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Picked up two cases of Fuzzy Baby Ducks at the can release today. Keeping one for myself and the SO, I’ll give out the other six packs for gifts.
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Cloks posted:
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Dec 19, 2018 00:49
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My local Total Wine has Two-Hearted and Oberon in those little gallon mini kegs and I was tempted just for the novelty. I usually only see Heineken or the occasion German beer in those.
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Jan 16, 2019 19:40
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FYAD SECRETARY posted:finally started to see this around my area so I bought some last night and I really like it. the untappd reviews for it are hilarious, people have wildly varying expectations of what they think brut ipa is It took me until the 2nd bottle to get an appreciation for SN brut, but it grew on me quick. I tried New Belgium’s take the next time I picked up a sixer and there are 2 still sitting in the fridge. It’s not that it’s bad just kinda meh.
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Jan 17, 2019 00:32
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MunchE posted:This is my feeling for every NB IPA I've ever had! Good point now that you got me thinking about it. My favorite New Belgium brew is the Abbey ale. I had put a 1/6 keg of Fat Tire in my Kegerator when I first got it and was done with it halfway through.
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Jan 19, 2019 01:52
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Biomute posted:FourHearted Two2Hearted
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Jan 23, 2019 19:03
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Detective Thompson posted:Hey friends, what are the rules for bringing back beer from Canada into the US? I am thinking about taking a trip this summer. Not yet sure if I'll be driving or flying, though I would assume that wouldn't make a difference for bringing it in aside from how convenient it is to carry a bunch of beer through an airport versus in a car. Never flown, but driving is NBD. How much are you planning on bringing back? There’s a fluid ounce limit per person before they slap a duty tax on it, I want to say 128 ounces per person but it could have changed since I was there in 2017. Just put it in your trunk and don’t be weird at the border. If they ask specifically don’t lie; just pay the couple bucks in taxes. As long as you aren’t trying to bring back a thousand dollars worth of beer/booze they don’t really give a poo poo.
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Feb 1, 2019 05:47
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What has two thumbs and had a really rough week and is pounding HopSlams tonight? this guy
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Feb 16, 2019 01:44
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Nth Doctor posted:Did he also call himself Don Juan? They offered him a Founders but he Don Juan it! 
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Feb 17, 2019 19:03
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Flunky posted:Meanwhile, in the hinterlands of east Tennessee... Still better than the cereal beer
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Mar 1, 2019 21:45
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Podima posted:Any personal recommendations for Rhode Island breweries? Looking for somewhere to stop off on the way back from visiting family this weekend. Grey Sail if you’re going past/through Westerly. Flying Jenny pale ale and Captain’s Daughter DIPA are both good enough that I burned out on them last summer.
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Mar 4, 2019 20:10
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So I’m boring but one of my favorite styles is just a plain ol’ non-India Pale Ale. It’s reasonably hard to gently caress up, it’s good anytime of the year, and always hits that “I need a beer but don’t want to think about it too much” nail when I need it to. That being said, no one’s doing them anymore. What are some good recommendations for a decent pale that’s relatively widely available? I’m in Connecticut and have access to several very good package stores that’ll order anything they can legally get.
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Mar 5, 2019 01:35
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Spanish Manlove posted:Two Hearted Love me some Two Hearted; it’s everywhere here now Josh Wow posted:I like Sly Fox Phoenix and Victory Headwaters a lot, those are probably near you. Wicked Weeds Napoleon Complex is probably the beer I've drank the most of every year the past 3 years. I don't think they distribute to CT but gently caress yeah for a standard rear end pale ale. Thanks, I made a note of these Furious Lobster posted:I feel like it's reasonable to believe that there's a bar near you that would regularly carry Hill Farmstead Edward? It's one of my favorite beers from them hands down, almost always produced onsite there and I've seen it with some frequency when I visit NYC. Noted also funkybottoms posted:Sierra Nevada Regular rotation in my kegerator Shabadu posted:hill basically only goes to a couple bars in nyc, central/lakes vt and armsby abbey in worcester I love Armsby Abbey but haven’t been there in years. Good reason to take a trip! We’re like 40 minutes from Treehouse. Went once on a summer Saturday last year. Waited 3.5 hours, didn’t get Julian, pet some dogs, 6/10 might do again. Do they can Lights On? My GF works nearby a couple times a month, could have her pick up some cans on a weekday.
