i had a two brothers beer last night! someone brought it back from a chicago trip, had never heard of the brewery before.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 July 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
I can't remember what we had on tap at our reception.
― Jeff, Thursday, 12 July 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
yes heady-topper is really that good
― carne asada, Thursday, 12 July 2012 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
the beer for my wedding was 80% canned beer, a fact that i am very proud of
Surly FuriousSurly BenderSurly Bitter BrewerSummit EPAand Black Label
the only thing we didnt run out of was summit actually, the only bottled option.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 12 July 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
two brothers stuff is pretty badass, they make my favorite session ale in the world i think. Long Haul i think?
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 12 July 2012 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
Wasn't familiar with Heady Topper. 120 IBU, holy hell...
― David Allan Cow (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 12 July 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
rodenbach grand cru
wth is this
― am0n, the road to nowhere (cozen), Friday, 13 July 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
A sourish red ale, similar to cuvee. I like it a lot.
― Jeff, Friday, 13 July 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
Well, your reception was at a bar.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Friday, 13 July 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
i don't know anything about this stuff, but i just read that above 100 ibu you can't distinguish more bitterness.
also sweet action is a cream ale? really? i thought that was just something genesee came up with to sound fancy. maybe i should try more cream ales (are there others?) cause i really like sweet action.
― mizzell, Friday, 13 July 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
I'd like to try Sweet Action again, but I'm not going to pay for it.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Friday, 13 July 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
not sure about this rodenbach
― am0n, the road to nowhere (cozen), Friday, 13 July 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
I've never met a cream ale that I've liked.
― Jeff, Friday, 13 July 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
Here's what Sixpoint says about Sweet Action, btw:
Take, for instance, Sweet Action. What is it? Is it a cream ale? Well not really, because it is brewed with elements of a Hefe-Weizen. So it is a Hefe-Weizen then, right? Well, no... because it has a hop profile similar to a Pale Ale. All right, well what is it then? It is Sweet Action. That's what it is.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Friday, 13 July 2012 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
this odell 5 barrel pale ale is much more my speed
― am0n, the road to nowhere (cozen), Friday, 13 July 2012 18:32 (eleven years ago) link
i really like sixpoint, they have a pretty fun really casual brewery tour, which is basically just one guy talking and showing you around his garage.
― mizzell, Friday, 13 July 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
I also had a Two Brothers I really liked recently having never previously heard of the brewery -- it was a rye
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Friday, 13 July 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
Probably the Cane & Ebel. Jaymc likes that a lot.
― Jeff, Friday, 13 July 2012 19:11 (eleven years ago) link
I do! There was a time -- maybe about four years ago -- when I'd routinely tell people that it was My Favorite Beer. Then, after a while, I began to gravitate toward beer that wasn't as overtly sweet (one of the key ingredients of Cane & Ebel is Thai palm sugar). But I actually just bought a six-pack recently and reflected on how nicely balanced it is.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Friday, 13 July 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, and I also just had their Pillar of Salt, a limited-edition "white rye" that was brewed as a light, dry antithesis of Cane & Ebel. Recommended.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Friday, 13 July 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
I kind of like rye beer to be sweet because it balances out certain other strong flavors for me
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Friday, 13 July 2012 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
I've recently hit 500 unique beers on my untappd, so I thought I'd see what style I drink the most of from that data. Since December 2010, my top 15:
American IPA - 63American Imperial / Double IPA - 49American Imperial / Double Stout - 42American Pale Ale - 34Rye Beer - 15Russian Imperial Stout - 14Witbier - 12American Amber / Red Ale - 10Belgian Strong Pale Ale - 9American Barleywine - 9American Porter - 9American Strong Ale - 9Saison / Farmhouse Ale - 8Sour Ale - 8Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy - 8
― Jeff, Monday, 23 July 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
Congrats, Jeff. How was the Hyperion?
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Monday, 23 July 2012 18:53 (eleven years ago) link
#IPADay
― carne asada, Thursday, 2 August 2012 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
Is it? I don't think I'm drinking tonight. I'll consider the Great Lakes Lake Erie Monster I had last night to be my contribution to the cause.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Thursday, 2 August 2012 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
http://ipaday.org/announcing-ipa-day/
― carne asada, Thursday, 2 August 2012 14:02 (eleven years ago) link
I had a Sixpoint Resin last night, it was tasty but I think the can design was better than the beer overall.
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Thursday, 2 August 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
Which is not to say it was a bad beer, but it was $.
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Thursday, 2 August 2012 14:43 (eleven years ago) link
Bengali Tiger > Resin, IMO.
