I'm only getting two bottles. That's enough. I'm buying and saving less beer these days anyway.
― Jeff, Monday, 11 April 2016 01:13 (eight years ago) link
i'm trying to save less too (i don't currently have a good place to save beer) but damned if the full 4 wasn't there for the taking. i'm not saving it beyond the next couple weeks.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 11 April 2016 01:21 (eight years ago) link
I like this type of beer but underwhelmed by KBS. Enjoyed a big Pipeworks Coconut Jones Dog tonight, though.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 April 2016 01:42 (eight years ago) link
i bought some lagunitas aunt sally the other day, it is a very hoppy sour ale, very light in color. i was skeptical at first, there is an annoying trend to just take some beer style and make it hoppy -- "sour ale ... with hops!!!....brown ale...with hops!!!....golden lager...with extra hops!!!" but it is really really good
― marcos, Monday, 11 April 2016 14:32 (eight years ago) link
lots of hops + weird yeast can be sorta unpredictable, but i usually like the results. check out grimm echoplex if you see it, hazy NE ipa juice + sourness. i also dig a lot of the more crisp grimm dry-hopped sours, and trinity red swingline is worth a shot too. probably some of the weirdest beers out there imo.
side note - i was lucky enough to stumble into some hill farmstead double citra on tap, shit is NUTS. have yet to have anything bad from hf but this was in another league, pine sap fresh from the forest. my platonic ideal dipa.
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 02:55 (eight years ago) link
I posted about dry-hopped sours that I like a while back, let me dig up that post in a sec, in the meanwhile:
side note - i was lucky enough to stumble into some hill farmstead double citra on tap, shit is NUTS. have yet to have anything bad from hf but this was in another league, pine sap fresh from the forest. my platonic ideal dipa.― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Monday, April 11, 2016 7:55 PM (7 minutes ago)
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Monday, April 11, 2016 7:55 PM (7 minutes ago)
Yes! My buddy gave me a growler of it and it was unforgettable. Can't agree more with you...
https://scontent-sjc2-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/12934964_228552994166769_1217236760_n.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 03:06 (eight years ago) link
lol sorry so hueg^^^
dry hopped sours I enjoyed 5 months ago:
Cantillon Iris: fresh & dry hopped, pale ale malted, then spontaneously fermented like a lambic would be (then fresh-hopped again?)Cantillon Cuvee St. Gilloise: gueuze blend that undergoes a 3 week cask dry hoppingPrairie Funky Gold Mosaic: bretty/lacto saison that gets dry hopped in copious Mosaic hopsThe Rare Barrel Egregious: Oak-aged golden sour dry-hopped with AmarilloDeGarde Hose: Gose aged in wine barrels with coriander, citrus peel and various hop blends― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, October 21, 2015 10:58 AM (5 months ago)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, October 21, 2015 10:58 AM (5 months ago)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 03:24 (eight years ago) link
<3 hose when they use the right hop profile. i was actually going to ask you for more hoppy sour recommendations! there need to be more subcategories for these things, strange that something like echoplex could be in the same "wild ale" style category as bourbonic plague or atrial rubicite or w/e.
and yeah, i have had a lot of single-hop citra beers but double citra is just magical.
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 03:57 (eight years ago) link
totally, everything i've had from grimm btw has been outstanding
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 14:58 (eight years ago) link
otter creek citra mantra is so tasty
― marcos, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 15:00 (eight years ago) link
I mentioned it earlier but I'm liking Deschutes Pinedrops, which doesn't have any Citra (it's Nugget, Northern Brewer, Chinook, Centennial, Equinox, per their site) but does have a nice piney flavor. A local supermarket has a 30% off when you buy four 6-packs deal so I get it for $8.40, which is real bargain.
― nickn, Tuesday, 12 April 2016 17:45 (eight years ago) link
https://www.deschutesbrewery.com/beer/pinedrops-ipa/
yeah that one's a winner, very nice, probably the best Deschutes attempt at an IPA along with the Fresh Squeezed
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Tuesday, 12 April 2016 17:45 (eight years ago) link
Surly Xtra-Citra Pale Ale ... eh. Sometimes I think that what some of these session beers do to try to taste like their full-octane brethren mostly serves to highlight, like diet soda and vegetarian meat substitutes, just how far short of the mark they fall as substitutes.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 01:09 (eight years ago) link
Sucaba 2014 on tap at South Loop Binnys, Chicagoans. BCBS too.
