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FreelanceSocialist posted:I'm actually a little excited to try the SA gingerbread. Maybe tonight. My beer drinking buddy just tried a bottle of it and he said it was really good. Once I hear what some of you folks think of it, I might buy a bottle of it. I'd kind of like to take a bottle of it along for Thanksgiving dinner. I'm beginning to like Bell's Java Stout more than FBS as a coffee stout. FBS is wonderful and all, but the coffee taste from JS is spectacular. I asked the guy at my local beer store if he can order some Peche Mortel, I really need to try some, so I can compare it to the other coffee stouts I've tried. I should also say that I still really love FBS and it's still one of my absolute favorite stouts, and it's quite a bit more complex than the Bell's, but I just love the coffee flavor a lot more in the Bell's. Kudosx fucked around with this message at 19:57 on Nov 19, 2012 |
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I went to a Food and Wine festival in San Diego where I got to try a lot of different wines and beers. First, I tried out Goose Island's IPA and Honker's Ale, which oddly, is a thing we don't get in So-Cal (we only get Matilda, Sofie and Pepe Nero). I don't really recall much of them, but after that I wandered over to the Boston Beer Co. tend and I do recall having Samuel Adam's Cinder Bock there and my recollection of it was that it was objectionable. Sickly sweet as hell with very little of the smoke character it was purported to have.
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Nov 19, 2012 19:47
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Awww yeah. In 2013, Great Divide is making Colette a year round beer.
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Nov 19, 2012 20:10
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Docjowles posted:Awww yeah. In 2013, Great Divide is making Colette a year round beer. Let us all shed a tear for Samurai, which died that a beer people actually like might live.
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Nov 19, 2012 21:05
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Ah, Samurai! The only bottled GD worse than Nomad!
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Nov 19, 2012 21:15
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Kudosx posted:My beer drinking buddy just tried a bottle of it and he said it was really good. Once I hear what some of you folks think of it, I might buy a bottle of it. I'd kind of like to take a bottle of it along for Thanksgiving dinner. I think I actually prefer Espresso Oaked Yeti to both of those but I'd probably have Java Stout last out of the 3. I didn't love it when I've had it but maybe I need to try a few more.
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Nov 19, 2012 22:07
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Kudosx posted:My beer drinking buddy just tried a bottle of it and he said it was really good. Once I hear what some of you folks think of it, I might buy a bottle of it. I'd kind of like to take a bottle of it along for Thanksgiving dinner. I've never had regular breakfast stout but I have had KBS, which seems kind of weird. Founders only distributed here on a temporary distribution license and they only brought a single keg of KBS.
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Nov 19, 2012 22:31
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Angry Grimace posted:I've never had regular breakfast stout but I have had KBS, which seems kind of weird. Founders only distributed here on a temporary distribution license and they only brought a single keg of KBS. Regular BS is solid as hell in the winter, I hope some day they distribute more to you. Speaking of which, I just made an all-pork chili using a bottle of this and it turned out amazing.
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Nov 19, 2012 23:43
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A keg of BCBS seems to be getting tapped here tomorrow without much hype (yet!). I guess we'll see how long that lasts. I can't decide if I want to go check it out or just content myself with random strong beers from the fridge. I need to buy more Storm King; it is on the shelves more often than stocked at home, and that's not right. In unrelated news, Shlafly's T-IPA (Tasmanian IPA) is incredible right now.
