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Kudosx posted:I've yet to try Maximus for whatever crazy reason. I've never actually seen it on tap, and every time I go to the store I'm enticed to buy something else instead. Maximus is probably my favorite Lagunitas offering. Delicious hops which really offset the typical heavy maltiness of the Lagunitas strong ale. On the Alpine Spring-Noble Pils debate I am strangely on the Alpine Spring bandwagon. I never really cared for Noble Pils but was really expecting something delicious. Alpine Spring on the other hand is a completely inoffensive, pleasant beer which is just tasty and light. I've enjoyed it immensely every time I've drunk it.
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I drank a Titan IPA from Great Divide the other day and didn't care for it much. It just tasted salty with some weird hop flavors going on. Maybe it was because I let it warm up a bit too much but definitely not a favorite. I did get to try Expedition Stout which is delicious and tonight I'm drinking some old Orval I found on the shelves bottled in 2010 
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Mar 18, 2012 23:13
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Indiana goons, I'm going to South Bend for a wedding there this weekend, any breweries/bars in or around that area that I should definitely hit up? Most of the big breweries (3F, Bell's, Jolly Pumpkin) are too far away to justify driving a rental car to, but anything close would be great.
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Mar 21, 2012 23:31
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Munkaboo posted:There's no way in any universe that Oberon is better than LSS in my book, to each his own though. This. LSS is good, delicious, wheaty and hoppy all at the same time. To be fair it is one of my favorites so it's not totally Oberon's fault, but Oberon is really just kind of Alpine Springish to me-no big flaws but nothing special either.
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Mar 31, 2012 02:13
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Since the subject of Korean beer was brought up, HITE, OB, and the variations thereof are all really strangely good beers. Not in a craft brewing sense, but in that they are the cleanest, least tasty pilsners of all time. There is a tiny bit of malt flavor in the water, they're extremely pale, but really hit the spot in the middle of a crazy Korean summer. More importantly, I could down about 3 20 Oz glasses of it as we ran out of a bar because it is just like water. Oh drinking games in Korea.
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Mar 31, 2012 21:43
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FreelanceSocialist posted:Just cracked a can of Allies Win the War - All sorts of dark fruits, brown sugar, malts, pine hops. Really cool - manages to be refreshing even with a heavy and sweet winter profile. Wish it wasn't a seasonal. Wish I could find it on tap. It rules pretty hard on tap. What a delicious, delicious beer. I only drank the 10 ounces I was given but probably could have had cans of the drat thing.
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Apr 1, 2012 19:02
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I'm drinking the DFH 75 Minute IPA and it's pretty delicious. Nice malty profile with a nice hit of hops, but it isn't overwhelming. While the hop profile feels more West Coast, they're definitely at an East Coast intensity. The maple is very, very subtle and it is completely possible that it's all in my mind, but it just tastes really nice.
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Apr 3, 2012 03:43
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CalvinDooglas posted:Speaking of summer lagers - Summerfest is here! If I were willing to lose a Ten Fidy/$2.50 I think making someone shotgun a Ten Fidy would be a good way to settle a bet.
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Apr 15, 2012 03:28
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RiggenBlaque posted:edit: Many will likely disagree but I really like Sam Adam's Summer Ale this time of year, and it's really, really easy to find.
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May 9, 2012 02:52
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Tried Bison's Honey Basil beer, and left thinking it was a Basil basil basil beer. So much basil I couldn't taste anything else. Good concept, poor execution.
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May 9, 2012 12:54
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funkybottoms posted:i like it, but it's not something i reach for very often. maybe give the Bruery's Trade Winds a shot- it's fairly light for a tripel and the basil isn't quite as strong. I've had Trade Winds before and really enjoyed the herb balance with the beer, this one was just so out of whack it makes me wonder if it was just that bottle.