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Thursday, 2 August 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
every time i visit the US, including in the past week, i return home only to be further disappointed by how rare it is to find IPA in Montreal bars :/ or anywhere for that matter
― obliquity of the ecliptic (rrrobyn), Thursday, 2 August 2012 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
Weyerbacher Blanche - not bad! A refreshing Belgian-style white ale - perfect for summer.
― o. nate, Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
went to the churchkey bluejacket release thing last night (bluejacket is their gypsy brewery - collabs with cigar city, bruery, etc). considering how po-faced churchkey can be, the beers - a porter that tasted exactly like a reese's peanut butter cup and a quad with strong caramel apple flavors - were surprisingly wacky and over the top. the rose de gambrinus on draft more than made up for it though.
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 2 August 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
place on the UWS supposedly has cans of HT
― carne asada, Thursday, 2 August 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
Will be back in DC in 3 weeks. May just move into the Churchkey.
― Jeff, Thursday, 2 August 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
Wait, when exactly? Are you going to just follow me and Kr around wherever we vacation?
― Trewster Dare (jaymc), Thursday, 2 August 2012 21:03 (eleven years ago) link
by the way can i just say goddamn, heady topper is an amazing beer??
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 August 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
you can say it as many times as you want
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 2 August 2012 21:20 (eleven years ago) link
Whole Foods is doing a 20% off thing for IPA day today, which puts their high prices below many discount stores' prices. Got some Sierra Nevada Torpedo (16 oz cans) for $6.39/4-pack.
― nickn, Thursday, 2 August 2012 21:37 (eleven years ago) link
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Thursday, 2 August 2012 14:43 (7 hours ago) Permalink
I think the can design is kind of deceptive actually, because they look small next to the normal sixpoint cans, but they're 12 oz (standard is 16), so you're still getting a 4-pack of normal sized beers that, I might add, are 9.1% ABV. So it's really not badly priced at $10-12 a fourpack as far as I'm concerned.
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Thursday, 2 August 2012 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/217779_10150990003713616_1130669433_n.jpg
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Monday, 6 August 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
Had an epic night of boozing on Saturday while watching the men's 10K finals. Dark Lord (2011 and 2012), Firestone Walker Parabola(2011), Firestone Walker Sucaba, Three Floyds Boogoop, Founders Frangelic Brown. Should drink like that more often.
― Jeff, Monday, 6 August 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
I had some of that Parabola 2011 (and the 2012 & Sucuba) a couple weeks ago, great stuff. Bought two bottles of their Double DBA, which I don't remember the details of but it's also barrel aged.
I googled the details.
http://www.firestonebeer.com/beers/products/double-dba
― nickn, Monday, 6 August 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah I wanted some of that, but those releases sell out so quickly here. I've never had a bad Firestone walker beer, all so good.
― Jeff, Monday, 6 August 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, just picked up 2 DDBA's. Surprised to find them.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 21:13 (eleven years ago) link
how do you all feel about german beers? just spent 10 days in hamburg and berlin, not generally a massive fan of the typical german stuff but i did get into augustiner helles quite a bit, at least in the sense of it being a lot nicer than mass-produced lagers. some good pils aswell along the way.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 21:17 (eleven years ago) link
Beer in the old era: I have drunk several beers over the past few days that have been maturing in my drinks cabinet for 10+ years and HOO MAMA.
― passive-aggressive display name (aldo), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 21:19 (eleven years ago) link
I think there are some really good German beers - mainly lagers and hefeweizens though some pilsners too. IMO, the best tend to come from Munich. When I went to Berlin though, it was surprisingly hard to find good Munich beer there. Seems like each German city has a few big regional breweries that tend to dominate what gets served in restaurants, etc. Not sure about Hamburg, but Berlin doesn't seem to be the best place to explore German beer.
xp
― o. nate, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 21:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://blog.theater-nachtgedanken.de/__oneclick_uploads/2011/06/augustiner_hell.jpg
this one is everywhere in berlin and hamburg, it's good tho.
this microbrewery was cool, by chance very near my friend's apartment. they had a sort of germanic take on amber ale that was really good, and a round of 12 beers over a few hours between 3 of us cost 27 euro.
http://www.hopsandbarley-berlin.de/
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
So report from the field - the surly Syx is a lot like getting punched in the face with like 40 flavors and a shitton of alcohol
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Tuesday, 7 August 2012 23:07 (eleven years ago) link
Finally got around to doing this: http://www.cellarhq.com/cellar/jeff
I have a bad record of actually being able to save beer for any amount of time. Usually I just get it and drink it up within minutes. Totally jealous of people that can always pull out a bottle of good stuff for special occasions.
― Jeff, Thursday, 16 August 2012 14:55 (eleven years ago) link