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RocketMermaid posted:The first batch of FH Strata beer will probably be ready next week. All of these were fantastic today. No off flavors even close. Full of melon with just a hint of dank weed in the nose in two of three. I will have to make the trip back for the others. Also notably great we’re the Dark Czech, Sticke Alt and Loral Pilsner.
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it's fall you know what that means... cider time!!!!! 
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I had some really, really nice cider from Farnum Hill recently. I wasn't expecting to be impressed by American cider, but here we are. The extra dry had a nice champagne brightness. Another producer I enjoyed the same night (it was a cider cruise lol) was Virtue Cider from Michigan.
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Kaiho posted:I had some really, really nice cider from Farnum Hill recently. I wasn't expecting to be impressed by American cider, but here we are. The extra dry had a nice champagne brightness. Try Son of Man cider 
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Kaiho posted:
Virtue was started by Greg Hall (son of Goose Island's founder and longtime GI head brewer) using money he got from the InBev buyout. When they started they were doing some fun things like BA'd ciders and one that was primarily fermented with brett. But apparently the dude sucks at paying bills because they ended up on some list where farmers wouldn't sell him fruit anymore because he was so far underwater. But then InBev bought them out.
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Sep 18, 2022 14:52
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this is a local place (minneapolis) that has a lot of cool ciders. https://number12cider.com/ I remember this one being really good quote:LA ROUTE
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danbanana posted:Virtue was started by Greg Hall (son of Goose Island's founder and longtime GI head brewer) using money he got from the InBev buyout. When they started they were doing some fun things like BA'd ciders and one that was primarily fermented with brett. But apparently the dude sucks at paying bills because they ended up on some list where farmers wouldn't sell him fruit anymore because he was so far underwater. Ha, he clearly has the number of Mr deep pockets at ABI then. Some of the bottles I tried were definitely barrel aged - I remember a French oak one that I quite enjoyed, but that may have been a few years old?
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Kaiho posted:Ha, he clearly has the number of Mr deep pockets at ABI then. The Mitten is (was?) their bourbon barrel aged cider. Percheron was the brett one. I loved Percheron so much when I visited there in 2013ish.
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Sep 18, 2022 17:56
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gently caress this beer is good. Just keep hand pumping it straight into my mouth please tia
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Sep 21, 2022 05:27
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Forest & Main rocks. How's their new location?
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Sep 21, 2022 13:41
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I never went to the old one, so I can't really say, but it seemed nice and spacious. They don't do their own food anymore, but there are a decent number of options within a block or two of walking. I'll definitely be going back since it's 20 minutes from my folks' place.
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Sep 21, 2022 16:45
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Sorry to hear the old food menu is gone. The moules frites with saison broth were fantastic when I visited years ago.
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Heading to the Cape Cod Brew Fest today. Biggest event I'll have gone to in he past few years and I do not recognize most of these breweries and feel out of touch. Oh well! 
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Quiet Feet posted:Heading to the Cape Cod Brew Fest today. Biggest event I'll have gone to in he past few years and I do not recognize most of these breweries and feel out of touch. Ooh, alcohol infused cigars. Samuel Adams and Narragansett are the only two I know, had maybe 1 Sam Adams beer in my life, but I'm not from or anywhere near the US. Child Trebuchet fucked around with this message at 11:20 on Sep 27, 2022 |
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Sep 27, 2022 11:16
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Child Trebuchet posted:cigars. 
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 * Kicking back * mmmm, damp Child Trebuchet fucked around with this message at 12:35 on Sep 27, 2022 |
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Sep 27, 2022 12:33
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Cigars on ice
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Sep 27, 2022 12:47
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Sure but how's the COMMUNITY?
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danbanana posted:Sure but how's the COMMUNITY? Can't believe you would say that word out loud
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Sep 27, 2022 14:47
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What varieties did they throw in? I always seem to forget New York state used to be prime hop growing country.
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Sep 27, 2022 22:35
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Apparently Michigan Copper Hops? Never heard of em but it's tasty
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Far out, strictly by coincidence I was just visiting Brussels over the weekend and realised it was Zwanze. Ended up joining a group of 4 other blokes from Europe and USA and tried about 16 different Cantillon and a handful of rare 3 Fonteinen / Tilquin. If you love Lambic I would highly recommend flying there next year and bringing an empty suitcase for incredibly cheap take away
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RoRz0r posted:If you love Lambic I would highly recommend flying there next year and bringing an empty suitcase for incredibly cheap take away On my visit I bought an extra suitcase from the shop down the street. Hell of a lucky time to just happen to be in Brussels, I’m jealous!
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Among my favourite things are American beer dudes being loud and ordering bottles of everything at Cantillon.
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RoRz0r posted:Far out, strictly by coincidence I was just visiting Brussels over the weekend and realised it was Zwanze. Don't take this the wrong way, but I involuntarily read this in Niles Crane's voice. Happy for ya though
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I'm actually a New Zealander so you're all fools! It was really quite funny trying to pronounce everything and being so far off, especially as the night unfolded.
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Sep 29, 2022 10:12
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fesh and cheps
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funkybottoms posted:fesh and cheps That's Australian, we say fush and chups! Anyway, what's everyone been drinking? I see USA fresh hop season is happening
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ha, i wondered how i should spell it; i worked with a kiwi for a bit, so i know how it sounds, anyway
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one of my favorite ciders, from local number 12 cider - la route. various bittersweet french apples, 7.4% abv. the color is i'd say quite a bit darker than most ciders, kind of an orangish brown.
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Goose Island did a release of a barley wine brewed to replicate an English BW from 1960. They went the full 9 yards on it: brewing a strong keeping beer that was aged in neutral oak with Brett Claussenii for 9 months, blended with a second, slightly different recipe running beer and then bottled and left to mellow. They had the individual components to try as well as the finished product and they were all really interesting. What was funny was seeing folks expecting a modern, hoppy/sweet barleywine twist their faces trying the beer and saying things like "I mean it's not what I expected". Fun evening nerding out over yeast strains and picking out aromas from the constituent beers. I'm glad that the GI old brewery apparently gets to do their own thing regardless of the buyout.
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Kaiho posted:I'm glad that the GI old brewery apparently gets to do their own thing regardless of the buyout. Except form a union. 
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Oct 5, 2022 21:55
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God drat it. I wonder if the workers' rights amendment due to be voted on in November in Illinois would change that. I wouldn't know, I can't vote.
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Kaiho posted:God drat it. You live in Chicago now. Talk to your alderman and they'll be able to sort that out.
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Haha, I bet even the Chicago Way wouldn't make it so a non citizen was allowed to vote
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Kaiho posted:Haha, I bet even the Chicago Way wouldn't make it so a non citizen was allowed to vote Lololololololololololol
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Miller High Life is more drinkable than it should be.
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The whole point of Miller High Life and its ilk is to be extremely drinkable.
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There's a reason pale lager is the best-selling and most produced beer style in the world.
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