good to know! had a couple otter creek beers maybe 4 or 5 five years ago and was totally unimpressed (stovepipe porter, i think), assumed they were another generic new england brewery a la shipyard or fishermans brew or something. i'll give the new ones a try
― marcos, Friday, 14 February 2014 20:58 (ten years ago) link
man, ballast point sculpin is a mighty fine brew.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 14 February 2014 21:00 (ten years ago) link
yeah i'm gonna try to grab singles of their unconvincing-looking year-round offerings (copper ale, black ipa) because these new ones have been so good.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
i dunno if i've ever had an otter creek beer, but it's good to keep in mind -- it's tough for me to find stuff i am excited about when i go visit my family in RI. my usual go-to is Shed Pale Ale, also from vermont iirc. i used to be into the wachusett ipa but last time i was up it didn't work for me... seemed too malty/sweet.
― ian, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
shed ipa is pretty good! like their brown ale too
― marcos, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:03 (ten years ago) link
yeah sculpin is way way up there for me as well. Also caved and had the Oskar Blues Ten Fidy and although $15 for a 4 pack of 12 oz cans is kinda O_O holy crap, it is a pretty killer stout. xposts
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Friday, 14 February 2014 21:04 (ten years ago) link
wachusett's larry is their double ipa, it's around in cans now and pretty good imo. don't really know about their other stuff.
sculpin fans--how much is a sixer in your area?
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
This years sucaba is awesome.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:06 (ten years ago) link
^$13.99
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 14 February 2014 21:08 (ten years ago) link
pricey
also speaking of VT beers if you guys ever find yourselves in brattleboro, you should visit mcneill's brewery. i feel like i already posted about this place but i was blown away by their beers. they had a bunch of cask offerings that were all really good, including some kind of barrel-aged imperial stout, could've been a black ipa though. i don't remember b/c my brother ordered that beer. the cask regular ipa was pretty insane, too. i had a maibock and an old ale, both super sweet and sour at the same time. really good.
― marcos, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:09 (ten years ago) link
oh yea and the porter could've been all-time for me, was just perfect
― marcos, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link
my gold standard for an over-the-top imperial IPA is O'So Lupulin Maximus, it's very different from all the other crazy hoppy double/imperial IPAs i've had. very dank.
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 14 February 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
also a friend of mine just made an imperial pilsner for the Great D@ne in Madison, very unique and tasty.
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 14 February 2014 21:12 (ten years ago) link
I saw Sculpin for $14 in Chicago earlier this week, a buck less than Hopslam.
― dan m, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:16 (ten years ago) link
Ballast Point Big Eye in cans and/or bombers have been making the rounds lately too. I almost tried their amber, Calico, the other day before talking myself out of it.
― dan m, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:18 (ten years ago) link
sculpin here is around $16-18 depending on storehopslam is more like $20 :\
― ian, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
nyc suscccckks.
― ian, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:23 (ten years ago) link
move to the midwest, it's a beer wonderland here
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, 14 February 2014 21:23 (ten years ago) link
i would move out of NY but i don't think my wife ever will.
― ian, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
I should look at the prices of what I'm buying more. Well I do look and if it isn't insane then I buy it and them forget what I paid.
― Jeff, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:32 (ten years ago) link
move to the midwest, it's a beer wonderland here― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, February 14, 2014 4:23 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― festival culture (Jordan), Friday, February 14, 2014 4:23 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yea, you guys do have it pretty nice
― marcos, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:39 (ten years ago) link
SoCal has Sculpin for $15, with fairly regular sales at $14. The can 6-packs I only see at Whole Foods, and they never discount them.
I think someone mentioned Hopslam at their Trader Joe's recently. Checked my local yesterday and they carry it.
My Bevmo is doing a happy hour thing M-Th, 4-7 pm where they discount beer, wine, and liquor. I got Anchor Steam for $6.49 and they had Lagunitas IPA for $5.99 but I missed that one (6-packs). It's not on their web site so you have to go in beforehand to get the weekly list of offerings.
― nickn, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:55 (ten years ago) link
Should be they *don't* carry Hopslam.
