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Retemnav posted:Rogue Ales to create beer using yeast from brewmaster's beard follicles Honestly can't decide if I'm now more horrified of this or the Dogfish Head spit-beer. 
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| # ¿ Jun 20, 2012 13:44 |
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I really wanted to make some sort of joke about brewing with yeast infections but it's really just too disgusting to even think about. Much like beard-yeast.
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| # ¿ Jun 20, 2012 19:12 |
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Corbet posted:
I guess its the 'new' Nemesis? The name is kinda dumb :/
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| # ¿ Jun 25, 2012 15:19 |
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Newcastle is the 7th best importahahahaahahahahahaha
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| # ¿ Jun 27, 2012 18:35 |
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I'm currently planning an Ann Arbor beer tasting for July 14th and I'd like to invite any and all beer goons that are nearby to come. I guess I'm not sure what time I'd like to start it yet, I was originally thinking 7, but if a bunch of you from out of town are going to show up I would make it earlier and we could order pizza or something. Hell, we could even meet at Jolly Pumpkin for food and beer first, then go back to my place for the bottle share. I'm really flexible. Hit me up in a PM or reply in the thread if you are interested!
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| # ¿ Jun 28, 2012 21:23 |
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danbanana posted:I'm sorry but this is just bad. One of the worst IIPAs I've ever had. Really? I grabbed a 4-pack the other week and thought it was great. Much more drinkable than the Sixpoint Resin I got during the same trip.
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| # ¿ Jul 2, 2012 15:35 |
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Check it out guys, we can start to talk about how terrible pumpkin beers are even earlier this year!! http://beerpulse.com/2012/07/pumpki...ived-last-week/quote:Pumpkin ales have already hit shelves in some markets according to various reports on Twitter.
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| # ¿ Jul 2, 2012 22:34 |
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zedprime posted:A glass of milk and a slice of pumpkin pie is where its at.  Fixed that for you. Beer does not go with pie, and pie should not go inside of beer. Tangentially related, I had Short's Carrot Cake beer twice. Once from a growler directly from the brewery, and once on tap at my local beer bar. The growler beer smelled and tasted incredibly like carrot cake (in a good way, actually). The on-tap version was a disgusting cinnamon mess. Substitute that for any of their other weird beers and thats been 95% of my experiences with Short's.
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| # ¿ Jul 3, 2012 00:11 |
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There's almost 0 pumpkin flavor and overall it's kind of boring. One of their more disappointing beers for sure. I assume they made it just so people could stop complaining that a brewery called Jolly Pumpkin had no pumpkin beers.
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| # ¿ Jul 3, 2012 01:18 |
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air- posted:Maui/Jolly Pumpkin Sobrehumano Palena'ole (black can from Maui): I got a lot more toasty malts kinda like the Coconut Porter as opposed to any semblance of tartness. If anything, it was some kinda muddled fruit flavor somewhere in there. It's a weird mix of fruit a la Magic Hat #9. Plus it was $6 for two cans - gently caress that noise. Reviews seem to say that the JP version is far better, so Sirotan, ShaneB, etc, please post up your thoughts! At $18 a bottle its definitely pricey, but has the characteristic Jolly Pumpkin "funk" and a nice tart flavor. I've had it on tap and from the bottle and I think its pretty fantastic. Are you somewhere that you can get the Maui cans off the shelf? I'd be interested in setting up a trade so that I could try them side by side. Could send a bottle of the JP version.
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| # ¿ Jul 3, 2012 14:11 |
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air- posted:Aw man, would have been great to do that! These cans were the last two I saw at the Whole Foods in DC and I just kinda stumbled into it while wandering around on Sunday. Will keep on the lookout and shoot you a PM if I run into any more though. My go-to store hasn't gotten it yet. Ok, sounds good. I don't even need 6 either, I'd be happy with three with the rest made up of some other Maui beer if you get it, I've only ever had the Coconut Porter.
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| # ¿ Jul 3, 2012 14:40 |
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I heartily approve of the thread title change. To keep it on topic, I am about to drink a Uinta's Dubhe Black IPA that I picked up in Chicago when I was there the other week. Like Kraven Moorhed, the artwork appealed to me, and I've never had anything from Uinta. My track record with black IPAs isn't good though....keeping an open mind.
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| # ¿ Jul 3, 2012 21:35 |
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http://beerpulse.com/2012/07/bells-...-750ml-bottles/ Ughhh. Batch 9000 was a pretty great beer, I think I even have a bottle or two of it left. But this? This, if I even manage to find out day-of that Bell's has released it, is going to be a "do I want to drive two hours to buy this beer? Yes? ok let's go." ISO Kalamazoo info hookup :/
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| # ¿ Jul 5, 2012 12:48 |
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danbanana posted:Rad. I kind of like Bell's "SURPRISE! IT'S FOR SALE!" special release schedule. While it means I'm never gonna snag a bottle of, say, Black Note without paying huge, huge secondary market mark-ups, it's refreshing that a brewery doesn't pander to the release-day hounds. I guess I agree, the hype has been almost non-existent for every other beer of the series besides Black Note. I managed to snag one of those through a friend of a friend, maybe I'll get lucky again this time.
