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Whisker Biscuit posted:Black Note is back in bottles at Bell's. Merry Christmas to me! Trade for a Hardywood Gingerbread Stout and... Anything?
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Founders released their release calender. Red's Rye is becoming a limited release, Breakfast Stout will be 6 packs, and no Cerise this year, among other changes.
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Dec 22, 2012 20:36
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funkybottoms posted:i want him to grab a beer with me at Hardywood (and then maybe a side trip to Mekong). I do not have a car here sadly 
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Dec 22, 2012 22:04
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Whisker Biscuit posted:Black Note is back in bottles at Bell's. Merry Christmas to me! saying you can get Black Note in the beer thread is like revealing yourself to be a cute girl in a WoW thread. that said, i think anyone here would be interested to know what, if anything, you'd trade for one. SUPER HASSLER posted:I do not have a car here sadly boooo! how long are you around for?
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Dec 23, 2012 01:34
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funkybottoms posted:saying you can get Black Note in the beer thread is like revealing yourself to be a cute girl in a WoW thread. that said, i think anyone here would be interested to know what, if anything, you'd trade for one. I would totally go and pick some up for people if it wasn't a 4+ hour trip. 2 bottle limit, 1534 bottles, $23 a bottle. I see it lasting the next few days.
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Dec 23, 2012 01:41
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At Aces and Ales now waiting for 2010, 11, and 12 Abyss. I'm blending 2010 Dissident and 2009 Abyss to pass the time. The Dissident is sweeter than I'd like it to be, but still delicious. 09 Abyss is still loving fantastic.
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Dec 23, 2012 01:43
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Midorka posted:Red's Rye is becoming a limited release love that beer
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Dec 23, 2012 02:32
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Went to pick up some New Glarus Coffee Stout and on the display they had a bunch of glasses and a "happy holidays" sign. Looks like they are giving them out with purchases. Pretty nice glass as well Now to try out the Coffee Stout.
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Dec 23, 2012 02:40
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It's not quite beer, but is mead talk allowed here?
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Dec 23, 2012 03:33
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Mead loving rules. I live in New England and I've tried about five of Honeymaker's offerings: Apple Cyser, Blueberry, Strawberry, Dry-Hopped and Dry Mead. Suffice to say all of them owned. My favorites were probably the Dry-Hopped and Apple Cyser. I've only had one or two bottlw of Dry Mead from the store, and all of the other times it was from a tap, which gave it carbonation and holy poo poo  The only imported mead I've tried was Viking Blod from Belgium and well, that's just on a whole 'nother level of complexity. tl;dr: drink some mead TenaciousTomato fucked around with this message at 03:46 on Dec 23, 2012 |
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Dec 23, 2012 03:41
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Studebaker Hawk posted:NOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooo Exactly my thoughts, reds rye is my favorite Founder's year round beer. The 6 packs of Breakfast Stout is good news though.
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Dec 23, 2012 03:45
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TenaciousTomato posted:Mead loving rules. I live in New England and I've tried about five of Honeymaker's offerings: Apple Cyser, Blueberry, Strawberry, Dry-Hopped and Dry Mead. Suffice to say all of them owned. My favorites were probably the Dry-Hopped and Apple Cyser. I've only had one or two bottlw of Dry Mead from the store, and all of the other times it was from a tap, which gave it carbonation and holy poo poo I was actually going to make some mulled mead, about a gallon or so. Never done it, but it seems easy enough.
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Dec 23, 2012 04:05
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Cigar City supposedly has a meadery and cidery (??) going. They are doing some collaborations too. B. Nektar is awesome, I highly recommend Zombie Killer and Evil Genius IPA Style Mead.
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Dec 23, 2012 04:20
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Wow I've been sleeping on Goose Island IPA 
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Dec 23, 2012 04:35
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I love being back in CA. I was checking out the Whole Foods' beer section while my brother shopped, and this extremely scruffy dude with an apron and clipboard walks by and asks me if I like IPAs. After an enthusiastic answer in the affirmative, he reaches into a cooler behind the cheese counter and pulls out two Pliny the Elders.  Also apparently Positive Contact isn't usually sold in singles? But he busted that out too!
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Dec 23, 2012 05:20
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I still don't get why people go gaga over Pliny bottles. Ya, it's a good DIPA. Pretty stellar actually. But you're in California and have access to all sorts of DIPAs of the same caliber. Check out that Avery Maharaja next to the empty Pliny spot. Or the Bear Republic Racer X. Or Alesmith's YuleSmith. Or FW Double Jack. I don't want to Midorka this topic, but there's so much out there and even the seasoned craft drinkers won't touch anything besides hype.
