Beer in the new era

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.

So one of the Three Floyd's/Bruery collabs in one sale at the brewpub in Muster today, a bargain at only $30 a bottle! Heard great things about those but, uh, $30. Huh.

i thought those were infected and were thus "discounted" to $20, different beer?

http://thefullpint.com/beer-news/interesting-news-regarding-bruery-3-floyds-collaboration/

Hmm. Three Floyd's just posted on their FB page 2 hours ago, saying $30. Interesting.

So nobody interested in fields of salmon's guide to la micro québécoise ? Sauvages.

i had a great time a dieu du ciel a couple years back but no mtl plans in the offing

i live not close to there and have no plans to visit anytime soon. you should probably tell us about it anyways tho

Not gonna reload the thread but Boulevard Rye on Rye is totally great if you haven't had it.

Concur

Lagunitas nighttime is cheap but meh.

I am in Singapore where beer options are basically Tiger, Singha, a couple of Carlsbergs and Heiniken. Bombers cost $6 US and you drink it out of a mug over ice which actually is perfect in this particular circumstance.

The only American beer I've seen was a six pack of Colt 45 cans that cost $18.

Works everytime.

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Went to the Goose Island Barrel Warehouse event yesterday. Above is what the tappings were throughout the day. It was extremely well run, the lines moved super fast with probably 4 oz pours of bourbon county each time. And when you were waiting in line for the next one to tap, they'd bring pitchers of the leftovers for the previous tasting to pour for people in line. And then there were the guest taps....

Needless to say, by the time I got to Coffee, I was pretty much gone. Probably should have stopped there, but I powered through. For better or for worse. Mostly worse. And I've got seven more days of craft beer week to get through.

http://traffic.libsyn.com/basicbrewing/bbr07-07-11vinnie.mp3
(keynote starts around 4m30s, content starts around 13m40s)

Kind of technical/dry but very informative Basic Brewing podcast, 78mins with Vinnie Cilurzo of Russian River talking about 25 years of brewing starting from home in San Diego, starting a brewery, inventing the double IPA, pioneering wild yeast and barrel aging techniques in the USA, cultivating and testing experimental hop strains like CFJ90 (predecessor to Centennial) & 369, basic history lesson from someone who started in the garage and ended up as one of the most influential brewers in the USA if not the world.

Courtesy of call all destroyer, I'm drinking Pretty Things Grampus which is subtitled Hoppy Golden Double Mash. Very surprisingly sweet, and then booooooze. It's not bad but it wouldn't be something I'd usually reach for, I wish I had someone to share with but my wife took one sip and then poured herself a glass of wine instead. It's almost like a bigger, sugarier Hopslam.

Btw can anyone tell me the name of the DC beer/cocktail bar with the wallet-emptying tap list that has been referenced a few times itt? Pretty sure I DIED mentioned it...

Churchkey?

Sadly pretty sure I hate this years Sierra Nevada hoptimum. Molasses sweet, gross mouth feel, hop throat itch. Always tastes like it's too warm no matter how cold it is, or at least that's my best impressionistic description.

Oh also, why oh why do I ever give 21st amendments monks blood a second chance. Night of beer fail.

that's what hoptimum always tastes like imo

I was up in Kingston NY (home of Keegan's Ales) and I tried a Keegan's Old Capital. Man, what a lousy beer.

Haven't been able to find the Ommegang Glimmerglass, but I tried the Fleur Du Hoblon Summer Ale and thought it was quite good.

did not have a very beery weekend in nyc but did try and enjoy peekskill's simple sour and singlecut's billy 18-watt ipa.

Churchkey! Thank you, Jeff.

was lucky enough to pick up some adam from the wood and cherry adam from the wood over the weekend, might pick up more before they sell out. also while i was at the taproom i got to try the brandy cherry fred from the wood, which is pretty rare i guess. tastes more than a little like dessert wine but has the complexity to pull it off very very well

jeff - do you remember anything about all the fancy bcbs varieties? haven't even tried the normal one yet this year but that templeton rye one looked incredible

Heading to San Diego in 2 weeks for a conference with not a lot of downtime and will have to be centered mostly in/around downtown but am hoping to scoop up some bottles and get to a few taprooms. Sadly I think San Marcos/North County/Kearney Mesa are all out of reach with my current time commitments.

xpost Honestly no, which is why drinking that much in a row (along with other beers), isn't the best idea for true enjoyment. I don't remember hating it, everything was good, but I wasn't cognizant enough to enjoy any nuances.

Surly Pentagram at my local!

$25?? Maaaan

CAD: How did you like the Singlecut? I like their stuff. I don't remember if the 18 watt is the regular version or the session or the imperial? they do three versions of billy iirc.

i think it was the regular session, because i recalled thinking it was pretty mellow and that made sense later when i looked it up and it was a session ipa. i think it was just listed as an ipa on the menu.

with that in mind i thought it was quite good, drank two of em at a sidewalk table near the beginning of the highline. had a good balance--reminded me more of the notch session ipa that is out now here in mass as opposed to the thinner hoppy versions that stone and founders made.

yeah. not super into those stone & founders session guys. they just taste a bit watery to me. gimme a can of founders centennial over the all day anyday.

The more local of my locals has Pentagram for $24, and Blakkr for $18, but I'm not sure I have the heart to pay that for either. Either worth it, as far as these crazy prices go?

Is pay that for pentagram, just because I haven't had it and that seems to be what it is mostly everywhere.

The trade value of a 4-pack Furious, Abrasive, Blakkr and Bender was quoted to me to be about $18 total, this was like 2-3 months ago?

(btw I'm not in MLPS/STP)

The trade value of a 4-pack Furious, Abrasive, Blakkr and Bender was quoted to me to be about $18 total

Total, you mean for four 4-packs?! That's insane, given Abrasive and Blakkr go for just shy of $20 a pack! It can't possibly be 1/4 the price in MN.

Think he means one of each.

^^

i'm pretty in to this anderson valley gose (the kimmie, the yink, and the holy gose? or something stupid like that). it's definitely not the best gose i've ever had but it has a nice bite of pilsner-style hops with plenty of sour/salty to balance it out. most importantly though - you can easily find tart, delicious, low abv, refreshing beer in cans for under $10

hmm I'm gonna have to try that. Love their IPA, really dislike their winter & summer ales (too sweet). 5 or 6 years ago Hop Ottin was pretty much the only thing I was drinking.