That sounded a lot more like an attack on your character and decorum than I intended btw.
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Sunday, 6 October 2013 07:15 (ten years ago) link
I didn't actually understand it at all so it's all cool
― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, 6 October 2013 11:33 (ten years ago) link
v. upset about this breakfast stout news.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 6 October 2013 13:26 (ten years ago) link
Germans make beer that you can drink liters of!
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Sunday, 6 October 2013 14:16 (ten years ago) link
Sierra Nevada Flipside red IPA is totally delicious.― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, October 3, 2013 11:34 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
good call, this is a very nice beer. i don't think it's an ipa but no complaints at all about having 5 more in my fridge.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 7 October 2013 00:00 (ten years ago) link
Also I can confirm that this years founders breakfast stout is a) flat as shit and b) pretty terrible
Ok, glad to hear someone say this. I've had three now and each time it was a "what am I not getting here?" reaction.
― circa1916, Monday, 7 October 2013 00:12 (ten years ago) link
i bought a single today, will test and report out soon
― call all destroyer, Monday, 7 October 2013 00:17 (ten years ago) link
Searching for Velvet Merkin. Will probably have no chance in hell in getting one in this city since I'm not a truck chaser or one to sweet talk beer managers at stores. It's such a good beer.
― Jeff, Monday, 7 October 2013 00:19 (ten years ago) link
i don't think we get that here :/
― call all destroyer, Monday, 7 October 2013 00:22 (ten years ago) link
Do you get any Firestone Walker special releases? If not I should send you something.
― Jeff, Monday, 7 October 2013 00:30 (ten years ago) link
Hm, I had Breakfast Stout on tap today; no complaints.
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Monday, 7 October 2013 00:34 (ten years ago) link
xp yeah we get sucaba, parabola, etc.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 7 October 2013 00:38 (ten years ago) link
i've always felt breakfast stout on tap was way superior to bottled
― Mordy , Monday, 7 October 2013 00:52 (ten years ago) link
Haven't had any breakfast stout this year yet. I don't think I'll get that craving till November.
― Jeff, Monday, 7 October 2013 00:58 (ten years ago) link
Do all of you have local brew pubs/microbreweries that people tell you are good and they completely suck? There are a couple restaurant/brewery places around and a brewery that I just can't drink in good conscience and friends seem to think they're ok. I think these people just like local stuff and have horrible tastebuds. Heck, one of the restaurants even had really mediocre food.
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Monday, 7 October 2013 01:03 (ten years ago) link
breakfast stout tasted ok to me, guys. carb level and flavor were in line with what i expected. maybe a bit more coffee than usual.
i don't doubt yr experiences, maybe there are batch issues esp. early in the release.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 7 October 2013 02:44 (ten years ago) link
My local brewpub and the one I my hometown both do have middling beers and the former has mediocre food (the latter just makes beer). But most everyone I know is under no illusions about their quality level though I do know some people who really love the hometown place.
I had tastes of my wife's founders breakfast stout today and it wasn't awful but seemed a bit sweet and thin for my liking.
― joygoat, Monday, 7 October 2013 02:53 (ten years ago) link
Sauvignon Blanc Mange (B.L.A.M.) wrote this on thread Beer in the new era on board I Love Everything on Mar 25, 2011
Sierra Nevada's Hoptimum is out of this world good.
Like, forreals.
O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten) wrote this on thread Beer in the new era on board I Love Everything on Jul 7, 2012
whoa fucking christ, this sierra nevada hoptimum is crazeeeee.
100 IBU, 10.4%.
Mordy wrote this on thread Beer in the new era on board I Love Everything on May 6, 2013
mmmm sierra nevada hoptimum 2013
New Authentic Everybootsy Collins (Dan Peterson) wrote this on thread Beer in the new era on board I Love Everything on May 15, 2013
Just got Sierra Nevada Hoptimum last night. O.M.G.!
