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TenaciousTomato posted:Drinking La Chouffe, a Belgian strong pale ale, and holy poo poo this is amazing. It's like the cross of a triple and an IPA. Better than Le Freak. Get the Houblon. It's even better.
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Midorka posted:Incoming poo poo-storm post: Why say something like this and then get all defensive when people actually do it? Seems like you're just attention whoring for throwing away $$$$ Beer talk - gently caress Two Brothers. Other than there regular offerings, their beer sucks and is bland. Also, I can't wait for Half Acre Chocolate Camaro to come out again this Friday. It's one of the few sweet stouts that I actually enjoy.
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Ubik posted:Wait, so if a brewery's regular offerings - which make up the majority of their production - are good but they do a few bad specialty beers, they suck? I actually really enjoy Cane and Ebel as well, and I don't mind Domaine Dupage, but I'm not talking about a few beers. When you have five regular beers and most of your "Artisan Beers" or seasonals are boring/bad I can't get behind it. The J series, Northwind, Circus Penguin, Askew, Hoodwink, Bare Tree, Moaten, Why Winter, Atom Smasher, Hop Juice? I don't dislike the company (like I do Finch's), I just think that with the exception of Cane and Ebel there is nothing stand out about their offerings. Maybe they should stick to relatively low ABV "normal" beers? Jokingly - I wouldn't use that production argument considering the company you work for; else the 312 brewing company makes only really bland products. Paul Proteus fucked around with this message at 14:34 on Mar 8, 2012 |
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I thought I posted about this the other day... My local store had a tasting of this, their Amarillo and their barleywine for free. I can honestly say it was one of the worst beers I have ever had. The ashiness is overpoweringly bad on such a light beer and it was extremely carbonated, so much so it stung my tongue. It was even more ridiculous too considering the Amarillo IPA and barleywine were absolutely fantastic.
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funkybottoms posted:okay, i'm in New Orleans now and the one shop i've visited has a ridiculous selection of Shelton Brothers beer. some things were no-brainers, but if anybody has suggestions, recommendations, etc, for the stuff i wasn't as sure about... Cork and Bottle is also a really good store with great customer service. It's right around the corner from Parkway Bakery (my favorite poboys) so you can hit two great places. I assume you've gone/are going to the Avenue Pub as well? From that list, I can only speak for the Pannepot. It is really good (especially the reservas/grand reserva) and that's a great price.
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Mar 9, 2012 04:19
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funkybottoms posted:oh, i forgot- ordered a Nola Blond at some place in the French Quarter and it had loving ice in it. not cubes, the beer was actually partially-frozen- how does that happen on draft? also, despite being brewed in the city, it was listed as an import (along with locally-made Abita, Sam Adams, and a few other things); Bud Light was the "only" domestic. pffft. New Orleans, and the Quarter particularly, is not a beer friendly town. The pickings are typically slim. People don't care what they drink down there, as long as it gets them drunk so liquor is still king. Nola is overall unremarkable but their Irish Channel stout is a fine example of a dry stout and the Hopitoulas IPA is pretty good. Flambeau Red is the best thing they make. Don't get the saison. Why is the under 21 thing an issue, are you with some people who aren't?
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Docjowles posted:I bought a sixpack of Bigfoot Barleywine to cellar, and cracked one open to get a feel for it fresh. This...was a mistake. I'm sure it will be great after a year or two but god drat, right now it is intense. Somehow way too bitter and way too sweet at the same time, big syrupy body. At 9.6% it leaves noticeable legs on the glass. I've had some barleywines I enjoy fresh but so far this one is not doing it for me. It's funny you say this. I love bigfoot all ways, but I really enjoy it fresh. I'm drinking one right now and while it is intensely hoppy, the malt sweetness really helps it out. I don't find it syrupy though, to me stuff like Alaskan, Gratitude, and any barrel aged one is much more syrupy. @ Grimace - You can drink Abacus fresh. It's not that intense since it has already mellowed out in the barrel.
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Drank a Bourbon County Bramble finally with ShaneB and I can't say that I would go out of my way for it again. It wasn't bad at all, it was just super rich and heavy. It was pretty difficult to split the bottle just by two. It didn't remind me of BCS at all and the fruit was SUPER forward with the first few sips. Then it faded to the back and just left a lingering tartness. It had this rich dark fruit choclatelyness that was really too much by the end of the glass. For the alcohol (13 or 14%?) it was dumb easy to drink though. It pales in comparison to the fresh 2011 BCS. Then we had a 2008 Arctic Devil Barleywine and a Jolly Pumpkin Biere De Mars Grand Reserve. 
