New Belgium's all over the place here, now. I like theirs!
― chev rivera (mh), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 04:25 (thirteen years ago) link
beer: it's still pretty good
― carles marx (contenderizer), Tuesday, 11 January 2011 04:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Man, North Coast isn't fucking around with this Old Rasputin Imperial Stout, are they?
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Saturday, 15 January 2011 04:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Deschutes hophenge ipa - pretty aok!
New Glarus dragons milk stout - heavy in a not entirely good way
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Saturday, 15 January 2011 05:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Old Rasputin is great; I don't like a lot of stouts but that one is something different. It's pretty intense though.
I had a black IPA from 21st Amendment tonight and thought it was fucking vile - something about it was just wrong and unappealing. They're the assholes who made the watermelon wheat beer so I though I'd give one of their real beers a chance but it might have been worse because I wasn't expecting the watermelon one to actually be any good.
― joygoat, Saturday, 15 January 2011 07:03 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPtMHSYtPc4&feature=player_embedded
― dan m, Saturday, 15 January 2011 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
oh, i like the 21st amendment black IPA.. thought it was kind of weird at first but it really grew on me. LOVE old ras too.
― not everything is a campfire (ian), Saturday, 15 January 2011 21:41 (thirteen years ago) link
i hate everything ive ever had from 21st amendment but holy shit the watermelon is a standout in utter rankness
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Saturday, 15 January 2011 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Bells hopslam tonight. I usually don't hesitate at buying expensive beer, but this was $17.99 a six pack. Kept me from buying 2 of them at least.
― Jeff, Saturday, 15 January 2011 22:01 (thirteen years ago) link
21st ammendment's IPA is stellar.just bought at the specialty shoppe:
Dulle Teve (by De Dolle)- one of my fave Belgians
I Hardcore You (Mikkeler, Denmark) - i really love what i've tried by these guys
't Smisje Kerst (De Regennboog, Belg.)
Organic Pilsner (Lammsbrau, Germany)
Dark Force (Haand Bryggeriet, Norway) - says on bottle: Double Imperial Wheat Stout
― KC & the sunshine banned (outdoor_miner), Saturday, 15 January 2011 23:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Gonna crack open the Half Acre Double Daisy Cutter tonight.
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Sunday, 16 January 2011 01:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd had it on NYE (courtesy of Jeff) but feel like I wasn't really savoring it. Drinking now, this is some p. good stuff!
― Zsa Zsa Gay Bar (jaymc), Sunday, 16 January 2011 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I like it a lot. Much better than regular daisy cutter. Which I still like a lot.
― Jeff, Sunday, 16 January 2011 03:31 (thirteen years ago) link
why does all the beer I want to drink cost so much :(
― dan m, Sunday, 16 January 2011 08:02 (thirteen years ago) link
my friend todd from high school is the head brewer at harpoon.
anyways, its NOBLE PILS times for me.
― Cultivating a manly musk puts your opponents on notice (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 26 January 2011 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link
granted there is 4 feet of snow on the ground, im just thinking spring.
― Cultivating a manly musk puts your opponents on notice (chrisv2010), Wednesday, 26 January 2011 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
The Mikkeler "Beer Geek Brunch" is fantastic, and how its made is ummm interesting.
― Evan, Wednesday, 26 January 2011 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Started to find IPAs sort of sickening -- is that weird? Like they actually kind of give me a headache and a bad hangover. Something about the hops?
― hey boys, suppers on me, our video just went bacterial (Hurting 2), Monday, 31 January 2011 04:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Totally weird. I think you are not human anymore.
― Jeff, Monday, 31 January 2011 14:08 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^ this.
― Cultivating a manly musk puts your opponents on notice (chrisv2010), Monday, 31 January 2011 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I dunno, I had to stop drinking porters for a while cause they started doing the same to me
― in my room, redefining the meaning of black crowes (Edward III), Monday, 31 January 2011 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
My wife won't drink anything that describes itself as an "amber" because more often than not she gets hives. I don't know what consistent thing would be in ambers over other beers which she's usually fine with.
― joygoat, Monday, 31 January 2011 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Three really good beers last night:
Stone, Sublimely Self-Righteous AleGoose Island, DominiqueBrouwerij, Bourgogne des Flandres
― Jeff, Saturday, 12 February 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link
don't know what gansett's distribution is like these days but grab this if you see it:
http://www.projo.com/photos/20101215/FOOD1215_narragansett_porter_adj_12-15-10_OPLF31Q.jpg
8 bucks for 6 tallboys of a very nice porter. i guess it was their winter seasonal. spring is going to be a bock and i've already heard good stuff about that too.
i'd love to see more brewers working in this space--excellently priced, accessible versions of classic styles.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 6 March 2011 23:06 (thirteen years ago) link
had an aussie ipa called "little creatures" at the rake, good beer pub in south london, it was incredibly expensive but fucking great.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Sunday, 6 March 2011 23:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i have been on a pilsener kick lately--digging victory prima pils and sam adams noble pils in particular
― max, Monday, 7 March 2011 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
My Antonia. Imperial pilsner. Dfh.
― Jeff, Monday, 7 March 2011 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I did that porter recently -- they had it at Trader Joes. Very good.
