Beer in the new era

Been drinking some Smuttynose Wunderbar that comes in a can. One of the better domestic pilsners.

Drank my 2014 BCBS vanilla rye last night and holy hell it was tasty.

― Jeff, Friday, September 23, 2016 10:29 AM (eight hours ago)

I'm down to my last one, I'm waiting for the right occasion to crack it, great to hear that it's still banging.

lagunitas is one of the best west coast breweries that distribute widely

They currently produce the majority of their beer in their massive Chicago facility, and they're distributed via Miller/Yuengling/SamAdams/Sierra.

"... not that there's anything *wrong* with that."

I don't think I've bought any Sucks since their buyout, but I have noticed it sticks around in the stores longer than it used to.

Four Winds Nectarous
Driftwood Raised by Wolves
Driftwood 2015 Singularity
Phillips Amnesiac
4 Mile Thunder Bomber
Central City Red Racer Pumpkin Ale

I had an Arrogant Bastard + Campari at home the other night and it was delicious and refreshing.

oh i had an ommegang hennepin saison ale last night and it was pretty refreshing too

hennepin is a great beer

Cracked open my Double Bastard in the Rye last night, and was very impressed. Great rye spice and subtle vanilla. Can't remember what I paid for it, likely $14-16 for the 500ml bottle.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/drink/beer/ct-goose-island-bourbon-county-beers-get-pasteurized-20160929-story.html

rip goose island

The one commenter has a point.

"Good. This should tone down BCS' trade value. Now the people with actual lives to live will finally be able to find it.

Freakin neckbeards...."

stone is set to release their seasonal stout Xocoveza again. i'm interested to hear about everyone's fave seasonal beers. a search and destroy, if you will. for whatever reason i haven't bought a huge number over the years, save some of the early Bruery ones, St Bernardus, and a couple others. this year i kinda want to remedy that and stock up a bit for the "winter" months.

Just saw this (Xocoveza-based ice cream):

https://jenis.com/blog/meet-xocorosa-spicy-collaboration-stone-brewing/

I have a Stone store near me, I will try to get there for this.

great divide barrel-aged yeti is a pretty darn good shelf stout for the winter months. i think it comes out in november.

happened on a small cache of unsold Firestone Walker Helldorado barleywines today, oh joys!

also picked up a 4pk of the central waters bba scotch ale, which I am currently drinking. their products are so f'n good and sensibly priced, I love them.

Drinking a 2013 Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Stout as I type, actually, tasting great. I for one welcome our fall weather overlords!

<3 Xocoveza.

Hey guys, if I theoretically wanted to acquire a bottle of Goose Island Night Stalker (which hasn't been around for a few years) for my wife's birthday, is there any way to do that? The internet is not being helpful.

http://www.gooseisland.com/our-beers/night-stalker

you're going to have an extremely hard time if it's not being brewed

if they recently stopped brewing it, check where they stock other beers by this brewery or try a beer trade forum; something like beer trade reddit

the last time night stalker was brewed was 2012 i think? you'd have to try to trade for it. idk how hard that would be, certainly somebody is aging it somewhere but it wasn't a high-value item at the time.

k thanks. i wish it was as easy/legal to get discontinued beers as it is out-of-print records.

Twin Cities beer fans, I just got some sad news: Harriet Brewing is closing early 2017.

Re: Nightstalker, trade for it. The nerds should have plenty around and you can maybe juts buy it off someone.

So is reddit the best place to try? Is this what finally drives me to create a reddit account?

Man, when Night Stalker was last around it lingered on shelves forever.

Loving the Xocoveza right now. Well, would be if it wasn't almost 80 outside.

Reddit, Beer Advocate, or many times there is a local FB group set up for trades.

Night Stalker is the base beer for BCBS, just dry hopped iirc?

that's what i thought.

Tis the season... to spend way too much money on beer.

50% off Black Friday sale at Cost Plus, bought a few Belgian 750 ml bottles for about $7 ea, and an Allegash Currieux for $11 (figured I'd never cough up $20+ for one).

Didn't even bother grabbing any BCBS this year. Don't like the big bottles, didn't like how so many got screwed up last year (even if Goose Island was great with the rebate). 'Tis the winter for going through the various bottles of big beer I already have on hand.

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2718077

This just sold out in less than 10 seconds.

I got tickets for the KBBS/Assassin release at Toppling Goliah (Decorah, IA) in January. I have no idea how to plan the logistics.

Goliath*

Btw I managed a trade for the Night Stalker on reddit, it worked out perfectly. Also got a bunch of Pipeworks in the deal.

Also recently had the coconut Dragon's Milk and it's pretty ridiculous.

nice one jordan

also while i love beer, i don't get this whole lining up/pre-ordering/etc

if i can score some semi/hard to find brew i'll get it, otherwise i'm not planning an entire day dedicated to acquiring it

You mean you don't understand traveling across the country to the frozen great plains in mid-January to pick up 3 bottles for $200?

if that's your thing, that's cool

i was in chicago for the bcbs release and i travelled 2k miles

but i ended up not going and just enjoyed the city instead

Tis the season for my local grocer to over-stock seasonal brews and not have pilsners. The only thing left that I like is Founder's PC Pils, which they've never entered into their scanning system, so I hold up the line every time I buy it while they do a price check.

glad you tracked down the night stalker, jordan

also while i love beer, i don't get this whole lining up/pre-ordering/etc

if i can score some semi/hard to find brew i'll get it, otherwise i'm not planning an entire day dedicated to acquiring it

― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, December 9, 2016 1:44 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yea. my local beer & wine store has an enormous range of outstanding, reasonably-priced beers in an ever-expanding variety of styles. it would take me a long time just to exhaust the options in that one store. i guess there has always been that rarity-seeking impulse among so any type of enthusiast - beer, records, books, whatever -- but i don't share it. obviously just because a beer is rare and expensive doesn't mean that it is any good.

Thanks, I definitely got some snide replies, but I think my guy took pity on me because it was a birthday gift for my w1fe rather than regular beer nerd hoarding.

Lagunitas sour tastes like Christmas trees smell

that actually might be wonderful

always loved the smell of a christmas tree

and i'm really getting into sours these days

best i had: four winds nectarous dry-hopped sour

worst: prairie funky gold mosaic (not technically a sour, i guess)

you mad, funky gold mosaic is not only a dry hopped golden sour, but it is also delicious.

that said, the head brewer of prairie left the company so I'm not sure if their quality will continue in the future.

Just had it a week ago and the pineapple or whatever it's supposed to be seriously smells like urine

one time i went to a blind tasting at a beer store near here that was mostly industry ppl and wannabe cicerones and correctly called mosaic as the hop in what turned out to be funky gold mosaic /braggin

lagunitas sour is really good

ive mostly had a bunch of local things lately. the cleveland beer scene has exploded in recent years and there are a bunch of places i've never even heard of before moving back here. platform is probably the best of these. i had an outstanding winter ale from portside brewery/distillery, a murky barleywine-type thing.

also after living on the east coast for 14 years it is really nice to be able to buy bell's anywhere!

there are so many places i haven't even tried yet, lots of brewpub places that don't sell bottles too. there's a brewery and meadery place near by, a cider house, all these little places that have sprung up in the past few years.