Beer in the new era

sorry, the right

yah la chouffe is all over my local store that sells Belgians (in Chicago)

picked up a 750ml of one of these guys there the other night, shit was good as hell

http://www.beerpusher.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/hi-eng-label.gif

$12 tho :/

Got Life and Limb (a Dogfish Head and Sierra Nevada collab.) at a place in Chicago. Really, really good.

Also had Founder's Canadian Breakfast Stout. Ridiculously good beer.

I am drinking wine tonight :(

Where in Chicago?

They tapped Life and Limb at Sheffield's last night. No idea if they still have any.

Hopleaf had it for like one night, but were tapped out by the end of the night.

had a Lagunitas Little Sumpin Extra Ale and a Lagunitas Hop Stoopid Ale tonight as a birthday traet

both quite fine, super sharp and hoppy like i like beer to be.

Lagunitas Brown Shugga has been on tap everywhere in Chicago. I love that beer and am frankly surprised at how often I have seen it this year.

I had a Port Breweing Imperial Pils that was totally decent on Sunday. I think it was called Panzer.

Had the Mikeller Santa's Helper Monday night... it was good, but not my favorite of the style.

Lagunitas Brown Shugga has been on tap everywhere in Chicago. I love that beer and am frankly surprised at how often I have seen it this year.

Thought about getting that at Clark St. Ale House tonight, but went with Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Porter instead. Maybe I'll go back.

I have seen Brown Shugga at the following places: Kuma's Corner, Jerry's Sandwiches, Jake Melnick's, Small Bar on Division, Bavarian Lodge in the suburbs, Sheffield's and Hopleaf I think.

Basically what I am saying is that you will find it at a lot of places. I wouldn't go back to that specific place just for Brown Shugga.

i love all the Lagunitases i've had so far so i'll keep an eye out for brown shugga

was actually lookin for Goose Island Honkers Ale tonight but could not find it for some reason. weird cause it's not like it's exotic or anything (?)

also another beer that has basically been my NFL beer since september is Lakefront Riverwest Stein. Milwaukee's (Actual) Best. super "sessionable" amber lager

I am drinking a Three Floyd's Dreadnaught tonight. Possibly my favorite double IPA ever.

agreeeeee

yo Brown Shugga is 10%!!! I call it "double beer".

It is what I call "dangerous beer"

because it is so good.

Yeah, so I went to Hopleaf tonight and had the Lagunitas Brown Shugga, per your recommendation. Excellent stuff.

Can you taste the brown sugar?

i wouldn't say that you can taste the brown sugar, but there is a nice sweetness that is definitely unique.

Trader Joe's has their anniversary ale again. It is really just a Unibroue dark ale in a 750ml bottle for 5 bucks. This is a damn good deal. Belgian style of course.

I bought that a couple weeks ago. Think I'm going to save it for NYE.

bummed i bought a four pack of the Dogfish Head Midas Touch. tastes too grape-y, really off-putting. :(

Deal alert: Trader Joe's Vintage Ale 2009, 9% ABV, tasty, sweet & spicy dark ale, 750 ml bottles for $5. The cork says Unibroue so I'm guess that's who makes it. Quite good.

Oh, lol xpost

I splurged for a Chouffe "Dobbelen IPA Tripel" last night that had just monster head on it and was not nearly as hoppy as an American Double IPA would have been, but still quite fucking awesome.

oh, and btw, go EASY on it. Whoa.

two hearted ale can be found nowhere in the northeast :(

have been enjoying the hell out of this however:

http://blogs.eveningsun.com/troublebrewing/full.jpg

^^^total classic.

i picked up some sierra nevada celebration which imo does the "sweet, hoppy beer you only want one of" thing correctly

had some dieu de ciel route des epices. rye beer brewed with peppercorns. maybe a little too peppery and weird.
also, the dieu de ciel solstice d'hiver which is a darker barleywine. this is a totally great brew.

some things that I bought that i am going to "cellar" in my closet:
dogfish head olde school barleywine
dogfish head raison d'extra
two brothers why winter oak-aged barleywine (this came in a 3L bottle, and i guess only 100 were made)

also have a 1.5L bottle of Chimay Blue and a few of bottles of dogfish head 120 minute IPA sitting in the closet that i have had for about 6 months now.

c'mon, I can't be the only one drinking beer in this holiday season!

I had a couple of Delirium Noels at a bar out in the suburbs.
Now I am drinking some Rogue Dead Guy.

Is anyone else confused about why Rogue calls Dead Guy an ale when the Maibock style it is considered is a definite german lager style?

yuletide beer run

--sixer of third coast (never had it)
--sixer of two-hearted
--750ml of duchesse de bourgogne (SO FUCKING GOOD)

Got a growler of IPA from the newly opened brewery tonight, it's really good but the other beers are kind of lackluster.

Going to drink a Dogfish Sah'tea at some point in the next day or two - the wife spotted it and saw it was based on a Finnish beer so we needed to try it out. Apparently it has juniper in it and the wort was boiled with sauna rocks?

Goddamnit that Trader Joe's Vintage Ale was good. Even the non-beer-drinker lady liked it. I'm going to try to pick up some more tomorrow if they haven't run out.

Going to drink a Dogfish Sah'tea at some point in the next day or two - the wife spotted it and saw it was based on a Finnish beer so we needed to try it out. Apparently it has juniper in it and the wort was boiled with sauna rocks?

whawhawhawhaaaaa?

xmas beer gifts for others:

4-pack of Goose Island Matilda
La Chouffe Golden Ale
Hitachino Weisse

would those sauna rocks be used or new?

I think they should make beer with rocks boiled from Rehobeth Bay.

i picked up some sierra nevada celebration which imo does the "sweet, hoppy beer you only want one of" thing correctly

Really, you get sweet from the Celebration? I find it quite citrus-y. Def. my beer of choice this holiday season; I always want more than one!

Celebrating Christmas Eve tonight with Two Brothers Heavier Handed IPA.

They've got video of it, not really sauna rocks at all. Plus he says sauna wrong, but everyone does that:

http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-brews/occassional-rarities/sahtea-0.htm

I heard something crazy that a 120 Minute IPA and World Wide Stout make a deadly delicious Black & Tan. I may have to try this.

hmmmmm, that's compelling! pls. post results if you do that.

has anyone tried the southern tier KRAMPUS imperial lager?!?!?!
http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/beernut/files/2009/01/body_krampus2022oz20bottle_low.jpg

no! but i saw it in the store yesterday and really want to.

I have a 12 pack of the Racer 5 IPA from Bear Republic. I give 5 of them a chance at survival until tomorrow. Maybe only 4.

had a big bottle of the Goose Island Sofie this last weekend and it was goddamn incredible.

http://www.gooseisland.com/pages/sofie/28.php

i'm liking allllll of goose island's fake belgians: sophie matilda and uh the other one

The Pere Jacques is my favorite of the Goose Island fake Belgians.

I was over at Two Brothers for lunch today and had the Northwind stout, which was better last year and a Cane & Ebel red rye which is fantastic always.

I bought all sorts of stuff today for Christmas day drinking. I will surely report back!

back to the brooklyn black chocolate stout. such a delicious beer imo. can you get this nationwide?

My gf almost ordered the Sofie at a restaurant the other night until she noticed that it was $26.

That's nuts. I got a bottle for 7.99 tonight at Binny's

Also picked up more 3F's dreadnaught. So tasty. And a dogfish head old school barley wine. Not usually a fan of barley wines, but will give this one a try.

i just picked up that dfh too--real curious just because it sounds weird