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Other Stuff => The Pats-Hater Parking Lot => Topic started by: guinness77 on October 05, 2013, 11:51:10 AM
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You best believe I'm starting this bad boy.
Just got a 6 of the Schlafly pumpkin ale which is supposed to be top notch in terms of pumpkin beer. Gonna wash that down with a bomber of the Biscotti Break which is an imperial stout made by Evil Twin. 11.5%, should be no joke.
They've had the Stone Russian Imperial Stout Espresso on tap at my local distro. Kinda pricey but freaking delicious.
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Just finished one of my favorite ales Jennings "Sneck Lifter". Sounds pretty obscene but it's a great hearty ale, 5.1, full of complex flavors, a lovely toffee finish. You guys seem to get the full gamut of ales available here in the UK so I'm going to post more often on my favorite subject.
Keep your eyes open for this one.
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Just finished one of my favorite ales Jennings "Sneck Lifter". Sounds pretty obscene but it's a great hearty ale, 5.1, full of complex flavors, a lovely toffee finish. You guys seem to get the full gamut of ales available here in the UK so I'm going to post more often on my favorite subject.
Keep your eyes open for this one.
I just watched Brew Dogs on the new Esquire Network. Interesting show. It stars the 2 guys who run BrewDog Brewery in Scotland. I'd like to drink their beer, it sounds very intriguing. Sent you a PM, btw, Jim.
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Just finished one of my favorite ales Jennings "Sneck Lifter". Sounds pretty obscene but it's a great hearty ale, 5.1, full of complex flavors, a lovely toffee finish. You guys seem to get the full gamut of ales available here in the UK so I'm going to post more often on my favorite subject.
Keep your eyes open for this one.
I just watched Brew Dogs on the new Esquire Network. Interesting show. It stars the 2 guys who run BrewDog Brewery in Scotland. I'd like to drink their beer, it sounds very intriguing. Sent you a PM, btw, Jim.
Brew Dogs- tried this and it really is moving craft beer in to new market with an accent on food pairings etc. The mix Tape 8 is ridiculously priced, around 20 bucs a bottle but complex is an understatement, brewed in Belgium and in Scotland in oak whiskey barrels- bloody heady stuff! Also marvelous!
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Gotta get my hands on some Shipyard Pumpkinhead.
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I love beer. But I have no clue what the big deal is with these pumpkin brews...
Obligatory Kunstmann reference. Torobayo for life bitches.
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Pumpkin beers give me headaches/migraines. I have no idea why. Must be a trigger.
some are just way too strong with the spices...I tried PumKing by Southern Tier. it was good for 3 sips and then i had to pour the rest of the bomber out
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I had AleSmith Speedway stout on tap today. I had the Southern Tier Warlock on Monday also on tap, a pumpkin stout. Yum to both, but, Christ, the Speedway stout was the funbags.
I also had the Barrier Saazsquash which is a butternut squash ale. Very interesting, very good.
Drinking the Heavy Seas Holy Sheet, a dubbel of sorts, out of the growler. Not bad, not great.
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Read this fucker of a quote:
This beer was incredible. It smelled like an alcoholic’s breakfast (marmite and honey on burnt toast with whiskey) and it tasted like a rich guy's office.
Wow. This is "Ola Dubh 18" from Harviestoun Brewery in Clackmannanshire in Scotland.
http://harviestoun.com/
Lovely Karen comes home tonight knowing I'm going through a treacly, choco phase in beer and hits me with this naughty boy.
Available in the states so get your order in. Lovely and potent stuff!
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I had to look up treacly.
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I had to look up treacly.
Oh good what the freak does it mean?
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I had to look up treacly.
It's 9.30pm here Jim, all I know is it's ace and makes you feel all fuzzy like a late Christmas afternoon when you are waiting on dinner and have had a few sneaky sherbets and a handful of chocolates whilst waiting on the turkey getting carved.
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Read this fucker of a quote:
This beer was incredible. It smelled like an alcoholic’s breakfast (marmite and honey on burnt toast with whiskey) and it tasted like a rich guy's office.
Wow. This is "Ola Dubh 18" from Harviestoun Brewery in Clackmannanshire in Scotland.
http://harviestoun.com/
Lovely Karen comes home tonight knowing I'm going through a treacly, choco phase in beer and hits me with this naughty boy.
Available in the states so get your order in. Lovely and potent stuff!
After browsing their site I am now en route to the airport, see you in 8 hours.
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After browsing their site I am now en route to the airport, see you in 8 hours.
Best pick you up, we drive on the wrong side of the road.
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Just had my first Victory Dirtwolf. Wow. Brand new DIPA, holy excrement this is tasty. 4 pack for 10.99 at 8.7% very nice.
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Green Flash Double Stout. yum.
If we do the away tailgate, we should do some brewery tourism @ Green flash, Stone and Ballast Point breweries
OH....Founders Breakfast Stout (imperial stout). One of the best beers i've ever had. Not surprised when i looked afterwards and noticed it was a top 15 on beeradvocate
it's literally perfect
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Took you long enough to have the breakfast stout.
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Took you long enough to have the breakfast stout.
Founders didn't have distribution in Florida (at least South Florida for certain) till about 2-3 weeks ago.
Every single craft beer bar i go to has had a Founders tap night in the past couple of weeks. Founders and New Belgium have been marketing hard lately because they finally got distribution in the state. lots of gay laws in Florida regarding beer distribution
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NO EXCUSES
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Green Flash Double Stout. yum.
If we do the away tailgate, we should do some brewery tourism @ Green flash, Stone and Ballast Point breweries
OH....Founders Breakfast Stout (imperial stout). One of the best beers i've ever had. Not surprised when i looked afterwards and noticed it was a top 15 on beeradvocate
it's literally perfect
2 old derriere standbys for me. 2 of my favorite beers.
Well, Founders has the Breakfast Stout and an Imperial Stout. I prefer the BS but the imperial is like 10.5% and good. So get that excrement too.
Get your hands on the Speedway and the RIS Stone Espresso, you won't be let down.
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Founders is one of the best. Thanks, Puck. Wore that bad boy for the 1st time on Wednesday.
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Green Flash Double Stout. yum.
If we do the away tailgate, we should do some brewery tourism @ Green flash, Stone and Ballast Point breweries
OH....Founders Breakfast Stout (imperial stout). One of the best beers i've ever had. Not surprised when i looked afterwards and noticed it was a top 15 on beeradvocate
it's literally perfect
[/quotGreen Flash Double Stout. yum.
If we do the away tailgate, we should do some brewery tourism @ Green flash, Stone and Ballast Point breweries
OH....Founders Breakfast Stout (imperial stout). One of the best beers i've ever had. Not surprised when i looked afterwards and noticed it was a top 15 on beeradvocate
it's literally perfect
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Founders Breaky, great stuff- good to know that great beers get universal approval
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Enjoying one of my Southern Tier 2X Stouts.
Not sure if I like it was much as the Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro, but it's good.
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Raging Bitch by Flying dog. Pretty damn good.
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Hmm...what have I had lately?
Lil B by Evil Twin (11.5% imperial porter), Stone Enjoy By 11.12.13, Another One by Maine Brewing Co. (Delicious IPA), Green Bullet by Green Flash (10.1% triple IPA), Speedway Stout by AleSmith, Breakfast Stout by Founders, and a good ol fashioned Anchor Porter, still a winner.
Had the Long Ireland IPA last night. Not bad for a local brewery.
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Saturday! Thank all that is sacred.
I've fell back on my old standby today- Morlands "Old Speckled Hen"- robust ale with an nice edge to finish. Anyone have this in the States?
Italian night tonight for dinner so observing authenticity- Peroni- great lager.
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I've had Old Speckled Hen, it's not too uncommon out here.
Funny you mention Peroni in that context, the only time I ever drink it either is with Italian food.
Neither is really a craft beer though, Old Speckled Hen is owned by Greene King Brewery and Peroni is owned by SABMiller.
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I've had Old Speckled Hen, it's not too uncommon out here.
Funny you mention Peroni in that context, the only time I ever drink it either is with Italian food.
Neither is really a craft beer though, Old Speckled Hen is owned by Greene King Brewery and Peroni is owned by SABMiller.
This is surely true but all beer starts out as a craft beer.
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You guys are making me miss Belgium. Only place I've had a great tasting beer that knocked my derriere out.
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http://standrewsbrewingcompany.com/
I am stretched very thin just now at work but am determined to keep this subject up on page 1.
Bought a small selection of these great local craft brews to to give them a whirl and holly freak nice stuff.
Determined young entrepreneur Bob Phahf heads up this beer farm and he is going to be big news in time.
Neuk Ale- tasty stuff, a lovely nice dark ale but not too strong so you can probably enjoy a few of these in a sitting. I picked up chocolate and a wee cinnamon aftertaste, this is going to be a huge seller in time.
Crail Ale- very refreshing, lots of fruit with a unusual earthy herby finish. Would love to have this at a barbecue or in the the heat of summer.
When you assholes finally succumb and visit me for the London game which is coming in the next 5 years I'm going to take you out to this cutting edge brewery for a tasting experience.
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I had an Allagash Black the other day. It was much better than I thought it would be. Probably not a craft beer, but anything that isn't in the grocery store around here is a craft beer in my mind.
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I had an Allagash Black the other day. It was much better than I thought it would be. Probably not a craft beer, but anything that isn't in the grocery store around here is a craft beer in my mind.
This quote is from a US beer quality site I use now and again;
"I wanted a beer one night while in San Francisco and I saw this beer in a 4 pack and it caught my attention. I decided to give it a shot. The first thing I noticed was the very mild smell, I don't know how to describe the smell but it makes you want to taste it. The taste is one of if not the best stout I have ever tasted. It has an amazing flavor while still being very light and mild (allot of dark beers make you feel like you just ate a meal). I would recommend this stout/beer for anyone who enjoys a flavorful beer. If you aren't a fan of darker beers trust me when I say give this one a chance it combines the best aspects of beers, Dark: Great Flavor without being bitter like allot of darker beers, Lighter: Very light with a mild taste that makes you want to keep drinking it.
I have for sure found my new favorite beer."
You are clearly a better judge of brew than you think.
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This quote is from a US beer quality site I use now and again;
"I wanted a beer one night while in San Francisco and I saw this beer in a 4 pack and it caught my attention. I decided to give it a shot. The first thing I noticed was the very mild smell, I don't know how to describe the smell but it makes you want to taste it. The taste is one of if not the best stout I have ever tasted. It has an amazing flavor while still being very light and mild (allot of dark beers make you feel like you just ate a meal). I would recommend this stout/beer for anyone who enjoys a flavorful beer. If you aren't a fan of darker beers trust me when I say give this one a chance it combines the best aspects of beers, Dark: Great Flavor without being bitter like allot of darker beers, Lighter: Very light with a mild taste that makes you want to keep drinking it.
I have for sure found my new favorite beer."
You are clearly a better judge of brew than you think.
As someone who drinks Guinness quite a bit and having always been surprised how mild it is, Allagash Black seemed to taste like you'd think Guinness would, but not so strong that you feel like you drank a glass of Jagermeister.
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Everything Allagash makes is good.
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Everything Allagash makes is good.
I had a few of their beers when we went to Maine last year. I like them too. Gotta get my hands on a few different ones from them.
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Allagash is a solid brewery and they are definitely a craft beer.
They're mostly known for emulating the Belgian beers but their black is pretty good. It's not my first choice when I want a dark/stout type brew, but its still pretty damn good.
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I bought a 750er of the Ommegang Take the Black Game of Thrones Stout. Will probably drink it tomorrow during the games... They had at least a few cases. If it's as good as the Iron Throne Blonde Ale, i'll probably buy a case (those suckers were going for crazy amounts of money on craigslist/ebay when supply dried up). Even though stouts are my favorite beer, I'm skeptical i'll like it because it has licorice in it, and licorice is freaking disgusting.
also stocked up on founders breakfast stout 4 packs. The guy at Total Wine said they were flying off the shelves and there were hardly any left. At first Founders just introduced it on tap in Florida, but looks like as of last week or two it's not available retail. seriously one of the best beers i've ever had. Sucks that it's only seasonal
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The FBS is all over the place around these parts. It's been around for years. One of my top 5 most reliable beers. I did a piece on Founders Brewery for the last site and the BS was the one I saved for last because its my favorite. I'd tell you to find their KBS but that's pretty rare. I've only had it once.
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The FBS is all over the place around these parts. It's been around for years. One of my top 5 most reliable beers. I did a piece on Founders Brewery for the last site and the BS was the one I saved for last because its my favorite. I'd tell you to find their KBS but that's pretty rare. I've only had it once.
Florida has ultra gay distribution laws. As I mentioned, stuff also like the growler laws are retarded(i.e. only can be filled at a brewery, and only in 32 oz and 128 oz). So sometimes it takes awhile for things to get here.
We literally JUST got New Belgium beers about 2 months ago.
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Had an Omnegang Amber and Saison last night. Thought both were very good.
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Ah! The weekend again.
http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/odell-lugene-chocolate-milk-stout
This cost me a serious wedge for six of these but thought it might be cool to try something you guys might have available. I purchased online from a pretty cool UK supplier but at $10 a bottle pretty expensive: is it good?
Oh yes, lovely stuff. If you like stout for a departure from the usual ales available this is seriously good. Loads of Chocolate, not too sweet but definitely not sharp, a wee hint of licorice at the finish. Seriously recommend if you can get your hands on it.
Now a bit off craft beer but I'm curious to know if you guys ever buy home kegs? I bought a nice little 5 litre (about 9 pints) of my favorite staple - Morlands Speckled Hen in a very new design home keg and it pours like straight from the local pub. A bit of control on the tap which allows extra pressure to give a nice creamy finish. Are these available and are they popular in the states? I've seen some Heineken and a few other developing these but this is the best design and pour I've seen.
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Now a bit off craft beer but I'm curious to know if you guys ever buy home kegs? I bought a nice little 5 litre (about 9 pints) of my favorite staple - Morlands Speckled Hen in a very new design home keg and it pours like straight from the local pub. A bit of control on the tap which allows extra pressure to give a nice creamy finish. Are these available and are they popular in the states? I've seen some Heineken and a few other developing these but this is the best design and pour I've seen.
I think my only mini-keg options around here are Heineken and Newcastle, but I haven't looked very hard. We have a Heineken mini-keg at every tailgate usually.
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I think my only mini-keg options around here are Heineken and Newcastle, but I haven't looked very hard. We have a Heineken mini-keg at every tailgate usually.
They're popular for people who have mini-keg fridges or home bars. That's about it for non-party use.
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Mini-kegs are sold in these parts. Ones I've seen: Heineken, Newcastle, different variations of Hacker-Schorr, variations of Paulaner, Gaffel-kolsch and I've seen the Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier once of twice. I'm skeptical of the mini-kegs because they usually don't have date of births on them, and, obviously, you can't see the beer so it's a hit-or-miss proposition for something that can be a little pricy.
I've had the Cigar City Jai Alai IPA recently, and the Westbrook IPA and the Coronado Idiot IPA (a double) that were both delicious. The Greenport Black Duck Porter was nice and I had Ommegang Adoration, a Belgian take on a winter warmer. Also has the He Said by 21st Amendment which is a 4-pack with 2 types of beer: a pumpkin tripel and a pumpkin Baltic porter. It was good, but overpriced for my opinion.
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Oh, Kuhnhenn Double Rice IPA on tap at my local distro...got a little 32 ouncer on Thursday night, one of THE best beer ever made, forget just IPAs.
And, Badge and Jfif, how have neither one of you had Lunch yet?
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Oh, Kuhnhenn Double Rice IPA on tap at my local distro...got a little 32 ouncer on Thursday night, one of THE best beer ever made, forget just IPAs.
And, Badge and Jfif, how have neither one of you had Lunch yet?
I've never seen it around.
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I've never seen it around.
If you see it anywhere, buy it immediately. It's $7.99 for a half-liter, but it is well worth the price. I've had Heady Topper before, and Lunch is the closest IPA I've had to it.
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Haha...I went and got a Lunch to have before this wedding we're going to tonight.
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Never seen it
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My wife is taking me to this as an early xmas present: https://www.livingsocial.com/events/cities/231-nyc-downtown/922547-livingsocial-s-beerfest
participating breweries
21st Amendment IPA, 21st Amendment Fireside Chat, Coney Island Pils, Coney Island Lager, Angry Orchard, Curious Traveler, Blue Moon Belgian White, Blue Moon Mountain Abbey, Captain Lawrence IPA, Captain Lawrence Winter, Estrella Damm, Tiger, Empire IPA, Empire Amber, Fire Island Frozen Tail, Fire Island Red Wagon IPA, Grolsch, Killians Red, Batch 19, 3rd Shift, Innis and Gunn Original, Innis and Gunn Rum Cask, Honey Brown Lager, Genessee Cream Ale, Ithaca Flower Power, Ithaca Cold Front, Keegans Mothers Milk, Keegans Hurricane Kitty, Kelso Winter Lager, Kelso Nut Brown, Avery Elli's Brown, Avery IPA, Negra Modelo, Modelo Especial, Pacifico, Victoria, Palm, Estaminet, Peak Fresh Cut Pilsner, Peak Winter Session, Sam Adams Lager, Sam Adams Winter Lager, Saranac Rudy's Spiced Christmas Ale, Saranac Pale Ale, Sly Fox Christmas Ale, Sly Fox Rt 113 IPA, Southampton Imperial Porter, Southampton Burton IPA, Dinkelacker Oktoberfest, Dinkelacker Pils, Uinta Baba Black Lager, Uinta Hop Notch IPA, Shipyard Blue Fin Stout, Shipyard Prelude, Sea Dog Bluepaw, Sea Dog Apricot, Menebrea Bionda, Menebrea Ambrata, Mike's Hard Winter Blackberry, Caymen Jack Margarita, Magners, Magners Pear, Hornsby Cider Crisp Apple, Hornsby Srawberry Lime, Kopparberg Pear, Sugar Hill, Bernards Premium, Bernards Pilsner, Shiner Holiday Cheer, Shiner Bock, He'Brew Genesis, He'Brew Hop Mana, Carlsberg, Kronenbourg, Bavik, Wittekerke, Schlafly Oatmeal Stout, Schlafly Dry Hopped APA, Coronado Islander IPA, Coronado Orange Avenue Wit
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Can anyone recommend me some whiskey? I usually drink Jameson, Bushmills, Jack.
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Can anyone recommend me some whiskey? I usually drink Jameson, Bushmills, Jack.
Highland Park Scotch
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Funny this got bumped ...
Drinking a growler of Mexican Cake by Westbrook.
Wow. Just. Wow. An immediate top 5 beer ever as far as I'm concerned.
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Can anyone recommend me some whiskey? I usually drink Jameson, Bushmills, Jack.
Irish, Tullamore Dew. American, Makers Mark or Bullitt
Scotch, Macallan, Glenlivet or Balvenie
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Funny this got bumped ...
Drinking a growler of Mexican Cake by Westbrook.
Wow. Just. Wow. An immediate top 5 beer ever as far as I'm concerned.
I used to live about five minutes from Westbrook Brewery.
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Westbrook is a pretty damn good brewery. I wouldnt mind living close to it.
This Mexican Cake is no joke. $18 for a 32oz. fill and I might just get another tomorrow. Amazing.
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I might need to find this for some of my beer bundle presents.
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I might need to find this for some of my beer bundle presents.
A bomber is damn near 20 bucks. I'm amazed my local store has it on tap. It's not gonna last long.
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Irish, Tullamore Dew. American, Makers Mark or Bullitt
Scotch, Macallan, Glenlivet or Balvenie
I laughed when I seen this post and Guins response. Dude knows his Whiskey.
Everyday of the week- my favorite is Macallan. Highland park is a close second.
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http://www.clownshoesbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/brown_angel1.jpg
I'm really impressed with the American craft beer scene and lots of the stuff is now becoming available in the UK.
Clown shoes getting serious reviews ( available by minimum order and I was wondering if you guys had tried it? This has to be available in Rattle and Hum surely?
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SJ just likes dat derriere on the label.
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For no reason at all, my favorite beers....
Stout: Anderson Valley Oatmeal Stout
Imperial stout: Westbrook Mexican Cake/Stone Russian Imperial (espresso)/Boulevard Dark Truth
Milk stout: Riverhorse Oatmeal Cookie Stout/Lefthand
IPA: Maine Lunch
Double IPA: Southern Tier Unearthly/Bear Republic Cafe Racer 15
Pale Ale: Lagunitas Dogtown/Southern Tier Live/Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale
Porter: Founders/Smuttynose Robust
Imperial Porter: Ballast Point Victory at Sea/Evil Twin Lil B
Amber: Anderson Valley Boont Amber
Red: Maine Zoe/Troegs Nugget Nectar
Scotch Ale: Oskar Blues Old Chub
Old ale: Founders Old Curmudgeon
Black IPA: Uinta Dubhe
Farmhouse/Saison: Westbrook Bearded Farmer (Thomas)/Boulevard Tank 7
Wheat: Weihenstephener
Dopplebock: Schneider Aventinus
Smoked beer: Aecht Schlenkerla Urbock
Winter warmer: Sixpoint Global Warmer
Summer: Ommegang Fleur de Houblon
Holiday: Anderson Valley Winter Solstice
Pumpkin: Schlafly Pumpkin Ale
Wit: Allagash White
Tripel: Chimay
Quad: Rochefort/(American) Boulevard Sixth Glass
40oz: Olde English
Cheap excrement: Pabst/Genessee Cream Ale
Go-to favorite beer: Founders Breakfast Stout
Sorry, just bored.
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I had a Young's double chocolate stout the other day. Pretty good. Just a hair stronger than Guinness.
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I had a Young's double chocolate stout the other day. Pretty good. Just a hair stronger than Guinness.
Currently my go-to beer, I'm not big on craft beers but in the winter I like something a bit heavier than the fizzy pee I usually drink.
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Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout by North Coast.
pretty damn good. The Marshall Zhukov by Cigar City and Oskar blues Tenfidy are my two fav RIS but this is excellent
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I wasn't going to but since it was only $6 for a bottle I got a 12oz of Goose Island Bourbon Stout. Clocks in at 14.2%.
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Someone get me this beer:
BrewDog Tactical Nuclear Penguin
Style: Imperial Stout
ABV: 32.00%
Calories: 960
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At forty quid a bottle you might have to smile sweetly at Santa.
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Someone get me this beer:
BrewDog Tactical Nuclear Penguin
Style: Imperial Stout
ABV: 32.00%
Calories: 960
I just saw an Evil Twin Bozo Beer last night. 17.2%. Didn't feel like dropping $20 on a bomber.
I just had BrewDog Hardcore IPA, 9.2%. Nothing special. Very, very piney smell though.
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Someone get me this beer:
BrewDog Tactical Nuclear Penguin
Style: Imperial Stout
ABV: 32.00%
Calories: 960
Sounds like someone carbonated some Jack Daniels.
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They're having a bottomless craft beer night at one of my local spots. $20 for all you can drink winter ales/Christmas beers on draft and a couple of other random beers like old chub scotch ale and highland park Gaelic.
Anderson valley winter solstice is part of that menu and ridiculously good.
Also lol @ this phony beer snob spouting off his bullshit to the bartender. I pwned him pretty bad. It's one thing to be a beer snob and another to be a beer snob full of excrement that doesn't know anything .
I'm guessing he's used to people in Miami not knowing excrement about beer. He was going on for 20 minutes about Belgium beer and I finally had to interject because he was obnoxiously full of excrement
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Got a sampler and a White Thai sixer at Westbrook earlier today...
The Raver
Dark Helmet
Big DIPA
Covert Hops
Capn Skoon's Ballistic Stout
Mexican Cake
Cake is the best they've done since they been open.
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Also lol @ this phony beer snob spouting off his bullshit to the bartender. I pwned him pretty bad. It's one thing to be a beer snob and another to be a beer snob full of excrement that doesn't know anything .
I'm guessing he's used to people in Miami not knowing excrement about beer. He was going on for 20 minutes about Belgium beer and I finally had to interject because he was obnoxiously full of excrement
Was he raving about Blue Moon or something?
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Was he raving about Blue Moon or something?
probably a hipster saying that Miller High Life is just as good.
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Was he raving about Blue Moon or something?
holy excrement, he absolutely was. and shock top
amazed you nailed that
he spent probably an hour and a half retelling the same story about how he went to belgium one time.."the delirium cafe had 2000 beers!"
douchebag just kept repeating himself.
When I mentioned the trappist breweries there he changed the subject because he had no clue what i was talking about. A fat, miami born douchebag trying too hard in front of a bartender and all the staff. It's pretty much par for the course.
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Westbrook really is good. Their IPA is top notch as is their double.
The Gose and the White Thai are both supposed to be top of their class, just not my cup of tea, so I've never had it. My only complaint is that up here in NY their brews are not cheap. I did get the Mexican Cake 3 freaking times even though it was as much as it was.
I was telling Badger I got the Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break Natale (pretty please with a cherry on top) bomber and I'm very excited about that. I'm thinking of busting open an AleSmith Speedway Stout bomber I've been aging for awhile now. My Brooklyn Black Ops bomber is almost 2 years old now, pretty stoked about that.
Jfif...keep learning 'em.
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Great Divide Hibernation, thanks for the hangover
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Great Divide Hibernation, thanks for the hangover
I had a 6 of that on Wednesday. Not bad, not great.
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Just made my holiday run, some stuff for us (Rauchbier, Blue Point Pumpkin Ale (on sale since they're trying to move them)), some stuff to supplement xmas gifts (Stone Smoked Porter, Rauchbier, Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout).
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Just had my first sip of Schlafly Tasmainian IPA. Wow, pinapple/citrus bomb. Not shabby at all. I have no will power, I got another Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break bomber, this one the DeCicco one that has hazelnut and chili peppers added. Supposed to be a great one.
Badger, solid choices. When do I get mine?
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Dunno if it qualifies for this thread, but I've been crushing Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Ales. delicious.
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Just had my first sip of Schlafly Tasmainian IPA. Wow, pinapple/citrus bomb. Not shabby at all. I have no will power, I got another Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break bomber, this one the DeCicco one that has hazelnut and chili peppers added. Supposed to be a great one.
Badger, solid choices. When do I get mine?
As soon as you come out to Queens.
Edit: you already got a cookie, didn't you?
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Just had my first sip of Schlafly Tasmainian IPA. Wow, pinapple/citrus bomb. Not shabby at all. I have no will power, I got another Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break bomber, this one the DeCicco one that has hazelnut and chili peppers added. Supposed to be a great one.
Badger, solid choices. When do I get mine?
He's wrapping it. May take a while.
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been crushing the Micro Breweries down here in Virginia. 3 Notches Brewpub last night, Wild Wolf and Blue Mountain Brewery today
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Had Ommegang Adoration Dark Ale tonight. 10%, and I really like dark Belgian Ales.
Girlfriend had a dirtwolf Double IPA from Victory Beer, it was extremely citrusy, she liked it though.
Also split a Hoponius Union from Jack's Abbey - incredibly clean tasting but IPA like. Was enjoyable even though it's not really my preference.
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Anyone drinking anything special tonight?
We're not doing excrement so I got some growlers yesterday, managed not to drink them yesterday, so they should still be nice and fresh.
Starting with the 32oz of Dark Horse Black Bier (7.5%)
Moving on to the 32 oz of Oyster Bay Brewing Oyster Stout (9%, and real local)
Finishing (if possible) with a 25oz bomber of AleSmith Speedway Stout that's almost 9 months old. Hmmmmm. My father in law and a buddy are coming over, so maybe, just maybe, I'll share some of it.
Picked up a bomber of Evil Twin Even More Jesus and a bottle of Mikkeller Black which clocks in at a whopping 18.1%! And, Jim idk if you've heard of this before, picked up a bottle of Meantime Coffee Porter which is supposed to be an English treasure.
