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"Buying poo poo for the sake of buying poo poo" is the weirdest addiction.
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The Doo Do Chasers posted:Beer Camp 12 pack is good. The imperial brown is just a (pretty good)chocolate porter, the table beer with grits is like a tart adjunct lager, the rye new England ipa tastes like rotten crab apples after it warms up, the stout is dry and kinda unremarkable, and the imperial session ipa is a pretty good nw ipa. Not worth $30 by any means but worth buying once I guess. "good"
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May 17, 2016 21:41
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Spanish Manlove posted:"Buying poo poo for the sake of buying poo poo" is the weirdest addiction. You mean collecting things?
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May 17, 2016 21:44
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Spanish Manlove posted:"Buying poo poo for the sake of buying poo poo" is the weirdest addiction. I specifically like beer/brewing beer as a hobby because the products are consumable and won't be around for me to look at, sitting unused (I have reverse-hoarding [purging?] issues).
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May 17, 2016 21:45
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If 107 bottles is a "problem", I've got ~6 problems but a bitch ain't one
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May 17, 2016 22:12
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a worthy uhh posted:If 107 bottles is a "problem", I've got ~6 problems Build one out of beers. edit: or drink until the stack of empties looks like one.
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May 17, 2016 22:21
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Maybe it'll turn into some Weird Science situation... Spontaneous Conception?
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May 17, 2016 22:23
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nah you only need about 6 beers for that
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May 17, 2016 22:24
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Cigarettes and Coffee is out! The line isn't too bad. It's a very nice day out. There is some sewer water outside that smells terrible in the loving sun.
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May 17, 2016 22:41
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obi_ant posted:Cigarettes and Coffee is out! The line isn't too bad. It's a very nice day out. There is some sewer water outside that smells terrible in the loving sun. hmm that final sentence kind of contradicts the previous two
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May 17, 2016 22:59
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obi_ant posted:Cigarettes and Coffee is out! The line isn't too bad. It's a very nice day out. There is some sewer water outside that smells terrible in the loving sun. get any of the dipa they released at City Beer Store? the line looked like it was pretty long. 
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May 17, 2016 23:09
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FYAD SECRETARY posted:get any of the dipa they released at City Beer Store? the line looked like it was pretty long. I can see lining up for cycle stouts but lining up for a dipa?
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May 17, 2016 23:28
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FYAD SECRETARY posted:get any of the dipa they released at City Beer Store? the line looked like it was pretty long. Yeah. Got some of that too. Keg died about 5 minutes after got there. They are currently re tapping now. 300 steps is solid. Although, I wouldn't wait more than like 10 minutes in like for it...
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May 17, 2016 23:31
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Spanish Manlove posted:I can see lining up for cycle stouts but lining up for a dipa? I'm assuming most people who lined up for that immediately went to Cellarmaker right after and got bottles of Coffee and Cigarettes. people have lined up for every Cellarmaker bottle release so far, even the pale ale. this is probably because they're like the only relevant brewery in the city.
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May 17, 2016 23:45
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Spanish Manlove posted:I can see lining up for cycle stouts but lining up for a dipa? Treehouse...
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May 17, 2016 23:45
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I'm glad I'm just addicted to drinking alcohol and not hoarding
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May 17, 2016 23:57
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Spanish Manlove posted:I can see lining up for cycle stouts but lining up for a dipa? danbanana posted:Treehouse... Monkish...
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May 18, 2016 03:21
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Zam posted:Monkish... Most recent release was fairly bad - there were around 240 people in line by 11 AM.
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May 18, 2016 04:02
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Furious Lobster posted:Most recent release was fairly bad - there were around 240 people in line by 11 AM. Oh gently caress that.
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May 18, 2016 04:36
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Furious Lobster posted:Most recent release was fairly bad - there were around 240 people in line by 11 AM. I missed that release due to the Bruery anniversary, but had a friend there who arrived around 9 AM and was already about 50 in line. It's getting crazy, but at least the limits are high enough that you're walking away with a good amount of IPA for the wait. Plus now I can just keep bouncing between Highland Park and Monkish for all the IPA I could want.
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May 18, 2016 04:46
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doesn't Monkish at least do their can releases on weekends?
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May 18, 2016 05:14
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Speaking of cities that offer a lot of beer but don't make a lot of great beer of their own, I was in Eugene for a bit last weekend. They have tons of breweries around town these days, but a lot of them are not greatly memorable, especially if you hit a ton of them at once like me. A few are actively bad, such as Steelhead and their fresh hop IPA that they've got on tap in May. The majority are okay (Sam Bond's has a brown that makes it to Bend and is decent) but nothing worth traveling for. A few are really happening neighborhood places like Hop Valley/Ninkasi, but I didn't find anything that was pub-exclusive all that worth going out of your way for (and Ninkasi had none, for that matter). Agrarian Ales, out of town a bit, is a fun farmstead-style facility with a very cool vibe and an incredibly dog-friendly policy; I liked the saison stuff a bunch, but the rest, again, wasn't super memorable. Moving on to things I like, The Beer Stein is an excellent beer shop/bar/restaurant and seems to be the de-facto nerve center of the city's beer scene. It was here where I finally got to try some of the Beer Camp stuff, since the boxes still haven't made it out to Bend; I agree with sentiments above that Sweet Sunny South is a hell of a beer in the heat and the only really unique bottle in the bunch. I'd buy that by itself without hesitation. Falling Sky is nearby, but I got distracted by 16 Tons, another bottle shop that had a shiteload of Block 15 on tap that night. Very locals-y kind of place, and filled with dot-com dudes when I was there. Among the better breweries, I liked Oakshire a bunch, but I'd say my favorite was ColdFire which opened just under a year ago.  Considering I had never heard of them before, everything I tried was good to excellent, and not a bad one in the bunch. The Berliner is very on point, the pils even more so, and the farmhouse saison better than Agrarian's and up there in Funkwerks territory in terms of balance and not hitting you over the head with "farm" ness. Would definitely hit again. One more PDX reminder: I'll be in Portland Thu-Sun, so drop a line if you'd like me to buy one one. (A beer, not a lap dance at Mary's)
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May 18, 2016 06:11
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Hassler when are you gonna be in Japan next? Any timetable? I never drink beer because there's nothing special where I live and I don't feel like figuring out Rakuten shops yet...
