Beer in the new era

w/r/t Omnipollo: They've made a few great stouts, this is one that you can currently find around and (speaking as an American) has unusual uh... packaging:

http://scontent-a.cdninstagram.com/hphotos-xfp1/t51.2885-15/10666252_607730416010659_1976767088_a.jpg

I take that back, I meant this one:

http://www.omnipollo.com/beer/omnipollobuxton-yellow-belly-sundae/

I had it on draft this past weekend and it's a collab between Buxton and them utilizing Yellow Belly as the base beer.

I had the Boulevard Smokestack series Rye on Rye barrel aged ale that I bought a couple months ago tonight. Not bad but decidedly unimpressive. I can't remember what I paid for it, but there are better ones out there for the price, I'm sure.

Love Childs always good.

the Sierra Nevada Brew Camp Tropical IPA is fucking incredible and I want to buy about 20 cases of it and stockpile them in my basement

ooh I saw that the other day and was curious, thanks!

it is SUPER hoppy but the hoppiness is almost completely offset by the tropical notes and it ends up feeling super balanced in a way that I never find hoppy beers to be; that super bitter aftertaste is almost completely smoothed out by the fruitiness while still leaving that hoppy aftertaste (note: I categorically REFUSE to ever use the word "mouthfeel" because that sounds like something your predator says to you right before tightening your blindfold)

I've been meaning to try that. I didn't really like last year's Beer Camp, also a super hoppy one so I was hesitant.

as a fan of hoppy beers who is beginning to become tired of them, this one reminded me of why I liked them in the first place

Just bought a 6-pack at Trader Joe's, as I've been intrigued anyway, and Sierra Nevada is often taken for granted. Description does seem a bit ... springy, like the grapefruit sculpin, but good is good any time of year.

i had the sculpin for the first time ever the other night

absolutely loved it, perhaps my platonic ideal ipa

it's 12 Canadian bucks at my local store for a bomber of it :/

Speaking of Sierra Nevada, has anyone tried the new Otra Vez? It's a prickly pear/grapefruit gose.

http://www.sierranevada.com/beer/year-round/otra-vez

jjjusten told me I should trade my children for a case of it

I mean, I like beer and all but those are my kids, man

Is anyone actually offering the exchange?

not investigating, cutting off the temptation at the source

Last night I had a trio of barrel-aged heavy beers: Dragon's Milk with Raspberries, Deschutes The Abyss, and Central Waters BBS. CW was best of the lot, but I was actually sort of impressed with the Dragon's Milk not going too overboard on the fruit. The Abyss was really disappointing.

New Dragon's Milk variety is Vanilla Chai!

i thought the otra vez was a nice little gose. not great, but very drinkable.

SN tropical IPA a-ok!

av gose > otra vez >> av blood orange gose ... all are pretty good.

i am a big abyss fan but yeh sometimes it is a little disappointing, especially when fresh. in general i've been less keen on the big BA stouts this winter, tho i'm very excited for the grimm maple-barrel-aged double negative (coming out in just a few days i hear!)

out of the evil twin megastout offerings are there any you are all fond of? it's hard to actually gauge which of these are good b/c pretty much any BA stout gets good ratings on untappd/beer advocate/etc

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2016/02/83-of-the-best-american-pale-ales-blind-tasted-and.html

Just had a Tusk & Grain (made by St Archer) bourbon barrel aged beer that is a blend of barleywine, imperial porter, and imperial stout, 12.5 abv, 1/2 liter bottle that I can't remember the price of. Very good, "rich and decadent" as the label says, alcohol level not obvious but definitely present.

It had that wax-dipped cap, which I hate, but I'd buy it again.

My brother in law came up huge for my birthday and sent a grip of Sante Adarius wild ales, currently sipping on their Farmhouse Noir.

Goddamn this is good, surprised its internet ratings are kind of meh.

Not surprised to see Maine Beer Co do really well in that ranking. I need to find some Dogfish Pennsylvania Tuxedo.

Happy birthday Dan M! Farmhouse Noir is a solid beer but SARA makes so much of it that it suffers from the "always available and not .rar" syndrome that the hypebeasts tend to neglect or underrate it. Along those lines, Cellarman is one of SARA's best beers and they also make a ton of it.

Sweet, got one of those, too!

Awesome, would love to hear your thoughts on it. I love that damn beer.

anyone in ny have intel on finback? oscillation 003 cans appeared up here this week and i'm impressed but know nothing about this brewery otherwise.

Pleasantly surprised by the brief return of Lagunitas CitruSinensis. It was my fave summer beer, and while I both wish it was summer now and wonder why it's being released at the end of February, I'm happy to have the couple of 6-packs I snagged.

Ooh, also, got a bottle of Moody Tongue's barrel aged chocolate barleywine. I think the brewer can be pretty hit or miss, or maybe just frequently boring, but I had a cup of this at FOBAB and it was like a barrel aged hot cocoa. But, you know, barleywine.

I've hated almost all Moody Tongue beers. This one is not bad though, I'd recommend it.

Yeah, what's up with Moody Tongue? For being pretty conservative (unlike Pipeworks) their stuff is still so boring or bad. Like Two Brothers. MT's Sliced Nectarine IPA is one of my least favorite beers of recent years, but there's no reason that shouldn't work. But yeah, I really like the aged chocolate barleywine.

anyone in ny have intel on finback? oscillation 003 cans appeared up here this week and i'm impressed but know nothing about this brewery otherwise.

finback is solid, i dug oscillation 002 on tap and have heard that oscillation 003 is better than the recent grimm lambo door release... which actually doesn't surprise me because the lambo door was a bit mellow. finback's ba bqe is also pretty great, tho their sours are nothing special imo

loving kent falls recently, this is a brewery that knows their way around some brettanomyces

oh cool, i've seen kent falls but haven't had any reason to pick them up yet.

Thought this label was sexy for the new Jester King/Stillwater collab:
http://jesterkingbrewery.com/images/1159.png

Kinda reminds me of:
http://www.sonoloco.com/rev/stockhausen/stockhausenpictures/91ax.jpg

that's cool. i got to visit jester king recently and thought that although their hit rate isn't 100% or anything i really liked their style. i need more weird farmhouse beers with really soft carbonation.

also beautiful location, lovely people, if you're anywhere near austin well worth a visit

Their house culture is fantastic, and their fruited wilds are worth tracking down.

I recently was blown away by this one:
http://jesterkingbrewery.com/introducing-jester-king-biere-de-blanc-du-bois

Only managed to get Provenance over in the UK to date, but loved both fruit versions I tried.

Tried my first Finish-style sahati, by Bare Beer. It was very nice and a welcome change from hoppy beers, but I felt that it could have been better and would like to try better versions of the style if anyone has any recs.

anyone in ny have intel on finback? oscillation 003 cans appeared up here this week and i'm impressed but know nothing about this brewery otherwise.

― call all destroyer, Thursday, February 25, 2016 8:47 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is p close to my hood but I haven't been yet. One of my beer-lovinest friends spoke highly of it.

Had a glass of this year's Pliny the Younger yesterday, quite nice.

Monday tasting:
Fort George black walnut stout, too sweet forme
Block 15 Sticky Hands Tropical Slam, the kind of NW 110 IBU beer ppl joke abt, delicious
Lagunitas Citrusenesis w/ blood orange, very nicely balanced

"for me"

Only sahtis I've ever had were Dogfish and a friend's homebrew.

Ha the plural of sahti is sahdit

Man Alive, did you mean the sahati by Off Color, Bare Bear? http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/31678/159966/

I picked up a six-pack of the Uinta Ready Set Gose last night. It is mostly disgusting.