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/sierra-nevada-hoptimum/117825/
Sleep Deprivation Thriver (B.L.A.M.) wrote this on thread Beer in the new era on board I Love Everything on May 17, 2013
Hoptimum is a wonderful beer. Had two this eve and am feeling no pain.
everyone otm
― click here to start exploding (ledge), Monday, 7 October 2013 09:21 (ten years ago) link
been in Germany for several days. say what you will about their infamous toilets, these motherfuckers know a thing or two about beer
― combination hair (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Sunday, October 6, 2013 2:30 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Its like fresh bread.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Monday, 7 October 2013 15:05 (ten years ago) link
It is.
― Mark G, Monday, 7 October 2013 18:01 (ten years ago) link
I like Hoptimum but thought it was a little booze-heavy flavorwise this most recent release. Don't seem to remember it being so hot on the tounge but maybe my tastes are changing. I still think Myrcenary is the best DIPA around...
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 02:19 (ten years ago) link
Founders Harvest Ale time. My fav wet hopped.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 8 October 2013 02:30 (ten years ago) link
i just had a delicious glass of the laughing dog 8th anniversary sour -- super funky and weirdly delicious
also snagged a bottle of the 'take the black stout' ommegang game of thrones beer + evil twin femme fatale, and a sweet baby jesus which i've never gotten to try before.
oh, also tried some of the new victory double IPA (brewed w/ mosaic hops) and it's so good.
― Mordy , Tuesday, 8 October 2013 21:20 (ten years ago) link
i missed two: a bottle of maine's new weez + from the same brewery that makes cuvee de jacobins - Vanderghinste Oud Bruin
― Mordy , Tuesday, 8 October 2013 21:26 (ten years ago) link
i can confirm that victory dirtwolf is delicious
in other news: http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/10/09/government-shutdown-halts-any-new-craft-beer/
― Mordy , Friday, 11 October 2013 04:40 (ten years ago) link
dirtwolf is pretty good yeah. it's not gonna be a go-to for me,but for when i want that double IPA kick it's a good choice.
recently -- petrus aged pale, super sour and delicious.orval, the real trappist shit. eh, i dk. people love it. it was fine. just not my favorite style really.ommegang scythe & sickle - pretty good, fine, i guess. still not my favorite style. belgians and belgian-esque beers are just not quite my thing i guess? also bought two more bottles of femme fatale brett cuz i love it so much.still enjoying ithaca's flower power ipa -- might be on par w/ sculpin for me. just really great, fresh, flavorful beer.tried the new brooklyn cuvee la boite last night too. i'm really trying to wrap my head about belgian beers and belgian style thangs, but none of them really do it for me. this, again, was fine, i could drink it, but the spice character and slight sweetness are just not for me.
― ian, Friday, 11 October 2013 16:10 (ten years ago) link
also i picked up some founders porter which i expect to drink tonight if this gloomy, chilly day keeps up.
― ian, Friday, 11 October 2013 16:11 (ten years ago) link
solid porter
― (_̅_̲̲̲̲̲̅̅̅̅̅̅̅(̅_̅_̲̅м̲̅a̲̅я̲̅l̲̅j̲u̲̅an̲̅a̲̅̅_̅_̅_̅()~~ (carne asada), Friday, 11 October 2013 16:15 (ten years ago) link
yeah i dig it. also re: breakfast stout, i had a bottle a week or two ago and it seemed fine? not heavily carbonated but not flat or off-tasting either.
― ian, Friday, 11 October 2013 16:16 (ten years ago) link
i could be wrong but i remember that founders porter basically tasting like a strong stout. i remember liking it though, just not what i wanted from a porter
― marcos, Friday, 11 October 2013 16:18 (ten years ago) link
i've had this years batch of FBS on tap and in bottle i did notice it seemed just a tad thinner than in the past to me.
― (_̅_̲̲̲̲̲̅̅̅̅̅̅̅(̅_̅_̲̅м̲̅a̲̅я̲̅l̲̅j̲u̲̅an̲̅a̲̅̅_̅_̅_̅()~~ (carne asada), Friday, 11 October 2013 16:19 (ten years ago) link
I've got a bomber of Pumking in my fridge right now. Will report back.