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Mar 14, 2012 00:01
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SUPER HASSLER posted:I demand to know if he's like that in real life. Like what? He does make some snide remarks, but it comes off differently on a message board. He's a cool guy that knows a lot about beer. I'll be honest, while some of the remarks can be crass, I can't say I don't disagree with the sentiment. As much as I love the beer thread, sometimes the same post over and over again gets a little old. It's the nature of the subject.
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Mar 14, 2012 04:17
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ShaneB posted:we aren't friends anymore Sorry, bro, let me buy you a GUINNESS to cheer you up. @Bored - We are trying to do something bigger soon, like Shane said this was fairly spontaneous.
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Midorka posted:I agree original BORIS is better, I simply was impressed with how mellow the bourbon and oak was though as some barrel aged beers simply become too heavy on oak or bourbon. I guess that makes sense though as you said it spends little time in a barrel. I wouldn't buy it again, but I definitely enjoyed it. Speaking of BORIS, there's two versions at my shop one has the 2008 GABF medal around the neck, the other has an updated one to add 2011. Are there any differences in the newer version compared to the ones that have been shipping or is it still the same old BORIS. They released an anniversary version in Chicago with a blue cap and a neck hanger(not sure if this is the one you were talking about). I'd say it was a worse beer but cost more money than the regular.
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Mar 14, 2012 18:24
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ChiTownEddie posted:I ended up being a runner up in the Cipher contest by Half Acre too! Here was the haul that I got today: *edit* I was able to read the beer on the left. Anything special with that Small Animal Big Machine? That label is not the regular one.
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Mar 15, 2012 13:21
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ChiTownEddie posted:I only vaguely remember what they said about it: A limited run beer in collaboration with some others. Belgian style (two different types of yeast was mentioned), made with cherries and currants. I think it is a sour? I also think he mentioned that this is a cask aged version of it. Ah ok. Yea they did a collaboration with Pipeworks and De Struise. It was pretty awful when they first released it, marginally better when I drank my last bottle a month ago. It's lightly tart, but definitely not sour. Maybe the extra aging helped it?
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Mar 15, 2012 18:33
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Weebay posted:I'll confirm that for you, if you don't have a ticket, they won't let you in; the event was getting too crowded so they capped it. Yes, I remember you and your friend. I think I still have you business card (I sadly haven't gotten the chance to use it by going to Canada though =/). Like Shane said, he grabbed me a ticket because I was seriously in Pre-Cana class all day on St. Patrick's day. I would love to try to work something out beforehand. I've had random success rates planning meets for DLD, but I'd be all up for it again. I know I'll be bringing some random things like last time.
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Mar 18, 2012 16:10
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deadwing posted:Gubna is so, so, so good. I've never seen an IPA that divides feelings so much. You can plant me fully in the "love it" camp, but there's so many people who hate it as well. You can also expect to pay 15 bucks for a four-pack of it. I'll always pick a pack up though when I know a store just got a new shipment. gently caress summit hops
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If you want to try a barleywine on the cheap it is almost Lagunitas Gnarlywine season, which is a pretty decent example for the $. That said, Barleywine means so many different things to so many different companies. It's probably my favorite style though. My favorite one fresh (as of late) has to be this: 
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Mar 23, 2012 04:36
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funkybottoms posted:also kind of interesting to see that La Folie isn't flying off the shelves as i expected; i think people around here got burned out on the average beers NB had been shipping us after all the initial hype and are unaware of what a great beer it is. Not too surprising. It's expensive and much worse than the on tap version. I also doubt it ages much considering I'm pretty sure it's filtered. (Because I know it will be mentioned, this does not include the cork & cage versions.)
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Mar 24, 2012 13:48
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Kudosx posted:Can any Chicagoons tell me what the availability of stuff from Half Acre is like? I have a friend going to Chicago on Sunday, and he'll be coming back Monday, and he said he would be willing to pick me up some beer. Daisy Cutter, Over Ale, and Gossamer are all pretty available at all the Binnys. They may have Baume and Cipher, but the brewery definitely still does as of yesterday.
