1 year old Enjoy After 12/26 was pretty boring. Far too foamy despite best efforts.
I do like Tank 7. Also had this year's Founders Mosaic Promise which was fantastic, better than the last.
― pratt truss it (dan m), Friday, 1 January 2016 07:23 (eight years ago) link
That's the Bevmo I got one at a couple weeks ago. They had a box behind the counter on the floor that I happened to notice, limit 1 bottle then. Guess I should try again.
― nickn, Friday, 1 January 2016 09:04 (eight years ago) link
Been in Mexico, pretty shitty beer.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 1 January 2016 12:41 (eight years ago) link
https://twitter.com/BellsBrewery/status/682958471860367360
― pratt truss it (dan m), Friday, 1 January 2016 16:43 (eight years ago) link
Dos Equis Amber is pretty drinkable.
― nickn, Friday, 1 January 2016 19:35 (eight years ago) link
oh man "drinkable"
I'm having a Grolsch because big green swing top bottles are awesome and I am still working on that jedi power of blindly distinguishing between mass produced lagers. BUT!
I found a big stash of BCBS '15 at my local Harris Teeter, of all places, and one is in the fridge now so I can finally find out what the rest of y'all won't shut up about. Will update later.
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 3 January 2016 20:40 (eight years ago) link
Chug it.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 3 January 2016 21:16 (eight years ago) link
Squeeze an orange slice into it.
― nickn, Sunday, 3 January 2016 21:31 (eight years ago) link
Was gonna rim the glass with salt and old bay, but I'll take your advice instead
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 3 January 2016 22:38 (eight years ago) link
My biggest problem with strong stouts is always the greasiness. So to me, this kind of tasted like somebody melted down a caramel chocolate cake and poured it through a filter. That's a taste I can respect but I'm way more into hops and bright spicy tripels - just not my thing.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 4 January 2016 01:18 (eight years ago) link
A friend was over and split it with me and actually liked it a lot - he agreed it was a bit strong and the taste lasted too long, but he compared it to a port or a sherry, and I can see appreciating in that regard more than I appreciate it as a beer.
― El Tomboto, Monday, 4 January 2016 01:23 (eight years ago) link
otm
― pratt truss it (dan m), Monday, 4 January 2016 01:41 (eight years ago) link
Bottle share tonight and had a bunch if ridiculous bottles. Probably too much.
― Jeff, Monday, 4 January 2016 01:52 (eight years ago) link
Highlights?
I'm attending a similar share next weekend where I'll be the weakest link*, the first time reprising that role since prior to my first ILBeer trades (holla!).
*fresh Fou'Foune, Hommage b2, DeGarde Passion Bu & a West Ashley.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 4 January 2016 02:12 (eight years ago) link
xp:Was gonna rim the glass with salt and old bay, but I'll take your advice instead
― El Tomboto
If you do this be sure to a a generous pour of Clamato.
― nickn, Monday, 4 January 2016 04:28 (eight years ago) link
to "add"
― nickn, Monday, 4 January 2016 04:29 (eight years ago) link
https://untappd.akamaized.net/photo/2016_01_02/112e608a62ba1a3c923c7c159eb25a37_320x320.jpgCopped a single of this over the weekend but have not yet consumed; very excited to treat myself to fancy beers in the new year
― bernard snowy, Monday, 4 January 2016 12:19 (eight years ago) link
ALSO: folks upthread be raving about the Ballast Point Victory at Sea, but have any of y'all tried the Calm Before the Storm yet? I'm seeing it in stores, looks interesting
― bernard snowy, Monday, 4 January 2016 12:25 (eight years ago) link
Highlights were; Skully Barrel No. 35 from Paradox, Another World from Rare Barrel, Convivial Suarez by Grassroots, a trio of Westy's, and Caribbean Chocolate Cake from Siren/Cigar city, Green and Haze from Treehouse. Worst was Black Fist by Mikkeller. Holy rocket fuel.