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Mar 5, 2019 06:05
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Shabadu posted:For reference, on a regular rear end saturday at like 130pm with something like a 100 can to go limit, like 12-24 on most of like 7 offerings, there was 0 line, I was in and out including a pint at the bar in under 45 minutes. It's so much better every time I go. Awesome! We’ll give it another go in that case. I was under the impression that as they continue to get more popular that it was only going to get worse, but it sounds like they’re getting a better system going for keeping things moving.
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Mar 5, 2019 15:09
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An ice cold Modelo after mowing the lawn on a hot summer day is 
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Mar 12, 2019 18:54
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Anchor union story is awesome, although I’ve had a chip on my shoulder against them for a while for suing one of my local breweries (City Steam) over the use of the word “steam”. Mind you, my local brewery is on the other side of the country and has extremely limited distribution. The lawsuit was ridiculously frivolous. It basically boiled down to “consumers are dumb and might confuse these two beers because they have the same word on them” 
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Mar 15, 2019 19:30
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danbanana posted:
It’s their flagship ale that they’ve been brewing for like 20 years. I think the newer branding is a little less cheesecake-y although I haven’t been there in a while. They’ve been pushing their IPA and NEIPAs instead lately since the market for English style ambers isn’t exactly booming.
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Mar 15, 2019 20:21
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Whoever recommended Lights Out to me a while back, looks like it is back on the menu at Tree House. Guess I’m taking a drive today 
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I tell the gf I’m going to Tree House to pick something up. “Oh let me get my mom to watch the kid, I’ll come with you” *come back with $200 in cans and one of each of the bottled stouts* 
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Mar 25, 2019 00:27
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Yeah I’m done for a while. TreeHouse kinda gets you with the per can pricing so you don’t really think about the fact that you’re buying a $24 six pack from them and waiting hours in line for the privilege. My gf just got a promotion though so I guess there are worse ways to celebrate than spending too much money on beer and then drinking the beer.
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Mar 25, 2019 19:27
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Spanish Manlove posted:I prefer canned tallboys of Two Hearted over sixpacks of bottles.  I have never seen this. 6 pack 12 ounce cans or bottles, and the occasional mini-keg.
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Apr 5, 2019 04:38
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I’m gonna say it. I’m sick of haze.
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Apr 16, 2019 20:57
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MunchE posted:The majority of the time it's not done well and even when it is I'd prefer a clear IPA any time. Going to a bar and not being able to find a single clear beer was kind of a bummer though. To be fair, I’ve been drinking straight Tree House for 3 weeks, so that may be affecting my feeling.
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Apr 16, 2019 22:19
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DROP TABLE PHIZ posted:ah so now you are the stupid rear end in a top hat who bought 32 of those I wish. I went with my girlfriend and we each bought 24.
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Apr 17, 2019 00:40
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danbanana posted:That the most popular nerd beer style is quality control mess is totally not a sign of where the industry is and where it's likely heading. Nerd brewery: Filtering is just a wall between you and our beer! Me: *pours sludge into glass*
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Apr 17, 2019 17:52
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Apr 18, 2019 12:15
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funkybottoms posted:my friend have you heard of Omnipollo I stand corrected!
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Apr 18, 2019 13:17
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I had a plain-rear end Long Trail Summer ale straight out of its goddamn brown glass bottle last night and it was good so I had a second. Think I’m gonna stick with the old standbys for the season. No fancy glassware, no $18 4-packs, just drinkin some beers and having a good time.