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Mahoning posted:Anyways, I asked this before but no one answered or I missed it. I picked up another bottle of More Brown Than Black and I'm now fully convinced its the best beer I've ever had. Short of buying up the entire stock at the local liquor store (I will probably do this, there are like ~5 bottles left), what are the chances this is ever released again? If the chances are slim, what is another great IPA with a good hop-roast balance? It will probably not be released again as it was a collaboration. Cocoa Mole is still rocking the shelves here in Chicago; it's really delicious (I had it on tap) but they want $15.00 a bottle for it.
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Mar 31, 2012 03:49
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Jack Skeleton posted:That's the highest I heard it go, but considering I've seen it on the shelf at different stores in the price points from $6.50 to $9 a bomber, I really am not surprised that it would go up to $15. It's funny because it isn't even a small store changing the price, it is the largest chain in town, Binnys. I spoke with the beer buyer and he said he was surprised too, but it was priced appropriately based on what they were paying for it. The distribution company was the one gouging the price.
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danbanana posted:also for chicago people: two brothers is brewing red eye again. coffee porter that is so, so good. find it! Coffee flavor was ok, but it was quite thin and the alcohol was pretty forward for me. It's ok this time around.
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FFF Behemoth is one of the worst beers they make (and a terrible example of the style), imo, and this is coming from a huge Barleywine fan. It's ridiculous price doesn't help it either.
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lazerwolf posted:Recently I did have a 2010 Great Divide Old Ruffian which I enjoyed far more than most barleywines. I guess I prefer a hoppier barleywine to a maltier one Old Ruffian is one of the most hoppy don't give a gently caress barleywines out there. A year ago at Chigoon meet I opened a 4 year old bottle and it was still as hoppy/bitter as ever. I'll also throw fresh Bigfoot, Gnarlywine, Central Waters Y2K (one of the best I've had in years) in there too. Gratitude and Olde School are probably the sweetest I've had. Behemoth is an overpriced mess of a beer that I've been disappointed with every time I've tried it.
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I Dont Like You posted:I really like it. I haven't had the Y2K myself (only even saw it on a shelf once, oddly), but really enjoying the barrel aged version and cannot wait to see how it holds up as the months go by. I absolutely LOVE the Peruvian Morning though, excellent beer (BB Stout is also pretty good too, just like the PM moreso). Have you had a chance to try the 1414? The regular version is way better than the bourbon versions. Way too thin for a barrel aged beer.
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Pretty Things Baby Tree is pretty good, albeit very yeasty tasting. Sweetwater Dank Tank BSP was probably my favorite American quad. Does BBQ count?
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mysterious frankie posted:I was actually looking to special order from Binny's, Binnys won't ship beer. That and just because it's on the site doesn't mean they have it in stock. They haven't had Cantillon for a while. For you ChiGoons, I had my first good experience at Hopleaf last night. I went there early enough, sat down to get dinner, and had a great time. poo poo was still packed starting at 6 though. The Chouffe Houblon on tap probably helped my perspective.
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mysterious frankie posted:Going to Hopleaf for dinner tonight. Their beer menu is huge and full of things I've never tried. Any recommendations from fellow Chicagoans? Style doesn't matter; I'm to the point where I'll try anything once. They have La Chouffe Houblon on tap. It is amazing. Otherwise their tap list last weekend was pretty pedestrian.
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Weebay posted:I'll confirm that for you, if you don't have a ticket, they won't let you in; the event was getting too crowded so they capped it. Weebay, I have been trying to find that business card and I can't to save my life. Seeing that you don't have PMs, I hope you continue to read this thread. Email me at jmurra7 at gmail so we can set something up.
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CalvinDooglas posted:What are Goose Island bombers going for in established markets? $9 six packs, $8 bombers for everything not in a barrel in Chicago. http://www.binnys.com/beer/search/?advs=3&astxt=goose%20island
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Final DLD post out http://www.3floyds.com/2012/04/26/2012-dld/ "This year’s bottles are Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Lord, Vanilla Bean Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Lord, Cognac Barrel Aged Dark Lord, and Cognac Barrel Aged Dark Lord de Muerte." If I win I think I'd go Cognac or Vanilla Bourbon.
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I never want another barrel aged beer again.
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Kudosx posted:So what's up with the goons who went to DLD '12? I know there was a few of you... but none of you have posted about it! Funky is 100% right. DLD is a huge event with lots of people and lots of lines. At this point it is what it is for me. Nothing really changes each year so why write about it again? It doesn't compare to how it used to be, but they are doing the best they can under the circumstances. Shane and I had an ok time; our biggest complaint would be the lines for non Dark Lord beer (both for taps and for the cases/bottles) and that the guest taps did not change very quickly. That said, yea, I don't want any barrel aged beer for a while. Having so many different kinds of those beers both burns you out as well as shows how 1 dimensional many are.
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Kudosx posted:Not everyone has been reading the beer threads since the beginning. Neither have I! There is just a lot of information out there on it already, and I think I've done trip reports in years past. As for the golden ticket, neither of us won. I'm glad I didn't, I'm not out the $50; I honestly would have given it to the guy next to me in line if I had.
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Midorka posted:"Fruity" beers encapsulate a large variety from sours to Sam Adams Cherry Wheat, with some being completely hard to handle. You're implying that Abacus is so far off of the style that it isn't comparable to others, which you're exaggerating completely. The only thing that makes Abacus different than any barleywine is the barrel aging, and even so the oak is not forward at all. It's a loving delicious barleywine and there's nothing about it that would turn someone off from it if they didn't like, say, Old Foghorn, whereas the Gueze isn't at all representative of all fruit beers since it's such a vague genre. I have to disagree. Not only is Abacus fairly expensive and difficult to find depending on where you're located, but most American barleywines are strongly hopped and very forward when fresh. Abacus by its nature is mellowed out quite a lot and feels much sweeter because it doesn't have quite the hop bite. I'm not saying its bad, its just not a regular old barleywine. You may love the strong coconut flavors in that and hate a regular barleywine. Bigfoot is the prototypical American barleywine, but I think there are some other interesting ways to get into it. Smuttynose Wheatwine or New Holland's Pilgrim's Dole Wheatwine are easier / cheaper ways to get into a very similar genre. Foghorn and Old Horizontal are are also great, cheap, available options. Fresh Old Ruffian is probably the hoppiest example that is readily available.
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Just because it is an English barleywine doesn't mean it has to be super sweet with no hop presence; there are examples out there that are strongly hopped with a more "UK" hop bite (as opposed to a citrusy California hop type). I'm not going to argue coconut in Abacus because that's just dumb. The barleywine style has one of the largest ranges of "acceptable" examples, imo, which is part of the reason why it interests me so much. The point I'm trying to make is that a barrel-aged version of any beer does not naturally lead to the regular version of it. If someone wants to get into either one, more power to them, but I feel they are two distinct styles, especially examples like Abacus that get a lot from the barrel. *edit* Since you live in Chicago, you need to come to the next goon beer meet. I'll bring a Central Waters Y2K: which is one of the best, most balanced barleywines I've ever had. Paul Proteus fucked around with this message at 04:42 on May 4, 2012 |
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Oh that reminds me; not to prove you wrong but to point out that they do use bourbon as the primary (if not only) barrel in Abacus. 2011 abacus was heavy on the coconut *edit* and was in 20-year-old Heaven’s Hill Bourbon Barrels. http://www.beerpulse.com/2011/03/firestone-walker-abacus-hits-retail-in-a-couple-weeks/ Description from 2012 Abacus off FW's page "Big boozy bourbon and American oak aromas combined with soft chocolate malty undertones. Complex malt flavors framed in oak, with hints of dark chocolate, vanilla, tobacco, coconut and just a touch of dark cherry. This is definitely a sipping beer, best served in a brandy snifter. This ale pairs well with dark chocolate and sturdy cheeses." Paul Proteus fucked around with this message at 16:18 on May 4, 2012 |
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crazyfish posted:Will probably see you there! Got my bike fixed up and ready to roll. I have a prior engagement tonight, but I think I'm going to check out the Norse bar tomorrow for the same tapping. It should be less crowded considering it's up north near me.
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ShaneB posted:Saison-Brett is pretty loving perfect. The keg version has pretty tame Brett, but it is an essentially perfect saison. I'm mentally comparing it to saison Dupont, but it's just a tiny bit creamier. I can't wait to hunt down bottles in a month. Had mine tonight at Norse. Not only is the bar way cheaper/easier to deal with, but the beer was fantastic. More brett than I think you got. The aroma leaned towards medicinal/band-aid, but was not too much to push it over. It was absolutely fantastic and I am going to hound some bottles too.
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