Beer in the new era

ooh i shall! lambic and not kriek is v important in my life.

x-p
And I always second the suggestion.

Dude in the George with a Cantillon shirt... Am I going to ask you if your name is Jeff...?

I guess not.

It's me!!!!

<3

Kernel Citra IPA, tasted like home. Good job England.

Nice to meet you Jeff, soz it was so brief.

Likewise. I felt sort of bad because spur of the moment I dragged a coworker with me, so I had to split my time. I'll make it out Sunday though.

I have to say how much I appreciate how everyone here just spills out onto the streets outside of bars while drinking. You never see that in the US. I find myself testing the limits of how far I can walk away with a pint.

I'll come along Sunday I think too. I was out west and wouldn't have made it back on Sunday.

oops, meant wouldn't have made it back tonight.

Back in MI and drinking Petoskey Brewing Co beers, much better than expected for a small local outfit.

Feeling jealous of Jeff's beer tourism!

I'm our London on Saturday but if I were here I would be here: https://fivepointsopenday2.eventbrite.co.uk/

Mini beer festival/ open day in microbrewery run by a1 top folks.

Hmmmmmmmmm

Beer tourism is starting to wear on me. I've been drinking every single night for a week and a half now. Usually I only drink about twice a week, three tops.

London, your bars close too early.

Drinking a large bottle of Delirium Nocturnum (sp?) tonight while watching The Canyons. I've only had the other Delirium so am interested in trying this one. Love the opaque bottle for some reason.

London, your bars close too early.

The worst thing about this place. If you need a late beer Brewdog's bar in shoreditch is a good bet.

I'll try come to Hangover Lounge tomorrow, hopefully catch yourself and Tim and others.

I'll be there, I have all tomorrow free after I run. Tell me what time.

I'll be there from 2-7, playing records 2-4ish (and probably again a bit later) so any time in that range suits me!

LG, wherefore art thou?

So much drinking. Assuming I don't drink tonight, final count was 20 beers in Brussels, 24 in London. Not sure how I ended up drinking more in London.

dang - i missed this thread. Been living in Brussels for 8 years now but I think Tim's recommendations upthread are very much OTM. There's a new specialised shop that opened a few months ago, The Malting Shop, which I would also very much recommend.
Anyone coming down to Brussels for teh September beer festival?

Go anywhere else nice, Jeff? Lovely to have a chat on Sunday.

Baaderonix, I'll be going through Brussels in September on the way to a beer festival (Boerefts in Bodegraven in the Netherlands) but not stopping. We decided to stop in Antwerp this time, to re-visit Kulminator. KULMINATOR.

No where too nice, did get to Blackfriars and went to Golden Fleece last night. Ate some horrible sushi and drank a Tiger too (regrets).

hey, sorry for my absence - i'm midway through rehearsing a play and i got a bit of work to do for monday's class, felt bad about drinking as there was loads to do.

Is it too early for me to have my first Octoberfest. I think not

Tried Uinta's Baba Black Lager recently and was really impressed.

FWIW the waitress told me that Uinta's brewery is all solar/wind powered.

btw does anyone in the nyc area have a recommended place for stocking up on craft brews at good prices? I'm kind of tired of alternating between costco's limited selection and the overpriced stores in my neighborhood. Would even be willing to go out to nearer long island or somewhere like that.

whole foods beer room?

there are a couple places i really like -- bierkraft, eastern district, brouerji lane... but they're not exactly cheap

Dropped by the Cape May Brewery today- limited distro. Their IPAs were good, everything else pretty decent.

I got a bad craving for Zombie Dust.

Got myself a bottle of Kwak tonight. Pretty good, but slightly too boozy tasting and not really worth the money.

I have 496 unique check-ins so far on untappd - trying to figure out what I should drink for my 500th. Any ideas?

kwak kinda sucks

yeah tbh on my second pour from the bottle it's kinda sweet and not too interesting, almost like something dogfish would make

zing!

but yeah i had it in belgium and it was maybe the one subpar beer i had there

I haven't had it in forever.

oh man, tart of darkness is so fucking delicious

the Kwak special glass is a real pain in the ass

btw does anyone in the nyc area have a recommended place for stocking up on craft brews at good prices?

This place is just outside the Holland Tunnel on the NJ side:
http://www.buyritewines.com/main.asp?request=PROMOGROUP&name=DOM.%20CRAFT%20BEER

They have a lot more than is shown on that webpage.

great taste of the midwest happened, i don't even know where to start with that, except that bourbon barrel was definitely the big thing and they were all amazing.

Sadly, I'm skipping the Festival of Barrel Aged Beer this year. It is my favorite beer festival I've ever been too.

Costco had a 24-pack of Paulaner Oktoberfest Marzen for $24. Could not resist that.

It's kind of a perfect anytime/keep-in-stock/offer to friends beer.

that's a steal but i refuse to buy oktoberfests for abt 2 more weeks

Sadly, I'm skipping the Festival of Barrel Aged Beer this year. It is my favorite beer festival I've ever been too.

Last year's was so much fun. I'm skipping it this year too, but by skipping it I mean I didn't get in under the 45 second or whatever it was wire to get a ticket this year.

http://i103.photobucket.com/albums/m134/johnjusten/null_zps9d43a5ce.jpg

Dudes

For those of you that are not fb friends w/me, my take on it. -

"It's a little like someone peeled the enamel off my teeth, soaked it in bile, and then punched me in the throat with it. But in a good way!"