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gently caress YOU TRAVELING JOB! Churchkey: https://www.facebook.com/events/223690627728650/ SURLY DRAFT LIST DARKNESS 2011 / Russian Imperial Stout FIVE / 5th Anniversary 100% Brettanomyces-fermented Dark Ale matured in Red Wine barrels SMOKE / Smoked Baltic Porter matured in oak barrels MILD / Special Session Ale of 4% ABRASIVE / Double Oat India Pale Ale FURIOUS / India Pale Ale CYNIC-ALE / Saison COFFEE BENDER / Oatmeal Brown Ale with Coffee
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Munkaboo posted:gently caress YOU TRAVELING JOB! yeah, i missed my friend's annual Stout Day by being in New Orleans. not a big deal, except for multiple Dark Lords, Baller Stout (that he got for playing DLD), multiple Bourbon County variants, Hunahpu, Black Tuesday, and a ton of poo poo i can't determine from people's crummy pictures.... sigh. my crack on DFH 120 was mostly just me beating people to the punch; i have no personal animosity towards the beer because it's not a style i enjoy anyway.
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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Goons With Spoons > Let's Talk Beer #87162865123: Still loving Arguing About Dogfish Head Twice a Month For actual content, New Belgium's Blue Paddle is a good session beer I haven't given enough of a chance. Colorado has hit a beautiful warm spell (I'm awaiting the inevitable foot of snow I know is coming at least twice before the nice weather sticks) and Blue Paddle is refreshing as hell. I feel like they must have improved it a bit because Ratebeer is full of poo poo like "tastes like a can of corn" ('sup DMS) and I also had bad memories but decided to give it another shot. It's a nice, hoppy, all-malt pilsner with very strong carbonation that goes down real smooth at a lowly 4.8% ABV. It's not mind blowingly awesome but I really enjoy it as a daily drinker. And at like $8 vs $11 for Prima Pils out here, I'll take New Belguim's offering.
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Mar 11, 2012 23:19
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Docjowles posted:It's not mind blowingly awesome but I really enjoy it as a daily drinker. And at like $8 vs $11 for Prima Pils out here, I'll take New Belguim's offering. I know it isn't cool to like New Belgium in here, but the consistency of their beer is pretty amazing. I still like their Tripel better than Allagash's 
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Mar 11, 2012 23:30
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I don't think there's been much New Belgium hate at all, other than universal agreement that Fat Tire sucks. I guess since that's their flagship, that reflects kind of poorly on them. But it funds La Folie, Le Terroir ( ) and all sorts of great Lips of Faith experiments.
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Mar 11, 2012 23:34
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Docjowles posted:I don't think there's been much New Belgium hate at all, other than universal agreement that Fat Tire sucks. I guess since that's their flagship, that reflects kind of poorly on them. But it funds La Folie, Le Terroir ( ...I like Fat Tire. I mean, it's not the best beer ever, but it's certainly not worthy of hate.
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Mar 12, 2012 00:08
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Phanatic posted:That's simply not true. I torrented that episode, and the second woman they featured on the episode combines germinated corn with chewed corn in her chicha. DFH has enough things you can legitimately criticize it for without having to make poo poo up. I'll watch it again and see. Their crap was a million miles different from the authentic one either way, but I could be misremembering that part. e- how did I forget that? Ok I was totally wrong. Sam's method was dumb and different and everything about his brew was stupid, but that old lady for sure chewed her corn. Arnold of Soissons fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Mar 12, 2012 |
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Mar 12, 2012 00:10
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Munkaboo posted:
Hell yeah, I'm bee lining downtown right after work tomorrow. I really want to try Five and Abrasive. Sitting at Meridian Pint right now and I like that almost all their 4oz pours are cheaper than Churchkey. Very solid selection too.
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Mar 12, 2012 00:12
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Kudosx posted:120 minute is one of the really highly regarded beers that I have no interest in trying. I've heard far too many bad things, and I'm pretty sure I'd agree with most of them and end up not liking the beer. I don't get why it's highly regarded at all. I gave Midorka a hard time about the same thing with his expensive lambic, but the 120 Min is one of those beers that people will just suck up and finish, even if they know it sucks. Nobody wants to be the guy that doesn't "get" an expensive, hyped beer. Even when it's objectively terrible people will say "hmm yes I can see the appeal" instead of saying what they really think. Docjowles posted:I don't think there's been much New Belgium hate at all, other than universal agreement that Fat Tire sucks. I guess since that's their flagship, that reflects kind of poorly on them. But it funds La Folie, Le Terroir ( I think it's fair to say they don't rely heavily on the flagship beer. They have tons of seasonals and year rounds on tap and in stores, it's pretty easy to try lots of New Belgium without touching Fat Tire. They really are like Sam Adams of the West. CalvinDooglas fucked around with this message at 00:33 on Mar 12, 2012 |
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Mar 12, 2012 00:29
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CalvinDooglas posted:I don't get why it's highly regarded at all. I gave Midorka a hard time about the same thing with his expensive lambic, but the 120 Min is one of those beers that people will just suck up and finish, even if they know it sucks. Nobody wants to be the guy that doesn't "get" an expensive, hyped beer. Even when it's objectively terrible people will say "hmm yes I can see the appeal" instead of saying what they really think. It is a bizarre thing about craft beer culture. I'd rather just grab a 10$ St Bernardus than waste my time on a more expensive beer I don't enjoy. I'll try any beer once, but I'm not going to keep drinking it because it's chic.