Happy New Years you fucks.
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Thinking about running by Total Wine and getting a 6 pack of something random. All I have at the house is Yuengling.
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Settled on Young's Double Chocolate and Dixie lager.
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Started the New Year with a couple of decent brews.
A Victory Imperial Hop Ranch DIPA, brand spanking new, absolutely delicious. 2nd, another of the Schlafly Tasmanian IPAs, a nice follow up, into a bomber of Yule Tide, an imperial red ale aged in rum barrels by Heavy Seas. Not bad, not great, easy sipper at 9%, though. Wanted to end the Holidays with something "festive."
Taking it easy tonight, happy New Years.
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The AleSmith was a great brew, very nice stout, but I still prefer the Mexican cake, biscotti break and the Stone Espresso RIS over it. Great brew to change years to, though, have to say.
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Lagunitas. Sucks.
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Had a half growler of Oskar Blues Ten Fidy tonight. freaking awesome.
Can I again say how great this year's Lagunitas Sucks is?
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Not really craft beer, but the popular one here is called San Miguel. It's not too bad.
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I split a 30 pack of Milwaukee's Best Ice with my brother over the weekend.
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hahahaha
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Had a half growler of Oskar Blues Ten Fidy tonight. freaking awesome.
Can I again say how great this year's Lagunitas Sucks is?
told you it was good
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told you it was good
The tenfidy? I'd had it before, just never on draught. Fantastic.
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Had a Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar. Holy excrement was that good.
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Had a Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar. Holy excrement was that good.
I love Rogue, one of my favorite breweries.
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Rogue is good but they tend to overhop a lot of stuff.
some of their concoctions are awful..like the voodoo donut excrement
I really enjoyed the Hazelnut the first time i had it. bought it again and didn't enjoy it as much.
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I love Rogue, one of my favorite breweries.
I don't know as much as you guys about craft beers but I try to have different ones when I'm out and about. That and the Young's Double Chocolate are my recent favorites. I also had the Rogue Santa's Private Reserve tonight. Didn't like it but I haven't had too many red ales that I do like.
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I don't know as much as you guys about craft beers but I try to have different ones when I'm out and about. That and the Young's Double Chocolate are my recent favorites. I also had the Rogue Santa's Private Reserve tonight. Didn't like it but I haven't had too many red ales that I do like.
My favorite Rogue is Dead Guy.
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Rogue double chocolate stout is amazing.
their regular chocolate stout is gross
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I had Founders KBS on tap tonight.
Whut?
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bastard
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bastard
It was glorious. I felt like that guy from the Highlander movie.
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They have Terrapin wake and bake oatmeal stout at one of my fav dive/burger joints and I'm here now.
Also have dogfish worldwide stout. (Bottles for both , not draft ). Gonna try one of them ...not sure which yet.
But right now gonna enjoy their power hour where certain beers only a dollar. Dogfish 60, Avery IPA, left hand nitro,or lagunita pils among others for a buck isn't bad....
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Safe to say the wake and bake is their attempt to duplicate the FBS except with a touch of cinnamon. It's really good
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It was glorious. I felt like that guy from the Highlander movie.
The one that got his head cut off?
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The one that got his head cut off?
There can only be one!!!
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They don't distribute Terrapin to NY but I've read a lot of good things about that beer. I would love to try it.
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They don't distribute Terrapin to NY but I've read a lot of good things about that beer. I would love to try it.
#RealTalk
The brewery is right here in Athens, and I hit it up a lot. Most of their beers are pretty f'n hoppy, so I tend to prefer their Golden Ale. A few years back, my band would play at the brewery, and part of the payment was a case of beer per band member -- our bassist didn't drink, so we would end up with a excrement ton of beer where my guitarist and I lived. Good f'n times.
Incidentally, a new brewery is opening in Athens, GA called Creature Comforts, that specializes in sour beer. I'm looking forward to that. Athens is becoming quite the Mecca for micro-brew.
http://creaturecomfortsbeer.com/
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They don't distribute Terrapin to NY but I've read a lot of good things about that beer. I would love to try it.
I've been less than impressed by their other beers, but that one is excellent.
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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/01/10/261398742/american-beer-fans-praise-the-heavens-a-trappist-brewery-in-u-s
I had to look up what Trappist beer was.
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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/01/10/261398742/american-beer-fans-praise-the-heavens-a-trappist-brewery-in-u-s
I had to look up what Trappist beer was.
trappist beer is the best beer.
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Had a Bourbon County Barleywine on tap tonight.
I'm on fire lately.
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What is the point of buying a growler over bottles? Is it cheaper to buy beer that way? Taste better? Maybe some beers aren't in stores and that's the only way to get them? Just curious.
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The key to the growler is that you're getting a beer on tap as opposed to a beer in a bottle or can. Meaning it should taste better because its almost certainly gonna be fresher.
A growler should also be cheaper if you look at it from the perspective of $/ounce.
And, your last question is true. Some breweries have beers they don't bottle so getting it on tap in a growler might be your only way to get it. Some real small breweries don't bottle or can, period.
Bo, always go the growler route if possible. That's my best advice.
My birthday is Tuesday, and were going out to eat tonight, so you best believe I'm getting some kind of growler afterward.
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Once you buy a growler will most breweries refill the same one no matter where it's from?
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Once you buy a growler will most breweries refill the same one no matter where it's from?
Yes. Get a 64 oz one and a 32 oz one.
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Yes. Get a 64 oz one and a 32 oz one.
if i'm not mistaken, he doesn't live in NY. All that stuff depends on state laws as you know how me and IJR have complained about the ridiculous growler laws and regulations in our respective state
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You can get growlers in Virginia, I just don't know much else about it. A lot of the breweries advertise it.
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You can get growlers in Virginia, I just don't know much else about it. A lot of the breweries advertise it.
yeah but in NY you can fill your growlers at basically any bar. you don't have to go to a brewery
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Did I mention the roll I've been on? Samuel Adams Utopia.
Happy birthday to me.
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Did I mention the roll I've been on? Samuel Adams Utopia.
Happy birthday to me.
I had some of that last year. Wish I had more.
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Just had my first Bell's Two Hearted with dinner (they never distributed to NY before), just absolutely a delicious IPA.
Also, Smuttynose Durty, a "hoppy brown ale" is a WOW for me. Such an original taste, and perfect for the cool weather. This has potential to be my next favorite. $10.99 for a 6-pack is good, too.
Had a Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast after my 5K yesterday. Just an awesome oatmeal stout. Perfect coffee, roasty smell and taste.
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Yeah, Bells two hearted is very good. I can even find it at the supermarket here (craft beer selection at the biggest supermarket chain here is generally trash....if you're lucky they have Chimay and Duvel and a few random blue point or basic Stone beers). Whole Foods though has a nice selection
I'm drinking a Broooklyn Black chocolate stout right now. It's really smooth. I like the kick that many good russian imperials (or american doubles) have but this is more of an easy drinker and I love it.
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Yeah, Bells two hearted is very good. I can even find it at the supermarket here (craft beer selection at the biggest supermarket chain here is generally trash....if you're lucky they have Chimay and Duvel and a few random blue point or basic Stone beers). Whole Foods though has a nice selection
I'm drinking a Broooklyn Black chocolate stout right now. It's really smooth. I like the kick that many good russian imperials (or american doubles) have but this is more of an easy drinker and I love it.
That's probably Brooklyn's best beer.
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That's probably Brooklyn's best beer.
I've heard good things about black ops too
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Just had my first Bell's Two Hearted with dinner (they never distributed to NY before), just absolutely a delicious IPA.
Also, Smuttynose Durty, a "hoppy brown ale" is a WOW for me. Such an original taste, and perfect for the cool weather. This has potential to be my next favorite. $10.99 for a 6-pack is good, too.
Had a Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast after my 5K yesterday. Just an awesome oatmeal stout. Perfect coffee, roasty smell and taste.
They have the smuttynose durty on draft here (drank a beer at home, walked to the post office , stopped at the bar lol ).
Gonna give it a go
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Also, Smuttynose Durty, a "hoppy brown ale" is a WOW for me. Such an original taste, and perfect for the cool weather.
This is the most overrated beer you've ever backed. I rarely disagree with your recommendations either.
It was pretty much like any *average* brown ale with some hops. I even told the bar manager who i'm friends with that someone told me it was amazing, and he just kind of didn't say anything (as to say...yeah it's ok). Then I sampled it and was like meh....i get why
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Finally enjoying my Rauchbier. I still have a Pumking in the fridge that I need to get to.
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Finally enjoying my Rauchbier. I still have a Pumking in the fridge that I need to get to.
I took one sip of that and I was done.
It's cloying and gave me a headache. I was pissed at my friend for imploring me to get it. Most pumpkin beers give me headaches though. I have no idea why, but I imagine it's something in them that is a clear migraine trigger.
seriously though, it's pretty cool for a sip and then you're like "there's no way you can drink 12 ozs of this"...or 22 ozs in my case. The cinnamon and nutmeg are just way too much
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This is the most overrated beer you've ever backed. I rarely disagree with your recommendations either.
It was pretty much like any *average* brown ale with some hops. I even told the bar manager who i'm friends with that someone told me it was amazing, and he just kind of didn't say anything (as to say...yeah it's ok). Then I sampled it and was like meh....i get why
You're not me. So I don't see what the problem is. I don't jerk off to Belgian beers but I don't excrement down your throat because I disagree.
I have a bottle of Black Ops that's 2 years old on Feb. 6. Can't wait.
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Not everyone is gonna have the same palate. I'm kinda surprised you'd feel the need to destroy my opinion on it. I love the freaking beer. I'm freaking drinking it right now, and I've given a few away and they've all loved it.
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lol, not sure why you took it personal and got all defensive. I guessed you missed the part where I said your recommendations are always on point. It was more a compliment than an indictment
I was drunk when I wrote it but I don't think it was overly abrasive or anything.
Just seemed like an average brown ale to me. You don't have to take it as an affront to your beerhood or anything
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A simple "I didn't care for it" would have gotten your point across.
I didn't take it personally, but my brother-in-law has a tendency of shitting on people if they don't agree with his style of beer (which I don't like) so I might have read your comment that way.
I'm happy anyone drinks beer not made by the big three, but I don't expect people to like everything I like and vice versa. One person's Nirvana might be someone else's toilet water.
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If you don't drink PBR then freak you!
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Who knew Bo was a dirty hipster?
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Who knew Bo was a dirty hipster?
just a cheap bastard with no taste buds.
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One person's Nirvana might be someone else's toilet water.
This is the most overrated band you've ever backed. I rarely disagree with your recommendations either.
It was pretty much like any *average* rock band with some songs. I even told the DJ who i'm friends with that someone told me it was amazing, and he just kind of didn't say anything (as to say...yeah it's ok). Then I sampled it and was like meh....i get why
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This is the most overrated band you've ever backed. I rarely disagree with your recommendations either.
It was pretty much like any *average* rock band with some songs. I even told the DJ who i'm friends with that someone told me it was amazing, and he just kind of didn't say anything (as to say...yeah it's ok). Then I sampled it and was like meh....i get why
hahaha.dick
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A simple "I didn't care for it" would have gotten your point across.
I didn't take it personally, but my brother-in-law has a tendency of shitting on people if they don't agree with his style of beer (which I don't like) so I might have read your comment that way.
I'm happy anyone drinks beer not made by the big three, but I don't expect people to like everything I like and vice versa. One person's Nirvana might be someone else's toilet water.
No, I don't do that. The only people i excrement on are people who act snobby when they actually dont know excrement (i.e. guy throwing a tantrum they dont have stella at a craft beer bar or guy raving about how great SHock Top is while making a bunch of excrement up to impress the bartender).
I love brown ales, so it wasn't a style thing. I got sort of excited when I saw it on the draft list because I remembered that post. When I tried it, i was a little disappointed (again, because I like brown ales to start). That's all. The whole bar manager part was probably unnecessary but I was already pretty drunk at that point.
Then again,at the time I probably didn't realize you haven't had the maduro cigar city brown ale (which you can get virtually anywhere here in Florida ). Solid but sort of unspectacular brown ale that i used to drink a good bit because it was cheap and easy to find. Immediately thought of that when I tried it, because they're similar.
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Hoppy brown ale is something I'm not that familiar with. To me it tastes like a Nut Brown ale ala Sammy Smith with some bite.
Anyone I know that tried liked it, and it got like a 92 rating on BA, so it's pretty highly regarded by most people. Not you, and that's ok.
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Hoppy brown ale is something I'm not that familiar with. To me it tastes like a Nut Brown ale ala Sammy Smith with some bite.
Anyone I know that tried liked it, and it got like a 92 rating on BA, so it's pretty highly regarded by most people. Not you, and that's ok.
yeah, i noticed that after the fact.
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Enough of this. Drinking an ice freaking cold Laggy Sucks watching this outdoor game. Hitting the spot.
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Enough of this. Drinking an ice freaking cold Laggy Sucks watching this outdoor game. Hitting the spot.
They must not sell the Sucks in Florida because everywhere I've went from Total wine to whole foods to any craft beer bar doesn't have it. I've been lookin for it since the old thread on YDKF when I think IJR/coop mentioned it.
The lil sumptin and the IPA are everywhere but I'm not sure they distribute sucks in Florida. Knowing the ridiculous laws sometimes here in regards to beer distribution , I wouldn't be surprised if it had something to do with having te word sucks on the label (I forget which state; but they can't sell FBS because of the baby on the front of an alcohol beverage). But then again, I've seen Flying fish ragin bitch plenty so it's probably something else
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Guys I just tried a Smuttynose Durty. Holy excrement did that suck. I know why it's a brown ale because it's excrement. You have to be a giant moron to like that garbage, I can't believe anyone would recommend it.
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Guys I just tried a Smuttynose Durty. Holy excrement did that suck. I know why it's a brown ale because it's excrement. You have to be a giant moron to like that garbage, I can't believe anyone would recommend it.
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Having this now: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/820/2560/
Only picked it because it had the word "hell"
It's fuckn awesome
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Having this now: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/820/2560/
Only picked it because it had the word "hell"
It's fuckn awesome
That does sound good.
You should drink anything Hitachino over there. Their prices are kinda obscene here, but they should be cheaper there. Anything of theirs I've had is great.
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Had a Bruery Saison Rue with dinner tonight at the Carthay Circle (Disneyland). It was fantastic.
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Bruery has a great reputation. Their prices, they only sell bombers, are kinda obscene, too.
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Going to Smartmouth brewery in Norfolk, VA tomorrow. Gonna buy a growler of something.
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Bruery has a great reputation. Their prices, they only sell bombers, are kinda obscene, too.
No listed price. I didn't even check the receipt at that point. It was $190 after tip with a 50% discount. 3 adults and 2 kids.
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The weekend Ahh! My wife and daughter are headed off to the London for the weekend to see some lass called Taylor Swift at the 02 so I am on my own looking after my son. Peace- almost anyway.
Super Bowl weekend and I have procured a very tasty case of my favorite American beer Founders "Dirty Bastard". Only available by mail order here from a great supplier in London but this is great stuff. Watching the Super Bowl in my teams house called for something special and Budweiser didn't seem right. Hope some of you more learned dudes who know their brew will know this great beer.
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A Scotch Ale, naturally. I had it a few years ago. Good stuff.
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Yes. The Dirty Bastard is a good scotch ale. Strong too, 8.7% if I'm not mistaken. Jim, try the Oskar Blues Old Chub. Pretty good scotch ale, too.
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Blue Point selling out: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/anheuser-busch-buy-blue-point-brewing-22373741
Anheuser Busch InBev's U.S. arm is buying craft brewer Blue Point Brewing Co.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
Blue Point makes more than 40 craft beers, including Toasted Lager, Hoptical Illusion, Blueberry Ale and seasonal brands, among others. Founded in 1998, it's the 34th largest craft brewery in the U.S.
Anheuser Busch said Wednesday that the deal will bring additional resources to Blue Point's operations, allowing it to meet growing consumer demand for its brands. Anheuser-Busch said it plans to invest in Blue Point to help grow its operational capabilities over the next few years.
Blue Point will continue to be based in Patchogue, N.Y.
The deal is expected to close early in the second quarter.
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^big topic of discussion on BA right now.
I say, good for them. I hate to say it because its kind of my "local" brewery and I've been there a bunch of times, but they're an average brewery.
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^big topic of discussion on BA right now.
I say, good for them. I hate to say it because its kind of my "local" brewery and I've been there a bunch of times, but they're an average brewery.
Well they call you an average customer so there's that.
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At least they'll be able to increase production. Their setup was pretty modest.
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Never really cared for them. Like you said, average brewery.
Anyways
Picked up a 4 pack of Eviltwin Lil B last night at whole foods. Imperial porter 11.5% abv. Not sure if I like it yet. Reminds me of the ten fidy at first but then the alcohol takes over in the finish, which I don't like. Not as smooth a drinker as the Cigar City Marshall Zhukov or Oskar Blues tenfidy (those are imperial stouts though).
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Jim....thought you'd get a kick out of the fact I'm drinking a Mackeson's XXX Stout right now. My first in ages.
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http://www.rattlenhumbarnyc.com/events/bells-brewery-event/
9 hours until I am at the pub.
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You going with Chuck?
Maybe you can get drunk enough and reenact the scene of all scenes.
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You going with Chuck?
Maybe you can get drunk enough and reenact the scene of all scenes.
We're going to reenact Dan Dority vs The Captain in the middle of 33rd St.
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We're going to reenact Dan Dority vs The Captain in the middle of 33rd St.
Oh the real greatest scene ever? Nice
Just make sure you pack it like a snowball.
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Expedition and Hopslam....mmmmmm *frothing at mouth*
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Jim....thought you'd get a kick out of the fact I'm drinking a Mackeson's XXX Stout right now. My first in ages.
Great wee stout. Often drunk here as a half and half with stronger ale- sort of Black and Tan but nicer.
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Anderson Valley Hop Ottin is my new favorite IPA.
probably because it's not a super citrusy type IPA. I still drink those...used to hate them, but they're still not my favorite
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Popped open a 2 year, 10 day old bomber of Brooklyn Black Ops in honor of having this week off. Nose and taste just like a bag of assorted licorice and a bit of single malt scotch. Awesome.
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Got my uncle an Ommegang Wild at Heart and a Stone Cali-Belgique for his birthday. Should be good.
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^you give good gifts.
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I had a Houblon Chouffe Dobbelen last night on tap. Probably the best Belgian bier I've ever had. Also, snagged a 6 of DuClaw Sweet Baby Jesus, a Chocolate Penaut Butter porter that was pretty freaking tasty. Props to Cato on that one.
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I had a Houblon Chouffe Dobbelen last night on tap. Probably the best Belgian bier I've ever had. Also, snagged a 6 of DuClaw Sweet Baby Jesus, a Chocolate Penaut Butter porter that was pretty freaking tasty. Props to Cato on that one.
that sounds amazing
unfortunately looks like Duclaw doesn't distribute to Florida
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that sounds amazing
I wouldn't put it in the amazing category, but the better than average category. The nose is definitely a little better than the taste, but it's still a damn good porter.
I know you love Belgians, and you like IPAs, the Houblon was the funbags.
An edit to your edit: They don't distribute here either, I was pretty shocked to see it on the shelf. Albeit, a pretty nice drive for me.
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I drank this tonight. I must be going nuts because I wasn't really blown away by it.
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Hey guys, I now manage a small specialty beverage store in Suffolk VA. My main drive has been expanding our craft beers and I have a pretty good selection so far. One of my main distributors had a public webstite.
http://www.hoffmanbeverage.com/beverages/craft-other
Anything on that list that you guys think would be a good idea for me to put in my store please let me know. Just looking to draw on your knowledge of beers you have had and what you liked about them. Ill post a list of the one I already have in there sometime later.
Let me know the killer excrement.
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My top breweries from that craft list, with my favorites from each:
Southern Tier (Unearthly, Creme Brulee, 2X Milk Stout)
Harpoon (Leviathan, IPA, UFO Hefeweizen)
Lagunitas (Brown Shugga', IPA, Hop Stoopid)
Victory (Hop Devil, Prima Pils, Storm King Stout)
Weyerbacher (Blithering Idiot, and all the rest, I don't think they make a single bad beer)
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I have a list of my favorite beers, every style, a few pages back. Ian, if you want specifics, let me know...
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For no reason at all, my favorite beers....
Stout: Anderson Valley Oatmeal Stout
Imperial stout: Westbrook Mexican Cake/Stone Russian Imperial (espresso)/Boulevard Dark Truth
Milk stout: Riverhorse Oatmeal Cookie Stout/Lefthand
IPA: Maine Lunch
Double IPA: Southern Tier Unearthly/Bear Republic Cafe Racer 15
Pale Ale: Lagunitas Dogtown/Southern Tier Live/Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale
Porter: Founders/Smuttynose Robust
Imperial Porter: Ballast Point Victory at Sea/Evil Twin Lil B
Amber: Anderson Valley Boont Amber
Red: Maine Zoe/Troegs Nugget Nectar
Scotch Ale: Oskar Blues Old Chub
Old ale: Founders Old Curmudgeon
Black IPA: Uinta Dubhe
Farmhouse/Saison: Westbrook Bearded Farmer (Thomas)/Boulevard Tank 7
Wheat: Weihenstephener
Dopplebock: Schneider Aventinus
Smoked beer: Aecht Schlenkerla Urbock
Winter warmer: Sixpoint Global Warmer
Summer: Ommegang Fleur de Houblon
Holiday: Anderson Valley Winter Solstice
Pumpkin: Schlafly Pumpkin Ale
Wit: Allagash White
Tripel: Chimay
Quad: Rochefort/(American) Boulevard Sixth Glass
40oz: Olde English
Cheap excrement: Pabst/Genessee Cream Ale
Go-to favorite beer: Founders Breakfast Stout
Sorry, just bored.
Bumped
I'd say about 95% isn't available from that distributor.
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Bumped
I'd say about 95% isn't available from that distributor.
Funniest thing about that list, it's only been a few months and I'd already change a bunch of excrement on that list. I had Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald and Zombie Dust APA and those would both go to the top of those lists.
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There are a lot of imports and small breweries on that website I've never heard of. I'd add Oskar Blues to Badgers list. If its American excrement you're looking for, there's not a whole lot there.
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JFIF....eat your heart out.
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JFIF....eat your heart out.
bastard.
i thought that only comes out in april?
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bastard.
i thought that only comes out in april?
It's from 2013. It was delicious and I have one left. I have one of those BCBCSs left I think I'm going to save for when we have our kid (late July, early August).
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Yesterday was stout day...
Started with 2 IPAs: the Cigar City Jai Alai aged on white oak and a Long Trail Limbo then moved onto a St. Peter's Cream Stout (old school), a Brooklyn Dry Irish Stout, a Founders Imperial Stout, the KBS and finished off with a Bell's Kalamazoo Stout.
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Ive got the creme brulee and 2x milk on the way.
I had 1 or 2 weyerbachers on order as well but i may give the whole line a shot.
Ive got oskar blues tenfidy and g'night in the store already. Havent been moving too well.
Just got in Long trail limbo.
Working on gettin more harpoon and victory.
And Ive also got the brown shugga as well as little sumpin.
Also got sweet baby jesus and venom in, sbj sold out in 1 weekend, venom....not so much.
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I was pretty wasted but the Gulden Draak by van steenburge, Im pretty sure i really enjoy it. They have a darker version as well that i ordered.
Also Peoples porter by foothills and delerium nocturnum and noel was pretty good.
I also have an area set aside for meade, we had vikings blood, but am looking for a suitable replacement, any suggestions?
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Isn't Meade like 40 proof it close to it?
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That limbo IPA is surprisingly good. Best long trail I've ever had. Gulden draak is a great/borderline world class beer.
Ian...*brain churning* when was the ten fidy canned? If its more than 8 months old, send that excrement to me.
Get the Dale's Pale Ale and the Old Chub, those are reasonably priced craft beer that "normal" drinkers will like.
And...Lagunitas Sucks. If its not in your store, it should be. The Dogtown PA is a nice "sessionable" beer that most folks will like that's relatively cheap. You should prob get any Lagunitas you can. They are good beers, usually good prices.
The above paragraph fits Victory as well. The Dirtwolf and Imperial Hop Ranch are very highly respected and are both $10 for a 4-pack. Very, very good price. Worth the hype too.
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Isn't Meade like 40 proof it close to it?
Some varieties can be 20% abv i think, but for the most part they're around the same as wine or mildly strong beers...like 8-12% abv
basically just fermented with honey instead of grapes.
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Gulden Draak 9000 is one of my favorite non trappist quads.
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This sounds interesting:
http://beerunion.com/features/transmitter-brewing-coming-soon-to-queens/
Rob Kolb and Anthony Accardi founded the brewery with a focus on traditional and farmhouse ales. They’re going to sell their beers through a Community Supported Beer (CSB) program, where people can purchase shares of the brewery and receive regular allotments of beer in return.
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Flying Dog Oyster Stout tonight. Pretty good. Drug company is paying. Even better.
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Flying Dog Oyster Stout tonight. Pretty good. Drug company is paying. Even better.
Are they pushing Viagra for dogs?
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Are they pushing Viagra for dogs?
. You laugh......there are certain heart issues that can be treated with it.
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. You laugh.....
not really.
But I'm not sure how many other people know that Viagra was actually created to be a heart med. It was just a failed one.
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On to Alewerks coffeehouse stout. Seems a little stronger.
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On to Alewerks coffeehouse stout. Seems a little stronger.
it's not.
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Anybody from the NYC area go to the Craft beer fest on Lexington Ave the weekend of Feb 28? Pretty solid
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it's not.
ITS MY PALATE DAMMIT!!!
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Aaaaand I may need a ride home.
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Anybody from the NYC area go to the Craft beer fest on Lexington Ave the weekend of Feb 28? Pretty solid
I went to two other craft beer fests last year and I've decided I probably shouldn't go to them anymore.
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I went to two other craft beer fests last year and I've decided I probably shouldn't go to them anymore.
why?
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why?
Because I drink nonstop until my head feels like it's exploding.
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Lagunitas doesn't suck, you suck.
Bhahahaha
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I'm drinking a 12% imperial stout tonight, btw.
Ho-freaking-hum
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Lagunitas doesn't suck, you suck.
Bhahahaha
I finally found it, at a gas station of all places (with a very wide selection of craft beer, but still)
no wonder you were raving about it. damn good. way better than their regular IPA
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I finally found it, at a gas station of all places (with a very wide selection of craft beer, but still)
no wonder you were raving about it. damn good. way better than their regular IPA
I don't know exactly why, but this year's batch was amazing. Danky, danky, danky. Love the smell, and the taste is even better.
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Had my first Rogue Dead Guy. Good. I'm learning.
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Had my first Rogue Dead Guy. Good. I'm learning.
Love that beer.
Having some huge mugs of beer at Houston Hall right now.
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Oh my lord.
Victory Hopdevil.
THIS is my new favorite ipa.
I also have a bomber of the southern tier Chokolat and another of the great divide chocolate oak aged yeti.
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Fuller's London Porter tonight. It's OK. Continuing education meeting. Great food. I ain't payin'
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Got a bomber of Hoppin Frog Gangster Frog IPA
The bottle intrigued me, beeradvocate review sealed the deal.
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Got a bomber of Hoppin Frog Gangster Frog IPA
The bottle intrigued me, beeradvocate review sealed the deal.
The Hoppin' Frog is big on that site.
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I went from Maine Another One to Ithaca Hopbloem to Stone Enjoy By 4.20.14 to Bells Hopslam tonight.
Just another day...
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The Hoppin' Frog is big on that site.
