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
two hearted would join the extremely short list of shelf ipas i bother with if it were distributed here.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 6 October 2017 03:53 (six years ago) link
https://punchdrink.com/articles/how-other-half-brewery-become-official-beer-wall-street-finance/
― Jeff, Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:51 (six years ago) link
Sierra Northern Hemisphere is very nice
― IF (Terrorist) Yes, Explain (man alive), Wednesday, 18 October 2017 21:54 (six years ago) link
Darkness Day was surprisingly laid back! No hassle to get in, quickly moving lines for food and drink, and I bought a couple of bottles and could have had more if I had felt like dropping the cash. After the hell stories I've heard about Dark Lord Day and the like, it was positively refreshing.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Sunday, 22 October 2017 19:56 (six years ago) link
just found out my neighborhood bar/restaurant has a tuesday special: 20oz of Bell’s Two Hearted for $5
― mh, Tuesday, 24 October 2017 23:49 (six years ago) link
Greenpoint ‘how austere’Sick to death of these kinds of names, but this is a cross between a stout and a sour. You can kind of taste whichever you’d like but the other one finishes.
― calstars, Sunday, 29 October 2017 18:55 (six years ago) link
Celebration Ale is out! And snagged some Backwoods Bastard, just cracked one. good chilly sunday beer roster
― global tetrahedron, Sunday, 29 October 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
love Celebration Ale !
i would totally try this https://twitter.com/Gansettbeer/status/926109148651061248
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 2 November 2017 15:40 (six years ago) link
fuck treehouse is great, bit of hyperbole but i feel like why ever buy other beer eh?
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 9 November 2017 03:48 (six years ago) link
welcome to my world dude. i live abt 30 minutes away now and my beer stock is never less than 80% treehouse.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 9 November 2017 04:01 (six years ago) link
Hate both of you tbqh
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 9 November 2017 05:10 (six years ago) link
I've only had Green and Haze, a couple of years ago. Would like to try more. I couldn't imagine just buying on breweries beer all the time tho, just isn't one that would provide me everything I need around here.
― Jeff, Thursday, 9 November 2017 11:38 (six years ago) link
yea im 45 min away, contemplating an xtra fridge
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 9 November 2017 12:31 (six years ago) link
November around here is beer insane. Festival of Barrel Aged Beer this weekend, Revolution releasing Deth’s Tar/Cafe Deth/ Deth by Cherries (13% barrel aged beer in 12 ounce cans), Abraxas release, bourbon county release, Half Acre Benthic release, etc. Wallet takes quite the hit.
― Jeff, Friday, 10 November 2017 15:24 (six years ago) link
Intended to buy fries but got the sour instead
― calstars, Friday, 10 November 2017 22:42 (six years ago) link
Out of nowhere I got two bottles of Black Note on the way home this afternoon, enjoying one now and saving the other for a special occasion. I've been drinking Bell's products for 20 years and this is the first time I've had it. It's basically the most balanced BBA stout I've tasted, not as balls out as BCBS but definitely a more barrel/bourbon flavor present than say Dragon's Milk. Great body too. I wish there were more than two bottles left at my local! Gonna have to lurk and see if they put out any more…
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Friday, 10 November 2017 23:54 (six years ago) link
Love Black Note.
― Jeff, Friday, 10 November 2017 23:55 (six years ago) link
Black Note's been a tough one to find.
I have a ton of stuff I've collectedhoardedaccumulated, and now I don't know what to do with it. That's the downside of these huge beers. I just can't seem to make a dent.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 11 November 2017 01:19 (six years ago) link
I've loved everything I've had from 18th Street and Noon Whistle these days. I keep drinking that stuff.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 11 November 2017 01:23 (six years ago) link
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, November 10, 2017 8:19 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i am really limiting my purchase of ageable beers these days b/c i never really find the occasion to drink them.
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 11 November 2017 04:12 (six years ago) link
I've made a huge dent in my beer, didn't buy anything unless I was going to drink it within a few days. Pulling vintages every week for no reason at all. Probably down to 30 to 40 bottles? BCBS will up that a little bit, but that is always worth it.
― Jeff, Saturday, 11 November 2017 11:33 (six years ago) link
Peak Evergreen anyone?
― calstars, Saturday, 11 November 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
This thread should probably be segregated into east coast / Midwest / west coast Not that Ilx has that many posters thoうgh
― calstars, Saturday, 11 November 2017 21:12 (six years ago) link
I've made a dent in my little beer collection. Moving helped, I basically drank/shared all the large format bottles before packing. I do have 4 year verticals of KBS and Backwoods Bastard, and I've got 2 year verticals going of Central Waters' BBA stout, barleywine, quad, and scotch ale. I might drink the Founders during Tgiving and/or Xmastime, but I'm tempted to keep them going for one more year. I'll probably keep the CW going for a while.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Sunday, 12 November 2017 20:37 (six years ago) link
Peak Evergreen IPA
― calstars, Sunday, 12 November 2017 20:41 (six years ago) link
Dan that sounds like a planFavorite pastime while drinking?
― calstars, Sunday, 12 November 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
I did FOBAB all wrong last night, drank way too much. Most everything was awesome, but it all blends together once you’ve sampled 40 different beers.
― Jeff, Sunday, 12 November 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
That was my feeling a year or two ago, especially with those beers.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 12 November 2017 20:44 (six years ago) link
xp Did you get to try Upper Hand? Their BA stuff is draft only and I've never been able to find it.
My favorite drinking pastime is thinking about drinking more.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Sunday, 12 November 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link
my craft beer consumption has gone up lately and i've been noticing how shit most of them are
so now i mix it up with non-NA macrobrewed beers that i've never had. quite pleased by german and belgian beers
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Monday, 13 November 2017 03:07 (six years ago) link