Drinking a Hill Farmsted
― Jeff, Monday, 9 December 2013 23:23 (ten years ago) link
Whoops, submitted too early.
Drinking Hill Farmstead Madness & Civilization tonight. Amazing beer.
― Jeff, Monday, 9 December 2013 23:24 (ten years ago) link
How is the Surly coffee?
Haven't had it recently, but I have v fond memories of drinking one on draft several years ago, before it was pulled from Chicago.
― Noblesse J. Blige (jaymc), Monday, 9 December 2013 23:32 (ten years ago) link
We get Central Waters. Thankfully. Anything they put in a barrel has been fantastic.
We get O'So, too! Although I thought the O'So Night Train was kind of gross and haven't been too excited to try their other stuff.
― Noblesse J. Blige (jaymc), Monday, 9 December 2013 23:34 (ten years ago) link
― Jeff, Monday, December 9, 2013 6:24 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
nice! have not tried mine yet, bigger bottle so i'll probably save it for a group.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 9 December 2013 23:37 (ten years ago) link
Mmmmmmiller High Life
― dan m, Monday, 9 December 2013 23:49 (ten years ago) link
all goes well i'm drinking pliny elder + Allagash PNC Broken Elevator tnite at monk's
― Mordy , Monday, 9 December 2013 23:52 (ten years ago) link
there is a flavor in every o'so beer i have had that is such a perfect example of some sort of malt character that i hate that ive been tempted to write them an email so i can avoid it in my own homebrews
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Monday, 9 December 2013 23:53 (ten years ago) link
central waters brewhouse coffee stout is def by far the best coffee stout ive ever had out of a $5 bomber, i love that stuff. central waters however is another brewery that is cursed with the terrible generic looking label disease
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Monday, 9 December 2013 23:54 (ten years ago) link
keep meaning to make a special trip to VT for hill farmstead/heady topper but i am lazy and also have no time for this
― gbx, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:05 (ten years ago) link
I need to have ppl over for bottle sharing. Took a recent inventory and I'm up to 74 bottles. So hard to justify cracking a nice 750 ml bottle for myself.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:11 (ten years ago) link
xp yeah it's basically a full day even from where you are
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:12 (ten years ago) link
our landlord just decided to have the cellar professionally cleaned for some reason so there are currently 7 boxes of beer in my kitchen.
it's a bad hobby.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:13 (ten years ago) link
I can't wait until Carl really starts drinking again, we're going to blow through the 4 Cantillons I have left, for sure.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:14 (ten years ago) link
tell that babby to hurry up and turn 21
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:17 (ten years ago) link
CW recently changed their labels and i think they look more generic now: http://centralwaters.com/beers/img/Satin-Solitude.jpg
man, O'So Night Train is one of my stand-bys. but lupulin maximus is the one that's really insane.
― festival culture (Jordan), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:18 (ten years ago) link
yeah that looks like three different designs mashed together
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:20 (ten years ago) link
Around here three Floyd's and pipeworks do the worst labels. Everyone is pretty much used to it though.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:23 (ten years ago) link
We ended up taking this to a BYOB restaurant, it was pretty great:http://distilleryimage1.ak.instagram.com/fafcffa65e2311e3b9670ed18cdf8007_8.jpg
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:33 (ten years ago) link
nice sierra nevada growler
― Mordy , Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:35 (ten years ago) link
Interesting. What type of barrels?
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:37 (ten years ago) link
"Torpedo double IPA aged 2 years in bourbon barrels."
TBQH I wasn't huge fan on first taste but it's definitely more enjoyable now that I've had it a few times. We took it to a Pakistanian restaurant which made a good pairing!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 00:59 (ten years ago) link
2 years? wow. any hops left?
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 01:02 (ten years ago) link
55 IBU = pretty smooth.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 01:07 (ten years ago) link
central waters brewhouse coffee stout
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 01:22 (ten years ago) link
Correct. If I recall, my comment was it tasted just like Peruvian morning, without the barrel.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 01:24 (ten years ago) link
I've been eying the Founders Boltcutter in my closet. I never had it fresh, it was so divisive when it came out, I just sort of pushed it to the back. Anyone had it recently?