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Dec 23, 2012 05:43
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funkybottoms posted:boooo! how long are you around for? 12/26 thru 12/30
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Tigren posted:I still don't get why people go gaga over Pliny bottles. Ya, it's a good DIPA. Pretty stellar actually. But you're in California and have access to all sorts of DIPAs of the same caliber. Check out that Avery Maharaja next to the empty Pliny spot. Or the Bear Republic Racer X. Or Alesmith's YuleSmith. Or FW Double Jack. I don't want to Midorka this topic, but there's so much out there and even the seasoned craft drinkers won't touch anything besides hype. Pliny is a great price point for what it is, so if you can get it... why not? Fat Head's Head Hunter IPA is the highest rated beer from my area, and I drink it a lot... not because of the rating, but because it's a drat good beer. Some beers live up to the hype, some don't. Might as well drink your favorite beer while you can, never know when the next 12/21/12 will happen 
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Dec 23, 2012 06:05
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Tigren posted:I still don't get why people go gaga over Pliny bottles. Ya, it's a good DIPA. Pretty stellar actually. But you're in California and have access to all sorts of DIPAs of the same caliber. Check out that Avery Maharaja next to the empty Pliny spot. Or the Bear Republic Racer X. Or Alesmith's YuleSmith. Or FW Double Jack. I don't want to Midorka this topic, but there's so much out there and even the seasoned craft drinkers won't touch anything besides hype. Thanks for those tips, seriously! I get where you're coming from - consider it more excitement at trying something that never makes it to my neck of the woods, and relatively fresh at that. But I'm out here for another week and a bit - I'll keep an eye out for those other ones you mention. I mean, as an example, I can occasionally find Sculpin in NJ. But 90% of the time it's 3+ months old when I do see it. Same with Green Flash stuff. So finding fresh beers in a style I like is pretty neat!
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I still stand by my original statement that Hopslam > Pliny. 
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Tigren posted:I still don't get why people go gaga over Pliny bottles. Ya, it's a good DIPA. Pretty stellar actually. But you're in California and have access to all sorts of DIPAs of the same caliber. Check out that Avery Maharaja next to theempty Pliny spot. Or the Bear Republic Racer X. Or Alesmith's YuleSmith. Or FW Double Jack. I don't want to Midorka this topic, but there's so much out there and even the seasoned craft drinkers won't touch anything besides hype. Not to go picking nits or anything, but Maharaja is a tremendously different beer than the others you mentioned. It really fits in more with the east coast IPAs, with its unmistakable caramelized backbone that doesn't tilt to a hop knockout like its west coast brethren. E: I'm trapped in a small town for the holidays and the only beer I've had is Newcastle. In case you haven't had it in a while, let me save you the trouble and remind you that it's terrible. Hoping to get to Fort George here in Astoria, OR tomorrow and make up for my macrobrew misgivings. I have 9 lbs to spare in my luggage that will be occupied with some delicious beer from the closest thing this town has to a bottle shop. Fingers crossed. wattershed fucked around with this message at 08:21 on Dec 23, 2012 |
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Dec 23, 2012 08:12
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lodie posted:Where? For both, please. Lucked out at the Spec's in Katy for Stone Mint Chocolate, but no dice on the growler. The tap was at the Montrose Whole Foods and didn't even make it through last night. AND I missed Fra gee lay by an hour at Karbach today 
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wattershed posted:E: I'm trapped in a small town for the holidays and the only beer I've had is Newcastle. In case you haven't had it in a while, let me save you the trouble and remind you that it's terrible. Hoping to get to Fort George here in Astoria, OR tomorrow and make up for my macrobrew misgivings. I have 9 lbs to spare in my luggage that will be occupied with some delicious beer from the closest thing this town has to a bottle shop. Fingers crossed. Let me know how North VI is! They usually bring those to Holiday Ale Fest, but did Three Wisemen (which was quite good) instead this year. I wish I could try North IV again - that was the candy cane one, which was surprisingly well done. Found a 6-pack of Lagunitas Sucks! at the local Fred Meyer. I saw one pack sitting in the refrigerated section and was sad because it was missing a bottle, but then found some more on an end cap in another part of the store. Still a great beer. Has anyone ever had anything from Gilgamesh that was drinkable? I swear I've tried four different beers from them and each one has been the worst thing ever. I'm not just talking "not great", I mean pour-worthy from a guy that's definitely not above Hamm's/Olympia/PBR. I had a taster of their Blitz n' Prancer yesterday and was reminded of why I hate them so much.
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Dec 23, 2012 11:36
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I'm at a pub in southwest London which has the nuttiest bottle list. Stuff from tons of american breweries with completely insane prices (14 gbp for a single can of Heady Topper!) but tons of Belgian at almost reasonable prices considering the London factor. The menu listed 3F Armand & Tomme, which they were out of - so I settled on a St. Lamvinus for take away. Opening it on xmas
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Dec 23, 2012 14:41
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The Duck-Rabbit distributes to northern VA now  It's a very special milk stout Xmas now!
