Drinking Hill Farmstead Madness & Civilization tonight. Amazing beer.
― Jeff, Monday, December 9, 2013 6:24 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
nice! have not tried mine yet, bigger bottle so i'll probably save it for a group.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 9 December 2013 23:37 (ten years ago) link
Mmmmmmiller High Life
― dan m, Monday, 9 December 2013 23:49 (ten years ago) link
all goes well i'm drinking pliny elder + Allagash PNC Broken Elevator tnite at monk's
― Mordy , Monday, 9 December 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link
there is a flavor in every o'so beer i have had that is such a perfect example of some sort of malt character that i hate that ive been tempted to write them an email so i can avoid it in my own homebrews
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Monday, 9 December 2013 23:53 (ten years ago) link
central waters brewhouse coffee stout is def by far the best coffee stout ive ever had out of a $5 bomber, i love that stuff. central waters however is another brewery that is cursed with the terrible generic looking label disease
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Monday, 9 December 2013 23:54 (ten years ago) link
keep meaning to make a special trip to VT for hill farmstead/heady topper but i am lazy and also have no time for this
― gbx, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:05 (ten years ago) link
I need to have ppl over for bottle sharing. Took a recent inventory and I'm up to 74 bottles. So hard to justify cracking a nice 750 ml bottle for myself.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:11 (ten years ago) link
xp yeah it's basically a full day even from where you are
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:12 (ten years ago) link
our landlord just decided to have the cellar professionally cleaned for some reason so there are currently 7 boxes of beer in my kitchen.
it's a bad hobby.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:13 (ten years ago) link
I can't wait until Carl really starts drinking again, we're going to blow through the 4 Cantillons I have left, for sure.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:14 (ten years ago) link
tell that babby to hurry up and turn 21
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:17 (ten years ago) link
CW recently changed their labels and i think they look more generic now: http://centralwaters.com/beers/img/Satin-Solitude.jpg
man, O'So Night Train is one of my stand-bys. but lupulin maximus is the one that's really insane.
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:18 (ten years ago) link
yeah that looks like three different designs mashed together
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:20 (ten years ago) link
Around here three Floyd's and pipeworks do the worst labels. Everyone is pretty much used to it though.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:23 (ten years ago) link
We ended up taking this to a BYOB restaurant, it was pretty great:http://distilleryimage1.ak.instagram.com/fafcffa65e2311e3b9670ed18cdf8007_8.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:33 (ten years ago) link
nice sierra nevada growler
― Mordy , Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
Interesting. What type of barrels?
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:37 (ten years ago) link
"Torpedo double IPA aged 2 years in bourbon barrels."
TBQH I wasn't huge fan on first taste but it's definitely more enjoyable now that I've had it a few times. We took it to a Pakistanian restaurant which made a good pairing!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:59 (ten years ago) link
2 years? wow. any hops left?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 01:02 (ten years ago) link
55 IBU = pretty smooth.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 01:07 (ten years ago) link
central waters brewhouse coffee stout
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 01:22 (ten years ago) link
Correct. If I recall, my comment was it tasted just like Peruvian morning, without the barrel.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 01:24 (ten years ago) link
I've been eying the Founders Boltcutter in my closet. I never had it fresh, it was so divisive when it came out, I just sort of pushed it to the back. Anyone had it recently?
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 01:31 (ten years ago) link
i'm in the same boat. i think my plan is to let it age for 3 years or so.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link
got a growler of brooklyn's smoked porter tonight/ mmmm. toasty.
― ian, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 02:07 (ten years ago) link
how does o'so not make a beer called "krispie" anyway
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 03:28 (ten years ago) link
(note: questions like this are probably why i'd be a bad choice to run your brewery)
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 03:30 (ten years ago) link
this should be a i'm drunk post, but really i am but i wanted to share the good tidings that i drank delicious pints of pliny elder, blind pig, allagash broken elevator and Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen oude geueze at monk's cafe tnite which is really such a nice place to get loaded
― Mordy , Tuesday, 10 December 2013 03:41 (ten years ago) link
I remember fondly all the times I've been drunk at monks.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 03:50 (ten years ago) link
Me too! It's a great place, although I could say that about most of the Philly bars I've been to. Not that shitbag fake old west one across from eastern state that I got stuck at. But most of the other ones.
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 04:33 (ten years ago) link
Very odd, could have sworn last year Binny's in the South Loop had literally piles of (standard) BCBS left over, even on sale for a few dollars off. Wonder if they over-ordered last year, or if Goose Island going bigger ate away at some of the local allocation. Oh well. I did notice the return of Three Floyds' Gumballhead, which was MIA for a bit.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
For those near Pasadena, CA, I just saw that Firestone-Walker is bringing some Parabola to the Whole Foods (Arroyo Parkway) bar tomorrow.
― nickn, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 21:16 (ten years ago) link
got a growler of brooklyn's smoked porter tonight
I read this too quickly as smoked salmon porter (which I guess, given Taco Hands and Beard Beer, is not impossible, but...)
― Conceptual Brew (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
on that note I have most of a fifth of this at home if anyone is feeling thirsty
http://media3.s-nbcnews.com/j/ap/salmon%20vodka-1640097240_v2.grid-4x2.jpg
― dan m, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 21:21 (ten years ago) link
That had been a running joke between friends and I. You could serve it with this for maximum baaaaaarf:
https://beamglobal.s3.amazonaws.com/sites/505757e5851916549a000002/content_entry5059fc39851916762400029f/5241cb888519162844000575/files/KC_maple.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 21:24 (ten years ago) link
And of course:
http://www.chicagobeergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/porterhouse-oyster-stout.jpg
― Conceptual Brew (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 21:32 (ten years ago) link
The Oyster Stout I had - Flying Dog? - was pretty good! I want to say the shell imparts a lot of calcium, not fishy flavor, so it ends up close to a milk stout.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
AGGGGGHHH that salmon vodka almost killed us all at former ilxor FB's bachelor party
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 22:39 (ten years ago) link
it srsly gives me ptsd gag reflex just looking at it.
DJP was to blame, fyi
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 22:40 (ten years ago) link
hm that must've been about the same time he came sniffin' around the chicago thread asking about malort
― dan m, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 23:04 (ten years ago) link
I got my precious precious bottle as a gag gift a couple christmases ago from a friend who lives in anchorage, I've made a couple bloody marys with it.
― dan m, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link
(but only a couple)
― dan m, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 23:07 (ten years ago) link
Smoked salmon vodka could work really well in a caesar.
Or not.
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 23:23 (ten years ago) link
oyster stout is a fairly traditional style, and it usually tastes way less crazy than you might imagine. it dates back to victorian times apparently, since stouts were often paired with oysters at pubs
i like the upright one, out of the few i've tried
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4064/4408495104_0b0ca66e02_z.jpg
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Thursday, 12 December 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
stout and seafood is one of my favorite pairings
― Jeff, Thursday, 12 December 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link
yep
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 12 December 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link
there's an oyster stout on tap at one of my local bars.. maybe this is the time for me to try it. mostly just not interested in a briny taste.
― ian, Thursday, 12 December 2013 21:50 (ten years ago) link
Not briny! imo. Imparts calcium.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 December 2013 23:56 (ten years ago) link
Got a Bikini Beer at the weird little arcade basement bar in my neighborhood, it turned out to be a 2.7 ABV IPA from Denmark. It wasn't very good!
― JoeStork, Friday, 13 December 2013 00:56 (ten years ago) link
Oyster stouts are pretty awesome, my fave is the 21st amendment marooned on hog island
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Friday, 13 December 2013 01:14 (ten years ago) link