― nickn, Friday, 14 February 2014 21:56 (ten years ago) link
I should have said that my area of the woods is Atl, GA, which is where i am getting the 13.99 Sculpin
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Friday, 14 February 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link
Also noticed today that Miller is getting into the pseudo-craft line. They had an amber ale (I think) with 6.9% abv at $12 per 12-pack. I keep thinking it'd be nice if a major came out with something that was good, if not great or even very good, at a mass-market price.
― nickn, Friday, 14 February 2014 22:40 (ten years ago) link
I guess I'll stick with TJs Jumping Cow and Fat Toad for that.
this is why the lord created sierra nevada pale ale
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 February 2014 22:44 (ten years ago) link
My first craft beer!! Carl introduced it to me in Atlanta way back in the year 2000.
― Jeff, Friday, 14 February 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link
i still drink it all the time, such a well thought out beer
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 February 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
really? i've never liked it all that much, pre craft beer me or post craft beer me.
― an enormous bolus of flatulence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Friday, 14 February 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
yep. it's not the hoppiest pale ale at all, but the hop profile is so memorable and well-defined. a little pine, a little citrus, nice malt backbone. love it.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 February 2014 23:04 (ten years ago) link
I drink more Torpedo than OG Sierra lately, but yeah they're reliably very good and cost-effective.
― burbbhrbhbbhbburbbbryan ferry (Dan Peterson), Friday, 14 February 2014 23:06 (ten years ago) link
And don't even get me started on Celebration. OMNOMNOM.
CADOTM
― Jeff, Friday, 14 February 2014 23:14 (ten years ago) link
At a sour event tonight. Had Cantillon Iris, mikkeller spontanframboos, bruery sour in the rye. Probably going to have heartburn tonight.
― Jeff, Friday, 14 February 2014 23:17 (ten years ago) link
there was a bar here that got some sour in the rye kegs last year. i drank a LOT of that stuff.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 14 February 2014 23:19 (ten years ago) link
Wondering if I should get a 4th beer, my palette is pretty much shot.
― Jeff, Friday, 14 February 2014 23:22 (ten years ago) link
the ballast point calico blew my mind, its literally ther first time i have had an amber ale and thought "oh hey amber ale doesnt have to be terrible." its shockingly good.
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Friday, 14 February 2014 23:22 (ten years ago) link
So I still do the untappd thing and looking at the checkins at this bar there are four of us sitting right at the bar checking into our beers, two sitting on either side of me. We dare not speak to each other. I love beer in the new era.
― Jeff, Friday, 14 February 2014 23:32 (ten years ago) link
Sounds like a rom-com in the making.
― nickn, Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:28 (ten years ago) link
I like SNs too but what I'm hoping for is a BudMilloors type brewery coming out with something pretty good that is popular enough to end up being sold in 30-can bricks for like 20-25 bucks.
― nickn, Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:30 (ten years ago) link
Founders All-Day IPA is going to be sold in 15 pack cans!
― Jeff, Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:33 (ten years ago) link
Saw Surly in the store (Binny's, Chicago) for the first time today. Picked up some Furious. Very nice!
― Torei, Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:39 (ten years ago) link
This is the Miller I saw today, with lots of smart-ass comments. Will still try it eventually.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/bloomberg-news-millercoors-seeks-spirits-fans-with-bourbon-like-lager.148691/
― nickn, Saturday, 15 February 2014 00:47 (ten years ago) link
I've passed this over for weeks now because I couldn't imagine ever spending $7.50 or whatever on an amber but now I'm intrigued.
― joygoat, Saturday, 15 February 2014 07:13 (ten years ago) link
every beer has won so many awards
― the Norwegians are leaving! (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 15 February 2014 09:52 (ten years ago) link
Maine Another One. Really good!
― Jeff, Sunday, 16 February 2014 00:43 (ten years ago) link
Still haven't tried their Lunch. Doesn't sit on shelves here.
― Jeff, Sunday, 16 February 2014 00:57 (ten years ago) link
Ballast Point Dorado was not as well done as their other offerings I've tried. Overly boozy, which is not bad but I was surprised at its lack of balance.
― dan m, Monday, 17 February 2014 22:24 (ten years ago) link