Full list: Mikkeller - Black FistBoulevard - Imperial Stout X - Tart CherryGoose Island - BCBS ‘15Goose Island - BCBBW ‘15Mikkeller - SpontanwhitegrapeBrouwerij De Molen - Hel & Verdoemenis 666-ishLeelanau Brewing - Good Harbor GoldenMikkeller - SpontancranberryUpland - Cherry LambicWest Blonde/8/12Founders - Frangelic Mountain BrownRussian River - TemptationTree House Brewing - HazeTree House Brewing - GreenThree Floyds - Baller StoutNew Glarus - Raspberry Tartde Garde Brewing - HoseFSW - ParabolaMarz Community Brewing - Double Jungle BoogieThe Rare Barrel - Another WorldThree Floyds - Amber Smashed FaceAleSmith - ReforgedAleSmith - Barrel Aged Speedway StoutAleSmith - Old NumbskullPipework’s - The MurderousFounders - Bolt CutterBrooklyn Brewery - Black OpsEvil Twin - Double Barrel JesusBruery - Floyd D’RueBriery Terreux - Imperial CabinetSanta Clara Valley Brewing - Heart’s Delight (Apricots)Siren Craft Brew - Caribbean Chocolate CakeRevolution - Very Mad Cow (2012)Paradox Beer Company - Skully Barrel No. 35Mikkeller - SpontanpassionfruitGrassroots - Convivial Suarez
― Jeff, Monday, 4 January 2016 12:28 (eight years ago) link
Last time I had Convivial Suarez was drinking with CAD and DJP in 2013. It was awesome again too.
― Jeff, Monday, 4 January 2016 12:29 (eight years ago) link
decent list
― call all destroyer, Monday, 4 January 2016 14:32 (eight years ago) link
How was the Double Jungle Boogie?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 January 2016 14:44 (eight years ago) link
very nice list
― marcos, Monday, 4 January 2016 14:52 (eight years ago) link
Siren Craft Brew - Caribbean Chocolate Cake
must try this collab - siren is always one of the better uk brewers.
― japanese mage (LocalGarda), Monday, 4 January 2016 14:57 (eight years ago) link
Do beer people make EOY lists?
― Vote! In the ILM EOY Poll! (seandalai), Monday, 4 January 2016 14:59 (eight years ago) link
we had a new year's eve party this year, 3 families came over, lots of toddlers running around, it was really fun. we had a selection of northeast and mostly new england beers
grimm purple prose sour ale (NY) mystic berliner weisse (MA)otter creek oatmeal stout (VT)mikkeller american ipa (denmark?)the shed brown ale (VT)lord hobo boom sauce ipa (MA)lord hobo steal this can ipa (MA)troegs doublebock (PA)brattlebeer sour ale (VT)brattlebeer sour session ale (VT)berkshire brewing ipa (MA)victory headwaters pale ale (PA)
highlights for me were the grimm and brattleboro sours. mystic weisse was disappointing for sure. i quite liked victory headwaters, just a really good pale ale, it was kind of an awesome palate refresher between various drinks
later in the night we brought out the whiskey and the weed when the kids went to bed. last drink of the night was a bottle of the otter creak oatmeal stout poured into our whiskey glasses w/ a little bourbon left over in the glass
― marcos, Monday, 4 January 2016 15:15 (eight years ago) link
It's awesome, grab one if you see it. I have a hard time describing the subtleties of beer, but it was unique. Juicy, tropical, fruity, for lack of better words.
― Jeff, Monday, 4 January 2016 15:40 (eight years ago) link
And the parabola was the one I traded for with you Josh. Finally drank it and it was as delightful as expected.
― Jeff, Monday, 4 January 2016 15:41 (eight years ago) link
Always nice when Plead the 5th pops back into stores.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 4 January 2016 19:57 (eight years ago) link
mikkeller american ipa (denmark?)