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May 9, 2012 23:33
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Trying a pale ale from a relatively local brewery called Grayton. It's pretty nice, very tasty with a decent hop balance, although for a pale I would prefer something fruitier. I think they went a little more reiseny than most and it's still nice and refreshing but I guess I just like my PAs the way they are sometimes  Hop Manna from Schmaltz is good too, and I also drank it tonight. Nice hop and malt balance, very drinkable and delicious.
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Manky posted:e: Opened up a Bell's Oberon. I guess it's the "spicy hop character" but what is wrong with me, I taste catsup. You're lucky you taste anything, I can't  I've been able to drink a lot of beer recently through a variety of celebrations and have been having a pretty good time doing it. I finally got to my chocolate oak-aged yeti and it was indeed delicious. My only complaint was that there wasn't quite enough cayenne or hop to break up the bitterness of the chocolate and roast malts. A little age would have done it wonders, but I grew impatient. I had a batch of the always delicious Lil' Sumpin Sumpin, and finally got to try Mama's Little Pils which is also pretty delicious. Great Divide blew me away with Nomad and DPA though. Both are full-throated, deliciously malty and hoppy beers. Complex, yet extremely drinkable. I also had some of Oskar Blues' Gordon, which is a decent imperial red. I'm probably just not a huge fan of the style, but it just tasted like a decent, alcohol-y brown ale. Not bad, but nothing special either. Lagunitas' CENSORED copper ale was better, more balanced, and had a little bit more body to it and I enjoyed that thoroughly. I also got to try Bigfoot for the first time recently. For a barleywine it is incredibly drinkable. The piney hops really stand out and make it easy to take down all 12 ounces, with the malts being present but not overpowering. Slight age on one would be perfect. My main two thumbs down this week have to be both Ta Henkey and Aphrodite. I couldn't have more than 2 sips of either. Ta Henket was just not up my ally, but I can't stand Aphrodite. It's just one of the worst, overspiced winter beers I've ever had. Luckily I had it at a beer tasting, so only 4 oz was wasted.
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Jun 2, 2012 04:54
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Midorka posted:The breweries you mentioned, none distribute here except Dogfish Head and Goose Island unfortunately, though I had had Surly's Bender, and Coffee Bender and Coffee Bender I hold in very high regards. It's not a standard brown by any means, but Terrapin's Hop Karma is a good brown IPA with a nice malty, nutty background that I've really enjoyed recently. I don't care for most Terrapin products except for Moo-Hoo, but this was quite something.
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Jun 3, 2012 23:37
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Finally have some Jolly Pumpkin in Florida now, I bought their Bam Bier and I'm excited to try it.
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Jun 10, 2012 00:48
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caiman posted:I tried SN Hoptimum for the first time over the weekend. I think this just about does it for my exploration of IPAs. In my search for the most intense hoppiness that I can handle, I've found the breaking point, the threshold of enjoyability. I appreciate the beer, but it's just too much. I could barely force myself to finish the glass, let alone reach for another one. I was only really able to finish mine because it was ice cold, it's not just you. That is a big, big beer.
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Jun 11, 2012 23:45
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Just bought a 4 pack of Burton Baton along with a St. Somewhere Saison. I'm excited to try the St. Somewhere, they say on their website they do all open fermentations for their beers (all Belgians) making them pretty unique. Or I'll try my Lagunitas Alt. Or Unibroque 17. Or more homebrew. Or LA 31 Passion Fruit Wheat. I have too much beer, I must drink it all. CalvinDooglas posted:If you want something with a maltier base, try Victory Hop Devil. Hop Devil is still one of my all time favorite beers, it's just extremely drinkable and hoppy all at the same time. Edit: The saison is really delicious, I'm not sure if they distribute outside of FL but this is one excellent beer the yellow dart fucked around with this message at 02:36 on Jun 17, 2012 |
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Well after going to Munich and trying a few others stateside I just don't think I care that much for helles style beers. I completely understand why people find them enjoyable, but I must say that I do not. Maybe in a few years I'll give you another try. Oh well. Regardless, this Sorachi Ace is just delicious and I wish that I had it where I lived. Going down to Tampa to CCB's facility followed by Total Wine shopping was almost too much for me. So much beer was purchased, and it will all be delicious.