― pratt truss it (dan m), Thursday, 21 April 2016 00:42 (eight years ago) link
For a change of pace from the goses I had a Humboldt Brewery Black Xantus Imperial Stout tonight. 11% abv and it showed, but it was a really nice, complex but smooth, almost a barrel-aged quality, though it's not.
― nickn, Friday, 22 April 2016 06:53 (eight years ago) link
Black Xantus is totes barrel aged, and it's great. It's like a coffee version of Parabola.
http://www.humboldtbrewingco.com/black-xantus/?age-verified=b7835d5e1c
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 22 April 2016 07:04 (eight years ago) link
Did not know that, funny they don't mention it (or the coffee) on the bottle. Also didn't make make the connection to the Nectar beer line. Will drink again.
― nickn, Friday, 22 April 2016 07:18 (eight years ago) link
This is the year my wife got back into running and stuff, and she was the only one helping to put a dent in my stouts and other heavy/big beers. I had a party over the winter to try to make a bigger dent, but the lightweights there (me included) barely did damage. As summer creeps closer and I see my cluttered beer closet, I can't even imagine a pace that would help me reduce my backlog. :(
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 22 April 2016 12:02 (eight years ago) link
It's hopeless. But we're set for the next prohibition.
― Jeff, Friday, 22 April 2016 13:11 (eight years ago) link
@nick n... yeah and in previous years it's basically been Parabola (with coffee adjunct) merely rebranded with a different label, it's made at Firestone Walker by the FW brewmaster.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 22 April 2016 13:39 (eight years ago) link
Well, I can't remember what I paid for it (seems like $10 or less), with no scouring liquor stores or pleading for favors. I'll have to go back for more.
― nickn, Friday, 22 April 2016 16:21 (eight years ago) link
TIL:
Grimm (Brooklyn, NY) is run by Lauren & Joe Grimm... Joe is Larkin's brother and performed as The Wind-Up Bird.
I had no idea, but now that I see the names of their beers, it makes sense.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 26 April 2016 01:55 (eight years ago) link
finally a reason to return to catholicism
http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-dd-monk-beer-20160513-snap-story.html
“I knew the difference between craft beer and run-of-the-mill factory beer,” says Father Benedict Nivakoff of his life before committing himself to monastic life. He is from Connecticut, but you’d hardly know it from the traditional black robe, long-growth beard and intonation, which is a result of his polylingualism.Monks have a storied history of brewing beer, but in Italy the industry has always been wine. Today, these Benedictine monks are brewing and exporting Birra Nursia to the U.S. as a means of fulfilling the Rule of Saint Benedict, which requires self-sufficiency through work.
Monks have a storied history of brewing beer, but in Italy the industry has always been wine. Today, these Benedictine monks are brewing and exporting Birra Nursia to the U.S. as a means of fulfilling the Rule of Saint Benedict, which requires self-sufficiency through work.
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Tuesday, 17 May 2016 18:50 (eight years ago) link
so i was in denver last week and hit up some great places. crooked stave is the goat as per usual. also went to stem cidery which was fantastic (ciders have blown up there - there must have been 10 cider breweries), spangalang, strange brews, some other less notable places. unfortunately i've been way sick so i couldn't really drink to my heart's content but it truly is beer mecca.
also grabbed a 6 pack of the new lagunitas sour yesterday - excited to try it.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 18:53 (eight years ago) link
aunt sally?
― marcos, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 18:55 (eight years ago) link
if so, it is outstanding
― marcos, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 18:56 (eight years ago) link
yeah that one - looks great
― Mordy, Tuesday, 17 May 2016 18:56 (eight years ago) link
anyone checking out the sierra nevada beer camp mixed 12? it's expensive but i was bringing beers to a friends house anyway and justified the purchase by giving away half the box. the dipa ("imperial session" lol) and imperial brown are very nice so far.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 01:59 (eight years ago) link
I bought one last week, but haven't tried any of them yet (too much other beer in the house). I paid $30, which was more than any previous beer camp box, even the 12-brewery collab of a few years ago.
