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poop dood posted:Hey Spuckuk, looks like Cloudwater is releasing a UK-brewed version of their Veil collab triple IPA Chubbles tomorrow. You should get some, the last release was probably the best triple IPA Veil's ever done. Thanks for the heads up!
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Speaking of cloudwater, bought a few cans of their hop city collaboration with Northern monk. It's quite bad and taste like it was, dryhoped with burnt plastic.
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Bought some easy drinking stuff since hurricane and torrential rain will keep me indoors all weekend. Saison Brett was discounted to $10 too   
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I love when stores do the cellaring for you and then discount it because it's old.
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cryme posted:there was a store around here that I would pop into once every week or two and, failing to find anything else interesting, i would buy a bottle of fantome pissenlit. i did this for two years straight 
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HatfulOfHollow posted:I love when stores do the cellaring for you and then discount it because it's old. Last year I decided to pass on my annual two sixers of Expedition, thinking that I had enough over the last 5 or so years to drink if I wanted. But then I ran across one of my local spots selling them for $9 a sixer for some loving reason. It wasn't a mis-price; They were discounted to move. So I bought 3! The funniest part is this is one of those stores that I refuse to buy anything hoppy from since they have nothing on the shelf younger than 2 months. And a ton of things are covered with dust. Yet it was the imperial stout they were trying to move?
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danbanana posted:Last year I decided to pass on my annual two sixers of Expedition, thinking that I had enough over the last 5 or so years to drink if I wanted. But then I ran across one of my local spots selling them for $9 a sixer for some loving reason. It wasn't a mis-price; They were discounted to move. So I bought 3! I found a place that had my favorite barleywine on the shelf with a bottling date of two years earlier. It was awesome. 
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I didn't realize how much New England IPAs were a thing now until yesterday. Picked up the Rhinegeist/Pipeworks collaboration Astro Dwarf. I liked it a lot. It was the first NEIPA that I've had that was actually called a NEIPA, although "hazy, floral, juicy" IPAs have always been some of my favorites.
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Klaus Kinski posted:Speaking of cloudwater, bought a few cans of their hop city collaboration with Northern monk. That's disappointing. Northern Monk moreso, I've at least liked everything I've had from them.
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Mahoning posted:I didn't realize how much New England IPAs were a thing now until yesterday. I had it recently. It's hazy, but I wouldn't call it emblematic of the style. It's much more a pipeworks IPA than anything else.
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Aug 25, 2017 18:08
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Spuckuk posted:That's disappointing. Northern Monk moreso, I've at least liked everything I've had from them. Yeah, pretty much everything I've had from both breweries has been really good, that's why I bought six of them blind 
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I tried Tripel Karmeleit. It tastes like oregano for some reason? Was this anybody else's experience or did I just get a infected bottle.
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Rhinegeist is still my favorite Ohio brewery but Platform is really getting up there.
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Eifert Posting posted:Rhinegeist is still my favorite Ohio brewery but Platform is really getting up there. I agree about Platform really impressing but I don't even think that Rhinegeist is the best brewery in Cincinnati. If you haven't had MadTree yet it's being distributed in Cleveland and NE Ohio for the first time on Monday.
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That sounds off for the Tripel Karmeliet. Notes should be like.. clove, lemony. Think coriander-ish and grass (in a pleasant not pungent flavor).
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Mahoning posted:I agree about Platform really impressing but I don't even think that Rhinegeist is the best brewery in Cincinnati. If you haven't had MadTree yet it's being distributed in Cleveland and NE Ohio for the first time on Monday. I live in Cinci. I prefer Rhinegeist over the other bigger local breweries. Hustle and Mosaic are two of my top 3 beers.
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Eifert Posting posted:I live in Cinci. I prefer Rhinegeist over the other bigger local breweries. Hustle and Mosaic are two of my top 3 beers. I'm with you on the Rhinegeist love, but think Madtree does a better job of experimenting and brewing different and more interesting beers. Rhinegeist ends up getting my money more often than not though, since I'm an absolute sucker for hoppy beers. That being said, there are plans for some more experimental/fun beers that we'll be serving in the restaurant opening up in Rhinegeist. I'm really curious to see what they do for us since we're going to be very much a French-inspired place.
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I'll say this, Rhinegeist's regular lineup is pretty uninspired. But stuff like Mosaic and the aforementioned Astro Dwarf are a lot more interesting. As far as a regular lineup of beers, Rhinegeist is behind Columbus, Platform, Fat Heads, Brew Kettle, Jackie O's, and probably a few others as far as Ohio breweries. And I don't see special stuff from Rhinegeist often enough to really change my mind on that yet. Hopefully that changes though.
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Kindred is the best new Ohio brewery, tied with Hoof Hearted.
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Not a single mention of Urban Artifact in this Cincy beer bickering? They definitely win for best gose imo. Pinwheel kumquat gose is so tastey.
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everythingWasBees posted:I tried Tripel Karmeleit. That definitely doesn't sound right, bad bottle most likely
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that lagunitas beer with weed terps is pretty cool. it totally smells like sticking your nose in a bag of generic weed. it will be cool to see if they do different versions with different terpene/strain profiles. ISO IPA with trainwreck or jack herer terps
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Lyon posted:One night in Salt Lake City, what are the musts? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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danbanana posted:LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL SLC is actually a lot of fun and I've had a blast on my multiple visits here but never had time for beercapades. I got stranded here though for the night so I figure I might as well try to make the most of it. The law about draft beers sucks but the bottles are normal ABV.