I've seen their other varieties but never really bothered. This one was super tasty.
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Gangster Frog sounds like an AIM username I would have come up with when I was 13.
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Gangster Frog sounds like an AIM username I would have come up with when I was 13.
best bottle art ever
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I've seen their other varieties but never really bothered. This one was super tasty.
The imperial oatmeal stout is supposed to be world class, but I've never had it.
Drinking Dragon's Milk right now. Awesome bourbon barrel milk stout. Love this excrement.
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The imperial oatmeal stout is supposed to be world class, but I've never had it.
damn. i passed on that today. it was $15.99 for a bomber, which is pretty pricey. I wasn't even sure if it was the one you mentioned, but now that I checked back in the thread it is. It was either that or the rogue double chocolate 750ml (which i love, but seems to be only seasonal) and i went with the Rogue for $12.
I'm on a budget so i just grabbed a few things. Maybe i'll go back to Total Wine next week just for that.
I'm drinking the Green Flash West Coast IPA right now and loving it. And Total Wine finally got Ballast Point Sculpin back in. It was nowhere to be found here for awhile..just bigeye. Maybe it was becaues they did a major label overhaul. I haven't had it in over a year + , one of the first craft beers i tried.
Been on a Belgian kick and it's making me even more broke than I already am. $5-6 a bottle adds up quick at home.
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My new ritual every Friday is to stop at Bottle King/Total Wine to get a bomber and a 6 pack. I end up drinking the bomber as my post-workweek treat and eventually the 6 on top of whatever else I have at the bar that night. It's resulting in some awful Saturday morning hangovers so I may stop this tradition sooner or later.
That being said.. last purchase was a Stone Self Righteous Ale which I disliked completely. Usually a fan of Stone's offerings but the aftertaste on this one offended me. Earth/malt/brandy flavor. Last week I had a Brooklyn Local 1 and a Brooklyn Wild Streak. Both good.
Have another bomber of Saison de Lente from The Bruery which I'll probably drink this week. Only bought it because it's Lent and I was feeling festive. Can report my findings if anyone gives a excrement.
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My new ritual every Friday is to stop at Bottle King/Total Wine to get a bomber and a 6 pack. I end up drinking the bomber as my post-workweek treat and eventually the 6 on top of whatever else I have at the bar that night. It's resulting in some awful Saturday morning hangovers so I may stop this tradition sooner or later.
That being said.. last purchase was a Stone Self Righteous Ale which I disliked completely. Usually a fan of Stone's offerings but the aftertaste on this one offended me. Earth/malt/brandy flavor. Last week I had a Brooklyn Local 1 and a Brooklyn Wild Streak. Both good.
Have another bomber of Saison de Lente from The Bruery which I'll probably drink this week. Only bought it because it's Lent and I was feeling festive. Can report my findings if anyone gives a excrement.
Try taking an antihistamine (not Benadryl.take Zyrtec, Claritin etc) the day you plan on drinking. If you do that and drink a lot of water there's a good chance you'll avoid a nasty hangover..
But yeah it's a little overkill to drink a sixer of craft beer + go to the bar. Especially since I drink stuff that's generally higher abv I only need 4-5 beers (total) and I'm more than good.
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Try taking an antihistamine (not Benadryl.take Zyrtec, Claritin etc) the day you plan on drinking. If you do that and drink a lot of water there's a good chance you'll avoid a nasty hangover..
But yeah it's a little overkill to drink a sixer of craft beer + go to the bar. Especially since I drink stuff that's generally higher abv I only need 4-5 beers (total) and I'm more than good.
Interesting.. never heard of that tactic. Granted.. I'm about to google this to make sure you're not sending me to my grave.
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Interesting.. never heard of that tactic. Granted.. I'm about to google this to make sure you're not sending me to my grave.
Mix ammonia and bleach in a cup and take whiffs of it throughout the night.
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Interesting.. never heard of that tactic. Granted.. I'm about to google this to make sure you're not sending me to my grave.
I'm not.
There's a lot of histamines in beer and wine especially. People think it's sulfites but that's not true. It doesn't work for everyone but it works for some.
Definitely does for me.
If you find yourself stuffed up in the mornings (assuming you didn't do a bunch of blow), then it's pretty guaranteed the histamines are a big part of the hangover.
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http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/20/alcohol-may-trigger-allergies/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0
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My new ritual every Friday is to stop at Bottle King/Total Wine to get a bomber and a 6 pack. I end up drinking the bomber as my post-workweek treat and eventually the 6 on top of whatever else I have at the bar that night. It's resulting in some awful Saturday morning hangovers so I may stop this tradition sooner or later.
That being said.. last purchase was a Stone Self Righteous Ale which I disliked completely. Usually a fan of Stone's offerings but the aftertaste on this one offended me. Earth/malt/brandy flavor. Last week I had a Brooklyn Local 1 and a Brooklyn Wild Streak. Both good.
Have another bomber of Saison de Lente from The Bruery which I'll probably drink this week. Only bought it because it's Lent and I was feeling festive. Can report my findings if anyone gives a excrement.
*sniff*
I'm proud of you son.
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I've been drinking craft beers for years but I'm anti beer-snob. Not to say any one here falls into that category but I've come across some extra douchy beer elitists that make me hate the culture sometimes.
I'm a man of the common folk and will never turn down a can of room temp Natty Light though. The way John Paul II would have wanted it.
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I've been drinking craft beers for years but I'm anti beer-snob. Not to say any one here falls into that category but I've come across some extra douchy beer elitists that make me hate the culture sometimes.
I'm a man of the common folk and will never turn down a can of room temp Natty Light though. The way John Paul II would have wanted it.
I don't know if this makes complete sense, but I won't settle for just something, but I'd drink anything.
I would never tell anyone what they should drink, nor would I mock someone for what they are drinking. What I would do, if asked, is give what I think would be an educated suggestion based on what someone may like.
Just to add...there are a lot of douches around and funny enough, they rarely really know what the hell they are talking about. They tend to talk down to people which is the perfect way to turn people off from trying to expand their tastes and palette.
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I've been drinking craft beers for years but I'm anti beer-snob. Not to say any one here falls into that category but I've come across some extra douchy beer elitists that make me hate the culture sometimes.
I'm a man of the common folk and will never turn down a can of room temp Natty Light though. The way John Paul II would have wanted it.
I've definitely become a beer snob to an extent. But mostly to my self, not when it comes to other people. I like telling people about beer that don't know about beer particularly if they want to learn or are open minded. There's a way to do without being an elitest or using language that makes you sound like a dipshit.
I'm not gonna deny it. But I think the only time I'm an poopchute about it is when someone gets mad that a craft beer bar doesn't have "x" macro. Or when someone tries to be a beer snob but is so full of excrement(like guinness mentioned). I've seen what "beer snobs" are perceived as and it's usually pretentious west coast yuppy douchebags.
I won't knock anyone for liking a certain style. Good beer is good beer regardless of the style. Everyone has their preferences. I think i've done an ok job in appreciating all the different styles, but i have my moments of bias(smuttynose dirty comes to mind...i blame it on drinking a Goose Island KBC, then a SB pryor 8 and then posting here drunk from the bar).
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I drink alcohol to get drunk most of the time, so I don't care what does it to me. On occasion I'll drink a craft beer, a nice wine, or a good glass of scotch if I'm just lounging.
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Whoa!
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Can you shrink that pic? It's too big for my screen.
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Can you shrink that pic? It's too big for my screen.
Neither you or your computer can handle this fuckin thing.
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Oh hey it's big now.
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Oh hey it's big now.
*kisses bicep*
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the story of Mikkeller and Evil Twin is pretty cool
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I went to the Red Brick Brewery in Atlanta on Saturdee.
I figure if you're going to break Lent -- do it at a Brewery.
Good beers, Saul.
http://www.redbrickbrewing.com/
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I've only had their porter. It was pretty good.
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I want Terrapin Wake n Bake, lover of the older lady!!
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Have a few friends out in Colorado. Craft beer and micro brew is godly out there
Place is loaded with niche spots. Arcades, later tags, like 90s nostalgia hangout spots. All serving craft beer
IM always getting pics of them at random breweries. So jealos
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Have a few friends out in Colorado. Craft beer and micro brew is godly out there
Place is loaded with niche spots. Arcades, later tags, like 90s nostalgia hangout spots. All serving craft beer
http://barcadebrooklyn.com/
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I been calling around trying to get an idea when the KBS shipments are coming in but haven't gotten a definite answer. One Total Wine said Thursday another said maybe tomorrow.
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I been calling around trying to get an idea when the KBS shipments are coming in but haven't gotten a definite answer. One Total Wine said Thursday another said maybe tomorrow.
I'm a man on a mission tomorrow.
I did find a bomber of Hoppin Frog BA BORIS Oatmeal Stout though tonight at my local shop. I only paid $12 for it too. Seems like a decent price after some of the prices I saw online.
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I'm a man on a mission tomorrow.
I did find a bomber of Hoppin Frog BA BORIS Oatmeal Stout though tonight at my local shop. I only paid $12 for it too. Seems like a decent price after some of the prices I saw online.
yeah, like i said...it was $16 at Total Wine and they're generally the cheapest. Although occasionally i'll find specific stuff cheaper at a place like Whole Foods. 750 ml of Delirium Nocturnum is $8.99 at Whole FOods but $11.99 at most of the big chain liquor stores i've seen
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my plan was to go on a several hour long scavenger hunt for KBS on Tuesday across a bunch of total wine locations in south florida (1 bottle min everywhere). But that got fucked up because they almost all got their deliveries on different days. Out of the ones that got them on Tuesday, 2 places sold out within 2 hours and the other one was too far away to justify a drive for a bottle.
I managed to grab one wednesday, and then today i went to another location that received their shipment and ended up paying a couple of landscapers (white guys!) working in the shopping cneter to go inside and grab me a bottle each, along with the one i grabbed for myself. Saved me a ton of headache and gas so it was worth giving them $5 each for 2 minutes of their time.
The one by my apartment gets them tomorrow and the manager "said" it was a 1 4 pack minimum, i think he was mistaken but im gonna try and catch him again and see if he doesn't realize.
i'm gonna wait for a worthwhile moment to drink one and will hold the rest for trade or special occasions
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Bring one to the tailgate.
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my plan was to go on a several hour long scavenger hunt for KBS on Tuesday across a bunch of total wine locations in south florida (1 bottle min everywhere). But that got fucked up because they almost all got their deliveries on different days. Out of the ones that got them on Tuesday, 2 places sold out within 2 hours and the other one was too far away to justify a drive for a bottle.
I managed to grab one wednesday, and then today i went to another location that received their shipment and ended up paying a couple of landscapers (white guys!) working in the shopping cneter to go inside and grab me a bottle each, along with the one i grabbed for myself. Saved me a ton of headache and gas so it was worth giving them $5 each for 2 minutes of their time.
The one by my apartment gets them tomorrow and the manager "said" it was a 1 4 pack minimum, i think he was mistaken but im gonna try and catch him again and see if he doesn't realize.
i'm gonna wait for a worthwhile moment to drink one and will hold the rest for trade or special occasions
If the guy really does mean minimum, I'd be willing to pay good money. We can't get it out here in California.
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If the guy really does mean minimum, I'd be willing to pay good money. We can't get it out here in California.
I'm an idiot.
i meant maximum on both counts. that's the 2nd time i said that today....did the same with a buddy i texted about it.
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I ended up with a 4-pack for $25, 3 for $24, 1 for $5.99 plus tax and 1 for $12 (a pseudo bar). Not too bad.
I had one last night, and I'm about to crack one now. That's enough to make me happy. I still have one from last year.
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Cheers
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Got a 4 pack this morning when the total wine by my apartment got their shipment.
Weird that every other Total Wine location I went to had a 1 bottle maximum and this one had a 4 pack maximum. But I'm not complaining.
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Got a 4 pack this morning when the total wine by my apartment got their shipment.
Weird that every other Total Wine location I went to had a 1 bottle maximum and this one had a 4 pack maximum. But I'm not complaining.
Ooc....what did you pay for it?
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Ooc....what did you pay for it?
$24.
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I hate you both
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I hate you both
Maybe, just maybe, I'll save a bottle for the tailgate. I'm not a hoarder though, I drink them.
Jfif....decent price. Enjoy
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Guinness thanks for giving me a couple. It worked real well for the chilli recipe. Adam,I will bring some to the tailgate.
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I hate you both
They're gonna distribute in Arizona starting in a couple of weeks. I can't imagine that California is too far away after that.
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The knicks really freaking pissed me off, so I cracked one open just now.
This is a king's beer.
Not that much different from the standard Breakfast stout tastewise, but a bit more character and complexity especially on the finish. Little bit of that bourbon bite in the middle. The aroma is amazing
Definitely worth the hype.
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Damn, looks like certain Whole Foods get supplies also.
Would have upped the hording if i knew.
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Wow, I didn't know beersnobby till i posted on Beeradvocate. I usually just look at it for reviews and reference and stuff.
Gonna make it a point to never ever be one of those people. There's not much of a craft beer scene in Florida so i never really experience it to that degree, but my friends from Cali complain about it all the time and I've seen some parodies online or articles. What's freaking pathetic is that they act like it translate to other aspects of life
I take back what I said about being a "snob". I'm nothing like those people now that I know what they are (minus that one time i was drunk at the bar and posted about the smuttynose)
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Guy ahesd of me in line at bottle king had a bottle of kbs. Tried to snag one but they were reserved
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Jfif, you post on BA? What's your name there?
Pope, where do you live?
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Swedgin_wu, I presume?
Damn man, making friends left and right huh?
I wouldn't let one or two people stop you from posting there. My experience there has been pretty good. I finally joined in January after lurking for years.
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Pope...you work in manhattan, right?
Iggy...pm sent your way
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Pope...you work in manhattan, right?
Iggy...pm sent your way
I live in north jersey and work all over NYC/NJ.
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I live in north jersey and work all over NYC/NJ.
PMed you.
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Swedgin_wu, I presume?
Damn man, making friends left and right huh?
I wouldn't let one or two people stop you from posting there. My experience there has been pretty good. I finally joined in January after lurking for years.
How'd you find me so quickly lol
I made an account to do beer reviews a long time ago. Never bothered with the forums.
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How'd you find me so quickly lol
I made an account to do beer reviews a long time ago. Never bothered with the forums.
I wouldn't throw in the towel so quickly. I (obviously) mostly post in the mid-Atlantic sub forum and, after perusing through the Hunaphu disaster threads last month, have noticed the general mood in your sub forum is a little more, lets say confrontational.
I will say one thing, I'm 37 now, so I have no qualms with how anybody acquires anything as long as its (basically) legal, but to admit you got your KBS the way you did on that particular board wasnt smart.
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I only post in the forum. I won't do reviews because, not to sound like an poopchute, I don't want to review beers I've already had. It's seems fruitless.
I appreciate those that DO review though, because I've been using those reviews as, at the very least, a reference point for over a decade now.
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I wouldn't throw in the towel so quickly. I (obviously) mostly post in the mid-Atlantic sub forum and, after perusing through the Hunaphu disaster threads last month, have noticed the general mood in your sub forum is a little more, lets say confrontational.
I will say one thing, I'm 37 now, so I have no qualms with how anybody acquires anything as long as its (basically) legal, but to admit you got your KBS the way you did on that particular board wasnt smart.
It's really not that much different than bringing a friend or two to go in with you or if your wife/gf is with you have her get an extra.
So those guys are being assholes about it , but yeah I read the hunaphu thread after I posted that. Didn't realize there were fake tickets, just remember cigar city posting something on their FB about being sorry how the day went and giving out refunds. I assumed it was lack of preparation but I guess not.
Anyways half of those dipshits get tickets for other people and bring them along with them to secure another couple of bottles. I guess maybe in the weird social construct and hierarchy of Internet forums it was probably better left unsaid, but in reality doesn't make them any less of haughty and hypocritical dipshits.
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I only post in the forum. I won't do reviews because, not to sound like an poopchute, I don't want to review beers I've already had. It's seems fruitless.
I appreciate those that DO review though, because I've been using those reviews as, at the very least, a reference point for over a decade now.
I liked reviewing beers because 1.) kinda felt like it was paying it forward + wanted to give a beer the credit it deserves.
2.) id notice a lot more nuances about the beer I was drinking.
But it didn't last long. I got pretty lazy and just stopped caring.
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Jfif...I'm not judging you, just saying some people might.
Besides, the guy you're butting heads with, from the impression I got, seems to be a poster who's fairly known within your sub forum, so the "pile on" mentality might be happening too.
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Jfif...I'm not judging you, just saying some people might.
Besides, the guy you're butting heads with, from the impression I got, seems to be a poster who's fairly known within your sub forum, so the "pile on" mentality might be happening too.
No, I know you aren't. I get what you're saying. Every website has it's own unwritten c
anyways...
what are some of the other type of annual limited release stuff like KBS that are really good?
So far I only know of
-Hunahpu (because CC is one of my favorite brewery and it's semi local). Usually march i think
-KBS (april)
-Bell's Black note (just discovered...but Bell's website doesn't say when it releases? I saw something on BA but i see one page saying January and another with recent delivery in late march)
-Bell's Hopslam (I think?). Not sure when this comes out
-BCBS (November)
I know there's a limited release page on BA and i looked at it some but it's hard to weed through what's garbage and what isn't , and what's a one time batch and what's yearly. For example they had a shocktop one lol...
I know the Surly Darkness is a big deal also but I don't think we get that here.
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it's hard to say. I think the limited releases aka whales (whalez, BRO!!) get too much hype on that site. A lot of breweries only release beers for a certain amount of time and the beers I noticed people get crazy about are:
The Sucks...December
Troegs Nugget Nectar...February
Stone releases...22oz varieties. Right now it's the RIS, which is a personal favorite. And...the Enjoy By series.
Bell's Oberon....right about now. I like that a lot.
Every brewery has beers they release annually, and, as you've probably noticed, a lot of posters there get crazy about having it first. I understand but that feeding frenzy kind of group mentality is what has driven these release to the level of hype it's at now. IMO, KBS is clearly a beer worth the hype.
I see what you did over there. Smart move. Not kissing any derriere, but definitely putting the onus on your UF buddy.
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Lol @ whales.
That's funny.
Well I've had the BCBS and the KBS now and they were really good, so I just assumed those type of beers are of similar quality. The Hunahpu is supposedly better than the Zhukov and I've had that a few times and it was amazing. I'm not gonna go crazy or anything hunting for all of them but it'd be nice to know when those things normally get released so I can try them once.
That UF dude is clearly an poopchute. He went off on the other guy like a 2 year old. Not to mention his "autograph bro" and "defending your boyfriend" quips to me and the other guy are some of the dumbest and most juvenile things I've seen on the internet.
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I didn't realize the Lagunita sucks was only released in December. Like I said I've never seen it at total wine or any other liquor store here and I finally found it at a craft beer gas station (2 actually). They have some rare excrement sometimes because people don't go hunting there for them and they seem to sit on the shelves.
I went back like a week ago hoping they still had it and it was gone in both places. Not sure because it was sitting so long in the coolers or because if it was bought up.
Next time I know though.
I had the great divide Hercules and green flash imperial ipa yesterday. The Hercules is an derriere kicker. Very good but def a hearty DIPA. The GF imperial was incredibly smooth on the other hand. Starting to really like that brewery. Had their double black stout awhile back and enjoyed it but this only recently tried their IPA varieties.
How was the BORIS hoppin frog ?
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I see what you did over there. Smart move. Not kissing any derriere, but definitely putting the onus on your UF buddy.
The anus is on JFIF.
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The anus is on JFIF.
I don't think Guinness watches justified
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I never heard the term "whale" until I read those forums.
That guy clearly has a stick up his derriere. The Hercules and the GF are both excellent double IPAs. I've never had the or the Hunahpu. My brother in law is sitting on both, I'm hoping he shares. Haven't drank the BORIS yet. Was gonna have it after soccer tonight, but I got a 32oz growler of Great South Bay Lethal Cupcake. Gotta drink it fresh.
And, haha, you're right. I've never seen justified.
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http://beercamp.sierranevada.com/festival/new_england_edition
Within walking distance of my apartment. Is it worth it?
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http://beercamp.sierranevada.com/festival/new_england_edition
Within walking distance of my apartment. Is it worth it?
See if you can find a groupon-type deal for admission.
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See if you can find a groupon-type deal for admission.
Yeah, hard to justify at that cost. Will wait and see if I can find a deal sometime.
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http://beercamp.sierranevada.com/festival/new_england_edition
Within walking distance of my apartment. Is it worth it?
Some of the most highly regarded breweries will be there. I would go. That's an impressive list there. A lot of those breweries aren't available in New York and I'm jealous.
That will sell out, I wouldn't count on any coupons or discounts.
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Some of the most highly regarded breweries will be there. I would go. That's an impressive list there. A lot of those breweries aren't available in New York and I'm jealous.
That will sell out, I wouldn't count on any coupons or discounts.
The craft beer festivals here always have deals, and this isn't until August.
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The craft beer festivals here always have deals, and this isn't until August.
That isn't a normal festival.
There are a LOT of the best breweries in the country that are gonna be there. A LOT. That's a World Class list as far as I'm concerned. The price is justified.
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The list doesn't look very different from the one I went to at Webster Hall.
I pulled up the old email, we didn't have a groupon for that one (that was another one in Brooklyn last year) but we got early bird tickets that were cheaper, and that was 2 months before the event. So I guess if these guys aren't offering something like that, might as well get the tickets now if you want to go.
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That isn't a normal festival.
There are a LOT of the best breweries in the country that are gonna be there. A LOT. That's a World Class list as far as I'm concerned. The price is justified.
That good? excrement, I guess I should try and swing it.
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Badger...3 Floyds, Russian River, Hill Farmstead and New Glaurus I can almost guarantee were not at a NY festival. Those 4 breweries alone would get my $65. Forget Ninkasi, and half the others that don't distribute around here
Ons...walking distance? Go, you won't regret it. You'll drink some of the best beer of your life that day. No exagerration.
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Ons...walking distance? Go, you won't regret it. You'll drink some of the best beer of your life that day. No exagerration.
15, 20 minutes away, tops. Probably going to end up being there, unless tickets sell out faster than I'm expecting.
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That's a pretty sick list.
Guinness, just picked up 3 bottles of Bells Hopslam.
Is it good?
They had like 5-6 more bottles. I just didn't know how rare it was or it was worth stocking up on.
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3 should be good because I'm guessing they were probably pricy. It's a damn good beer, definitely a class DIPA but a little overhyped. Still, it's definitely good.
What's the BoD? Hopslam definitely drops a notch after 6 weeks old or so.
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3 should be good because I'm guessing they were probably pricy. It's a damn good beer, definitely a class DIPA but a little overhyped. Still, it's definitely good.
What's the BoD? Hopslam definitely drops a notch after 6 weeks old or so.
$4.99 a single.
That's at the craft beer hidden gas station.
They have some interesting 750 ml bottles of stuff. I'm gonna go there and google or write a bunch of them down next time.
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When were they bottled?
Not to be a snobby prick, but if you ever need a suggestion or an opinion you can PM me or just put if in this thread. Florida and NY get a lot of the same excrement. If it's a pale ale or a stout of any kind I've probably had it.
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When were they bottled?
Not to be a snobby prick, but if you ever need a suggestion or an opinion you can PM me or just put if in this thread. Florida and NY get a lot of the same excrement. If it's a pale ale or a stout of any kind I've probably had it.
1/21/14
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They have a bottle of Brooklyn black ops sitting on the shelf. It's been there for a long derriere time. $24 for the 750. Is it worth it ?
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1/21/14
Ouch. Stick with the 3 you have. It'll still be good, but not so fresh and not the best representation of that beer.
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When were they bottled?
Not to be a snobby prick, but if you ever need a suggestion or an opinion you can PM me or just put if in this thread. Florida and NY get a lot of the same excrement. If it's a pale ale or a stout of any kind I've probably had it.
How is that snobby ? That's just helpful.
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They have a bottle of Brooklyn black ops sitting on the shelf. It's been there for a long derriere time. $24 for the 750. Is it worth it ?
Depends on how old. They sell for $19.99 around here so $24 ain't the worst price. Those age really well.
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How is that snobby ? That's just helpful.
"Oh, I've drank EVERYTHING!!11!!" Haha. Pm coming your way.
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"Oh, I've drank EVERYTHING!!11!!" Haha. Pm coming your way.
Guinness you freaking snob.
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Guinness you freaking snob.
The Guinstapo
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The Guinstapo
Only you would embrace that name.
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Great freaking beer. This makes me feel feelings.
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College student here just turning 21 this coming winter. All I drink is cheap macro excrement and after reading this thread I want to start getting into quality stuff. Any suggestions to be a gateway drink to start out? (Live in Ann Arbor, Michigan if it makes any difference)
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College student here just turning 21 this coming winter. All I drink is cheap macro excrement and after reading this thread I want to start getting into quality stuff. Any suggestions to be a gateway drink to start out? (Live in Ann Arbor, Michigan if it makes any difference)
guinness is going to shed a single tear of joy when he reads this.
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guinness is going to shed a single tear of joy when he reads this.
Hahaha...you know me too well.
Dude. Michigan? There is a ton of great beer within your own state. Start with Bell's, Founders and Crooked Tree. I'm busy right now but what do you like so far?
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Great freaking beer. This makes me feel feelings.
Better than their Lunch IPA? Going for an alcohol run tomorrow morning.
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Lunch is my favorite IPA, but that Another One is right there. Juicy as all hell.
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Hahaha...you know me too well.
Dude. Michigan? There is a ton of great beer within your own state. Start with Bell's, Founders and Crooked Tree. I'm busy right now but what do you like so far?
I've had Oberon numerous times and I enjoy it. Gets kind of old quickly though. I know literally next to nothing about craft stuff, so I can't tell you what I like about that.
As far as macro stuff, I really like Hoegaarden.
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I've had Oberon numerous times and I enjoy it. Gets kind of old quickly though. I know literally next to nothing about craft stuff, so I can't tell you what I like about that.
As far as macro stuff, I really like Hoegaarden.
Okay...if you can get your hands on Allagash White, you'll be a happy camper. Better than Hoegaarden, American made. You should try German Hefeweisens, too. I think you would like them.
You gotta be more descriptive....what styles do you like most besides that? Pale ale, IPA, stouts, etc...just don't ask about sours, not a fan.
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http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/spring-beers-ranked-1561715593
I've had 5, 6, 7 but none of the top 4.
Btw, what do you guys think of Narragansett? Last time I had some I was far from impressed.
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I've had Oberon numerous times and I enjoy it. Gets kind of old quickly though. I know literally next to nothing about craft stuff, so I can't tell you what I like about that.
As far as macro stuff, I really like Hoegaarden.
If you like hoegaarden, find some Weihenstephaner and the St Bernardus Witbier.
The German and Belgian wheats were the beers that I always drank in the past and made me realize that all beer isn't macro bullshit but eventually my palette developed a bit more as I really got into other beers. I hardly drink them now.
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Ouch. Stick with the 3 you have. It'll still be good, but not so fresh and not the best representation of that beer.
I really enjoyed the hopslam and I'm pissed I didn't buy more. Def the smoothest DIPA I've had, although I can't say I've had a ton. The honey worked really.
I stopped by yesterday at the place and they were all gone. Wonder if the staff bought them up because when I pulled them out of the cooler they were like "whoa, he has 3 bottles". Then they asked me if it was good , and if said that's what I've heard. They weren't cold so I'm guessing they literally just stocked them.
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I really enjoyed the hopslam and I'm pissed I didn't buy more. Def the smoothest DIPA I've had, although I can't say I've had a ton. The honey worked really.
