Ha, I tried going to the Blind Tiger once. It was so packed I couldn't ever get a beer so I walked out and went to DBGB, which was ok.
― Jeff, Sunday, 4 January 2015 18:43 (nine years ago) link
Unfortunately I won't be there on a weekend, just Wednesday and Thursday.
― Jeff, Sunday, 4 January 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link
other half brewery is open thursday nights, if you want to taste what i consider to be the best IPA's in NYC.
― ian, Sunday, 4 January 2015 19:17 (nine years ago) link
lol i am actually in brooklyn right now as well and about to head out for craft beer someplace... hops hill looks decent enough? or maybe glorietta baldy? i don't know about shit out here!
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Monday, 5 January 2015 04:10 (nine years ago) link
just be that guy and go to torst
― call all destroyer, Monday, 5 January 2015 04:13 (nine years ago) link
That guy??? Am I that guy??
I should also note I like to go places where it's not stupid crowded and I can get a seat at the bar. Not sure any place I'm looking at qualifies.
― Jeff, Monday, 5 January 2015 04:45 (nine years ago) link
good times at hops hill! i had to pass on bottles of abraxas :( ($38 is too much for any beer imo)
good stuff on tap tho, finback cat love 2ipa was solid and westbrook 4th anniversary chocolate coconut almond stout was as great as it sounds
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Monday, 5 January 2015 07:18 (nine years ago) link
bar was far from stupid crowded tho it was p small. got to chat up some local rando beer nerds, try their hill farmstead growler, learn about the ny beer scene / where you can still get bourbon county barleywine, etc
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Monday, 5 January 2015 07:23 (nine years ago) link
jeff you are that guy, i am that guy, we are all that guy
― call all destroyer, Monday, 5 January 2015 13:14 (nine years ago) link
Ok good, as long as I'm not alone.
― Jeff, Monday, 5 January 2015 13:41 (nine years ago) link
westbrook 4th anniversary chocolate coconut almond stout was as great as it sounds
ha i love westbrook but this sounds absolutely terrible to me! i acknowledge though that there are plenty of folks who like those super desserty stouts.
― marcos, Monday, 5 January 2015 15:39 (nine years ago) link
^ chocolate, almond and coconut are an awesome combo! but then again i have been eating many gluten free desserts made by friends and nearly all of them have those flavors
dessert-y stouts are super hit or miss, there are some really gross ones out there for sure, but i am a dude who has always enjoyed port/dessert wine, spanish coffees, etc so i def have a bit of a boozy sweet tooth
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Monday, 5 January 2015 16:28 (nine years ago) link
http://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/article/2015/01/05/jim-koch-sam-adams-beer/
Get's your IPA's off my porch!
Interesting article, but I cringe every time I read something about generational beer marketing.
― Jeff, Monday, 5 January 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
How the craft-beer movement abandoned Jim Koch (and his beloved Sam Adams).
have yet to read the article but my best guess re: this title is because everything sam adams makes is fucking terrible?
― marcos, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:04 (nine years ago) link
and yes i was right!
Unfortunately for Koch, the simple truth is that more and more beer drinkers don’t want Sam Adams, and in turn, an increasing number of bars won’t sell the famous amber lager. Koch’s Boston Beer Company may have built the craft-beer business as we know it, but local beer geeks—the industry’s connoisseurs—think he’s lost his edge. “Their beers are kind of middle of the road,” says Max Toste, co-owner of Deep Ellum, in Allston. Citing what he considers the brand’s questionable quality, he doesn’t carry any of the Sam Adams line. “I think what they are trying to do is make beer that is more flavorful than the fizzy yellow lager that was once popular everywhere. But they just don’t fit into what I am doing. For me, serving something that is mediocre is just really not what I do.” Daniel Lanigan, owner of the beer bar Lord Hobo, in Cambridge, agrees. “I just never considered their beers to be world class,” he says, “and I decided not to sell them.”
― marcos, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:07 (nine years ago) link
everything sam adams makes is fucking terrible?
― marcos, Monday, January 5, 2015 12:04 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
come on that's not fair at all
― call all destroyer, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:08 (nine years ago) link
their biggest problem is they make way too many beers
― call all destroyer, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:09 (nine years ago) link
I had their Rebel ipa for the first time at the New Orleans airport and thought it was pretty good, esp for an airport bar.
Btw the place to go in NO for beer is the Avenue Pub on St. Charles. Fuckin fantastic draft and bottle lists.
― dan m, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
ha, i'll withdraw "terrible", although a good number of their beers are genuinely terrible. painfully mediocre is probably better
― marcos, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
they make really uninteresting beer xp
― valleys of your mind (mh), Monday, 5 January 2015 17:10 (nine years ago) link
tbh though i think the boston lager is the best beer they have
― marcos, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
Also maybe if Koch wasn't drunk as shit 24/7 his company might be doing better XD
― dan m, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:11 (nine years ago) link
MOR is the appropriate descriptor for me.
If I were him, I'd sell that shit. AB would totally scoop them up. No more worries.
