Beer in the new era

BLAKKR seemed to be a good combo of hoppy and roasty. The initial flavor was almost all hops and the finish was almost all roast, like one of those flavor-changing gums/candies of yesteryear. I just don't know if shoving those two flavors together is a thing I like or not.

i was curious abt blakker right up to the point where i saw the almost $20 price for a 4 pack of it

Oh see here it was in 22oz bombers for like $10.

...not that that's any better really :P

I didn't realize GL Alchemy Hour is called Chillwave this year. Chillwave.

Yeah! Saw it at the store and lolled.

http://blog.centralwaters.com/?m=1

rip peruvian morning?

well, good for them for finally owning up i guess

Hope the fix it. Such a good beer when fresh.

Yeah, at least they're being transparent. Bummer. I'll be in Wisconsin this weekend and had that on my radar.

BBBW is still stellar.

That was in the fall, though, right?

Nah, this month. It's been hitting stores, but not sticking around very long.

Actually, last month:

http://centralwaters.com/beers/pdf/2013ProductionSchedule.pdf

just learned about this site yesterday: http://www.barnivore.com/

i'm not vegan by any stretch, but i'm impressed at how extensive their database is!

― festival culture (Jordan), Monday, March 3, 2014 12:45 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i was vegan for 10 years (vegetarian now) and beer was one of those things that i just said, you know what, i'm not going to give a shit about this, it's so damn minor and i'm probably gonna make every potential vegan just shun veganism for life if i go on some spiel about isinglass. i just felt ridiculous pushing for it. i was definitely not alone among vegans i knew, even hardcore animal rights activist vegans i hung out with when i lived in DC were just like "drink the guinness and don't say a fucking word about it"

xpost I was thrown off by this window in December when the South Loop Binny's was just tossing hard to find stuff on shelves willy-nilly, a bottle here, a four-pack there...

xp are there even stats on who uses isinglass versus irish moss or some other type of coagulant?

Cool found some cw barleywine.

xposted to metal thread:
http://www.decibelmagazine.com/featured/dave-witte-and-tired-hands-collaborate-on-play-fast/

Arctic Panzer Wolf is in stores. Also I noticed that my local shop had Abrasive in the "build your own 6 pack" shelf, so I got myself a sixer of Abrasive for $9.99. :D

Way to work the system

Jeff have you had the Revolution barrel-aged stuff, specifically Bean Gene or Straight Jacket? Both are sitting on the shelves at my local but the price is a little steep for an impulse buy ($18ish). It really doesn't look like anyone's buying them, I keep hoping for a price cut. Are they worth trying?

What should I get in WI this weekend?

I always look for New Glarus stuff with red foil on the cap that isn't the Apple Beer. Or, get the Apple Beer if that's your thing, I didn't like it. It's very apple-y.

I like straight jacket a lot. It does tend to sit on shelves though, even on the northside. Bean gene is just ok to me.

Stopped at the bar, saw Chillwave on the list, lolled and then had to order it. Not bad!

What happened with New Belgium's packaging? They had the same labels for what felt like forever (since I first saw Fat Tire when I lived in Arizona in the late 90s), then re-did everything two or three years ago. A couple months ago I noticed that everything has been redesigned again. It just seems odd.

Guise I am inside Lagunitas' Chicago production facility and it is insane.

http://imgur.com/EHNN0OE

Fucking url http://imgur.com/EHNN0OE

The numbers for the amount of beer they are going to make there is insane.

Holy shit

That pic does not do it justice, there is about 6x as much space as you can see. Thousands of kegs.

that's amazing. i still don't have feelings much stronger than neutral about lagunitas but good for them i guess.

Lagunitas is huge and only going to get bigger when they open their Chicago brewery. That facility along is planning to make 1.7 million barrels a year. By comparison, the Petaluma based brewery currently makes about 700k barrels a year and that covers their entire current distribution.

― Jeff, Wednesday, April 10, 2013 2:18 PM (10 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

other than sucks which is a seasonal is there like a universally loved lagunitas beer?

Hop stoopid is pretty great. And cheap!

Lil sumpin sumpin, despite the terrible name, is wonderul.

tbh I don't think I've had anything from Lagunitas that wasn't good to great. glad they're expanding.

Not only was I able to find some Peruvian morning stout, it was mispriced at half off.

sup y'all
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other than sucks which is a seasonal is there like a universally loved lagunitas beer?

― call all destroyer

Hop Stoopid like Jeff says, Little Sumpin Sumpin, the IPA is solid.

I got a 6-pack of Ballast Point Sculpin thanks to this thread - it was really good, but I can almost buy a 12-pack of 10 Barrel for $15 and it wasn't twice as good.

^^^Sleeve OTM: Hop Stoopid is great (I always tend to confuse it with Maximus, but I prefer Hop Stoopid). Their plain old IPA is highly underrated imho.

Capuccino Stout is seasonal and very good as well.

They do a very limited annual release called Fusion that's worth checking out if your local picks up rare kegs.

So, my WI beer haul included:

New Glarus: Raspberry Tart, Strawberry Rhubarb and Belgian Red (cherry), plus more Serendipity, all if which I consider closer to wine than beer, but which should be good for the spring/summer. I had the strawberry, and it was like drinking strawberry shortcake. I also got a six-pack of foil-wrapped Spiced Ale.

Central Waters: Peruvian Morning (I guess they taste OK if I drink them sooner than later?), plus some Brewhouse Coffee Stout.

Sand Creek: Noir Black Belgian Barley Wine.

Oh, and some Bell's Cherry Stout, which was sort of like drinking a cherry beer with soot in it.

OK, I had my first bottle of 2014 Peruvian Morning Stout. Bullet: dodged. But my understanding is that one of a couple of scenarios could play out. Either my bottles will taste fine now, but will (may?) increasingly go sour/bad over time, or my bottles will taste off from the first sip. No idea if the problem is so pervasive that every one of my bottles is doomed, though, and (again, if I understand correctly) even if one bottle of my four-pack is good, the other three could be bad, or the other way around. Shame, as this is a tasty beer. Best case scenario is that my sense of taste is so unrefined I don't notice anything wrong!

Also hearing at least one bottling of the CW BBS may be bad. So far I think the Barleywine is testing fine.

sixpoint's hi-res is very good. Surprisingly un-boozy for 11%+ ABV, also not overpoweringly bitter for something that touts its hops so heavily. Definitely a little on the sweet side, but finishes dry.

not a fan of the hi-res tbh.
but i do REALLY like the 2xOne single-hop IPA by Southern Tier; could drink all day.

A few more Lagunitas Chicago shots:

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oops, doubled up that first/last one

wow!

i'm gonna be in san diego for work around the end of the month. i probably won't have a lot of time to go beer touring, but can anyone recommend 1 or 2 must hit spots in the area? i'm definitely not going to be able to make it up to san fran.