Not that rare, but a nice buy and keeps well.
― Jeff, Saturday, 25 November 2017 05:01 (six years ago) link
Tried all the variants at a tasting tonight and the proprietors is awesome. Who knew that a beer inspired by bananas foster could be so good.
― Jeff, Saturday, 25 November 2017 05:04 (six years ago) link
What is good from Ohio?
― El Tomboto, Friday, November 24, 2017 2:24 PM (three days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yea jackie o's otm
great lakes is very reliable
anything from columbus brewing is pretty good generally
platform is extremely hit or miss, they just brew too much beer, they have a new beer like every month and most of them are terrible ill-advised experiments with fruits and spices
rhinegeist from cinci has some good beers
― marcos, Monday, 27 November 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
CBS day
― crocus bulbotuber (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 December 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
bevmo has dozens of bourbon county stouts
might pick one up
― infinity (∞), Friday, 1 December 2017 17:09 (six years ago) link
Had a Goose Island flight (w/BCS) last night, followed by an 8 oz pour. I think I like Founders Backwoods Bastard more.
― nickn, Friday, 1 December 2017 17:51 (six years ago) link
my sis came to visit recently for 10 days and we managed to hit 16 breweries, San Diego and AZ. Favorite of the San Diego ones was prob AleSmith. Liked the feel of the place (warehouse-y is always better than "shhh we're actually a restaurant that brews beers, so ha good luck finding a table or spot at the bar if you just came to drink" places), the beers I tried ranged from good to all-time top 5...and it was taco tuesday so there was a taco truck parked by the outdoor patio serving some of the best tacos I've ever had.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 1 December 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
AleSmith is good. I've never been to the brewery, though.
xp I will attempt to overpay for CBS today, but I fear that I'll run into the same problem of "this is great, but backwoods is cheaper and better."
― crocus bulbotuber (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 December 2017 18:44 (six years ago) link
if you're in Los Angeles, on the east side specifically, 365 has a ton of bottles of BCS, the Northwoods Stout, and the barleywine (10.99, 22.99, and 13.99 respectively.)
― omar little, Friday, 1 December 2017 21:54 (six years ago) link
got two 750 ml of CBS at 25 a piece. one is a christmas present, at least :-/
― crocus bulbotuber (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 1 December 2017 22:07 (six years ago) link
Per 12 oz bottle, omar? I've been buying the backwoods for 14.99 for a 4-pack at WF, so I'll just stick with that.
― nickn, Friday, 1 December 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
All BCBS is in 16.9 oz bottles.
― Jeff, Friday, 1 December 2017 23:43 (six years ago) link
i had a sapporo black the other night, i enjoyed it very very much.
― brimstead, Saturday, 2 December 2017 01:19 (six years ago) link
#polaris
― calstars, Saturday, 2 December 2017 01:45 (six years ago) link
http://www.citypages.com/restaurants/modist-releases-dilly-dilly-double-ipa-is-immediately-hit-with-hilarious-cease-and-desist-from-anheuser-busch/461346693Wtf
― Jeff, Saturday, 2 December 2017 03:33 (six years ago) link
That piece of marketing ingenuity just blew my friggin mindHoly mother of god
― infinity (∞), Saturday, 2 December 2017 04:29 (six years ago) link
Our 2018 availability calendar is a doozy so we're going to share the big changes with you over the next week. First up, Breakfast Stout and Backwoods Bastard will be year-round! More here: https://t.co/0o7G4yZmpl pic.twitter.com/ssJKG7XaiY— Founders Brewing Co. (@foundersbrewing) December 4, 2017
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 4 December 2017 16:11 (six years ago) link
Makes sense, almost feels like they are anyway, they sit on the shelves quite a bit now.
― Jeff, Monday, 4 December 2017 17:01 (six years ago) link
Drank too much good beer yesterday. All kinds of Half Acre Big Hugs variants, bunch of stuff from Side Project, several pours of Vanilla Abraxas. Nightcap of bourbon county.
― Jeff, Monday, 4 December 2017 17:02 (six years ago) link
mikkeler blueberry berliner weisse: A+
― New Jersey (treeship 2), Monday, 4 December 2017 17:04 (six years ago) link
Hey mister new jersey, where are you getting your mikkeler? upstate NY or the city? They don't distribute to NJ anymore.
― Evan, Monday, 4 December 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
treezy my man
you went to mikkeller? glad you liked it
― infinity (∞), Monday, 4 December 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link
(I know your name here isn't "new jersey" btw, I was just referencing that in case you implied you got mikkeler somewhere here in NJ where I believe you also reside?)
― Evan, Monday, 4 December 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
Don't think I've mentioned before my appreciation for the Founders All-Day Session IPA - packs a lot of flavor into a light-bodied, refreshing beer.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 01:11 (six years ago) link
I had this incredible beer last night. It was translucent but called a porter. Hint of vanilla. Googling rn but I can’t find it. #tearsinrain
― treeship 2, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 01:20 (six years ago) link
Ok- never mind I guess!
Anyway, favorite beer right now is Head High from Kane brewery in NJ.
