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dumptruckzzz posted:I definitely get cat urine whenever I drink something that's got Simcoe hops in it, I think that might be common though cause one of my friends who doesn't drink much beer but has had cats all his life picked it out pretty instantly. Yeah, I definitely get the cat piss aroma from beers heavy on the Simcoe hops. I think it's one of those things that only some people are sensitive to, like Summit hops smelling like green onions, or amarillo hops tasting like aspirin. I haven't gotten cat piss from a sour beer before, though. Lots of other nasty stuff, but not that.
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Kudosx posted:Edit: In other news, Fat Head's in OH won the National IPA Championship, and they've won it 2 out of the last 3 years. Their Head Hunter IPA won it. It's one of my favorite IPAs I've ever tried, I'm really glad they're opening a production brewery! They won the Brewing News National IPA Championship. Any IPA competition where vile poo poo like the Widmer Spiced IPA not only makes it to the 4th round, but beats good beers like Hopworks IPA and Elysian Idiot Sauvin is not a competition I can take seriously. Also, Full Sail's IPA, while a pretty good beer, should not make it to the semi-final round of an IPA competition. Edit: not down on the Fat Head IPA in any way. I've never had it, nor many of the other beers in there. From the results of the beers that I have had, the bracket is a real head-scratcher. Who judged this competition? consensual poster fucked around with this message at 05:28 on Mar 5, 2012 |
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Midorka posted:People like different things than others? That beer contest wasn't meant to be seen as an end-all be-all list for IPAs? My world is upside down now! You do realize that one can acknowledge the fact that people can have different tastes than others and still think that a given preference is surprising, don't you?
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Angry Grimace posted:I have no idea what you're even ranting about here. Only total spergs require other people to actually state that their opinions are opinions because its patent that when you say something obviously subjective, it's an opinion. Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one who doesn't get what the fuss over my comments was about. Re: Red Chair, it seems that we've gotten to the point in our hop craze that there is now enough of a gap between Pale Ale and IPA for a whole new category (Extra Pale, Strong Pale, etc.) I'm pretty sure that Deschutes calls it something silly like a "Northwest Pale Ale" rather than an IPA. The beer is around 6% ABV and 60 IBU, so it's basically a malty version of what USED to be called an IPA. Kind of funny that 60 IBU is not considered very hoppy anymore.
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SUPER HASSLER posted:That + barleywine is where it's at. And the Baltic Porter
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Mar 5, 2012 23:26
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Drinking a New Belgium Cocoa Mole right now and I'm surprised by how much I'm enjoying it. They did a really nice job achieving some sort of balance with these flavors. The cinnamon does start to get a little overpowering the more you drink and I don't think I could drink much more than a 10oz or 12oz glass of it. Still, quite good.
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Mar 6, 2012 01:51
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crazyfish posted:I had this the other night and while it was good (and definitely worth buying at $6 for the bomber), I felt like I would have liked it a lot better splitting the bomber three ways rather than the two that I did that night. Yeah, I was pretty glad I only had a 10oz glass of it.
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wattershed posted:Best canned IPA: Fort George is a really solid brewery all around. Most everything I've ever had from them has been good to excellent.
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Midorka posted:Two cases of KBS? Crazy if you ask me. What makes you think it's all for him?  BTW, seems like KBS makes for an interesting study in price psychology. Several people have commented that $20/4 pack seems expensive, and I wonder if those same people have no qualms about paying > $10 for a bomber of most other big, bourbon barrel-aged stouts even though they cost more per oz. Personally, I wish more breweries packaged their big releases in smaller bottles. Makes them MUCH easier to drink. Edit: ^^^^ one of those west-coast goons
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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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Josh Wow posted: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. Totally agree. The smell isn't like ammonia or like a cat box that hasn't been cleaned few days. It's not a harsh aroma, just really pungent. It also seems to be similar to the Summit green-onion aroma in the sense that only some people notice it, and the rest look at you funny when you describe it. Drinking a Ninkasi Tricerahops and a DFH 90 Minute IPA side-by-side right now. Hard to say which I like more at this point. The 90 Minute might have a slight lead. They are pretty similar. Tricerahops has a bit more malt character and depth and the 90 Minute is a bit more interesting aromatically. Both are damned good beers.
