Per Imperial stouts, people seem to like Old Rasputin, which is all over the place.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 01:06 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah Old Rasputin is pretty good, but I don't know that I'd compare it to other Imperial Stout's I've head.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 02:37 (eleven years ago) link
if you ever see it on nitro drop what you're doing and drink that
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 02:38 (eleven years ago) link
Definitely haven't done that! Maybe Old Rasputin is just one of those that has kinda been spoiled by over-familiarity. It isn't bad, by any means, but a couple places around our house that serve good food, that's always like the one dependable not boring beer they have.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 02:41 (eleven years ago) link
Green Flash double Stout is a nice around pickup in these parts.
― ω (carne asada), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 03:14 (eleven years ago) link
I've really liked all the Green Flash stuff that has made it to my regular bars. Rayon Vert, which I guess is their namesake, in particular.
― dansplaining (dan m), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 03:17 (eleven years ago) link
Great Lakes blackout stout is v v good fyi
― i dream of booze pinata (jjjusten), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 03:47 (eleven years ago) link
Boulevard Brewing Farmhouse Ale is really good.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
Ok, so I decided to participate in the office secret santa, in which we're allowed to request something, so I'm thinking beer. What's a good $20-25 beer or beer pack/set that would be reasonably available in New York?
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
the belgian/trappist sets are always good, i've been seeing a boulevard set around that would be fun
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:12 (eleven years ago) link
Dozens of boxes of BCS at the south loop Binnys..
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:17 (eleven years ago) link
I think it's only $21 there too.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
Oh man, wish I would've known that. Paid the $29 at the place near my office. Ugh. Dude from the Binny's I spoke with specifically told me the South Loop location was all sold out. Idiot.
― HAPPY BDAY TOOTS (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
re: secret santa - 4 pack of cuvee de jacobins would be my go to choice
― i dream of booze pinata (jjjusten), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:14 (eleven years ago) link
Totally gonna get a bomber of RevBew "FistMas" for a coworker in our office secret Santa exchange.
― dansplaining (dan m), Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:20 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, I went to the Burnham Market today. That guy was so nice, and so on the ball for a convenience store, that I didn't mind the price, really. Help the little guy for at least making an effort.
But yeah, Binny's has piles and piles of it right now. I counted at least a couple of dozen cases.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 December 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
grabbing some of this tonight!
http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-brews/occasional-rarities/hellhound-on-my-ale.htm
― Mordy, Thursday, 6 December 2012 21:44 (eleven years ago) link
so i went to this victory tasting -- i don't know, i find their stuff generally blah across the board -- but got a bunch of yum looking beers while there including the hellhound and a cappuccino lagunitas stout that came recommended (among other stuff)...
― Mordy, Thursday, 6 December 2012 22:55 (eleven years ago) link
I'm going to a place tonight that has the Cappuccino Stout, pretty excited for that.
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Friday, 7 December 2012 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
Oh wow you're going to Trader Joe's?
(Because they have Cappuccino Stout bombers for $3.99, well at least my local does).
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 7 December 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
Good to know! But I meant on tap.
― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Friday, 7 December 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
had mikkeller's christmas beer last night, one of them. it tasted like a cake. very enjoyable but more than half would be sickly i reckon.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Saturday, 8 December 2012 11:34 (eleven years ago) link
i had a delicious sam adams gingerbread stout this weekend, a good lagunitas cappuccino stout, a lot of really delicious original sin hard cider from whole woods growler which might be the best hard cider i've ever had, and some blue point blueberry ale which i don't like as much as the wild blue. oh, and the samuel smith imperial stout which was okay... not as good as the sam adams surprisingly!
http://www.syossetbeverage.com/image_library/zt9k5e.jpg
seriously this was delicious ^
― Mordy, Sunday, 9 December 2012 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
Beer update for me (I'm drinking so freaking well these days it's pretty decadent):had a really good Delirium Noel last night, also grabbed a Santa's Little Helper and a YuleSmith. Today I picked up (2) bottles of Troegs Mad Elf (they wouldn't sell me any more), a Southern Tier 2XMAS, Sierra Nevada Celebration and Narwal, Main Beer Company Mean Old Tom, and an Elysian Peste Chocolate Chili Ale (mainly bc it says it's brewed w/ chipotle, cayenne, ancho, guajillo, and pasilla peppers and I was curious).
― Mordy, Monday, 10 December 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
there was a limit on mad elf? wow.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 December 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
also cool that maine beer stuff is making its way down to you. i was unmoved by mean old tom but if you see their hoppy beers with a recent bottling date scoop those up.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 December 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, my beer store told me that the maine stuff doesn't come down here very often. i don't know if this was a one time delivery or if it'll become more frequent. they also promised me they'd try to get the hill farmstead on tap -- which i am greatly anticipating.
― Mordy, Monday, 10 December 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
oh yeah, that's a must
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 December 2012 18:38 (eleven years ago) link
also re mad elf, i was at whole foods last week and they said they sold all out of the mad elf a month ago and weren't getting any more. i don't know if it was more limitedly available this year, or what. i mean, you'd think there's be a lot floating around philly.
