best place to go is still the publick house/american craft in brookline
― call all destroyer, Friday, 6 August 2010 15:43 (thirteen years ago) link
60 and 90 minute ipa gets my dick like a nail.yeah was gonna say ... is this good or bad? and yeah, i agree, publick house is fab -- i used to live within walking distance. i consider moving back to Boston just for the publick house.
― tylerw, Friday, 6 August 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
its good.
― chrisv2010, Friday, 6 August 2010 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
finally tried the Oskar Blues Gubna Imperial IPA ... it was good, but I think that 10% alcohol might just be too much alcohol for me?
― tylerw, Friday, 20 August 2010 20:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm really enjoying Trader Joe's Dunkelweizen lately - or what I guess is actually Josephs Brau Dunkelweizen. It's nice to take a break from hoppier beers.
― Ground Zero Mostel (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 August 2010 03:42 (thirteen years ago) link
speaking of 10% alcohol, red hook 8-4-1 expedition @ 9.5%. "oak aged ale brewed with honey" (and brown sugar and smoked malt). nice, though unsurprisingly cloying after a the first few sips. they try to offset the sweetness with massive hops, but it winds up more aggressive than balanced. still pretty tasty. one of a billion short run big beers produced every month by the nameless numberless american craft/micro/indie brewery hordes. wtf at the name though. like it's a sleeping bag or a bike seat.
anyway yeah, dogfish 90, all the way. i have often remarked that it gets my dick like a nail.
― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Monday, 23 August 2010 07:17 (thirteen years ago) link
TMIPA
― Ground Zero Mostel (Hurting 2), Monday, 23 August 2010 20:59 (thirteen years ago) link
i was just thinking baout great lakes and i skimmed this thread and i'm shocked that people like grassroots! it's the only great lakes beer i've hated. it tastes like it's made from actual grass.
― the girl with the butt tattoo (harbl), Monday, 30 August 2010 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
i also think harpoon ufo is really good so maybe i just have bad taste
― the girl with the butt tattoo (harbl), Monday, 30 August 2010 23:15 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.2beerguys.com/images/forblog/weyerbacher_verboten.jpg
if you see this, buy it. absolutely incredible, starts as a straight belgian and finishes as a sharp pale ale, a total knockout imo
― Cat Bin Ladyn (jjjusten), Monday, 30 August 2010 23:32 (thirteen years ago) link
really wanna try stone ruination but i'm... scared
in the mean-time new glarus moon man is working for me, satisfying my hop-tooth
― del griffith, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 00:02 (thirteen years ago) link
went to local fancy pants organic deli/cafe/grocery and got a 'mix a six'
all 12oz
saranac imperial ipa fire island red wagon ipa (only one of these i've had, and only on tap)river horse hop hazard (not sure why i got a third ipa)lake placid ubu ale (red/brown ale?)weyerbacher blithering idiot barleywineriver horse tripel horse (inna belgian-stylee)
i will report my findings.if the saranac is good, it's some nice bang for yer buck as at the cheapest one ($2.15 lol new york) and also like 8.5%
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 00:52 (thirteen years ago) link
new to these parts is the sierra nevada fall seasonal--it's a very nice brown ale.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 01:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Ruination is really good, haven't had one in a while - it's hoppy but I remember it being pretty well balanced and interesting instead of just straight up bitter. But my concept of such might be damaged after four years of PNW IPA excesses.
― koch-o brovaz (joygoat), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 04:45 (thirteen years ago) link
new glarus moon man tastes kinda like grass, but in a good way
― dan m, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 06:34 (thirteen years ago) link
have never liked a single beer produced by stone people. they taste burly and that is all. do not want my beer to taste like sweaty woodman compost.
― a dystopian society awaits if we continue on this path. (contenderizer), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 06:36 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i had levitation a couple weeks ago and i thought it was "good" but probably wouldn't get it again, and also like 4.5% or something
― the girl with the butt tattoo (harbl), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 11:19 (thirteen years ago) link
have really gone off anything over 5% these days... why? i think it's because i like to drink beer. and i have to drink less of it if it's like Yeasty Buck Hammer Strength Hop Town Pot Bangle, 9.2% ABV
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 11:25 (thirteen years ago) link
yup
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 11:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Same with "scrumpy" ciders tbh - rough as guts, most of them, bleugh.
― YOUNG POLLY GERNO'S (Trayce), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 11:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Picked up few of the Dogfish Head/Stone/Victory collaboration beer, Saison du BUFF. Not really my cup of beer. I'm not a fan of the Saison style to begin with. Add the contents of my spice drawer and this one was hard to get down at times.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 12:15 (thirteen years ago) link
ian, how was that weyerbacher ?
― Aerosol, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 12:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I dig the strong-ass high ABV beers because I like to drink like one beer per evening and don't mind if they're really strong and dense.
