Beer in the new era

Welp ratebeer doesn't like that link so http://beerstreetjournal.com/three-floyds-gigantic-axes-of-evil/

It seriously mystifies me why this "collaboration" beer is only available out west when 3 Floyds is about 45min away in Indiana, but I've contacted the brewery and they're not selling it here.

http://www.theperfectlyhappyman.com/uploads/wells-banana-bread-beer.jpg
wish I could find this stuff over here, tried it in London last trip and enjoyed it.
But no sign on thsi side of the Channel, may be this side of the country though. Wonder if Dublin has it?

I've never liked any of the New Glarus regular lineup. Don't get the love, they all taste unremarkable. The Wisconsin Belgian Red is good though.

Finally got my hands on some 2012 Bourbon County Stout. Does seem to be easier this year.

I feel sorta the same about New Glarus. I think the difficulty of getting it due to it's Wisconsin-only status is part of the allure.* I do like Moon Man and their brown ale as well, though.

* see also: bourbon cask beers

@Stevolende - I got Wells Banana Bread Beer in an offie in Tipperary Town last year

I think the difficulty of getting it due to it's Wisconsin-only status is part of the allure.

Yeah, this -- I do generally like their beers, but it's def overrated by non-Wisconsinites. Same way New Belgium was when you couldn't get it east of the Mississip.

I've only ever had New Glarus Spotted Cow - once 8 years ago at an indonesian restaurant in Madison, and one three weeks ago at an italianish restaurant in the Milwaukee airport. Seemed alright for what it was, and layover airport beers are usually 10% better than they would be outside the airport.

I've also gotten so used to New Belgium being everywhere that I didn't even think about seeing it in Michigan over Labor Day, but apparently they had just started selling it a couple days earlier.

I think dan and I and others were actually talking about them, how nobody likes their beers but then someone would say "but this one isn't too bad" and everyone would agree. I've grown to like Ranger, and the Trippel is alright enough as well, especially as they're always relatively cheap.

Southern Wisconsin is really heaven for beer lovers, so many small breweries that don't get past the State lines.

Pretty partial to Ale Asylum's beers, and a few from Capitol Brewing. Then there's Central Waters and Lake Louie. All good to outstanding.

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Fell in love w/the lake Louis mosquito beach on my honeymoon and make sure to grab it whenever I am in wi. It looks like it should be terrible, but its super solid, as are several of the other varieties.

Finally got my hands on some 2012 Bourbon County Stout. Does seem to be easier this year.

Where'd you finally find this? I haven't exactly been looking hard, but I'd like to see if can find some.

Got one four pack at vas foremost in Logan square and another four pack at a liquor store at Wrightwood and Lincoln. I believe both are out now though. I've hear reports of it showing up at some Walgreens and 7/11's?? Best tip is to just follow the Bourbon County Sightings thread on the Beer Advocate forums.

http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/bourbon-county-sightings.19103/page-39

i'm not a huge new glarus fan either, but there are so many other amazing WI breweries around. love central waters, ale asylum, lake louie, and furthermore (just met the main brewer the other night), but my favorite for the past couple years has been O'SO. their lupulin maximus is unreal.

shit I just took a pass on a bunch of that o'so stuff when i ran to hudson to get the new glarus cherry stuff because i didnt know if it was any good

I saw a bunch if bourbon county at Cigarette City at Harlem and 63rd in Chicago.

Greetings from Bodegraven! We are going to this: http://www.brouwerijdemolen.nl/index.php/en/beerfestival/brewers-and-beers.html

Got a growler of Widmer Drifter Pale Ale today without knowing anything about it -- I was not expecting grapefruit beer!

Brau brothers Belgian quad aged in temples on rye barrels. Holy shit.

Temples on= templeton

Starting to think that I have just participated in a unwilling Aaron turner hydrahead fundraiser.

Ha well this was not the thread that was intended for.

Hello from Brussels! We are drinking here: http://www.moederlambic.com/bars/fr/bars/

46 beers on tap. Basically no bottles. Quite the most unusual Belgian beer bar, beer-wise. Cantillion Rose de Gambrinus on CASK? Don't mind if I do.

