oats do good in a big IPA, they round out the body a bit and make 'em viscous. Surly Abrasive has a decent amount of oats in the bill if i remember correctly.
also can't wait to drink gallons of Bell's Best Brown this fall
― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, 6 August 2014 19:40 (nine years ago) link
Fort George 3-Way is the beer of the summer for me. Just an unbelievably good IPA; like Boneyard RPM but less boozy and more fruity.
Balebreaker is alright but I'm a little miffed about how old the cans are I find are. Like, you're advertising your product as "FRESH OFF THE FARM" and it's often times a month+ old by the time it hits Seattle. I've had fresh kegs and it's far ahead of the canned offering.
― Ryan, Thursday, 7 August 2014 18:25 (nine years ago) link
oh man I gotta try that, I think psychgawsple was raving abt it upthread. I don't like their Vortex as much as other NWIPAs/
― sleeve, Thursday, 7 August 2014 18:26 (nine years ago) link
Apparently it's National IPA Day.
― first is the worst (askance johnson), Thursday, 7 August 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
Great Taste of the Midwest is this weekend, wish me luck.
http://greattaste.org/program/
― festival culture (Jordan), Thursday, 7 August 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
glad to see more love for 3-way! i wouldn't say it's very much like vortex, i like vortex but it is definitely one of those headache-inducing IPAs that i have to be in the right mood/situation to enjoy. describing IPAs kinda sucks because nearly every single damn one - especially the good ones - can be described as citrusy or piney, but 3-way has a really bright and clean fruit/citrus character that reminds me of other nw ipas like rpm or laurelwood but with less malt/other flavors in the way. they have been canning it constantly throughout the summer, like once every 1-2 weeks, and the inventory seems to be turning over enough that you can usually find something that was canned within the last week or so
i will definitely be celebrating national ipa day btw, hopefully with some block 15 sticky hands after work :)
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 7 August 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
I just had a saison finally and it's gross
― fields of salmon, Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:06 (nine years ago) link
Thank You [/Harvey Fierstein voice]
― nickn, Thursday, 7 August 2014 22:25 (nine years ago) link
O-O
― Jeff, Thursday, 7 August 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
StieglRadler
― DERE is no DERE DERE (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 8 August 2014 02:38 (nine years ago) link
*fuck**yes*
― Everyone is awful except you. Wait, no, you are also awful. (jjjusten), Friday, 8 August 2014 02:49 (nine years ago) link
Seriously, I love that beer
― Everyone is awful except you. Wait, no, you are also awful. (jjjusten), Friday, 8 August 2014 02:50 (nine years ago) link
me2
― Mordy, Friday, 8 August 2014 03:00 (nine years ago) link
my favorite radler is mixing half weinhenstephaner original and half sprite, that is good shit
― anonanon, Friday, 8 August 2014 03:01 (nine years ago) link
sleeve - i finally got around to getting a 4-pack of the ft george oatmeal pale ale and damn! probably my favorite easily-available pale at the moment, and i definitely like it better than the harder-to-find pales from barley browns and boneyard that i've tried recently
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Monday, 11 August 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link
yumm
― sleeve, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 03:26 (nine years ago) link
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/08/12/meet-the-beer-bottle-dictator.html
― ian, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link
i saw that the other day. super weird.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link
breweries put such stupid shit on their bottles, if the only real limitation is that labels can't be perceieved as misleading the consumer it's hard for me to think of the guy as a 'dictator'
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Wednesday, 13 August 2014 16:38 (nine years ago) link
Founders Dissenterr: a double ipa made with lager yeast, afaict.
― dan m, Friday, 15 August 2014 00:56 (nine years ago) link
On extra r thurr
I guess I can detect the lighter body and crispness of a lager now that I think about it
― dan m, Friday, 15 August 2014 00:58 (nine years ago) link
Dude I know luggaged a bunch of cans of westbrook gose back from CA. So so good.
― Everyone is awful except you. Wait, no, you are also awful. (jjjusten), Friday, 15 August 2014 02:24 (nine years ago) link
any untappd fans here?
