Beer in the new era

not a fan of any of the sculpins tbh

stone delicious ipa is really really good imo

Outside of the big box retailers that will be close to MSRP, I'm sure we'll find regular priced at $15-$20 each. Coffee/Barley wine probably $20-$30. Variants $30-$40 and beyond. Rare, who knows.

The prop sounds good to me, I like barrel aged stouts with peppers.

Shit's not worth it IMO.

for sure

I thinks it's worth MSRP. But the gouging that will occur makes it not worth it.

Did you try any of the Dragon's Milk with peppers from last year?

It was good.

I think I still have a bottle of that and the raspberry one. Bargains, really.

i do not have positive memories of the captain lawrence ipa. nice to see breakside and gigantic on there, but i have a soft spot for two hearted and rpm.

also jai alai really is amazing. at first i was pissed that they charged me $17 for a 6-pack at the bodega, but when i tasted it again all was forgotten. so much mango.

I drank way too much Upper Hand and Bells Oracle tonight.

Speaking of Bells, picked up a couple of Neptune's last night. Haven't tried yet.

The prop sounds good to me, I like barrel aged stouts with peppers.

― Jeff, Thursday, July 30, 2015 8:33 AM (Yesterday)

I do not know of many of these, but Barrel Aged Abraxas was truly spectacular. I've had many more non-BA chili stouts (Bomb!, Hunaphu, regular Abraxas, Xocoveza, etc.)

Speaking of Xocoveza, has anyone tried the tequila barrel-aged variants that have been showing up this week?

I guess I don't either, and more meant stouts with peppers, like the ones you mentioned.

I opened last year's prop last weekend, didn't get to drink a lot of it since I was sharing with 4 other people, but it was delicious, liked it more than the 2013 variant. Drank a lot of other good stuff, really liked Forces Unseen (Batch 3) by The Rare Barrel.

Lexington, KY over the past few years is starting to get a bit of a local beer brewing industry going. Kentucky Ale has been going for a while their main beer being the bourbon barrel beer they make. I like their regular ale on tap, but it seems to lose something when bottled. Country Boy and West 6th have some good beers. Country Boy's Cougar Bait Blonde is quite good. They got a beer called Amos Moses too, but I haven't tried it yet. Haven't tried all their dark beers. West 6th's Amber Ale is great probably my favorite of the local beers. West 6th's IPA seems to be their 'popular' beer. It's pretty good but to me it's not that different (or as good) as Sierra Nevada's pale ale.

Just had my first sighting of pumpkin ale this year. Wtf who's gonna drink pumpkin ale in august?

I would shut up.

Unless it is pumking, because that Shit is horrible.

Very touchy about this, I see.

I'll certainly be drinking the 1st Stevens point whole hog pumpkin ale I see. Hopefully sooner rather than later.

Even though it's 80+ outside I'm drinking an Expedition Stout. This used to be the stuff of legend for my friends and I 10-15 years ago, now it's relatively easy to find, but still a treat.

I also like how the Bell's website lists its shelf life as "unlimited". The bottle I'm drinking is a year and a half old.

Solid

Really digging this Sam Smith Yorkshire Stingo.

Working my way through more American craft beer renditions of Mitteleuropa style pilsners:

Firestone Walker Pivo - This one is very nice. Complex hops flavor, crisp, well balanced. Will buy again.

Neshaminy Creek Traguer Pilsner - Disappointing. Not much hops flavor other than bitterness. Will finish the six-pack but would not buy again.

I'm drinking some Green Flash Cellar 3 -- a sour ale with plum and aged in red wine barrels. It's very tasty, but it kind of just tastes like a cocktail or wine spritzer or something, and probably not worth the relatively high pricetag.

Was out west for a bit and had some Snake River Brewery stuff. Mostly just OK, but some solid IPAs. Really enjoyed the Old Greg.

Why am I not surprised someone named a beer after that bit

Please tell me it tastes like baileys

I drank a bourbon county the other day, on a 90 degree day. Still enjoyable.

It was either drink it or use it to repair the cracks in the street.

Tonight I drank some Berkshire Brewing Co. Steel Rail Extra Pale Ale and thoroughly enjoyed it. I think I like pale ales more than IPAs.

I'm enjoying the Otter Creek Over Easy. I guess it's what they call a "session ale". A nice alternative to a pilsner for something drinkable and refreshing with a lot of flavor.

i've had some good light sours lately

lost nation gose (VT), quite salty, a little funky too in very pleasant way
rising tide gose (ME), tasted like the ocean man this was awesome
white birch berliner weisse (NH), super tart, very cloudy, one of the best american berlinner weisses i've had

anyone try any grimm beers? i have "psychokinesis" a dry hopped sour, wild ale, in my fridge, excited to try it

I had the Party Guy from Hermit Thrush (VT) by accident. The cans are not labeled, they just write the name of the beer on it but don't indicate the style. This was quite a surprise. I enjoyed these in a "I can drink lots of them and they're kind of refreshing on a hot day, but still taste gross" kind of way.

I'm going to be in VT Friday-Monday... Writing these down, any others I should try besides Heady and Hill Farmstead stuff? We're also planning on hitting up Citizen Cider in Burlington, been saving up for a drunk weekend.

Lawson's is another one worth hitting (I think Sip of Sunshine is better than Heady).

PS: There is a Sante Adairius/Hill Farmstead collab ($30/2pp) that goes on sale tomorrow at HF and should be there throughout the weekend.

Google says HF is about an hour and 15 minute drive from where we're staying, I'm going to try and make it there if I can find the time.

marcos - i am a big fan of grimm, would highly recommend their light sours and enjoyed psychokinesis a lot. we were talking about rainbow in curved air a bit upthread... look out for rainbow dome (the newest one), i think that one is their best yet. also don't sleep on their non-sours, both tesseract and lambo door placed in the top 5 in the recent paste magazine DIPA blind tasting (lambo door got #1 actually!)

here's a link to the paste article btw. i think i need to try sip of sunshine, sounds like my ideal DIPA.

(i still think heady is better than lambo door, though i enjoyed LD thoroughly when it was around)

awwwwwwwwwwesome thanks psych! i am excited. beer stores in my immediate (~1 mile) vicinity arent that great (all those goses i got during a trip to VT last week) but they did have pyschokinesis so i should pick up a few more soon

other vt: lost nation gose, 14th star maple breakfast stout, sip of sunshine, prohibition pig brewpub stuff, fiddlehead...

psychokinesis is incredible!! I was a little skeptical about the hops + sourness before trying but it works perfectly. Much more of a delicious grapefruit vibe than say Grapefruit Sculpin I thought

(I am pretty anti-sculpin in all its variations fwiw)

But yea psych what a great beer, glad I went out and bought a second bottle, I'm excited to try more Grimm stuff

We're about 2 miles from Prohibition Pig xp

http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/lagunitas-brewing-company-creates-a-joint-venture-with-heineken.332950/

interesting, not sure what to think there

hypocrites

A friend called this "absolute mouth diarrhea" on twitter and I agree http://lagunitast.tumblr.com/

That's Tony in a nutshell.