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May 18, 2016 07:54
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Bier Stein and 16 Tons are rad. Did you miss Claim 52? They're doing some good stuff, especially their barrel aged beers. Elk Horn is okay too but a little inconsistent I hear.
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May 18, 2016 07:56
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Walked into State Line in MD when I was driving home this past weekend. Lindeman's Cuvee Rene Gueuze and Kriek 750s were on sale for $12. And they had their normal club member discount of buy any 12 large format bottles and get an additional 15% off. I can't remember the last time I was so happy with a purchase. I'll drink $10 shelf lambic all day.
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May 18, 2016 16:33
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Daunte Vicknabb posted:Hassler when are you gonna be in Japan next? Any timetable? Dunno yet but not before too long. I always found that Tokyo was like New York or Philly in that it's all about the right bar instead of breweries, but it's a lot better than it used to be. dphi posted:Bier Stein and 16 Tons are rad. Did you miss Claim 52? They're doing some good stuff, especially their barrel aged beers. Elk Horn is okay too but a little inconsistent I hear. I did miss it! I only got one liver man!
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May 18, 2016 16:51
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HatfulOfHollow posted:Walked into State Line in MD when I was driving home this past weekend. Lindeman's Cuvee Rene Gueuze and Kriek 750s were on sale for $12. And they had their normal club member discount of buy any 12 large format bottles and get an additional 15% off. I can't remember the last time I was so happy with a purchase. I'll drink $10 shelf lambic all day. $12 is what those go for by us. What's the "regular" price there?
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May 18, 2016 17:26
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danbanana posted:$12 is what those go for by us. What's the "regular" price there? It really should be $15-$18. I have cases of the stuff.
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May 18, 2016 17:38
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Bag of Sun Chips posted:It really should be $15-$18. I have cases of the stuff. I think I paid $13 for CRK and 750s of CR are regularly $12 or so here. That's weird...
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May 18, 2016 17:40
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danbanana posted:$12 is what those go for by us. What's the "regular" price there? I don't know what "normal" prices look like anymore. Living in Philly has warped my perception. $12 may have been the normal price. But prices like that are so completely foreign to what I usually see that I couldn't resist snagging a bunch.
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May 18, 2016 17:44
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Off Color announced their first CCBW release...Hibiscus Troublesome! (actually called Sparkle Finds (some) Trouble) Upcoming is a Flanders style and BA Dino Smores. Looove me some Off Color 
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May 18, 2016 18:37
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I got in a Facebook disagreement today with a gentleman who felt it was stupid for Evil Twin to charge $13 for a 4 pack of Imperial Biscotti Break, because if they charged less they could compete directly with Guinness.
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May 18, 2016 18:38
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Holy poo poo, Imperial Biscotti in 4-packs? And for $13? gently caress.
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May 18, 2016 19:10
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poop dood posted:Holy poo poo, Imperial Biscotti in 4-packs? And for $13? gently caress. Yeah, I'm grabbing some as soon as I get out of work.
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May 18, 2016 19:51
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danbanana posted:I think I paid $13 for CRK and 750s of CR are regularly $12 or so here. That's weird... Sorry for the confusion, I just meant it's so good, it should be more in line with other fruited lambic available.
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May 18, 2016 19:56
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HatfulOfHollow posted:Walked into State Line in MD when I was driving home this past weekend. Lindeman's Cuvee Rene Gueuze and Kriek 750s were on sale for $12. The Cuvee Rene Kriek? That's awesome, I didn't think they even sold it in the US at all and I've never seen it there. I'd be driving down today to get some if I weren't in freaking Arizona.
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May 18, 2016 19:58
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Phanatic posted:The Cuvee Rene Kriek? That's awesome, I didn't think they even sold it in the US at all and I've never seen it there. I'd be driving down today to get some if I weren't in freaking Arizona. It's been out for a few months state-side. Excellent price for a solid beer.
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May 18, 2016 20:23
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Bag of Sun Chips posted:It really should be $15-$18. I have cases of the stuff. The gueuze is $8 here, probably due to a mistake. I bought one a year or so ago but still haven't tried it.
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May 18, 2016 21:45
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krustster posted:The gueuze is $8 here, probably due to a mistake. I bought one a year or so ago but still haven't tried it. If it was $8/750 here i'd clear the shelf out.
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I'm almost reticent to even mention it on the internet because I don't want their stuff to become more difficult to obtain, but Manor Hill out of Ellicott City MD is doing some really good stuff, and they've started canning stuff. Hoppy things are on point but the true winner is their Grisette which is pretty much everything I want in a beer, especially one in a six pack of cans. Dry, lightly tart, low abv, 10 bucks a sixer. I'm kicking myself for only buying one sixer this weekend (because I have to drive about 45 minutes to get it)
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