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Midorka posted:Red's Rye is becoming a limited release gently caress. That's one of my favorite beers of theirs. As for Night Stalker, are you talking about this year's release? Because I've always enjoyed it in previous years, but I REALLY don't like the dry-hopping we did this year. I loving told them this would happen if we used Magnum instead of, you know, anything else ever. 
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Dec 23, 2012 16:47
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Ubik posted:gently caress. That's one of my favorite beers of theirs. Yeah it was this years release, bottled 11/19/2012. It had a soy/vinegar finish. Did you say that you dry hopped with Magnum? Wasn't that hop bred specifically as a neutral/clean bittering hop? What benefit would it give when dry hopping?
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Dec 23, 2012 17:34
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SUPER HASSLER posted:12/26 thru 12/30 I'm coming back to Arlington on the night of 12/26 and off on the 27th. Gf & I could probably be talked into meeting up somewhere metro accessible that isn't Churchkey. (maybe worth noting that I've never been to Meridian Pint)
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Dec 23, 2012 17:57
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Swedish lagers are the poo poo. Almost as good as german ones.
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ChickenArise posted:I'm coming back to Arlington on the night of 12/26 and off on the 27th. Gf & I could probably be talked into meeting up somewhere metro accessible that isn't Churchkey. (maybe worth noting that I've never been to Meridian Pint) That all sounds rad to me; let me know when/where works for you as I am flexible. I've never been to DC before so I am open to any suggestion. You don't have messages so drop a mail at superhassler@magweasel.com
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air- posted:Lucked out at the Spec's in Katy for Stone Mint Chocolate, but no dice on the growler. The tap was at the Montrose Whole Foods and didn't even make it through last night. AND I missed Fra gee lay by an hour at Karbach today Yeah after googling it, I ended up at Whole Foods yesterday afternoon and it was gone. Specs on Holcombe had some Black Ops sitting around last night
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Dec 23, 2012 21:36
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Wow... so I went out tonight to try to find another bottle or two of Big Bad Baptist, and I ran across a bottle of Batch #2. We'll see how BBB tastes with a year age on it! e: For the record, I now have bottles of Batch #2, #5, and #9. I think I'm going to drink them all in the same night, for, you know... scientific reasons. Kudosx fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Dec 24, 2012 |
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Dec 24, 2012 00:30
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Just got a growler filled up last night. How long will it keep?
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7thBatallion posted:Just got a growler filled up last night. How long will it keep? About a week? I typically try to drink my growlers within 2-3 days though. I'm sure they last longer, but I like to play it safe.
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Dec 24, 2012 01:05
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crazyfish posted:I'm at a pub in southwest London which has the nuttiest bottle list. Stuff from tons of american breweries with completely insane prices Sloany Pony?
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Dec 24, 2012 01:42
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7thBatallion posted:Just got a growler filled up last night. How long will it keep? From when you open it, I generally give it 24 hours. More depending on the alcohol content and style.
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Phanatic posted:Sloany Pony? Cask pub and kitchen. Wound up hitting up a london bottleshop for some cantillon kriek and rose as well
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So right now I'm drinking a Perkulator Coffee Dopplebock by Dark Horse. It's my first time drinking a Dopplebock, and also my first time trying something from Dark Horse. I'm really, really glad I decided to pick up a four pack of this, the taste/aroma are absolutely awesome. After drinking this beer, I've come to the conclusion that I will probably like any type of well crafted coffee beer. I do, however, think that I need to try a more standard Dopplebock to really understand/appreciate the style. Does anyone have any good suggestions for Doppelbocks I could try in OH?
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Kudosx posted:So right now I'm drinking a Perkulator Coffee Dopplebock by Dark Horse. It's my first time drinking a Dopplebock, and also my first time trying something from Dark Horse. I'm really, really glad I decided to pick up a four pack of this, the taste/aroma are absolutely awesome. Troegs Troegenator is great, so is Ayinger Celebrator. I remember Sam Adams being decent, but a bit too sweet.
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obi_ant posted:About a week? I typically try to drink my growlers within 2-3 days though. I'm sure they last longer, but I like to play it safe. A friend of mine gave a girl a grolwer of Arrogant Bastard and he found it in her fridge a YEAR LATER because she was "waiting for the right time to drink it". They cracked it and he said it was pretty much the same, some mild carbonation loss but still very drinkable. On an other note...I had the Knee Deep Imperial Tanilla last night, quite good, coffee and chocolate, maybe a little thin but I will for sure buy again. Anyone had the Lagunitas Imperial Stout? I saw it up in Sacramento last night but I had never seen it before, maybe I wasn't looking hard enough.
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