I stopped by yesterday at the place and they were all gone. Wonder if the staff bought them up because when I pulled them out of the cooler they were like "whoa, he has 3 bottles". Then they asked me if it was good , and if said that's what I've heard. They weren't cold so I'm guessing they literally just stocked them.
Which means all the good beer you buy you have to tell them it sucks. Is your craft beer place in Coconut Grove per chance?
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Which means all the good beer you buy you have to tell them it sucks. Is your craft beer place in Coconut Grove per chance?
It's really close. I usually go to Total Wine closer to your neck of the woods in North Miami but there are two gas stations that are incredibly well stocked and not that much much expensive than TW. I've found some stuff there that have either sold out or TW never carried at all.
I'm down near little Havana a few times a week so I been stopping at El Carajo / BP
gas station which is on SW 17th ave and US 1. Really close to the grove. The other one is in a Mobil station on SW 32nd Ave and coral way.
There's apparently a decent one on biscayne and 55th too which is similar and closer to where I just moved to. I'll check them out but usually if I'm gonna go that way I'll just head to Whole foods or Total wine.
A lot of people talk about the Stop N Shops near UM (2 of them) but that's way too freaking far.
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http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/spring-beers-ranked-1561715593
I've had 5, 6, 7 but none of the top 4.
Btw, what do you guys think of Narragansett? Last time I had some I was far from impressed.
They don't distribute the top 4 to NY although I know a place that sells Jack's Abby and Lost Coast.
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Just tried Angry Bastard as per your advice. Was really really good. Also had the Dark Horse Reserve Special. Didn't like it as much- had a strong coffee taste and I'm not a coffee fan.
As a whole, I tend to prefer IPAs, Wheats, Ambers. I tend to be a light guy. I'll also drink dark stuff, though.
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Just tried Angry Bastard as per your advice. Was really really good. Also had the Dark Horse Reserve Special. Didn't like it as much- had a strong coffee taste and I'm not a coffee fan.
As a whole, I tend to prefer IPAs, Wheats, Ambers. I tend to be a light guy. I'll also drink dark stuff, though.
Dark Horse makes Crooked Tree IPA. Founders makes Centennial IPA and Double Trouble and Bell's makes Two Hearted and Hopslam.
There are a lot of others, I don't know what gets distributed to your state. I don't know if you get Troegs but Nugget Nectar is a great amber and Three Floyds makes Zombie Dust, a great pale ale. Lagunitas makes a lot of good excrement you'd probably like too. If you can get Boulevard, get Tank 7.
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Um...so I went to that little Shop N Stop by UM since I had to run an errand that way earlier tonight.
They had a ton of rare excrement i haven't seen anywhere, I couldn't even process it all. Including Achel Trappist 750ml, which i have yet to see anywhere. My phone was dead so I couldn't look up half the other stuff. Achel is the only trappist brewery besides Westy that i've yet to have.
They still had a case or two of Lagunita Sucks, and a few sixers of the Lagunita Brown Shugga. Got a sixer of each. There was an even a couple of regular breakfast stouts left over (as in 2 in a 4 pack) AND...................
I found a 4 pack with 3 bottles of Terrapin Cinnamon rolled wake and bake. I almost lost my excrement. Grabbed it right away
I'm gonna go back there with a fully charged phone and check what they have. They have a very large shelf of bombers/750ml bottles. the people on BA say they can be price gougers sometimes but i guess it depends on what. Like a rochefort 10 was $9.99....which is insane, but the domestic crafts were pretty reasonable.
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Send one of those Cinnamon Wake n Bakes a brothas way. That's the beer I want to try more than any other out there. You got my PM right?
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Send one of those Cinnamon Wake n Bakes a brothas way. That's the beer I want to try more than any other out there. You got my PM right?
hahaha..I knew you'd like it. yeah, but my phone is messed up. do you have imessage or no?
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I might, my old derriere don't even know how to properly use my phone.
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It's really close. I usually go to Total Wine closer to your neck of the woods in North Miami but there are two gas stations that are incredibly well stocked and not that much much expensive than TW. I've found some stuff there that have either sold out or TW never carried at all.
I'm down near little Havana a few times a week so I been stopping at El Carajo / BP
gas station which is on SW 17th ave and US 1. Really close to the grove. The other one is in a Mobil station on SW 32nd Ave and coral way.
There's apparently a decent one on biscayne and 55th too which is similar and closer to where I just moved to. I'll check them out but usually if I'm gonna go that way I'll just head to Whole foods or Total wine.
A lot of people talk about the Stop N Shops near UM (2 of them) but that's way too freaking far.
One of my good friends and goalie from my hockey team used to live down in the Grove in an awesome condo, with millions of dollars of rare cartoon art on the walls. There is a series of little shops attached to gas stations that had all sorts of crazy excrement, food, wine. I haven't been there since the craft beer craze started but I would bet my left nut your have been frequenting the joints we used to go to.
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Japanese food and Hitachino White in Vegas before seeing Love.
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One of my good friends and goalie from my hockey team used to live down in the Grove in an awesome condo, with millions of dollars of rare cartoon art on the walls. There is a series of little shops attached to gas stations that had all sorts of crazy excrement, food, wine. I haven't been there since the craft beer craze started but I would bet my left nut your have been frequenting the joints we used to go to.
Yes, that's the one. It's called El carajo. It's a restaurant/Wine bar inside a BP gas station and there's a separate section with craft beer in the coolers and some shelves with bigger bottles.
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Yes, that's the one. It's called El carajo. It's a restaurant/Wine bar inside a BP gas station and there's a separate section with craft beer in the coolers and some shelves with bigger bottles.
Funny story about the art and the condo. My buddy gets divorced from his wife because she was not a happy woman to say the least. His Dad who is fairly wealthy and owned both the art (all original stuff, like Charles Schultz signed snoopy's, pretty much any obscure cartoon you could imagine from 1890-1970) and the condo decides he likes her better than his son. He takes the artwork back but gives her the condo and screws over his son. I always bust his balls about that, I think it's hilarious.
I knew that was the case, that was the store you were frequenting, well one of them. I used to love that place.
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Send one of those Cinnamon Wake n Bakes a brothas way. That's the beer I want to try more than any other out there. You got my PM right?
I'm an idiot.
I didn't realize the Cinnamon WNB and the regular WNB weren't the same thing.
The only times i had it (twice) were at one of my favorite local bars and it specifically said cinnamon rolled wake and bake on the menu (otherwise i wouldn't have remembered that, because i didn't read/hear about it anywhere else). But I just found out the only bottles for the Cinnamon are Bombers....the bottles i was poured were the ones I saw in the store, which is why I got excited when i saw them. I guess the bar served me the regular Wake N Bake, which was priced appropriately, just mislabeled on the menu. in fact I posted in this thread while at the bar when i ordered it, so I know specifically that's what it said.
I mean, it really doesn't matter that much because I really liked the beer when I had it and this is the only time i've seen anywhere it since then, but i was mistaken. They're both imperial oatmeal coffee stouts, the only difference being the addition of cinnamon.
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I'd still take one, ;), hahaha
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I'd still take one, ;), hahaha
yeah, they're still awesome. Like I said, right up there with Founders breakfast. Maybe a little more coffee than chocolate though. After realizing they were two different beers, i read the reviews today and a lot of people prefer the original to the cinnamon one (saying the cinnamon is a little too much)...go figure.
I found 7 more (haha). I somehow missed a 4 pack there last night and then at their other location they had 3 in the cooler.So sending one shouldn't be an issue. I was doing a little look around to see if they had any cool stuff. Some decent stuff but nothing crazy. They had an Anderson valley i haven't seen and supposedly was only brewed once... Huge Arker. They had a bunch of the Bruery's stuff. They had Black Xantus. I picked a couple bottles of their Mikkeller stock. They had Beer Geek Breakfast, Rauch(Bacon) Geek breakfast, and Beer Hop Breakfast, along with Black hole. I got a bottle of the Beer Geek breakfast and Black hole. Both expensive as excrement (especially the Black hole) but figure i'd try them once.
And on a whim i went to the Funky buddha brewery tonight in Ft Lauderdale. They do special release growlers every tuesday night and this one interested me. I was actually trying to get a job there as an account executive so i decided to go up there anyways. The line was practically out the door. I figured since i went all the way up there I'd wait it out anyways. IMHO not as good as people make it out to be (i ordered one while i was waiting on line), but still pretty damn good. With the special releases it's a 32 oz growler 1 per person max. (no 64 here in FL). I was actually lucky to get one..some people were waiting since 4 or 5 pm and they only started selling them at 7pm on the dot which is when i arrived.
They have a few really famous ones...the No Crusts PB&J and the Maple Bacon Coffee Porter. Can't imagine what those fill days are like.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/31805/75446/
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Yeah, that funky Buddha excrement gets a lot of love on BA. If you have 7 of those WnBs I wouldn't feel as bad asking. Hit me up if you're serious. I'd owe you one. Big time. Going to sleep soon though. My daughter's been wearing us out lately.
Oh, that Mikkeller Beer Geek series is the funbags. I've had the brunch and the hop breakfast. Both freaking tasty.
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Yeah, that funky Buddha excrement gets a lot of love on BA. If you have 7 of those WnBs I wouldn't feel as bad asking. Hit me up if you're serious. I'd owe you one. Big time. Going to sleep soon though. My daughter's been wearing us out lately.
Oh, that Mikkeller Beer Geek series is the funbags. I've had the brunch and the hop breakfast. Both freaking tasty.
no, i have 10 now. lol. i found 7 today. 3 yesterday
so yeah, i can spare one no prob
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Thanks for the KBS Chuck - enjoyed it yesterday when I got home
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Thanks for the KBS Chuck - enjoyed it yesterday when I got home
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Yeah I enjoyed the one Chuck gave me as well, it was excellent.
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Yeah I enjoyed the one Chuck gave me as well, it was excellent.
lol
if you really want one, i'll give you one.
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Everyone's getting KBS except me. I see how it is.
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Everyone's getting KBS except me. I see how it is.
You never expressed an interest in it. I have some if you're serious.
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Thanks for the KBS Chuck - enjoyed it yesterday when I got home
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No problem dude. Glad you liked it.
Actually drinking a nice TenFidy myself right now. About 7 months old too very nice.
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Apparently the Last Snow growler i picked up is a pretty hot commodity. it's a big trader...wondering if i should keep it or pawn it off for something like a few Headytoppers (never had one before)
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No problem dude. Glad you liked it.
Actually drinking a nice TenFidy myself right now. About 7 months old too very nice.
The last Tenfidy i had that was older tasted like soy sauce
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The last Tenfidy i had that was older tasted like soy sauce
This tastes like straight up dark bakers chocolate and cocoa. Perfect.
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You never expressed an interest in it. I have some if you're serious.
I'm always serious.
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Apparently the Last Snow growler i picked up is a pretty hot commodity. it's a big trader...wondering if i should keep it or pawn it off for something like a few Headytoppers (never had one before)
I've only had Heady Topper once. It's worthy of the hype.
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I'm always serious.
Now you're not getting one. ;)
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Now you're not getting one. ;)
Jackass, I'll kill you, etc
But seriously I've liked everything I've tried from Founders and this is getting universal rave reviews, how could I not be interested?
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Yeah I enjoyed the one Chuck gave me as well, it was excellent.
You only drink vodka and cider, you lush. What are you talking about?
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This tastes like straight up dark bakers chocolate and cocoa. Perfect.
drinking a Gregorius right now.
It's weird, sometimes it's hit or miss. This is one of the better bottles i've had.
I tried the Lagunitas Brown Shugga and didn't like it at all. Luckily the sixer I bought mistakenly had only 3 bottles of it in the pack, the other 3 were Lagunitas Sucks. So now i have a little more than half a case of the sucks
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hahahaha puck drinks cider?
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Jackass, I'll kill you, etc
But seriously I've liked everything I've tried from Founders and this is getting universal rave reviews, how could I not be interested?
You hadn't really said anything about it in this thread so I didn't think you cared. I see you enough that I'm sure I can rustle you up one next time. Just remind me. I wish I knew earlier though. I had, basically, a somewhat unlimited supply 2 weeks ago.
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drinking a Gregorius right now.
It's weird, sometimes it's hit or miss. This is one of the better bottles i've had.
I tried the Lagunitas Brown Shugga and didn't like it at all. Luckily the sixer I bought mistakenly had only 3 bottles of it in the pack, the other 3 were Lagunitas Sucks. So now i have a little more than half a case of the sucks
I have 1 Shugga left from last August. I want to see how it tastes with age. I'm a fan of this beer.
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lol
if you really want one, i'll give you one.
Nah you enjoy it, quite honestly it would be wasted on me.
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I have 1 Shugga left from last August. I want to see how it tastes with age. I'm a fan of this beer.
your clockwork orange avatar scares me
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your clockwork orange avatar scares me
It should. I used it on this site at one point.
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You hadn't really said anything about it in this thread so I didn't think you cared. I see you enough that I'm sure I can rustle you up one next time. Just remind me. I wish I knew earlier though. I had, basically, a somewhat unlimited supply 2 weeks ago.
I'd appreciate it if you could hide one away for me, if you can.
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I'd appreciate it if you could hide one away for me, if you can.
Jesus, after Chuck gave me one, I could have sworn he handed one off to the bum with all the warts, the one that parted the Red Sea when we were salmon going up the stairs at Penn Station. Chuck is a giving dude.
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^^haha, freak you.
I only gave a few away to people that had no access to it. It was pretty much available in New York. It may still be at a few places
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If I end up making the tailgate I'll bring some cigar city stuff up.
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If I end up making the tailgate I'll bring some cigar city stuff up.
Unfortunately all the hotels are booked.
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Unfortunately all the hotels are booked.
I know you're joking but all my family still lives there.
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Drinking this right now...delicious.
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Thought you beer swillers might like this:
http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article/sorrynotsorry
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Thought you beer swillers might like this:
http://www.brewdog.com/blog-article/sorrynotsorry
Time to go back to their original choice: Osama bin Lager
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What's with people that constantly want to squash senses of humor?
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I need to find out the name, but had a local beer this weekend. It was a chocolate IPA. Which sounded really bad or really good cause I'm only used to having chocolate in stouts.
Either way it was between 8 to 10 ABC and really good if your into IPAs or even if your not. Just a distinctly different taste.
I was too deep into the Abt 12s to remember it's name by the morning
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What the hell is the Portman Group?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portman_Group
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What the hell is the Portman Group?
They're proof that the English can indeed have a sense of humor even though it's frowned upon.
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Chuck are you celebrating Cinco De Mayo by drinking a 6 pack of Guinness?
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Chuck are you celebrating Cinco De Mayo by drinking a 6 pack of Guinness?
I actually won't be drinking on Monday.
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I actually won't be drinking on Monday.
You are disappoint.
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You are disappoint.
I have a full physical coming up next week, gonna lay off the beer for a minute, not that that's probably gonna have any effect or anything, but I figure it can't hurt.
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I have a full physical coming up next week, gonna lay off the beer for a minute, not that that's probably gonna have any effect or anything, but I figure it can't hurt.
So you're basically going to lie to yourself? To get an accurate measure you should drink heavily for the test, this way you're cheating.
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So you're basically going to lie to yourself? To get an accurate measure you should drink heavily for the test, this way you're cheating.
I agree. Puck doesn't cut back his man butt love sessions before his proctologist appointments. He's no cheater.
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I agree. Puck doesn't cut back his man butt love sessions before his proctologist appointments. He's no cheater.
You should thank me, it's a backdoor way of testing whether you have Herpes or not.
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^^haha...fantastic
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Drank this last night...
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It was fantastic...
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An imperial stout with vanilla beans, cocoa nibs, cinnamon sticks and, yes, habenero peppers
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^ sounds delicious
you can drink and/or dip tortilla chips into it
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shut this thread down immediately
/puckstapo
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^^hahaha
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Westbrook ftw
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Westbrook ftw
You damn right about that. One of my favorites right now. Love their IPA too.
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Drank this last night...
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It was fantastic...
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An imperial stout with vanilla beans, cocoa nibs, cinnamon sticks and, yes, habenero peppers
Damn. I may not like it, but I'd sure as hell at least like to try one. That sounds interesting...
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You damn right about that. One of my favorites right now. Love their IPA too.
Hard to find?
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Hard to find?
Kind of. They only release this once a year but I'm pretty sure you could go into a NYC Whole Foods and ask the beer/cheese guy because they keep them in the back and it's only one per customer. I'm guessing WF Chelsea and TriBeCa are probably the best two to look for.
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Kind of. They only release this once a year but I'm pretty sure you could go into a NYC Whole Foods and ask the beer/cheese guy because they keep them in the back and it's only one per customer. I'm guessing WF Chelsea and TriBeCa are probably the best two to look for.
I'll check the Whole Foods in Paramus NJ
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You beer enthusiasts may be interested in this list:
http://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/the-33-best-beer-bars-in-the-country-mikkeller-bar-torst-and-more (http://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/the-33-best-beer-bars-in-the-country-mikkeller-bar-torst-and-more)
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I'll have to check out Torst.
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Torst is supposed to be the best bar in the city, but it's in a hard to get to location for me to get to. Plus, I heard its crazy expensive.
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Torst is supposed to be the best bar in the city, but it's in a hard to get to location for me to get to. Plus, I heard its crazy expensive.
It's only a slight detour on the way home for me. Walkable from the Bedford Ave L stop.
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There's another one on the list that's in the city. The Blind Tiger in the West Village.
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There's another one on the list that's in the city. The Blind Tiger in the West Village.
The Blind Tiger is awesome but it's freaking tiny. They always have good excrement on tap, though. Always.
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The Blind Tiger is awesome but it's freaking tiny. They always have good excrement on tap, though. Always.
I saw their list and knew you would love half of it at least.
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I saw their list and knew you would love half of it at least.
I don't go there a lot because by the time I get off from work the place is packed. But, every time I go there, there are at least 5 really good selections on tap
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hahahaha puck drinks cider?
Hahahahh yes, Hhahahahahahah gfy hahahahahahahaha I don't like IPA's Hhahahahahahah gfy hahahahahaha I don't like bitter excrement hahahahahah gfy hahahahahaha
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Torst is supposed to be the best bar in the city, but it's in a hard to get to location for me to get to. Plus, I heard its crazy expensive.
I have been to HopCat, which is on the list, in Grand Rapids, that was a great bar they were running a special from a Long Island Craft Beer company when I was there, I forget I think it was from Greenport or Patchogue. I remember I was trying to tell my hoople friends/customers I was there to visit that Eastern Long Island wasn't the City, not even close. Anyway, you would have loved the place. It's a pretty damn good beer town between that and Founders.
Edit: It was BluePoint Brewery.
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I have been to HopCat, which is on the list, in Grand Rapids, that was a great bar they were running a special from a Long Island Craft Beer company when I was there, I forget I think it was from Greenport or Patchogue. I remember I was trying to tell my hoople friends/customers I was there to visit that Eastern Long Island wasn't the City, not even close. Anyway, you would have loved the place. It's a pretty damn good beer town between that and Founders.
Edit: It was BluePoint Brewery.
You might like the Blueberry Ale.
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have cut back the drinking big time since my knee has been somewhat healthy enough to be back in the gym
but took a couple of trips up to Funky Buddha. had a nice tap selection during the USA portugal game
Don't tell reece brown ale (peanut butter/chocolate...freaking awesome)
What is that Velvet? Red Ale (tastes just like Red velvet cake)
French Toast Brown Ale
Got to try Last Snow again...and this batch was amazing.
Also there's a gas station that's allowed to do Growlers in South miami now, so i tried the Due South Cafe Ol Porter (not bad, but not amazing) and Lagunitas Night time Ale. The night time ale was strange at first but grew on me.
Also tried the Uinta Double Black IPA (delicious) awhile back.
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http://www.brewersassociation.org/insights/us-brewery-count-tops-3000/
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http://www.brewersassociation.org/insights/us-brewery-count-tops-3000/
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Look at the consolidation of the market (can't tell what period that is). I'm assuming the 70s and 80s before the first real microbrewery movement in the USA
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Look at the consolidation of the market (can't tell what period that is). I'm assuming the 70s and 80s before the first real microbrewery movement in the USA
I'm guessing '50s-'80s. Basically post-WW2 America before Gen X bitterness sunk in and everyone realized Coors sucks.
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Who was the trailblazer with craft beers? Sam Adams? I think they had a lot to with showing people the little guy (well not anymore) can be successful.
Between the 50's to the early 90's there was a immense consolidation of beer and soft drink companies. Thankfully, the last 20 years have reversed that trend.
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Has anyone picked up the Sierra Nevada beer camp box? I was able to get two from a local distributor. He said he only got 6 in. If you didn't know, Sierra Nevada went around the US and collaborated with different breweries to make a beer that the brewery normally wouldn’t make. They claim they will never do this again, so if you can get your hands on a box, do so.
It's basically a great collection of different types of craft beer. So far I tried the torpedo pilsner, it was a collaboration with Firestone Walker brewing company in Paso Robles, CA. very good beer, very hoppy. I am going to drink one a week.
http://beercamp.sierranevada.com/beer/
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I was also able to snag a case of Heady Topper, a buddy went up to VT for a vacation and came back with a ton of it. Best IPA on the planet.
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Has anyone picked up the Sierra Nevada beer camp box? I was able to get two from a local distributor. He said he only got 6 in. If you didn't know, Sierra Nevada went around the US and collaborated with different breweries to make a beer that the brewery normally wouldn’t make. They claim they will never do this again, so if you can get your hands on a box, do so.
It's basically a great collection of different types of craft beer. So far I tried the torpedo pilsner, it was a collaboration with Firestone Walker brewing company in Paso Robles, CA. very good beer, very hoppy. I am going to drink one a week.
http://beercamp.sierranevada.com/beer/
That sounds great. I'll have to check my local guy.
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That sounds great. I'll have to check my local guy.
A friend told me Whole foods got a ton of it, might want to check them out if you have one around.
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Has anyone picked up the Sierra Nevada beer camp box? I was able to get two from a local distributor. He said he only got 6 in. If you didn't know, Sierra Nevada went around the US and collaborated with different breweries to make a beer that the brewery normally wouldn’t make. They claim they will never do this again, so if you can get your hands on a box, do so.
It's basically a great collection of different types of craft beer. So far I tried the torpedo pilsner, it was a collaboration with Firestone Walker brewing company in Paso Robles, CA. very good beer, very hoppy. I am going to drink one a week.
http://beercamp.sierranevada.com/beer/
I got one last Friday. $27. I've had the pale ale collab with 3 Floyds which was awesome, I had it right after I played 2 hours of soccer and it was really refreshing. And I had the Tropical Maibock collab with Cigar City which was...interesting. Not bad, but not great.
I bought two double IPA bombers in "celebration" of the tour they're going on and they were really fuckin good.
Edit: Badger, I got it at the Whole Foods in Chelsea.
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I was also able to snag a case of Heady Topper, a buddy went up to VT for a vacation and came back with a ton of it. Best IPA on the planet.
Hook a brotha up, I've only had that once in my life. It is very good.
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I got one last Friday. $27. I've had the pale ale collab with 3 Floyds which was awesome, I had it right after I played 2 hours of soccer and it was really refreshing. And I had the Tropical Maibock collab with Cigar City which was...interesting. Not bad, but not great.
I bought two double IPA bombers in "celebration" of the tour they're going on and they were really fuckin good.
Edit: Badger, I got it at the Whole Foods in Chelsea.
I didn't pickup the bombers, I think my local guy still has them. I LOVE the jai alai IPA from cigar city.
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Hook a brotha up, I've only had that once in my life. It is very good.
You're in NYC?
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A friend told me Whole foods got a ton of it, might want to check them out if you have one around.
I do near work but not near home. Not sure I want to lug that home on the subway.
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I do near work but not near home. Not sure I want to lug that home on the subway.
It's only a 12 pack, it would def be worth it.
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I do near work but not near home. Not sure I want to lug that home on the subway.
hoo-ha.
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You're in NYC?
I work right in midtown...::)
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I didn't pickup the bombers, I think my local guy still has them. I LOVE the jai alai IPA from cigar city.
The bombers were only $6 in WF which I thought was a bargain. 24 oz too.
Jai Alai is my excrement. You cannot beat fresh Jai Alai. freaking orange juice IPA. The fresher, the better.
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hoo-ha.
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Applebee's. Times Square. 3 o'clock.
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WF at Columbus Circle has a ton of them. Debating picking one up after work.
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Just reserved one at the Bevmo by my parents' house. I'll be there Saturday. Local is sold out. I'll check Whole Foods later today. Shockingly, we have 3 of them in a mile radius.
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Since this thread got bumped lets put this here. One of my favorites
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quite a few places had the beer camp thing.
decided to pick one up the other night. A lot of the styles in the pack aren't my favorite, but the breweries are good enough to where it's worth a try.
So far out of the ones i've had....best by far are the Ninkasi Double Latte and the Bell's Imperial Black Ale. The latter i assumed was a black IPA,but it's actually an imperial stout/american double. So good, I wish they would make that full time.
The Russian River belgian blonde was well done(although would have been nice to see them attempt a Belgian Strong Pale ale). Ballast point IPA was a bit disappointing, considering how good their IPAs normally are. Didn't like the Victory Altbier at all.
Allagash Pale Ale was alright (not really a fan of plain old pale ales)
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Jai Alai is solid, but i don't love it you like guys. Then again, it's a beer i can get anywhere for awhile now so maybe i'm just used to it.
I prefer the White Oak Jai Alai
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Jai Alai is solid, but i don't love it you like guys. Then again, it's a beer i can get anywhere for awhile now so maybe i'm just used to it.
I prefer the White Oak Jai Alai
Have you tried Hedi Topper?
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Have you tried Hedi Topper?
What's the odds of u bringing one to Manhattan today or tomorrow? ::)
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Have you tried Hedi Topper?
No, I wish.
Only way i'd ever get it here is trading for it.
Which I'm sure i could if I held on to my funky buddha special release growler or bottle releases. They seem to fetch a couple of Heady's
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No, I wish.
Only way i'd ever get it here is trading for it.
Which I'm sure i could if I held on to my funky buddha special release growler or bottle releases. They seem to fetch a couple of Heady's
It's pretty damn hard to get anywhere outside of Vermont, forget about down in Florida. They're very protective of their precious Heady Topper in those parts.
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It's pretty damn hard to get anywhere outside of Vermont, forget about down in Florida. They're very protective of their precious Heady Topper in those parts.
It's only distributed in Vermont.
But lots of people go to Vermont to ski and excrement or whatever and can drive up for a case or two. So if you live in the northeast, you're more likely to stumble across someone who has some.
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It's only distributed in Vermont.
But lots of people go to Vermont to ski and excrement or whatever and can drive up for a case or two. So if you live in the northeast, you're more likely to stumble across someone who has some.
They don't always sell to out-of-towners. It's not that easy to find, supposedly, unless you're a local.
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They don't always sell to out-of-towners. It's not that easy to find, supposedly, unless you're a local.
My buddy drove up to VA, said he waited on a line somewhere and snaged a few cases.
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They don't always sell to out-of-towners. It's not that easy to find, supposedly, unless you're a local.
Except they list where they sell it on their website.
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Except they list where they sell it on their website.
I used the word supposedly because it is widely said on beer advocate that some distros in Vermont are notorious for not selling to people who came for HT and only HT.
I wasn't referring to the Alchemist.
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I used the word supposedly because it is widely said on beer advocate that some distros in Vermont are notorious for not selling to people who came for HT and only HT.
I wasn't referring to the Alchemist.
What if you buy a HT and a Colt 45?
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What if you buy a HT and a Colt 45?
If I ever try to buy any I'm going to do exactly this. And, a MD 20/20
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http://thebirchbar.com
This place is near me. I have some empty growlers. I'm no expert, but is there anything on here you guys think I should try?
