I'm liking the Peak Fall Summit Ale, although ratebeer types seem to disagree with me.
― michael bolton's reckless daughter (Hurting 2), Sunday, 14 October 2012 02:52 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 02:08 (eleven years ago) link
Waiting for Founders Harvest Ale...
― Jeff, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 02:11 (eleven years ago) link
had my first deschutes beer ever on saturday. pale ale. it was good!
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 02:13 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 02:18 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 18:37 (eleven years ago) link
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!
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 18:40 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
i though beer advocate had one
― carne asada, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
thought*
i've drank 12 breakfast stouts in the last couple of weeks btw
― carne asada, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― michael bolton's reckless daughter (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
beer advocate does not have an app, they like just hired a professional web developer for the first time ever
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
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
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Sex Kitten mind control slave (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
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
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
yes, that's the one. TERRIBLE.
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
dnw ANY watermelon beer iirc
― carne asada, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
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.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:49 (eleven years ago) link
i like the sunset wheat lol
― Mordy, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 19:50 (eleven years ago) link
My band played a bar once where Sunset Wheat was the only non-macro they had. I couldn't drink two, it was like lemon soda.
― Sex Kitten mind control slave (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
ugh, can't stand hell or high watermelon. i was so baffled when that won PEOPLE'S CHOICE at the first beer festival i ever attended. made me realize that i need to go to better beer festivals.
went to the deschutes public house in bend over the weekend. they seem to be another example of a brewery that's a bit overrated by those outside the region, but i was definitely impressed by some of their more seasonal stuff (jubelale on nitro is fantastic, and the fresh hop 'london gold' and ira were also pretty good).
unfortunately missed out on visiting boneyard, which people should try if they get the chance. i'm surprised that this one hasn't as of yet made it out of the northwest, but it seems to be pretty popular out here: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/23066/60750. really unique hop profile
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 20:28 (eleven years ago) link
jjjusten have you been to http://www.northboundbrewpub.com/ yet? my lady's brother lives 2 blocks away and we stopped in the other night while visiting. pretty good beer from what I had (IPA and an amber iirc).
(sorry this should probably be in the twin cities thread but I don't know where the current one is)
― D'anesh (dan m), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 20:31 (eleven years ago) link
Deschutes is supposed to be avail in the Chicago market in 2013. I don't think I've had any.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 20:37 (eleven years ago) link
Ah, put all beer geekery in this thread imo, TC and otherwise. We can sort out what's local and what's elsewhere.
I lived in Seattle when Deschutes first opened, so there's definitely a mystique to me (the lovely drive down to Bend, getting a keg of Bachelor Bitter for my going away party, excitement that they're finally in MN) and probably overrating tbh. I need to get that Hop Trip tho.
― Sex Kitten mind control slave (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 20:43 (eleven years ago) link
drankin lately --
bear republic big bear stout -- A+ this bear was wonderfulgoose island bourbon co. stout -- okay this was good but i don't think i'll be buying it again. too intense for ordinary drinking. trader joe's mission street brown ale - good! cheap as heck! low abv so you can drink it all and not feel awful!six point brownstone - this tastes sweeter and more cakey than i remember it. prob will not go out of my way to drink again
AND THIS THING -- http://easterndistrictny.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pair1.jpgwhich was amazing but not partic cheap, but i would buy again in a heartbeat. i might even go back to the store to get it even tho it's the wrong direction home. just to make sure they do not run out
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
right now i'm drinking a nice fresh ithaca flower power; love this beer.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
Too intense for ordinary drinking??? If I could buy enough I'd be ok drinking BCS as the only beer for the rest of my life.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:28 (eleven years ago) link
man, i split a bottle with my roommate and that was ENUFF for me. i would wind up blacked out all the time drinking that stuff.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:31 (eleven years ago) link
o also i tried pretty things meadowlark IPA that was lovely.