― bury my heart at wounded nerd (Hurting 2), Monday, 7 March 2011 01:52 (thirteen years ago) link
how can this Pyramid Imperial IPA be $6.99 at the store and 8.5%? I can't imagine how they make money, maybe it's like a loss leader thing?
― sleeve, Monday, 7 March 2011 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
I just bought a six of that last night for $5.99. Same price as a six of the seasonal Widmer imperial stout that's also like 9%.
― joygoat, Monday, 7 March 2011 06:49 (thirteen years ago) link
CAD, that Gansett porter is good stuff, bock isn't bad either.
― OLD MAN YELLS AT SHOUT RAP (chrisv2010), Monday, 7 March 2011 14:40 (thirteen years ago) link
great selection at the Rake. new place called the Euston Tap is supposed to have a huge selection of American craft beers, but the time i tried to visit they'd had a sewage system malfunction. not the brew i was looking for.
― ship_rex (+ +), Monday, 7 March 2011 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
That would be the IPOO (I'll get my coat).
And I think Pyramid and Widmer can be that cheap because both companies are fairly large operations. Beer is cheap to make regardless of alcohol content. Also it may be that now we're going into Spring they're clearing out their "Winter" styles.
― nickn, Monday, 7 March 2011 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
tried the dogfish aprihop last night -- pretty delish. pricey though ...
― tylerw, Monday, 7 March 2011 18:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Had New Belgium's Le Terroir yesterday, which was great. Sour and sweet and bitter all in one beer!
― first it smells like donuts, then it smells like don't ask (askance johnson), Monday, 7 March 2011 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
xposts - I haven't seen Pyramid Imperial IPA, is it this?
http://brewpublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Pyramid-Outburst.jpg
$6.99 (or yipes $5.99!!) is insanely cheap, I can't get anything decent in my area for that price. It's only supposed to be available for February and March, so it seems too early to be blowing out remaining stock. No idea... how is it?
― Hodge Podge Bodge, Peo-PLE! (Dan Peterson), Monday, 7 March 2011 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I like the Le Terrior.
― Jeff, Monday, 7 March 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Have I mentioned the Firestone Walker Double Jack in here yet? That has become my new favorite Double IPA. Other double (or triple) IPA's I've had recently:
Emelisse Triple (delicious)Imperial Hatter (cask)Avery DuganA IPA (sort of blah, I've never liked Avery brewsFounder's Double Trouble (good, but lacked the nuance of a Double Jack).
Also tried DFH's My Antonia, which is their new imperial pilsner. Reminded me a lot of the Golden Revolution that they released several years ago, which I loved.
What else? Half Acre Over Ale in a can. Good, but not a style of beer I drink very much at all, so not my favorite.
Is anyone else on Untappd? Be my friend. http://untappd.com/home
― Jeff, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah that's the Pyramid. I've only had one of them and it was after a few other beers so I can't really judge it on its own yet.
Pyramid and Widmer are big enough that they almost feel like Bud or Miller to me. There are so many other craft beers here in the PNW that I kind of pass these guys over in favor of new or different things, or stuff I really love but can't get in six packs for whatever reason. But $6 for six packs of imperial IPAs or stouts is something I can't pass up.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 8 March 2011 15:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Drinking that Brooklyn Local One stuff now. It's slightly disappointing after those Unibroues -- it tastes a little bit pizza crusty or something.
― for real molars who ain't got no fillings (Hurting 2), Thursday, 10 March 2011 04:39 (thirteen years ago) link
this stuff is ridiculously overrated imo, but then i have drunk a lot of it
― australian rules football quarterback (electricsound), Thursday, 10 March 2011 04:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Have I mentioned the Firestone Walker Double Jack in here yet?
Reviewed in this week's Reader, in fact. Looking forward to trying it. I'm pretty sure I had a Firestone Walker in Portland last year (not the Double Jack) and liked it quite a bit.
― jaymc, Thursday, 10 March 2011 04:44 (thirteen years ago) link
The Reader reviews beer??? Bizarre.
― Jeff, Thursday, 10 March 2011 04:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I wish I had a double ipa right now. And I'm in bed.
― Jeff, Thursday, 10 March 2011 04:53 (thirteen years ago) link
It's not a regular feature or anything -- one of their editors (Philip Montoro) is a beer geek, so he just writes about stuff randomly. This was in the "One Sip/Bite" feature that's sometimes in the Food/Drink section.
He also tipped me off to one of the best beer stores in the city.
― jaymc, Thursday, 10 March 2011 04:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Went there a few times when I lived closer to Addison. Now my main store is Armanetti's.
― Jeff, Thursday, 10 March 2011 04:59 (thirteen years ago) link
How do I find you on Untappd, Jeff? I just joined, though I'm not sure how useful it will be for me, since I don't have a smartphone.
― jaymc, Thursday, 10 March 2011 05:02 (thirteen years ago) link
I found you.
― Jeff, Thursday, 10 March 2011 05:07 (thirteen years ago) link
Prob won't be that useful as it is primarily for mobile check ins. Get a new phone!
― Jeff, Thursday, 10 March 2011 05:10 (thirteen years ago) link
Eh.
― jaymc, Thursday, 10 March 2011 05:12 (thirteen years ago) link