followed by ayinger and paulaner oktoberfests. my local is rad right now.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 September 2010 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link
is the pumking strongly pumpkiny or super allspicey? i have yet to find a pumpkin beer i liked
― Gerard Depardeauxnt (jjjusten), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
pumking is pumpkin pie in a glass. it's incredibly rich dessert beer stuff.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 September 2010 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
hmmmmppphh. that prob wont be the one that will sway me then tbh
― Gerard Depardeauxnt (jjjusten), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah most pumpkin beers are mediocre at best imo but it sounds like it's just not the flavor for you possibly?
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 September 2010 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
flying dog is sort of okay but a bit sweet or something. i hate the marketing of stuff like that which is offputting enough too!
odell was great, maybe the best. i thought hopdevil was maybe the great too tho, really good aftertaste.
the odell i had was this bottle http://www.freewebs.com/johnnydrunkenirishman/Johnny%27s%20pictures%20024.JPG
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
flying dog has the absolute worst labels which is saying something
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 September 2010 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link
not as bad as the brewdog craft beers in the uk....."PUNK IPA" etc......i have to tear off the labels if i'm drinking with friends as i am scared someone might think i believe in the brand.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link
the two brands are really similar tho....
http://www.brewdog.com/slideshow/pic3.jpg
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 September 2010 01:54 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.kbsinstitute.org/images/pullo/244_4414.JPG
they do look different but the shared dog name makes me lump them together
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:56 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah the odell stuff is amazing - if you see a bottle of 90 shilling ale, pick it up (although honestly ive liked everything theyve done so far so its hard to go wrong). i was hoping it was the elephant label - thats the one i like better as well. also speaking of label/bottle design, odell is way ahead of the pack on that front.
― Gerard Depardeauxnt (jjjusten), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:56 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah the label on the bottle is really nicely designed. the craft beer place i went to is actually pretty amazing so hopefully can get more odell stuff, i love a trip there, so good and got a friend into the idea too...
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
xp yeah i just felt like posting them both--they are equally aesthetically terrible--though flying dog offends me more
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 September 2010 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
And the Odell has a great label! (xpost)
We should do a separate thread on best/worst beer labels.
Meanwhile I've lately resolved to stick to Trader Joe's beers (or the ones they sell at TJ's prices) until I run out of ones to try and get sick of them. I can't really justify $12-14 for a sixpack when these are so perfectly good for $6-7. So far I've done the TJ/Josef's Hefeweizen, Dunkelweizen, Bavarian Lager, Vienna Lager and Hofbrau Bock. All of these are good, my favorite is probably the Dunkel, and I need to taste the Vienna and Bavarian side by side because I don't know what the difference is. I've also had Mission St. IPA and Blonde Ale, both of which were fine and as good as some of the premium IPAs and Blondes I've had, if not the best, and now I have a sixpack of Stockyard Stout, which I like very much. Once in a while I'll buy a pint or two of high-end stuff to round this out I guess.
― Ground Zero Mostel (Hurting 2), Friday, 17 September 2010 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
I had a really nice Japanese wheat beer called Ginga Kogen with some yellowtail ceviche the other day.
― Donovan Dagnabbit (WmC), Friday, 17 September 2010 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
SOMEone's living the life
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 September 2010 02:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Try Mendocino's beers at TJ's, Hurting, if you haven't yet. I like the Eye of the Hawk and White Hawk types (8 and 7% abv, resp) when I'm looking for a stronger beer.
― nickn, Friday, 17 September 2010 04:56 (thirteen years ago) link
mendocino is good beers.
am drinking a stone 14 "emperial" IPA. bought due to the momentary sense that there was too much dirty ugly money in my pocket. tastes like a stone beer, which is to say excessively hoppy up front and syrupy underneath. not bad, not great.
― having taken an actual journalism class (contenderizer), Friday, 17 September 2010 06:26 (thirteen years ago) link
Went to the Goose Island brewpub last night.
I had Red Felt, a hoppy red ale I liked, and Green Line, which is available on tap throughout Chicago but is quickly becoming a favorite of mine: a wheaty pale ale that's just very well-balanced and refreshing.
My lady friend started with Sai-Shan-Tea, a saison brewed with lemon tea which was one of the more interesting beers I've ever had but also sort of tasted like Lemon Pledge. Then she had Grahampagne, a beer brewed in collaboration with chef Graham Elliott Bowles, which was also pretty unique: it seemed to have no body but just went down smoothly with a light bubbly aftertaste.
― jaymc, Friday, 17 September 2010 13:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Then she had Grahampagne...
Coming after the beer brewed with lemon tea, I was half expecting this sentence to end with "brewed with graham crackers!"