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http://thebirchbar.com
This place is near me. I have some empty growlers. I'm no expert, but is there anything on here you guys think I should try?
Firestone Walker
ballast point
Schneider
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So...I had a friend/co-worker txt me a pic from a Vermont beer distributor and he ostensibly asked me if I wanted anything and he told me to txt him a checklist.
Ok, all excitedly I ask for Heady, Focal Banger, Lawson's Double sunshine, anything from Hill's Farmstead, Gandhi Bot and if everything falls through, Wachusett Larry.
He came back with Monsta IPA from Wachusett and Mayflower IPA, something I've never heard of.
Underwhelmed and a little let down would be an understatement. He knows his beer but he's not a huge craft guy.
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So...I had a friend/co-worker txt me a pic from a Vermont beer distributor and he ostensibly asked me if I wanted anything and he told me to txt him a checklist.
Ok, all excitedly I ask for Heady, Focal Banger, Lawson's Double sunshine, anything from Hill's Farmstead, Gandhi Bot and if everything falls through, Wachusett Larry.
He came back with Monsta IPA from Wachusett and Mayflower IPA, something I've never heard of.
Underwhelmed and a little let down would be an understatement. He knows his beer but he's not a huge craft guy.
Did they not have what you wanted or did he just get it completely wrong?
Always an awkward situation. When my sister was in the UK for a semester I asked her to get me a bottle of Highland Park scotch before she came home. She came back with a bottle of Teacher's Highland Cream scotch. She asked if it was the right one so I just figured freak it and told her it was. Nothing good could possibly have come from correcting her and not being grateful.
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Did they not have what you wanted or did he just get it completely wrong?
Always an awkward situation. When my sister was in the UK for a semester I asked her to get me a bottle of Highland Park scotch before she came home. She came back with a bottle of Teacher's Highland Cream scotch. She asked if it was the right one so I just figured freak it and told her it was. Nothing good could possibly have come from correcting her and not being grateful.
He said that particular txt he sent me was his last day in Vermont and that he went into New Hampshire and Maine his last two days away and didn't buy the beer until he was out of the state of Vermont. I don't think he expected what I asked for to be hard to find.
Even with the Monsta, I said, you didn't get the Larry? It was considerate for him to think about me while he was away, so I felt it would be insulting of me not to give him the money, even though it was for stuff I clearly didn't ask for.
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On our 5th of 12 beer camp. The Double Latte is the best so far IMO.
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I'm having guests over on Wednesday so I'm probably going to pick up a pack of Beer Camp after work that day.
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On our 5th of 12 beer camp. The Double Latte is the best so far IMO.
Agreed, until I had the black imperial ale.
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The beer camp overall was interesting but made me realize I don't really enjoy really light or low abv beer much anymore.
Anything I drink regularly and truly enjoy always seems to be about 7.5% to 12ish.
I think my palette has developed to where lighter stuff just feels too watery.
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The beer camp overall was interesting but made me realize I don't really enjoy really light or low abv beer much anymore.
Anything I drink regularly and truly enjoy always seems to be about 7.5% to 12ish.
I think my palette has developed to where lighter stuff just feels too watery.
You realize how douchey this sounds, right?
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I went to my local liquor store yesterday but they sold out of beer camp pretty quickly. Oh well.
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You realize how douchey this sounds, right?
No. Doubt it's any different than what any average poster on a beer forum would say.
And it's accurate. My favorite beers and the ones I drink most often now are quads,dubbels, Belgian strongs, imperial stouts and IPAs/DIPAs.
I used to love hefes/witbiers and lower abv stouts/porters. Now they just don't do it for me.
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I only drink the finest breastmilks
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I only drink the finest breastmilks
Cambodian breast milk
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No. Doubt it's any different than what any average poster on a beer forum would say.
And it's accurate. My favorite beers and the ones I drink most often now are quads,dubbels, Belgian strongs, imperial stouts and IPAs/DIPAs.
I used to love hefes/witbiers and lower abv stouts/porters. Now they just don't do it for me.
I didn't say that about your preference for stronger beers. I said it about that bolded statement in particular.
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I went to my local liquor store yesterday but they sold out of beer camp pretty quickly. Oh well.
They still had a couple at WF Chelsea as of Friday.
I've been digging the low abv excrement lately. Probably the warmer weather. I'm drinking this right now though...
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I didn't say that about your preference for stronger beers. I said it about that bolded statement in particular.
I'm guessing you living in Cali with the abundance of beer snobs who probably say things like that regularly and are generally insufferable is why you perceive it that way. Ive never met that brand of beer snob. I've only heard my friends who live there complain about them and seen a parody video or two.
Pretty benign statement in itself
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They opened a brewery on Staten Island called Flagship. Pretty good, they only make a few beers. My fav was the dark mild.
http://theflagshipbrewery.com/pages/our-beer
Flagship APA ~ 6.2% ABV ~ 50 IBU
American style pale ales are defined by the use of American grown hops. The hop profile of Flagship APA includes an upfront bitterness
complemented with citrus and pine-like aromas followed by a small burst of tropical fruit. Malted barley provides a deep auburn color and a sweet, biscuit-like, backbone that helps the flavor balance nicely with the bitterness from the hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with a hoppy and crisp finish making this quenching offering the perfect accompaniment to your favorite pub food.
Flagship American Wit ~ 5.75% ABV ~ 15 IBU
A nod to the time-honored Belgian style ale, Flagship American Wit is a refreshing, light bodied wheat beer. Prized hops from America’s Northwest region give this ale a citrusy flavor that blends with the subtle undertones of our hand ground spices. A balancing malt profile contributes a recognizable golden color in addition to a slight haze from the yeast. Whether it’s after a bike ride or a long day of work, we designed this ale for all occasions that require great craft beer.
Flagship Dark Mild ~ 4.5% ABV ~ 20 IBU
The British Mild is a popular session ale known for a soft hop character and lower alcohol content. While holding true to these classic guidelines, Flagship Dark Mild is nearly black in color due to a complex malt profile that’s bursting with flavor. Using a wide variety of roasted, toasted, and caramel malts, this ale is meant to salute our fondness for dark beer. With a light bodied mouth feel that is exceptionally refreshing. we created this beer to be a go-to for dark ale enthusiasts and a gateway for the “non” dark beer drinker.
Flagship Pastime Summer Ale ~ 4.5% ABV ~ 22 IBU (Seasonal)
Flagship’s inaugural seasonal ale, Pastime, is a beer brewed to be enjoyed while celebrating all things summer. Inspired by our neighboring minor league baseball team, the Staten Island Yankees, it is a deep yellow color and has a light body making this beer easy to approach and sessionable. The foundation consists of American wheat and Golden Promise malts giving the beer some sweetness and a slight haze. The all-star of this ale is a hop called “Summer.” This spawn of the noble hop, Saaz, is subtle but used in abundance contributing aromas of hop spice, earthiness, and tropical melon. American ale yeast helps to provide a crispness that is dry but balanced over the palate. Whether you’re working hard or playing hard, Pastime Summer Ale should satisfy your beer craving during the dog days.
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Picked up a growler of Mikkeller Beer Geek Breakfast Stout and another of Lagunitas Sucks. First time i've had either on draft. Opened the Mikkeller tonight since i'm in a bit of a somber mood and just plan on having a few beers and watching netflix.
I LOVE this freaking Gas station with the growler setup.It's the only place in the tri county area (i.e. South Florida) that does it. They have a great/rotating selection and It's a huge deal in this state because before the only places you could get growlers filled was actually at the brewery. I missed out on the GD Oatmeal Yeti last week :(
this is the list posted today
http://instagram.com/p/rDDYQcmXq1/
They generally have a nice, even mix of local (Wynwood, Funky Buddha, Due South, MIami brewing Company, Cigar city) and out of state/foreign breweries like Lagunitas/Uehta/Great Divide/Brooklyn/Chimay/Mikkeller/etc etc. Usually about 8 local and 8 out of state
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On our 5th of 12 beer camp. The Double Latte is the best so far IMO.
I just cracked open mine, started with the Double Latte. Loved it.
The scottish ale with sweet potato sounds really interesting.
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I have family in Tampa, they came down this week. Made them pick me up a case of this
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Love this beer, great if you're a coffee drinker.
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they stopped making that in bottles. must be older
they only make it in cans now. Used to drink it a lot but got a bit sick of it. Bought a 4 pack a few weeks back and was a mission to finish
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The Cigar City i'm licking my chops for is Marshal Zhukov. Had several bottles last year and it was amazing.
Supposed to start shipping today down here, but no one knows the exact date they're getting it.
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I want to take Tater Ridge behind the middle school and get it pregnant.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/craft-beers-on-the-rise-142439109.html (http://finance.yahoo.com/news/craft-beers-on-the-rise-142439109.html)
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I had the Bell's collab last, my favorite so far. I still have like half of them left, I'm really looking forward to the Double Latte. (http://imageshack.com/a/img906/9490/2a9snF.jpg)
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It's kind of ironic I crack one of these before I go to sleep tonight, because Victory was one of Pats-Hater's favorites. RIP, I'd pour a little out but you'd probably yell at me for doing that.
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It's kind of ironic I crack one of these before I go to sleep tonight, because Victory was one of Pats-Hater's favorites. RIP, I'd pour a little out but you'd probably yell at me for doing that.
Yah don't do that.
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I LOVE this freaking Gas station with the growler setup.
That place is awesome, it has been for years.
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I had the Bell's collab last, my favorite so far. I still have like half of them left, I'm really looking forward to the Double Latte. (http://imageshack.com/a/img906/9490/2a9snF.jpg)
We liked that one. I'm drinking the Yvan the Great right now. Sorry, JFIF, I can't agree with the blonde tasting watery.
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That place is awesome, it has been for years.
No. This is mendez fuel , and they just started doing growlers maybe 2 months ago. It's a Mobil station on SW 32nd ave and coral way. A bit south of miracle mile
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I had the Bell's collab last, my favorite so far. I still have like half of them left, I'm really looking forward to the Double Latte. (http://imageshack.com/a/img906/9490/2a9snF.jpg)
Agreed. My fav by a mile
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No. This is mendez fuel , and they just started doing growlers maybe 2 months ago. It's a Mobil station on SW 32nd ave and coral way. A bit south of miracle mile
Not for growlers.
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Not for growlers.
I think we came to the conclusion awhile back you're thinking of El Carajo. Which is on US1 and SW 17th Ave. much bigger and has actual seating and a huge wine selection.
That's a BP gas station. Right next to Cazolla's
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I've acquired 2 "5 Monks" from Avery Brewing. 19.4% ABV Bourbon barrel-aged Belgian-style quintuple ale. My friend who sent me them said one bottle got him messed up but that it was excellent. I know I owe him $50 for the 2 bottles, so I'll have to enjoy them at a good time.
Anyone have it before?
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I've acquired 2 "5 Monks" from Avery Brewing. 19.4% ABV Bourbon barrel-aged Belgian-style quintuple ale. My friend who sent me them said one bottle got him messed up but that it was excellent. I know I owe him $50 for the 2 bottles, so I'll have to enjoy them at a good time.
Anyone have it before?
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I've acquired 2 "5 Monks" from Avery Brewing. 19.4% ABV Bourbon barrel-aged Belgian-style quintuple ale. My friend who sent me them said one bottle got him messed up but that it was excellent. I know I owe him $50 for the 2 bottles, so I'll have to enjoy them at a good time.
Anyone have it before?
I've never had it. I've never even seen it. I've heard its insane though. Make sure you have a wine topper or something available, just in case.
I use a rubber beer saver when I have to cork something but I don't know if you have that available.
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I don't drink much beer, what's a wine topper? Lawl
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I don't drink much beer, what's a wine topper? Lawl
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I edited a bit, just something to cap the beer with if you don't finish it. Keep the outside oxygen out of the bottle. The Beer Savers I use work well, but I'm sure a wine topper would work similarly.
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Oh ya, I have those. My wife drinks wine a bunch. Thanks !
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Oh ya, I have those. My wife drinks wine a bunch. Thanks !
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Yeah. Considering the style of beer it is, even with a wine topper, it should be good at least a night, if not two. It sounds like a heavy duty sipper. I'd definitely try to space it out if you get whacked from a glass (which could certainly be the case).
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Or you can not be a hoo-ha and funnel that excrement
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Or you can not be a hoo-ha and funnel that excrement
You may have to get pre-approval from the fire department first.
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I call them corks.
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Drinking one of Canada's finest tonight.
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freaking lovely
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What is this and am I going to regret drinking it?
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You'll be fine. It's just Russian beer.
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You'll be fine. It's just Russian beer.
Is it supposed to be good? Shitty? Kind if strong so far.
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We haven't heard from Bo in a while. Safe to assume he is dead.
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We haven't heard from Bo in a while. Safe to assume he is dead.
He's like hillbilly herpes, he will be back.
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Is it supposed to be good? Shitty? Kind if strong so far.
I've never had it but it's decently reviewed.
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Somebody gave it to my father in law, he only drinks Coors light so he gave it to me.
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We haven't heard from Bo in a while. Safe to assume he is dead.
I told you.
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My neighbor just brought this home from CO, wow this is good.
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I have good news for Badger and Scot Jet: I hear Ballast Point is going to do 6-packs of their Victory at Sea vanilla porter (10%). If you recall, we split a bomber of that before the game either last year or the year before and you were both big fans of it.
Suffice to say, if I see it, I'll have it at the tailgate.
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The zeppelin hall beer garden in Jersey City is tapping a keg of Kentucky Breakfast Stout tomorrow @8pm. Its next to impossible to find Kentucky Breakfast Stout anywhere.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1199/19960/
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Of course it's in freaking Jersey.
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Of course it's in freaking Jersey.
It's like 5 minutes from the path train.
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Guinness gifted me a bottle of KBS. It was definitely excellent but I'd never plan a trip around it. In the end it's a good beer. The hype for it created a mystique about it.
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Guinness gifted me a bottle of KBS. It was definitely excellent but I'd never plan a trip around it. In the end it's a good beer. The hype for it created a mystique about it.
It's the Asian hoo-ha of beer.
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Guinness gifted me a bottle of KBS. It was definitely excellent but I'd never plan a trip around it. In the end it's a good beer. The hype for it created a mystique about it.
Although it's a top 5 beer for me, I agree completely. I'd go as far as saying EVERY limited release beer from the any of the bigger craft breweries get overhyped to excrement. You have the hoarders and the traders who are making it even worse in terms of hype and making it harder to get. A couple of years ago you could walk into a distro and still see KBS a week or two later still on the shelf or behind the register.
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I bumped this up cos I've not been in for a while but I was given a nice parcel from a client of mine who knows I enjoy a craft beer or 10.
http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/bear-republic
This is a fantastic chocolaty and nutty beer with a ( I hate using this word- "Complex") finish that I cant put my finger on- really hoppy taste but something on the kicker at the end- very pleasant to drink but wow 8.9 delivers a head spinner after the event. I'm usually a Founders Breakfast stout man but this is very nice. If anyone has seen or tasted please let me know.
I'm also topping over a nice bottle off http://www.hall-woodhouse.co.uk/img/uploads/825_crop179x568.png
Thinking of my good friend Dan who's birthday it was yesterday. Good Health Dan
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Not sure if I said this before in this thread, but if you ever make it out to Vegas you are doing yourself a disservice if you don't try Sin City IPA. The amber is excellent as well, but the IPA is one of (if not) the best I've ever had.
Not available for standard retail, only available on tap at select locations.
Getting it for free while playing video poker is a plus. Not sure what the % is on them, but I drink quite a bit and 3 pints get my attention. The amber I could mainline all night and barely feel a thing.
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I bumped this up cos I've not been in for a while but I was given a nice parcel from a client of mine who knows I enjoy a craft beer or 10.
http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/bear-republic
This is a fantastic chocolaty and nutty beer with a ( I hate using this word- "Complex") finish that I cant put my finger on- really hoppy taste but something on the kicker at the end- very pleasant to drink but wow 8.9 delivers a head spinner after the event. I'm usually a Founders Breakfast stout man but this is very nice. If anyone has seen or tasted please let me know.
I'm also topping over a nice bottle off http://www.hall-woodhouse.co.uk/img/uploads/825_crop179x568.png
Thinking of my good friend Dan who's birthday it was yesterday. Good Health Dan
Stop derailing thread's there's a birthday thread, I suggest you use it.
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Not sure if I said this before in this thread, but if you ever make it out to Vegas you are doing yourself a disservice if you don't try Sin City IPA. The amber is excellent as well, but the IPA is one of (if not) the best I've ever had.
Not available for standard retail, only available on tap at select locations.
Getting it for free while playing video poker is a plus. Not sure what the % is on them, but I drink quite a bit and 3 pints get my attention. The amber I could mainline all night and barely feel a thing.
Thanks for heads up man I intend giving this a whirl when I get out there.
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Stop derailing thread's there's a birthday thread, I suggest you use it.
freaking ball busting Jewish fucker. I'll go and and find it now.
I thought it was the Jewish New Year. I would hate to be in a foxhole with you with the Taliban approaching!
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freaking ball busting Jewish fucker. I'll go and and find it now.
I thought it was the Jewish New Year. I would hate to be in a foxhole with you with the Taliban approaching!
If I wasn't busting your balls you fuzzy little foreigner, who else would do that? You need me, I complete you. haha
freak the taliban, they wouldn't get me alive.
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freaking ball busting Jewish fucker. I'll go and and find it now.
I thought it was the Jewish New Year. I would hate to be in a foxhole with you with the Taliban approaching!
lmao
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If I wasn't busting your balls you fuzzy little foreigner, who else would do that? You need me, I complete you. haha
freak the taliban, they wouldn't get me alive.
I busting balls too you fairy!
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I busting balls too you fairy!
Just for that you can sleep with the tongue.
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Just for that you can sleep with the tongue.
excrement just got real.
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This stuff is fantastic.
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^they should make a beer called Palsy porter.
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I need to give a huge thumbs up to the wonderful selection of craft beers I enjoyed in New York.
Most bars carry a great selection and if you hunt about the world is your oyster.
I remember not that long ago the UK was leading the world in fine craft beers- ha! We ain't even close now. Those of you who enjoy complex flavors and great finishes to your alcohol - you are spoiled.
I took a wee selection of crafts to the game and I was chuffed to bits when I was given the Guinness nod of approval from the big man.
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That Thirsty Dog Wulver was fantastic. It doesn't look like they even carry it around here.
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That Thirsty Dog Wulver was fantastic. It doesn't look like they even carry it around here.
That was the best craft beer I have ever tried.
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That was the best craft beer I have ever tried.
I will say that some of the names of these beers wouldn't get past the UK board of commercial advertising:
Dirty Slut
She Bangs
Right hand up the Slot
Miamipuck takes it up the derriere
I could go on.
Funny moment at the tailgate was when I was explaining what a "Growler" was known as back home.
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I will say that some of the names of these beers wouldn't get past the UK board of commercial advertising:
Dirty Slut
She Bangs
Right hand up the Slot
Miamipuck takes it up the derriere
I could go on.
Funny moment at the tailgate was when I was explaining what a "Growler" was known as back home.
I was parital to:
Pink Gloves
Wtf Did You Just Say
Anus Cream in my Bag
More Hair Products then 3 Women
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I will say that some of the names of these beers wouldn't get past the UK board of commercial advertising:
Dirty Slut
She Bangs
Right hand up the Slot
Miamipuck takes it up the derriere
I could go on.
Funny moment at the tailgate was when I was explaining what a "Growler" was known as back home.
I told Miss L what it meant and to see if she could explain it to the girls. She was dying and just came out and said it. I told her I could have easily done that.
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What do they call it?
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What do they call it?
Growler in Scotland = A Hairy hoo-ha.
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I was parital to:
Pink Gloves
Wtf Did You Just Say
Anus Cream in my Bag
More Hair Products then 3 Women
Hhhahhahhahha!
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Growler in Scotland = A Hairy hoo-ha.
Hahahahah. The Wulver is legendary, btw
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I need to give a huge thumbs up to the wonderful selection of craft beers I enjoyed in New York.
Most bars carry a great selection and if you hunt about the world is your oyster.
I remember not that long ago the UK was leading the world in fine craft beers- ha! We ain't even close now. Those of you who enjoy complex flavors and great finishes to your alcohol - you are spoiled.
I took a wee selection of crafts to the game and I was chuffed to bits when I was given the Guinness nod of approval from the big man.
You definitely did good. I was just happy to contribute.
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Hahahahah. The Wulver is legendary, btw
That was a craft beer I could enjoy.
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I wish I sampled more of your beers but I probably wouldn't have remembered the last few. I switched to the Celebration Ale which is already a known commodity to me.
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Not Beer, but for Jim: buddy of mine just walked in to our friend's house with Taco Bell and heavily peated Scotch.
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Not Beer, but for Jim: buddy of mine just walked in to our friend's house with Taco Bell and heavily peated Scotch.
Good shout. This is Bruicladdich- something like that- Orkney distiller with authentic peaty number and very dry.
I usually steer away from this for bringing to the tailgate because it is serious scotch and is unusual - very floral and dry dry dry hit and then " wow". Great stuff!
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Good shout. This is Bruicladdich- something like that- Orkney distiller with authentic peaty number and very dry.
I usually steer away from this for bringing to the tailgate because it is serious scotch and is unusual - very floral and dry dry dry hit and then " wow". Great stuff!
It was great, very heavy and smoky. He was embarrassed that he brought Taco Bell in and are it with the scotch. Of course, my buddy whose house it was said "this tastes like a tire shop smells".
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Damn! After my latest trip "home" I picked up a few nice names in US crafts and was hoping to get a handle on these for Christmas.
My usual supplier here in the UK " Beers Of Europe" struggling with demand so- Maine- Peeper which is pretty common in New York not available. However my agent says this ( link below) cute wee number is going to available here. Any of you guys had this?
http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/blogs/lists/Foothills-Sexual-Chocolate.jpg
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Just picked this up from one of my locals...
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I am excite and I'm sure Badger would be interested as well. Clocks in at 10.7%.
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Jim, never had Sexual Chocolate but it sounds delicious. Anything Maine Beer Co. Makes is solid. Lunch and Another One are 2 of my favorite IPAs.
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Just picked this up from one of my locals...
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I am excite and I'm sure Badger would be interested as well. Clocks in at 10.7%.
Oh wow. Southern Tier are in my mind up there with the best of them. Pumpkin ales are my beer of choice just now I just love it, Brew Dog back here are working on new lines! Hope I can get a taste of this little number soon looks great.
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Just picked this up from one of my locals...
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I am excite and I'm sure Badger would be interested as well. Clocks in at 10.7%.
This was awesome. Very smooth for its abv.
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Had a dark beer weekend. Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro, Ithaca Embrr Porter, Samuel Smith Organic Chocolate Stout.
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Had a dark beer weekend. Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro, Ithaca Embrr Porter, Samuel Smith Organic Chocolate Stout.
Just picked up a 32oz growler of Ithaca Creeker for later today. Had a a taste of it, pretty friggin tasty. It's actually warm out and I have a lot of yard work/ Christmas excrement to do, so a DIPA seemed like a better choice.
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People are going absolutely batshit bonkers over Goose Island Bourbon County. It's hilarious.
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Space Dust IPA - Elysian Brewing out of Seattle. Nectar of the Gods, but leads to quite a headache in the morning. 7.2 ABV
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Space Dust IPA - Elysian Brewing out of Seattle. Nectar of the Gods, but leads to quite a headache in the morning. 7.2 ABV
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I actually just had that about a month ago. I agree, very tasty. The citrus meter is high in this one. Pricy in my parts though. About $14-15 for a 6-pack.
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Devil's Backbone Vienna Lager. In a keg. Glorious.
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The wife and I are drinking the winter selections from Anderson Valley (of course) and Flying Dog. I hate how much Flying Dog costs in California.
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Just picked this up from one of my locals...
(http://imageshack.com/a/img674/6913/FuqKrj.jpg)
(http://imageshack.com/a/img909/4633/rNGNzK.jpg)
I am excite and I'm sure Badger would be interested as well. Clocks in at 10.7%.
22oz 12 pack in my home. I'm so happy.
Drinking Omegang's 3 philosophers right now.
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22oz 12 pack in my home. I'm so happy.
Drinking Omegang's 3 philosophers right now.
It was pretty slammable fresh, even at the abv it's at, but I can only imagine how good it's gonna get with age.
Drinking a year old bomber of Espresso Oak Aged Yeti by Great Divide. The espresso has faded a bit but it's still pretty tasty.
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Wife got me a mixer sixer. She's a keeper.
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People are going absolutely batshit bonkers over Goose Island Bourbon County. It's hilarious.
what do you mean?
I found it really easily and well after it shipped. Then again my super secret craft beer gas station spot tends to be pretty good with that stuff. missed out on the Cantillon they had though
Have a 4 pack of the BC sitting in my cabinets
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what do you mean?
I found it really easily and well after it shipped. Then again my super secret craft beer gas station spot tends to be pretty good with that stuff. missed out on the Cantillon they had though
Have a 4 pack of the BC sitting in my cabinets
I was talking about the week it was released. The demand for this beer gets higher each year and the availability gets less because they are distributed almost everywhere that high of alcohol content is allowed. Right now, on Long Island and NYC it's a behind the counter/in the back selection almost everywhere. The variants are pretty hard to find and a lot of places are price gouging the excrement out of it.
I got 3 of the stout, 2 barleywine, 1 coffee, and a 22oz bomber of the vanilla rye so I'm good. I've had the BW and coffee on tap and they were both delicious.
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I was talking about the week it was released. The demand for this beer gets higher each year and the availability gets less because they are distributed almost everywhere that high of alcohol content is allowed. Right now, on Long Island and NYC it's a behind the counter/in the back selection almost everywhere. The variants are pretty hard to find and a lot of places are price gouging the excrement out of it.
I got 3 of the stout, 2 barleywine, 1 coffee, and a 22oz bomber of the vanilla rye so I'm good. I've had the BW and coffee on tap and they were both delicious.
I used the Goose Island website to find a bodega on 10th avenue about a mile from my office that I walked to last week to pick up a 4 pack of the stout. Wish I could have found the barleywine though.
And it's not even for me, it's a Christmas present for my bro-in-law.
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This is a corner in my basement right now. I'm pretty lined up for awhile.
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This is a corner in my basement right now. I'm pretty lined up for awhile.
I'm coming over right now.
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Had Arrogant Bastard Ale from Stone Brewing on Christmas Eve. Now I'm not a big time craft beer guy, but it was awesome. Still basically an amber, but with bitter IPA and nutty stout notes.
Burgers and Brews at M Resort in Vegas. Their burgers are outstanding as well.
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boom
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Looks hoppy.
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Looks hoppy.
About as hoppy as it gets. Only my 2nd ever.
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Pretty freaking good.
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Pretty freaking good.
yeah, i def enjoyed that one when I had it.
a bit pricey but enjoyable
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yeah, i def enjoyed that one when I had it.
a bit pricey but enjoyable
This one was 2 and a half years old too. Nice balance. Eye opener.
I just picked up my 2nd 6-pack of Durty I thought you might want to know, haha.
My birthday is Wednesday so I'm on the fence: Bourbon County Vanilla Rye, AleSmith Speedway Stout or a year and a half old Evil Twin Even More Jesus? The BCBVR would be a slam dunk but I don't know if I'm up to that at 9pm with work the next day. Ah, decisions.
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BCVR and post a picture of it
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BCVR and post a picture of it
You think? I think a weekend would be better for that. I can't wait to try it though.
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This one was 2 and a half years old too. Nice balance. Eye opener.
I just picked up my 2nd 6-pack of Durty I thought you might want to know, haha.
