Beer in the new era

Also had an EKU Pils recently. Pale-colored, light body, a rather mild pilsner. Reminded me of Czechvar. I usually prefer a bit more hops flavor in a pilsner, like Pilsner Urquell.

you'd love jever then i bet

Thanks for the tip. I've seen it around, but can't recall if I've tried it.

scored 2 hopslams tnite. i'm not quite sure it lived up to the hype (100 on BA?!) but it was really tasty and good.

I've still never had a Pipeworks beer, I don't think. Wanted to pick up Citra Ninja for NYE, but Binny's was out at the time.

just got a bottle of this - looks so amazing

http://danwagner28.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/springhouse_biggruesome.jpg

man this Central Waters Peruvian Morning imperial bourbon-barrel coffee stout (!) is out of control.

I want to try Peruvian morning, but haven't been able to get my hands on any. Love their bourbon barrel stout and barleywine.

I had Allagash Yakuza last night. It tasted like Allagash White + hops. Kinda boring.

Allagash White is my favorite boring beer.

it's like sprite beer

For as much as I love hopped up, Americanized Belgian-style ales, I haven't had good experiences with the new hoppy white ale trend.

2x, it's all been crap ime

And wheat/white beers was what got me into beer nerdery in the first place.

White ales are pretty delicate, with the orange and coriander, and if I want one of those (which isn't often tbh) that's what I want. Dumping a bunch of hops into that doesn't really make for either a satisfying white or a satisfying hophead brew imo. It was Deschutes Chainbreaker I didn't care for, and one other which escapes me and which was worse; if anyone actually likes these and can recommend a great one I'd maybe be willing for one more try.

love that Sierra Nevada porter

got myself a cherry rye today!

Congratulations! How's you snag it?

How'd

a handful of stores in the area got some yesterday/today--one posted it on facebook and i basically hauled ass after work to get the last bottle of the case.

later on i found out that three other members of my five-member tasting group (lol) got bottles at the same store.

there was a not-so-coincidental goose island tap takeover at a nearby bar tonight with bcbs, imperial brown, big john, etc. etc. but i am way too tired to go out

does anyone here use ratebeer or any other similar service on the reg? for finding how well regarded stuff is, keeping track of what you drink etc

i consult BA all the time but i don't have an account w/ them

I use BA all the time.

i use ba and *very* occasionally post there

so idk how widespread the distro is but

http://www.indeedbrewing.com/

just showed up in 6 packs at my fave beer store and it is craaaazy stupid good. only got the day tripper and the midnight rider so far but daaaaaamn

where are you jjj? acc to their distribution map it's only in minneapolis!

And apparently that World of Beer place is already open in Evanston?

The irony; Evanston was bone-dry until 1985. But will definitely check out WoB next time I'm there.

Bought one of these today, never heard of the brewery before but was absolutely suckered in by the can design:

http://www.seattleite.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/can_saison-400x600.jpg

Very interesting. Not sure I've ever seen a canned saison.

Mordy, it has already made its way all the way to Saint Paul!

I really hope it gets more distro though, I bought 2 singles to check it out, drank them, drove back to buy 6 packs of both.

love those cans, looks like good stuff

The irony; Evanston was bone-dry until 1985. But will definitely check out WoB next time I'm there.

― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, February 2, 2013 5:59 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Better than that: FEW Liquors, based in Evanston, takes its name from WCTU leader and Evanston resident Frances E Willard

Anyone ever tried http://www.letspour.com? I've been thinking about it to get some brews that I can't get here.

store buddy that is launching his own brewery this year just decided to have me be part of his testing crew and dropped off a six pack full of test batches. twist my arm

jeff i have no clue if you've ever done ba trading but if you ever want to do kind of a low-key locals for locals thing to get some new england beers let me know

i picked up bottles of old rasputin barrel aged and gueuze lambic cuvee rene at a nola deli -- looking forward to trying them. also grabbed a bottle of bayou teche courir de mardi gras (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/22408/77369) mostly bc it's mardi gras in nola yo i gotta try some local brews.

also, when i get home i'd def be interested in doing low-key locals for locals stuff w/ ilxors

I've never done trading. I mainly only lurk on BA forums. Dudes get too intense about fair trades, throwing in extras, etc. low key trading would be more appealing.

sweet, i'm up for doing this w/any of the ppl who post here--there's prob a decent amount of detail to work out so we could, like, ilxmail or something to get it started.

How is postage for mailing beers across country? Seems like that might make things untenable.

Better than that: FEW Liquors, based in Evanston, takes its name from WCTU leader and Evanston resident Frances E Willard

― jaymc, Sunday, February 3, 2013 1:44 AM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ahahaha! Didn't know that! (about FEW, I mean)

How is postage for mailing beers across country? Seems like that might make things untenable.

― nickn, Wednesday, February 6, 2013 7:15 PM (42 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

my friends who do it use fedex, it's not cheap but not horrible

yeah so I just opened one of these palo santo marrons (dogfish) and I think I agree with most people in this thread -- SUPER boozy tasting, thick as molasses, a bit of a jack-and-coke flavor to it although not as bad as that. Could possibly be delicious at a few % points lower ABV but that thick, syrupy, liquory taste overpowers everything.

http://alewatcher.blogspot.com/2010/11/new-trader-tips.html?m=1

Good tips on shipping beer.

CAD, I'll ilx mail you.

Do any of you guys know anything about flying w/ beer bottles in carry-on luggage?

Sure, just took a bomber of Bourbon County Coffee to Australia. But to answer your question: you can't do it. Liquids and all that. However, you can pack bottles, carefully, in checked luggage.

Mailing is a PIA, because for the same reason you can't use the US Mail. You need to use FedEx or UPS, and pack really well and somewhat mysteriously (ie, do not declare it as beer or whatever). In fact, a good way to pack for the plane is to buy a UPS padded mailer, stick the bottle in there and wrap it tight with tape.

BTW, per trading, I have several bottles of BCBS I'd probably want to get rid of...