I like all the Stone beers I've had but there are breweries out there where I categorically dislike all of their beers because they all taste really similar. Is this due to a particular strain of yeast / variety of hops thing? Like for me all Rogues taste like Rogues and I don't necessarily like that.
― koch-o brovaz (joygoat), Tuesday, 31 August 2010 14:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, i think I like 6-7% abv in general -- anything higher than that is a little too alcohol-y for me. the sierra fall tumbler thing mentioned above is great. i think i bought it in hopes that it would bring fall weather sooner out here. but it's still in the 90s.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 31 August 2010 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
beer in the old era:
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/09/03/baltic.sea.beer/index.html
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 5 September 2010 10:54 (thirteen years ago) link
finally found a good place to buy american beers in london, picked up a few yday, maybe these are all quite standard but should be nice nonetheless.
i got
stone ipaodell brewing company ipadogfish head 90 minute ipahopdevil ipaflying dog snakedog ipa
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 10 September 2010 11:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Thinking about going to this event in a couple weeks. Interested, Jeff?
http://www.metropoliscoffee.com/blog/2010/09/kegs-for-kids-a-craft-beer-tasting-party/
― jaymc, Friday, 10 September 2010 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe. It would be really cool if you got to drink at the elementary school. With the kids.
― Jeff, Friday, 10 September 2010 14:57 (thirteen years ago) link
if any of you are in the denver area: www.denverbeerfest.com ... ties into the Great American Beer Fest next week.
― tylerw, Friday, 10 September 2010 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Been slowly making my way through a 6pck of Dogfish Raison D'Etre. Very satisfying.
― Romeo Jones, Friday, 10 September 2010 15:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Picked up a 6 of the first new Bell's I've tried in a while, Oarsman Ale. Pretty unremarkable, sadly. Fairly light and very drinkable, something that I'm sure could be called a "session" beer. Nice touch of sour taste in place of the hops, and nice label art. But overall kind of boring, sadly.
― dan m, Wednesday, 15 September 2010 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
curious to see the reaction to the london ipa smorgasbord - of the ones you listed, i LOVE the odell and am indifferent to the rest iirc - but not in a bad way (hopdevil can be a little bit of sork tbh.
actually i think there are two odell ipas - which one is it?
yeah the oarsman ale was kind of a miss, like a really boring sour ale. and as a dude who loves sour ale, thats the last thing they should be.
― Gerard Depardeauxnt (jjjusten), Wednesday, 15 September 2010 17:23 (thirteen years ago) link
just spent a mixed 12 pack confirming that i think that the flying dog stuff is indeed shit
― Gerard Depardeauxnt (jjjusten), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:33 (thirteen years ago) link
going to City Beer Store now, psyched
― bike chain dust? (lukas), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:34 (thirteen years ago) link
southern tier pumking on draft today = one hell of a beer
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 September 2010 01:38 (thirteen years ago) link
followed by ayinger and paulaner oktoberfests. my local is rad right now.
is the pumking strongly pumpkiny or super allspicey? i have yet to find a pumpkin beer i liked
― Gerard Depardeauxnt (jjjusten), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
pumking is pumpkin pie in a glass. it's incredibly rich dessert beer stuff.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 September 2010 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
hmmmmppphh. that prob wont be the one that will sway me then tbh
― Gerard Depardeauxnt (jjjusten), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah most pumpkin beers are mediocre at best imo but it sounds like it's just not the flavor for you possibly?
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 September 2010 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
flying dog is sort of okay but a bit sweet or something. i hate the marketing of stuff like that which is offputting enough too!
odell was great, maybe the best. i thought hopdevil was maybe the great too tho, really good aftertaste.
the odell i had was this bottle http://www.freewebs.com/johnnydrunkenirishman/Johnny%27s%20pictures%20024.JPG
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
flying dog has the absolute worst labels which is saying something
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 September 2010 01:51 (thirteen years ago) link
not as bad as the brewdog craft beers in the uk....."PUNK IPA" etc......i have to tear off the labels if i'm drinking with friends as i am scared someone might think i believe in the brand.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link
the two brands are really similar tho....
http://www.brewdog.com/slideshow/pic3.jpg
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 September 2010 01:54 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.kbsinstitute.org/images/pullo/244_4414.JPG
they do look different but the shared dog name makes me lump them together
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:56 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah the odell stuff is amazing - if you see a bottle of 90 shilling ale, pick it up (although honestly ive liked everything theyve done so far so its hard to go wrong). i was hoping it was the elephant label - thats the one i like better as well. also speaking of label/bottle design, odell is way ahead of the pack on that front.
― Gerard Depardeauxnt (jjjusten), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:56 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah the label on the bottle is really nicely designed. the craft beer place i went to is actually pretty amazing so hopefully can get more odell stuff, i love a trip there, so good and got a friend into the idea too...
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Friday, 17 September 2010 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
xp yeah i just felt like posting them both--they are equally aesthetically terrible--though flying dog offends me more
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 September 2010 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link