did you like torst xp
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Thursday, 24 April 2014 03:07 (ten years ago) link
i did like torst tho it's definitely better as a special occasion place. it's much more worth it if you bring some friends and split something crazy from their bottle list--the draft lists i've seen are nothing special, even more so since i don't much care for evil twin.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 24 April 2014 03:13 (ten years ago) link
when i was there we got a bottle of cantillon mamouche for 75 bucks, given standard bar markups plus cantillon plus brooklyn i thought it was pretty well-priced.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 24 April 2014 03:14 (ten years ago) link
Update from yesterday -- no ZD left on the shelves at my local store :( BUT they told me they usually get some in on Tuesdays (?) so I'm going to keep trying & will eventually score some for interested parties itt.
― dan m, Thursday, 24 April 2014 13:07 (ten years ago) link
Also Notch Session Saison = great flavor in a non-boozy beer, my wife really dug it as she's a saison fan and has been sticking to low-alcohol beers of late.
Mayflower Spring Hop = very good hop/malt balance, I typically don't really go for reds but this was good. Reminded me a bit of The Future Is Now from Gigantic.
Trillium Fort Point Pale = really nice out of the growler, sort of a midpoint between Founders Dry Hopped Pale and something like ZD? I like these types of beers that walk the line between APA and IPA.
― dan m, Thursday, 24 April 2014 13:15 (ten years ago) link
yeah i had that trillium growler last night too, good stuff. tasted ridiculously fresh, so much hop flavor sonsidering the abv, smooth too
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 24 April 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
glad you both enjoyed the trillium growler--that rapidly has become one of my favorite pale ales and somehow it's still flying a bit under the radar around here.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 24 April 2014 17:18 (ten years ago) link
Hey, speaking of beer in the new era: is it time to start a new thread? This one is getting a bit unwieldy.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 April 2014 19:04 (ten years ago) link
Have to wait for a new new era.
― Jeff, Thursday, 24 April 2014 19:08 (ten years ago) link
Yippee-IA, Motherf***ers! Beer of the New New Era: Still Drunk
― Jeff, Thursday, 24 April 2014 19:22 (ten years ago) link
Sorry, Yippee-IPA, Motherf***ers! Beer of the New New Era: Still Drunk
― Jeff, Thursday, 24 April 2014 19:23 (ten years ago) link
drunk dads and beer penpals 2014
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 24 April 2014 20:26 (ten years ago) link
post a picture of your latest LOL
― Mordy , Thursday, 24 April 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
BEERchitecture in the new era
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Friday, 25 April 2014 00:56 (ten years ago) link
Beer 3.0: middle-aged degenerate Pokemon
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 25 April 2014 04:01 (ten years ago) link
Posting in this thread to humble brag that a couple nights ago I drove out to this place in Redlands to buy a six pack of their IPA http://www.hangar24brewery.com
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 25 April 2014 06:35 (ten years ago) link
i had their apricot wheat wine a while back, i think i remember liking it
― call all destroyer, Friday, 25 April 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
I bought two bottles of Lost Abbey Red Poppy a while back and opened one of them last night. Surprisingly dark, but light on the tongue and not-overpowering cherry flavor. The real treat of it was the finish/aftertaste though. Not many beers that I've wanted to swallow and breathe out with quite like that.
― dan m, Friday, 25 April 2014 14:27 (ten years ago) link
ooo, exciting. i'm opening my bottle of red poppy tmmrw.
― Mordy , Friday, 25 April 2014 14:28 (ten years ago) link
WTF, which of you lunatics is going to try this:
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/how-not-to-get-drunk?src=soc_fcbks
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 April 2014 17:31 (ten years ago) link
I admit I'm intruigued
― RSD-rolled (sleeve), Friday, 25 April 2014 17:53 (ten years ago) link
(typo)
so instead of getting drunk and fat from drinking you just get fat. sounds awesome.
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 25 April 2014 17:55 (ten years ago) link
btw - had the 2014 version the other day and it was fantastic
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2210/41815/
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Friday, 25 April 2014 17:56 (ten years ago) link
You'd have to get me drunk to convince me to eat several spoonfuls of active yeast before I drink.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 April 2014 18:01 (ten years ago) link
I always thought the Sam Adams dude sounds drunk as shit in his commercials.
