Recently found out that my homeboy's old man was the "he4d br3w3r" at this major brewery in Bris., Australia --> http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/200712/r213685_825266.jpg
for 20 yrs!
Now in retirement he is a 'consultant' and goes around to beer shows being a judge ! <3!
― wilter, Sunday, 20 June 2010 09:47 (thirteen years ago) link
The NY BrewFest yesterday was kind of ridiculously crowded - not to mention the obnoxious people with 4 or 5 glasses who would camp out at the front of the lines and bogart the beer. So I didn't really get to try too much that was new and exciting. I did like the Hitachino Nest, and the Crispin Cider.
― o. nate, Sunday, 20 June 2010 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
that daisy cutter is my shit
Yeah, I have to say, I bought a growler last weekend and I liked it a lot more than I did the first few times I tried it. I think they've figured out how to balance it better.
― jaymc, Monday, 21 June 2010 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link
World Beer Cup® 2010
― Aerosol, Monday, 21 June 2010 11:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Tried my first Dogfish, the 60-minute IPA. I wanted to give one of their IPAs a shot, but I just can't get behind really hoppy beers. I want the malt! I want balance! I'll finish this sixer, but you'd have to pay me to try the 90 or 120.
― Grisly Addams (WmC), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Completely understandable, I am kinda getting 'over' the hoppy beers. 60m IPA (and in a way the 90 too) are pretty much the platonic ideal of the IPA and I like that but I am not so interested anymore.
Even though I live about a 2h drive from Burlington VT I finally had some of the Magic Hats for the first time lately (I had had the #9 a couple years ago, but I've now had Wacko, one of their summer beers and their new IPA as well) and I rue Quebec's beer importing/distributing laws or wahtever because goddamn it I can't buy this stuff even though it's so close. If I had a car... you best believe I'd be running this shit prohib-style.
Any other VT (or nearby) brewers I need to try? I wanna try the Long Trail (if that's the name?) Alt/Sticke Alt varieties. I had Allagash lately as well which was nice.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY: How fucking good is sour brown ale? Seriously. The MTL Beerfest had a few varieties and I could ahve died of bliss.
― Quantic Dream, So Hard To Beat (Will M.), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 11:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I tried a Williams Brothers Red Ale yesterday that was absolutely lovely - I don't think I'd knowingly drunk a red ale before.
― oligopoly golightly (c sharp major), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 12:06 (thirteen years ago) link
god i drank so much Long Trail in college. i remember it fondly, but i'm not really sure how it would stand up today.
fun to make a trip to the brewery tho!
― be told and get high on coconut (gbx), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 14:28 (thirteen years ago) link
bluepoint toasted lager is just abt the only microbrew i fuck w/regularly these days.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 00:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Found Goose Island in SoCal a couple weeks ago, Sophie and Pere Jacques. Both good, and would drink again, but at $7/22 oz bottle won't be drinking often.
― nickn, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:22 (thirteen years ago) link
but I just can't get behind really hoppy beers.― Grisly Addams (WmC), Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:57 PM (1 week ago)
― Grisly Addams (WmC), Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:57 PM (1 week ago)
wait i thought you liked Sierra Nevada?
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:27 (thirteen years ago) link
I mean REALLY hoppy beers. I think SN pale ale is well-balanced!
― My totem animal is a hamburger. (WmC), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:32 (thirteen years ago) link
wowzers. i need to try dogfish 90min again then. i thought the same thing but reversed (btw the two).
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 03:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I have so much to write, but I will keep it short.
Beers that have absolutely floored me since the beginning of my road trip:
New Glarus EnigmaSnake River Pako's Eye-P-ABrooklyn Sorachi Ace SaisonThree Floyds Apocalypse Cow Lacto Double IPALagunitas Hop Stoopid Centennial Double? IPAPort Big Black Poochie Double Black IPAPort Poor Man's Double IPAEverything at Russian RiverMikkeller Yeast Series: Brettanomyces
For anyone who is in the distribution area of Three Floyds and enjoy big IPAs, I would suggest seeking out the Apocalypse Cow. It is really big, but the lactose adds a smooth creaminess. It is one of the best beers I have ever had.
Sorachi Ace, a Japanese hop variety, seems to be a hot hop. Three Floyds made a nice lager with it and now Brooklyn has made an even better Saison with the it. It has a nice spicy bite and is really a unique hop. I love it.
The Mikkeller yeast series is a nice little experiment. They start with the same wort and then use 5 different yeasts to ferment the wort to give an idea how each yeast creates different flavors. The Brettanomyces yeast is used most often in Wild Ales and this is an exceptional example.
Ok. I am going to bed.
― t0dd swiss, Friday, 30 July 2010 05:43 (thirteen years ago) link
For the Chicago folks.
Binny's has 2008 and 2009 Stone Russian Imperial Stout and Old Guardian Barleywine in bottles for sale.
These beers age well and it is a great opportunity to get aged beer without aging it yourself. It is also great to compare the different vintages!
― t0dd swiss, Thursday, 5 August 2010 02:30 (thirteen years ago) link
BINNY'S
― pies. (gbx), Thursday, 5 August 2010 04:14 (thirteen years ago) link
found some moinette blond at binny's after not really ever seeing it in CA stores. so crisp and layered.
