5% is just about perfect.
― I've got a bush like a 50 year old Serbian (chrisv2010), Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I need a little kick, even in a "session beer". 3.8 seems milquetoast.
― Randy Moss' dog's personal chef (Bill Magill), Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
6+ preferred.
― Jeff, Thursday, 2 December 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't really session drink though. Usually I'm 3 or 4 drinks and I'm done.
― Jeff, Thursday, 2 December 2010 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd much rather have one or two 7% plus beers than a bunch of weak ones.
― joygoat, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link
don't really notice the diff....i get drunker quicker or drunker slower. i like that redemption but like lots of v strong ales too.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i like the 8-10% range in snifters OR uk stouts and ales in the 4% range, generally speaking.
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
man I had some collaborative joint by Half Acre and 3 Floyds last night that was incredibly badass, lager style, color etc but huge belgiany/hoppy flavors, can't remember the name for shit
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
dudes, this looks pretty dope
http://www.motherearthbrewing.com/page/silent-night
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
xp oh shit, it wasn't half acre, it was dogfish head (+3 floyds)
beer's called "PoppaSkull"
A deep, golden ale spiced with cardamom and fermented using a robust Belgian yeast strain. One third of the volume was then aged for 6 months in oak brandy barrels. Spice, esters, and sweet brandy dominate the aroma. A robust 10% abv is rounded by caramel and vanilla notes from the wood with a slight spiciness coming from the yeast.
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i cant find the dogfish head stuff anywhere in the TC and its bringing me down man
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
PoppaSkull is the shhhhiiiit
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks like they don't have any distribution in MN, have to make a run to WI?
yeah PoppaSkull was really good, if it hadn't been $8 I would have ordered another :/
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
on tap @ the hop leaf in chitown, but that's a longer haul.
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
i can find alternatives, ive just really wanted to try dudes stuff ever since i watched that beer wars doc - he seems like a pretty fascinating beer-lovin brewer, not always to his own benefit
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:42 (thirteen years ago) link
guys no one sells dogfish anywhere in minnesota :(
i asked the beer store guy about it and he said that dogfish head had some beef with their MN distributor (since gone out of business) and has basically refused to do business with anyone in the state ever since
what the hell
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Sunday, December 28, 2008 1:50 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
bummer
too bad you don't live in Duluth, you could just pop across the Bong to Superior and pick some up
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
oh shit wait i could drive to hudson
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
only thing i can tell you from a quick search is that casanova liquors in hudson wi is loaded w/dogfish head
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
well there you go
this is their blog
http://www.beergeekheaven.com/
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
u r a king among men
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:53 (thirteen years ago) link
u kno who's stupid? i am. i was IN HUDSON last weekend and totally forgot to go to a beer store, any beer store, and get at the very least a case of new glarus
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
awwwww new glarus is awesome - it was the centerpiece for a full on punk rock irishy wake i went to a few years ago in new richmond so i have a total soft spot for it.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
tryna get my brother to send me some bottles of founders kentucky breakfast stout. i kinda want to take a road trip back to the midwest and just load up the car w/750 ml bottles of some good shit i can't get here but i'm running out of room in the beer closet and anyway, it's a long drive.
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
you have a beer closet????
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
btw i had surly smoke last night
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:11 (thirteen years ago) link
well it's more like a single shelf in the pantry, but the door closes in a closetlike manner
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:12 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, what's the smoke like? i need some more wet (brought some surly back from mpls a few weeks ago).
so i've been hanging out with the lupulin maximux from o'so, it is intense. there's a hop cone floating in every bottle!
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
maximus rather. it sounds like a harry potter spell.
they seem to be out of the wet everywhere i go so uh oh maybe on that one.
i would also like to know about the smoke - bottle looks cool, but i am 50/50 on surly stuff in general.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
it's....smokey. i liked it! wasn't totally sensational, and probably not worth the $15 i spent on it, but is good.
also, the wet is v good, too, but again: not worth $16 for a four pack. it's just furious++ imo, save your money and spend the difference on a bomber of something else.
cuz, like, if i'm gonna spend wine money on a bottle of beer, it'd better be something as memorable as duchesse de bourgogne or w/e
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:20 (thirteen years ago) link
my gf is from MN, she brought back a 4 pack of some kind of Surly and a 12er of Primo after t-giving
<3
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Friday, 3 December 2010 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I got a big one of these from Binny's last night, will probably crack it open tonight. Also got some Grand Teton beers that I've read are pretty good: Lost Continent Double IPA and Trout Hop Black IPA.
