Beer in the new era

Hm, I had Breakfast Stout on tap today; no complaints.

xp yeah we get sucaba, parabola, etc.

i've always felt breakfast stout on tap was way superior to bottled

Haven't had any breakfast stout this year yet. I don't think I'll get that craving till November.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

It is.

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...

Founders Harvest Ale time. My fav wet hopped.

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.

i missed two: a bottle of maine's new weez + from the same brewery that makes cuvee de jacobins - Vanderghinste Oud Bruin

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/

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.

also i picked up some founders porter which i expect to drink tonight if this gloomy, chilly day keeps up.

solid porter

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.

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

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.

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.

petrus has a cherry one that was one of the least objectionable fruit beers I've had

What beer should I bring to a baby shower?

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/9897/53703 imo

looks pretty, tastes delicious

Ah, Left Handed Milk Stout Nitro -- THIS is the stout I've been looking for. Thick, "roasty", not too sweet.

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.

Just had the Brash Biggie Smalls yesterday and holy crap its really really good.

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.

I guess they also have a Brewpub location in Kingston NY -- basically they're hudson valley.

Really ugly label though -- looks like a supermarket brand.

Gross name though. Drinking ballast point sculpin ipa currently. Obsessed with this stuff

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.

my buddy bought a habenero sculpin tonight; i can't handle that shit

I feel deathly sick of IPAs lately. High hoppiness gives me a headache.

u know what's delish tho? that founders harvest.

Habanero sculpin not that great.

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.

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)

got some post road pumpkin & bigleaf maple tonight

the former is p.good actually, less /spicy/ than I ws expecting

http://upperhandbrewery.com/news/

excited for this, but ugh, escanaba? boooorrring.

the region is replete with the kind of "everyone likes it, but the beer isn't very good" type of brewpubs as discussed above itt... there are some quality products but most is mediocre. this could be a great bar-raiser.

Not simply Escanaba but 3.16 acre plot in an Escanaba industrial park.

In other beer news a guy I knew pretty well in high school got called fat by a dog puppet at the Great American Beer Festival and now appears in animated gif form on Conan's site:

http://cdn.teamcococdn.com/assets/file-v2/0480_babydrink2-5267255c33294.gif

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/beer-snob-mockery-1013

Just tried a Corsendonk Pater Dubbel -- excellent beer all around.

Now about to try a Dogfish Pumpkin Ale just for shits and giggles. I don't have high hopes.

went to that party tnite. had tart of darkness, cuvee de jacobins and a founders harvest on draft and snagged bottles of Evil Twin Imperial Biscotti Break and this little thang http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/863/9474

ok actually this is like way better than I thought it would be

xp holy shit a 100 from Beer Advocate. Did it live up to the rating?

i haven't had it yet - it's in my fridge atm