got some post road pumpkin & bigleaf maple tonight
the former is p.good actually, less /spicy/ than I ws expecting
― cozen, Saturday, 19 October 2013 17:56 (ten years ago) link
http://upperhandbrewery.com/news/
excited for this, but ugh, escanaba? boooorrring.
― dan m, Friday, 25 October 2013 14:19 (ten years ago) link
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.
― dan m, Friday, 25 October 2013 14:22 (ten years ago) link
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
― joygoat, Friday, 25 October 2013 14:31 (ten years ago) link
http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/beer-snob-mockery-1013
― Jeff, Friday, 25 October 2013 14:31 (ten years ago) link
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.
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Sunday, 27 October 2013 02:32 (ten years ago) link
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
― Mordy , Sunday, 27 October 2013 02:33 (ten years ago) link
ok actually this is like way better than I thought it would be
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Sunday, 27 October 2013 02:33 (ten years ago) link
xp holy shit a 100 from Beer Advocate. Did it live up to the rating?
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Sunday, 27 October 2013 02:34 (ten years ago) link
i haven't had it yet - it's in my fridge atm
― Mordy , Sunday, 27 October 2013 02:35 (ten years ago) link
Was at some sad Chicago suburb hotel bar this week for work and they had Sculpin on tap. Made my night.
― circa1916, Sunday, 27 October 2013 02:42 (ten years ago) link
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.
― circa1916, Sunday, 27 October 2013 02:45 (ten years ago) link
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.
― ACA: not bad, needs more death panels (jjjusten), Sunday, 27 October 2013 04:03 (ten years ago) link
i gotta be honest - when i finally got a chance to taste pliny the younger it blew my mind out of my brain carriage
― Mordy , Sunday, 27 October 2013 04:04 (ten years ago) link
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
― mh, Sunday, 27 October 2013 13:53 (ten years ago) link
individual rr beers may/may not be to one's taste, but as a whole they're way better than solid.
― call all destroyer, Sunday, 27 October 2013 14:25 (ten years ago) link
Never had any. Some bring me a sampler.
― Jeff, Sunday, 27 October 2013 15:13 (ten years ago) link
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?
― zchyrs, Sunday, 27 October 2013 16:21 (ten years ago) link
This one, but very inactive.
Brewing your own beer
I've made beer a few times, and mead the last two times I've brewed.
― nickn, Sunday, 27 October 2013 19:32 (ten years ago) link
i have plans to brew a sour soon
― Mordy , Sunday, 27 October 2013 19:32 (ten years ago) link
We've had a sour in the secondary for a year now
― ACA: not bad, needs more death panels (jjjusten), Sunday, 27 October 2013 19:44 (ten years ago) link
that temptation is a great beer. definitely the best of their sours in my opinion.
― wmlynch, Sunday, 27 October 2013 22:50 (ten years ago) link
just had my first bottle of mad elf for the season and it is super cherry tasting this year
― Mordy , Sunday, 27 October 2013 23:23 (ten years ago) link
Drank my 2009 bourbon county bomber tonight. Was delicious.
― Jeff, Monday, 28 October 2013 02:20 (ten years ago) link
Total shocker tonight from a Grand Teton (eh) 5 o'clock shadow (ehh) double black lager (ehhhhhhhhh) from 2012. Totally outstanding. Dark chocolate and coffee stoutly awesomeness with some licorice mixed in there on the tailing end. Of course, they ceased production on this this year. Jerks.
― ACA: not bad, needs more death panels (jjjusten), Monday, 28 October 2013 04:53 (ten years ago) link
apparently i won a raffle at my local beer shop and got a free keg of bell's brown ale :D
― Mordy , Tuesday, 29 October 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link
whoa rad
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 29 October 2013 19:45 (ten years ago) link
Like, a barrel or one of their minikegs? Because while awesome, lol at having a quarter or half barrel around the house.
― dan m, Tuesday, 29 October 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
OTOH I guess it's pretty easy to build a kegerator
ok, it's just 1.32 gallons :) still!
― Mordy , Tuesday, 29 October 2013 20:25 (ten years ago) link
I'd see if I could exchange for equal value bottles. Any size keg is pretty pointless for my purposes.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 29 October 2013 20:32 (ten years ago) link
Sounds like a good evening at home
I guess you could invite a friend
― mh, Tuesday, 29 October 2013 20:37 (ten years ago) link
Once upon a time a store in my neighborhood in Chicago was selling those minikegs of Best Brown and Two Hearted for $18 each. Fun weekends back then.
― dan m, Tuesday, 29 October 2013 20:56 (ten years ago) link
THINGS I HAVE DRANK OF LATE --
Westbrook Gose -- liked this more than I expected. A touch salty, nice & sour. Can see myself drinking a lot of it in hotter weather.Westbrook Ninja - delicious citrusy double IPA made with lots of fruits. Very drinkable for the ABV (9%ish)Barrier Dunegrass Double IPA - Nice, not too syrupy like a lot of double IPAs. Not quite at the level of Stone's ENJOY BY but really quite good.tried some framboise; didn't like it.
other less exciting recent drinkin --RadebergerAugustiner Helles, nice drinkable German lager.Konrad czech pils, crisp & refreshingSierra Nevada Harvest Ale -- really nice hop flavor, great for the price ($5ish for a 22)
― ian, Friday, 1 November 2013 01:23 (ten years ago) link
I've been on a Two Hearted kick for a few weeks, there's just something about that stuff in the fall.
― dan m, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:17 (ten years ago) link
I had that Sierra Nevada recently too, seemed perfectly serviceable just like most all their other products.
― dan m, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:20 (ten years ago) link
Is Sierra Nevada Celebration out yet? Such a good beer.
― Jeff, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:28 (ten years ago) link
i think it is just coming out, yes
― call all destroyer, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:29 (ten years ago) link
saw it in the stores today!
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:35 (ten years ago) link
Drank a 12 pack already. It's really good this year.
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Friday, 1 November 2013 02:43 (ten years ago) link
Founders Harvest is pretty choice.
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Friday, 1 November 2013 02:44 (ten years ago) link
harvest tastes real weird this year imo.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:44 (ten years ago) link
orly? what was off abt it? i didn't notice anything strange with the bottle i drank.
― ian, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:45 (ten years ago) link
i don't think it's a flaw or anything, just this year's wet hops have an odd flavor profile to me. it's almost vegetal or something. i thought last year's was outstanding.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 1 November 2013 02:49 (ten years ago) link
I had the same impression
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Friday, 1 November 2013 03:25 (ten years ago) link
i think there was a sort of earthy/leafy flavor in there but i dig it.
― ian, Friday, 1 November 2013 03:54 (ten years ago) link
ho snap party at Mordy's xp
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Friday, 1 November 2013 03:56 (ten years ago) link
that evil twin biscotti is tremendous
xp open invitation to all ilxors next time yr in philly i will take u out to my fave bars and also tired hands brewpub
― Mordy , Friday, 1 November 2013 22:51 (ten years ago) link
Victory's new DIPA "Dirt Wolf" seems to be making waves on the beer sites lately. Bought a 4 pack last night and was not let down.
― circa1916, Friday, 1 November 2013 23:09 (ten years ago) link
dirt wolf is okay, but i'm coming to realize that in general i just can't handle the syrupy flavor/hot booziness of most double IPAs. there are exceptions, like Stone's Enjoy By and the aforementioned Westbrook Ninja, but a lot of them are just alcohol delivery devices and why not just drink whiskey? dirt wolf is good tho, don't get be wrong, it's not total crap.
― ian, Friday, 1 November 2013 23:11 (ten years ago) link