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hellfaucet posted:Regular BS is solid as hell in the winter, I hope some day they distribute more to you. Speaking of which, I just made an all-pork chili using a bottle of this and it turned out amazing. I could always trade for it or something, but virtually every brewery of note in SD already ships to states that Founders actually distributes to.  ChickenArise posted:A keg of BCBS seems to be getting tapped here tomorrow without much hype (yet!). I guess we'll see how long that lasts. I can't decide if I want to go check it out or just content myself with random strong beers from the fridge. I need to buy more Storm King; it is on the shelves more often than stocked at home, and that's not right. I asked the Goose Island rep if SoCal will ever get any BCBS and she basically laughed and said fat chance. She said we had like 40 kegs allocated, but none that are packaged. She sort of implied it could arrive next year but was pretty tight lipped about it
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Nov 20, 2012 00:22
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Angry Grimace posted:I could always trade for it or something, but virtually every brewery of note in SD already ships to states that Founders actually distributes to. no, not true at all
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Nov 20, 2012 00:55
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Angry Grimace posted:I could always trade for it or something, but virtually every brewery of note in SD already ships to states that Founders actually distributes to. Back when I was first dipping my toes into the world of craft beer I bought a bottle of BCBS at a store (Bev 4 Less) that's known to "acquire" things not distributed here, and mark it up. I think I paid $13 for what, if memory serves, was a 2010 bottle. I consumed it a night or two later, and my notes of it say "good stuff, bourbon and wood flavor, pretty boozy." Well done, past self. Well loving done. In a smarter world I'd be opening that bottle this Christmas.
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Nov 20, 2012 01:12
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wattershed posted:I think I paid $13 for what, if memory serves, was a 2010 bottle. Sheesh. That's a hell of a mark-up assuming it was 2010 and not 2009 (which was done in bombers). That's what it goes for at bars nowadays in Chicago and that's with way more hype than it was getting in 2010. Angry Grimace posted:I could always trade for it or something, but virtually every brewery of note in SD already ships to states that Founders actually distributes to. Seriously: very not true.
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Nov 20, 2012 01:22
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danbanana posted:Sheesh. That's a hell of a mark-up assuming it was 2010 and not 2009 (which was done in bombers). That's what it goes for at bars nowadays in Chicago and that's with way more hype than it was getting in 2010. The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Alpine.
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Angry Grimace posted:The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Alpine. Not many people in the midwest get Alesmith; I know we don't in Illinois. Coronado doesn't get far. Ballast Point only goes to outlying areas in Illinois (we don't get it in Chicago). Even stuff from further up north that is available in SD like Russian River and maybe some of the Oregon breweries you might get would be in heavy demand anywhere east of the Rockies. We're pretty solid for beers here, but there's tons we don't get.
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Nov 20, 2012 01:40
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Reading Ballast Point I want to note that at the store in Mass. I frequent it went from 7.99 / 22oz. to 10.99 now. Guess I'm not drinking Sculpin anymore.
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Nov 20, 2012 01:47
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Angry Grimace posted:I could always trade for it or something, but virtually every brewery of note in SD already ships to states that Founders actually distributes to. Hit me up in a PM, I'll send you some FBS. I'll even throw in some KBS because I have a poo poo ton of it and am not even that fond of stouts.
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Angry Grimace posted:The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Alpine. Nj doesn't get Alesmith or Russian River, to name two.
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Nov 20, 2012 02:01
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Drinking a 2010 Bigfoot, sooo good. Hops have faded more than expected (they tend to last a bit longer), but this rich burnt sugar taste is fantastic. In other Chicago non BCS news, Half Acre is re-releasing their barleywine. Its similar to Bigfoot but has their own hop twist.
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Nov 20, 2012 02:02
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Angry Grimace posted:The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Alpine. in VA we get Ballast Point, Green Flash, Mission, some Lightning, and Stone. so, that's a few dozen from San Diego alone that i can't buy, much less the rest of California.
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Nov 20, 2012 02:20
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Sirotan posted:I'll even throw in some KBS because I have a poo poo ton of it and am not even that fond of stouts. What a problem to have.  They should have 3x the amount they have been making for next year, right? Hopefully that means I can get a full 4-pack..
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Ohio gets Ballast Point and AleSmith. Weird that Chicago doesn't. I'm drinking Goose Island Christmas Ale and I don't know what to think. It almost reminds me of what Brown Shugga tries (successfully) to do which is make a super sweet brown ale. Except what the hell is in this? Cranberry juice? Cherry juice? I can't quite put my finger (tongue?) on it. It's not terrible but I think it failed at whatever the hell it was trying to do.