My birthday is Wednesday so I'm on the fence: Bourbon County Vanilla Rye, AleSmith Speedway Stout or a year and a half old Evil Twin Even More Jesus? The BCBVR would be a slam dunk but I don't know if I'm up to that at 9pm with work the next day. Ah, decisions.
It's your birthday poopchute drink them all.
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It's your birthday poopchute drink them all.
That would kill me. That would kill almost anyone.
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That would kill me. That would kill almost anyone.
You liver would soak it all up like a sponge.
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You think? I think a weekend would be better for that. I can't wait to try it though.
You might be right, after I had the BCBS I kept waking up in the middle of the night. Damn ABV.
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You might be right, after I had the BCBS I kept waking up in the middle of the night. Damn ABV.
The Vanilla Rye is a 22oz bomber too. Yeah, a weekend it is.
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You liver would soak it all up like a sponge.
If I had all day and could sip them, that would be one thing. It would also be a waste to drink 3 beers that good in one day, honestly.
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Drinking a Funky Buddha Maple Bacon Porter.
Mmmm mm
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Drinking a Funky Buddha Maple Bacon Porter.
Mmmm mm
Sounds like something I did in the bathroom.
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Sounds like something someone would do in MBGreen's bathroom.
Fixed for accuracy.
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Sounds like something I did in the bathroom.
It's one of the top two most coveted beers in Florida. That and cigar city Hanahpu however you spell it
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It's one of the top two most coveted beers in Florida. That and cigar city Hanahpu however you spell it
Oh I don't doubt it's good. The name just sounds like a dump you'd take in Applebee's.
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Oh I don't doubt it's good. The name just sounds like a dump you'd take in Applebee's.
You know I know two things about craft beer, Jack and excrement. However, that Funky Buddha excrement is very popular down here. I know people that have stood on line for hours for that maple porter stuff and the other limited release things they do.
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Its considered a top 250 beer so that's saying something.
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Its considered a top 250 beer so that's saying something.
you have never had it?
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I need to get a snifter.
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I need to get a snifter.
Guessing this was inspired by my facebook post.
It's a pretty cool thing they have going. You pay like 60-70 bucks for the year at the brewery and they give you a personalized Snifter with whatever name you want engraved on there.
The custom snifter is like 3-4 ozs bigger pours everytime you use it. They also give you a t shirt, keychain and extended happy hour for the year. Def worth it
The only thing is I tend to get Super drunk because I lose track of how much im aCtially drinking
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you have never had it?
No. They don't distribute that anywhere near New York. I'm going down to Florida in March, hopefully I can score some.
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No. They don't distribute that anywhere near New York. I'm going down to Florida in March, hopefully I can score some.
Let me know maybe I will get you some.
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Let me know maybe I will get you some.
I'm unfortunately gonna be nowhere near the Miami area.
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I'm unfortunately gonna be nowhere near the Miami area.
lol, I am sure it's a family trip, lol. I didn't mean to meet you, I would get it and either ship it or bring it up.
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I'm fortunately gonna be nowhere near the Miami or Miamipuck thank my stars.
Corrected for honesty.
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Corrected for honesty.
Doesn't hurt my feelings.
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Corrected for honesty.
"Don't worry...Clearwater's only a short train ride from Miami."
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My executive decision is the Speedway Stout. Chilling on ice. So good, nice and chewy in this weather and something I can sip and finish at a reasonable hour. Pic to be added tonight.
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My executive decision is the Speedway Stout. Chilling on ice. So good, nice and chewy in this weather and something I can sip and finish at a reasonable hour. Pic to be added tonight.
Enjoy, old man.
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Enjoy, old man.
Will do, young un. Stay off my lawn.
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Very nice.
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Drunk a ton of allagash last night at work. The menu where I work last night:
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Currant Affair was crazy sour, took a bit to get used to. Everything else was pretty fantastic.
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The wife got me a 4 hour, 3 brewery beer tour for Christmas. I think I'll keep her.
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The wife got me a 4 hour, 3 brewery beer tour for Christmas. I think I'll keep her.
It's February, you may want to update your Polish calendar.
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It's February, you may want to update your Polish calendar.
My wife once got me a steak dinner for my birthday (September) and I didn't get around to actually going to the steakhouse for it until July.
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It's February, you may want to update your Polish calendar.
You can update my nutsack.
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You can update my nutsack.
What nutsack?
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My wife once got me a steak dinner for my birthday (September) and I didn't get around to actually going to the steakhouse for it until July.
Look I would greatly appreciate you not getting in the middle of my busting balls with like things everyone does. A simple "What idiot does that?" would have really helped.
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What idiot does that?
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What idiot does that?
<3
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What nutsack?
The one my wife owns.
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The one my wife owns.
Ok I will update it during Christmas.
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Since this thread got bumped, had a few of these the other night. Very tasty.
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I guess we'll see Bo in the drunk thread soon. Haha
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I guess we'll see Bo in the drunk thread soon. Haha
My beer tour in in March, so I have time to gear up.
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My beer tour in in March, so I have time to gear up.
That Hardywood brewery that you brought up in November is supposedly blowing the freak up. Can't get it around here, but I see people raving about their stuff. Their gingerbread stout, in particular. That IPA you brought was definitely an eye opener.
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Greatest beer name......ever.
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That's where I tell women they're heading after a date with me.
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That's where I tell women they're heading after a date with me.
Your date goes so poorly that they become a lesbian?
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I really didn't think that joke through.
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Even better. I forgot that it's brewed in a particularly unfortunate town name.
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I've been to Goochland. I have in laws who live in Mineral.
Virginia can't name towns for excrement.
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Your date goes so poorly that they become a lesbian?
I think he meant excrement's Creek.
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Iggy....Boulevard Brewing coming to NYC by next week.
I am excite.
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Did you try BA narwhal or BA Old Rasputin ?
Didn't feel like plunking $20+ On each after mixed reviews.
I've gotten pretty boring with my beer choices lately. At least when I go to the store. Drinking basically nothing but ST. B12 and FBS.
At a bar or similar is where ive been trying new stuff.
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I had the BA Narwhal on New Year's Eve. It was freaking glorious. There might be a pic of it in this thread actually. I have another one put away. I've never had BA old raspy.
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I had the BA Narwhal on New Year's Eve. It was freaking glorious. There might be a pic of it in this thread actually. I have another one put away. I've never had BA old raspy.
Both were released around the same time.
My little gas station has both. Maybe I'll grab the ba narwhal tonight.
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My little vday treat to myself tonight.
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Not really craft beer, but this one's for Our resident Scot. Kicking it old school.
Playing a little footy later, so I'm taking it easy.
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My first ever. Had it earlier today. Lives up to hype, for sure.
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^That's awesome
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Do the content and photo remind you of anyone?
http://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/why-i-hate-ipas-thrillist-nation
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Do the content and photo remind you of anyone?
http://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/why-i-hate-ipas-thrillist-nation
That might actually be Puck.
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Hell, even the guys picture looks like he could be Puck's brother.
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^That's awesome
My brother in law traded a bunch of local stuff and got 2 Plinys and was nice enough to give me one.
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Pliny is great. Impossible to getup here unless you are trade/ have someone buy it and ship.
A friend of mine claims to have a 1/4 keg in the fridge for his wedding in June, i am excite.
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Jelly
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Jelly
You don't even want to know what I had today then. I got invited to a bottle share this afternoon. It was pretty sick.
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Yup....there it is.
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This is freaking awesome. Piney, resiny, citric. Fantastic. A friend of mine brought it back from Connecticut.
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I left an Arrogant Bastard in the freezer last night
Frozen
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I left an Arrogant Bastard in the freezer last night
Frozen
Let it go
Let it goooooo
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I left an Arrogant Bastard in the freezer last night
Frozen
if it didn't explode, you can unthaw it and it'll be fine.
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I left an Arrogant Bastard in the freezer last night
Frozen
Which member of the board was it?
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Have a 2012 Brooklyn Black Ops in the fridge.
probably will drink it this weekend
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if it didn't explode, you can unthaw it and it'll be fine.
I did that and you are correct it was still good.
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Went to a hole in the wall that's actually got great Craft beers and good food.
A Tampa Brewery. Had this last night it was glorious
http://coppertailbrewing.com/our-beers/unholy/
Had a few of their other beers. good stuff
I'll have to find the menu n Remember what else I had.
Also, while playing darts, sone random derriere guy walked up, bought us a round and took off BMX gloves n proceeded to tell us he was a former cocaine dealer who learned to play cricket by betting a lb of coke against his "rival" he had a brand on his arm and then said he tried out for the Patriots. He kept rambling then his card was declined and he was kicked out.
Lol
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Also, while playing darts, sone random derriere guy walked up, bought us a round and took off BMX gloves n proceeded to tell us he was a former cocaine dealer who learned to play cricket by betting a lb of coke against his "rival" he had a brand on his arm and then said he tried out for the Patriots. He kept rambling then his card was declined and he was kicked out.
#justfloridathings
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#justfloridathings
He was from Boston
So
#bostonbakedbitch
Works better
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So...drank this tonight.
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So...drank this tonight.
Stumbled onto a place that had this on draft. Me and my girl ended up drinking 3 each. Needless to say the end of the night was blurry.
What's that cost in a bottle? They might have it at this place by the university of miami (according to Praire's webstie)
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I actually bought it in Dunedin. $10 a bottle. Not cheap. Great beer though. I'd love more.
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Yeah...so this is pretty good.
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Yes. Yes it is.
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Yes. Yes it is.
I gotta admit, I'm feeling pretty good right now. This is awesome. Licorice, bourbon, coffee, alcohol well hidden, very nice.
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I gotta admit, I'm feeling pretty good right now. This is awesome. Licorice, bourbon, coffee, alcohol well hidden, very nice.
I was very pleasantly surprised because I'm not really into their Cappuccino Stout, but my brother brought some of the ICS to a family birthday. It's a shame that's the limited one.
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I was very pleasantly surprised because I'm not really into their Cappuccino Stout, but my brother brought some of the ICS to a family birthday. It's a shame that's the limited one.
This is my 2nd, I have one left. freaking $10 for a 12% bomber. What a price.
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Drank this tonight...freaking awesome. Was sitting on it since late '13 and actually had the time to sit back and enjoy it. 17.2%. Doesn't taste like it, and the flavor and feel is just sick.
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Made this last night. Yeah, I still got it.
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Just another Tuesday, you know?
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I still have two bottles of the BC Barleywine. Not sure when I'll open them.
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I still have two bottles of the BC Barleywine. Not sure when I'll open them.
I actually had 4 coffee left and 2 Barleywine left. Now, it's 3 coffees. Hehe
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can't get into Barleywine for some reason. I usually love the higher ABV stuff
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Ahhhh excrement. Splitting with the wife.
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We had a Founders Tap Takeover tonight - the Kentucky Breakfast Stout on tap was fantastic. So smooth.
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can't get into Barleywine for some reason. I usually love the higher ABV stuff
I'm not huge on them usually but that one in particular just works for me.
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Guinness's tailgate trunk of heaven
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Killing time at the airport in Baltimore. Drinking Fordham Copperhead Ale. It's OK. It's beer.
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Killing time at the airport in Baltimore. Drinking Fordham Copperhead Ale. It's OK. It's beer.
Are you on an airport bathroom tour?
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Are you on an airport bathroom tour?
Where else can he go for anonymous gay sex?
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Where else can he go for anonymous gay sex?
Yeah, I mean really.
Are you on an airport bathroom tour?
Flight to Buffalo got cancelled, put on a later flight this evening. Scored $1100 of free flight vouchers because of it (me and the wife total). Looks like my flight to the tailgate is free now. Thanks Southwest!
So far Baltimore has avoided my derriere wrath.
BTW, is it worth my time getting hot wings in Buffalo (not brown wings Puck)? Or are they no better there than anywhere else. Also, should I purchase a Roomba?
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Yeah, I mean really.
Flight to Buffalo got cancelled, put on a later flight this evening. Scored $1100 of free flight vouchers because of it (me and the wife total). Looks like my flight to the tailgate is free now. Thanks Southwest!
So far Baltimore has avoided my derriere wrath.
BTW, is it worth my time getting hot wings in Buffalo (not brown wings Puck)? Or are they no better there than anywhere else. Also, should I purchase a Roomba?
You might as well. Anchor Bar and Duff's are the big two. See what's more convenient for you. I think Anchor Bar has a location in the airport.
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Yeah, I mean really.
Flight to Buffalo got cancelled, put on a later flight this evening. Scored $1100 of free flight vouchers because of it (me and the wife total). Looks like my flight to the tailgate is free now. Thanks Southwest!
So far Baltimore has avoided my derriere wrath.
BTW, is it worth my time getting hot wings in Buffalo (not brown wings Puck)? Or are they no better there than anywhere else. Also, should I purchase a Roomba?
Why are you going to buffalo of all places?
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Why are you going to buffalo of all places?
Niagara falls.
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Niagara falls.
The second most fascinating thing in Niagara Falls is all the Indian people. They love that place.
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The second most fascinating thing in Niagara Falls is all the Indian people. They love that place.
As in Indians from India?
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As in Indians from India?
Dot, not feather.
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Drinking a Silversmith Black Lager. Brewed in Virgil, Ontario. excrement is awesome!
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30170/86590/
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Guinness, you have the grapefruit sculpin yet?
it's wonderful
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Guinness, you have the grapefruit sculpin yet?
it's wonderful
Yeah, it's solid. I love the cans, you can take them anywhere.
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BTW, is it worth my time getting hot wings in Buffalo (not brown wings Puck)? Or are they no better there than anywhere else.
Wings in general have pretty much caught up, but go to Anchor Bar if you want to see where it all started.
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Went to Anchor Bar in the airport and got some wings. They were really good. Don't know if they are the best I've ever had, but they are right up there.
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Went to Anchor Bar in the airport and got some wings. They were really good. Don't know if they are the best I've ever had, but they are right up there.
I can't imagine a chain location at an airport is the same as going to the actual restaurant, but what do I know?
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I can't imagine a chain location at an airport is the same as going to the actual restaurant, but what do I know?
I've been to other chain restaurants at airports and they all seem the same as one not in an airport.
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New favorite of the day: Ducato verdi imperial Stout
nice chocolate/coffee flavors, and the chili finish is fantastic
stout addicted recently, getting free pours of founders kbs at work most of this past week.
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Jesus. Free? Must be nice.
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These guys have some great brews.
https://funkybuddhabrewery.com
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It's really amazing how great this is in this freaking sticky weather.
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It's really amazing how great this is in this freaking sticky weather.
Thanks for the recommendation. Picked up a 4 pack - it's excellent. Top 5 for me.
I took a break from the high ABV beers for a month or so with the start of summer. It was too much drinking for 5 or 6 hours outdoors on 7+% beers while my buddies were pounding light beers.
This was a nice welcome back
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Thanks for the recommendation. Picked up a 4 pack - it's excellent. Top 5 for me.
I took a break from the high ABV beers for a month or so with the start of summer. It was too much drinking for 5 or 6 hours outdoors on 7+% beers while my buddies were pounding light beers.
This was a nice welcome back
You should thank ijr. He was the first person I knew who drank it.
This is not even my preferred style, but it is a great beer. Fantastic, actually.
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You should thank ijr. He was the first person I knew who drank it.
This is not even my preferred style, but it is a great beer. Fantastic, actually.
I brought IJR one at the last tailgate. He tried to give me a BJ for payment. I politely declined. He gave MB some dry anal instead. Den of Sin 2014.
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It's really amazing how great this is in this freaking sticky weather.
Still a favorite.
Hit a few Oregon breweries on this road trip. Deschutes was solid, but the best new beer I tried was at this place called Hopworks in Portland. We got a flight of all 15 beers, so a ton of variety. A couple of their small batch and seasonal beers were terrrrrible, but they had this 1883 Lager that was basically an experiment to resuscitate an old beer recipe that was unearthed. It was fantastic. Had an IPA called Ace of Spades that was excellent too.
Oh, and the best part about Hopworks? They have dreaming train tables and toys for kids. As kid friendly as it gets.
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The beer garden I'm going to tonight doesn't even have an online list of their beer menu. Filthy casuals.
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The beer garden I'm going to tonight doesn't even have an online list of their beer menu. Filthy casuals.
Which Biergarten did you go to?
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Which Biergarten did you go to?
A new one in Bushwick called Nowadays. Way less packed than the ones in Astoria and a hell of a lot closer. Had a decent selection of local NY brews.
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Went on their website...sounds like an interesting place.
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I went to their website, you should like their IPA's.
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I went to a bar last night and didn't recognize any of the beers on tap. We're living in different times man.
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Still a favorite.
Hit a few Oregon breweries on this road trip. Deschutes was solid, but the best new beer I tried was at this place called Hopworks in Portland. We got a flight of all 15 beers, so a ton of variety. A couple of their small batch and seasonal beers were terrrrrible, but they had this 1883 Lager that was basically an experiment to resuscitate an old beer recipe that was unearthed. It was fantastic. Had an IPA called Ace of Spades that was excellent too.
Oh, and the best part about Hopworks? They have dreaming train tables and toys for kids. As kid friendly as it gets.
I remembered you went to Oregon and visited breweries, Deschutes was named one of the 12 best brewery's in America according to this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gogobot-/twelve-best-breweries-in_b_7955774.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gogobot-/twelve-best-breweries-in_b_7955774.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592)
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I remembered you went to Oregon and visited breweries, Deschutes was named one of the 12 best brewery's in America according to this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gogobot-/twelve-best-breweries-in_b_7955774.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gogobot-/twelve-best-breweries-in_b_7955774.html?ncid=txtlnkusaolp00000592)
I have no idea what Gogobot is or why those are the 12 most popular, but it's a weird list. Deschutes was a great brewery to visit, though. I ran into a distributor Wednesday (pizza place a block away has a rotating Deschutes tap) and told him we had just gone there. He was all excited because they've put a lot into the experience. Oregon is good about that. Everything is so freaking open and friendly.
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I have no idea what Gogobot is or why those are the 12 most popular, but it's a weird list. Deschutes was a great brewery to visit, though. I ran into a distributor Wednesday (pizza place a block away has a rotating Deschutes tap) and told him we had just gone there. He was all excited because they've put a lot into the experience. Oregon is good about that. Everything is so freaking open and friendly.
Mostly because they are high 24/7.
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I wish Deschutes distroed to New York.
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mmmHops
The Beer for Hanson fans!
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I have no idea what Gogobot is or why those are the 12 most popular, but it's a weird list. Deschutes was a great brewery to visit, though. I ran into a distributor Wednesday (pizza place a block away has a rotating Deschutes tap) and told him we had just gone there. He was all excited because they've put a lot into the experience. Oregon is good about that. Everything is so freaking open and friendly.
It's seems a weird list even to a layman like me but just thought you would find it cool.
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I drank this yesterday...one of THE best IPAs I've ever had. Just, off-the-charts awesome.
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The image is blocked at work - what was it?
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Trillium Brewing Sleeper Street. A buddy of mine muled me a few back from Boston.
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Trillium Brewing Sleeper Street. A buddy of mine muled me a few back from Boston.
Did he donkey punch you too?
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Did he donkey punch you too?
Holy excrement...were you there watching or something?
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Holy excrement...were you there watching or something?
Yeah look over your shoulder now.
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Drinking one of these. Fantastic.
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It says to drink from the can..
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It says to drink from the can..
And I say...pour it.
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Un-freaking-believable. Seriously. Danky as all freak. Might be the best IPA I've ever had.
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Picked up packs of Ommegang Fleur de Houblon and Not Your Father's Root Beer.
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Picked up packs of Ommegang Fleur de Houblon and Not Your Father's Root Beer.
Just saw that yesterday. Any good?
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Just saw that yesterday. Any good?
Yeah.
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Victory DirtWolf Double IPA
Shout out to badger and guinness
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I went to a really cool craft beer bar and restauarant in DC called Birch and Barley. Had an Evil Twin Imperial Doughnut Break and a Carrot Cake Beer I can't remember the name of (amongst others)
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Carrot cake beer has to be the new Stone collab. Want to try.
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Victory DirtWolf Double IPA
Shout out to badger and guinness
Can NEVER go wrong with DirtWolf.
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Carrot cake beer has to be the new Stone collab. Want to try.
I'm pretty sure you're right, sounds like the same ABV and description I remember from the menu. I thought it was very good but not for a 95 degree day. Would like to revisit in fall or winter.
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I don't even like carrot cake, not sure I'd want to try the beer.
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Here is an interesting article for you beer aficionado's:
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-17-most-sought-after-beers-in-america-2015-5
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Cool list. Troegs Nugget Nectar probably doesn't belong I've seen it in lots of stores. Great beer though
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I've tasted Utopias. It's pretty good.
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Here is an interesting article for you beer aficionado's:
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-17-most-sought-after-beers-in-america-2015-5
have had about half of the beers on that list.
i think i've seen an additional 1-2 in store without realizing how rare they were.
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I'm bad with remembering the names of these beers. I'll have one, think it's great, then can't remember the name. Oh well.
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Went to Bottle King and scored a 12 Oz Dogfish Head 120 minute IPA. Was sitting there on the shelf for the taking and I don't really care for IPAs but why not. Cost $8.49 though
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Ten Fidy should called be called 10 Titties.
This year's batch is so good
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Skipped dinner and had a Murphy's double chocolate stout and a Founders breakfast stout. Perfect buzz.
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Skipped dinner and had a Murphy's double chocolate stout and a Founders breakfast stout. Perfect buzz.
a what?
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a what?
Sorry, Young's. I was hacked.
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That's a great beer.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sam-adams-just-released-otherworldly-161530882.html
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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/sam-adams-just-released-otherworldly-161530882.html
I've tasted it. Not bad.
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I got 6 16.9oz bottles of Bourbon County brand stout today. 2 regular, 2 Barleywine, 1 coffee and 1 regal rye which was a whopping $21 alone.
Pretty happy with that considering it was pretty painless to get.
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I got 6 16.9oz bottles of Bourbon County brand stout today. 2 regular, 2 Barleywine, 1 coffee and 1 regal rye which was a whopping $21 alone.
Pretty happy with that considering it was pretty painless to get.
trade us Hamonic or GTFO.
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So...this is happening right now and it's amazing.
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Btw Delirium is a great beer to order for a chick who wants a beer and knows nothing about beer. I know next to nothing about craft beers, but that excrement gets you drunk fast.
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Btw Delirium is a great beer to order for a chick who wants a beer and knows nothing about beer. I know next to nothing about craft beers, but that excrement gets you drunk fast.
The last time I took my friends to the bar we went to in November, one of them had about a dozen of those.
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Btw Delirium is a great beer to order for a chick who wants a beer and knows nothing about beer. I know next to nothing about craft beers, but that excrement gets you drunk fast.
Tremens or Nocturnal?
I've yet to encounter any chick who didn't like St Bernardus when trying it for the first time.
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Been sitting on this one for a minute, gonna drink it tonight for number 39 because, why not?
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Been sitting on this one for a minute..........
Must have been uncomfortable, did you do it to get it to an ideal temperature or is that a new aging process?
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Must have been uncomfortable, did you do it to get it to an ideal temperature or is that a new aging process?
You wouldn't understand, you cider drinking bundle of sticks
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You wouldn't understand, you cider drinking bundle of sticks
DO YA LIKE SAUSAGE?
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Not many of you are going to care about this but this is a phenomenal beer.
Other Half/tired hands collab called Oat Overdose. I love the color of this, forget how great it smells and tastes.
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Not many of you are going to care about this.......
You're right
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It looks like chicken broth.
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It looks like chicken broth.
Or Butterbeer.
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Mmmm
Chicken Butter
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Picked up a Shock Top varietal pack yesterday with mixed results.
I knew the Belgian White was decent going in. Not really my kind of beer, but I cannot deny that it is quite good for what is basically a light hefe. Grade B.
Then things got weird...
The Strawbanero. I'm not sure who was high enough to come up with this, but the name explains it perfectly. When you open it, it smells like one of those sickly sweet Strawberry Shortcake dolls from the 80's. Once you get past that, the first taste is not bad at all, but, then the back of your throat starts burning. It took me about an hour to finish it by pure will. The aftermath will likely turn up in a few hours in The Latrine thread. Grade D.
The Twisted Pretzel was interesting. I was expecting a little more salt, but thankfully it was very smooth, and it had an aftertaste that captured the mouth feel and aroma of a fresh street pretzel. For some reason it worked. Grade B.
The show stopper was the Honeycrisp Apple Wheat. You can taste the honey, but it's not too sweet. The tart from the green apple cuts it perfectly. I am still not a fan of wheat beers overall, but I will gleefully order a pint of this if I ever see it on tap. Grade A.
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Picked up a Shock Top varietal pack yesterday with mixed results.
I knew the Belgian White was decent going in. Not really my kind of beer, but I cannot deny that it is quite good for what is basically a light hefe. Grade B.
Then things got weird...
The Strawbanero. I'm not sure who was high enough to come up with this, but the name explains it perfectly. When you open it, it smells like one of those sickly sweet Strawberry Shortcake dolls from the 80's. Once you get past that, the first taste is not bad at all, but, then the back of your throat starts burning. It took me about an hour to finish it by pure will. The aftermath will likely turn up in a few hours in The Latrine thread. Grade D.
The Twisted Pretzel was interesting. I was expecting a little more salt, but thankfully it was very smooth, and it had an aftertaste that captured the mouth feel and aroma of a fresh street pretzel. For some reason it worked. Grade B.
The show stopper was the Honeycrisp Apple Wheat. You can taste the honey, but it's not too sweet. The tart from the green apple cuts it perfectly. I am still not a fan of wheat beers overall, but I will gleefully order a pint of this if I ever see it on tap. Grade A.
Shocktop's fruit variants are all loaded with flavoring syrup. It just plain tastes artificial.
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Anyone heard of this beer?
http://treehousebrew.com
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Anyone heard of this beer?
http://treehousebrew.com
I have had Julius and Alter Ego and they were both great. Julius is one of the best beers I've ever had.
1) can you get this?
2) where can I meet you?
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I have had Julius and Alter Ego and they were both great. Julius is one of the best beers I've ever had.
1) can you get this?
2) where can I meet you?
Just got cans of Julius, Sap, and Tornado. Sitting in the car drinking a Tornado waiting for my growlers to fill inside.
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Just got cans of Julius, Sap, and Tornado. Sitting in the car drinking a Tornado waiting for my growlers to fill inside.
Umm...buy the maximum and I'll buy from you what you can spare. No joke. Julius and Sap
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Umm...buy the maximum and I'll buy from you what you can spare. No joke. Julius and Sap
Ok so here's the deal. I live about an hour away from the place. They're only open for sales 3 days a week and have a cap on how much beer you can buy because they can't keep up with demand. They have a rotational menu in terms of what beers they sell each week.
Next time we're meeting up I'll make a trip beforehand and get a haul for you. Where have you tried this before? the Julius is incomprehensible
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Ok so here's the deal. I live about an hour away from the place. They're only open for sales 3 days a week and have a cap on how much beer you can buy because they can't keep up with demand. They have a rotational menu in terms of what beers they sell each week.
Next time we're meeting up I'll make a trip beforehand and get a haul for you. Where have you tried this before? the Julius is incomprehensible
I have a customer at work who brought me back a six-pack right before Thanksgiving last year. It was 1 Julius, 1 Alter Ego and 3 Single shots (coffee milk stout) and an IPA called BDG 8 (not Tree House) or something like that. The only time I've ever had Tree House was that time.
The Alter Ego was good but the Julius blew it away. I was a big fan of the Single Shot too. Yeah, if you did that I would really appreciate it and would obviously compensate the cost.
