Beer in the new era

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

Was at some sad Chicago suburb hotel bar this week for work and they had Sculpin on tap. Made my night.

Should say the hotel and area were sad, but the bar was happening and the bartenders ruled. Think I had four and I got a 14 dollar bill. Healthy tip.

I don't want to be that guy, but I think the russian river stuff is solid but not the holy fuck experience a lot of peeps seem to think it is.

i gotta be honest - when i finally got a chance to taste pliny the younger it blew my mind out of my brain carriage

I think I've only had one of their beers when I was at Toronado in SF so it was a good time all around

individual rr beers may/may not be to one's taste, but as a whole they're way better than solid.

Never had any. Some bring me a sampler.

I have one bottle left of SN Flipside; I am saving it for EMERGENCY DRINKING ONLY, because I am broke. Next time I buy beer though I need to branch out of my SN comfort zone. If only most other craft brands weren't so fucking expensive.

By the way, do we have a homebrew thread?