ago with some friends, and honestly wasn't that in to sour beer at the time, so it wasn't a mindblowing experience (the pizza at Stanley's is great, though). I went back earlier this month when I was in town for work. Didn't get any RU55, but got some Audio Palette for me and a friend, and a Simple Means for the lady, and managed to nab a pretty great picture. 
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air- posted:I'm going through Aaron Franklin's barbecue show that was on PBS and he's always wearing beer shirts, then oh hey... a chunk of one episode has a ton of footage at Jester King starting from 17:50 on. i thought you had posted about that before, but i must have seen that somewhere else. i actually ended up watching a few episodes because of that and did catch that particular one. next time you (or anyone else) is in town, we'll get you some ZZQ brisket. update on my Misadventure Pack- i posted about it on a local beer-centric facebook group since there's pretty much no way the culprit isn't in there and a DBB sales rep is gonna try to get me some Risen if they still have any at the brewery. the irony of that is that tonight i am going to drink beers at the home of the guy who had her job until a couple months ago!
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Mar 30, 2016 11:58
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wattershed posted:Skip Half Door, the food is better than the beer and the food isn't really amazing or anything. If you are going to be downtown go over to The Local, on 4th just north of Broadway, where inside the bar is a new brewery, Resident Brewing. The guy who made that R&R Coconut IPA with Stone opened his own shop and the reports are all positive so far. Apparently the coconut IPA actually tastes like the homebrew version he won with in the first place. Many thanks, SD goons. Will keep all of that in mind. Also I forgot that I did do Pizza Port last time as well. It was the first place we went and I ate basically an entire pizza by myself.
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Mar 30, 2016 14:19
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nullfunction posted:got some Audio Palette for me I found some on a shelf here last weekend! Liked that it was dry and bitter. Clean just like most of the good Stillwater saisons.
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Mar 30, 2016 16:06
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wattershed posted:If you go to either Burning Beard or Helix, get a California burrito from el Azteca, eat it at a brewery, and let it change your life. Thanks, I know what I am doing this weekend. Eejit posted:Many thanks, SD goons. Will keep all of that in mind. I would pass on toolbox, if you are going that far out of San Diego you would be better off going to Lost Abbey, Churchill's Pub, or Mother Earth.
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Mar 30, 2016 17:07
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Lt_Tofu posted:Thanks, I know what I am doing this weekend. Yes, do this. Churchill's is the perfect place to recharge after Rip Current and Lost Abbey. Actually Churchill's is just the perfect place. Go there. Also, Lattitude 33 is like a quarter mile from the new Alesmith facility and well worth visiting for the chill tasting room (in the middle of the brewery) and very good berliners. Decent porters too, but the tart stuff is their best work.
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a worthy uhh posted:Zam sent me a Highland Park Lazy Susan and oh my god. They're starting to blow up locally, as a non-trader I'm OK with them not getting SARA hype outside of the area but I'm dreading the day that they become that sought after. That being said I get early access to their beer so I'm good I guess Eejit posted:I'm visiting San Diego this weekend. Last time I was there I visited Acoustic, Belching Beaver, Hess, Societe, Council, Helm's, Quantum, Ballast Point, Intergalactic, 2kids, Ritual, Double Mountain, Stone, and Modern Times. Tentatively have AleSmith, South Park, Fall, Half Door, and Toolbox on the list. Are any of those bad and am I missing any good ones I haven't visited yet? Toolbox is gross and makes gross beer that I'm convinced people just try to hype up because there are no sours in San Diego that trade well. Also go to Pizza Port. Mode 7 Samurai posted:The Bruery and Alpine are the only two I can think of. Bruery is about 2 hours north of SD and Alpine is 45 minutes east. Alpine is worth going to say you did I guess but I haven't had much desire to go back since I went last summer. ChickenArise posted:I got some beers at Total Wine recently that were "best by" 12/07/2015. I didn't notice until I got home and they were awful. Total Wine You know, I tweeted at their Beer twitter bitching about the one near here, and he followed up and I actually saw meaningful change there. Try it out: https://twitter.com/twmbeer
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This week's post-yoga beer: 2013 Expedition. It's 2-1/2 year old Expedition. It's loving delicious.
