anybody want to tell me which of these i should try?
St Piran's Cornish Best BitterAll Black MildGowfers GoldMashie NiblicDriver Dark StoutClyde Puffer StoutMMXMonkey IPABorn In A BarnSanta's ReserveAlley Cat AlePenquin PorterLeezie LundieCarnival Ale Fremington IPADark MildSalem PorterXXXBMiss LaplandPremiumSpecialJingleLakeland AmberLakeland Best GoldHubble BubbleDeath MetalBlonde Bombshell Black Hawk CascadeStarry NightsHappy ValleyLawlessXmas Dark BoxPotwalloperAmerican IPARising SunOrganic East London GoldPiggy Winkle's Christmas Tinkle Ho Ho HoPandoras BoxPigs Ear Brown AleWheel AleKernow Imperial StoutMerry Maidens MildSt. Georges StoutFarmer Ray AleMildPale LegendLulachNechtanTalcoran StoutWheat StoutWinter SolsticeChocolate Orange DelightChocolate StoutChristmas Ale Mr TodIron ManNightmail800MeadowOld HigbyIPAKudosBitterDarkFlash RocketCorineusSpring Heeled JackMrs Lovett's Most Efficacious Stout Sworn SecretBlack MagicLazy DazeFerocious FredHighland HoppingOrkney PorterSt.MagnusHobsons MildButchers BestSlaughtered LambIlkley BlackChocolate StoutHumbugJasmine's Chocolate Orange StoutGordon's 75 GinPale Ale CentennialA London PorterLiverpool PaleBestWild Boar StoutIPABlack Pearl PorterSnow GooseNoel CowardIce O BarHolly DazeWhile ShepherdsAnother Firkin JumperThanksgivingFlower PowerBlack Cat MildNewcastle Coffee PorterCwrw CorynFMPMwnci NellPinnacle MildDirty DickRed SantaJHBCitraOblivionTranquilityPiston PorterEstivatorOld Mill MildLight But DarkBitterArtist AleSilent NightCrows-An-WraScilly StoutSnowboundPorter1792 Imperial StoutPigs Ear Christmas Ginger BeerBarley WineRed AleN1Old Mariners Royal Stag IPAUXBDry Hopped Cascade Pale AleDry Hopped WGV Pale AleUrban DuskPorterChallengeStoutMisty MountainWandle AlePowerhouseStrange BrewBetty's Big SisterWyvernGillingham PaleGolden HarvestDambusters Dark MildBestAmber's AleRed Barn AleNight to RememberThe Da Vinci ToadRunnerI'm Still Standing Ex-Funeral StrengthSporran Warmer BlondeHighland FlingWispaWheatsheaf AleRushyford RedBlackie Boy StoutKnight of the GarterConqueror
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
er.. sorry, without the breweries next to the names i guess that's a little hard to parse
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Piggy Winkle's Christmas Tinkle
plz
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Death Metal!!!
― I've got a bush like a 50 year old Serbian (chrisv2010), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
My current favourite pint is the beer that's brewed closest to my house: Redemption Pale Ale (est. Tottenham 2010). Extraordinary levels of flavour for a 3.8% beer.
A few interesting microbreweries springing up in London in the last few years: Sambrook's, Brodie's, Redemption.
― bham, Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Tracer, just try them all.
― Jeff, Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I've been on a bit of a beer hiatus since my drinking victory. Itching to get back.
― Jeff, Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Extraordinary levels of flavour for a 3.8% beer.
^3.8%. Wow. And you guys say that we brew weak beer.
― Randy Moss' dog's personal chef (Bill Magill), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
you know what kills me, is people who drink that low carb shit. Seriously.
― I've got a bush like a 50 year old Serbian (chrisv2010), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
3.8 is like the perfect ABV imo
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ agreed
― just sayin, Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
and pretty common in the uk
4.2-5% for me generally, although there are certainly bonus round exceptions
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
session beers
― just sayin, Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
last christmas i had some norwegian christmas beer. ROTTEN.
― I've got a bush like a 50 year old Serbian (chrisv2010), Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
5% seems a bit high for a session beer - that's what stella is!
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
5% is just about perfect.
― I've got a bush like a 50 year old Serbian (chrisv2010), Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I need a little kick, even in a "session beer". 3.8 seems milquetoast.
― Randy Moss' dog's personal chef (Bill Magill), Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
6+ preferred.
― Jeff, Thursday, 2 December 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't really session drink though. Usually I'm 3 or 4 drinks and I'm done.
― Jeff, Thursday, 2 December 2010 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd much rather have one or two 7% plus beers than a bunch of weak ones.