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| # ¿ Jul 5, 2012 13:46 |
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zedprime posted:At least horse blanket is self explanatory, at least for anyone who has met a horse. I'm fonder of horse butt because you don't need the blanket to smell sweaty horse musk. (moderate malt heaviness)
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| # ¿ Jul 5, 2012 23:28 |
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bartolimu posted:"Rough poured into my red Solo cup" is how I'd put it for maximum nerd rage. Ok maybe this is totally old news for all of you but your comment reminded me of something that blew my mind recently. Solo cups are actually really clever!!   (And I would drink beer out of one if need be.)
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| # ¿ Jul 6, 2012 16:34 |
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Docjowles posted:FYI it was a hoax/happy coincidence. http://www.snopes.com/food/prepare/solocups.asp Oh.  Well, now I guess I'm a bit disappointed.
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| # ¿ Jul 6, 2012 16:37 |
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Wamsutta posted:Coworker was in Chicago last week, brought me back a 4 pack of fresh Daisy Cutter and goddang am I excited to crack one tonight. We can't get this here in CT. You can't actually get it anywhere outside of Chicago, and from what I've heard, even finding it INSIDE Chicago has been rather difficult lately. Half Acre, why can't you be one of the breweries with million dollar expansions right now? 
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| # ¿ Jul 9, 2012 13:32 |
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Hey goons, just as a reminder I'm having a beer tasting on July 14 at my place in Ann Arbor. I'm planning a 7pm start at this point unless I get more people coming from out of town, in which case I'd start earlier. Send me a PM ASAP if you're interested, I'm trying to get an idea of how many will be coming. Edit: Start time changed to 4pm. Sirotan fucked around with this message at Jul 10, 2012 around 20:34 |
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Kraven Moorhed posted:Aside from the cost of switching over to a new method of packaging, are there any other concerns with regards to cans vs. bottles? Depending on how concerned you are with BPA, beer can liners still contain it and as far as I know there are no current alternatives, nor does there seem to be any rush in the US to develop one. BeerPulse had a link to a good article about the current state of BPA usage in the food industry recently: http://beerpulse.com/2012/07/food-a...-on-bpa-safety/ It's the one thing that keeps me from 100% embracing cans. danbanana posted:Bell's actually does a few in those. Oberon, Amber, and Brown as well as, yes, Hopslam last year. Though I have a feeling that's not an annual thing... Hopslam was a one year thing. They also do Winter White and Two Hearted in the 5L minikegs.
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| # ¿ Jul 10, 2012 12:42 |
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Is 4.9% even 'session'? And Founder's All Day IPA really grew on me after the second time I had it. If I didn't have a mini fridge half full of Daisy Cutter right now that's probably what I'd be drinking.
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| # ¿ Jul 11, 2012 22:07 |
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Huge_Midget posted:I sent you a PM. Sounds like things are shaping up to be a boozy good time! Looks like we're gonna have 11 people for this thing. Might have to re-arrange furniture or something.  I guess I have to decide what to throw into the fridge now....
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| # ¿ Jul 12, 2012 01:16 |
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I Dont Like You posted:My local store only received half a case... There's a few stores in town with cases of this left over. I'm assuming because its not barrel aged. Or I guess it could just suck, I haven't opened my bottle of it yet.
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| # ¿ Jul 13, 2012 11:19 |
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mysterious frankie posted:This is the same group of people who are deliberately making a beer out of face filth. I don't think they specialize in having great judgment. Not to mention that a not small amount of people in this thread, who really should have known better, shelled out $20+ for the experience of drinking it. Sounds like they're doing something right. 
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| # ¿ Jul 13, 2012 20:52 |
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nominal posted:I hope somebody got a picture of the can of 10-year old Harley Davidson lager! Aww yeah I did.  (Click for huge.) Not pictured: An empty bottle of Jolly Pumpkin Collababeire that goon Afire brought home with her, and a growler of homebrew from Huge_Midget. Thanks to everyone who came! Huge_Midget & co, did you guys made it to any beer stores on the way out of town? I think my favorite of the night was the Gilgamesh. The 2012 Dark Lord was just incredibly sweet, too sweet for me honestly. Also I think I hated the Frangelic Mountain Brown, the hazelnut was just too overpowering and frankly disgusting. I've got a bottle of it leftover myself so....maybe if I age it a bit it will get less nasty? Also, there were some beers left behind, which I believe was intentional, but I found a Teddy Bear Kisses in my main fridge that I'm thinking was not. Who's is it and how do you want me to get it back to you?
