i'm staying by Boston Common but will be working in Cambridge and Brookline . Will have a car though so that might work out.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 10 January 2014 14:30 (ten years ago) link
kendall sq. in cambridge is a quick trip by subway from the common if you don't want to drive around too much. if you're in brookline you could also check out the publick house tho i don't really dig it there.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 10 January 2014 14:33 (ten years ago) link
word thanks if i'm going to be hanging anywhere for awhile i'll post on the boston thread if anyones around to meet up.
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 10 January 2014 14:44 (ten years ago) link
yeah sounds good!
― call all destroyer, Friday, 10 January 2014 15:50 (ten years ago) link
xps gigantic is great too! the location is a bit more out of the way than most places here so i don't get there often. i always end up getting in sorta lengthy discussions with strangers there, ime it happens at small-ish breweries more than any other bar environment
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Friday, 10 January 2014 17:29 (ten years ago) link
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/01/10/261398742/american-beer-fans-praise-the-heavens-a-trappist-brewery-in-u-s
― dan m, Sunday, 12 January 2014 17:31 (ten years ago) link
Only MA for now- hopefully cad can hook the rest of us up
― Mordy , Sunday, 12 January 2014 18:00 (ten years ago) link
I had this beer called jai alai tonight and it ruled. It was an IPA but it was like bright orange and tasted very citrusy.
― tɹi.ʃɪp (Treeship), Monday, 13 January 2014 06:32 (ten years ago) link
I also had some beers from Evil Twin, including a porter called Lil B that was very distinctive, if not necessarily my "thing." Y'all should go to Torst in Greenpoint.
― tɹi.ʃɪp (Treeship), Monday, 13 January 2014 06:34 (ten years ago) link
i <3 jai alai. it has been my go-to IPA since it started being available in NY. it is similar to lagunitas sucks IMO but available year round. so good when it's fresh.
torst is a cool bar but if i went there regularly i would be broke as a joke.
― ian, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 20:50 (ten years ago) link
maybe it's just me or the day i went but i just wasn't feeling the vibe at torst
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
it's not a cozy neighborhood bar, but they have good beer, and if you bring some friends along it's as fine as anywhere else imo.
― ian, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 23:19 (ten years ago) link
yeah agrarian blows my mind. those guys were at the farmhouse fest at saraveza in spring of last year in these silly tie-dyed logo shirts and were rocking the gnarliest white-dude dreads i have ever seen. i wanted to hate their beers for obvious yet stupid reasons but i unabashedly liked the 3-4 beers they had there.
hahaha I don't know those dudes but that is soooo Eugene
― sleeve, Wednesday, 15 January 2014 23:26 (ten years ago) link
i like the olives they served with the cheese platter at torst a lot
― tɹi.ʃɪp (Treeship), Wednesday, 15 January 2014 23:46 (ten years ago) link
the bro who served me at torst was at the same beer fest i was at in vermont a few months later, but i recognized him too late to say anything.
thanks for chilling that bottle of mamouche down to appropriate serving temp, bro.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 16 January 2014 00:12 (ten years ago) link
Occurred to me tonight that Lagunitas Sucks tastes almost exactly like Three Floyds Gumballhead.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 January 2014 02:05 (ten years ago) link
Wha??????
― Jeff, Thursday, 16 January 2014 02:10 (ten years ago) link
yeah i don't get that at all
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 16 January 2014 02:16 (ten years ago) link
i have never had a three floyds beer.had my first lagunitas sucks of the season last night tho and damn do i love that beer.
― ian, Thursday, 16 January 2014 02:17 (ten years ago) link
^^^
Heh, I might agree with that statement if you said Lil Sumpin Sumpin* instead of Sucks as LSS is Lagunitas' hopped up wheat beer.
Starting to realize the palettes on ILX are pretty unusual! It's kinda like when I search the ILM archives and find all these Dexys Midnight Runners and Brooks & Dunn threads.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 16 January 2014 02:18 (ten years ago) link
i don't really like most wheat beers or belgian-y beers. i am a weird guy, i know.
― ian, Thursday, 16 January 2014 02:21 (ten years ago) link
palate~~~
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 16 January 2014 02:21 (ten years ago) link
not liking wheats or belgians is not partic. weird--i do with limited amounts of both. gumballhead was excellent the one time i got to try it tho.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 16 January 2014 02:23 (ten years ago) link
i want to try three floyd's zombie dust so bad but it's tough to come by.
― tɹi.ʃɪp (Treeship), Thursday, 16 January 2014 02:51 (ten years ago) link
dittos
― Mordy , Thursday, 16 January 2014 02:53 (ten years ago) link
totally lives up to the hype imo
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 16 January 2014 02:55 (ten years ago) link
The more I think on it, yeah, Gumballhead is much ...fruitier. But there's something about the sticky aftertaste of Sucks that reminds me of the the 3F.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 January 2014 03:28 (ten years ago) link
I've been lucky with Zombie Dust recent. I think I've drank three 6-packs in the last couple of months.
― Jeff, Thursday, 16 January 2014 03:35 (ten years ago) link
I've thought, at some point, that Lagunitas Sucks has a somewhat similar hop profile to Gumballhead and that both are also similar to like Firestone Walker Pale 31 and Two Brothers Sidekick? I probably don't know what I'm talking about though.