― ∞, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:36 (nine years ago) link
Victory Prima is good
― calstars, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link
Yeah a bunch of ppl are on untappd - I'm seandalai
― dem bow dem bow need calcium (seandalai), Friday, 15 August 2014 23:52 (nine years ago) link
probably easier just to post yr username and let everyone else add u
― Mordy, Friday, 15 August 2014 23:53 (nine years ago) link
im osamabindrinkin but I dont really use it properly hehe
― panettone for the painfully alone (mayor jingleberries), Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:05 (nine years ago) link
yeah my untapped is my gov't name but i don't mind adding ppl if i know yr name
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 16 August 2014 00:54 (nine years ago) link
my untappd name is "jeff"
― Jeff, Saturday, 16 August 2014 01:15 (nine years ago) link
Wtf iz untappd
― calstars, Saturday, 16 August 2014 01:58 (nine years ago) link
An app for logging every time you see a baby in a bar.
― Jeff, Saturday, 16 August 2014 02:04 (nine years ago) link
lol
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 16 August 2014 02:07 (nine years ago) link
oooooh zing
i pretty much drink a growler or two of beer from other half every weekend now.i would be on un untappd, but i'm kinda scared of apps. the only app i ever downloaded was words with friends and i didn't really ever play it except with one or two people.
drinking the various variations of singlecut's 'kim' sour lager -- very very good. sour cherry & hibiscus both very good.
― ian, Saturday, 16 August 2014 02:34 (nine years ago) link
I am on untapped and I assume my name there is jjjusten but if that dude looks like he has shit taste it must be someone else
― Everyone is awful except you. Wait, no, you are also awful. (jjjusten), Saturday, 16 August 2014 02:43 (nine years ago) link
untappd is great, ian!
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 16 August 2014 02:46 (nine years ago) link
i am way into untappd. i go as psychgawsple, p sure there are no other psychgawsples
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Sunday, 17 August 2014 01:16 (nine years ago) link
Here's a link for anyone that doesn't want to search for "jeff" https://untappd.com/user/jeff
Add me. I love friends. Friends love me.
― Jeff, Sunday, 17 August 2014 01:42 (nine years ago) link
Not that I'm going to have much control over where I go next week, but does anyone recommend anywhere to drink in Nashville? Other than the Flying Saucer, which I'm familiar with from the Houston edition.
― Jeff, Sunday, 17 August 2014 01:48 (nine years ago) link
I found the Almanac pluot farmer's reserve Albert recommended, will try it soon. Also bought a six-pack of Anderson Valley Gose ("the Kimmie, the Yink, and the Holy Gose Ale" <sigh>). It's pretty damn good, and at $10 for the 6 very well priced. I haven't seen this one anywhere else, so I hope the store continues to stock it. Oh yeah, 4.2% abv, one of their Highway 128 Session Series beers (never heard of that before either).
― nickn, Sunday, 17 August 2014 04:54 (nine years ago) link
Jeff, check out a place called 3 Crow in East Nashville
― dan m, Sunday, 17 August 2014 14:25 (nine years ago) link
Apex Predator by Off Color is a fantastic summer beer. Many thanks to dan m. for turning me on to this one.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 18 August 2014 18:44 (nine years ago) link
It is really good! I'm glad I sent some around. I've had a few more myself over the course of the summer.
― dan m, Monday, 18 August 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
It's been the best off color brew.
― Jeff, Monday, 18 August 2014 18:55 (nine years ago) link
i should try that one, off color has been super hit and miss (well honestly, more miss and really really miss) for me
― Everyone is awful except you. Wait, no, you are also awful. (jjjusten), Monday, 18 August 2014 19:48 (nine years ago) link
i went to this awesome party yesterday, a really good friend who works at maybe the best liquor store in town is moving to california and he had his fridge stocked with all this good weird shit to fully celebrate at his goodbye party. italian sours, a bunch of bourbon-barrel-aged stouts, heady topper, it was amazing. the sours were the highlight honestly, heady topper was fine but i do feel like that beer's rarity makes it sound like so much more than just a really good double IPA
― marcos, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:52 (nine years ago) link
what store
― call all destroyer, Monday, 18 August 2014 19:53 (nine years ago) link
downtown spirits in davis sq
― marcos, Monday, 18 August 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
anyone else been enjoying the Brew Bus Last Stop IPA?Nice & bitter, not too malty. Good imo.
― ian, Monday, 18 August 2014 22:26 (nine years ago) link
also enjoying a troeg's 'hop knife' atm. yum.
― ian, Tuesday, 19 August 2014 02:04 (nine years ago) link