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| # ¿ Jul 15, 2012 15:40 |
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Huge_Midget posted:Keep the Teddy Bear Kisses, it's yours. We stopped at the Super Liquor 4 and while it has a pretty nice selection, they only had JP Oro. Plum market was closed by the time we would have got there. Well thanks, that's awfully nice of you.
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| # ¿ Jul 15, 2012 20:20 |
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Podima posted:The Yuengling can just chilling next to all that stuff cracks me up. I think that one might have been 10 years old. The only non-goon there brought it along the Harley beer, both of which were found in his dad's garage. The Harley beer was actually not completely repulsive. That or I was too far gone to taste anything at that point.
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| # ¿ Jul 15, 2012 22:31 |
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Phanatic posted:Holy Jesus, apparently poo poo just got real between Shaun Hill and Ebay. quote:Anyone caught selling our beer illegally on Ebay will be forever banned from our brewery and will be served a cease and desist letter from our lawyer for trademark infringement. Trademark infringement for reselling goods on ebay? 
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| # ¿ Jul 17, 2012 00:21 |
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I committed to go to a beer tasting on Friday night and just got an email from the guy hosting it. He's been incredibly weird and spergy about the whole thing, including sending out the invites via BA complete with beer-themed clip art, telling people to bring their beer in paper bags so that it all remains a ~*~secret~*~, and warning everyone to be there at 7pm sharp otherwise you will be fined a beer! Now he sent out a message to everyone going with his address, along with this:spergy as gently caress beer nerd posted:People/Ounzes: He actually took the time to add up the volume of all the beer people were bringing. Christ. Why am I even still going? Edit: Oh god. I think I found why he's so anal about everything. I googled him and found his website. He's a big time born again Christian, and it says his life goal is "to be a disciple of my rabbi, Jesus". I'm going to be preached at at this tasting aren't I? Edit 2: Turns out it is the power of Christ compelling me to go. Sirotan fucked around with this message at Jul 18, 2012 around 02:45 |
| # ¿ Jul 18, 2012 02:16 |
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funkybottoms posted:gonna have to assume he's serious, so... does that mean he won't let you taste one of the beers? "oh, sorry, Sirotan, you can't have any Kate the Great because you got here at 7:12" Well I guess at the very least being late will inconvenience him a lot because he will have to explain everything again! quote:Time: Edit: Oh and also, no getting drunk! quote:Other:
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| # ¿ Jul 18, 2012 02:58 |
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RiggenBlaque posted:This guy sounds like one of those people who becomes an admin on a CS server and goes completely power crazy. Why do you actually still plan on going? This sounds like an absolutely disaster, and not in a fun way. Honestly he just sounded like sort of a spergy beer nerd/control freak from his previous correspondence. It wasn't until an hour ago when I googled him and found his website that I became actually horrified. But I already committed to go, the guy is probably (hopefully) harmless, and I'd feel like a dick to skip out at this point. Besides, if I don't bring my 48 ounces of beer along it will totally wreck his calculations.
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| # ¿ Jul 18, 2012 03:16 |
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Corbet posted:Sadly I'm stuck going too. He was probably really annoyed when I swapped out one of the beers I decided to bring a few hours ago and ruined his precious ounzes. He sent out a new email "which only has the names of the people coming" and updated his calculations. quote:People/Ounzes: Nooooo now I'll only get 63.8 ounzes of beer. 
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| # ¿ Jul 18, 2012 15:30 |
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Ahahahaha oh my god he posted photos of the beer tasting (before it has even happened) in a thread on BA complete with details on a 'game' we get to play.quote:The Game: Every single bottle (besides their own) is a mystery to the people attending. They will bring the bottle concealed into me, and I will put a bag over top, rubberband it, and give it a "#" that I assigned it in the tasting order (shout out to MarkIntihar, MordorMongo, & pschul4 for their help with the order).  (And that banana bread beer is probably in the top 5 worst things I've ever put in my mouth.)
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| # ¿ Jul 20, 2012 17:13 |
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| # ¿ Jul 20, 2012 20:39 |
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The best part is I'm not even there yet, the thing doesn't start for another two hours and he's putting these all on BA himself. lol
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| # ¿ Jul 20, 2012 20:48 |
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funkybottoms posted:i'm hoping you take the lord's name in vain an awful loving lot tonight I'll try. As it is the dude's gonna poo poo a brick if I tell him where I work.
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| # ¿ Jul 20, 2012 21:33 |
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 We're in the explanation stage now. Literally using a measuring cup to get 2oz per beer lollll
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| # ¿ Jul 20, 2012 23:10 |
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So far an incredibly boring tasting. People are barely even talking ughhh. No mentions of god. No AC D: Sirotan fucked around with this message at Jul 20, 2012 around 23:30 |
| # ¿ Jul 20, 2012 23:28 |
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Black Note was just consumed and people are actually talking about beer now. :shock:
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| # ¿ Jul 20, 2012 23:48 |
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One hour in: I've yet to be baptized. I am the only woman here though, shocker I know.
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