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I Dont Like You posted:What a problem to have. I get way too wrapped up in some of the releases, it doesn't help that I have a coworker that wants me to drive around with him on our lunch hour to buy beer. Last year I bought one 4-pack of KBS, and I still have two bottles of it. This year I bought, like, 5.................. And yeah, they are supposed to be making a ton more of it. I hope Founders' new release system will prevent people from being dumb and standing in line for a whole day this time.
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I'll take some off your hands. PM me if you want something specific. Otherwise, I can PayPal.
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It's Celebration Ale season! 
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Sirotan posted:I get way too wrapped up in some of the releases, it doesn't help that I have a coworker that wants me to drive around with him on our lunch hour to buy beer. Last year I bought one 4-pack of KBS, and I still have two bottles of it. This year I bought, like, 5.................. I hope they don't spread out the distribution too thin. Ah hell, who am I kidding, of course they will. Five 4-packs? Wow, not a single store I could find would even sell more than one bottle per person, ha.
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Nov 20, 2012 03:13
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withak posted:It's Celebration Ale season! And Shipyard Prelude! 
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Price check for FW's 16th Anniversary and Double DBA? I loved DDBA on tap but somehow didn't know exactly what it was until very recently and now want more. The place which has them has the 16th anny for $25 and DDBA for $22, each of which on the surface seem high. funkybottoms posted:in VA we get Ballast Point, Green Flash, Mission, some Lightning, and Stone. so, that's a few dozen from San Diego alone that i can't buy, much less the rest of California. I don't even see it much around here, and the reviews for it are middle of the road, but I LOVE Lightning's Electrostatic Ale, a high ABV biere de garde. Give a bottle a chance if you see it.
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FW 15th and 16th $20 and $18 respectively.
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 Also there's a Duvel and St. Bernardus 12. 
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I seem to remember a few people speaking highly of Schlafly in either this thread or the last one- can anyone recommend a few of their brews? I have a friend in St. Louis who says he'd be down with sending me some beer for Christmas, so I'd like to know what I should have him look out for. Also what else of note might he be able to find in STL that doesn't make its way down to NC?
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wattershed posted:Price check for FW's 16th Anniversary and Double DBA? that stuff runs $15-17 around here Valencia posted:Also what else of note might he be able to find in STL that doesn't make its way down to NC? go to seekabrew.com. click on NC. change the "compare to" to Missouri. Odell makes some really good beer.
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funkybottoms posted:go to seekabrew.com. click on NC. change the "compare to" to Missouri. Whoa, awesome! Looks like they get Firestone Walker and Goose Island, loving sweet  I'll have him hunt for some of that and the Odell as well then.
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wattershed posted:Price check for FW's 16th Anniversary and Double DBA? I loved DDBA on tap but somehow didn't know exactly what it was until very recently and now want more. The place which has them has the 16th anny for $25 and DDBA for $22, each of which on the surface seem high. DDBA should be $15.
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TenaciousTomato posted:
Totally had the giant bottle of Duvel at my wedding. It was awesome.
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I am thinking of picking up a magnum of Anchor's Merry Christmas and Happy New Year ale, myself.
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OK, so the BCBS was pretty drat formidable. More Bourbon than my tasting party expected. More for me, which was good. That is a huge beer, though. Definitely a sipper.
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Drythe posted:That was quite insightful, thank you. I had tried it on tap a few days ago and it was quite delicious. I'll try searching for some Thirsty Dog if I can't find Great Lakes anywhere. I've never had Christmas ale before and I kinda wish it was available year round now.
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How's the Breckenridge Christmas Ale? Holiday parties are coming up fast, and I'm just all  over the idea of good beer in a mini-keg.
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Picked up 2 bottles of Olde Hickory's Event Horizon last night, and they also had it on tap. drat that's a delicious stout. Heavy on the barrel straight off the tap, but as it warmed up I got tons of dark chocolate and figs balanced on top of the bourbon. Should hopefully be getting 4 more bottles from Total Wine later this week. Seems like they made a ton more of it this year than last, I know several bottle shops that didn't sell out their allotment during their release parties. Whereas last year, if you weren't there within the first 30 minutes, you were out of luck.
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