and that's mostly for beers for hot weather
― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 00:53 (eleven years ago) link
See mostly when I go out it's for quite a while, what I find dangerous about high abv is I don't seem to drink the beers more slowly or in lesser quantities. Then bang!
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 06:28 (eleven years ago) link
I had four-packs of Ommegang Hennepin and North Coast Brewery's Pranqster recently - both tasty domestic micro-brews in a Belgian style (saison & golden ale).
― o. nate, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
Not to knock your enjoyment, but I've always found Ommegang brews to be a little lacking.
― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
Anybody besides Omar had Le Merle? I got a bottle last week, 1st purchase under the state's new reasonable beer laws, and liked it pretty well. It's a saison.
― Irwin Dante's Towering Inferno (WmC), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 18:20 (eleven years ago) link
ok i know that this sounds like i have gone crazy, but if you see a 12 pack of the sierra nevada beer camp sampler, buy it immediately - 4 of the best beers i have had this year. yeah, its $20 or something, but thats less than a couple of good bombers so suck it up.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
The only Ommegang I've had is Hennepin, so I can't speak for the others, but it seems like a pretty good version of a saison to me - comparable to Saison Dupont for instance, but maybe that's lacking too?
― o. nate, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
I like Le Merle, too. Pleasantly creamy, iirc.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
Haven't tried Le Merle, but I like Pranqster, so if I see it, I'll buy some.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
I've also had their Old Rasputin, which is a very strong, bitter stout - probably not the best thing to have with food, but pretty well balanced.
― o. nate, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
Never like much I the OMG beer I've drank.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
Last night enjoyed a Two Brothers Philosophers' Stone (black saison) and my first Dale's Pale Ale. Along with the G'Knight Imperial Red I had last week, I'm quite enjoying the Midwestern encroachment of Oskar Blues.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
i've been drink a ton of Founders Porter lately. At $8.99 a 6 pack by my house you can't go wrong and i think i'm the only one buying it.
― carne asada, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
also on the really cheap porter tip http://clatl.com/binary/aee1/Zywiec-Porter-329x400.jpg
at 9.5% abv and $1.80 for 500ml this is an awesome deal for a good beer.
― carne asada, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
if you like Polish beer, look for Warka. ime it's around the same price as Zywiec and more flavorful (tho that porter is a good one)
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:43 (eleven years ago) link
Do the people who knock Ommegang beers just not like Belgian-style beers in general, or do they find them lacking as compared to others of a similar style (names would be helpful)?
― o. nate, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
My taste has moved away from Belgians over the years, with the exception of Saisons/Flemish Reds/Lambics.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
No I actually find Ommegang a little weak as belgian style beers go
― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 19:55 (eleven years ago) link
The Bruery make some of the most exciting belgian style beers i've had in awhile
― carne asada, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:29 (eleven years ago) link
if you guys happen to see this around, nab it. wonderful!
http://ab.haresrocklots.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/ab-ein-toasted.jpg
found my sixer at cap'n'cork in los angeles.
― omar little, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
So the place half a block away now has Jacobins Rouge on tap. Perfect topper for my sour obsession, probably time to move on tho.
― hot slag (lukas), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:33 (eleven years ago) link
i'd be all over that if i saw it for sure xp
― carne asada, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:34 (eleven years ago) link
Bruery is good. I need to try more of theirs.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
i've also been loving the Wells Banana Bread Beer
http://www.theperfectlyhappyman.com/uploads/wells-banana-bread-beer.jpg
― Mordy, Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:48 (eleven years ago) link
Bourbon County Brand Stout being release today in the Chicagoland area. A giant clusterfuck of people chasing trucks and store owners fielding hundreds of calls asking about availability.
― Jeff, Thursday, 13 September 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
ah i've had that einstok a few times, very nice. their pale ale not amazing but that one is great.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Thursday, 13 September 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, I bought that for NYE a couple of years ago and thought it was gross!
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Thursday, 13 September 2012 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
I dislike any banana beer.
― Jeff, Thursday, 13 September 2012 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
I have had a banana bread beer I liked, but as with all fruit/flavored beers, subtlety is key.
btw, Minneapolis hopheads: Bells will be tapping numerous rare kegs at Bulldog Uptown tonight. Not sure I can make it, but:
Multi-Tap EventJoin us at the Bulldog Uptown in Minneapolis for a tapping of 21 different beers including The Oracle, Hopsoulution, Wedding Ale, Roundhouse, Debs' Red, Black Note, The Jazz Series and many others starting at 5 p.m. Get there before the kegs run out.