― i guess i'd just rather listen to canned heat? (ian), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 22:34 (eleven years ago) link
ok - so here's what i got today. any thoughts on any of these? (the last 6 my wife picked out and are the fruitier/sweeter stuff):
Left Hand Milk StoutDogfish Head Raison D’EtreTroegs Dreamweaver Wheat BeerTroegs Dead ReckoningRodenbach Hefeweizen UFOFounders Brewing Breakfast StoutBoulder Beer Sweaty BettyVictory FestbierLagunitas DaytimeLagunitas Little Sumpin’
Twisted Pine Raspberry WheatShipyard Brewing PumpkinheadBlue Point Blueberry AleCalifornia Cider Company Ace Hard Pumpkin CiderSamuel Smith Oatmeal StoutSamuel Smith Organic Cider
the Lagunitas was highly recommended by the guy at the new beer place, so i'm pretty excited to try them out
― Mordy, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 01:46 (eleven years ago) link
My thoughts are "are you willing to adopt me and let me live in your house?"
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
Rodenbach, founders, and both lagunitas are among my favorite beers
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 01:51 (eleven years ago) link
oh sweeeet now i'm really excited. no more bullshit watermelon beer for me!
― Mordy, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 01:54 (eleven years ago) link
If you like the rodenbach, which is a sour, see if they have the cuvée de jacobins, which is the best sour in the world
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 01:55 (eleven years ago) link
i got a surprise 4-pack of bfast stout today, fuckin' love that beer
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 02:16 (eleven years ago) link
surprised I haven't seen more Troegs talk itt, friends in philly & points east hype it up a lot
― D'anesh (dan m), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 03:19 (eleven years ago) link
Troegs Nugget Nectar is great and goes quick around here.
― carne asada, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 03:32 (eleven years ago) link
i had the dead reckoning one tnite during the debate and i really liked it
― Mordy, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 03:33 (eleven years ago) link
i had actually heard not great things about the troegs but it was really flavorful, very chocolate malty
― Mordy, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:13 (eleven years ago) link
Deschutes is alright, I guess? I actually thought about buying one of their IPAs the other day as it's been ages, and I remember it being super bitter with not much else going on. Mirror Pond is a pretty good pale ale and is pretty ubiquitous at bars around here. Some of their one-offs have been alright, and I should really have another Hop Trip at some point.
Also I've only driven across Pennsylvania but hearing about the liquor laws there sounds like the most insane and maddening thing ever. Not being able to buy singles means I basically would never drink another beer as long as I lived, there's no way I could commit to 12 of anything in one shot.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:29 (eleven years ago) link
ok, so now i can buy singles OR buy cases (bc this new place opened up that sells singles). but if i buy singles i can only buy 12 singles at a time. they're not allowed to sell me aka 13 bottles. which isn't the worst thing in the world, but means that if i'm bringing beer to a party i need to buy cases not singles
― Mordy, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:34 (eleven years ago) link
PA (well Philly in specific) is my second favorite place in America, but your liquor laws are fucking crazy.
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:45 (eleven years ago) link
i miss buying beer in the supermarket
― Mordy, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:45 (eleven years ago) link
how far out do they distribute lagunitas? similar to deschutes or sierra nevada, they're affordable, delicious and ubiquitous on the west coast. lil' sumpin/lil' sumpin sumpin and brown shugga are amazing
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:54 (eleven years ago) link
Got it here in mn, and oh man, the lucky 13 and hop stoopid are both world class imo
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:57 (eleven years ago) link
Also $4 for a bomber
― costly pussy riot (jjjusten), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 04:58 (eleven years ago) link
xps rodenbach is a damn good sour beer - albeit in that very sweet, very belgian style.
my favorite sours tend to be the ones built out of darker beers... i had the upright oscar peterson over the weekend and it pulled this off incredibly well (one of the most drinkable sours i've ever tasted). similarly, cascade's bourbonic plague is pretty much my absolute favorite beer ever, maybe one of the sweetest cascade makes (which is still pretty sour tbh)
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 05:11 (eleven years ago) link
i didn't realize they had lagunitas in mn! i've actually never had the lucky 13, i'll have to give it a shot
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 06:02 (eleven years ago) link