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Mar 12, 2012 00:32
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CalvinDooglas posted:I don't get why it's highly regarded at all. I gave Midorka a hard time about the same thing with his expensive lambic, but the 120 Min is one of those beers that people will just suck up and finish, even if they know it sucks. Nobody wants to be the guy that doesn't "get" an expensive, hyped beer. Even when it's objectively terrible people will say "hmm yes I can see the appeal" instead of saying what they really think. I drain poured mine. Yuck.
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Mar 12, 2012 00:36
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CalvinDooglas posted:I don't get why it's highly regarded at all. I gave Midorka a hard time about the same thing with his expensive lambic, but the 120 Min is one of those beers that people will just suck up and finish, even if they know it sucks. Nobody wants to be the guy that doesn't "get" an expensive, hyped beer. Even when it's objectively terrible people will say "hmm yes I can see the appeal" instead of saying what they really think. I know we go through this every few weeks, but this time around seems to be more retarded than usual. My sister used to be a pastry chef, and is a major foodie. She's a wine person, doesn't give a poo poo about beer. She couldn't care less about how hyped or expensive a beer is. And she really doesn't like beers where hops are the principal flavor. She'd loving *hate* Pliny the Younger if she had it. But she likes other beers, she's a big fan of big malty boozebombs; Bourbon-barrel Angel's Share and Gouden Carolous Cuvée Van De Keizer blue are probably her two favorite beers. She *really likes* 120. First time she tried it she said that it was more like a tawny port than a beer. Maybe lay off the "That beer is objectively terrible and people who like it are subhuman CHUDs" for a bit.
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Mar 12, 2012 00:40
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Drinking my first Sierra Nevada. Heard good things about Torpedo so I bought a 12 and :15bux: is a great price for this well balanced IPA, and it's a nice 7% to boot. A+ would buy again
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Mar 12, 2012 00:53
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CalvinDooglas posted:I don't get why it's highly regarded at all. I gave Midorka a hard time about the same thing with his expensive lambic, but the 120 Min is one of those beers that people will just suck up and finish, even if they know it sucks. Nobody wants to be the guy that doesn't "get" an expensive, hyped beer. Even when it's objectively terrible people will say "hmm yes I can see the appeal" instead of saying what they really think. I unironically like Samuel Adams (the regular Boston Lager) too. I haven't had 120 minute, but mostly because I'm not going to go look for it when I don't even like 90 Minute all that much. (I don't *hate* 90m, I just don't really care for it)
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Mar 12, 2012 00:57
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Drinking 21st Bitter american right now... it could be the 2nd 21st beer I really enjoy. Nowhere near as good as Monk's Blood, but ... yeah. It's a very solid offering from them. I like the can too. Picked up a 6 pack of Sculpin IPA and a "collaboration not litigation ale" today as well from RR/Avery.
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Mar 12, 2012 01:01
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Midorka posted:
That box looks like it should hold some sort of medieval-themed board game. BTW, didn't you say that you disliked the St. Bernardus Abt 12?
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Mar 12, 2012 01:35
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Angry Grimace posted:I unironically like Samuel Adams (the regular Boston Lager) too. Sam Adams makes mostly good stuff. It's a drat sight better than any adjunct lager.
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Mar 12, 2012 01:43
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CalvinDooglas posted:Sam Adams makes mostly good stuff. It's a drat sight better than any adjunct lager. Sam Adams, New Belgium and Sierra Nevada are all a lot of people's entry into craft beer and thus inevitably tend to get poo poo-ed a bit once people get a little deeper. Fact is they all make good to great beers all the time. I just discovered SN bottled Hoptimum. Praise god.
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Mar 12, 2012 01:54
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Sam Adams Boston Lager is not really my favorite, but I love Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I could drink it all the time, it's so drat good. In fact I haven't had one in a while and just thinking about it makes me want one.
