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wattershed posted:I, finally, will bite, and ask what I know a number of people want to ask but won't. "Horse blanket" is a stupid loving term people made up. I can't really describe the actual smell since I'm very bad at these things, but go drink an Orval and then whenever you smell things that remind you of that beer, you'll be able to claim you detect horse blanket.
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Quiet Feet posted:If that's true that's wonderful news. I actually liked Alpine Spring better than Noble Pils but my most recent taste of the latter was like two years ago and I'd love the chance to change my mind. He's right, their site lists Noble Pils as a year round beer. I'm actually drinking some right now, and it's as good as I remember it being, but still not quite as good as Prima Pils.
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funkybottoms posted:i don't mean this as a criticism of you, but why are people going crazy over Nugget Nectar this year? i don't recall it being that special of a release the past couple years and it's always been fairly easy to find in VA. Nugget Nectar hype levels are approaching dangerously annoying levels, I've noticed. Two years ago it was not hard at all to find weeks after release, but this year all the stores in my area sold out within 2 weeks. In PA it's especially bad because large distributors will only get in maybe 11-12 cases and since they can only sell them by the case, it only takes 11-12 people to completely sell out the store. That being said, it's a really fantastic beer.
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I managed to snag a bottle of Sculpin IPA from the local bar that carries beers that don't get distributed to my area. I'm hoping it's not too old, but I can't translate what I'm assuming is this bullshit date code: 6C122 06182 Anyone know?
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Mar 14, 2012 22:02
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Sirotan posted:I guess this is a little old at this point, but I couldn't help but laugh and laugh and laugh... I like how. That guy types. As if he doesn't have word-wrap on.
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Those Founders events sound really lovely and I can understand that guy's frustration, but his delivery is just so stupid and annoying to read.
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Mar 15, 2012 19:31
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Victory is opening another brewery in Parkesburg, PA http://victorybeer.com/blog/more-victory-to-love/
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Mar 20, 2012 16:08
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Founders is going to start distributing to places in NY other than NYC for the first time within the next two months. Just in time for me leaving the state for CT, which doesn't get Founders  What a bad streak of luckAnyone have experience with beer in CT?
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Wamsutta posted:Which area of CT? If you're in Fairfield County, there's a lot of great places to pick up craft beer. And if you're near enough to the southwestern CT/NY border, Portchester Beer Distributor is just a short drive away to pick up Founders, etc. New Haven
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Wamsutta posted:I'm not that familiar with shops in New Haven, but I do know they have a sweet-rear end taproom: http://www.prime16.com/ Yeah, I went to Prime 16 when I visited the area and that place alone prevented me from completely filling with dread at the prospect of moving to that area. I also went to this place Amity Wine & Spirit Co on my way into town and the selection was decent, but I was surprised at how little New England Brewing Co they had. I think I saw their scotch ale and that was it - hopefully the selection is better at other places.
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Angry Grimace posted:Technically speaking, given the contents of bourbon, I think that would qualify under the german purity law. Really. I've always been told they do a lot of technical end-arounds to say beer still qualifies under the old purity law. I think he's pointing out they used cranberries
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Mar 26, 2012 13:20
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ShaneB posted:I recently had to get a roommate for the first time in like 6 years... and it took him just over a week to drink a bunch of my beer cellar without asking. I don't know what the gently caress he was thinking, but things I believe got drank include: Wow, that is seriously hosed up. Who just randomly drinks a bunch of someone else's beer (rare or not) without asking? That's just a matter of common loving decency and sense. I'd be furious on the principle of it alone. My goondolences
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FreelanceSocialist posted:
I'm waiting for them to pop up in my area, I've never had a Gose, so I'm pretty excited to try that out.
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Mahoning posted:Try a Burton Baton from Dogfish Head. It's a barrel aged IPA. It was decent. Some interesting flavors going on, but it was very boozy and I doubt I could drink more than one. I'm going to play a bit of devil's advocate here and say that I found Burton Baton to be another disgustingly sweet, hot DFH mess. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, of course, but if you find most other DFH beers to be overly sweet, you'll find the same with this beer.
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TenaciousTomato posted:I have been throwing all of my glasses (Weihenstephaner Hefe glass, Chimay chalice, etc) in the dishwasher. Is that not what I should be doing? I did this for about a year of regular use of my sam adams glass until I noticed that the design on the glass was being eroded off. I wouldn't sweat it if you don't do it too often or if you do it with a glass you don't care too much about, but from what I understand dishwasher detergent is very corrosive, so beware.
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Drinking a Great Divide Colette and picking up a strong peanut taste. Never tasted that in this beer before...
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Vertigo posted:
I had this and didn't particularly enjoy it even though it sounded great on paper. The chocolate definitely came through perfectly, but I think the base weizenbock was a little too dry and that didn't play well with the fruit.
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Yeah, I thought I was being crazy, but those Stone bombers aren't very expensive. I saw their smoked porter for $4.50 today and Ruination was $6.50. That being said, I still don't buy any of their beers just because I've never really had anything from them I thought was worth buying twice.
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I'm drinking a Southampton Biere de Garde, my first experience with the style. Is this a pretty good representation of the style? I like it, but its not at all what I expected - something about the name made me think it would be much more similar to a saison.
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Bioshuffle posted:I tried three philosophers and chimay grand ale and I am hooked. Where do I go from here? If you've never had it, St. Bernardus Abt 12
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Vertigo posted:Headed over to the local bar tonight.. Flower Power is such an amazing beer, I'm really just quoting this so that anyone who has seen this goes and buys some.
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I think that was perhaps your own fault for thinking the History channel would put out anything of quality.