I recently tried Redhook's Big Ballard Imperial IPA, hoping against all odds that being "inspired by" their original Ballard Bitter would actually make me care about a Redhook product again. I used to LOVE that weirdly estery stuff back in the day, and still regularly wear my old logo sweatshirt, but the reformulated Redhook IPA isn't the same, nor is Longhammer IPA, nor is this. Okayish for what it is, and not as pricy as other 22 oz. Imperials, but not enough to win me over.
http://blog.redhook.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/RH_BBIPA-crop460.png
― Overblown 80's Gated Snore (Dan Peterson), Friday, 17 September 2010 14:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Caledonian Oktoberbest. Mcewans 80 shilling.
― Efraqueen Juárez (jim in glasgow), Saturday, 9 October 2010 20:09 (thirteen years ago) link
need more oktoberfest recommends plz
my go-to sam adams seems a little off this year
― only ad hominem strawman can troll me (Edward III), Friday, 15 October 2010 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
just had some sam oktober and it was a little disappointing. from now on i'm only drinking ones that actually come from germany.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 October 2010 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
hofbrau, ayinger, hacker pschorr, all make good ones.
beck's--not so good.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 October 2010 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
trying brooklyn's 2nite, will report back
― only ad hominem strawman can troll me (Edward III), Friday, 15 October 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
good luck--don't think i've had that one.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 15 October 2010 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
innis & gunn.....just tried this Scottish beer tonight for the first time. Quite aley...really amazing toffee/vanilla flavours in there. so good.
yeah this is good stuff. packs a punch too.
― decent skinsmanship (Michael B), Friday, 15 October 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
u will laff cad, but the dude at my neighborhood craft brew shop told me a new oktoberfest beer beat both leinenkugels and wachusetts in a taste test
it was a 'GANSETT
― only ad hominem strawman can troll me (Edward III), Saturday, 16 October 2010 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha waht!!?
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 16 October 2010 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
gansett has an oktoberfest??
Tampa, FL has this newish bar/brewery called Cigar City. Best IPA around! And at 8.5%/$5 pint, something you should not missss
― babygirlwc, Saturday, 16 October 2010 04:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Drinking Erie Railbender Ale. Good beer with hideous packaging, and 6.8%.
― buju_stanton (Hurting 2), Saturday, 16 October 2010 04:44 (thirteen years ago) link
southern tier pumking on draft today = one hell of a beer
― call all destroyer, Thursday, September 16, 2010
holy cow this.
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Saturday, 16 October 2010 04:50 (thirteen years ago) link
certainly not an every day beer or even something i'd drink more than one of in a sitting but that was one tasty beer
― strongohulkingtonsghost, Saturday, 16 October 2010 04:51 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, apparently 'gansett did an oktober this year. gotta find some, says the lover of perversity inside me.
brooklyn's oktober was watery + blah. tried spaten's, which was too what? winey? sweet? I dunno, I just didn't like it.
hear good things about hacker-pschorr's.
― only ad hominem strawman can troll me (Edward III), Sunday, 17 October 2010 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
new Brau Brothers Hundred Yard Dash is the shit if you can get it. That and the Surly Wet are good contenders for best overhopped things ive had in a while.
― underrated aerosmith logins the rest of u assholes are considering (jjjusten), Sunday, 17 October 2010 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Troubadour Magma. Holy hell that was good. The smoothest, most drinkable tripel IPA I've ever had.
― Jeff, Sunday, 17 October 2010 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i agree with the sam octoberfest, i think recipe changed a bit this year. Dogfishhead Punkin....so great.
― definatelypoopsmcgee (chrisv2010), Monday, 18 October 2010 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah the dogfish punkin is far and away the best pumpkin-y beer i've ever had. the others i've had have been pretty bad, so the bar isn't too high, but I really loved the dogfish.
― tylerw, Monday, 18 October 2010 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
of course 10-11 for a four pack is a bit steep, but again...its dogfish
― definatelypoopsmcgee (chrisv2010), Monday, 18 October 2010 15:17 (thirteen years ago) link
i know shipyard pumpkinhead is not a popular beer around strict beerists, but i love it.
― definatelypoopsmcgee (chrisv2010), Monday, 18 October 2010 15:18 (thirteen years ago) link
Agree on the DFH. It's like it is brewed with pumpkin as opposed to just squirting pumpkin flavoring in it.
― Jeff, Monday, 18 October 2010 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
New Holland Ichabod is the only pumpkin beer I've had that didn't make me want to retch.
― dan m, Monday, 18 October 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
btw I have been drinking cheap beer a lot lately, been <3ing Victoria
― dan m, Monday, 18 October 2010 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
― only ad hominem strawman can troll me (Edward III), Sunday, October 17, 2010 3:15 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
split a 6 of this w/my dad on saturday--definitely good stuff imo.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 18 October 2010 18:26 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, that is some tasty brew. i dread winter though as i am yet to find a "winter warmer" i like. any suggestions?
― definatelypoopsmcgee (chrisv2010), Monday, 18 October 2010 18:30 (thirteen years ago) link
i hate all winter seasonals!
― call all destroyer, Monday, 18 October 2010 18:31 (thirteen years ago) link
sam winter is a bore; harpoon winter tastes like a christmas tree.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 18 October 2010 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link