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Splizwarf posted:I can't wait, everyone in the house likes it. I got it in Wisconsin last Thursday. I thought founders usually took a while to get to us?
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Might be I've either missed it or it's been sold out at our local beershop, I do live quite a bit closer than you. v ve: derp, no I don't, it comes from Michigan. Splizwarf fucked around with this message at 19:04 on Sep 17, 2012 |
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Sep 13, 2012 18:00
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Splizwarf posted:Might be I've either missed it or it's been sold out at our local beershop, I do live quite a bit closer than you. v Historically, this stuff has come in waves by me. The first batch doesn't sit around for long, but a month later, it's everywhere.
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Sep 13, 2012 18:02
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danbanana posted:crazyfish, add this to your list of "awesome" right now: Awesome. Gonna buy a case...
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Sep 13, 2012 18:59
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Looks like Enigma is the seasonal release from new glarus this year. Can't wait to crack this open, I've never tried it before. Super fresh as well, just came in on Monday.
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Sep 13, 2012 21:38
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It's under the Thumbprint series now, right? Did they just start using that instead of Unplugged?
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Sep 13, 2012 21:44
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Yeah, Thumbprint is the "new" Unplugged.
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I Dont Like You posted:Yeah, Thumbprint is the "new" Unplugged. Really? I thought they were different series?
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Sep 13, 2012 23:20
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This beer is very good. Not as good as Raspberry Tart but close. Lots of tart cherry taste. I hear they might be brewing the Apple Ale again this year. Can't wait to try it. I've only been drinking micro brews for the last six months so I didn't get a chance to try these last year. Also, no way this is 5.5% like BA lists it as. I'm thinking more like 7-9%. Harminoff fucked around with this message at 04:28 on Sep 14, 2012 |
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Sep 14, 2012 02:12
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danbanana posted:Really? I thought they were different series? Well, it's the same in spirit, I suppose. Just a different title and different label. Also, really hoping that the ramped up production of BCBS means that I can land more than a single this year (still haven't cracked mine open, heh. Saw a single of it sitting at Whole Foods next to a lone bottle of King Henry and didn't grab both, just the KH... I know, I am an idiot.). Just one 4-pack would be nice..
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Sep 14, 2012 02:24
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Founders Breakfast Stout is literally the perfect stout. I'll loving cut anyone that disagrees.
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Sep 14, 2012 02:47
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Woo picked up Founders Breakfast Stout, this will be my first time trying it! Also got a 4 pack of the latest BCS. Almost more interestingly though, my dad and I realized that he still has 1 bottle of the '09 (I think) that we'll be able to compare it to! I bought it for his birthday all those years ago and he totally forgot about the last bottle in the back of the basement fridge! Should be fun to compare them.
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Sep 14, 2012 02:47
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danbanana posted:And tonight I ran into the first Founders Breakfast Stouts of the year. Seriously a perfect beer. I'm fairly new to "good" beer. I picked up a growler of FBS from a local shop about a month ago. Everyone saying it's just now being released makes me think it wasn't recently brewed. Is this true or are release dates very different depending on what part of the country you're in? Edit: Also, does it even matter if it was from a previous brew and not recent? AHugeDickhead fucked around with this message at 02:53 on Sep 14, 2012 |
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Sep 14, 2012 02:51
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RHIN0002 posted:I'm fairly new to "good" beer. I picked up a growler of FBS from a local shop about a month ago. Everyone saying it's just now being released makes me think it wasn't recently brewed. Is this true or are release dates very different depending on what part of the country you're in? Yeah different batches go to different markets.
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I keep getting confused and think that people talking about BCS are referring to Brooklyn's Black Chocolate Stout, which is a fantastic loving beer, by the way. Drinking a Honkers Ale currently. I stand by my previous statement: this is more ESB than GI's Harvest. And it turns out it actually is an ESB, which I was not aware of but am delighted to know. Might have to see what the case prices are around here. Or maybe invest in a keg...
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Sep 14, 2012 03:37
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Munkaboo posted:Yeah different batches go to different markets. also think kegs might have preceded bottles in some markets. got a lovely box from Sirotan that included, among other things, some Brewery Vivant Escoffier, a collaboration with New Belgium labeled as a "bretta ale." more siginificantly, it is 9.25%ABV and in a can. a good dose of brett funk and dryness with really complex fruit flavors make for a pretty tasty beverage, and the fact that the can says to age up to five years... well, it's a shame the NB version will be a dead beer, because i'd to sit on a few and that's the only way i'm likely to get a bunch.