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Perfectly Cromulent posted:
This isn't a good week for catastrophes at breweries, apparently. http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120424/NEWS/120429898/-1/NEWSMAP&template=wapart Keg at Redhook blew up and killed a guy. I also read this, which happened a couple months ago: http://www.straightbourbon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17326
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Let's also not take that comment too seriously since it is Reddit, which contains most of the scum on the internet.
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danbanana posted:So... you bought an anise beer even though your don't like licorice? Can't really blame the beer for that choice. I hate licorice too and I bought the anise stone IRS, but that's because I'm dumb and I didn't know anise was what licorice was made out of.
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Speaking of labels, Victory must have lovely label machines because the top label that goes around the neck is always peeling off with their beers.
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Although the Victory labels falling off doesn't bother me on a visual level, the first couple times I saw it were on bottles of Hop Devil and Hop Wallop and the labels falling off made me think the bottles were old, which made me not buy it (until later when I noticed all Victory beers have this problem).
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Also speaking of Victory, it looks like we'll start to see Summer Love showing up soon, which is very exciting.
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CalvinDooglas posted:Tonight I enjoyed a big bottle Torpedo, and drank a Baltika "Grade 9 Extra Lager" (I assume this is what 9th graders drink in Russia). It's 8% and pretty awful flavor-wise, but isn't as offensive as I thought it would be. It's better than Natty Ice, at least, and tastes like if you stirred some corn syrup into a Bud Light. I think this is my first proper Malt Liquor, and I have to say that at 16oz and $1.79, it's not a bad deal. Speaking of awful beer, I had a Sam Adams Cherry Wheat for the first time (it was included in the summer 12 pack) and holy poo poo, that beer is truly awful. Maybe it's just because I don't like cherries, but I don't think so. I'd always heard people make fun of that beer, but I never fully understood how truly bad it could be.
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Citrus-y notes are a trademark of American hops, yes
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This sort of behavior is (understandably) becoming more and more popular as these brands become so popular. That's a bummer on one hand, but at the same time a really great sign of things to come. Assuming the bubble doesn't burst for at least a couple more years. Has anyone had this years Sam Adams Longshot series? I had to be visiting to CT to be able to find it, so maybe this is old, but I thought the imperial stout was really disappointing, the dark night in munich was okay and the altbier was good, but I don't know much about altbiers at all. I find myself buying Sam Adams one off releases more than probably a lot of people in this thread despite how often I come away from them thinking it was a waste of money. edit: I also need to buy 4 cases of beer for my rehearsal dinner, does anyone have suggestions for beers on the east coast? I'm thinking at least a case or two of Victory Whirlwind because that is such a fantastic beer perfectly suited for warm weather, and maybe a case of noble pils or something (I'd buy Prima Pils, but I need something a little more accessible). PoopShipDestroyer fucked around with this message at 02:40 on May 9, 2012 |
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the yellow dart posted: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. If left with little else to choose from, I find this beer to be very acceptable when it's nice and hot out. I'll have to think about that. Kraven Moorhed posted:Brooklyn Lager might be worth a shot if you can find it. Sam Adams stuff also tends to be very accessible, so I'll second the Noble Pils. My future father-in-law already bought a case of Corona (  ) so I'm not very worried about the macro-front. This is on Long Island though, so I think Brooklyn Lager is a very good idea, I hadn't thought of that.
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Docjowles posted:Edit: I should preface this by saying I love beer and don't want to be Debbie Downer. I just don't see the boundless optimism of "soon everyone will have an IPA in her hand!" as realistic. I mostly agree with you, but I think I'm a bit more pessimistic. Even in New York it seems like every small town has their own brewery and 99% of them are absolutely worthless and that's just not something that is going to last for decades to come. At some point the people out there who are not as devoted to craft beer as people who post about it on the internet are going to grow out of this phase and stop buying craft beer because they just lose interest in it. I don't remember who it was, but earlier in the thread someone was posting about how they really didn't think the bubble was going to burst because "who is going to stop drinking craft beer after they start?" (or something similar). That is a pretty narrow minded approach to the average consumer drinking craft beer. For example, I work with a bunch of middle class guys who don't really give a poo poo about beer. They buy borderline craft beer like Saranac and Sam Adams but only when it's on sale. If they lost those brands for whatever reason, they wouldn't put a second thought into it.
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I drank Sam Adams Sahti and Gose the last couple nights, and I'm pretty disappointed in both. I guess I was hoping for something much more unusual, but the Gose was pretty straight forward and the Sahti was basically just a scotch ale. They weren't bad by any means, I think I just went in hoping to get weird and was sad to see they were pretty approachable, normal beers.
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You can always count on rage-saq for Ajaarg level knowledge without the lovely loving attitude. Really interesting post, I need to go back and read Brew Like a Monk
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Munkaboo posted:You pumped about World of Beer opening here or what? My experience is that they're a lot like Yard House places. Lots of taps but 90% of it is all completely average beer. Additionally, the one I went to didn't list prices, ABV or serving size.
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Had my rehearsal dinner a couple weeks ago for which I bought 2 cases each of Summer Love and Sam Adams. The good news is the beer was a wild success for a bunch of non-beer drinkers, the bad news is I now have over a case of Sam Adams and less than 6 Summer Loves left over. Sam Adams is a great beer, so it's not much to complain about, but the Summer Love was a smashing success. I also forced my wedding venue to have Troegs Dreamweaver and Sam Adams Noble Pils in addition to the usual macro lagers, and the Dreamweaver in particular was really well received. I had people coming up to me all night talking about the beer.
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Our wedding was full open bar with what I think were pretty nice liquor options (I have no idea what accounts for good liquor) but the only beer options were Miller and Coors Light. I had no say in anything wedding related (because I didn't give a poo poo) so I put my foot down when it came to beer selection.
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