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Apr 18, 2019 14:09
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Sir Lemming posted:A-B/InBev acquires craft breweries in all 50 states, snaps its fingers, and makes 50% of IPAs disappear? So.....good? In all seriousness though, I’m all for variety and supporting local breweries but frankly the bubble is gonna burst at some point. As I mentioned before, I just spent the last month drinking through $200+ worth of different Tree House beers and if you took the labels off I still couldn’t tell them apart because 20 different hazy IPAs, regardless of whether they’re objectively good or not, are still just 20 different minor variations on the same theme. 95% of the beers in all of my local package stores are IPAs: I want to see more breweries try something different other than just putting yet another quirky adjunct into their base product. People bitch about Sam Adams now, but at least they put out an actual variety of styles.
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MunchE posted:Biggest problem with the category, imo. Something in the way the flavor profiles develop really mutes the individual characters of the hops - I can have a great hazy beer from one of the better producers like Treehouse, Trillium, Monkish, Other Half etc. and the can says Galaxy and Mosaic and it tastes virtually identical to the Simcoe Citra one. Based on hazebro instagrams posting 1000 pictures of the same photo with new cans thrown in it hasn't worn them out yet but I imagine it will get old eventually. Part of the popularity of IPA is how much variety you can get by changing varieties, amounts and combinations of hops and the NEIPA style really dulls that. Exactly. I hope whatever the new hotness ends up being it involves a filter.
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Apr 18, 2019 16:03
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danbanana posted:
This. This is what has me grumpy every time I go into a package store. A whole wall full of coolers and they’re all full of 16 ounce 4-packs of hazy IPAs so I’m just going back to stand-bys because I can’t even remember if I’ve tried half of the beers on the shelf. Heck, I can go into a freakin Total Wine with 2000 beers, walk around for an hour and then go home with a six pack of Sam Boston Lager because I’m grilling steaks that night and I know the missus will drink it. I realize I’m  ing and complaining about a non-issue, I just feel like beer right now has a ton of variety at first glance but upon closer inspection it’s only the illusion of choice, helping to create a lack of innovation in brewing.
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Toebone posted:
Well yeah, it was right there in the name.
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Apr 23, 2019 20:23
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Snow Cone Capone posted:Is there any cheap-rear end summer beer better than the Framingham Lager? Sierra Nevada Summer Lager is $10 for a sixer and is pretty tasty.
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Apr 25, 2019 19:51
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Snow Cone Capone posted:It's been years since I was in Boston to get some but I want to say the Framingham Lager was something crazy cheap like $10.99 for 12 bottles. I think the last time I bought it was $10.99 for six tall boys which is still pretty good. I haven’t bought any Jacks Abbey since I drank way too much of the Festbier last October.
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Apr 25, 2019 20:26
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Snow Cone Capone posted:fuuuuuuuck I live an hour away and I’ve never been to their brewery.  Fake edit: I just google mapped and I guess it’s closer to an hour 20, still no excuse. I’ve driven all the way to Boston to visit Harpoon.
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Apr 25, 2019 23:15
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Anyone have an opinion on Alesmith Grand Cru? I picked a 2015 bottle up at the local Total Wine today. I wanted something decent to sip on with the missus tonight while we watch people die on GoT. It was either the Cru or Delirium Tremens and I went with the
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Apr 28, 2019 21:04
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I’m having a New Belgium Sour Saison right now. Not bad, not great, which I consider typical New Belgium; their beers just kind of exist. My gf had a sip and asked if it was an Ommegang and I’d consider that a compliment.
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Apr 28, 2019 23:56
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Spanish Manlove posted:Ive never had one but I imagine it's basically LaCroix lightly mixed with vodka LaCroix tastes better. I had a couple Trulys at a cookout last year and they were very artificial tasting, and at like 6% a bad hangover waiting to happen because you don’t really taste the alcohol.
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May 2, 2019 22:30
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Snow Cone Capone posted:anyone know what this stuff in my beer is? The beer tastes great, but I'm not used to seeing so much particulate matter in my beer. It's white in the beer but weirdly orange in the foam. Just some of that New England Haze bro
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Control Volume posted:loving lovely glass, obviously just taken from stadium stores, extremely poorly run and overpriced event. 4/5 The gently caress? Is that seriously a plastic cup?
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