― dan m, Friday, 25 April 2014 18:45 (ten years ago) link
lol otm
― call all destroyer, Friday, 25 April 2014 19:00 (ten years ago) link
Koch told me he keeps a breathalyzer around at all times just to assure he’s never too drunk.
― marcos, Friday, 25 April 2014 19:04 (ten years ago) link
i dunno, sounds like a sober guy to me!
― marcos, Friday, 25 April 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
He probably poops bread.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 April 2014 19:42 (ten years ago) link
Decided to check out the beer shop on the other side of town, they have a pretty good selection (even basic US stuff is rare enough here).
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7365/14023092162_ffa209b3e1_z.jpg
― popchips: the next snapple? (seandalai), Sunday, 27 April 2014 00:34 (ten years ago) link
what's the fourth bottle from the right?
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 27 April 2014 00:38 (ten years ago) link
Wild Beer Company Sourdough, it's the one beer I bought that I'd had before - nice and sour and refreshing.
― popchips: the next snapple? (seandalai), Sunday, 27 April 2014 00:45 (ten years ago) link
had the weyerbacher Riserva today - delicious
― Mordy , Sunday, 27 April 2014 00:55 (ten years ago) link
The New Glarus black IPA is one of the better examples of the style I've tasted, I think. Real delicate balance of hops and roasty darkness.
― dan m, Sunday, 27 April 2014 04:32 (ten years ago) link
This just in - 21st amendment hell or high watermelon still shit, but not as awful as it used to be. Evil twin smoked porter (don't recall the name) quite good, evil twin barley wine (same) really good, evil twin imperial porter (and again) HORRENDOUS HORSESHIT AVOID AVOID.
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Sunday, 27 April 2014 07:56 (ten years ago) link
These are all 4 packs if that helps.
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Sunday, 27 April 2014 07:57 (ten years ago) link
thank you for that valuable public service, will avoid
― RSD-rolled (sleeve), Sunday, 27 April 2014 15:31 (ten years ago) link
Evil Twin is usually good ime. I really, really like the one they have that's called (I think) "bikini" which is 2% abv and an apa. What do we think about scotch ales?
― très hip (Treeship), Sunday, 27 April 2014 23:22 (ten years ago) link
i will drink a skull splitter every so often by they don't usually have the types of flavors i'm interested in
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 27 April 2014 23:28 (ten years ago) link
was it the Lil B Imperial Porter you had, JJusten? Cuz I liked that one..
EVIL TWIN FOR ME:
LOVE:Femme Fatale Yuzu/Femme Fatale Brett
LIKE JUST FINE:Lil B Imp. PorterYIN/YANG both good but too strong for regular drinkingCHRISTMAS EVEN IN A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL ROOM (stupidest name though.)
DID NOT LIKE AT ALL:Bikini Beer
― ian, Monday, 28 April 2014 18:18 (ten years ago) link
i've probably tried more of their beers that i'm just not remembering right now..
I don't think Evil Twin has Oregon distro? Portland folks would know.
― RSD-rolled (sleeve), Monday, 28 April 2014 18:23 (ten years ago) link
i see evil twin around at a bunch of places. apex always has their imperial biscotti break on tap, i was fairly impressed by that one. they have tonssss of evil twin bottles at belmont station and john's marketplace and probably other places too, never for super cheap but yknow
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Monday, 28 April 2014 18:26 (ten years ago) link
the biscotti beers are the best
― Mordy , Monday, 28 April 2014 18:36 (ten years ago) link
black people are cowards
if you read this far, i actually mean all humans are cowards.
man, gtfo
― marcos, Monday, 28 April 2014 18:36 (ten years ago) link
looool wrong thread, i'm sorry everybody
― marcos, Monday, 28 April 2014 18:37 (ten years ago) link
meant for ILH thread re: some shitty gawker piece on the sterling comment
Need to make a new thread & leave that as the last comment ;)
― dan m, Monday, 28 April 2014 18:44 (ten years ago) link
btw I picked up a grip of New Glarus (Barleywine, Dubbel, & Belgian Red) while in 'sconnie + one of those awes Central Waters Brewhouse Coffee Stouts in a bomber for $4
there is a lot of weird WI beer now that I wasn't ready to drop extra coin just to try -- O'so, Hinterland (knew about them but didn't know they bottled), MKE, Stone Arch, etc
― dan m, Monday, 28 April 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link