― joygoat, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link
don't really notice the diff....i get drunker quicker or drunker slower. i like that redemption but like lots of v strong ales too.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i like the 8-10% range in snifters OR uk stouts and ales in the 4% range, generally speaking.
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
man I had some collaborative joint by Half Acre and 3 Floyds last night that was incredibly badass, lager style, color etc but huge belgiany/hoppy flavors, can't remember the name for shit
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:24 (thirteen years ago) link
dudes, this looks pretty dope
http://www.motherearthbrewing.com/page/silent-night
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:25 (thirteen years ago) link
xp oh shit, it wasn't half acre, it was dogfish head (+3 floyds)
beer's called "PoppaSkull"
A deep, golden ale spiced with cardamom and fermented using a robust Belgian yeast strain. One third of the volume was then aged for 6 months in oak brandy barrels. Spice, esters, and sweet brandy dominate the aroma. A robust 10% abv is rounded by caramel and vanilla notes from the wood with a slight spiciness coming from the yeast.
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:27 (thirteen years ago) link
i cant find the dogfish head stuff anywhere in the TC and its bringing me down man
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:30 (thirteen years ago) link
PoppaSkull is the shhhhiiiit
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks like they don't have any distribution in MN, have to make a run to WI?
yeah PoppaSkull was really good, if it hadn't been $8 I would have ordered another :/
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:35 (thirteen years ago) link
on tap @ the hop leaf in chitown, but that's a longer haul.
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
i can find alternatives, ive just really wanted to try dudes stuff ever since i watched that beer wars doc - he seems like a pretty fascinating beer-lovin brewer, not always to his own benefit
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:42 (thirteen years ago) link
guys no one sells dogfish anywhere in minnesota :(
i asked the beer store guy about it and he said that dogfish head had some beef with their MN distributor (since gone out of business) and has basically refused to do business with anyone in the state ever since
what the hell
― i like to fart and i am crazy (gbx), Sunday, December 28, 2008 1:50 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
bummer
too bad you don't live in Duluth, you could just pop across the Bong to Superior and pick some up
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
oh shit wait i could drive to hudson
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:48 (thirteen years ago) link
only thing i can tell you from a quick search is that casanova liquors in hudson wi is loaded w/dogfish head
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:49 (thirteen years ago) link
well there you go
this is their blog
http://www.beergeekheaven.com/
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:50 (thirteen years ago) link
u r a king among men
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 December 2010 22:53 (thirteen years ago) link
u kno who's stupid? i am. i was IN HUDSON last weekend and totally forgot to go to a beer store, any beer store, and get at the very least a case of new glarus
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
awwwww new glarus is awesome - it was the centerpiece for a full on punk rock irishy wake i went to a few years ago in new richmond so i have a total soft spot for it.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
tryna get my brother to send me some bottles of founders kentucky breakfast stout. i kinda want to take a road trip back to the midwest and just load up the car w/750 ml bottles of some good shit i can't get here but i'm running out of room in the beer closet and anyway, it's a long drive.
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
you have a beer closet????
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
btw i had surly smoke last night
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:11 (thirteen years ago) link
well it's more like a single shelf in the pantry, but the door closes in a closetlike manner
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:12 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, what's the smoke like? i need some more wet (brought some surly back from mpls a few weeks ago).
so i've been hanging out with the lupulin maximux from o'so, it is intense. there's a hop cone floating in every bottle!
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
maximus rather. it sounds like a harry potter spell.
they seem to be out of the wet everywhere i go so uh oh maybe on that one.
i would also like to know about the smoke - bottle looks cool, but i am 50/50 on surly stuff in general.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:18 (thirteen years ago) link
it's....smokey. i liked it! wasn't totally sensational, and probably not worth the $15 i spent on it, but is good.
also, the wet is v good, too, but again: not worth $16 for a four pack. it's just furious++ imo, save your money and spend the difference on a bomber of something else.
cuz, like, if i'm gonna spend wine money on a bottle of beer, it'd better be something as memorable as duchesse de bourgogne or w/e
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:20 (thirteen years ago) link
my gf is from MN, she brought back a 4 pack of some kind of Surly and a 12er of Primo after t-giving
<3
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Friday, 3 December 2010 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
I got a big one of these from Binny's last night, will probably crack it open tonight. Also got some Grand Teton beers that I've read are pretty good: Lost Continent Double IPA and Trout Hop Black IPA.
Drank a San Diego County Session Ale last night and it was pretty good. It's one of those wacky collaborations, this one from Ballast Point/Kelsey McNair/Stone.
― Jeff, Sunday, 5 December 2010 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link