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Midorka posted:I drank an Ayinger Celebrator tonight and am I the only one who thinks it tastes and smells like concord grapes? I'm looking up reviews and don't get anything of what others are describing, it's as if I'm drinking a different beer. All the normal ~taste buds~ disclaimers apply, but I love the stuff and never got any concord grape-like smells or flavors. You sure the stuff was stored properly?
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CalvinDooglas posted:I'm still denying that this is a thing. It is a thing, especially Summit smelling and tasting like green onions. Also, Amarillo tastes like Aspirin to some people.
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Aopeth posted:I live out in the desert, so if I want to get good beer on tap I have to drive at least two hours. I am (choose a color) with envy, though, because that sounds amazing! I have not yet had their Madrugada Obscura, but I loved Clutch from New Belgium, so I will be certain to seek this out. Madrugada Obscura is much better than Clutch, IMO. Definitely try some if you can you can get your hands on it.
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Docjowles posted:yo can i come to your birthday party Everything from Bridgeport is very "meh", so I doubt it was a freshness problem. In fact, Bridgeport has taken the "Meh" crown from Widmer in Portland, IMO. Widmer is making some pretty good seasonal and experimental stuff these days.
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deadwing posted:Yeah, Widmer has stepped their game up for sure. I really liked the Oatmeal Porter and Spiced IPAs they put out in the last couple of months. I absolutely hated the spiced IPA. I think it may be the worst beer I've had so far this year. The aftertaste was really bad for me.
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Midorka posted:Edit: I've seen Elysian in NJ for ages, anything worth getting from them? Idiot Sauvin IPA
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Sirotan posted:Has anyone ever had a particularly good and memorable collaboration beer? I'm reading about Founder's first collab, which is with Green Flash, and I'm filled with 'meh'. What few collab beers I can even remember having, none of them were particularly great. I've still got a bottle of a Jolly Pumpkin beer called Collababiere, which was with Nøgne Ø and Stone, and it's probably one of the worst JP beers I've had. Allies Win The War was an excellent collaboration between 21st Amendment and Ninkasi.
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Midorka posted:IMO Rochefort 10 is better, I've drank two bottles of ABT 12 now and don't care much for it. I'm interested to see what you have to say when you try the Westvleteren 12.
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Cascade Brewing in Portland taps a live barrel of sour beer every Tuesday at their brewpub. They do this by hammering a tap into the barrel. Two weeks ago, there were a few problems with the tapping...     That's Black Raspberry sour beer being sprayed everywhere. They got the gusher under control, but it made a huge mess. I got there shortly after it happened and it was all over the ceiling, bar, walls, and even on tables 10 feet away.
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bengy81 posted:...or how many companies think its ok to ship out bottles with crooked or missing labels. Westvleteren 
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rage-saq posted:Doesn't ship. Way to ruin my terrible joke. In actual beer news, Gravity Mountain, an IPA collab between Terminal Gravity and Double Mountain, was really disappointing.
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mysterious frankie posted:What's a good barleywine to ease into the style with? I've had a few- one on tap from GI and a couple at festivals- and they just haven't jived with me. It's a style I'd like to explore, but I think I need to find something mild/approachable to start with. Anchor Old Foghorn
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Midorka posted:Also I'm not sure where you're picking up coconut in Abacus, but it's not there. ~taste buds~ Also, coconut is a common flavor descriptor in barrel aged beers and wines.
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This Sunday, after you've appropriately honored your mother, crack open a nice bottle of beer to celebrate the birthday of Fred Eckhardt. Here in Portland, we'll be celebrating at Fred Fest. The beer list: quote:
I may just drink the Cascade FredBonic Plague and Deschutes/Hair of the Dog Collage until they run out of both. VERY excited about those two beers. I don't know how I'm going to get out of bed on Monday morning. consensual poster fucked around with this message at 07:27 on May 12, 2012 |
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Let's Talk Beer 3: Stone RIS: Great Beer, or Greatest Beer Went to Fred Fest in Portland last Sunday. Highlights:
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Mahoning posted:Any thoughts on this trio of Southern Tier stouts? Creme Broule, Mokah, and Jahva? The only beer subject likely to stir up as much controversy as DFH 120 Minute IPA.
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Corbet posted:You must hate quads. And barleywines.
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Corbet posted:Man, you should really talk to the brewers over at Deschutes and tell them they're doing it wrong with that whole "Best AFTER" dating they put on their bottles. Having recently had Black Butte XXI with 2 years of age and verticals of Abyss, I don't even want to drink those beers with less than a year on them. They are almost undrinkably intense fresh.