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Friday, October 4, 2013 9:30 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
So this wasn't bad. Like, if you're going to go for those sweet pumpkin-pie notes, go big and bold and boozy and bursting with 'em, you know? Definitely an improvement over the Shipyard swill. That said, I don't know that I'd buy it again; the Dogfish Head Punkin Ale was more my speed.
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Friday, 11 October 2013 16:36 (ten years ago) link
petrus has a cherry one that was one of the least objectionable fruit beers I've had
― beautifully, unapologetically plastic (mh), Friday, 11 October 2013 16:45 (ten years ago) link
What beer should I bring to a baby shower?
― Jeff, Friday, 11 October 2013 16:47 (ten years ago) link
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/9897/53703 imo
― Mordy , Friday, 11 October 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
looks pretty, tastes delicious
Ah, Left Handed Milk Stout Nitro -- THIS is the stout I've been looking for. Thick, "roasty", not too sweet.
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Saturday, 12 October 2013 02:21 (ten years ago) link
not feeling the game of thrones 'take the black stout' -- feels more like a dark belgian than a stout. mouthfeel was too thin. idk. didn't finish the bottle.
― ian, Saturday, 12 October 2013 16:42 (ten years ago) link
Just had the Brash Biggie Smalls yesterday and holy crap its really really good.
― ACA: not bad, needs more death panels (jjjusten), Saturday, 12 October 2013 17:21 (ten years ago) link
Trying this other stout called Keegan Ales Mother's Milk -- brewed in Connecticut. I think it's a pretty small brewery, never seen it before, but a new shop in my area had it. Pretty good -- has a tang to it that almost reminds me of an old-time chocolate soda.
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Saturday, 19 October 2013 02:43 (ten years ago) link
I guess they also have a Brewpub location in Kingston NY -- basically they're hudson valley.
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Saturday, 19 October 2013 02:44 (ten years ago) link
Really ugly label though -- looks like a supermarket brand.
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Saturday, 19 October 2013 02:45 (ten years ago) link
Gross name though. Drinking ballast point sculpin ipa currently. Obsessed with this stuff
― Treeship, Saturday, 19 October 2013 02:45 (ten years ago) link
i am also drinking a sculpin atm.earlier was ithaca flower power ipa which i always love, and the uinta wyld pale ale, also good.
― ian, Saturday, 19 October 2013 02:51 (ten years ago) link
my buddy bought a habenero sculpin tonight; i can't handle that shit
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 19 October 2013 02:56 (ten years ago) link
I feel deathly sick of IPAs lately. High hoppiness gives me a headache.
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Saturday, 19 October 2013 02:58 (ten years ago) link
u know what's delish tho? that founders harvest.
― Mordy , Saturday, 19 October 2013 03:02 (ten years ago) link
Habanero sculpin not that great.
― Jeff, Saturday, 19 October 2013 03:15 (ten years ago) link
Speaking of founders, going to Grand Rapids tomorrow to run a marathon and then drink all of the beer. Much Harvest Ale will be consumed.
― Jeff, Saturday, 19 October 2013 03:18 (ten years ago) link
here's the draft list for my local beer shop's anniversary party:Southern Tier Pumking, Southern Tier Plum Noir, Founders Harvest Ale, Cuvee De Jacobins Rouge, Allagash Confluence, Dogfish Head Bocce Pale Ale, The Bruery Tart of Darkness, The Bruery Autumn Maple, Jolly Pumpkin Luciernaga, Free Will Saision De Rose, Free Will Freshie, Allagash Fluxus, Victory Dirtwolf, Ommegang-Game of Thrones-Take the Black Stout
a week from tmmrw. hard to know how i'm going to drink everything but i am certainly going to try. (apparently the dirtwolf is gonna be free until kicked)
― Mordy , Saturday, 19 October 2013 03:21 (ten years ago) link