Beer in the new era

Favorite beers of the last 8 or so months for no reason at all:

+ Victory Prima Pils - Crisp floral beauty.
+ Lagunitas Sucks - First time I've had a (D)IPA where I first thought "this smells exactly like ripe mango" rather than "this smells vaguely citrusy."
+ St. Bernardus Prior 8 - This stuff is just delicious, I want to try their quad, too, but I'm a super lightweight and quads are heavy.
+ Ommegang Glimmerglass - Truly the most refreshing beer I think I've ever had. If it were cheaper, I'd drink it all the time.
+ Sierra Nevada Tumbler (RIP) - It bums me out that SN discontinued this to make more seasonal IPAs, this beer was awesome.

I've heard that the new Yuengling summer seasonal is actually pretty good, which is exciting news for a broke beer fan. Anybody here tried that one?

Golden Road out here perfectly OK. Food crappy but lager and IPA not bad.

You must have ordered wrong (ha ha). I like the pretzel with the reddish dipping sauce (red pepper?) And the burgers aren't bad. Sometimes I think their brown ale (Get Up Offa That Brown) is excellent, sometimes it strikes me as a little off.

Get Up Offa That Brown

This might be the most terrible beer name ever.

Yeah, awkward at best. Supposed to be a James Brown homage, but that just adds to the uncomfortableness.

Better than.... http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26850/76182/

I had a lager with a number for a name and a Save the Bay IPA. Animal for dinner, maybe they have beer.

you all seem to have forgotten
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/voodoo-wynonas-big-brown-ale/78544/

not made better by being a primus gag.

Haven't even had a chance to try it, but unless something goes terribly terribly wrong, I am going to drink SO FUCKING much of this beer before it gets retired:

http://www.newglarusbrewing.com/index.cfm/beers/ourbeers/beer/berliner-weiss

Also since it came up again, seriously, the ommegang glimmerglass is total beer perfection. Buy it on sight.

yeah? i've seen it around but will pick it up on your rec.

Champagne carbonated saison brewed with pink peppercorns. Crazy crazy good.

xps the NG Berliner Weiss is excellent, I picked some up late last year. I liked the Weizenbock that was available at the same time a lot, too.

Some unusual brews I recently enjoyed:

Bell's - Two Hearted Ale
Societe - The Butcher
Midnight Sun - BREWtality Espresso
Lost Abbey - Red Poppy Ale
De Dolle - Oerbier Special Reserva 2012

The De Dolle made me upset that it wasn't on my radar when I was in Belgium and I could have had it often for 1/5th of the price it cost me here. It's one of the greatest Flemish reds I've ever had (and I've done hard time in Flanders). Amazingly smooth and balanced and drinkable for a 13%er. Hunt it down if you like the style.

Anyone try that Anderson Valley gose that they can now? I would love to have a good gose in cans.

Champagne carbonated saison ...

I misread this as champagne carbonated salmon.

I'll tell you what I did not enjoy tasting recently: Sucre by The Bruery. Total boozebomb with cloying sweetness.

westbrook makes a pretty nice gose in cans

Yeah, I've wanted to try it, but no distribution here.

My dad lives some kind of charmed life. He's out in Portland, ME for work and is leading a tour of Allagash brewery tomorrow. NB he is an archaeology professor so I don't really get the connection but shit, sounds like a good gig to me.

got a nice box of oregon stuff from beer thread poster psychgawsple, and normally i would drink a few more and post some quick hit thoughts, but i need to take some time to praise the heater allen pils. i consider myself a czach pils fan, and not only is this the only u.s. pils i have ever had that is worth a damn, it is just an outstanding pils in general. fresh, good malt character, nice hop spice and really dry finish. extremely well-made, quality is evident in the clarity, lacing, mouthfeel, etc.

making a pils is hard. to turn out that product from a tiny brewery (and assuming their batches are consistent) is pretty impressive.

hi CaD while you are in nyc/bklyn this week, trust me and :
drink Singlecut "Dean" Mahogany Ale
and any IPA from Other Half
if you see 'em.

my fave local beers.

aw thanks, i'll keep an eye out!