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Yeah, SLC can be fine for drinking. I actually kinda liked the 4% draft thing since you can try more beers without getting hammered - just pretend you're at a session fest or something. With that restriction in place, some breweries have worked to make recipes that conform to the 4% rule but still have some flavor. As mentioned, you can still get bottles at higher ABVs at bars and certain stores, but gas stations will still have 4% bottles. It's funny when you go to a beer bar and see the locals flip straight to the imperial stout section of the bottle list and get whatever has the highest ABV. Anyway, I'd definitely recommend: Beer Bar - great selection of local beers and friendly/knowledgeable staff Avenues Proper - trendy place with good food and creative beers - some of which were pretty solid The Bayou - beer bar/cajun food joint with a little more dive-y feel Squatters - you may have heard of these guys, big taproom/restaurant that gets pretty busy but the beers are mostly good but nothing special Those were my favorite spots, in order. There are probably other spots worth checking out, it's been a few years since I've been there so I'm not really in touch with the local scene or anything.
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Beerhive Pub has a reeeeeeaaaaaly solid bottle list and good draft selection (still ABV limited but good stuff). Probably my go-to when I'm in SLC, which is like once a year for four days for work. Also Patrick's Pub and Poplar St Pub are great dive bars
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Eejit posted:Beerhive Pub Drank here a few times over a weekend a few years ago and was a chill place to hang. Also, I guess they got rid of the Zion Curtain in Utah??
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danbanana posted:Drank here a few times over a weekend a few years ago and was a chill place to hang. Also, I guess they got rid of the Zion Curtain in Utah?? Yeah, there's a few places that still have it through - Avenues Proper had it which was pretty funny as they had a line of taps at the bar but they weren't hooked up to anything, they just went to the back to fill your beers. You also can't have more than two servings in front of you at one time, whether that's two samplers or two pints.
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dphi posted:Yeah, there's a few places that still have it through - Avenues Proper had it which was pretty funny as they had a line of taps at the bar but they weren't hooked up to anything, they just went to the back to fill your beers. You also can't have more than two servings in front of you at one time, whether that's two samplers or two pints. Illinois' only weird liquor law is not allowing a single person to order a pitcher. But I can order 4 pints for myself...
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six of the ten guest breweries at the Charles Towne Fermentory There Will Be Hops event are from Virginia- and they're all mostly pretty good! been cellar raiding a lot over the past couple months, but have done a lovely job of keeping track. 2014 rum GBS still tastes pretty good, but the rum character is gone (if it ever existed- i bought some to send out and lost track of a few bottles, but never drank any myself). regardless, it knocked the spice back some, so that works, too. followed that up with a 2013 Fremont B-Bomb, which was still pretty tasty aside from slight metallic/oxidized thing going on. got a 2014 Concealed Darkness chilling right now... #coolstory
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I need to start drinking my cellar as I have entirely too much beer. Luckily since I stopped razzling I haven't been accumulating as much but I'm also not drinking much in the way of stouts right now since I don't have anyone to share them with. If anyone wants to do a PA/NJ share I'd be down, hell I'll bring all the stouts  .
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funkybottoms posted:six of the ten guest breweries at the Charles Towne Fermentory There Will Be Hops event are from Virginia- and they're all mostly pretty good! Oh yeah, I gotta hit that up. I'm just mildly bummed at how they moved Flowertown's Funky Firkin Fest to Sunday; I was hoping to have some friends come down for that as the focus of a visit, but alas, not this time around. When you say "mostly pretty good" what should I be watching out for?
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graybook posted:Oh yeah, I gotta hit that up. I'm just mildly bummed at how they moved Flowertown's Funky Firkin Fest to Sunday; I was hoping to have some friends come down for that as the focus of a visit, but alas, not this time around. i was being a little facetious; our NE IPA is good- we've got the recipe dialed in pretty well and are now messing around with the hops- but the stars of the show are likely to be Answer and Triple Crossing. Ocelot and Commonwealth are my two favorite breweries from their respective regions and, while i can't recommend them from my personal experiences (they had some consistency issues early on), i know a lot of people who dig on Aslin's beer, so... all of them? Concealed Darkness tasted okay, but was kinda flat and didn't have a whole lot of body, either. i remember it being really solid when it was fresh and it's a year past its best-by date, so i guess this one is on me.
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funkybottoms posted:while i can't recommend them from my personal experiences (they had some consistency issues early on), i know a lot of people who dig on Aslin's beer They're still having consistency issues. When the beer is good it's really good but when it's bad it's really bad. And there's also the whole underattenuated exploding cans problem.
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HatfulOfHollow posted:They're still having consistency issues. When the beer is good it's really good but when it's bad it's really bad. And there's also the whole underattenuated exploding cans problem. yeah, i was trying to be nice as they're really good dudes, but the bad beers i had from them were... not good at all. speaking of which, just had a malt company salesman bring us a sample of a smoked lager made with his locally-sourced stuff that tasted like burnt popcorn served out of an ashtray. i'm honestly kinda mad that i was suckered into trying it and was relieved when he didn't have a sample of the other, similar beer made with his malt.
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Alright, thanks! Really hoping I can manage to make it out there once I get off work because I don't actually get to go and drink much anymore.
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