― nickn, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 05:05 (eight years ago) link
jjj was telling me last night that the Beer Camp mixed 12 had some great things in it; I'm probably picking one up tonight
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 14:03 (eight years ago) link
Those things always let me down. Tickers love 'em tho.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 14:57 (eight years ago) link
the only sierra nevada in my fridge is a bottle of bigfoot
bought a bunch of other beers but they're all sub-7s so nothing of note
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 18:06 (eight years ago) link
http://www.worldbeercup.org/winners/award-winners/
i know this is all subjective, but this is a weird list
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 20:12 (eight years ago) link
Ommegang makes sense to me, at least
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 21:15 (eight years ago) link
was referring to the winner list pdf actually: http://www.worldbeercup.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/WBC-winners-2016.pdf
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 21:18 (eight years ago) link
Those awards are only given to breweries who bother entering them. Many of the best breweries in the world have no desire to enter such competitions.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 18 May 2016 21:49 (eight years ago) link
Does anyone know if GI does bottle sales (like vintage esp?) during Migration Week events?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 23 May 2016 21:29 (eight years ago) link
seen small drops of last year's at bottle shops during previous migration weeks but anything vintage is prob going to be poured at an event.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 23 May 2016 21:45 (eight years ago) link
I saw a call-out on an invite (paraphrased): "chance to taste and buy some of our rare offerings"...
I was intrigued.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 23 May 2016 22:01 (eight years ago) link
Locally they do some limited out of season bottle sales at events, but mostly at the brewpub. Usually a shitshow.
― Jeff, Monday, 23 May 2016 22:21 (eight years ago) link
Is anyone Boston-based going to the Sierra Nevada Beer Camp on June 18?
― DJP, Tuesday, 24 May 2016 04:25 (eight years ago) link
so i think i've asked this before but my in-laws are coming to visit in a few weeks from buffalo grove and they wanted to know what local beers they can bring with them and i was hoping chicago ppl could give me some names / breweries to pass along. i think they'd prefer to go to whatever local binny's they have but they did indicate that they'd go to a brewery if there was one not too far away (and obv worth going to).
― Mordy, Sunday, 5 June 2016 03:24 (eight years ago) link
Costco by me now has Stone and Ballast Point variety packs. I picked up the Ballast Point today. Solid brewery imo. Sculpin is v good.
― socka flocka-jones (man alive), Sunday, 5 June 2016 03:29 (eight years ago) link
xp
Any Binny's will have piles of local/regional stuff. I was at one in the city today and there were cases and cases of Half Acre, Revolution, Pipeworks, and smaller Chicago breweries like Arcade, Ale Syndicate etc etc... oh and Lagunitas. There will also be lots of regional offerings: 3 Floyds, Two Brothers, Bell's, Founder's, and the like.
All the Chicago places (as well as 3F and TB) have breweries that sell stuff except for Pipeworks and Arcade afaik. There is more, of course, because there's always more, but those are the ones I drink a lot.
I got a six of Bell's Hopsolution today fwiw.
― pratt truss it (dan m), Sunday, 5 June 2016 03:38 (eight years ago) link
The Revolution "Deep Wood" barrel aged beers are all very good and really easy to find at most stores like Binny's.
― pratt truss it (dan m), Sunday, 5 June 2016 03:40 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, they have them at Whole Foods and stuff, too. Mordy, you're in Philly, right? (I'm from West Chester). There's so much here you can't get there, and most of it will be pretty good, but going for the "big" (in every sense) beers might be the most efficient way to go, like those Rev Deep Wood beers, specifically (if you can find it) something like Deth's Tar. Pipeworks makes lots of really good big beers, too, and as far as cans go Ninja Vs. Unicorn is excellent.. Half Acre is great, but I want to say more for cans of solid everyday stuff. I've been enjoying their Vallejo APA lately, not least because the cans are pretty and for once don't look like something a high school kid scribbled on a Trapper Keeper.
But yeah: Revolution, Lagunitas, Off Color, Half Acre, Pipeworks, ... Regionally, you've got Three Floyds, Bell's, New Glarus in WI, Founder's, Dark Horse ...
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 June 2016 13:54 (eight years ago) link
thx guys - we actually get a lot of stuff here in pa now - lagunitas, half acre, bell's, new glarus, founder's + dark horse. but i'm going to mention the others to them.
― Mordy, Sunday, 5 June 2016 13:56 (eight years ago) link
You sure you get New Glarus there? That's WI exclusive.
St. Louis has lots of great beers, dunno where they go. Schlafly, 4 Hands, Perennial ...
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 5 June 2016 13:59 (eight years ago) link
If you like sours Penrose is a good Chicago area option, too.
― pratt truss it (dan m), Sunday, 5 June 2016 14:06 (eight years ago) link