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 September 2012 17:07 (eleven years ago) link
I had mongozo banana beer recently; it was rank. have had draught banana bread beer before though and it was delish
my favourite beer I've had recently was thishttp://farm5.staticflickr.com/4054/4557977648_aeeed4afa6_z.jpg
― skrill xx (cozen), Thursday, 13 September 2012 17:19 (eleven years ago) link
oh shit i need to reorganize my evening for that bulldog thing, altho i work until 7 in wstpl so prob so not goiing to happen
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 13 September 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
They did one at Buster's last night that I was not alerted to until this morning :-(
― The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 13 September 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
oh that sucks, i would have totally rolled out to busters last night instead of watching "the voice" off my DVR
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 13 September 2012 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
beer is not real
― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Thursday, 13 September 2012 20:56 (eleven years ago) link
have had that maui too actually.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Thursday, 13 September 2012 21:15 (eleven years ago) link
Having my first Left Hand brew, their Wake Up Dead Imperial Stout. I really like this, for a reasonably priced stout.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 21 September 2012 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
havent had a left hand beer in a minute, but nitro milk stout was really nice
― call all destroyer, Friday, 21 September 2012 01:45 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i'm going to have to delve in, i really like this one.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 21 September 2012 01:55 (eleven years ago) link
these are all pretty good
http://www.beer-pages.com/images/carolus.jpg
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Friday, 21 September 2012 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit, i went to a beer based bachelor party last week and one dude raided his cellar and it was magic. 90% crazy limited sours (including a bottle of surly 5), pure heaven. going to estimate that the 5 of us drank about $500 of crazy rare beer.
also if people have access to New Glarus stuff where they live (sadly mn is not distributed) buy yourself a bomber or ten of the Wisconsin Belgian Red (tart/sour/sweet belgian with cherry juice) and the enigma thumbprint limited (an oak aged sour that is fucking fantastic). I just drove to Hudson WI to stock up.
on a self-congratulatory note, these same hardcore beer dudes/homebrewers loved our imo failed homebrewed imperial ipa that went somehow into a hardcore barleywine, so maybe sometimes being wrong is right? subtle carbonation is ok when your beer turns out at 11.2% i guess.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 21 September 2012 05:45 (eleven years ago) link
Of the new(ish) London micros, Sambrook's Wandle is already a classic: an old fashioned southern English bitter of the Young's Ordinary/Harvey's Best variety.
Brodie's can be rather inconsistent - too many beers, over-reliance on new world hops to give character.
Redemption's beers are excellent, esp. the pale ale, which I could drink all day.
East London pale ale is one of the finest beers I've drunk in a long time.
Kernel - can be great, but again, too many US hops for my taste.
Camden Town - can't really remember
― bham, Friday, 21 September 2012 12:36 (eleven years ago) link
This place just opened up earlier this year a few blocks from my house, and while they're not bottling, they have anywhere from 4-7 of their own microbrews on tap on any given night. I was there last week and tried a chocolate milk stout and an imperial oatmeal amber (!) that were both terrific. I really hope they get into bottling.
― a shark with a rippling six pack (Phil D.), Friday, 21 September 2012 12:41 (eleven years ago) link
http://imgur.com/CvNmr
― carne asada, Friday, 21 September 2012 13:34 (eleven years ago) link
f people have access to New Glarus stuff where they live
IIRC you can only get it in Wisconsin. Weirdly the last time I had it was in Maryland -- at the house of a friend who'd just moved there from Chicago and had transported, along with the rest of her belongings, a few bottles she'd acquired during a weekend up north.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Friday, 21 September 2012 14:35 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah every time we visit WI (once or twice a year) a substantial proportion of our transatlantic baggage allowance is set aside for New Glarus products.
― Tim, Friday, 21 September 2012 14:42 (eleven years ago) link
sort of feel the opposite to you about most of those bham, to each his own i guess. brodies always impresses me. not tried east london pale ale mind...
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Friday, 21 September 2012 14:45 (eleven years ago) link
one of my favorite dark lord day memories ever was driving up to woodman's in kenosha and finding myself in a huge convoy of fellow out-of-staters who'd come up to clean out their new glarus stock
i was at a wedding in NC this past weekend where there were audible cheers when the groom's relatives from WI rolled up with a case of moon man - and this was after we drank all the '10 kate the great he'd been saving
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Friday, 21 September 2012 22:38 (eleven years ago) link
http://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/389921_4687417029314_700793835_n.jpg
I will never ever drink this well again
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Saturday, 22 September 2012 01:37 (eleven years ago) link
That New Glarus cherry is so good, and I normally hate fruitbeer.
I just finalized a deal to ship 9 cases of this http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/gigantic-axes-of-evil/178679/ from Oregon to Illinois. Total beer cost: $280. Total shipping cost: $305.
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Saturday, 22 September 2012 12:56 (eleven years ago) link
Welp ratebeer doesn't like that link so http://beerstreetjournal.com/three-floyds-gigantic-axes-of-evil/
― DX Dx DX (dan m), Saturday, 22 September 2012 13:01 (eleven years ago) link