Been drinking lately:

SN Torpedo- kind of my standby, 12 packs are super cheap at Chi-Lake Liquors here in MPLS (10.99!) and just beyond that it's just a really well-done beer that I'm usually always in the mood for.
Founder's Porter- one of the best porters around imo
Chainbreaker White IPA- just wanted to try it, more 'white' than IPA but very nice.
NB Shift- bought this one super cheap- it's fairly boring. continues my indifference to New Belgium

Been brewing:

Witbier- original recipe, just a nice sipper. it's fun to make repeatedly and adjust such-and-such and kind of refine it. bottling this today.
Jamil's Evil Twin- kit from Northern Brewer conditioning right now, dry hopped it with some extra Amarillo hops I had sitting around. Super excited for this one- it's kind of a hopped up amber. Smells amazing.
Bourbon Barrel Porter- kit from NB, recipe looks like a nice strong porter but then you add oak cubes that you have soaked in bourbon into the 2ndary (!). Brewing this one up tomorrow.
Tripel- conditioned this for 3 months, bottled 2 weeks ago, tried one last night, but a bit green yet. Gonna give it a few more weeks. Came out slightly darker than a typical trippel but the yeast taste is spot-on. I think the yeast I used is actually identical to that used by Westmalle.

I'm really in deep to this homebrewing business ever since I moved out of my expensive apartment into a far cheaper house with a big old basement... it's a great hobby though, no regrets.

twin cities holding down the ilx homebrew contingent i guess!

brewing a 90 shilling today, bottling a tallgrass velvet rooster clone and uh something else? i actually cant remember what the other beer in the secondary is. will update when i am in front of it.

had one new to me the other day from new zealand brewed by yeastie boys. a pale called digital ale. was 7% and def. one of the tastiest pale ales i've ever had. must've had some serious resin in whatever hops they used.

Myrcenary double ipa is tasting perfect.

Drinking my first Surly Wet of the year as I type.

I had a few Surlys myself this weekend - Furious, Cynic, and whatever the quasi Oktoberfest is called... Munich? All solid.

I'm liking the Peak Fall Summit Ale, although ratebeer types seem to disagree with me.

WET HOP SEASON! WET HOP SEASON!

got six packs of the two brothers heavy handed and the deschutes hop trip, two brothers is pretty damn good, but is eclipsed by the fact that the deschutes hop trip is O_O level amazing, one of the most sinewy resiny wet hops i have ever tasted. i have to track down what hop they are using for brewing purposes.

Waiting for Founders Harvest Ale...

had my first deschutes beer ever on saturday. pale ale. it was good!

until this year they've only had the hop trip in bombers, so the six pack for $10 is a welcome surprise. as they say on the bottle, "vine to kettle in less than 4 hours" and oh man, i believe them.

oh man. so this local bar realized that they could expand into the space next door and sell singles under the auspices of them already being a bar. unfortunately bc complex PA alcohol laws they can only sell (12) at a time so i go in, buy 12 and then my wife goes and buys 12 more and we're thrilled, bc that means no more buying cases of beer and hoping that it's actually good. got burned on the cases buying that watermelon swill shit which is so disgusting i can't even give it away. but anyway we went today and they have a HUGE selection and i bought a bunch of different stuff. it's in my trunk atm, but when i get home tonight i will list all the cool beers i bought. lots of different stuff.

i wish rate beer had an iphone app bc when i'm there i don't want to start messing around w/ their website but i don't know off-hand what is highly rated. oh well!

I'd prefer a beer advocate one, but according the the forums I don't think there will be one anytime soon. Would be great of you could just take a picture of the label and it would pull up the reviews.

i though beer advocate had one

thought*

i've drank 12 breakfast stouts in the last couple of weeks btw

when ratebeer agrees with me I feel vindicated, but when they don't it can ruin a beer for me, cuz they'll be like "UGH, MOUTHFEEL OF WET CARDBOARD, ROCKSALT AFTERTASTE" and then the next time I'm drinking it I can only think of wet cardboard.

beer advocate does not have an app, they like just hired a professional web developer for the first time ever

despite the worst fucking blue laws this side of utah i gotta say i love beer and i am so excited about my new beer store + my new beers to drink

Have any Twin Citians ever gone to the midweek beer geek at Nomad? I was going to try to make my first one tomorrow (McNeil's Warlord Imperial IPA) but the beer, and the brewery in general (Brattleboro, VT) got pretty crappy reviews on ratebeer.

i havent, but im glad you reminded me that it exists. idk anything abt that beer, but i have had something from brattleboro? lemme try to figure out if its a different beer and if it was crap.

mordy, that sucks, if ilx had sticky posts i would add one to this thread that says "DO NOT DRINK THE 21ST AMENDMENT HELL OR HIGH WATERMELON" assuming thats the beer that was awful

yes, that's the one. TERRIBLE.

dnw ANY watermelon beer iirc

ha the mcneils stuff is the one that my local beer store geeks warned me off of. the labels should have been enough to do it, tbh.

yeah the tragic thing is that i like most of the other 21st amendment stuff, but i have no idea why that thing is still on the market, its incredibly awful and put me off trying their stuff again for years.

I wonder if the Hell or High Watermelon I had wasn't so bad b/c it was on tap? The way you talk about it makes it sound like Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat.