Docjowles posted:

Flat beer that's not done conditioning yet? Where do I pay?!?

Angry Grimace posted:

Alesmith isn't really worth going to on that kind of tour, in my opinion. In general, they have nothing on tap there that they don't bottle beyond one selection that's readily on tap everywhere, i.e. My Bloody Valentine (which is a rather plain Red Ale).

Green Flash and Ballast Point are both nearby there if you want to stick to that area, but if you want to get really obscure, there's a nanobrewery near Alesmith called Hess Brewing that does a few interesting things.

There's also Iron Fist brewing relatively near Port and Stone, so you could just start all the way east and move west to the coast and end up at Pizza Port Carlsbad and have more time drinking and less time traveling.

Angry Grimace posted:

Ballast Point will always have at least 3 special beers that aren't bottled/distributed much or are seasonals if that's something you find interesting. Don't ever get roped into going to the Home Brew Mart location though, they have a lease on there that won't let them sell pints. They have more weird/limited brews, but you can't buy anything but a taster and can only buy one of each variety per day (really).

But yeah, it really sucks that Alpine is so far out there. It's definitely one of the best places and have a ton of stuff, although for the most part you just hang out in the attached bar next door (which does mean you get to sit down).

beetlo posted:

Closest place to me that has it. Stupid Maryland! I've got nothing better to do (unemployed).

beetlo posted:

Northern Virginia isn't closer to Frederick, MD than DC. Plus the traffic is even WORSE.

rage-saq posted:

I have been to San Diego

air- posted:

I need to find another sixer of this in NOVA/DC, otherwise I don't know if I can stop myself from bringing some back to Texas.

Kudosx posted:

I picked up a 4 pack of Bengali Tiger, and a single can of Tallgrass IPA tonight. I've never tried anything from Sixpoint before, and I've also never tried anything from Tallgrass. I'm pretty excited to try both, I've never tried a good beer from a can!

Kudosx posted:

Yeah, I really want to try Abrasive, Furious, and Heady Topper...

I'm hoping these are at least half decent.

Edit: Half way through my first can of Bengali Tiger and I will say that it is exactly what I was hoping... half decent. It's not bad... but I don't think I'll buy another 4 pack of it. Now I'm wondering if Resin is any good...

Josh Wow posted:

I've never had either of these beers but just out of curiosity I looked up their ingredients. Their malt bills aren't very similar, Troeg's uses no specialty malts and Firestone Walker's is a more traditional American IPA recipe. Troeg's uses 5 different hops while Firestone Walker's uses six different ones, but only 2 of the hops are used in both recipes. One of those 2 hops they share is only used as a bittering addition in the Firestone Walker beer, so you basically get no discernible flavor from it in a beer like this.

Josh Wow posted:

I've never had either of these beers but just out of curiosity I looked up their ingredients. Their malt bills aren't very similar, Troeg's uses no specialty malts and Firestone Walker's is a more traditional American IPA recipe. Troeg's uses 5 different hops while Firestone Walker's uses six different ones, but only 2 of the hops are used in both recipes. One of those 2 hops they share is only used as a bittering addition in the Firestone Walker beer, so you basically get no discernible flavor from it in a beer like this.

Whisker Biscuit posted:

I just discovered SN bottled Hoptimum. Praise god.

Kudosx posted:

I tried Spiral Jetty tonight by Epic. Not sure if anyone else has had it, but I thought it was pretty terrible.

Thankfully, I tried it over at a friends house who just brewed some beer at The Brew Kettle, and his beer was much better!

funkybottoms posted:

yeah, a local spot is having one of these next Friday, complete with CBS, so i expect it will be one of their busier nights of the year.

thanks for the ATL-related advice, guys, but lunch coincided with Montgomery, AL, so we stopped at Vine and Filet, instead. not an amazing selection by beer geek standards, but apparently great by AL standards (although the singles case was pathetic). would've been stoked if i still needed FBS, because they had loving cases of it, but instead went with a tasty BLT. the girlfriend picked up some GD Hades, which wasn't bad, but had an odd sort of sweetness that kept me from loving it. good lord i use "but" way too much.

cyberpunksurvivor posted:

By the way: Double IPA hits like a truck. I had two, and it felt like four.

Tigren posted:

Seriously. Just because they don't release poo poo in the same Pokemon vein as everyone else, people don't give them credit as a great brewery. I'd like to say that's one of the ways you can separate a beer snob from a beer nerd. A snob wouldn't give places like SN or Anchor the time of day, while nerds know that those kinds of places not only put craft brew on the map, they still pump out solid, if not amazing, beers in all aspects.

TenaciousTomato posted:

why is brooklyn lager so good?

bananasinpajamas posted:

Hey I'm going to be flying out to Denver at the end of April to pilot and finalize all of Cigar City's can artwork so if anyone wants to goon out and drink a beer or two with myself (and the owner of CCB) lemme know. It'll be awkward as hell probably!

Darth Goku Jr posted:

No seriously go to Sam Adam's website and do a search for it, Wal-Mart is actually your best bet right now.

Kudosx posted:

Have you tried 4C's yet? I've only tried it once, but I thought it was really good. Probably my favorite brew from TBK behind White Rajah, and Old 21, respectively. I haven't tried many APAs to compare it to, so I'm not entirely sure how good of a judge I am of the style.

Edit: For whatever reason I decided to look up the reviews of 4 C's on BA, and one of the reviews is absolutely hilarious.

"A tasty beer, but a bit pricey at $10/six pack. It's not a terrible price, but I would have this all the time if it were a bit cheaper."

Really? $10/sixer is pricey for ya? Maybe you shouldn't drink good beer.

Midorka posted:

Hey at least going to a beer release makes more sense than going to a video game release, that's just silly.

danbanana posted:

I've never understood the Zombie Dust love, especially for the cost (the gouging is terrible with that stuff). I think it's good, not great, and there's plenty of others available that are superior in my opinion.

FreelanceSocialist posted:

This is my first for Oberon, but I think that it is better than Sumpin' if the price is agreeable in your area. It does not deserve a line or a wait-list or anything crazy. It's a good beer, though.

FreelanceSocialist posted:

Today was great. I went in to work early, missed my lunch break, then due to circumstances (mostly) beyond my control, I worked a double and then some. Just got home from 16.5 hours on my feet, living off of some Clif bars that were in my Jeep and bottled water. Management was appreciative, however. Just when I was walking out, I got handed a box. Inside the box was a smaller box!

Actually, it was beer. A bottle of KBS, a bottle of Double Dead Guy and one of John John Hazelnut, a 4-pack of 21st Ammendment Allies Win the War, some Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier, Rocheforts 6/8/10, Widmer B.A. Brrbon, an Old Rasputin XIV Anniversary, and two bottles of Great Divide Yeti. Into the cellar with you lot!

Except for the KBS. I'm drinking that poo poo tomorrow at breakfast.

SketchyNick posted:

CC Tocabaga if you live in florida...

Jack Skeleton posted:

Welp, it's going to be a good birthday weekend.



Bottled on 4/3

on a side note, yeah there's shops that really don't give a poo poo about bottle limits.

Huge_Midget posted: