Beer in the new era

Kasteel bier

so having just seen how much 6 packs of Knot Stock are ($10) i am just going to go ahead and drink the $3 pints of it i get at my local probably going to go out of business fancy beer bar.

gbx i need to bring you to the cherokee grill before they take a dirtnap. walking distance from my house, insane good beer pricing to urge people to eat their (pretty good!) food

ok!

when is the dirtnap

it's good to patronize small businesses, as i'm sure you know as a small-business owner! is $10 expensive for a six pack of craft beer in the midwest? xpxpxp

insane good = generally cheaper than buying stuff in a liquor store - this is the place that was doing $6 241's on the goose island big bottles (which are $7.50 per at the cheapest in liquor stores AFAIK)

xpost - no, its just that this place is so earnestly trying to make it that they are selling "let me pour that for you sir" for less than i can get most of this at the "bring it home and serve yerself jerk" stores

i give them lots and lots of money tbh because having a serious beer bar in my hood is worth its weight in gold

enjoying a bottle of ballast point victory at sea coffee vanilla imperial porter. lordy that hits all the right notes.

like the McRib...

...Hopslam is BACK

I've been drinking those. They're at whole foods now.

Hopslam yum! I have a six of that in my fridge right now.

ROGUE CHIPOTLE ALE. DELICIOUS.

I have been unable to find anymore Hopslam after my initial purchase.

I wanted to try that, but $16.99 for a sixer was putting me off.

oh uh just realized that my ref to goose island big bottles up there might have made people think i was getting all gaga over regular boring goose island. i am talking about the limited edition stuff (matilda and whatever)

Yeah, I bought a 22 of Sofie a couple weeks ago: excellent.

thats the one! just an amazing beer throughout, not something i would expect to like from the description, but really really good.

Never seen or heard of that Rogue Chipotle. Seeking tmrw.

Just had the new Sam Adams, the Noble Pils. And it was really good, a great pilsner. Really smooth and drinkable, but enough going on in the background/aftertaste to keep it interesting.

I had a Lake Placid Ubu Ale recently on draft. It was quite tasty - dark but not too sweet, with just the right amount of hops.

I wanted to try that, but $16.99 for a sixer was putting me off.

I kind of think of it as buying a 12 pack because they're so damn strong.

Did I mention Founders Red's Rye on here yet? I don't normally like Reds but it's great.

Just had the new Sam Adams, the Noble Pils.

picked this up tonight--it is pretty good! definitely not a copycat pils but respectful of the style. kinda reminds me of a more floral/fruity version of sam lager, not a bad thing at all. probably better than victory pils which never quite nailed it imo.

the store had like three other new sam styles too! i am cool with this.

The Southern Star Buried Hatchet Stout is pretty awesome and in a can.

had a couple of good imperial IPAs today...valley brew (stockton, ca) uber hoppy > rubicon (sacramento, ca) hop sauce, which tasted a bit swampy. two pints of those, clocking in at about 9 or 10% each, had me seeing double for a second.

i had the blue point oatmeal stout last night. nice, good flavor, very drinkable.

oh, and can't really say enough about bear republic hop rod rye, especially for 4 and change for a bomber.

so i have now had the worst beer ever, and it is the 21st amendment "hell or high watermelon" wheat beer.

SO FUCKING AWFUL

ok so to add insult to injury, this $10 6 pack of canned beer is also brewed for distribution (in minnesota at least) by the hands down worst brewery in the state. Cold Spring brewery, i fucking hate you, you are responsible for 3 of the worst beers i have ever had (4 now!)

on the keeping it positive side, had the Grimbergen Blonde Ale and it was fantastic. Also, I always forget how much i like the Unibroue stuff, and the big bottle of Trois Pistoles was no exception.

Since someone besides me updated this thread...

Cuvee Angelique Dubbel from De Glazen Toren is so, so good.

La Rulles Tripel is yummmmmmmm too.

For you Chicago people who haven't been paying attention, STONE IS COMING TO CHICAGO. APRIL.

The only thing I would be happier about would be Russian River in Chicago.

just had a stone pale ale...

Oh so btw dudes, my local has the hopslam on tap for $3 a pint! This nearly killed me on friday btw.

ok, wish me luck, i am closing out my birthday with a bottle of Samichlaus Classic, some weirdo austrian beer that is brewed once a year on dec 6 and aged for ten months (bottled in 2008, but ages i guess? idk we'll see). 14% alcohol!

Whoa

(I'm assuming you're talking about Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat, which I declared a vendetta against because it is the single least-pleasant beer I have ever had)

― bernard snowy, Monday, May 28, 2007 8:04 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^ hey fuck this guy btw, sunset wheat is the fucking bomb

I've had that watermelon beer, and I agree it's awful. Kind of a sour/spoiled watermelon taste. I kind of remember posting about it, but it must have been another thread.

So like a (maybe a little bit too sweet) cream ale that you can actually kind of feel punch you in the brain a little bit. Good, I think, we'll see how much longevity this has tho.

Not the w

Haha whoops!

last weekend i tried a six-pack of hacker-pschorr oktoberfest (cause my new beer store has a big ol hacker-pschorr mural on the side of it) and without even knowing of its munich origin (somehow i was under the impression it was from poland?) i declared it to be the best beer i've had since trying spaten optimator a few years ago. so now i think i like munich beers most of all and goddamnit i am going to try a new one next weekend.

may I recommend Celebrator

oh yeah i've had that! it had a plastic horse attached to the bottle. that was good too.

Oh so btw dudes, my local has the hopslam on tap for $3 a pint!

You're in MPLS, yes? Might I inquire where this would be??

Cherokee Tavern in (ahem) West Saint Paul

not sure if it was a happy hour deal or frequent imbiber thing or what, but !!!

in further beer news, i have now had the 21st amendment "Brew Free! or Die IPA" and it is also shitttttty. any SF peeps want to let me know if it is just swill because of their local brewer or?

I had two new-to-me brews last night, and neither were particularly enjoyable to me.

New Belgium's Ranger IPA - Not terrible, and would totally drink over many beers, but it was a little plain as IPAs go, and just sort of middle-of-the-road, no particularly nice hop flavors. Still, not bad by any stretch. Reminded me of Red Hook's Long Hammer.

Lagunitas "Little Sumpin' Extra Ale" - Strong, at 8.75 abc, and pretty flavorful. Edging towards a golden ale with its syrupy sweetness. Again, not at all bad, but just not my preference as beer goes. Had nice hop notes, but could have used a bit more carbonation.

Each was had out of a 22 oz, and a pint glass. This morning has been SLIGHTLY fuzzy.

Almost every place I've seen with Hopslam uses the 10 oz. snifter glasses vs. pints, either b/c of alcohol content or spendiness (and I've seen the snifters going for 5 or 6 bucks.) So yeah, $3 pints = !!!

Have heard bad reviews of the New Belgium IPA, but I don't like any of their other beers, so not surprised.

I'm attempting to give up beer for Lent, and so far it's been HARD!!

I had a Bruery Mischief the other day. Pretty good, in a Belgian strong ale style, fairly dry and hoppy. It was an 8 oz pour, but for only $4 not too bad.

The Ranger is my favorite of all the New Belgium beers but that's not really a ringing endorsement.