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So it's official I'm an alcoholic now
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So it's official I'm an alcoholic now
Par for the course as a Jets fan
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So it's official I'm an alcoholic now
up the green
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So it's official I'm an alcoholic now
I took one of those "Are you an alcoholic" online tests. Passed with flying colors.
Though I now set the bar at owning a flask. If I ever buy a flask then I'll consider myself an alcoholic.
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These guys have some great brews.
https://funkybuddhabrewery.com
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I took one of those "Are you an alcoholic" online tests. Passed with flying colors.
Though I now set the bar at owning a flask. If I ever buy a flask then I'll consider myself an alcoholic.
Hahaha that's the sign of a social drinker or someone who can't be in society unless they drink
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Hahaha that's the sign of a social drinker or someone who can't be in society unless they drink
Haha. Seriously, though. Can you think of any activity that adults do together than doesn't involve drinking?
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I took one of those "Are you an alcoholic" online tests. Passed with flying colors.
Though I now set the bar at owning a flask. If I ever buy a flask then I'll consider myself an alcoholic.
I've seen you bid on and severely overpay for a flask in person, you freaking bum.
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I've seen you bid on and severely overpay for a flask in person, you freaking bum.
Hahahaha I remember that. Fuckn Puck drove the price up. Ended up getting confiscated at the entry anyway.
Doesn't count.
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I've seen you bid on and severely overpay for a flask in person, you freaking bum.
HahHa, awesome
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I've seen you bid on and severely overpay for a flask in person, you freaking bum.
He essentially rented it at an exorbitant price.
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Treehouse Alter Ego and Green this week
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happy National Beer Day
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Treehouse Alter Ego and Green this week
Yes, please
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Hahahaha I remember that. Fuckn Puck drove the price up. Ended up getting confiscated at the entry anyway.
Doesn't count.
Hahah Did I? Have I told you guys what an poopchute I am, both here and in person?
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My buddy was up in VT, got me some heady topper. These guys are the snobbiest douchebags on the planet. This beer is almost impossible to get unless you travel up to VT to get it. And once you're in VT, you can't just go to the brewery to get it .. no no, it's a wild goose chase around the state to buy a dam case.
The beer is amazing if you like hoppy beer. Wish I had more. I drank 4 of them last night.
Anyone try Innis and Gunn highland ale? it's pretty good if you like beer that taste like whisky.
http://alchemistbeer.com/buy/
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love the new canned Hopslam
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Founders Mango Magnifico is the worst beer I've ever tasted.
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Founders Mango Magnifico is the worst beer I've ever tasted.
I didn't know Founders was capable of making a bad beer, but the name alone sounds alarming.
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I've had it too. Not a fan at all. Starts like Mango soda and finishes like mango vinegar
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Best name for a beer ever: Softly Spoken Magic Spells. Friggin fantastic.
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Treehouse Sap and Julius this week
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Treehouse Sap and Julius this week
Obligatory "yes, please" post.
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Obligatory "yes, please" post.
Don't you worry, I got you next time I'm in NY. Just need a week or 2 advance notice.
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I didn't know Founders was capable of making a bad beer, but the name alone sounds alarming.
they've had a couple of those I've never tried for that reason, even though pretty much everything Founders i've enjoyed is great.
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they've had a couple of those I've never tried for that reason, even though pretty much everything Founders i've enjoyed is great.
Have you had this year's KBS yet?
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Have you had this year's KBS yet?
i just got a 4 pack by accident.
stopped to get gas and the Brown delivery guy was just dropping off his cases.
i'm drinking it now.
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I'm not one for the hype and hysteria of the must-have beers but I rang up my local Bottle King about KBS last week.
Called in and asked, "do you have Founders KBS available?"
"No."
And they hung up
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I'm not one for the hype and hysteria of the must-have beers but I rang up my local Bottle King about KBS last week.
Called in and asked, "do you have Founders KBS available?"
"No."
And they hung up
Wow. Nice customer service. Would have thought you called about Grimm.
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I also just bought a bottle of Avery's Uncle Jacob.
Sounds Jewy
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Have you had this year's KBS yet?
i enjoyed last year's more - but it may have been tainted by my experience of the horrific cough syrup mango juice we had on.
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Treehouse is ridiculous right now. They ran out of parking today
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Bright and Curiosity #26 today
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Drinking this now. Fuggin delicious.
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What better way to end a vacation, and play 90 minutes, than this?
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For no reason at all, my favorite beers....
Stout: Anderson Valley Oatmeal Stout
Imperial stout: Westbrook Mexican Cake/Stone Russian Imperial (espresso)/Boulevard Dark Truth
Milk stout: Riverhorse Oatmeal Cookie Stout/Lefthand
IPA: Maine Lunch
Double IPA: Southern Tier Unearthly/Bear Republic Cafe Racer 15
Pale Ale: Lagunitas Dogtown/Southern Tier Live/Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale
Porter: Founders/Smuttynose Robust
Imperial Porter: Ballast Point Victory at Sea/Evil Twin Lil B
Amber: Anderson Valley Boont Amber
Red: Maine Zoe/Troegs Nugget Nectar
Scotch Ale: Oskar Blues Old Chub
Old ale: Founders Old Curmudgeon
Black IPA: Uinta Dubhe
Farmhouse/Saison: Westbrook Bearded Farmer (Thomas)/Boulevard Tank 7
Wheat: Weihenstephener
Dopplebock: Schneider Aventinus
Smoked beer: Aecht Schlenkerla Urbock
Winter warmer: Sixpoint Global Warmer
Summer: Ommegang Fleur de Houblon
Holiday: Anderson Valley Winter Solstice
Pumpkin: Schlafly Pumpkin Ale
Wit: Allagash White
Tripel: Chimay
Quad: Rochefort/(American) Boulevard Sixth Glass
40oz: Olde English
Cheap excrement: Pabst/Genessee Cream Ale
Go-to favorite beer: Founders Breakfast Stout
Sorry, just bored.
This just feels like such a cute list now.
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3 years is an eternity in alcoholism years.
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Not a beer, but this commercial is great:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ-cTs-u-Kg
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Not a beer, but beer-related. My wife bought me a bottle of this a little while back:
http://newhollandbrew.com/our-spirits/beer-barrel-bourbon/
I just got round to tasting it last night, I haven't tried the Dragon Milk Stout but I will certainly try to. The bourbon is excellent, it's just a standard MGP mash but then it's aged in DMS barrels and it's really quite different to the stock. Recommended.
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I'd definitely try that. Dragon's Milk is probably my favorite easily attainable, year-round BA stout, so I have to imagine the liquor would be good as well.
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Want
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Haven't been drinking much but had the Southern Tier Salted Caramel imperial stout and their Chokolat Orange recently.
The former was superb. They nailed the caramel sea salt flavor.
The latter was good, but I prefer the regular Chokolat, since this felt a bit more boozy and the orange peel was overkill. It's a good beer, but a bit cloying and i'll probably never order one again, if they even decide to make it next year.
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This year's batch of Founder's breakfast stout is freaking amazing. Even by breakfast stout standards
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Wtf is a tropical stout?
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Wtf is a tropical stout?
Gay
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Give me one, please :)
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Yeah I owe you one. Probably at the tailgate
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I actually just had this on Wednesday for the first time. A customer gave it to me. It was delicious. Pope...drink em now. If you happen to still have one by the tailgate, I'd happily have some. :)
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Got a 1.5 L growler of Haze from Treehouse I've been saving for Sunday
Sip of Sunshine (Lawson's Finest Liquids) and Big Cranky (Stony Creek Brewery) tonight and tomorrow
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I finally feel like I can legitimately post in this thread. I can't remember the last time I bought yuengling. I just re-read the first 10+ pages, and my first post in here was asking about whiskey.
In a week or two I'll start making Treehouse runs for Guinness for the tailgate.
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I finally feel like I can legitimately post in this thread. I can't remember the last time I bought yuengling. I just re-read the first 10+ pages, and my first post in here was asking about whiskey.
In a week or two I'll start making Treehouse runs for Guinness for the tailgate.
You bring the Tree House, I'll work on the Grimm, Other Half and SingleCut. Lots of good beer in NYC right now. LJF is working on the Carton and Kane.
We'll form like Voltron.
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You bring the Tree House, I'll work on the Grimm, Other Half and SingleCut. Lots of good beer in NYC right now. LJF is working on the Carton and Kane.
We'll form like Voltron.
I like that plan. I hear great things about SingleCut but it's rarely available around here.
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Just picked up some NEBCO Sea Hag IPA and Troeg's Perpetual IPA
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My pizza got me a bunch of local beers from the Outer Banks but I drank them all and forgot to make note of what they were
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Just picked up some NEBCO Sea Hag IPA and Troeg's Perpetual IPA
I like Sea Hag, there's a place by me that sells 4-packs under the counter. Not a big price gauge either. Solid stuff.
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Picked up 6 cans of Alter Ego and 6 cans of Haze from Treehouse today.
Grabbing a few cases of Tony Goes Dancing from Back East Brewery tommorrow to help me conserve some for the tailgate. Gonna take some serious willpower and probably one more trip back up to MA.
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Remember Yuengling?
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Remember Yuengling?
Vaguely, but I'll never forget. I still remember my first one at a cheesesteak in place in philly
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My buddy made a brewery trip to Mass/Maine last weekend. Went over to his place tonight and got to try 4 different types of Trillium, Bissel Brother's Substance, and Treehouse Juice Machine.
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My buddy made a brewery trip to Mass/Maine last weekend. Went over to his place tonight and got to try 4 different types of Trillium, Bissel Brother's Substance, and Treehouse Juice Machine.
Bissell has done a really solid job for itself. Substance is a good beer.
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http://ny.eater.com/2016/9/20/12988696/evil-twin-brewing-to-open-brewery-in-ridgewood
This. This is good.
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Had dinner with my aunt and uncle from Chi-town last night and they brought me a 6 pack of Gumballhead from 3 Floyds in Indiana. Not bad.
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Treehouse - Green and Julius
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For the geeks going on Sunday....amongst the usual goodness I'm bringing, I'll have 4 Grimm cans and 4 Sand City cans at the very least. Only for the ones who appreciate it. The Sand City excrement is fantastic. I'd put it up against anything, anywhere.
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For the geeks going on Sunday....amongst the usual goodness I'm bringing, I'll have 4 Grimm cans and 4 Sand City cans at the very least. Only for the ones who appreciate it. The Sand City excrement is fantastic. I'd put it up against anything, anywhere.
Awesome, I've been cherry picking some nearby stores. So far I have:
Natural Ice
Rolling Rock Light
Bud Ice
Milwaukee Best Ice
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Awesome, I've been cherry picking some nearby stores. So far I have:
Natural Ice
Rolling Rock Light
Bud Ice
Milwaukee Best Ice
Go freak yourself
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Go freak yourself
And a heady topper
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And a heady topper
Ok, you're cool
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I'll have Treehouse - Alter Ego, Haze, Julius, and Green for whoever wants some. Also have a stash of Sip of Sunshine, Hop Whammy, Captain's Daughter, Sea Hag, and G-Bot.
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I'll have Treehouse - Alter Ego, Haze, Julius, and Green for whoever wants some. Also have a stash of Sip of Sunshine, Hop Whammy, Captain's Daughter, Sea Hag, and G-Bot.
Yes
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I'm up in Cazenovia and Syracuse NY at Empire Brewing. My pizza's brother works for the company so we got an insiders tour of the facilities and some free beer/swag. This place is insane, highly recommend visiting the farmhouse brewery in Cazenovia for lunch/dinner and drinks.
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Awwwwww sheeeet!
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Isn't the Goose Island 2016 contaminated?
Edit: Nevermind, thinking of prior batch
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Isn't the Goose Island 2016 contaminated?
Edit: Nevermind, thinking of prior batch
Yeh, that was last years stuff. Still too early to tell this year, they made a lot less this year to ensure the integrity of their product, but I can assure you this is raspberry jam fantasticness.
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I still have two bottles from 2014.
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I still have two bottles from 2014.
Between now and next year, they should be in their prime. I have 3 '13s left, 1 '14, 2 coffees from '14, 1 Barleywine from '14, 1 '15 and 1 '15 regal left.
I either drank or dumped whatever I had from last year because of possible infection. My Barleywine and coffee bottles were not good. I didn't get too many because of the infection rumors (which turned out to be true).
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Singlecut, yes.
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Wu tang clan ain't nuthin to freak with
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I'd freak that beer.
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Headed to a Singlecut tap takeover at my local pub.... 9 beers on draft
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Headed to a Singlecut tap takeover at my local pub.... 9 beers on draft
Get drunk and post a new thread in the fight club forum.
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Headed to a Singlecut tap takeover at my local pub.... 9 beers on draft
SingleCut.....hmmmmm
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I'll be thinking of you guys later...
The wife reserved the backroom of Haymaker for my 40th birthday tonight. Nice, little group going, can't wait.
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I'll be thinking of you guys later...
The wife reserved the backroom of Haymaker for my 40th birthday tonight. Nice, little group going, can't wait.
You dick I am in New York. Happy Birthday.
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You dick I am in New York. Happy Birthday.
Thanks man. And you didn't stop at my bar?? We're going at 6 if you're in Manhattan, going to Barcade on 24th afterward for a bit too.
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Thanks man. And you didn't stop at my bar?? We're going at 6 if you're in Manhattan, going to Barcade on 24th afterward for a bit too.
I am in Florida, just trying to make you feel guilty. You know if I was in town I would have stopped by.
I will be up the first week of February, scoping out apartments and jobs. I have a Presidents Day eta.
Have a great Bday bro, your wife is a keeper.
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I am in Florida, just trying to make you feel guilty. You know if I was in town I would have stopped by.
I will be up the first week of February, scoping out apartments and jobs. I have a Presidents Day eta.
Have a great Bday bro, your wife is a keeper.
Thanks. Yes, I'm a lucky guy.
lol at Presidents' Day. I'm off that week and might be going to Pennsylvania.
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Thanks. Yes, I'm a lucky guy.
lol at Presidents' Day. I'm off that week and might be going to Pennsylvania.
Presidents day to move up, not visit, after then I should be either up permanent or do 1 of the 2 trips to move my crap up there. I am dreading the drive.
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Thanks. Yes, I'm a lucky guy.
lol at Presidents' Day. I'm off that week and might be going to Pennsylvania.
Tired Hands?
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Tired Hands?
Nah, I wish. More like the poconos with the kids.
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Holy freak! World Class all-around.
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Holy freak! World Class all-around.
You said the same thing when I gave you one at the tailgate. Dunno how I remember that
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You said the same thing when I gave you one at the tailgate. Dunno how I remember that
Lol, I didn't remember at all. I "thought" I had one of these but I could not remember.
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Lol, I didn't remember at all. I "thought" I had one of these but I could not remember.
pretty sure we went Julius, Green, Haze. blacked out shortly thereafter.
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pretty sure we went Julius, Green, Haze. blacked out shortly thereafter.
I never went completely out but I'm in and out all day. That pic of me that (I believe) MBG took of me doing some dance with a excrement eating grin is priceless.
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I never went completely out but I'm in and out all day. That pic of me that (I believe) MBG took of me doing some dance with a excrement eating grin is priceless.
I only blacked out for an hour or 2 but that's all it takes to make an poopchute out of yourself
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I only blacked out for an hour or 2 but that's all it takes to make an poopchute out of yourself
You weren't being an poopchute, just wobbly.
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You weren't being an poopchute, just wobbly.
That was just an act to intimidate Ravens fans. Everyone knows that dudes that can't stand up at football games have nothing to lose
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You weren't being an poopchute, just wobbly.
Were you with that poopchute going to our seats? You weren't so shut your piehole.
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Were you with that poopchute going to our seats? You weren't so shut your piehole.
Yes I was assnapkin. If you would have shut your piehole for 3 seconds you might have looked around and noticed.
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Yes I was assnapkin. If you would have shut your piehole for 3 seconds you might have looked around and noticed.
Actually, you were not. So shut your pretty mouth for a couple of days assbkanket.
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Haha assnapkin
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Actually, you were not. So shut your pretty mouth for a couple of days assbkanket.
I had a video of the fucker wobbling in the tunnel on the way to the game because I thought he was going to fall down and I wanted to record it for it's hilariousness. I didn't see him on the way back after the game. You were busy taking your Geritol.
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I was fine once manbun showed up
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I had a video of the fucker wobbling in the tunnel on the way to the game because I thought he was going to fall down and I wanted to record it for it's hilariousness. I didn't see him on the way back after the game. You were busy taking your Geritol.
Hey douchebag, my buddy and I kept SFD out of trouble after he decked a Ravens fan and they were out for blood. Unless you were cowering behind a garbage can, you weren't there. So go and do what MB says you do best, suck a rooster.
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I was fine once manbun showed up
i dont like manbun
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Hey douchebag, my buddy and I kept SFD out of trouble after he decked a Ravens fan and they were out for blood. Unless you were cowering behind a garbage can, you weren't there. So go and do what MB says you do best, suck a rooster.
I was around, just not sniffing his taint like you.
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I was around, just not sniffing his taint.
Oh so you were sniffing his arsehole.
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Settle down. There's plenty of my junk for the both of you
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I like the turn this thread has taken.
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Hey douchebag, my buddy and I kept SFD out of trouble after he decked a Ravens fan and they were out for blood. Unless you were cowering behind a garbage can, you weren't there. So go and do what MB says you do best, suck a rooster.
I'm sorry what? Did SFD get into a scrap?
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I'm sorry what? Did SFD get into a scrap?
Not quite, he was playing the "I can barely walk because he was too drunk bit", which he totally was. When a Ravens fan walked by he would throw a shoulder and try and level them. He hit two or three mildly, but this last one he crushed, sent him flying. My buddy, talked them off the ledge while I spirited SFD away. The guys buddy, saw two of the three of us weren't drunk off our derriere and told the offended party let's get the freak out of here, crisis averted. SFD made the guy look like Laine, that's how hard he hit him, it was a legal hit, he should have had his head up.
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Not quite, he was playing the "I can barely walk because he was too drunk bit", which he totally was. When a Ravens fan walked by he would throw a shoulder and try and level them. He hit two or three mildly, but this last one he crushed, sent him flying. My buddy, talked them off the ledge while I spirited SFD away. The guys buddy, saw two of the three of us weren't drunk off our derriere and told the offended party let's get the freak out of here, crisis averted. SFD made the guy look like Laine, that's how hard he hit him, it was a legal hit, he should have had his head up.
Translation: After the Ravens fans were 100 yards away, Puck whispers "yeah you better run, fag".
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Translation: After the Ravens fans were 100 yards away, Puck whispers "yeah you better run, fag".
Yeah too bad he didn't have you in his corner to hit the Ravens fan with your purse.
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Yeah too bad he didn't have you in his corner to hit the Ravens fan with your purse.
It's a big purse.
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http://money.cnn.com/2017/01/23/news/companies/sierra-nevada-beer-recall/index.html
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Just simply fantastic.
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(http://imageshack.com/a/img924/574/atGYMi.jpg)
Just simply fantastic.
Had any other Trillium?
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Had any other Trillium?
sleeper, congress and Melcher streets, Pier, Scaled Up, Fort Point, DDH Fort Point, Secret Steps.
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sleeper, congress and Melcher streets, Pier, Scaled Up, Fort Point, DDH Fort Point, Secret Steps.
Is that a yes?
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Grabbed a bottle of Singlecut Weird and Gilly, and a 4 pack of Pipeworks Lizard King today
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sleeper, congress and Melcher streets, Pier, Scaled Up, Fort Point, DDH Fort Point, Secret Steps.
Lol freak you
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Lol freak you
Haha, to be fair, that's over the span of the last year and a half.
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Haha, to be fair, that's over the span of the last year and a half.
Oh, well in that case, freak you
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Singlecut Bon Bon x2 TNT IPA, Beer'd Grove Stand, Beer'd Riff'd
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Ooh, I've always wanted to try Beer'd
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https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/dining/craft-breweries-lines-ale.html?referer=https://www.google.com/
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I've become a bit of a beer bore. New beers only constituent maybe 10% of what I drink now. The beer market feels oversaturated and people are all trying to one up each other with crazy, experimental blends. Innovation is nice but not if it's rushed and sloppy. I don't even trust Beeradvocate as much anymore, especially when it comes to new releases.
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I've become a bit of a beer bore. New beers only constituent maybe 10% of what I drink now. The beer market feels oversaturated and people are all trying to one up each other with crazy, experimental blends. Innovation is nice but not if it's rushed and sloppy. I don't even trust Beeradvocate as much anymore, especially when it comes to new releases.
I was thinking the same thing. The craze has boiled over
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New England's craft beer scene is exploding. Unfortunately you have to put up with the bundle of sticks pink hat chowderheads
But even CT. There's a brewery in every other town now and grade A stuff I can get 10-15 minutes away from me.
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The thing that Tree House Brewing Co., a brewery founded in 2011 among a cluster of working farms in Monson, MA, is most famous for is making world class IPAs. If you live near New England and like hops, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of them. The thing they are most infamous for is not distributing outside of their out-of-the-way brewery. If you want a Tree House beer, you’ll have to stand in a line and you’ll have to buy it directly from the brewery. Thankfully that’s about to change.
Last week Sierra Nevada’s third annual “Beer Camp” program kicked off, a months-long brewing collaboration which will result in a variety 12-pack featuring beer brewed by Sierra Nevada and 12 “of the most innovative and exciting” craft brewers from around the world (along with a tour of festivals to promote the program and its participants). And among the breweries that the legendary, OG Californian brewery is collaborating with is Tree House. The two will produce “East Meets West”, an hazy east coast style IPA. “There’s a light haze, low bitterness, and lots of hoppiness from Citra and Mosaic hops,” said Robin Gregory, spokesperson for Sierra Nevada.
A roundtable from last week’s “Beer Camp Across the World” kickoff.
For the past two years, “Beer Camp” has included only national breweries; this year Sierra Nevada expanded the program to include six breweries from around the world. In a competitive industry such as craft beer, it’s unusual to see an established brand using their extensive distribution channels to bring competitor’s beers to a larger audience.
“Each brewery was picked by our founders as ones that they respect and admire,” said Gregory. And their reasons for the program are two-fold. “One is that we learn a lot from the other brewers. We’ve been around for a long time, and we are always looking for new ways to be innovative. [During the collaboration,] in the brew house we share ideas and learn. We are doing everything we can to push craft forward. A rising tide lifts all boats.”
The 12-pack (9 bottles, 3 cans) will begin shipping out in May and should be hitting shelves on a limited but nationwide basis in early June 2017. We’ll be updating this story with more details as they come out.
The Beer Camp 12-Pack Lineup:
Avery, from Boulder, CO — Dry-Hopped Barleywine Style Ale
Ayinger, from Bavaria, Germany — Dunkle Weisse
Boneyard, from Bend, OR — West Coast DIPA
Duvel, from Breendonk, Belgium — Hoppy Belgian-Style Golden Ale brewed with lemon peel
Fullers, from London, UK — Atlantic Vintage Ale
Garage Project, from Wellington, New Zealand — Campout Porter, made with malt smoked on Manuka wood, Beechwood honey, and Tahitian vanilla
Kiuchi, from Ibaraki-ken Naka-gun, Japan — White IPA with Yuzu
Mikkeller, from Copenhagen, Denmark — Thai-style Iced Tea, made with wheat, oats, puffed rice, tamarind, star anise, black tea, orange peel, and lactose
Saint Arnold, from Houston, TX — Dry-Hopped Berliner Weisse
Surly, from Minneapolis, MN — Ginger Lager, brewed with ginger and cayenne pepper
The Bruery, from Placentia, California — Raspberry Sundae, brewed with raspberry puree, cocoa powder, lactose, vanilla, and oats
Tree House, from Monson, MA — East Meets West IPA, a slightly hazy IPA, with low bitterness, and high hoppiness (Citra, Mosaic)
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Buddy went up to Vermont and brought me back some goodies. Got a 4 pack each of Heady Topper, Focal Banger, and Crusher from Alchemist. Also got to try Skadoosh from Alchemist and a couple beers from Foam Brewers last night.
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A guy who works in a shop I frequent threw me Tree House Sap and Bright yesterday. I bring them Sand City stuff whenever I get it. Very nice of him.
SFD...that's quite the haul, shiiit. A customer of mine was raving about about the Skadoosh or whatever it's called.
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Buddy went up to Vermont and brought me back some goodies. Got a 4 pack each of Heady Topper, Focal Banger, and Crusher from Alchemist. Also got to try Skadoosh from Alchemist and a couple beers from Foam Brewers last night.
A guy who works in a shop I frequent threw me Tree House Sap and Bright yesterday. I bring them Sand City stuff whenever I get it. Very nice of him.
SFD...that's quite the haul, shiiit. A customer of mine was raving about about the Skadoosh or whatever it's called.
You're both douches.
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You're both douches.
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A guy who works in a shop I frequent threw me Tree House Sap and Bright yesterday. I bring them Sand City stuff whenever I get it. Very nice of him.
SFD...that's quite the haul, shiiit. A customer of mine was raving about about the Skadoosh or whatever it's called.
Skadoosh is a limited offering apparently. Blows their other stuff out of the water.
Sap is one of my favorites. Great winter beer. Bright is just OK, put only comparatively to other TH beers. Still better than most other stuff.
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Hillbilly Ail
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Wow
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I think I overdid it with the IPAs the last couple years. I cant take 2 sips of Apocalypse without feeling sick, and that was my non micro goto IPA.
Liver has decided its Beam and diet for awhile.
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I gained ten pounds this winter from drinking all the beer I got for Christmas.
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I had a jalapeno beer. Some things aren't meant to be beered.
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I had a jalapeno beer. Some things aren't meant to be beered.
Had one of those. It was surprisingly terrible.
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Had one of those. It was surprisingly terrible.
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I got 2 in one of those combo boxes. The second one still sits in my fridge for when the nukes start raining down.
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I got 2 in one of those combo boxes. The second one still sits in my fridge for when the nukes start raining down.
Bring it to the tailgate and have MB drink it.
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I've been drinking a lot of class beer lately, but this might be the best. I could bathe in this.
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So...in 2 weeks, I'll be on course in Reston, Virginia (a suburb of Washington DC).
I've been checking out restaurants within the vicinity of my hotel. There's a place down the street called World of Beer.
https://worldofbeer.com/FindABeer/Reston
They have the Left Eye Lopez on their beer list.....so i'll be heading there as soon as I get off the plane.
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So...in 2 weeks, I'll be on course in Reston, Virginia (a suburb of Washington DC).
I've been checking out restaurants within the vicinity of my hotel. There's a place down the street called World of Beer.
https://worldofbeer.com/FindABeer/Reston
They have the Left Eye Lopez on their beer list.....so i'll be heading there as soon as I get off the plane.
There's a WOB in the town I live... pretty vast selection.
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There's a WOB in the town I live... pretty vast selection.
I might sleep in their parking lot instead of the hotel.
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I might sleep in their parking lot instead of the hotel.
I'm now going to assume that they're in a plaza with Outback Steakhouse or something
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I'm going to now assume that they're in a plaza with Outback Steakhouse or something
MB will start a fight in the Applebee's parking lot.
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I'm now going to assume that they're in a plaza with Outback Steakhouse or something
No...but Chipotle is dangerously close by.
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KBS is back this weekend
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No...but Chipotle is dangerously close by.
Craft beer and Chipotle... What could possibly go wrong?
#mbsphinctersmatter
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Yeah, it's back.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/opinion/is-it-last-call-for-craft-beer.html
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/opinion/is-it-last-call-for-craft-beer.html
Not sure if the author knows what craft beer is. A huge company like goose island that is distributed all over the country isn't craft beer. Without looking up the definition, it's small batches brewed and distributed locally. I agree that these type of breweries are taking business away from companies like InBev at an exponential rate, and that's a good thing. Business is booming around here, there are breweries opening up literally every month.