Drank a San Diego County Session Ale last night and it was pretty good. It's one of those wacky collaborations, this one from Ballast Point/Kelsey McNair/Stone.
― Jeff, Sunday, 5 December 2010 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Six Point has an amazing seasonal beer now called Mad Scientist, and they have it on tap at Mission Dolores on 4th Ave in Brooklyn.
Sixpoint Mad Scientist Release. Batch 1 is a Spelt Wine at 9.4% ABV. Some free glassware. Righteous Rye also on tap.
The Spelt Wine is a twist on the more traditional barleywine beer style and features 51% spelt malt - an ancient cereal grain rarely found in the brewing process.
"Evolutionarily speaking," explains brewmaster Shane Welch, "spelt is an old cousin to wheat, similar in its composition and flavor profile, but less hybridized. The extra-large grain bill coupled with an abbey yeast allowed this beer to ferment very dry, further emphasizing the tart and spicy notes of the brew. It was seasoned with two different types of noble hops."
Thing is I didn't realize it was 9.4% when I had a few last night, and I think I almost fell onto the subway tracks afterward.
― mandatorily joined parties (Hurting 2), Sunday, 12 December 2010 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
sam adams chocolate bock...fucking awesome.
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Monday, 13 December 2010 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Man, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale -- it's like drinking Christmas.
― mandatorily joined parties (Hurting 2), Saturday, 18 December 2010 02:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Cannot big up Stone's Levitation Ale enough. I've never had this much flavor and body in a 4.4% abv beer. REALLY good.
― Sauvignon Blanc Mange (B.L.A.M.), Saturday, 18 December 2010 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
had this last night for the first time -- pretty greathttp://frugalmacdoogal.com/high_proof_beer/small/avery_reverend_belgian_style_quadrupel_ale.jpgalso looking forward to a six pack of celebration ale...
― tylerw, Saturday, 18 December 2010 20:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Today's haul:http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg614/scaled.php?tn=0&server=614&filename=6a3v.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640
― Jeff, Saturday, 18 December 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
starting to see blue moon about the place in glasgow. i much prefer it to hoegarden, which i have heard it compared to, though i am a bit skeeved out that it's made by coors since that's my platonic ideal of crap beer. not alt enough.
had brooklyn lager on tap for the first time, really enjoyed it.
― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Saturday, 18 December 2010 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, Brooklyn Brewery beers in Glasgow. That's sort of mind-boggling.
Believe it or not, Brooklyn is no longer even the best brewery in Brooklyn -- Six Points is miles better and I've heard people say the same about Kelso but have not tried it.
― mandatorily joined parties (Hurting 2), Saturday, 18 December 2010 23:20 (thirteen years ago) link
this latitude 48 ipa by sam is pretty damn tasty
― if nothing else this thread will result in some great display names (Edward III), Sunday, 19 December 2010 00:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I've started drinking a new list. This one has 50 beers I have to drink. I love achievement based drinking.
Starting with Böckor, Cuvée de Jacobins Rouge. I love this beer and it's good with breakfast. Flemish sour. Tarty tart tart.
― Jeff, Sunday, 19 December 2010 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i got one of those smuttynose boxes too jeff, i liked it all v much
― positive reflection is the key (harbl), Sunday, 19 December 2010 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I've only made it to the Shoals pale ale and the IPA, both were enjoyable. The pale ale seemed very.. pale alish. As much as I love hoppy hop hop bitter Mcbit pants, it's nice to have a mellow pale ale sometimes.
― Jeff, Sunday, 19 December 2010 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Some of Six Point's beers can be a bit too syrupy or sweet, after a pint or two. The rye and 'sweet action' are the ones in particular i'm talking about. Great beers but not ones i'd wantto drink all night. the brooklyn IPA, i could drink all day. Kelso has a good pilsner and also a good brown ale.
I tried this last night and was shocked at how much I liked it:http://thebeersessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/back-in-black-1.jpg
Perhaps the first "Cascadian Dark Ale" / "Black IPA" I've ever had. Started hoppy like an IPA and finished malty and rich like a stout. Quite delicious.http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/735/46070
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Sunday, 19 December 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I've had the Grand Teton Trout Hop Black IPA. it was good.
― Jeff, Sunday, 19 December 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I had a bomber of Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale last night, which is a black ipa / cascadian dark ale. It was good. I guess this is a happening new beer style?
― the journey you take with bob ross (askance johnson), Sunday, 19 December 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I've enjoyed that one. When I was in Portland earlier this year, I had the Widmer W'10 Pitch Black IPA, which was great, too.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Sunday, 19 December 2010 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link