Beer in the new era

drainpoured a beer for the first time in recent memory tonight. background: i've been drinking less beer (not less overall, just less beer) so i've been buying more singles just to try stuff without the risk of commitment. i guess this approach can lead to carelessness.

anyway, this was a "9.5% rye tripel" from two roads brewing and it was awful.

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 10:10 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

haha yea this beer is terrible, so bad. I bought a two roads mix 12-pack the other day and these are just brutal. I still tend to drink drainpour-deserving beers because I can't stand to waste them (I'm someone who eats leftover meals way after everyone else in the house has already given up) but rye 95 is is a drag

8 year vertical of KBS this past Sunday (plus a bottle of CBS). Kind of fun, but much like the bourbon county one, you just kind of lose your palette and are like eh, whatever, it's all good.

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/32931/168260/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4ZkmgU32GU

haha yea this beer is terrible, so bad. I bought a two roads mix 12-pack the other day and these are just brutal. I still tend to drink drainpour-deserving beers because I can't stand to waste them (I'm someone who eats leftover meals way after everyone else in the house has already given up) but rye 95 is is a drag

― marcos, Tuesday, 14 April 2015 23:03 (Yesterday) Permalink

the brewmaster is supposed brewing great Phil Markowski from Southampton Brewery. Based on SH's regularly available beers it doesn't surprise me that any Two Roads beers would be garbage.

i think i've only had two, an ipa that had an off flavor and the aforementioned rye tripel nightmare (marcos thx for backing me up on this btw), it will be a long time before i have another one b/c i'm pretty sure they have no idea what they're doing. southampton brewed some pretty legendary belgians back in the day but i'll go ahead and assume there's no lineage to this current garbage.

Josh, there will be a live filming of Just Keep Tastin' at CCBW, http://chibeerweek.com/event/?eid=553

File under Beers You Thought You'd Hate:

Stone Chai-Spiced Russian Imperial Stout

Every one of my friends hated this and I couldn't get enough, it's spicy... hot ginger but lots of garam masala blend chai spice. Who knew?

But I also liked that Ballast Point indian food beer way more than anyone else as well.

Oh man. I'm finalizing plans to go to VT for my cousin's wedding in the fall, just realized that the place we're staying is only about 3 miles from The Alchemist and about a 40 minute drive from Hill Farmstead. CAD I'm gonna need some advice on visiting these places.

tbf everything in vermont is nearly within a 40 minute drive from every other point in vermont

xp no prob, get in touch when you have some idea of your plans!

dan m: ISO your post-wedding suitcase.

Xp we are staying in Duxbury, will have access to a car. Looks like a Friday-Monday visit.

And yeah I will likely be bringing an extra bag.

i stayed at a great b&b in duxbury last year. nice area.

we'll see if distribution patterns have changed at all by fall but friday will be the day to go places most likely. if you can get up to the area by midmorning friday you shouldn't have much trouble getting heady topper.

can anyone recommend any breweries/bars in phoenix?

I got to say as a native Hoosier, I tip my hat to these guys as this as this sounds like it is going to be a hell of a party. Some of the best beer in the world, New Orleans' Bounce music queen, C.O.C., giving Mike Pence a double barreled nasty bird and hopefully becomes a news story that gets carried around the world to remind anyone and everyone that Pence is a complete idiot. Three Floyd's Robert the Bruce is the business, it's fantastic beer.

http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20150423/ukrainian-village/three-floyds-says-bleep-indiana-politics-with-pro-gay-dark-lord-day

can anyone recommend any breweries/bars in phoenix?

― Mordy, Thursday, April 23, 2015 12:10 AM (Yesterday)

Go to Gilbert (SE PHX):

Arizona Wilderness has solid pale ales combined with some great barrel aged saisons and stouts.

There was a bottle shop (Gilbert Convenient Mart) a few miles away that had an impressive selection, chat up the owner a bit and he may unleash some good stuff not on displays.

hey if anybody is ever in Gold Beach, Oregon (southern coast), there is a brewery called Arch Rock that is making one of the best pale ales I have ever had

it's findable on tap around Oregon, not sure about other states

Saw Surly Pentagram at the store this morning, it's good but not $25/bottle good.

Yeah, tried it once, wouldn't pay that much for it again.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Three-Floyds-FFF-3Floyds-Dark-Lord-Head-Huntress-Hot-Sauce-/201337621829?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ee0a84d45

Sixpoint The Crisp is pretty nice. If you covered the label and told me it was German or Czech I'd probably believe it.

http://i1179.photobucket.com/albums/x398/jplopez21/Mobile%20Uploads/received_10153239594948770_zpstaggul00.jpeg

Bourbon County in 16.9 ounce bottles, no more 4 packs.

nooooo

wow is that ugly. will be surprised if the per bottle price doesn't go up too

per oz, rather

disgraceful use of the city flag stars in that poster

Hmmm... What's been the typical cost of BCBCS 4-pack at Binny's vs. the bomber?

$20 vs $more?

Bottle shop/bar in my neighborhood (M@ri@'s, Chicagoans) has a bottle of Dark Lord in the cooler for $60.

Not worth it.

Just reg?

I think so, I just noticed it while paying.

I noticed that Pilsner Urquell is now coming in 330ml bottles instead of 12oz bottles. But they also claim they've cut the shipping time from Czech Republic to US in half, so I guess it's a net positive. It did taste pretty fresh.

I saw some Stone bourbon barrel aged Arrogant Bastard in six packs so I bought one. It didn't strike me as good as the bomber in the 4-pack sampler they had last year, but maybe my memory or others factors caused that. $17 at WF.

later this evening i'll be cracking open Grimm's "Rainbow In Curved Air" -- sour farmhouse ale aged on oak, brewed with peaches. Also it's named after a Terry Riley composition, so there is that. Really enjoyed the last Grimm sour I had, "Telekinesis" and their double IPA "Tesseract" was hella good as well.

Hi ian! That beer sounds perfect for you :)

I have really been enjoying the Anderson Valley Gose, and marcos' phrase "sour, salty, delicious" keeps coming back to me.

anyone try the victory kirsch gose?

I liked it.

me too!

i can't make my mind up abt the victory kirsch gose. i have consumed several of them though so obviously i don't hate it. maybe just wish the cherry was a little more subtle.
did not actually make it to the Grimmmmmm sour last night, so tonight or tomorrow maybe. going to have a drink at Other Half with a few friends in an hour. my fave brooklyn brewery.

yeah the cherry is def not subtle but it was balanced enough for me

looks like there's a sixpoint gose in cans now too (albeit their embarrassing red bull-style skinny cans)

dig the grimm stuff i've tried, barrel aged double negative and gradient were nice. curious about the terry riley thing

https://scontent-lga.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/11147117_10152438831798039_6832224328554212139_n.jpg?oh=de4fe8d31d68c6bbe282cd4841a75e19&oe=5607D6CA

Need to get some of the victory gose

anyway, this was a "9.5% rye tripel" from two roads brewing and it was awful.

― call all destroyer, Wednesday, April 8, 2015 10:10 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

wow yea i did not head this warning & this beer is super terrible

i saw the grimm terry riley beer on the menu at a bad brooklyn restaurant the other night, it was $17 so i didnt fuck w it tho, curious

sixpoint gose "jammer" is garbage fwiw

That's a little harsh I guess

it just totally lacks the sourness that is kind of the main attribute of a gose imo besides the saltiness