― Jeff, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:14 (nine years ago) link
latitude 48 and whitewater ipa were both really nice but got lost in the 80 other things sam adams has out at all times
― call all destroyer, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:16 (nine years ago) link
They (Boston Beer Co.) did a tap takeover of one of my locals with all these single hop IPAs that I thought might have been a good idea, until I saw the prices (more expensive than top tier world class IPAs also on the board) and then I tasted a friend's and it was remarkably average.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 5 January 2015 17:31 (nine years ago) link
hey what do you all think of 21st amendment? i see them all the time and finally dried their main ipa (brew free or die) and was pretty disappointed
― marcos, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:34 (nine years ago) link
they stink imho
― Mordy, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link
I cannot think of one of their beers that is decent. I will say that their much-maligned Watermelon beer is really not much worse than their other beers that people stand up for.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 5 January 2015 17:37 (nine years ago) link
when they are good (back in black, marooned on hog island, sneak attack saison, and i do like brew free or die) they are great, when they miss (fireside chat, monks blood, and the worst goddamn beer in the world that watermelon thing) they miss HARD.
I think they have two brewpoints, because up here it is contract brewed by cold spring, so the source might also have something to do with it?
haha xposts say tastes differ
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Monday, 5 January 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link
Oh hey look, Bell's distributes to San Diego/Imperial Co. now.
― dan m, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:45 (nine years ago) link
21st amendment is pretty bad ime
― call all destroyer, Monday, 5 January 2015 17:59 (nine years ago) link
thoughts: - 21st amendment is not for me, but people sure do love that watermelon beer. it's fuckin disgusting but we sell a ton every summer.- hops hill is a fine bar; i had my birthday drinks there a few weeks back. it's near our apartment and they have lots of different stuff on tap. get updates almost every day from them with the new offerings.- still never been to torst!- i enjoyed the westbrook anniversary stout this year. the almonds and coconut were mostly in the nose and the taste was more chocolately. i liked it. shared with one other person. was good.- victory hop ranch is still so good.- gigantic imperial IPA is better than their regular IPA.- i want someone else to try "beat it nerd" so i know if the funk is a product of my imagination or not. other tasters seem not to have experienced such extreme sock/foot aroma.
― ian, Monday, 5 January 2015 18:29 (nine years ago) link
ack i want hop ranch but i haven't seen it anywhere. i gotta get a case of that.
― Mordy, Monday, 5 January 2015 19:55 (nine years ago) link
i was going to take a hops break but made an exception to grab a 4-pack of hop ranch
― call all destroyer, Monday, 5 January 2015 19:59 (nine years ago) link
feel like need a major hobs break tbh. IPAs, even really good ones, aren't hitting the spot for me much lately. i have also been buying a lot of newer stuff (well, new to me) rather than going for tried and true so i've been getting burned with a lot of middling IPAs
― marcos, Monday, 5 January 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
I haven't seen hop ranch in awhile. Miss you hop ranch.
― Jeff, Monday, 5 January 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
woo just ran out to my local beer distro and scored a case of hop ranch!!
they also had cases of lagunitas sucks but for like $90 each which c'mon man
― Mordy, Monday, 5 January 2015 20:28 (nine years ago) link
Visited Fremont Brewing yesterday. 77 Select Session IPA is available in 6 packs and I couldn't be happier. Even for a session, I find it superior to Interurban and Fremont Pale; much more flavorful and better carb. Also nabbed some Sister DIPA, still a massive pineapple mint bomb. The cask IPA w/ lemondrop hops was something else. Taste was intense citrus and mint, almost menthol-y. Lingered on the palate long after the pint was gone.
Pretty much all Victory beers shit on the shelves up here, I'm surprised. Wild Devil, Dirt Wolf, and Hop Ranch are all fantastic.
― Tomás Piñon (Ryan), Monday, 5 January 2015 21:36 (nine years ago) link
Anyone a fan of The Abyss? I've seen that sticking around on some shelves. Other places, they say it was gone in a blink.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 January 2015 22:20 (nine years ago) link
I like it. People say it needs time, but IDK. I just drink it.
― Jeff, Monday, 5 January 2015 22:38 (nine years ago) link
It's the rare beer I've come across with a drink after date, actually.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 January 2015 22:44 (nine years ago) link
Is bourbon county hard to find in NYC? I'm visiting for a few days, wandered into a little grocery and found plenty of the regular and barleywine there. Actually the first time I'd had the stout, I'm not enough of a beer nerd to try to find it in Seattle. It's pretty good, I think it could become a big thing.
― JoeStork, Monday, 5 January 2015 23:06 (nine years ago) link
Beer naming
― nickn, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 03:58 (nine years ago) link
Hahahahahahaha waht
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 04:34 (nine years ago) link
after the earlier conversation about embarrassing or just horrible beer names I had a really cringeworthy walk through the supermarket beer aisle
but seriously, lagunitas really has some naming probs, but if they're all perpetually stoned I guess it makes a little sense
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 14:58 (nine years ago) link
yea lagunitas' whole aesthetic in general is just awful
― marcos, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 15:00 (nine years ago) link
oh lol I just tried going to lagunitas' website but apparently it's been hacked and is all spam now?
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 15:01 (nine years ago) link
hmm? seems fine to me.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 15:06 (nine years ago) link
maybe it's a weird work proxy thing? it does seem to work from my home connection
― valleys of your mind (mh), Tuesday, 6 January 2015 15:07 (nine years ago) link
your work is spamming sites that reference w33d
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 6 January 2015 15:08 (nine years ago) link