Beer in the new era

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.

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

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.

Ha, just picked up 2 DDBA's. Surprised to find them.

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.

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.

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

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/

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

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.

yeah i tried to start a collection recently, then i was broke for a few weeks and drank it all.

Does beer keep very well though? I was under the impression it's best when fresh.

Depends on the style and the ABV. Higher ABV keeps longer. I like barrel-aged stouts/barleywines/old ales to age. Most IPA's, PA's and the such should be consumed relatively quickly.

if you find this buy this and drink this

http://beerpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Brux_Face-Label.jpg

ooh that looks excellent

I've been wavering on getting that. Should probably just pick it up.

it was nice but would not re-buy at the price i paid. brett influence is not huge.

I've been spending way too much money on beer recently. It's been hard, because I've been stumbling upon some great stuff.

Had some Deliverance by The Lost Abby. It's a blend of Brandy Barrel Angel's Share and Bourbon Barrel Serpent's Stout. I'd had Angel Share before, which I loved. This was awesome.

Spike & Jérôme’s Cuvée Délirante. Maybe one of the most sour beers I've ever had. If I did a blind taste test on this, I'm not even sure I could recognize it as a beer. Got better though, the more I drank. Of course that may be true with all beer.

Evil Twin Auld Yin. ET is all over the place, but this one was a winner. Double stout, barrel aged in whiskey barrels. Chocolatey and good.

Since they are entering the Chicago market, there are a billion Oskar Blues events this week. Will probably try and hit one. What's good from them?

dale's is a good straight-up pale ale, i've had the scotch ale, deviant dale's, pils, and stout too and they are all at least credible.

Boulevard Wheat after golf yesterday. A very good post-round beer.

I had a couple of Founders All Day IPA at the soccerball on Saturday, and I truly think I could have drank them all day... but it kind of left me wanting more, as in wanting a *real* IPA instead of a 4.7% one.

yesterday was all abt radeberger & green flash IPA.
this evening i think i'm gonna check out this place with 40+ taps in my 'hood that i've somehow never been to before -- any suggestions on less-common brews?
http://www.brooklyntaphouse.com/ordereze/default.aspx

(i do not like belgian beer, sorry.)

I like all day too, but I never buy it for home. I so rarely get a 6 pack those days. It's bombers and a 4 pack at most.

From that list I would drink first:

Sam Adams Utopias 2011 25oz. Bottle 27.0 $350.00

I hate Utopias last year at a barrel aged beer fest. It's hardly a beer.

I have a couple questions about what you just said.

god, thanks but no thanks!

from that list i'd drink some sculpin, fresh jever, or those innis & gunn brews

I actually would not pay that much for a beer in a bar. If I bought a beer like that it would have to be in a store and I could then stash it away for awhile.

from that list, Founders Centennial would be my shit

Trader Joe's by me had variety 12-packs of Butternuts beers recently (makers of unfortunately named/marketed beers such as Pork Slap Pale Ale). It has the pale ale, the stout, the ipa and the weissebier, all of which were surprisingly good. They brew on the milder side with the PA and IPA, which I prefer, and even the IPA had a pretty clean, non-bitter aftertaste.

seeeeee, i like the founders, but it's something i can get at the deli around the corner so i'm not inna $6/pint zone for it. I haven't had any of CAD's recommendations, Jever aside, so maybe I will try the Sculpin & the Innis & Gunn brews.

I hate Utopias last year at a barrel aged beer fest. It's hardly a beer.

― Jeff, Monday, August 20, 2012 12:59 PM (32 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

It's more like a "brau".

I dig the 21st amendment live free or die ipa from that list, and it would be cool to get it on draft instead of in a can.

IJ: Speakeasy Double Daddy... special double-hopped edition of the famed brew named after the proprietor of my local.

innis & gunn is very tasty, tho i'd only have one at a time.

i will be taking all of these thoughts into consideration, thank you.

i blame jesus

oh sorry, wrong thread, i guess

uh

max do you have something you want to tell us

uh, so the beer menu that was on their website was out of date.
and it was mostly different stuff.

i had the founders scotch ale which was fine and the southhampton keller pils which i hav enjoyed out of a bottle before and continued to enjoy on draft. also i had chicken fingers (delicious crispy battered garlicky ones) and good fries. kind of a weird scene in there. there's a huge outdoor garden area but we sat inside and watched sports bloopers on ESPN.

Of the Oskar Blue's stuff, I ended up drinking

Ten Fidy (Bourbon Barrel Aged)
Old Chub
Gubna Imperial IPA
Devient Dale's

Ten Fidy was the best.

ten fidy is nice. i just love imperial stouts tbh

Me too. Especially if you put them in a barrel. In my top two favorite styles of beer.

was just at oskar blues' last night -- had a pretty tasty black IPA. ten fidy is pretty killer, but i barely ever drink stouts in the summertime.

I'll drink stouts and porters all year round. They can be really refreshing so I never got the whole drink certain styles in certain seasons.

I'm pretty sure people in Ireland drink Guinness year round.

yeah but it rarely gets hot in Ireland.

I often drink based on the season/weather, especially if I'm not in the air conditioning. The idea of drinking a porter/stout outside on a hot day is not attractive to me at all.