http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barleywine
― ian, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
yea barleywines are delicious
― mark cl, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh man, how is it? I almost tried it at Hopleaf last week.
awesome. so bell's is officially back in chicago now, huh?
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
so has anyone tried aging beer? i bought some north coast old ale a few months ago that was just too hot, too boozy. i set it down along w/ some palo santo in my parent's basement (my apartment is far too temperature-variable, gets way too hot in the summer), will try it next year
― mark cl, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:17 (fifteen years ago) link
may xps - i thought DFH aprihop was great, tbh. tho i tried only a small sample at a bar. thought it would be a good spring beer
― mark cl, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
has anyone besides mr que tried GUMBALLHEAD? its an IPA, not of extreme hoppiness or anything, but SO SO tasty and fresh. def one of my favorite rare beer finds.
― 69, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, Jordan, it's been back for about 6 months now.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
i've always been kind of curious abt aging but def do not have the infrastructure to try it.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, Gumballhead is good. Doesn't seem that rare here, because the brewery is in northwest Indiana. I downed three of them pretty easily a week ago at pub quiz.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
science experiments
― Ømår Littel (Jordan), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:19 (fifteen years ago) link
loving this thread today
― open up a cat of whup-ass (dan m), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
btw jaymc: Full Sail is available around town
― open up a cat of whup-ass (dan m), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:34 (fifteen years ago) link
Huh. It doesn't even look remotely familiar to me.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:44 (fifteen years ago) link
so we didn't take any photos, but our homebrew the other night ended up looking pretty similar to this (from GIS):
http://greenpreferred.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/dsc02948.JPG
― mark cl, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:46 (fifteen years ago) link
we did the all-american thing to do and brewed an strong IPA
― mark cl, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks for the Gumballhead tip! Hadn't heard about that one, but <3 <3 <3 Three Floyds Brewing.
― Such A Hilbily (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 18:50 (fifteen years ago) link
v v good
― 69, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:00 (fifteen years ago) link
did you use your bathroom as the brewing space?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:02 (fifteen years ago) link
ha, no, that's not my photo
― mark cl, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
just found on GIS, used it b/c the color was pretty similar to ours
lol yeah i'm just playin
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
perfectly good use for extra bathroom space though
yea totally, would actually not be a bad place to do it once all the boiling's done
― mark cl, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
er except for all the nasty-ass microbial shit prob floating in the air
― mark cl, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah on second though it's kind of weird
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Alaskan stuff is super common here in WA, like available at your basic gas station. When I used to live in AZ 10 years ago, Fat Tire was a huge cultish kind of thing but now I see it all over and honestly haven't had one in ages. I like other New Belgiums but Fat Tire doesn't do anything for me.
Barleywines are great, I see a lot of those over the winter and they're usually really good. The Stone Old Guardian is really nice.
And jaymc, the only time I've ever seen anything from Harpoon was actually in Chicago last summer - I bought a bunch of their IPA (and a lot of Gumballhead) to take back home because I was road tripping. I got it at some crazy huge beer and wine store in Lincoln Park area? I've been there twice but don't remember the name of it.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I got it at some crazy huge beer and wine store in Lincoln Park area?
This would either be Sam's (North/Clybourn area) or Binny's (Clark/Belmont area). Yeah, I bet there are probably a number of craft breweries that you wouldn't necessarily see at your corner liquor store that have a presence at one of those warehouse places.
― Bianca Jagger (jaymc), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:35 (fifteen years ago) link
I've also recently been consuming a bit of Troegs "Nugget Nectar" and I swear it's not just for the name. It's an "Imperial Amber" but is comparable in taste to, um, I dunno like Lagunitas Extra IPA or something? Sort of flowery and fruity. Strong, but quite drinkable.
Another ugly label, though not as ugly as the similarly-marketed "Hoptical Illusion" by Bluepoint.
http://mondaynightbrewery.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/nugget-nectar-mnb-pint.jpg vs http://farm1.static.flickr.com/159/397050610_be72beb238.jpg%3Fv%3D0
― ian, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:39 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.shoppersvineyard.com/img/productImages/02788.gif
― ian, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
oh now i understand the name of our scrabble game i thought it was an easter bunny thing
― 69, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
i bought a single of nugget nectar a few weeks ago, since i had heard about it so much (beer message boards talk about it nonstop, wau). think i just wasn't in the mood at the time. it's got almost a thick mouthfeel doesn't it? almost syrupy up front? agreed btw that it's much more of an extra/double IPA than an amber tho
― mark cl, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:44 (fifteen years ago) link
i kind of love nugget nectar. i like the label too
― Mr. Que, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, it's got an almost syrupy sweetness. I've been buying one or two at a time and then usually switching to an english ale (Old Speckled Hen, if the bodega has it) or the Brooklyn IPA which is a much more beery-tasting beer, if that makes sense. xp
― ian, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
yea the label's cool. i like the fist grabbing the hop flower
― mark cl, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:48 (fifteen years ago) link
btw this thread made me contemplate buying a beer instead of an iced tea to go with my lunch.
― ian, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:48 (fifteen years ago) link
part three in a series:http://api.ning.com/files/lh9TEx715lRBpwtFBNPqkpuLPPh07Gb9sDeEyxyM1ql-KpBthlkhPczMKREc4mAPvtboDEC1kowcvLwu7Ygjl-zAo5kSIQ73/hopdevil.jpg
― ian, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
nice! xp
― mark cl, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
yea that beer is awesome, prob one of the best american IPAs i've had
90 minute IPA 4-evah
― Dr. Johnson (askance johnson), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 19:54 (fifteen years ago) link
see i need to try 90-min again. think it was the dude from brooklyn brewing who called it "unbalanced and shrieking" (tho maybe he was talking about 120 min?) b/c i tried it and it just kind of grated
― mark cl, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:00 (fifteen years ago) link
i am not crazy about the 90 at all. the 60 has a nice balance and the 90 seems to throw it intentionally.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
see again i think DFH should start selling some of their crazy-ass high-gravity beers in like 7 oz bottles or something. that or i need to start sharing them w/ a friend. so many are great for the first few sips but are just dragging mid-pint
yea 60 min. is great, basically just a perfect IPA
― mark cl, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
maybe 90 minutes is the imperial ipa for people who don't like imperial ipa's i.e. me.
― Dr. Johnson (askance johnson), Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:02 (fifteen years ago) link
90 minute is pete smith's fave, but yeah, the 60 is fine for me.
― ian, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
It was Sam's, which is pretty awesome. I got the Harpoon and a couple of other random east-coast beers that I hadn't seen before there. I think I actually bought the Gumballhead at some hole-in-the-wall liquor store elsewhere.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
agree that this regionalism is funny, like i don't mean anything by this but it's weird thinking abt you guys seeking out harpoon because in boston it's really ubiquitous and (imo) nothing special.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:24 (fifteen years ago) link
I need to try Gumballhead.
― Bill Magill, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:27 (fifteen years ago) link
When given the choice I'll always try something new that I can't get locally, and yeah a lot of them are nothing special but you never know, they could be great.
I honestly really like Gumballhead a lot though and would eagerly buy again when I can.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 20:56 (fifteen years ago) link
harpoon is alllll over the northeast. it is the beer of choice for work functions. and it's not a favorite, but it's fine.
― ian, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:22 (fifteen years ago) link
yea, it's totally nothing special and i rarely buy it (northeast has too many good-to-great choices that i'd rather have) but it's a decent brewery. happy to drink it if it's there
― mark cl, Tuesday, 14 April 2009 21:52 (fifteen years ago) link