I think I paid $24 for KBS. On that same topic, I heard a couple weeks ago that Founders is gonna release CBS again.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 31 August 2017 22:51 (six years ago) link
Central Waters has to be the best value in Craft beer... esp. their barrel aged series.
yeah, I think CBS will just be bombers again? still exciting, though.
― you are juror number 144 and we will excuse you (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 August 2017 23:02 (six years ago) link
DC Brau started making Heurich's Lager (this is important DC beer historical shit - the original brewery was on the site that now belongs to the Kennedy Center, and I used to walk by his mansion almost every day when I lived in Dupont) so I had to grab a six pack. It is pretty good as strong lagers go.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 2 September 2017 00:39 (six years ago) link
marcos have you tried the Long Trail Double Bag? I'm not super into altbiers but I enjoyed it quite a bit - almost got some more recently when we were in Maine but there was other local stuff I'd never tried so y'know
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 2 September 2017 00:42 (six years ago) link
had a six pack of Corruption when visiting, and we enjoyed it
― you are juror number 144 and we will excuse you (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 2 September 2017 00:46 (six years ago) link
tombot yea that is a great beer! im in vermont right now actually, i should get some.
otherwise I bought a couple goses, one from lost nation and other from collective arts. lost nation is one of the best imo
also I have been dabbling in this new england IPA thing a little? I kind of scorned it as a "movement" before, there have always been hazy fruity IPAs but now I appreciate that they are clearly labeled for when I'm in the mood for one
― marcos, Saturday, 2 September 2017 01:06 (six years ago) link
Pipeworks has been going nuts with IPA variations, hoping to open a few at our block party tomorrow.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 2 September 2017 01:11 (six years ago) link
https://growlermag.com/farm-to-glass-craft-maltsters-add-more-local-flavor-to-beer/
Our long national obsession with hops is coming to a close. We’ve explored every Columbus, we’ve been showered in every Cascade, we’ve mash hopped, boil hopped, and dry hopped, and blasted our palates with bitterness. Now, trends are focusing more on beer’s opposite number. It feels as if malt is the new hops.
Good article, even though I feel like people were saying the same thing about the passing of hop obsession wrt sour beers not too long ago.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 16:50 (six years ago) link
Yeah, hops still going strong.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
decent article about specialty malt outfits buried under an incredibly dumb first paragraph.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 18:50 (six years ago) link
Yeah, it feels like the love of too many hops will never die -- we'll just get new varieties when people get bored of the old ones. But the new developments in malt are really exciting.
― sacral intercourse conducive to vegetal luxuriance (askance johnson), Wednesday, 6 September 2017 19:07 (six years ago) link
I would like to thank Jeff for taking me to quality beer spots, even though I did not do a good job of taking advantage of it.
I screwed up and had a little bit of a headache, which in retrospect was because I hadn't had enough caffeine. Should have doubled down on it before having beer and dinner!
― mh, Wednesday, 6 September 2017 20:59 (six years ago) link
Insight Splendid Moose might be the best Twin Cities beer I've had since I moved here.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 13 September 2017 02:41 (six years ago) link
Firestone's Luponic Distortion is pretty amazing for being available in 6-pack cans for $10 at my local Safeway! And they print the canning date on the box so I was able to get it fresh, which is probably urgent and key, as we used to say around these parts.
― El Tomboto, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 03:24 (six years ago) link
i know lots of people hate them but two beers from 5 rabbit cerveceria have been my favorites lately: 5 lizard latin-style witbier and 5 vulture dark oaxacan ale. the witbier especially is so tasty
― marcos, Wednesday, 13 September 2017 13:50 (six years ago) link
xxp Splendid Moose is really deliious, but the second 4-pack I bought had so many white floaty chunks in it, it was like I had poured it in an unwashed milk glass. Is this normal?
― "Celebration" encourages the listener to celebrate good times. (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 14 September 2017 20:27 (six years ago) link
those are the flavor chunks
― mh, Thursday, 14 September 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
The other day we were in some distant Illinois town - Freeport? something like that - and got a local brew inspired by the former pretzel factory or something. Consensus was it was gross, but we all agreed it would have been grosser with actual soggy pretzel bits floating in it.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 14 September 2017 20:47 (six years ago) link
Had a pint of 3 Floyds Lazer Snake last night. Good IPA, not too different from Zombie Dust, heavy on the citrus and really good.
― Eazy, Thursday, 14 September 2017 20:55 (six years ago) link
Evil Twin's "The Only Thing I Know Is That I Know Nothing" (way to make ordering it an adventure, guys) was pretty good.
― mh, Thursday, 14 September 2017 21:00 (six years ago) link
Fair State's Spirit Foul might have wrested the title from Spirit Moose.
Aside: any Minnapolitans want to have beers at Fair State's taproom, or anywhere else in NE Mpls?
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Saturday, 16 September 2017 02:03 (six years ago) link
FUCK
I meant Splendid Moose
Not even drunk tbh
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Saturday, 16 September 2017 02:04 (six years ago) link
On a Beck's kickStuff messes me up
― calstars, Saturday, 16 September 2017 02:59 (six years ago) link
Had my 1st Wittekerke Wild - sour wit – A+++https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/718/229486/
― WilliamC, Saturday, 16 September 2017 23:45 (six years ago) link
A truck stop just over the Wisconsin border felt like a New Glarus superstore, displays and piles of cases everywhere.