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 01:31 (ten years ago) link
i'm in the same boat. i think my plan is to let it age for 3 years or so.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 01:32 (ten years ago) link
got a growler of brooklyn's smoked porter tonight/ mmmm. toasty.
― ian, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 02:07 (ten years ago) link
how does o'so not make a beer called "krispie" anyway
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 03:28 (ten years ago) link
(note: questions like this are probably why i'd be a bad choice to run your brewery)
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 03:30 (ten years ago) link
this should be a i'm drunk post, but really i am but i wanted to share the good tidings that i drank delicious pints of pliny elder, blind pig, allagash broken elevator and Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen oude geueze at monk's cafe tnite which is really such a nice place to get loaded
― Mordy , Tuesday, 10 December 2013 03:41 (ten years ago) link
I remember fondly all the times I've been drunk at monks.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 10 December 2013 03:50 (ten years ago) link
Me too! It's a great place, although I could say that about most of the Philly bars I've been to. Not that shitbag fake old west one across from eastern state that I got stuck at. But most of the other ones.
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Tuesday, 10 December 2013 04:33 (ten years ago) link
Very odd, could have sworn last year Binny's in the South Loop had literally piles of (standard) BCBS left over, even on sale for a few dollars off. Wonder if they over-ordered last year, or if Goose Island going bigger ate away at some of the local allocation. Oh well. I did notice the return of Three Floyds' Gumballhead, which was MIA for a bit.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 21:12 (ten years ago) link
For those near Pasadena, CA, I just saw that Firestone-Walker is bringing some Parabola to the Whole Foods (Arroyo Parkway) bar tomorrow.
― nickn, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 21:16 (ten years ago) link
got a growler of brooklyn's smoked porter tonight
I read this too quickly as smoked salmon porter (which I guess, given Taco Hands and Beard Beer, is not impossible, but...)
― Conceptual Brew (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
on that note I have most of a fifth of this at home if anyone is feeling thirsty
http://media3.s-nbcnews.com/j/ap/salmon%20vodka-1640097240_v2.grid-4x2.jpg
― dan m, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 21:21 (ten years ago) link
That had been a running joke between friends and I. You could serve it with this for maximum baaaaaarf:
https://beamglobal.s3.amazonaws.com/sites/505757e5851916549a000002/content_entry5059fc39851916762400029f/5241cb888519162844000575/files/KC_maple.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 21:24 (ten years ago) link
And of course:
http://www.chicagobeergeeks.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/porterhouse-oyster-stout.jpg
― Conceptual Brew (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 21:32 (ten years ago) link
The Oyster Stout I had - Flying Dog? - was pretty good! I want to say the shell imparts a lot of calcium, not fishy flavor, so it ends up close to a milk stout.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
AGGGGGHHH that salmon vodka almost killed us all at former ilxor FB's bachelor party
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 22:39 (ten years ago) link
it srsly gives me ptsd gag reflex just looking at it.
DJP was to blame, fyi
― Wendy Carlos Williams (jjjusten), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 22:40 (ten years ago) link
hm that must've been about the same time he came sniffin' around the chicago thread asking about malort
― dan m, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 23:04 (ten years ago) link
I got my precious precious bottle as a gag gift a couple christmases ago from a friend who lives in anchorage, I've made a couple bloody marys with it.
― dan m, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 23:06 (ten years ago) link
(but only a couple)
― dan m, Wednesday, 11 December 2013 23:07 (ten years ago) link
Smoked salmon vodka could work really well in a caesar.
Or not.
― tell it to my arse (jim in glasgow), Wednesday, 11 December 2013 23:23 (ten years ago) link
oyster stout is a fairly traditional style, and it usually tastes way less crazy than you might imagine. it dates back to victorian times apparently, since stouts were often paired with oysters at pubs
i like the upright one, out of the few i've tried
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4064/4408495104_0b0ca66e02_z.jpg
― akadarbarijava (psychgawsple), Thursday, 12 December 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
stout and seafood is one of my favorite pairings
― Jeff, Thursday, 12 December 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link
yep
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 12 December 2013 21:49 (ten years ago) link