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Kraven Moorhed posted:I keep getting confused and think that people talking about BCS are referring to Brooklyn's Black Chocolate Stout, which is a fantastic loving beer, by the way. Correct. A fantastic loving beer... But there's no comparison. Besides being one of the most influential American beers ever, Bourbon County is on a level pretty much by itself... But they kicked the keg at the Spoke ten (10!) minutes before I got there. Was forced to drink a few drafts of Parabola instead. Life is hard sometimes...
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Sep 14, 2012 05:15
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funkybottoms posted:Brewery Vivant Word was that their expansion included distro to the Chicago area starting in September. I was excited for that given their rep, but haven't heard anything in months...
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danbanana posted:Word was that their expansion included distro to the Chicago area starting in September. I was excited for that given their rep, but haven't heard anything in months... So do you think they are good enough to warrant excitement? When I had their stuff (canned from GR) I was meh. Of course, Belgians are incredibly hit or miss for me. But over 3 types I didn't have much interest.
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ChiTownEddie posted:So do you think they are good enough to warrant excitement? When I had their stuff (canned from GR) I was meh. Of course, Belgians are incredibly hit or miss for me. But over 3 types I didn't have much interest. I haven't had anything from them! But I've heard rumblings from people in MI who say it's one of the best breweries in the state and it is- in my opinion- the best beer state in the country. There's plenty of opportunities to disappoint (like Sixpoint did for me when we got them), but I'm still pumped to try. Completely unrelated except for my multiple posts regarding them: Dieu Du Ciel does brilliant work. At $5-ish a 12 oz, I was worried about some of their bottled offerings living up to Peche Mortel, but "Equinoxe du printemps" is a great Scotch ale and Solstice D'Hiver may be the best standard (non-BA'd) barley wine I've ever had. Great stuff.
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danbanana posted:I haven't had anything from them! But I've heard rumblings from people in MI who say it's one of the best breweries in the state and it is- in my opinion- the best beer state in the country. There's plenty of opportunities to disappoint (like Sixpoint did for me when we got them), but I'm still pumped to try. Ahh gotcha, coolio then. I wouldn't want my opinion to discourage anyone, we've all got different tastes, eh? And as you say, better to have the distro and be disappointed than never know. Who knows, maybe I just wasn't feelin Belgians when I tried them the first time. (I remember a lot of TOO sweet, which for me is a pretty low threshold) My buddy moved to Grand Rapids recently, can't wait to visit. So much goodness to be had. ChiTownEddie fucked around with this message at 06:15 on Sep 14, 2012 |
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Sep 14, 2012 06:11
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Vertigo posted:Local bottle shop got in the Lost Abbey Red Poppy and Betta Bretta(or whatever it is) for $25/bottle. Is that worth the price? Mo Betta Bretta: no. It's a solid beer, nothing wrong with it, but it's not worth $25 by any stretch.
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ChiTownEddie posted:Ahh gotcha, coolio then. I wouldn't want my opinion to discourage anyone, we've all got different tastes, eh? And as you say, better to have the distro and be disappointed than never know. Who knows, maybe I just wasn't feelin Belgians when I tried them the first time. (I remember a lot of TOO sweet, which for me is a pretty low threshold) TBH, their regular canned lineup, while pretty decent, is really nothing to get worked up about (I think I like the Solitude best out of those), and their "brewer's reserve" releases (limited-run cannings of some of their seasonals?) can be really hit or miss. The hits have been really good though (Big Red Coq, Tripel, Trebuchet), and there's a ton of stuff they put out at the brewery that never gets packaged. They had a nitro milk stout a few months ago that was easly the equal of Left Hand's, and some of the wood-aged stuff they've done has been fantastic. I'd say if you come up to GR to visit, stop by the brewery and try a flight where you can select all your beers. Note that they also typically tap an experimental firkin every Friday afternoon as well.
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FBS also spotted in NOVA. There's a fuckton of it. Very good stuff indeed  Lucked out and got another Tart of Darkness as well; totally was NOT expecting to see that one sitting on a store shelf.
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air- posted:FBS also spotted in NOVA. There's a fuckton of it. Very good stuff indeed think i said this last year, but it's crazy to see people worried about enough FBS getting to their area. it's a favorite of mine, so i get why people are excited, but i swear i could still find bottles from last year a few months back. on the opposite end, i, too, was surprised that a shop up the street still had ToD the other day, but it was only because they got a second case (that someone else decided was too expensive) a week after the initial excitement. if i was dying to drop another $40 i'd snatch a few more up.
