Ha the plural of sahti is sahdit
― pratt truss it (dan m), Monday, 7 March 2016 23:55 (eight years ago) link
Man Alive, did you mean the sahati by Off Color, Bare Bear? http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/31678/159966/
― Jeff, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 01:57 (eight years ago) link
I picked up a six-pack of the Uinta Ready Set Gose last night. It is mostly disgusting.
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 19:52 (eight years ago) link
do you like goses in general DJP?
― marcos, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 19:56 (eight years ago) link
I have been living for goses for the past 6 months or so; I'm a huge fan of Anderson Valley's regular and blood-orange gose, for example, and the Sierra Nevada Otra Vez.
Ready Set Gose tastes like a mildly sour but otherwise flavorless beer with a salty aftertaste that's drowning in bitter hops. There is absolutely nothing pleasant or enjoyable about the flavor and there sourness isn't strong enough to trigger any type of physical sensation that would make the experience of drinking it interesting.
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 19:59 (eight years ago) link
they had this at my beer shop last week but i couldn't get over there
http://cdn.beeradvocate.com/im/c_beer_image.gif
― Mordy, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 20:00 (eight years ago) link
i mean
http://www.beeroftheday.com/photos/anderson_valley_briney_melon_gose-1684_0.jpg
WANT
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 20:01 (eight years ago) link
drooool
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 20:11 (eight years ago) link
yup
― marcos, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 20:13 (eight years ago) link
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Tuesday, March 8, 2016 2:59 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ok yea this sounds v bad
There is absolutely nothing pleasant or enjoyable about the flavor
I've had one of these in my fridge for a couple of weeks now and kind of can't wait to try it now. I really like the Anderson Valley ones but didn't really love Otra Vez that much.
― joygoat, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 20:13 (eight years ago) link
grimm is consistently brewing the best goses and sour wild ales ive had recently, those folks are awesome
― marcos, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 20:14 (eight years ago) link
anyone tried any beers from Forbidden Root? went to a restaurant in Chicago over the summer and had some, it was vv enjoyable. they just opened a brewpub in Ukrainian Village as well.
http://forbiddenroot.com
― nomar, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 20:21 (eight years ago) link
I've long found their name problematic, given the prevelance of so many "hard" root beers these days.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 20:23 (eight years ago) link
Haven't had anything I've liked from them. I'm sure it's fine, but what their doing just doesn't hit my tastebuds right. I don't like beers that are overly flowery/spicy/herby, whatever botanicals they are adding.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
I've been meaning to try that AV melon gose but the memory of a 21st Amendment watermelon beer has soured me (ha ha) on anything like that. I do like the AV goses so I'm sure I'll try it eventually.
― nickn, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 22:52 (eight years ago) link
The 21st amendment hell or high watermelon is possibly the worst beer I've ever had, so I wouldn't use it to judge anything really.
― a strawman stuffed with their collection of 12 cds (jjjusten), Tuesday, 8 March 2016 23:07 (eight years ago) link
It took me years before I tried any of their other beers. Finally had the black lager (or black IPA?), which was OK.
― nickn, Tuesday, 8 March 2016 23:46 (eight years ago) link
enthusiasm itt sold me on it and i went over to the shop and picked up a six pack of the briney melon. will report back.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 9 March 2016 21:47 (eight years ago) link
oooh
― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 21:49 (eight years ago) link
Ready Set Gose tastes like a mildly sour but otherwise flavorless beer with a salty aftertaste that's drowning in bitter hops.
This sounds like an Elysian sour I had on tap earlier this week (can't remember the name), similarly mild and bland.
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 21:52 (eight years ago) link
Had a beer that blew my mind not too long ago:
Barrel-aged Hazelnut by Cycle Brewing (St. Petersburg, FL)
http://i.imgur.com/qMvY8dY.jpg
which is their Rare DOS imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels with hazelnuts, sea salt & cacao nibs.
Normally I'm not the biggest fan of adjunct stouts but this was extremely well crafted, it tasted like ferrero rocher soaked in a soft wheated bourbon.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 22:06 (eight years ago) link
drinking an Orval, this is the best beer pretty much. you americans and your lack of being near belgium! you're missing out!
― Laertiades (imago), Wednesday, 9 March 2016 23:50 (eight years ago) link
We get Orval here, one of my favorite Belgians. I wonder what the price difference is re UK vs California.
― nickn, Thursday, 10 March 2016 00:06 (eight years ago) link
bottle for like $7 (equivalent)
― Laertiades (imago), Thursday, 10 March 2016 00:10 (eight years ago) link
Think it's ~$5-6 here (store, not bar). I was wondering if the UK had any large tax on alcohol like Norway does. I remember seeing Norwegian beer here in LA for less than it cost at a market in Stavanger.
