maximus rather. it sounds like a harry potter spell.
― bows don't kill people, arrows do (Jordan), Thursday, 2 December 2010 23:13 (thirteen years ago) link
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
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― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Friday, 3 December 2010 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah PoppaSkull was really good, if it hadn't been $8 I would have ordered another :/
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
Six Point has an amazing seasonal beer now called Mad Scientist, and they have it on tap at Mission Dolores on 4th Ave in Brooklyn.
Sixpoint Mad Scientist Release. Batch 1 is a Spelt Wine at 9.4% ABV. Some free glassware. Righteous Rye also on tap.
The Spelt Wine is a twist on the more traditional barleywine beer style and features 51% spelt malt - an ancient cereal grain rarely found in the brewing process.
"Evolutionarily speaking," explains brewmaster Shane Welch, "spelt is an old cousin to wheat, similar in its composition and flavor profile, but less hybridized. The extra-large grain bill coupled with an abbey yeast allowed this beer to ferment very dry, further emphasizing the tart and spicy notes of the brew. It was seasoned with two different types of noble hops."
Thing is I didn't realize it was 9.4% when I had a few last night, and I think I almost fell onto the subway tracks afterward.
― mandatorily joined parties (Hurting 2), Sunday, 12 December 2010 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
sam adams chocolate bock...fucking awesome.
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Monday, 13 December 2010 13:52 (thirteen years ago) link
Man, Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale -- it's like drinking Christmas.
― mandatorily joined parties (Hurting 2), Saturday, 18 December 2010 02:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Cannot big up Stone's Levitation Ale enough. I've never had this much flavor and body in a 4.4% abv beer. REALLY good.
― Sauvignon Blanc Mange (B.L.A.M.), Saturday, 18 December 2010 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link
had this last night for the first time -- pretty greathttp://frugalmacdoogal.com/high_proof_beer/small/avery_reverend_belgian_style_quadrupel_ale.jpgalso looking forward to a six pack of celebration ale...
― tylerw, Saturday, 18 December 2010 20:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Today's haul:http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg614/scaled.php?tn=0&server=614&filename=6a3v.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640
― Jeff, Saturday, 18 December 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
starting to see blue moon about the place in glasgow. i much prefer it to hoegarden, which i have heard it compared to, though i am a bit skeeved out that it's made by coors since that's my platonic ideal of crap beer. not alt enough.
had brooklyn lager on tap for the first time, really enjoyed it.
― À la recherche du temps Pardew (jim in glasgow), Saturday, 18 December 2010 20:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, Brooklyn Brewery beers in Glasgow. That's sort of mind-boggling.
Believe it or not, Brooklyn is no longer even the best brewery in Brooklyn -- Six Points is miles better and I've heard people say the same about Kelso but have not tried it.
― mandatorily joined parties (Hurting 2), Saturday, 18 December 2010 23:20 (thirteen years ago) link
this latitude 48 ipa by sam is pretty damn tasty
― if nothing else this thread will result in some great display names (Edward III), Sunday, 19 December 2010 00:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I've started drinking a new list. This one has 50 beers I have to drink. I love achievement based drinking.
Starting with Böckor, Cuvée de Jacobins Rouge. I love this beer and it's good with breakfast. Flemish sour. Tarty tart tart.
― Jeff, Sunday, 19 December 2010 16:57 (thirteen years ago) link
i got one of those smuttynose boxes too jeff, i liked it all v much
― positive reflection is the key (harbl), Sunday, 19 December 2010 18:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I've only made it to the Shoals pale ale and the IPA, both were enjoyable. The pale ale seemed very.. pale alish. As much as I love hoppy hop hop bitter Mcbit pants, it's nice to have a mellow pale ale sometimes.
― Jeff, Sunday, 19 December 2010 18:40 (thirteen years ago) link
Some of Six Point's beers can be a bit too syrupy or sweet, after a pint or two. The rye and 'sweet action' are the ones in particular i'm talking about. Great beers but not ones i'd wantto drink all night. the brooklyn IPA, i could drink all day. Kelso has a good pilsner and also a good brown ale.
I tried this last night and was shocked at how much I liked it:http://thebeersessions.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/back-in-black-1.jpg
Perhaps the first "Cascadian Dark Ale" / "Black IPA" I've ever had. Started hoppy like an IPA and finished malty and rich like a stout. Quite delicious.http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/735/46070
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Sunday, 19 December 2010 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
I've had the Grand Teton Trout Hop Black IPA. it was good.
― Jeff, Sunday, 19 December 2010 19:17 (thirteen years ago) link
I had a bomber of Stone Sublimely Self-Righteous Ale last night, which is a black ipa / cascadian dark ale. It was good. I guess this is a happening new beer style?