― ruth rendell writing as (askance johnson), Thursday, 16 January 2014 03:39 (ten years ago) link
Since you guys have mentioned Lagunitas Sucks lately I've been looking for it at the stores, but I always see a shelf tagged "Lagunitas Seasonal" with some other Lagunitas beer in that spot. Has it become like Bourbon County where it gets snagged as soon as it appears?
― nickn, Thursday, 16 January 2014 06:34 (ten years ago) link
Not quite that bad around here, I usually see it the most in Whole Foods. It's availability seems to be more available than Zombie Dust, but less available than Celebration.
― Jeff, Thursday, 16 January 2014 12:39 (ten years ago) link
Speaking of Bourbon County, I stop into the liquor store next to my train stop basically every day after work to see what may be new in the color. And almost every day they have a single four pack in the cooler. I've bought that single four pack before, and the very next day there is always one more. I think he's putting his stock out there one at a time?? Not sure why he is employing that strategy.
― Jeff, Thursday, 16 January 2014 12:54 (ten years ago) link
Last year there were stacks and stacks of BCBS at the big Binny's, but this year they either similarly eased/secreted it out or simply had less to sell. Lagunitas Sucks I usually don't have trouble finding at all. Same situation, stacks and stacks at Binny's. But then, I haven't been to the big Binny's in a while, maybe it's hard to find there, too.
Local little Binny's out here had a few four-packs of Central Waters BBS. I hear good things.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 January 2014 14:43 (ten years ago) link
idk what a binny's is but i want one by me
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 16 January 2014 14:52 (ten years ago) link
I liked the coffee variety of the Central Waters stuff better than Bourbon County, I think because I'm not a coffee drinker and the flavor was a little less intense.
xp http://www.binnys.com/ -- the "big Binnys" is roughly the size of a standard US grocery store.
― dan m, Thursday, 16 January 2014 14:54 (ten years ago) link
And there's a new big one coming! Expanding from 33,000 to 50,000 square feet! Or is it done now?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 January 2014 15:02 (ten years ago) link
Everything that Central Waters has put in a barrel has been from pretty good to absolutely fantastic. Barleywine being the best.
― Jeff, Thursday, 16 January 2014 15:03 (ten years ago) link
It's not done but the LP one is expanding greatly. It will have a tap room!
― Jeff, Thursday, 16 January 2014 15:04 (ten years ago) link
closest binnys to me:Chicago - Hyde Park [699.6 Miles]
brb
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 16 January 2014 15:49 (ten years ago) link
That's my local! It's the smallest in the fleet, too.
― dan m, Thursday, 16 January 2014 15:52 (ten years ago) link
― ian, Wednesday, January 15, 2014 6:21 PM
feelin u bro
― sleeve, Thursday, 16 January 2014 15:58 (ten years ago) link
same^^^
zombie dust is great, it pops up on tap around here at a few places.
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 16 January 2014 16:01 (ten years ago) link
I bought a six pack of Sucks last month when I saw it in Portland, it's good but I don't quite get the amount of hype about it?
― joygoat, Thursday, 16 January 2014 18:32 (ten years ago) link
it's a very good beer that happens to not be year-round, so it's hyped
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 16 January 2014 20:35 (ten years ago) link
woo - scored a box of hop ranch
― Mordy , Thursday, 16 January 2014 20:36 (ten years ago) link
tried my first hop ranch last night--between that and dirtwolf victory has pretty much been killing it.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 16 January 2014 20:48 (ten years ago) link
I did trades with both Mordy and CAD recently, here's my impressions of the beers they sent that I've tried so far:
Cigar City Jai Alai (Mordy): Pretty fantastic IPA. A bit more citrusy than I'm used to, maybe not as well-balanced as 2 Hearted. If this was available in Chicago I'd definitely be buying it in the summertime quite a bit.
Otter Creek Kind Ryed (CAD): Also very good, maybe a bit more cloudy than most beers I go for but it stood up nicely. Really enjoyed the rye aspect of the flavor.
Evolution Lot No. 3 (Mordy): Good, but didn't seem as complex as a lot of other similar beers.
Heady Topper (CAD): Big hype, and kinda lived up to it. Reminded me a lot of Surly Over Rated, which might have been assisted by the can. I shared it with my wife and she thought the same. Looking forward to trying the other can when my palate won't have been wrecked by 3 previous IPAs...
Beer trading is fun, but I can see how it would get expensive. I feel like I should have done a better job shopping around for rare stuff! Also, I'm still fretting that my packages made it to their destinations intact. Only one bottle was lost out of both boxes I received.
― dan m, Thursday, 16 January 2014 21:57 (ten years ago) link
I want to do some more trading. Too expensive for me right now though. Some guys I know do it all the time, like shipping out several packages a week. Who has the time/money for that.
― Jeff, Thursday, 16 January 2014 22:17 (ten years ago) link
Instead, all you guys can just come to my apartment and we can drink beer.
― Jeff, Thursday, 16 January 2014 22:18 (ten years ago) link
I have quite a stockpile now. Getting those two packages on the same day was like beer Christmas.
― dan m, Thursday, 16 January 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link