Either Alesmith (SD, CA) or Faction (Oakland, CA) depending on the batch. Their main brewery is now in SD.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 4 January 2016 21:49 (eight years ago) link
...which was the former Alesmith brewery until they relocated for exopansion.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 4 January 2016 21:50 (eight years ago) link
i have such mixed feelings about bottle shares. yes you get to try a zillion amazing things at once but inevitably only the most sour/bold/boozy beers end up standing out and you lose a lot of the subtleties. also kind of a shame to go through such a large stash in one night, and usually you're too drunk to remember much of anything anyway.
it is definitely nice tho to enjoy delicious beers with other enthusiasts (in other words please disregard what i said above and invite me to your bottle shares ;)
was lucky enough to be in the area and make it to kuhnhenn shortly after the solstice festival so i picked up bottles of bourbon barrel 4th dementia, bb barleywine, tripa, and dark heathen. kinda scared to crack open the old ales until like 12 years from now but i am curious
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 7 January 2016 00:58 (eight years ago) link
This afternoon
Pliny Jai AlaiBlackrocks 51k
Tallgrass BBA Buffalo Sweat
New Glarus Belgian RedNew Glarus Strawberry Rhubarb
(at bar: Surly Furious)
― pratt truss it (dan m), Thursday, 7 January 2016 04:46 (eight years ago) link
I mostly agree re: bottle shares. I've always been a binary judger of beer (good/bad), not too concerned about the subtleties. But honestly for me, I'm drunk enough after two beers usually that I can't appreciate the subtleties anyway.
And it's a good excuse to open those beers, I'd keep them in the closet forever otherwise. I'm not (and most people at this bottle share) struggling for rare/out of market beer, we have closets/cellars full of it.
― Jeff, Thursday, 7 January 2016 12:28 (eight years ago) link
Goose Island Brewing is offering refunds to customers who bought two 2015 Bourbon County Brand Stout variants after bottles “developed flavors that are not consistent with our expectation of how these beers should taste,” the Chicago brewery said today.Goose's 2015 Bourbon County Coffee Stout and Bourbon County Barleywine don't “meet our standards for the taste profile of these beers,” leading the brewery to offer refunds to customers unsatisfied with them, head brewer Jared Jankoski wrote today in a blog post on Goose Island's website. Other versions of the high-gravity stout, including its flagship Bourbon County Brand Stout, Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout, Proprietor's Bourbon County Brand Stout and Bourbon County Brand Regal Rye Stout, are not affected.“That's not to say the beer doesn't taste good, in fact some drinkers may enjoy it very much,” Jankoski wrote. But the two versions of the 2015 Bourbon County “have drifted out of their target character.”A Goose Island spokeswoman said neither of the beers, which were released in Chicago and other cities in late November, is infected with bacteria or any other contaminant and remain safe to drink. Further, she said, the problem applies only to bottled versions of the beers, not kegs.Megan Lagesse, the spokeswoman, said the brewery dug into the issue after seeing discussions in online beer forums and through social media, and brewers eventually determined that the two beers developed off flavors after they were bottled."We're still doing our best to get to the bottom of it," Lagesse said. "We just thought it was the right thing to do" to offer the refund.The Anheuser-Busch/InBev-owned brewer, a pioneer in barrel-aged beers, said it intends to continue producing its line of barrel-aged beers, including its decorated and highly sought line of Bourbon County Brand stouts.Goose Island urged customers seeking a refund to call 800-466-7363. The brewery will accept both full and empty bottles of the beer, and require a proof of purchase, including a receipt, a credit card statement, or a photo of a bottle, for the refund.
Goose's 2015 Bourbon County Coffee Stout and Bourbon County Barleywine don't “meet our standards for the taste profile of these beers,” leading the brewery to offer refunds to customers unsatisfied with them, head brewer Jared Jankoski wrote today in a blog post on Goose Island's website. Other versions of the high-gravity stout, including its flagship Bourbon County Brand Stout, Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout, Proprietor's Bourbon County Brand Stout and Bourbon County Brand Regal Rye Stout, are not affected.