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Mar 31, 2016 03:26
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Turns out Rubaeus on nitro is really good. Or at least, way better than Rubaeus not on nitro.
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danbanana posted:This week's post-yoga beer: 2013 Expedition. It's 2-1/2 year old Expedition. It's loving delicious. I was cleaning up the backroom at my beer store last month before I quit I found a 2009 Expo in the back of the cooler 
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Phanatic posted:Turns out Rubaeus on nitro is really good. Or at least, way better than Rubaeus not on nitro. I loved previous years of Rubaeus, but this year it either wasn't the same, or my palette has changed. Then I had it on nitro and fell in love with it all over again.
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So I'm going to a wedding in New Hampshire near Salem on Memorial Day and I figure it would be a good excuse to take a trip to Vermont on Saturday to visit some places. Currently my tentative plan is to fly in to Manchester late Friday night, crash at a hotel near the airport, and drive up to VT when I get up Saturday and visit HF, Fiddlehead, and others. Anyone have recommendations on where to stay on Saturday night in Vermont? Preferably close to good food and beer places? Also, what other VT breweries/pubs/restaurants/bottle shops that are must visits while there? I wouldn't mind bringing back Fiddlehead,Alchemist, or Lawson's cans in addition to HF bottles, but I don't really want to spend all of my time hunting for them either given that I've only got a day and a half or so in Vermont before I want to head back and meet up with some friends.
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There is actually good beer in NH too. Kelsen in Derry makes a world class Brown Ale. Moonlight Meadery is around the corner and bartolimu can vouch for that as well. Most of the rest of the beer is in the seacoast region though: Portsmouth, Earth Eagle, Stoneface and Smuttynose are worthwhile. And then 2 minutes over the border in Kittery is Tributary. I recommend staying in Montpelier Saturday night. It's central to every brewery you want to hit up, halfway between Greensboro and Burlington.
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Apache posted:So I'm going to a wedding in New Hampshire near Salem on Memorial Day and I figure it would be a good excuse to take a trip to Vermont on Saturday to visit some places. Currently my tentative plan is to fly in to Manchester late Friday night, crash at a hotel near the airport, and drive up to VT when I get up Saturday and visit HF, Fiddlehead, and others. Anyone have recommendations on where to stay on Saturday night in Vermont? Preferably close to good food and beer places? Also, what other VT breweries/pubs/restaurants/bottle shops that are must visits while there? I wouldn't mind bringing back Fiddlehead,Alchemist, or Lawson's cans in addition to HF bottles, but I don't really want to spend all of my time hunting for them either given that I've only got a day and a half or so in Vermont before I want to head back and meet up with some friends. Mmartinx made a great effort post the last time I asked this same question that I've saved and pasted below. The tl'dr version of his answer and my own recent experience doing the HF tour is 1) stay at the Old Stagecoach Inn in Waterbury since you'll be able to 1a) go to Blackback for good food and lots of Heady & 1b) do dinner at Hen of the Wood, which has decent food but more importantly is the only place where Heady is on draft. 2) You may be able to get Alchemist cans but that really depends on how early you can get up and in to VT on Saturday to go hunting - use HeadySpotter to help you out. 3) Fiddlehead may be readily available at their brewery. NB: In regards to New Hampshire, I'm a fan of Deciduous brewing whose head brewer was the magic behind Blue Lobster. mmartinx posted:It sounds like you have a pretty good itinerary already. You are going to love Parker Pie, make sure to get the Green Mountain. You probably already know that you won't be getting any Heady or Sip over the weekend, but you might have a shot Monday. If you want a sure thing check headyspotter and find out who gets cases on Monday. Give them a call, find out when they open, and line up and hour beforehand. It sounds lame and it kind of is but you'll be gauranteed cases. Otherwise you can poke around and pick up a couple 4 packs here and there.