― robotsinlove, Thursday, 5 August 2010 13:20 (thirteen years ago) link
i miss binny's
― horseshoe, Thursday, 5 August 2010 18:13 (thirteen years ago) link
had sierra nevada's pale ale and porter and really enjoyed them both. think the pale ale was the first american pale ale i'd tried, though i've tried plenty american influenced pale ales. perhaps a bit too hoppy but more or less just what i'm looking for. not really the weather for porter, but as it's my favourite style of beer i thought i'd give it a try. something about the nose that i'm not quite happy with, but nice and deep taste and nice mouthfeel.
― Efraqueen Juárez (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 5 August 2010 20:21 (thirteen years ago) link
anyone try the sierra nevada summer?
summertime for me is all about sam adams summer ale, wachusett summer...basically any summer ale. give me some reco's on some others to try...oh and i also love miller high life after mowing the lawn.
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 5 August 2010 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i've had it--it's nice but won't blow you away. it's no sam which is the gold standard for the genre.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 5 August 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
i've been drinking some goose island 312 recently which isn't specifically summer but feels seasonal to me
anyone had the super fancy goose islands? like pere jacques and matilda (I think)? (apologies if they've come up itt before.) always been curious but kind of irritated at how expensive they are from a local brewery
― elephant rob, Thursday, 5 August 2010 20:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, they're pretty good. Sofie is the other fancy Belgian one they do. I don't go out of my way for them, though. By "local brewery" do you mean you live in Chicago?
― jaymc, Thursday, 5 August 2010 20:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I do...as you're probably reading in the feminist blog thread right now! :)
― elephant rob, Thursday, 5 August 2010 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah! Yes, well, you should post in the Chicago thread sometime. We're generally kind to newcomers.
― jaymc, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Generally
― Jeff, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Jeff likes the wrong cupcakes >:[
― horseshoe, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
im generally a wheat beer freak...there is a new pub/bar in town Armsby Abbey...which blows me away. I do like a La Fin Du Monde
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
<3 fin du monde! definitely my favorite unibroue, though I'm not sure i've tried them all
― elephant rob, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
zee bar i was mentioning...http://armsbyabbey.com
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Dulle Teve (Mad Bitch)....fucking amazing.
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
have you had Ballast Point Bourbon Barrel Black Marlin Porter?
― elephant rob, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
that i have yet to try....not a porter guy.
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:53 (thirteen years ago) link
but my wife loved when i ordered the mad bitch in her honor.
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
it's not exactly a summer beer either, but that name is kind of irresistible.
― elephant rob, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:55 (thirteen years ago) link
interested in this - Dogfish Head Theobrama. im huge fan of dogfish head
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:56 (thirteen years ago) link
This beer is based on chemical analysis of pottery fragments found in Honduras which revealed the earliest known alcoholic chocolate drink used by early civilizations to toast special occasions. The discovery of this beverage pushed back the earliest use of cocoa for human consumption more than 500 years to 1200 BC. As per the analysis, Dogfish Head’s Theobroma (translated into 'food of the gods') is brewed with Aztec cocoa powder and cocoa nibs (from our friends at Askinosie Chocolate), honey, chilies, and annatto (fragrant tree seeds). It's light in color - not what you expect with your typical chocolate beer. Not that you'd be surpised that we'd do something unexpected with this beer!
sounds pretty nuts!
― elephant rob, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link
sounds like it would give me the shits.
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Sounds great.
― jaymc, Thursday, 5 August 2010 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
60 and 90 minute ipa gets my dick like a nail.
― chrisv2010, Thursday, 5 August 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
The super fancy goose islands are the only ones I ever see out here, and only in 22s.
I brought a bunch of Bells Two Hearted back from my trip to Michigan and an 18 pack of Old Milwaukee which is on of my favorite summer beers but for whatever reason it doesn't make it to WA.
I cut the top and bottom off a diet pepsi can the other day so I can slip it over an old mil can and have a beer while walking the dog.
― joygoat, Thursday, 5 August 2010 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Drank far too many sam summers last night and then popped a trazodone to sleep....i feel like something that fell out of a tall cows ass.
― chrisv2010, Friday, 6 August 2010 13:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i broke my no complicated beers rule last night and drank a great divide rye lager, a .5 liter of paulaner pils, an allagsh white, and a clown shoes brown angel. all great but i felt pretty gnar.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 6 August 2010 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
yo what does this mean?!
also, i am going to boston in mid-september i think from the insulated beer-land of quebec, what do i need to try? where do i need to drink it? where can i get bottles to bring home?
― the depressed-saggy-japanese-salaryman of ilx posters (Will M.), Friday, 6 August 2010 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
best place to go is still the publick house/american craft in brookline
― call all destroyer, Friday, 6 August 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
60 and 90 minute ipa gets my dick like a nail.yeah was gonna say ... is this good or bad? and yeah, i agree, publick house is fab -- i used to live within walking distance. i consider moving back to Boston just for the publick house.
― tylerw, Friday, 6 August 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
its good.
― chrisv2010, Friday, 6 August 2010 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
finally tried the Oskar Blues Gubna Imperial IPA ... it was good, but I think that 10% alcohol might just be too much alcohol for me?
― tylerw, Friday, 20 August 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm really enjoying Trader Joe's Dunkelweizen lately - or what I guess is actually Josephs Brau Dunkelweizen. It's nice to take a break from hoppier beers.
― Ground Zero Mostel (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 August 2010 03:42 (thirteen years ago) link