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CYBER SLIMER posted:I like it when you're not probated. How long will you keep this up though? I like it when you continue to ignore all of the legitimate criticisms of your opinions about the ageability of beer and make ad hominem attacks against ShaneB instead. How long will you keep this up though? 
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air- posted:New Belgium Tart Lychee is making it's way across the country now. Was once a pretty hard beer to find as it was draft only, but it's good to see another widely available and easy to drink gateway sour. Gonna definitely drink some while in Texas for the next week or so. Definitely a gateway sour. I was wishing that it was more tart and funky when I had it. They did a really nice job with the lychee flavor. Came through pretty clearly for me.
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wattershed posted:Anyone try the Sang Noir and care to suggest if I should have it now or sit on it for a while? Sang Noir is great right now. It can definitely age a bit, but I don't know that it will get significantly better.
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bartolimu posted:I'll echo this. Aging will mellow out the fruit a bit and bring up the sourness. It'll be different, maybe as good, but I can't see it getting better. It's probably the best sour beer produced in the Western Hemisphere. I had a glass of the Sang Noir tonight and it's definitely one of the best sours in the western hemisphere. I wish I could do a blind tasting of Cascade Sang Rouge, Cascade Sang Royal, Russian River Supplication, and Russian River Consecration. They are all pretty similar and I want to see how they stack up against one another.
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ChiTownEddie posted:Are there any decent beer bars/places in Vegas? There's also The Pub at the Monte Carlo which I don't think has been mentioned yet. They had a lot of good stuff on tap when I was there a couple months ago. No idea if the food is any good, though.
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cryme posted:This truly is the best city in the world for beer Haven't been to Philly in a long time and never for beer. What makes it so great?
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Midorka posted:Not just the number of bars, but the quality of them. What other state gets Pliny the Younger on tap? There's a reason. Philly also has one of the best selection in the country, you can't really think of a beer that distributes out of state that doesn't distribute to Philly that is worth a drat. Sure there are some, but you can find almost everything in Philly from Russian River to Alesmith to Cigar City. Every state that gets Pliny the Younger, which is several, gets it on tap since it's not bottled. Also, you should go back and read the statement of yours that I bolded. Do you actually believe that, or are you just making hyperbolic statements? What's the brewery scene like near Philly? Are there interesting beers being made outside of Victory?
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Midorka posted:I'm aware it's a tap only release, from what I understand Philly was the only place outside of Cali to get it this year due to the incredible demand. I may be wrong on this, but that's what I heard this year. I wasn't fortunate enough to get it though because it was madness. No, there were multiple bars here in Portland, OR that got PtY this year. If I remember correctly, there were others outside the Philly area in this thread who said they knew of it being tapped near them. Ah, so now the bar has moved from "worthwhile beers" to "high profile fantastic brews". How do you know that beer you don't have access to isn't fantastic or worthwhile?
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Midorka posted:Name a great beer that is shipped out of state that isn't available in Philly and prove me wrong then. There probably are a decent amount, but you're not going to have an easy time finding one. You're missing the point. You seem awfully confident of your claim given the number of good breweries out there. That being said, Ninkasi, Deschutes, and Alaskan (Smoked Porter and Baltic Porter are great beers) don't appear to distribute to the Philadelphia area. That wasn't even very hard.
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bartolimu posted:One of my drinking buddies manages a vet clinic. He's as intimately familiar with cat piss as anyone, and he never gets that smell from hops of any kind. He's something of a hop expert, too. Different people interpret the same aroma molecules differently, I suppose. I definitely smell it sometimes, but only in beers with lots of Simcoe hops. It's not exactly cat piss either, more like the same aroma that gets described as cat piss or boxwood in sauvignon blanc. I think it's one of those smells that only some people get, like Summit hops tasting and smelling like green onions.
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Angry Grimace posted:Sure, but its distributed very sparingly in 2 states out of 50 for one day per bar its served in. It's also overrated, if only because you can't possibly meet PTY's hype level. It's distributed to more than 2 states. I agree with the rest of what you said, though. Having had PtY before, I'm pretty certain that it wouldn't really stand out in a blind line-up of DIPAs. It's good but not remotely worthy of the insane hype.
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