― nickn, Thursday, 10 March 2016 00:44 (eight years ago) link
store for me too. think the uk (well, london esp) is just a little more expensive. norway is notoriously expensive.
― Laertiades (imago), Thursday, 10 March 2016 00:46 (eight years ago) link
I live like a block away from a Belgian beer hall that has about 250 different imports on hand. Totally spoiled. Most of the big name Belgians are easy to get here thankfully.
Just killed a 2013 Bourbon County. Jeeeeez.
― circa1916, Thursday, 10 March 2016 01:05 (eight years ago) link
it tasted like ferrero rocher soaked in a soft wheated bourbon.
damn that sounds sexy
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 March 2016 01:13 (eight years ago) link
have heard very good things about cycle, i guess i should seek that out
isn't euro orval different than us orval? it is very common here in bottles but i hear it's better on tap / closer to the source
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 10 March 2016 01:19 (eight years ago) link
i've only ever had it in bottles, but it is still supreme, like a gueuze fighting a porter and me winning
― Laertiades (imago), Thursday, 10 March 2016 01:27 (eight years ago) link
i think it's just rare to find it less than a year old in the states, which is still quite good
lots of chicago beer is now making it to nyc, which has been great. very impressed by pipeworks so far, close encounters is one of the best black ipas i've ever tried. also lizard king >>>>>>>>>>>>>> daisy cutter
― hug niceman (psychgawsple), Thursday, 10 March 2016 01:34 (eight years ago) link
Daisy cutter seems to have changed over the years. Used to be one of my go to's, but now just doesn't hit the spot.
― Jeff, Thursday, 10 March 2016 01:49 (eight years ago) link
one of the cool new things we're getting in boston is wicked weed from nc, i am really loving their stuff
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 March 2016 01:50 (eight years ago) link
Wicked Weed has a collaboration with AC/DCs Cliff Williams.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 10 March 2016 02:11 (eight years ago) link
lol my local bodega 50 feet from my door has a vertical of Orval from the past 7 years for $6.99 per. Yes, us poor Americans who drink more Belgian beer than any other country in the world including Belgium.
isn't euro orval different than us orval?
there is an ABV drift in shipment (belgian candi sugar and brettanomyces added in secondary/bottle fermentation) and the monastery got in trouble with USA ABC for their label ABV. Euro Orval states 6.2% but US import states 6.9%.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 10 March 2016 02:18 (eight years ago) link
Boston peeps, I heard that Tree House will be moving 30 mins closer to town within a year.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 10 March 2016 02:22 (eight years ago) link
my briney melon report: very melony, refreshing, super drinkable big thumbs up recommendation 👍
― Mordy, Thursday, 10 March 2016 02:39 (eight years ago) link
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, March 9, 2016 9:22 PM (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
more like a generous 20 (charlton is just slightly less in the middle of nowhere than monson) but their new spot is going to be sick, the treehouse folks do a first class job with everything.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 March 2016 03:02 (eight years ago) link
So this appears to be the year of the pale ale with fruit addition and I am so far just not having it. Best of the bunch so far is the Dark Horse Reign in Blood, but yeah.
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Thursday, 10 March 2016 04:27 (eight years ago) link
Last year was the year of the session alePrior year year of the GoseAt some point I'd be curious about building a list of these
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Thursday, 10 March 2016 04:28 (eight years ago) link
Might actually be more of a six month cycle because I need to cram the year of the fresh hop in there somewhere.
― Here, let me Danesplain that for you (jjjusten), Thursday, 10 March 2016 04:29 (eight years ago) link
Orange seems to be the fruit of choice this year, I'm seeing them everywhere.
― nickn, Thursday, 10 March 2016 04:41 (eight years ago) link
Yeah, lots of fruited IPA's coming out.
― Jeff, Thursday, 10 March 2016 11:54 (eight years ago) link
People keep saying that it's going to be the year of the lager soon, but I'll believe it when I see it.
Excited to try this, picked one up last week: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2391/56266/
― Jeff, Thursday, 10 March 2016 11:58 (eight years ago) link
Managed to drink one of these last week. http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/3282/75109/
Maybe it's just reaching the limits of how long it can stay in the bottle for, but I really didn't think it deserved the reputation it has. Not overly complex and the Armagnac didn't come through all that strongly.
― suffeeciant attreebution (aldo), Thursday, 10 March 2016 12:12 (eight years ago) link
when grapefruit sculpin came out i was like yeah that's cute and then people just kept buying it.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 10 March 2016 12:44 (eight years ago) link
It's still my favorite variation. Pineapple was ok. Habanero still one of the worst beers.
― Jeff, Thursday, 10 March 2016 12:45 (eight years ago) link