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Aug 1, 2012 03:45
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So in anticipation of no more Belgian Yeti I bought the last bottle at the local shop, which I looked and saw was bottled in June of 2011. Winning. In addition in the 4 months I spent sober and in AFG apparently the distribution to NW Florida improved leaps and bounds for a number of companies.
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Holy poo poo I drank the Sierra Nevada Russian River collaboration "Brux" and it is by far the best beer I've drunk this year. Perfectly balanced farmhouse ale, brett complementing the flavor rather than overwhelming, just freaking delicious. I've never had a beer that tasted like sour apple, but this did, and it was really great. Worth the $17, every penny, and I may get a couple to age. Just incredible.
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Jan 18, 2013 03:39
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crazyfish posted:Haven't had the bottled version, but both time I've had it on tap it was amazing. Quite drinkable right now, not sure if aging will make it better. Best part is that it says it is for Saturday, so you don't even have to choose!
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Jan 27, 2013 02:13
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RiggenBlaque posted:One of the few well deserved shower beers I've ever had was a CCB jai alai after 12 hours on the deck of this massive navy destroyer in the August Florida sun, it as easily one of the best beers of my life. Fresh Jai Alai is really quite amazing. Touring their facility I got some that had been bottled only 5 minutes previously and then thrown into a freezer for our subsequent enjoyment. It was absolutely heavenly. On a completely different note, I'm drinking a BA Old Rasputin and all I can say is to sit on this beer for a year or two. I just had a sip that was, well, just bourbon. I like bourbon so it isn't terrible, but it was no poo poo just bourbon taste with a little roast thrown in there. Still delicious just not well balanced yet.
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crazyfish posted:I haven't had anything that The Bruery sells that made me say "yes, I would buy this again at the price they're charging." Black Tuesday included. Granted, I haven't had a huge number of their offerings so I'm not super well versed, but nothing has really stuck with me. I love their fall special if for nothing else than I love yams. By god I love yams. And it is like drinking a delicious yam blended with brown sugar and alcohol and it is perfect in my eyes. PS: YAMS
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Bag of Sun Chips posted:I love yams and I thought Autumn Maple was the Bruery's worst beer I've ever had. No, more yams 
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cryme posted:It's Bad It's not bad, but it isn't that good either. It is a beer if you have no other options besides Bud.
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rage-saq posted:Is this like morning beer as in alcoholism? College and unemployment are a hell of a time.
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Feb 13, 2013 21:19
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Angry Grimace posted:There's pretty much no incentive at all for a group of Benedictine monks who don't typically sell more than a limited amount of beer for entirely religious reasons to randomly decide to commit a fraud on the public and brew a completely different beer. I have an alternate theory these people who think it tastes totally different are tasting the difference in availability. This times a thousand. You see people saying this stuff all the time (see: Hopslam this year) and it only tastes different most of the time if you think it will taste different.
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Feb 18, 2013 03:02
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This whole Palate Wrecker discussion is now hilarious to me since we in northwest Florida just received our first shipment ever. Thanks San Diego!
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D34THROW posted:Cigar City's Maduro Brown Ale. They finally came back to where I live in NW FL this week and I am super happy with both the Maduro and Jai Alai IPA. Jai Alai warm out of the dry-hopped fermenter is one of the best beer moments I've ever had.
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air- posted:Have any other US craft besides RR/Allagash brewed with a coolship? Apparently the new brrewery monster Bluejacket up in DC is going to have one, but otherwise it is indeed just RR and Allagash as far as I know otherwise.
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Captain Shortbus posted:On my journey into hoppy beers, I've discovered ODell Myrcenary. I have been drinking nothing but for 3 days. Great DIPA. The body of DIPAs is usually a little more pronounced and I find that sometimes the alcoholic bite cuts through the hops a bit more.