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deadwing posted:Really? I thought for sure that they would run out far before case sales were on at 7:30 with how much busier it was than last year and the same bottle count. I pretty much peaced out right away after getting my five bottles (mule lyfe till the next lyfe). Seriously, there had to at least be five times the people there. I had plenty of delicious sour beers and otherwise expensive beers (5 bucks for an 8 oz pour of Angel's Share? Yes please), and left with a minimal sunburn. Didn't waste my time with any of the "rare" taps, there was plenty of great stuff to go around without waiting in that huge line for the aged Dark Lord. The sour beers went much better in the rather warm weather anyway. We had plenty of beer for the first run-through of bottle sales. Still 1000 bottles left once the bottle limit was raised. The event was pretty badass. Over 5,000 people attended, slightly exceding our expectations of 1,500-2,000. Highlight for me was tapping Oak-aged Dark Lord at 9am and trying it  No actually it was Wakefield's sours. Amazing every time.
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so, checked out NO's Cork & Bottle and, while the shop itself is much nicer than Stein Market, the selection isn't half as good. felt kinda bad for the clueless clerk mispronouncing the gently caress out of a couple things i asked about, but it turns out "the beer guy (wasn't) in," and he was fairly nice, so whatever. the other highlight is the Avenue Pub, which is a legit beer nerd destination. the woman who runs (owns?) the place is super cool, and even on a fairly busy Saturday night the place was neither too crowded nor too rowdy. decent food, too, but unfortunately you might have to deal with some smokers (even when i smoked i preferred to go outside). whoever said to try the Nola Irish Channel Stout was right, poo poo was more than decent, but the Lazy Magnolia stuff i tried was pretty bland. the highlight for me was definitely Djaevlebryg Gudelos, which reminded me a bit of Mission's Dark Seas, but with a little bit of a fruit/spice flavor to it. edit: i take part of that back- Lazy Magnolia's Southern Pecan is good enough that i might snag a six-pack. funkybottoms fucked around with this message at 02:47 on Mar 12, 2012 |
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Whisker Biscuit posted:
I missed out on it last year, eager to try some this year
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CalvinDooglas posted:I think it's fair to say they don't rely heavily on the flagship beer. They have tons of seasonals and year rounds on tap and in stores, it's pretty easy to try lots of New Belgium without touching Fat Tire. They really are like Sam Adams of the West. I meet people regularly to whom Fat Tire is literally the name of the brewery. If I ask if they mean New Belgium, they're like, "who?". I'm sure there are many thousands of people in Boston who'd be surprised to learn there are Sam Adams beers outside of "Sam", "Sam Lite", "Sam Summer" and maybe Oktoberfest. I think it might be the Beer Geek Blinder thing again. We know New Belgium puts out a shitload of beers, but the one tap they get at Applebees or whatever the gently caress is Fat Tire, not La Folie or Ranger or Tripel.
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Docjowles posted:I meet people regularly to whom Fat Tire is literally the name of the brewery. If I ask if they mean New Belgium, they're like, "who?". One time I had a bartender completely flip out on me and was dead set on proving that New Belgium was a Belgium-based brewery  Had a Jolly Pumpkin Maracaibo Especial, wasn't impressed. I think if it had more orange peel/citrus, the tartness could have worked better with the cacao. I kinda feel like the sour flavor was an after thought.
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Docjowles posted:I meet people regularly to whom Fat Tire is literally the name of the brewery. If I ask if they mean New Belgium, they're like, "who?". I'm sure there are many thousands of people in Boston who'd be surprised to learn there are Sam Adams beers outside of "Sam", "Sam Lite", "Sam Summer" and maybe Oktoberfest. I think it might be the Beer Geek Blinder thing again. We know New Belgium puts out a shitload of beers, but the one tap they get at Applebees or whatever the gently caress is Fat Tire, not La Folie or Ranger or Tripel. The Applebee's and On the Border here have Ranger.
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I tried Spiral Jetty tonight by Epic. Not sure if anyone else has had it, but I thought it was pretty terrible. Thankfully, I tried it over at a friends house who just brewed some beer at The Brew Kettle, and his beer was much better!
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Perfectly Cromulent posted:That box looks like it should hold some sort of medieval-themed board game. It's not that I disliked ABT 12, I just opened it at a bad time and found myself "forcing" this thick malty beer down my throat at a rate faster than sipping. I'm going to buy it again and re-visit it when I get the Westy 12 box.