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Furious Lobster posted:Mmartinx made a great effort post the last time I asked this same question that I've saved and pasted below. The tl'dr version of his answer and my own recent experience doing the HF tour is 1) stay at the Old Stagecoach Inn in Waterbury since you'll be able to 1a) go to Blackback for good food and lots of Heady & 1b) do dinner at Hen of the Wood, which has decent food but more importantly is the only place where Heady is on draft. 2) You may be able to get Alchemist cans but that really depends on how early you can get up and in to VT on Saturday to go hunting - use HeadySpotter to help you out. 3) Fiddlehead may be readily available at their brewery. Unfortunately it looks like the Old Stagecoach Inn is fully booked for the date I'd be staying there. Is it still worthwhile to stay in the Waterbury/Stowe area or should I look at Montpelier?
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Apache posted:Unfortunately it looks like the Old Stagecoach Inn is fully booked for the date I'd be staying there. Is it still worthwhile to stay in the Waterbury/Stowe area or should I look at Montpelier? I'd say yes just based on the amount of Heady & Focal Banger available in the Waterbury/Stowe area. Also there are a fair concentration of different bars and thus more potential options to get different HF drinks on tap.
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Oh yeah, Lost Nation. I had The Wind on tap in vt and it was freaking amazing. A month later and the bottle I got was not nearly as good. Lost a bunch of the bright tartness.
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Base Camp Brewing Owner Arrested After Allegedly Brandishing Assault Rifle at Police I'm not the sort of person to boycott say 10 Barrel because they went corporate, but I would definitely feel a bit iffy about buying beer from a place run by an apparent violent-drunk with a gun collection.
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Doesn't that guy already have a reputation for being a huge duck, or am I confusing him with someone else?
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Just read about that, weird poo poo. In more positive PNW news, Buoy is going to start canning their IPA and Pilsner!
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Mar 31, 2016 21:40
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Mode 7 Samurai posted:Doesn't that guy already have a reputation for being a huge duck, or am I confusing him with someone else? That explains it. Getting shot at for his entire life is probably going to result in him shooting back at some point...
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danbanana posted:That explains it. Getting shot at for his entire life is probably going to result in him shooting back at some point...
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SUPER HASSLER posted:I'm not the sort of person to boycott say 10 Barrel because they went corporate, but I would definitely feel a bit iffy about buying beer from a place run by an apparent violent-drunk with a gun collection. I feel iffy about buying beer from a place that doesn't make very good beer. That has been my primary reason for avoiding Base Camp.
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Ocelot's Frightened dipa is delicious. It's big and tropical. I'd guess galaxy if I had to, but I'm still trying to shake the taste of some gum from earlier off of my palate. I continue to be impressed with these guys.
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SUPER HASSLER posted:Base Camp Brewing Owner Arrested After Allegedly Brandishing Assault Rifle at Police That's too bad, Basecamp makes decent beer.
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Map room in Chicago has bottles of Black Tuesday. I thought it was club/brewery only? Either way I'll skull the bottle if someone covers the cost. Edit: No I won't. Compusaurus fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Mar 31, 2016 |
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danbanana posted:That explains it. Getting shot at for his entire life is probably going to result in him shooting back at some point... lol in not-funny news, that shooting in Richmond you're probably seeing headlines about occurred like a quarter-mile from the brewery- just drove by like fifty police cars on my way home
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danbanana posted:Not very right now; I work in Addison and live in Oak Park. But by the end of the year my company will be moving out to West Chicago, only about 5 minutes south of downtown Geneva. So stopping by on my way home should be a thing I do on the regular. That drive doesn't sound very fun. Vertigo sent me a Tired Hands Milkshake IPA. I haven't had these unfiltered IPA beers before, but woah. It looks like chicken broth but tastes really good. Juicy as gently caress, I dunno if that's from the unfiltered stuff or what, but it was probably the most sweet fruity IPA I've had. It was delicious, but I don't think I could drink more than one of those in a sitting. It had a kind of funky aftertaste.
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