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He didn't say it was craft beer. He said it was dressed up like craft beer.
And I'd argue that they were craft beer until they sold out, which helped them achieve national distribution.
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Picked up 12 Relic - Leaf Storm, 6 Backeast Brewery - Intergalactic Lupulinary, 4 Counterweight - Headway for this weekend.
Draft thurs-sat, going to the Yankees game Sunday.
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Picked up 12 Relic - Leaf Storm, 6 Backeast Brewery - Intergalactic Lupulinary, 4 Counterweight - Headway for this weekend.
Draft thurs-sat, going to the Yankees game Sunday.
I don't know if you saw my txt from last week but that Relic Huntress I picked up off your recommendation was fantastic. The best of all the beer I brought back from Connecticut.
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https://taste.ny.gov/vote
Which NY brewery would you vote for?
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I don't know if you saw my txt from last week but that Relic Huntress I picked up off your recommendation was fantastic. The best of all the beer I brought back from Connecticut.
Just got my hands on this the other day, it is excellent. You would love leaf storm, same profile without the peach and it's a single
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https://taste.ny.gov/vote
Which NY brewery would you vote for?
Other Half
Singlecut
Grimm
Sand City
Finback or Sloop
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Other Half
Singlecut
Grimm
Sand City
Finback or Sloop
Where do you have Finback and what did you get? They are walking distance from my apartment so I'm curious how far they've spread.
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Where do you have Finback and what did you get? They are walking distance from my apartment so I'm curious how far they've spread.
Finback and sloop are the only two on the list I haven't had, but I'm going by word of mouth and reviews, both of which are excellent for them. You should make a stop before the next tailgate, Id like to give it a try. Only one of these breweries I can get in CT is Singlecut, and it's pretty rare.
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Finback and sloop are the only two on the list I haven't had, but I'm going by word of mouth and reviews, both of which are excellent for them. You should make a stop before the next tailgate, Id like to give it a try. Only one of these breweries I can get in CT is Singlecut, and it's pretty rare.
The Finback BQEXC is an elite beer.
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The Finback BQEXC is an elite beer.
Is their good stuff difficult to get or readily available?
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Is their good stuff difficult to get or readily available?
For Badger, readily available, for a lot of others, difficult. Walking distance? excrement, I'd live there if I was in his position. For those not within reasonable distance, it's rather hard to get most of their beer. The only reasonably easy stuff to get is their IPA (which is good, nothing special) and a few others that don't sell out at the brewery.
I've had the BQExC which is an excellent stout. The only reason I got my hands on one is that I had a friend going to the release. Their Oscillation DIPA series is stellar too.
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Five NY breweries, eh?
Sand City
Barrier
Grimm
SingleCut
Other Half
I was reluctant to pick OH because they're predominantly making IPAs and not a while lot of other styles but their IPAs are the best around. I was reluctant to put Grimm and SingleCut on because of their prices. It's tough to only list five and maybe my LI bias kicks in on my first two, but it's tough to leave Rushing Duck, LIC Beer Project, Interboro, Threes, etc, even Moustache off this list.
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Five NY breweries, eh?
Sand City
Barrier
Grimm
SingleCut
Other Half
I was reluctant to pick OH because they're predominantly making IPAs and not a while lot of other styles but their IPAs are the best around. I was reluctant to put Grimm and SingleCut on because of their prices. It's tough to only list five and maybe my LI bias kicks in on my first two, but it's tough to leave Rushing Duck, LIC Beer Project, Interboro, Threes, etc, even Moustache off this list.
Forgot about Threes. They're up there
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For Badger, readily available, for a lot of others, difficult. Walking distance? excrement, I'd live there if I was in his position.
You would think so, but they instantly sold out last time they released the bottles of BQE. I didn't line up Black Friday style so I never had a chance.
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First time back at Treehouse since the fall. Julius and Green, my two favorites from their regular rotation.
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This is just plain old fashioned ridiculous.
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The new Treehouse facility just opened. It is enormous and beautiful. They're upping their brewing capacity by something like 25x, and are supposed to be increasing their can limits and frequency of offerings. should be able to start getting more beer from them soon. Stay tuned.
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Maine Beer Company - Lunch
One of the finest brews I've ever enjoyed.
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Maine Beer Company - Lunch
One of the finest brews I've ever enjoyed.
I've always enjoyed Lunch, I've mentioned it in this thread before but truth be told, for it's price and the amount of class beers I can get now, I pass on it almost every time now. Back in the day I'd buy 4 of them without even thinking about it. It was a game changer of an IPA.
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Maine Beer Company - Lunch
One of the finest brews I've ever enjoyed.
This is my white whale right now.
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Decided to go into the cellar for a nitecap, and this is amazing. 17.1% and exactly three years old. Tastes like chocolate/burnt sugar/licorice with just the smallest bit of smoke on the finish.
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That reminds me, I should crack open my last 2014 Bourbon County Barleywine.
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That reminds me, I should crack open my last 2014 Bourbon County Barleywine.
I got one left myself. I'm thinking Christmas/maybe Thansgiving weekend at some point. I have 2 left from last year.
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Do these craft beers age and/or mellow as they get older?
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Do these craft beers age and/or mellow as they get older?
The kind of stout I drank last night definitely mellows out with age. Anything with that high of an abv benefits from time. I like aging barrel aged stouts too.
Stouts with added flavors, IMO, should be drank within a relatively shorter span of time because the flavors start to fall off.
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Do these craft beers age and/or mellow as they get older?
Stouts are good for ageing/cellaring. IPAs should be drank as fresh as possible.
Guinness, I have 2 four packs of Nebco Imperial Stout Trooper from last year’s release. I’m not really a stout guy so I’ve been hanging onto them for a trade.
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Stouts are good for ageing/cellaring. IPAs should be drank as fresh as possible.
Guinness, I have 2 four packs of Nebco Imperial Stout Trooper from last year’s release. I’m not really a stout guy so I’ve been hanging onto them for a trade.
I've never had that, I heard it's good. When the hell am I ever gonna see you? I am going to the Panthers game...
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I've never had that, I heard it's good. When the hell am I ever gonna see you? I am going to the Panthers game...
drive up to Connecticut...dont be a lazy freak.
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The kind of stout I drank last night definitely mellows out with age. Anything with that high of an abv benefits from time. I like aging barrel aged stouts too.
Stouts with added flavors, IMO, should be drank within a relatively shorter span of time because the flavors start to fall off.
Stouts are good for ageing/cellaring. IPAs should be drank as fresh as possible.
Guinness, I have 2 four packs of Nebco Imperial Stout Trooper from last year’s release. I’m not really a stout guy so I’ve been hanging onto them for a trade.
Thanks guys
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I've always enjoyed Lunch, I've mentioned it in this thread before but truth be told, for it's price and the amount of class beers I can get now, I pass on it almost every time now. Back in the day I'd buy 4 of them without even thinking about it. It was a game changer of an IPA.
We had an MBC Session IPA called post ride snack on tap that was pretty fantastic recently, probably the best easy drinking beer I'd had this summer. MBC is still the premier brewery up here in Maine, but they definitely stay within their comfort zone.
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drive up to Connecticut...dont be a lazy freak.
Yep, that easy. Sorry wife and kids, daddy's gonna disappear for a whole day to get beer. Trust me, I've talked to SFD about this, I wish it were that easy. We're a good two something hours apart and that's not including traffic.
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We had an MBC Session IPA called post ride snack on tap that was pretty fantastic recently, probably the best easy drinking beer I'd had this summer. MBC is still the premier brewery up here in Maine, but they definitely stay within their comfort zone.
Love MBC, but ive only had Lunch once. I can get some of their more generic stuff around here. You close to Bissell Brothers?
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Love MBC, but ive only had Lunch once. Can get some of their more generic stuff around here. You close to Bissel Brothers?
A friend of mine split a can of Swish with me earlier this year, it's an amazing IPA.
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A friend of mine split a can of Swish with me earlier this year, it's an amazing IPA.
My buddy was at the release this weekend and has some fresh cans waiting for me.
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Love MBC, but ive only had Lunch once. I can get some of their more generic stuff around here. You close to Bissell Brothers?
Yeah, their new place is within ten minutes of my apartment. To be honest I haven't had anything they've made in over a year, though - they are the best in town at marketing/branding and underproducing their beers to get hyped up releases, not really my scene.
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Yesterday we had growlers of Finback Something and Singlecut Heavy Boots of Lead.
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I've already procured 3 regular bourbon counties and 3 barleywine bourbon counties. Easy peasy. My buddy split one already with me yesterday. Great beer.
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My corner store ran out of pineapple four loco.
They had arrogant bastard, so I survived.
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My corner store ran out of pineapple four loco.
They had arrogant bastard, so I survived.
I regret not trying Four Loko before they nerfed it.
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I regret not trying Four Loko before they nerfed it.
Just use it to chase a couple sudafeds and its pretty much the same thing.
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I regret not trying Four Loko before they nerfed it.
I had a can of the old Four loko on a bus ride back from the Army/Navy game in Philly as I was passing out from drinking all morning before and during the game and not only did it wake me up but I felt like I was on crack the rest of the night.
People still bring that night up to me.
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I regret not trying Four Loko before they nerfed it.
I can’t beleive that excrement was available to the general public. I had my share of a few in school. Every flavor I tried was freaking disgusting. Half of the challenge was just trying to consume the thing. They got you really, really fucked up though. Once I was with a friend who had drank 3 of them that night (if you did 2 you were approaching blackout state) and I literally had to pull him back from over a railing on a 3rd story deck he had just toppled over.
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I can’t beleive that excrement was available to the general public. I had my share of a few in school. Every flavor I tried was freaking disgusting. Half of the challenge was just trying to consume the thing. They got you really, really fucked up though. Once I was with a friend who had drank 3 of them that night (if you did 2 you were approaching blackout state) and I literally had to pull him back from over a railing on a 3rd story deck he had just toppled over.
I never had it, but what's the difference between that and someone mixing Red Bull with alcohol?
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My friend is holding one of these for me.
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My friend is holding one of these for me.
I got 2 tonight (one is for a buddy) and I've got 2 more on reserve. Gonna drink one tomorrow. I've had it once. Can't wait.
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Whoop there it is
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Drinking my first Finback on the train back to CT. Noise, a farmhouse pale ale. Note bad at all. Also grabbed a singlecut half stack.
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I have a bunch of Treehouse at home waiting for me. Green, Lights On, Doppleganger and Bright. Day off tomorrow. Let’s go Jets.
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Flagship IPA from Staten Island
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I had the worst hangover I've had in ages today. Started with a Bourbon County. Just because. Had a founders breakfast stout and now drinking this. Delicious.
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Didn't have my first beer until 6 today, have already put down a Grimm Zap, a Barrier/Sand City collab called This Ish Crazy (friggin delicious), a 9.8% DIPA from Barrier called Daddy Warbucks and now I'm drinking a Sip of Sunshine. Got a Pipeworks Coffee Abduction in the mud room chilling. What a time for beer. It's ridiculous.
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Drinking my annual delicious birthday beer a day early this year. So delicious, bottled November of 2016. Reminiscent of Bourbon County Vanilla Rye
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In the Poconos for the weekend, picked up a variety pack of Yards.
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I stood outside in 0 degree weather for the Treehouse release of their once a year special edition of Green, Very Green. It is veryfucking good.
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I'm no expert, but Rogue Dead Guy is still great to me.
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I'm no expert, but Rogue Dead Guy is still great to me.
translation: I love me some coronitas
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translation: I love me some coronitas
Haha. Poutine light.
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I'm no expert, but Rogue Dead Guy is still great to me.
Actually it's one of my go-to beers if it's on the menu.
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I went to Sand City today and stood outside for about 10 minutes. Happy birthday to me.
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Probably mentioned this before, but if you are in Vegas, find a place that has Sin City. It's only sold locally, and only on tap. The Amber and IPA are exceptional.
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Drinking a Haze now. Delicious.
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Drinking a Haze now. Delicious.
Wow you bastard. In Perp is one of their best beers. Hurricane is a new beer about a month old, and it’s freaking delicious. Haze is amazing.
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Wow you bastard. In Perp is one of their best beers. Hurricane is a new beer about a month old, and it’s freaking delicious. Haze is amazing.
Best $50 I’ve spent in awhile for sure. Drinking this now.
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^looks to be Sand City
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^looks to be Sand City
Yessir. Picked up a few 4-packs on Saturday.
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https://www.decentpeopletaproom.com/beer-list/
Going here this afternoon. Here's the beer list. Any recommendations? Obviously I don't expect you to know too much about the local Virginia beers, but any of the others maybe?
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Go for the Oberon or the Jade ipa. I don’t know a lot of those beers.
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Go for the Oberon or the Jade ipa. I don’t know a lot of those beers.
Thanks, will do.
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The last of my Tree House haul from last month. I am sad.
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Grabbed a six of Cigar City Jai Alai on Sunday, never had it before.
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Grabbed a six of Cigar City Jai Alai on Sunday, never had it before.
Oh man that beer is awesome. Only had it in FL and a couple times in NY
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Oh man that beer is awesome. Only had it in FL and a couple times in NY
Honestly I never saw it on shelves around here before, but I happened to be out on the island on Sunday and walked past a beverage store advertising CC so I popped in for a look.
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Update: it's good as hell
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Update: it's good as hell
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I found 16oz cans on Friday. Never seen tallboys before.
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Down here Jai Alai is always the one craft beer you can get in places that don’t sell craft beer. Like when you go 7/11 or a dive bar and the only non excrement beer is Sierra Nevada.
It’s not my favorite IPA but it’s a very good one that I’ve drank a lot of because of its availability and price point.
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Went to the Eastern Shore. Found beer. It was good. Brought home 3 crowlers. (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180708/d38f9a2f0442d51e0eebb067712532c8.jpg)
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Crowlers are dope
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Crowlers are dope
It is nice. Keep for longer than growlers. Not that it's an issue with me.
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Falcons will sell $5 craft beers at their regular-season games - starting Sept. 16 against the Panthers - and any home playoff games, per @darrenrovell.
https://t.co/CcGIxZPaTj
Dammit Woody......why can't we have nice things too?
It's ok we have $5 value Bud Lights.
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New beer hotel with in-room beer taps and shower beer fridges now open.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/beer-hotel-room-beer-taps-shower-beer-fridges-115723848.html
I'd say we could make this an away tailgate destination for a Bengals, Colts, or Browns game, but we'd clearly be too drunk to make the game.
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Oxbow Brewing's Magenta is my beer of the summer. This excrement is amazing - I'd say that Oxbow (sours/farmhouse ales/saisons) and Austin Street(American/NE IPAs) are holding up the standard for interesting craft breweries out of this part of the country (this part of the country I basically just mean Maine).
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There's a monkey on it.
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Badger just sent me a txt, Rattle n Hum on 33rd is closing on Nov 25. I haven’t been there in quite awhile but what a sad occurrence. Not just a great bar, and one of OG craft bars in the city, but was basically our stomping ground when we first got off tgg and started our own site. Shitty news, RIP RnH.
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Just hanging out with my small aluminum sons.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20181117/2353b5709cdccc61d0b52680e0cde667.jpg)
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I'm heading to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City for vacation. There's four breweries in each city waiting for me to visit.
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I'm heading to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City for vacation. There's four breweries in each city waiting for me to visit.
Maybe free some POWs while you’re there too
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I'm heading to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City for vacation. There's four breweries in each city waiting for me to visit.
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Why am I not watching this in the airport?
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If you for whatever reason see these breweries on tap in the States:
1. Pasteur Street Brewing
2. Heart of Darkness Brewing
3. Winking Seal
4. Bia Craft
Will update if Furbrew and Turtle Lake Brewing are worth anything.
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My fun craft beer story of the summer:
Last year the restaurant I work at had a staff party at a blueberry farm I own with my family up in the middle of nowhere, Maine. As part of the party we went down and visited Oxbow's (https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26439/)fermentation barn. My family had just severed our contract with the people who were harvesting blueberries for us, after they lost us money for the last two years, and we had several tons of blueberries going to waste on the farm. At the end of the tour, I invited the people at Oxbow over to the farm, and since they make a blueberry sour beer, I asked if they wanted to harvest as many blueberries as they could and use them however they wanted. They came over the next week, got into a fight with my grandmother, and apparently harvested a lot of berries.
Almost a year later, after a lot of elusive answers about whatever happened to those berries, I was given three cases of pint bottles of Slowmotion, a blend of a wild wine they made using my berries and a farmhouse saison from the brewery Brouwerij Lane, in Brooklyn.
Long story short, the wife is out of town, and I'm pretty wasted
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My fun craft beer story of the summer:
Last year the restaurant I work at had a staff party at a blueberry farm I own with my family up in the middle of nowhere, Maine. As part of the party we went down and visited Oxbow's (https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26439/)fermentation barn. My family had just severed our contract with the people who were harvesting blueberries for us, after they lost us money for the last two years, and we had several tons of blueberries going to waste on the farm. At the end of the tour, I invited the people at Oxbow over to the farm, and since they make a blueberry sour beer, I asked if they wanted to harvest as many blueberries as they could and use them however they wanted. They came over the next week, got into a fight with my grandmother, and apparently harvested a lot of berries.
Almost a year later, after a lot of elusive answers about whatever happened to those berries, I was given three cases of pint bottles of Slowmotion, a blend of a wild wine they made using my berries and a farmhouse saison from the brewery Brouwerij Lane, in Brooklyn.
Long story short, the wife is out of town, and I'm pretty wasted
Hahaha, that’s great.
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Still the king.
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Still the king.
Bar in San Jose (San Pedro Market Square) has these readily available. Good stuff
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Bar in San Jose (San Pedro Market Square) has these readily available. Good stuff
Are you capable of posting without being a condescending freaking prick?
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Are you capable of posting without being a condescending freaking prick?
No u
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I have too much beer in my fridge because I like to save one from each pack for a later date but now they're starting to crowd the bottom shelf.
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I have too much beer in my fridge because I like to save one from each pack for a later date but now they're starting to crowd the bottom shelf.
Time to find a straw and take care of business then.
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The setback was not going out of town on Memorial Day weekend, normally I bring them all with me upstate as a big variety pack.
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I took three weeks off from drinking to see if it would help with my burgeoning insomnia (it didn’t). For whatever reason I kept buying beers that I wanted to try. I barely made a dent in them last night and they are all just staring back at me when I open the fridge.
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I took three weeks off from drinking to see if it would help with my burgeoning insomnia (it didn’t). For whatever reason I kept buying beers that I wanted to try. I barely made a dent in them last night and they are all just staring back at me when I open the fridge.
I'm trying to cut back on beer to drop some poundage. I don't buy it for that reason, but I end up failing and just drinking whatever shitty seltzer beers my wife has lying around. Basically I'm failing in a gay way.
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I took three weeks off from drinking to see if it would help with my burgeoning insomnia (it didn’t). For whatever reason I kept buying beers that I wanted to try. I barely made a dent in them last night and they are all just staring back at me when I open the fridge.
I used to have trouble falling asleep, but my firstborn cured that.
So now my beer consumption just gives me a beer gut my kids think is hilarious.
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Got some weird beers for Father's Day. Y'all recognize any of these? Hopefully they don't taste like cologne.
Iron Maiden Woooooo!!!!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200622/05db7b7d550d8f1fcb2adc8a591b031e.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200622/8fa6e079963a887696826366f46fa333.jpg)
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Got some weird beers for Father's Day. Y'all recognize any of these? Hopefully they don't taste like cologne.
Iron Maiden Woooooo!!!!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200622/05db7b7d550d8f1fcb2adc8a591b031e.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200622/8fa6e079963a887696826366f46fa333.jpg)
I've had Trooper, it's fine. It's just a pretty standard bitter.
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Got some weird beers for Father's Day. Y'all recognize any of these? Hopefully they don't taste like cologne.
Iron Maiden Woooooo!!!!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200622/05db7b7d550d8f1fcb2adc8a591b031e.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20200622/8fa6e079963a887696826366f46fa333.jpg)
Mix them all together, make your peace with god....and grab a straw
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Mix them all together, make your peace with god....and grab a straw
Throw in a little Duke's mayo. Die.
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I'd like to know more about this Bone Crusher.
See if you can get anything from Lickinghole Creek, easily the funniest named brewery in VA.
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I'd like to know more about this Bone Crusher.
See if you can get anything from Lickinghole Creek, easily the funniest named brewery in VA.
Best part is that it's in a town named Goochland.
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I'd like to know more about this Bone Crusher.
See if you can get anything from Lickinghole Creek, easily the funniest named brewery in VA.
Bone Crusher was a wheat beer with orange peel hint. Odd name for a wheat beer. Expected it to be a 15% ABV Russian Stout with a name like that.
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Best part is that it's in a town named Goochland.
Lickinghole Creek, Goochland, Bumpass, Short Pump, Cuckoo, that whole general area is a gold mine of bad names.
I was supposed to visit Louisa/Mineral but that's been postponed indefinitely.
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Lickinghole Creek, Goochland, Bumpass, Short Pump, Cuckoo, that whole general area is a gold mine of bad names.
I was supposed to visit Louisa/Mineral but that's been postponed indefinitely.
Bumpass. Forgot that one.
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'here ya go doggie....prrrrt'
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Official beer of JO(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20201001/c4629f15178d4cb7e323c7bd2cf93730.jpg)
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Other Half opening its DC location tomorrow.
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Bumpass. Forgot that one.
Just found out about Assawoman on the Delmarva peninsula
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Other Half opening its DC location tomorrow.
Anything specific you’d recommend?
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Anything specific you’d recommend?
The Left Eye Lopez
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Anything specific you’d recommend?
The beer
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The beer
I hate you so much.
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I hate you so much.
They've been churning out new stuff constantly and I don't recognize any of the beer names besides Mylar Bags, and I don't know what will be available down there yet.
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I hate you so much.
Just about everything they put out is top tier. They’re a top 5-10 brewery in the US imo.
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Their excrement is $20 for a 4 pack. It's gonna be a minute.
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Their excrement is $20 for a 4 pack. It's gonna be a minute.
Welcome to 2020 craft beer
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Welcome to 2020 craft beer
Somehow DC hasn’t hit that threshold yet. Although my favorite brewery here comes very, very close.
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My sister lives an hour from the Veil and the Answer in Virginia. Finally calling on her to perform her family duties.
Any advice on ordering beer from those places in terms of what to get? I literally don’t know any of their stuff
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My sister lives an hour from the Veil and the Answer in Virginia. Finally calling on her to perform her family duties.
Any advice on ordering beer from those places in terms of what to get? I literally don’t know any of their stuff
Get the Swedish fish beer
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A highly acclaimed brewing company based in Charlton, Massachusetts, has purchased the bayside former home of Horizons restaurant (and more recently, The Drunken Seal) on Town Neck Road and plans to open a brewhouse and taproom, according to town officials.
The owners of Tree House Brewing Company announced this week plans to open its new Sandwich facility next summer. The business will operate as a taproom, serving beer by the glass, and also offer retail sales of its product so customers can stop in to buy a six-pack to go.
“By summer of 2021, pending the state of the coronavirus pandemic, we will open this facility as a taproom with resident food trucks and fresh Tree House cans to go,” the company’s website states. “Beyond 2021, we are planning huge renovations that will transform this experience to something else altogether. Though we are not yet prepared to share those plans with you yet, we can assure you it will be something to behold.”
Tree House Brewing was founded in Brimfield in 2011, and in 2016 built a brand-new, $18.5 million, 53,000-square-foot brewery in Charlton, 60 miles west of Boston.
Tree House is known particularly for its production of American-style IPAs and its stouts.
Details of the property sale were not immediately available.
The old Horizons property at 98 Town Neck Road is less than a half-acre in size and is assessed at $1.207 million. It fronts directly on the beach, with a large second-floor deck overlooking Cape Cod Bay.
This is dopeee
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Get the Swedish fish beer
They had this and I ordered it. V excited, my sister is coming to visit early December
Anyone got any recommendations from The Answer?
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This is dopeee
freak I gotta find a reason to get invited back to Cape Cod now
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https://vinepair.com/booze-news/four-saisons-total-landscaping-beer/ (https://vinepair.com/booze-news/four-saisons-total-landscaping-beer/)
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https://vinepair.com/booze-news/four-saisons-total-landscaping-beer/ (https://vinepair.com/booze-news/four-saisons-total-landscaping-beer/)
Probably the best thing ever for that landscaping company. They could make bank with a little marketing.
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Too bad it's only available in Ireland.
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Finally got a beer from Other Half after one came in my beer advent calendar. It's really good.
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Be careful that beer is Marxist
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Be careful that beer is Marxist
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gyugTM7tOZc
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Get the Swedish fish beer
This beer was amazing
Gose brewed with Swedish fish, sweet cherries, sour cherries
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I am incredibly hopeful and incredibly scared.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210303/da2087f705071446db9134b9cac2c6f7.jpg)
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I am incredibly hopeful and incredibly scared.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210303/da2087f705071446db9134b9cac2c6f7.jpg)
You lost me at peanut butter. But I'd drink it anyway because alcohol.
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I don't hate peanut butter flavor in beer but it doesn't do much for me.
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I am incredibly hopeful and incredibly scared.(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210303/da2087f705071446db9134b9cac2c6f7.jpg)
I've been on a run recently with flavoured stouts, in particular these two:
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Both are excellent.
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I've been on a run recently with flavoured stouts, in particular these two:
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Both are excellent.
I like PB stouts, didn't know what to expect from a PB IPA.
It's better than I thought it would be and than I wanted it to be.
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I like PB stouts, didn't know what to expect from a PB IPA.
It's better than I thought it would be and than I wanted it to be.
I don't buy anything that says IPA on the can, I can't bear hoppy beers.
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I don't buy anything that says IPA on the can, I can't bear hoppy beers.
I'm in no danger of killing the 4 pack tonight but I'm enjoying it.
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Happy National Beer day
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I don't buy anything that says IPA on the can, I can't bear hoppy beers.
IPAs in 2021 are nothin like IPAs when you last tried them. Guarantee you would like some if you try the right ones. It’s beer. I know nothing about the Canadian beer scene though
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IPAs in 2021 are nothin like IPAs when you last tried them. Guarantee you would like some if you try the right ones. It’s beer. I know nothing about the Canadian beer scene though
Yeah at this point it's like saying you don't like beer - there's way too much depth and variety for there not to be something out there for everyone.
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Yeah at this point it's like saying you don't like beer - there's way too much depth and variety for there not to be something out there for everyone.
I'm not saying that there aren't many out there I would like, I just don't try them any more because I have disliked far more than I have enjoyed.
I make no real claims about my taste in beer. I'm more the guy at the end of the bar knocking back Coors Light with Bo.
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I'm not saying that there aren't many out there I would like, I just don't try them any more because I have disliked far more than I have enjoyed.
I make no real claims about my taste in beer. I'm more the guy at the end of the bar knocking back Coors Light with Bo.
Hey, poopchute. It's PBR.
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Hey, poopchute. It's PBR.
If it's cold, I'll drink it with you.
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If it's cold, I'll drink it with you.
Fair enough, see you at the pub.
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Fair enough, see you at the pub.
It will have to be your local, they've closed all of mine.
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Point Ybell in Fort Myers, FL is p good.
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Updated:
-Avid Brewing
-Cage Brewing
-3 Daughters Brewing
All in St. Pete. All v good.
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https://twitter.com/cbranch89/status/1392912427151413252?s=21
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JE and Badger would very much enjoy Trve Brewing in Denver if they haven't been here before.
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JE and Badger would very much enjoy Trve Brewing in Denver if they haven't been here before.
I've never been anywhere between Utah and Illinois, so it's all new to me.