― the journey you take with bob ross (askance johnson), Sunday, 19 December 2010 21:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah, I've enjoyed that one. When I was in Portland earlier this year, I had the Widmer W'10 Pitch Black IPA, which was great, too.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Sunday, 19 December 2010 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Not sure if I like the black IPAs or not but I've seen a lot of them around lately. I've got one of the Stone Self-Righteous 22s in my fridge right now but I haven't tasted it yet.
― joygoat, Monday, 20 December 2010 00:51 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah it is definitely a new happening style - I like 'em cuz they have a lot of the dark notes but not the heavy maltiness and body of stouts. think of an overhopped version of 1554, New Belgium's "Black Ale" (and the only beer of theirs I like).
― sleeve, Monday, 20 December 2010 00:55 (thirteen years ago) link
just scored some Norwegian Beers from O brewery over the weekend. Haven't tried them yet as I am taking them to my Norwegian in-laws for Christmas.
Every year I go on the hunt for norwegian beer for them for Christmas, this is the first time in 16 years i've found any. Not high on the import list in massachusetts.
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Monday, 20 December 2010 14:24 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.nogne-o.com/
Dan M might remember the name of the Norwegian beer he had at Long Room in Chicago a few months ago. I want to say the brewery was HaandBryggeriet, but I could be wrong.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Monday, 20 December 2010 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
yes, i've also got one from there as well the hesjeol to try out. $12.99 for a bottle....
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Monday, 20 December 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
That was the stuff, J. Another I've had is Aass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aass_Brewery
― dan m, Monday, 20 December 2010 16:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Tastes like...
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Monday, 20 December 2010 16:06 (thirteen years ago) link
had a session at the Southampton Arms on Saturday evening. was able to dry my socks in front of the fire whilst necking several pints of Tring's Mansion Mild and an obligatory Darkstar Hophead. both are great sessionable beers.
i also convinced my friends who were over from New York to sample a pickled egg. down in one!
― (+) (+ +), Monday, 20 December 2010 16:08 (thirteen years ago) link
yes i've has aass before, father in laws favorite.
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Monday, 20 December 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
so youve tasted your father in laws aass
― max, Monday, 20 December 2010 17:02 (thirteen years ago) link
hard.
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Monday, 20 December 2010 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
IIRC I had Aass CLASSIC
― dan m, Monday, 20 December 2010 17:31 (thirteen years ago) link
is norwegian beer readily available in other states?
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Monday, 20 December 2010 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Minnesota, yo
― dan m, Monday, 20 December 2010 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
well figured as much.
― Let me explore your musky garden. (chrisv2010), Monday, 20 December 2010 17:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, Brewdog Hardcore IPA (Explicit Imperial Ale) REALLY did not work for me. I love Imperial IPA's, double IPA's and the like, but this is much closer to a barleywine IMO, with a very malty sweetness and almost syrupy mouthfeel. (And I like barleywine a lot, too, but I found this unpleasant; it left a really bizarre aroma in my pint glass.)
― He stayed true to what he is. Now he murders deer! (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
beers i drank over the holidayssierra nevada celebration / torpedost bernardus trippelgreen flash barleywine aleAlesmith Anvil ESB
― tylerw, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Celebration is really a beer where I can only have one though.
― I can take a youtube that's seldom seen, flip it, now it's a meme (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 21:12 (thirteen years ago) link
i had more than one, but i know what you mean
― tylerw, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh man, I've been trapped in Philly for two days due to snowshitstorm, but I turned it into a beercation. So many good beers from Monks Cafe that I won't even attempt to spell at this time.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
drank a lot of harpoon over the past weekend. Munich Style Dark and Winter Warmers.
― but it could have happened when i was playing tesla (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i would be happy to get snowed in at monks. philly is about the best beer town ever, as long as you arent stuck buying it in their fucked up liquor stores. try the yards brawler if you get a chance xpost
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Kind of curious to see how this bar fares:http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2010/11/kalamazoo_beer_exchange_main_s.html
"Kalamazoo Beer Exchange allows the prices of beer to fluctuate based on patrons' buying trends."
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
The prices will change every 15 minutes and there will be, at random, a “stock market crash” — signified by air horns — when all 28 beers are sold at a low rate for five minutes.
Haha, awesome!
― He stayed true to what he is. Now he murders deer! (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 22:19 (thirteen years ago) link
For a sec I was thinking that was actually in the wall street area, which led to me doing a near spittake at the "base" price for a beer being three dollars.
ps love this idea
― I can take a youtube that's seldom seen, flip it, now it's a meme (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
don't know how available it is outside of new england but "our finest regards" by pretty things is the best barleywine i've ever had. that style usually gets kind of sick with malty sweetness to me; this is more like a steroidal brown ale or something.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 5 January 2011 16:39 (thirteen years ago) link
my norwegian beers were a hit, the Saison was awesome.
― cocklamoose (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 5 January 2011 16:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Trader Joe's Vintage Ale time again. Still the best deal in beer.
― hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Monday, 10 January 2011 04:11 (thirteen years ago) link