I picked up two 750 ml fruit ales, having loved them in the past: Raspberry Tart and Serendipity
Would love to learn about any Belgian or other equivalents to these.
― Eazy, Monday, 18 September 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
Their fruit beers are delicious. My fave is the cherry one. Not quite sours ... we like to serve them in lieu of light wine, akin to a rose or something.
One thing I love about New Glarus is that it has this cache, because it is WI only, but once you go to WI, yeah, you can get it anywhere.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 September 2017 21:32 (six years ago) link
Like so many tiny gas stations in middle of nowhere northern WI have live bait and New Glarus
― joygoat, Monday, 18 September 2017 22:28 (six years ago) link
MN people: Anyone going to Darkness Day? I'm gonna try to go. Some of my friends who are coming from out of town want to get there at FIVE IN THE FUCKING MORNING. Is this insane y/n
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 2 October 2017 17:27 (six years ago) link
people camp out all night- the line does form early but that's only if you actually care about getting darkness. iirc you can just show up and hang out and drink beer without having to get a ticket/pass etc
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 2 October 2017 17:29 (six years ago) link
like darkness is a pretty good imperial stout but not worth the tizzy IMO
Yeah that's kinda what I'm thinking, also I can buy 2016 bottles of it at the store by my house right now for $!9, so…
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 2 October 2017 17:32 (six years ago) link
i just bought this. 24 cans.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DLDIYj6W4AAy6yV?format=jpg&name=large
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 2 October 2017 18:31 (six years ago) link
ok www.beavertownbrewery.co.uk/ is pretty fun to look at
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 3 October 2017 02:57 (six years ago) link
Finally, here are the 10 most checked-in beers of summer 2017! Congrats to @foundersbrewing's All Day IPA, which had 64,795 check-ins! 😱 pic.twitter.com/HAwPzcpxZ6— Untappd (@untappd) October 5, 2017
― Jeff, Thursday, 5 October 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
Bells Two Hearted has been the best beer in America for the last three years running.
― Randall Jarrell (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 5 October 2017 19:55 (six years ago) link
that'd make sense, all day is beer geeky enough to 'log in' to but still light. it's also nasty, but then i think that about all 'session' IPAs. i saw a 'session' Barleywine the other day, gtfo
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 5 October 2017 20:01 (six years ago) link
xp true or close enough
― Mordy, Thursday, 5 October 2017 20:02 (six years ago) link
for me as far as regular 6 pack ipa's go it's a toss up between Two Hearted and Jai Alai xxp
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 5 October 2017 20:05 (six years ago) link
i've gotten kind of sour on all the mosaic-oriented beers, they seem to lack the bite I crave in an IPA. two hearted to me is nearly perfect
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 5 October 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
It's absolutely perfect. The IPA bite is there but the finish is dreamy.
Tropicalia by Creature Comfort (Athens, GA) is a close second place for me, but it's rage-inducingly hard to find outside of Athens.
― Randall Jarrell (dandydonweiner), Thursday, 5 October 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
jai alai is one of the few i'd put up against two hearted. also ithica's flower power and neshaminy's shape of hops to come.
― Mordy, Thursday, 5 October 2017 20:20 (six years ago) link
― Randall Jarrell (dandydonweiner), Thursday, October 5, 2017 2:55 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
did they change it in some way, or have you just had it only for that time?
― mh, Thursday, 5 October 2017 21:17 (six years ago) link
Love Two Hearted, to me it's a very unique IPA. I did a blind sampling years ago, and I could always identify it. Very floral (ex-gf said it tastes like soap.)
Jai Alai is wonderfully balanced. I drink all I can when I'm visiting the 'rents in Florida.
My current ideal is Toppling Goliath Pseudo Sue.
― "Celebration" encourages the listener to celebrate good times. (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 5 October 2017 21:25 (six years ago) link
we have flats of Pseudo Sue at Costco here
― mh, Thursday, 5 October 2017 22:04 (six years ago) link
The problem with Psuedo Sue is that a cannery in Florida contract brews it and then the cans get stuck in distribution centers for weeks and the beer is good but totally inferior to the bombers available at the brewery or around Iowa (did a side by side earlier this year).
Two Hearted has this amazing balance of floral bouquet on the nose and bitter hops and sticky maltiness on the finish.
Jai Alai is not worth the effort of tracking down for me, feel like a hundred breweries make that same beer, as fine as it is.
All Day is whatever. Probably best drank as a flavorful substitute when nothing else is available except adjunct lagers.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 5 October 2017 22:13 (six years ago) link
Somewhere way the fuck upthread is me extolling the greatness of Two Hearted. Still my favorite beer even though I don't buy it a lot anymore.
Picked up Indeed's Fresh Hop PA last night on the way home. It was canned in the morning and in my fridge by 6. Very good but it could have used a little more booze imho (4.9%).
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Thursday, 5 October 2017 23:50 (six years ago) link
i saw that on the shelf just now but the light body put me off. got a 4 pack of surly wet instead, quite delicious
― global tetrahedron, Thursday, 5 October 2017 23:58 (six years ago) link
we couldn't get Bells down here in the Confederacy until a few years ago.
Must admit I am a bit let down by Jai Alai but it's the best beer from Florida.
Gotta admit that the IPA thing is kind of out of control, there are way too many but the upside is that the localization makes it fun to do taste tests when traveling.
Why is it that double IPAs usually disappoint?
― Randall Jarrell (dandydonweiner), Friday, 6 October 2017 01:59 (six years ago) link