singlecut has a fun tasting room in queens, but i'm not sure if singlecut does or not.
if you want any other rec's relative to where you're gonna be, let me know. i have drank a lot of beer in a lot of bars tbh.

i mean.... not sure if other half does. i think they were planning to open a tap room but i haven't followed up.

http://chibeerweek.com/schedule/

My liver and wallet may not recover from the next 11 days.

xp we're staying in a boring part of manhattan, i expect we might make it to brooklyn on one of the days we're there but if you happen to have any manhattan recs i'd love em.

in manhattan, ginger man and blind tiger are both great, though usually clogged with postwork crowds. i like 124 old rabbit club and burp castle a lot for belgian stuff, though it's highly likely that you've had them all in boston already.

i've repped it upthread already but peekskill has just been awesome lately, and i second ian's recommendations re: other half and singlecut.

if you make it out to brooklyn you should give me a holler - i'm always good for a trip to torst, barcade, one stop beer shop, brouwerij lane/dirck the norseman...

glad you liked the heater allen pils! such a good beer to drink with food. they're based in mcminnville, which is one of the larger willamette valley wine hubs, i need to check out the brewery sometime but usually when i'm in that area i'm neither in the mood for beer nor in a state where i should consume more alcohol. they make the best malty beers too... their maibock (lenz bock) is one of the best i've ever tasted in the style, the perfect pizza beer. the normal bock (hugo) and their dunkels are also awesome.

I had that pils last week, it was indeed excellent

Any fans of la microbrasse québécoise on this thread? I have a tremendous, almost alarming, amount of experience in this area and would love to discuss with other Montrealers or provide recommendation to other heads planning a summer visit.

Picked up a bottle of that New Holland Dragon's Milk w/ Chiles last night. I'm curious. Dragon's Milk is a solid brand of its ilk, overshadowed by all the hard to obtain white elephants.

got a chance to try the tropical slam variation of sticky hands, it reminded me of a more refined version of sucks. tropical fruit and coconut maltiness, taste it if you can (probably just talking to sleeve here lol, even within oregon this seems mega-limited).

also the green flash road warrior is great! probably my favorite rye-pa to date, the flavors come through well without tasting too much like rye liquor or being overly bitter

I'm so glad Chicago Craft Beer Week exists and is a thing, but I'm going to celebrate it by digging into what I've got at home. None of the events I've been to in the past few years have really been worth the crowds and hassle. Maybe if I lived closer to some of these things I'd give 'em a try, but just feels like too much work right now. I'll just crack something open at home where I can play whatever music I want and actually have some personal space.

i picked up another bottle of that Dragon's Milk reserve because i was kinda craving it, hope you like it.

Jon yr plan sounds perfect imo

xp thanks psychgawsple, I saw that on tap the other day and wondered abt it

j/v/c, I'm pretty picky with the events I attend. Main one I'm looking forward to is the Sunday Funday at the new Goose Island Barrel warehouse. Mini-golf, dodge ball, and beer. Also going to one of the Beer Temple events.

Yeah, I'm not saying some of these don't sound fun, esp that Goose Island one, I've wanted to check that out, I'm just not sure I'm up to the crowds. Admittedly, doesn't help that I'm under a huge deadline at work and will likely be in the office most of the weekend.

Anyone tried this one?

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/24300/90585/

that makes me want to quit drinking

someone itt sent me a bottle of that

I had the same reaction as dan, though I have heard some friends enthuse about it.

Had it, liked it.

excellent beer actually, and i didn't realize when i sent it to cad but it's as much a play on justin as it is on http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/388/36316/

I saw it at my favorite snobby beer store but couldn't justify buying it just for the silly bottle. Evil Twin has never let me down though.

kinda want to try that despite the terrible bottle, still in search of a good cheap summer berliner in bottles (full sail had one last year that was pretty solid actually, hopefully they do it again). so much evil twin hatred in this thread! which is weird to me b/c i've barely tried anything by them but have enjoyed what little i remember

I'm pro evil twin. Has been more consistent than his bro.

Ha I am on the far far other end of that opinion, I've never had a mikkeller I wasn't fairly amazed by, evil twin is good 50% of the time but not as good as the mikkeller stuff, and the other 50% is completely awful.

I agree that Mikkeller is better

Both of them release too many beers.