“That's not to say the beer doesn't taste good, in fact some drinkers may enjoy it very much,” Jankoski wrote. But the two versions of the 2015 Bourbon County “have drifted out of their target character.”
A Goose Island spokeswoman said neither of the beers, which were released in Chicago and other cities in late November, is infected with bacteria or any other contaminant and remain safe to drink. Further, she said, the problem applies only to bottled versions of the beers, not kegs.
Megan Lagesse, the spokeswoman, said the brewery dug into the issue after seeing discussions in online beer forums and through social media, and brewers eventually determined that the two beers developed off flavors after they were bottled.
"We're still doing our best to get to the bottom of it," Lagesse said. "We just thought it was the right thing to do" to offer the refund.
The Anheuser-Busch/InBev-owned brewer, a pioneer in barrel-aged beers, said it intends to continue producing its line of barrel-aged beers, including its decorated and highly sought line of Bourbon County Brand stouts.
Goose Island urged customers seeking a refund to call 800-466-7363. The brewery will accept both full and empty bottles of the beer, and require a proof of purchase, including a receipt, a credit card statement, or a photo of a bottle, for the refund.
― pratt truss it (dan m), Saturday, 9 January 2016 02:23 (eight years ago) link
Has anyone tried the Anochor Winter Wheat? It's fucking 7%, not that unlike a lighter barleywine.
― Austin, Monday, 18 January 2016 01:34 (eight years ago) link
Sorry, Anchor.
― Austin, Monday, 18 January 2016 01:49 (eight years ago) link
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/01/35-of-the-best-barleywines-blind-tasted-and-ranked.html?a=1
― Jeff, Thursday, 21 January 2016 02:21 (eight years ago) link
Otm
― pratt truss it (dan m), Thursday, 21 January 2016 03:08 (eight years ago) link
I'm a craft-beer dilettante compared to you guys, but I did have the Oskar Blues Death by Coconut by the pint last night at Hopleaf and loved it. Super-strong smell of coconut on the nose, and at first it smelled almost like suntan oil. But loved the whole thing in the end. Mounds-bar-like.
― Longform Gordon Lightfoot (Eazy), Thursday, 21 January 2016 03:10 (eight years ago) link
got some glasses of the stone xocoveza last night on draft and damn what a beer that is.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 27 January 2016 15:57 (eight years ago) link
that sounds great, I had their latest "drink by" stout on Monday and it was similarly fabulous
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 16:02 (eight years ago) link
i had mixed feelings about xocoveza, though i did not have it on draft. i'm not too crazy about stouts/porters that feel obligated throw fucking everything into the mix, COFFEE COCOA VANILLA CHILI CINNAMON it is just a little too much. vanilla especially is not really a presence i want in beer
― marcos, Wednesday, 27 January 2016 16:08 (eight years ago) link
oh i forgot NUTMEG
i would try it again though
― marcos, Wednesday, 27 January 2016 16:09 (eight years ago) link
― Mordy
Almost bought one at Trader Joe's last night, but couldn't pull the trigger ($17 for 500 ml). They had the Super Anejo and the Charred. Which did you try? I likely will at some point.
― nickn, Wednesday, 27 January 2016 18:18 (eight years ago) link
this one i think: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/147/128500/
― Mordy, Wednesday, 27 January 2016 18:24 (eight years ago) link
Sounds good if not overdone. Both the ones at TJs I saw were barrel aged, the Anejo in red wine and tequila, the Charred in bourbon (I think).
I did buy a bottle of the Stone BA rye a few weeks ago, but haven't opened it yet.
― nickn, Wednesday, 27 January 2016 18:44 (eight years ago) link
Been really cutting back on my beer intake lately but I had a pint of Revolution's Jukebox Hero last night and it was so good I ordered a second.
― pratt truss it (dan m), Wednesday, 27 January 2016 19:03 (eight years ago) link
I haven't had a beer in... 24 days. Miss u beer.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 27 January 2016 21:05 (eight years ago) link