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RiggenBlaque posted:As for macro options, I had a sip of Bud Light Clamato once and I couldn't even swallow the one gulp of it I took. Clamato is tomato juice and oyster flavored so yeah I could see that. My worst is Ommegang's Aphrodite. So much spice that I had to chew threw it. I almost vomited up the little sample I got at the beer tasting. Gross.
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deadwing posted:I know we're all sharing stories of "worst beers" and I'm sure plenty of people liked my worst beer, but all I got from Aphrodite was a strong fruit flavor, a tiny bit of funkiness, and a hint of grains. Not the best thing I've had, but it was tasty enough for me to polish off the whole big bottle. I know plenty of people that have liked it, and it is completely possible I just had really bad bottles the two times I've had it, but I couldn't deal with it. Similarly though, a person previously mentioned Burton Baton which is in my opinion a super delicious aged IPA so as usual it all comes down to taste 
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Kudosx posted:I too recently had my first Berliner Weisse. I first tried Oarsman Ale by Bell's, and then ended up buying a bottle of 1809 about a week later. I found 1809 to be far better than the Oarsman Ale, although I did enjoy Oarsman. I think 1809 is the best regularly available Berliner Weisse. Funky Buddha Lounge and Cigar City make fruity Berliner Weisse's from time to time, although they're only available in FL as far as I know. CCB's One Percenter is pretty good when they make it, and as you can imagine it is very, very sessionable (1% refers to its alcohol content).
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Eejit posted:Enjoying Victory V12. It's very, very smooth for a 12% beer with almost no burn at the end. Very smooth, almost tastes BA'd. Nice and caramel-y up front, sort of dark fruity, almost chocolatey notes on the nose. The finish is, as said before, smooth and has almost a honey sweetness that makes me imagine the beer was aged in an old Aberfeldy cask. Quite solid but not amazing, might go back and pick up a bottle for the cellar because I think I got the bomber for $9.  tell me again.
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Cointelprofessional posted:I picked up a 4 pack of KBS today only because my parents wanted to go to a liquor store after lunch. There was a case on the shelf and I grabbed a four pack. While walking around looking at other deals, I walked by again and everything was gone. I overheard a distributor talking that they had received 24 cases and had 68 accounts that wanted KBS. They then mentioned that Founders was expanding, but really didn't have enough caves to age more KBS. Things like KBS aren't really something you necessarily want to increase too quickly. I'm currently drinking Founders I've found in Alabama, but they aren't going to receive any special releases pretty much ever (although there are cases of Imperial Stout at the store I found sorry guys) and that is ok. If they start running out of Centennial IPA or any other normal releases that is an issue, but not seeing KBS *everywhere* is part of it being a special release.
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Sublimer posted:Alabama has gotten KBS in the past. *Gets in car, drives to liquor store immediately*
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In other news, Imperial Biscotti Break hides its alcohol better than pretty much any beer I've had recently. I'm missing a significant hop presence to balance the sweet malt, but the coffee flavor is rather sublime. Enjoying it immensely in my hotel room.
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onemanlan posted:I found 4 pack KBS in Birmingham today. Not sure if you were saying you can't get them at all. That being said I got word from a friend they put it out and when I reached the store there were only 2 left out of who knows how few they received. Also I heard HopCity in Birmingham had some, but were only allowing 2 bottles per customer. I'm just on business in Montgomery so I have no idea how much each place gets but I'm surprised that Founders pushes it out so far. Just make it a huge release at home, don't distribute all over. But I don't really know this place so ymmv.
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Got my one bottle of KBS at a shop today in AL and it is pretty delicious. Never had it before but it has a little more booze than I was expecting for a BA coffee/chocolate stout. I do enjoy the hints of both and the general beautiful mouthfeel of the beer. Cracking open the bottle you could smell both the coffee and chocolate as if it was bottled yesterday. Wish I could obtain another to sit on for a year, but I'll accept this. I do like that the alcohol doesn't hit overwhelmingly of bourbon or wood as some beers of this type do (I'm looking at you Old Rasputin) and its very enjoyable. A+ would drink again.
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