― Mordy, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
i haven't really noticed this year but we were swimming in mad elf up here last year, i distinctly remember multiple stores having stacks of cases of the stuff
― call all destroyer, Monday, 10 December 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
List of empty bottles in my front room following semi-impromptu Saturday night tasting session where four of us turfed out some bits and bobs which had been hanging around in our cupboards:
Grain Blackwood StoutDurham Brewery White StoutSchneider Weiss Unser AventinusEvil Twin Biscotti BreakStruise Rosse 2011Kernel / Buxton NZ PilsnerCohort Belgian Double Black Rye PADark Star Green HopStruise MotuechaArbor Ales Impy StoutBuxton Smokey and the Band Aid Imperial Smoked Rye PorterTroubadour ObscuraAdur Black William StoutBrewfist Jale ESBWestoek Flemish Triple AleStruise Pannepot Grand Reserva 2008Goller RauchbierJester King Le Petit PrinceStruise Elliot Brew Imperial IPA 2011
― Tim, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 07:45 (eleven years ago) link
Biscotti Break is great. Have you tried Imperial Biscotti Break? That Buxton sounds intriguing.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 12:36 (eleven years ago) link
Struise Elliot Brew Imperial IPA 2011
how was this, tim? have one at home.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 13:14 (eleven years ago) link
i had a dream about beer last night. i don't remember anything about it except that i was drinking lots of beer and it was delicious.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
i had a dream that i came into possession of a bunch of baby polar bears and had to figure out where to put them and how to feed them. it was actually really stressful, your dream sounds a lot better.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
Elliot Brew - I love it, but Struise are probably my favourite Belgian brewery of all now, and certainly the one where I get the most excited about drinking something new / different. If you look on the likes of beradvocate it's their dark, dark beers (like Pannepot, Pannepeut, Black ALbert) which get the really stellar ratings, but I think their lighter beers (like Elliot, Ignis & Flamma, Svea) tend to be not only delicious but also have such amazing balance even when they are very hoppy.
Jeff, I haven't tried the Imperial Biscotti Break, will keep my eyes peeled for it when I'm in the US over Xmas.
― Tim, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
elliot is a collab with mikkeller right? the one i have is anyway. unless that's a special one-off. it does say elliot on it though.
― Heterocyclic ring ring (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
The first bottle I had did have Mikkeller on it* but subsequent bottles haven't - I guess they made the first brew(s) together, but then Struise have kept on with it. That is only a guess though.
*Actually on Saturday I looked for the word Mikkeller on the bottle but couldn't see it and wondered whether I had misremembered. Apparently not.
― Tim, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
Finally tried Young's Double Chocolate Stout and was a little disappointed. You can really taste the "chocolate flavor" that's added a bit too much, so even though it's not overly sweet, it's a bit candy-like.
I also had Pinkus Organic Munster Alt, which was good but I think the style may not be my bag, or maybe it's just something for warmer weather.
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
i tried the 21st century amendment fireside chat bc someone said it was better than the watermelon beer. it was canned 09/24/12, and was pretty awful. it had way too much going on, was super nasty tasting, bad mouth feel, and it has a kind of metallic aftertaste (i guess from the can?). i'm wondering if maybe it's impossible to get good 21st century stuff (or maybe just traveling all the way across the country in an aluminum can automatically skunks the stuff?).
― Mordy, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
it is better than the watermelon thing, but i also dislike that one. brew free or die is good, and their black ipa is good as well.
― tiniest homeless (jjjusten), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 19:24 (eleven years ago) link
of course, everything ever is better than that fucking watermelon beer so
oh hey look what i am going to tonight:
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/598469_10151340222405590_1332544124_n.jpg
i noticed u posting that on fb. jealous!
― Mordy, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
oh, the bitter american from 21st amendment is good too. i dont like the monks blood, but if you are into that style, ive heard good things
― tiniest homeless (jjjusten), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
so basically mordy, youve had the 2 they make that i hated the most. congratulations?
― tiniest homeless (jjjusten), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
yay. i'm so lucky
― Mordy, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
I also know that they do contract brewing, so i have the advantage of it being brewed for my area about 2 hours north of the city
― tiniest homeless (jjjusten), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
So now Costco has gift boxes of Ommegang -- three 22oz bottles plus a beer glass for like $20. Pretty good deal. Bought one for my office secret santa person. I'm forgetting the beers atm, I think maybe it's the rare vos, the chocolate indulgence and one of their standards (witte? hennepin?) I don't love Ommegang but I think they're a solid brewery.
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 11 December 2012 19:56 (eleven years ago) link
ppl weren't kidding. that sierra celebration is a seriously delicious IPA
― Mordy, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/12/12/166987378/a-sign-from-above-needing-new-roof-monks-sell-rare-beer-in-u-s
yes plz
― Mordy, Wednesday, 12 December 2012 15:05 (eleven years ago) link