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Docjowles posted:I meet people regularly to whom Fat Tire is literally the name of the brewery. If I ask if they mean New Belgium, they're like, "who?". I'm sure there are many thousands of people in Boston who'd be surprised to learn there are Sam Adams beers outside of "Sam", "Sam Lite", "Sam Summer" and maybe Oktoberfest. I think it might be the Beer Geek Blinder thing again. We know New Belgium puts out a shitload of beers, but the one tap they get at Applebees or whatever the gently caress is Fat Tire, not La Folie or Ranger or Tripel. Yeah, very true. The concept of a brewery producing a diaspora of quality styles is lost on the American public. Most of them think variety is Bud, Bud Select, Bud Ice, Bud Light ("WHAT VARIETY!!"  )
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Left Hand Nitro Milk Stout is It was basically a beer milkshake: Rich, smooth and creamy. drat shame the weather's going to be far too hot to drink stuff like this in just a few weeks.
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Mar 12, 2012 17:48
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Arnold of Soissons posted:Sam Adams Boston Lager is not really my favorite, but I love Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. I could drink it all the time, it's so drat good. In fact I haven't had one in a while and just thinking about it makes me want one. I just had a Sierra Nevada PA this weekend and it tasted like unsweetened honey. So so so good.
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Forget horse blanket, I just heard the latest descriptor for hops kudos to these idiots behind me at Churchkey. Apparently cat piss is the most accurate description for Furious on cask and beers like Hopslam. I don't want to know how a cat has peed in your mouth. 
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air- posted:Forget horse blanket, I just heard the latest descriptor for hops kudos to these idiots behind me at Churchkey. Apparently cat piss is the most accurate description for Furious on cask and beers like Hopslam. Guess you missed the cat piss talk at the beginning of the thread
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I still don't get what in any beer could remind a person of cat piss. I have smelled lots of cat piss, and none of it reminded me of any beer.
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funkybottoms posted:the highlight for me was definitely Djaevlebryg Gudelos, which reminded me a bit of Mission's Dark Seas, but with a little bit of a fruit/spice flavor to it. Ohhhh yeahhh I remembered a guy bought it to a Houston bottle share once and I thought much the same about it. Maybe now that the laws are relaxed in TX we'll get more crap like this which we (for now) have to goto LA to pick up.
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CalvinDooglas posted:I still don't get what in any beer could remind a person of cat piss. I have smelled lots of cat piss, and none of it reminded me of any beer. I know exactly what he's getting at, I don't remember which one it was, but it was a limited brew from Victory, and it smelled exactly like cat piss, that harsh ammoniac tang that you pick up when you walk into the house of an old lady with too many cats (Okay, one is too many). Tasted far, far better than it smelled, but the aroma was offputting.
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I get the cat piss smell from some IPAs that use both Columbus and Simcoe as aroma hops, most notably Sweetwater's IPA. It doesn't smell exactly like cat piss but it's very reminiscent of it.
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I bought a sixpack of Bigfoot Barleywine to cellar, and cracked one open to get a feel for it fresh. This...was a mistake. I'm sure it will be great after a year or two but god drat, right now it is intense. Somehow way too bitter and way too sweet at the same time, big syrupy body. At 9.6% it leaves noticeable legs on the glass. I've had some barleywines I enjoy fresh but so far this one is not doing it for me.
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Docjowles posted:I bought a sixpack of Bigfoot Barleywine to cellar, and cracked one open to get a feel for it fresh. This...was a mistake. I'm sure it will be great after a year or two but god drat, right now it is intense. Somehow way too bitter and way too sweet at the same time, big syrupy body. At 9.6% it leaves noticeable legs on the glass. I've had some barleywines I enjoy fresh but so far this one is not doing it for me. So how long should I sit on this Sucaba? I'm not much of a Barleywine honk, but I bought one anyways since "ooooh box"
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Kudosx posted:I tried Spiral Jetty tonight by Epic. Not sure if anyone else has had it, but I thought it was pretty terrible. It was likely old... I love fresh Spiral Jetty.
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Docjowles posted:I bought a sixpack of Bigfoot Barleywine to cellar, and cracked one open to get a feel for it fresh. This...was a mistake. I'm sure it will be great after a year or two but god drat, right now it is intense. Somehow way too bitter and way too sweet at the same time, big syrupy body. At 9.6% it leaves noticeable legs on the glass. I've had some barleywines I enjoy fresh but so far this one is not doing it for me. It's funny you say this. I love bigfoot all ways, but I really enjoy it fresh. I'm drinking one right now and while it is intensely hoppy, the malt sweetness really helps it out. I don't find it syrupy though, to me stuff like Alaskan, Gratitude, and any barrel aged one is much more syrupy. @ Grimace - You can drink Abacus fresh. It's not that intense since it has already mellowed out in the barrel.
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