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danbanana posted:I haven't had anything from them! But I've heard rumblings from people in MI who say it's one of the best breweries in the state and it is- in my opinion- the best beer state in the country. There's plenty of opportunities to disappoint (like Sixpoint did for me when we got them), but I'm still pumped to try. I've yet to actually go to their tap room but based on what I've had that they've put into distro (almost everything so far except for a couple of the limited releases), I dunno that I could call them one of the best in Michigan yet. Then again, they have some really stiff competition here for that kind of honor. I grabbed a bunch of cans of the Bretta Ale they did with New Belgium, as well as a 4-pack of some kind of honey ale that was a limited release. Hoping for some better luck with those. I'm still mad that my hometown of Grand Rapids didn't turn into anything resembling a beer town until after I moved away from it. 
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air- posted:FBS also spotted in NOVA. There's a fuckton of it. Very good stuff indeed Grabbed us a couple 4-packs yesterday and that's going to be my night tonight. 
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People in this town are nuts. I found some neglected Breakfast Stout from last year at a hole-in-the-wall liquor store as recently as a month ago. It keeps up pretty well, I thought. I think I like the coffee taste in the fresh stuff a little better, though. It seems a little more bold.
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nominal posted:People in this town are nuts. I found some neglected Breakfast Stout from last year at a hole-in-the-wall liquor store as recently as a month ago. It keeps up pretty well, I thought. I think I like the coffee taste in the fresh stuff a little better, though. It seems a little more bold. That's usually the case with coffee-based beers: the coffee-forward flavor mellows with time.
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Finally had time to stop by a bottle shop here and whoooaaa compared to TX I'm in heaven. JP and Lost Abbey and Alesmith and Russian River and my beloved Southern Tier and 21st Amendment? Sure I'll take all of the above please! I wouldn't mind having FBS right now but I'll just have to cry myself to bed with Speedway Stout instead 
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I just want to say that the Firestone Walker Facebook page just confirmed to me that they are going to start selling sour beers under the name "Barrelworks", and that more info is coming soon. I'm loving excited.
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Splizwarf posted:Grabbed us a couple 4-packs yesterday and that's going to be my night tonight. I wish Founder's was in CA  I've never had Breakfast Stout, but we had KBS and the rest of the regular Founder's lineup for a limited 45 day distribution license last year.
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Looked for some KBS tonight on my way home from work at Binny's and while they didn't have that, I did get a 4 pack of the Goose Island Bourbon County Stout 
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americanzero4128 posted:Looked for some KBS tonight on my way home from work at Binny's and while they didn't have that, I did get a 4 pack of the Goose Island Bourbon County Stout It's absurd how much more of it they released this year. My local store had eight cases on the floor when I got my one allotted four pack, and I'm not sure how many cases they went through before I arrived. Then I drove to a different store and picked up one there as well. edit: It will all still be gone by the end of the day.
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crazyfish posted:It's absurd how much more of it they released this year. My local store had eight cases on the floor when I got my one allotted four pack, and I'm not sure how many cases they went through before I arrived. Then I drove to a different store and picked up one there as well. I had to ask a manager for it, they didn't have any on the floor. I am guessing they didn't have much left because I saw a few empty cases and that was it; no signs or anything. I did also sample some Oskar Blues at the Binny's I went to. Pretty solid beers, nothing earth shattering but pretty good. The G'Knight Imperial Red was my favorite out of them all. The Oskar Blues rep was cool as hell. Gave me a bunch of stickers and coasters.
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crazyfish posted:It's absurd how much more of it they released this year. My local store had eight cases on the floor when I got my one allotted four pack, and I'm not sure how many cases they went through before I arrived. Then I drove to a different store and picked up one there as well. Aren't they going to be just releasing it year round now thanks to A-B? Seems like eventually the demand would die down. We never get BCS in California. The only GI beers we get are Matilda and Pepe Nero as far as I can tell.
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Angry Grimace posted:Aren't they going to be just releasing it year round now thanks to A-B? That's the rumor given the giant barrel house they bought, but I would think it'd be a year or two before that got rolling. Snagged a four pack at a suburban store this morning. Even with the increased production, people are still hiding it in the back and limiting purchasing. And Beermenus is showing some places still gouging at $9 a bottle...
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Thanks for the tips guys. I'll be passing on the Red Poppy and Betta Bretta at those prices.
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Actual sign behind the bar at Hamilton's last night: "5th anniversary shirts on sale $10. Women's any size, men's small and medium only." Ladies and gentlemen, beer culture demographics.
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Angry Grimace posted:Aren't they going to be just releasing it year round now thanks to A-B? When I first got into craft beer I bought a bottle of BCBS at Beverages 4 Less. I had no clue it was something I'd have trouble finding - nor do I imagine I was versed well enough in the art of brewing to appreciate what I had. But, yeah, it makes it around here.
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