Beer in the new era

tonight ive tofino brewing hoppin cretin and driftwood fat tug ipa.the latter the best ipa in b.c. imo.

looking forward to spring/ summer,four new breweries opening in east van,lots of new beer to try,lots of growler fills.

also bourbon barrels in beer is a-ok with me,and i don't even like bourbon.

Saw Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye IPA for the first time last night, and as I'm generally a fan of the grain (bread, whiskey etc) I gave it a try. Pleasantly rye peppery and astringent, still very drinkable.

Would love to see some recommendations for other rye beers, the more rye the better (I was a fan of Old Potrero whiskey).

Boulevard Rye-on-Rye is my favorite.

For the Brits, the Kernel "table beer" is a really nice addition to their offerings, 3 per cent abv but has a lovely pale ale flavour. Lots of nice lighter beers being brewed this year it seems.

founders makes a nice rye pale ale. i don't know how far their distribution gets (i think not far) but mayflower made a 3.8% abv rye beer that was my favorite summer seasonal last year.

Founders KBS tickets go on sale today. $5 to have the opportunity to buy 12 bottles on release day. I've got a beer mule in Grand Rapids to pick mine up if I can get a ticket today.

And I didn't get a ticket. Got one in my cart but the page was getting hammered and it timed out. Dems the breaks.

Just opened up our first Bourbon County Coffee of the season. I'm really glad I have a few of these, because it's a lot more drinkable (imo) than the straight BCBS, which I find so intense it requires almost too much commitment and concentration from me.

Lost Abbey Deliverson tonight. Awesome beer.

Deliverance. God dammit.

guess it's working

found a no-limit source of bcbs coffee today. bought two, thinking about going back for more.

no-limit source of bcbs

http://i.imgur.com/ddcwwkf.jpg

ahahahahaha

lol

Ok am I just stupid, or is it really hard to figure out how to tag a beer I am drinking in untappd?

Just search for it and then click the Check In button and then the button that says Confirm Your Brew.

If you're using the app, click the 2 bottles clinking together in the upper right hand corne. Xp

Or that.

Ah thx, the app is uh unintuitive to say the least

more recs for rye beers:
bear republic - hop rod rye
schmalz brewing co. - bittersweet lenny's ripa (a double/imperial ipa)

both really tasty. still never tried the sierra ruthless as i've just been afraid it wouldn't be as tasty as the other two.

cheers to untapp'd ilxors u guys are all prolific drinkers of great booze even on tuesday nights

btw my local beer shop gifted me 21st amendment oyster stout today - which i didn't realize was oyster until i got home oy vey bc i def can't drink it but i'm going to feel so awkward returning it. maybe i should just pass it forward.

Untappd has changed the way I drink and made me drink a ton of beers I wouldn't have normally tried, like the 15 German beers I had to drink to unlock a badge.

maybe i should just pass it forward.

totally - keeping it would be very shellfish of you

(sorry, there was no excuse for that)

have drunk over 55 different beers already this year but just logging them in iphone notes, untappd is too much effort.

/chronically lazy

untappd is super lazy-mode compared to the spreadsheet i used to update

Has anyone here had an oyster stout? I love shellfish in all forms, even including Clamato, but this seems several notches below bacon in my list of desired beer flavorings. I can't even imagine...

they don't taste of oysters. some of them don't even contain any oyster.

Untappd has changed the way I drink and made me drink a ton of beers I wouldn't have normally tried, like the 15 German beers I had to drink to unlock a badge.

I'm all in favor of trying new stuff but not for the purpose of unlocking badges. Fuck gamification.

The oyster stout I've seen most often is by Porterhouse:
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2243/5686

But I've never tried it.

I love gameification! I have little motivation otherwise in all my hobbies.

xp Personally I don't mind oysters, I'm just rarely in the mood for an English/Irish-style stout.

some of them don't even contain any oyster.

Huh, wasn't aware of that. I haven't seen that many, I think 21st Amendment was the one I was checking out at my local, which does have 20 lb. of oysters per batch.

I had an oyster stout last night, by Flying Dog! It was pretty good, though the porterhouse stout I had before it (not their oyster one) was better. T

yeah, some oyster stouts are just meant to be eaten with oysters, I guess?

the flying dog oyster stout is very nice

the flavour of oyster sauce, rather than actual oysters, is prob a bit closer... at least in my mind.

thornbridge jaipur really is my beer of the millennium, so far. honeyed and hoppy, surprisingly light considering it's 5.9%.

I tried Southern Tier's Eurotrash Pilz yesterday. A fairly mild pilsner, more malty than hoppy. Good, but probably not going to become one of my favorites in the style.

http://blog.seattlepi.com/thepourfool/2013/01/29/americas-ten-best-beer-towns-the-non-fiction-list/

much more otm than previous lists

Pretty good.

not really, doesn't even rate Sonoma County, which IMHO is the best brewing uh... area in the USA?

I'm going to this tonight: https://dabble.co/courses/chicago-suzanne-wolcott-the-art-science-of-barrel-aging-beer/schedules/70861-2013-02-22-00-00-00-utc

Maybe stretching the limits of my beer nerdom.

trying to bury my civic pride while reading that list, but its pretty good. wondering how many places suffer thx to the insane business of beer distro in these fine united states

i might take my city off the list and put on yours

just so its clear that this isnt sour grapes, i do think that tons of the stuff from here doesnt actually get to seattle (well or much of anywhere) whereas the nw and cali have pretty much super distro across the country (well except in mn)