― Evan, Tuesday, 5 December 2017 05:28 (six years ago) link
So someone bought $700 worth of canadian breakfast stouts at whole foods
― infinity (∞), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 02:15 (six years ago) link
That's like 4+ cases at Costco...https://i.imgur.com/7h03mtQ.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 02:59 (six years ago) link
lol is cbs actually tradebait at this point in time?
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 03:00 (six years ago) link
Damn should have gone to costco
― crocus bulbotuber (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 03:01 (six years ago) link
Probs tradebaitCbs is sold out everywhere in los angeles
― infinity (∞), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 03:06 (six years ago) link
The whole foods fella gave me the bottle he was saving for himself
― infinity (∞), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 03:08 (six years ago) link
Found a bottle of CBS in Pasadena yesterday, at the WF. Wasn't even looking, was there for wine and wandered into the beer aisle as is my custom.
― omar little, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 03:25 (six years ago) link
Oh I guess I should be on the lookout
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 03:28 (six years ago) link
lol beer menus has all the places by me charging $40! Fuck that, I'm good
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 03:31 (six years ago) link
I don't think CBS will ever be as good as the bottle I had back in 2011. Back then, it was one of the best beers I've ever had. When I had it on draft a few years ago, just didn't hit me in the same way. I'll pick up my one bottle of this batch next week to find out.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 11:20 (six years ago) link
And after that, I'm done with big beer purchases for the year. November/December are rough on the wallet.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 11:23 (six years ago) link
I don't think CBS will ever be as good as the bottle I had back in 2011. Back then, it was one of the best beers I've ever had. When I had it on draft a few years ago, just didn't hit me in the same way. I'll pick up my one bottle of this batch next week to find out.― Jeff, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 3:20 AM (five hours ago)
― Jeff, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 3:20 AM (five hours ago)
I had the opportunity to try 2014 CBS a couple years ago and I was equally non-plussed. And while this new batch is better... the reality is the needle has moved: 6 years ago KBS and CBS were some of the most highest rated (and hyped) beers on the planet. These days, this solid, fine beers sit on shelves in big box stores for weeks if not months.
Similar story: when I stopped by a store on Black Friday to pick up Bourbon County Variants (Coffee, NorthWoods) this year, the purveyor still had 2016 regular BCBS available. I asked him if he put them out specifically for black friday, he replied that he simply hadn't sold through his allocations from last year.
What a time to be alive?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:16 (six years ago) link
is it that beer nerdism peaked a couple years ago ?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:19 (six years ago) link
I miss the days when there was less beer hype, or at least it wasn't in my face all the time, and I could drop in somewhere and be offered something new on tap and it'd be really great and unexpected. Then I'd find out a few months later that beer nerds were traveling across the state to hoard bottles or whatever.
My local bar had a couple Toppling Goliath kegs before they started mass producing, might have been the last time that really happened.
― mh, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:21 (six years ago) link
imo the nerdism is full bore now, it's just that everyone who likes beer is a casual beer nerd and there's just a lot of good beer
I'm also nostalgic for the days when there were only a couple brewery/restaurant places around, before every place had a "tap room" instead of having to be a restaurant too, and most of them were pretty mediocre to bad. I remember thinking Rock Bottom (lol) was the best beer/restaurant place, but that was a quick couple years
― mh, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:24 (six years ago) link
im willing to bet that the guy who bought the entire cbs stock was doing it to resell
diff types of beers ("craft beers") are just way more widely marketed now with so many to choose from that the market for it has increased dramatically
people see an increase in demand and some try to game it to get extra cash (see scalpers)
i rarely see places that sell proper craft beers anymore. theyre mostly big name breweries, unless its something super local and these tend to be really bad to decent for the most part
― infinity (∞), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:34 (six years ago) link
yeah i think you're right there are just so many good beers out there and the disparity between a good beer and a really great beer is maybe not as wide as it used to be.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:35 (six years ago) link
in L.A. if i want to find something i haven't seen before i have to go to Southland Beer on Western or maybe (but less so these days) Sunset Beer.
― omar little, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:38 (six years ago) link
but it's true that a lot of those local craft brewers aren't particularly great
― omar little, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:39 (six years ago) link
i'm still a bit embarrassed that Golden Road is the brewer that seems to still be the Goose Island of L.A.
― omar little, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:40 (six years ago) link
ya sunset beer is getting worse every time i go there
also monkish in torrance is always soooo packed/overhyped its not even worth it anymore
zymurgy seems to be trying to do something different by allowing you to brew your own beer
wonder how thatll go
― infinity (∞), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:42 (six years ago) link
Then I'd find out a few months later that beer nerds were traveling across the state to hoard bottles or whatever.― mh, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 9:21 AM (eighteen minutes ago)
― mh, Wednesday, December 6, 2017 9:21 AM (eighteen minutes ago)
Yo I was in Decorah last January lol. I met people from Honolulu, Costa Rica, Seoul and Denmark at that release.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:46 (six years ago) link
beer tourism
jfc gtfo
― infinity (∞), Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:50 (six years ago) link
i once transported a twelve pack of Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald across the country after an Xmas drive back to Chitown.
― omar little, Wednesday, 6 December 2017 17:52 (six years ago) link