I spent an afternoon at each of these and they were quite nice but this was several years ago:http://www.theporterbeerbar.com/http://www.brickstorepub.com/
The former was in Little Five Points which I kept hearing about like it was going to be some insane hipster/hippie mecca full of crazy shit...and it was like two blocks with some record stores and stuff. But man the cross section of weirdos hanging out there on a really nice Saturday afternoon in the spring was kind of ridiculous.
The latter was in Decatur and had lots on tap and the guy gave us a mini tour of his aging cellars and cask area and such.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 22:07 (seven years ago) link
https://twitter.com/brew_york/status/826647192173678592
― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 22:42 (seven years ago) link
should have named names
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 22:49 (seven years ago) link
Agreed.
― Mud... Jam... Failure... (aldo), Wednesday, 1 February 2017 22:51 (seven years ago) link
for real though--guy says he's been to 750 breweries and 150 of them shouldn't have been making beer! ppl with tenuous beer "journalism" gigs are so hilariously scared of pissing anyone off.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 23:00 (seven years ago) link
Haha, I had beers very recently with the beer guy from Paste Magazine (scroll upthread for numerous links to Paste's blind tastings/best IPA/IIPA/Stouts/etc. list-baits).
While we were in the hotel room, no fewer than 3 brewers came by and joined our smallish share (8 people) dropping off beer and chatting. All three of those brewers (admittedly all are great brewers) made his top 10 list from that event unsurprisingly.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 2 February 2017 00:16 (seven years ago) link
:thinking guy emoji:
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 2 February 2017 00:17 (seven years ago) link
lol, and those paste lists are pretty good as far as beer writing goes!
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 2 February 2017 00:39 (seven years ago) link
Re: Hopslam, no kidding, they really did up production, because it is sitting around everywhere.
I just picked up a 4-pack of Half Acre's DIPA called ... Navaja? Like the idea of stuff like this, Ninja Vs. Unicorn, even Chillwave being easy to get. But then, I still like IPAs.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 11 February 2017 22:13 (seven years ago) link
^i really like that Navaja, very citrus-y.
― change display name (Jordan), Saturday, 11 February 2017 22:30 (seven years ago) link
This is only on tap around town, apparently, but it's the best new thing I've had in a long time - a belgian blonde made with rye
http://www.handsomebeer.co/portfolio/rise-above/
― El Tomboto, Sunday, 12 February 2017 02:50 (seven years ago) link
trib writer apes Food & Wine's list, fails: http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/drink/beer/ct-most-important-beers-ever-food-0222-20170214-story.html
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Wednesday, 15 February 2017 19:26 (seven years ago) link
Really enjoying the new Untappd app. So many ways to sort beers. Handy since my local is a verified venue so I can see what they have and easily find something like the highest rated Dopplebock that I've never had.
It is like if Beer Advocate ever got their shit together on mobile.
― Jeff, Friday, 17 February 2017 11:04 (seven years ago) link
wow, that's an impressive update. even in my little corner of mass there are a ton a verified venues. i'll use this every time i'm out.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 17 February 2017 12:48 (seven years ago) link
Drinking Evil Twin Sour Bikini. Extremely tart.
― Treeship, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 02:02 (seven years ago) link
would try, although I fear my peak sour enthusiasm phase has passed. preferring just shitty mexican beer with a lime these days.
― calstars, Wednesday, 1 March 2017 02:20 (seven years ago) link
guinness is pretty good. wish i had the cans with those little widgets in them that help maintain carbonation but the store only had bottles.
― Treeship, Monday, 13 March 2017 02:15 (seven years ago) link
Don't some of the bottles also have those nitro widgets? I don't know how they get them in there, they are larger than the mouth.
― nickn, Monday, 13 March 2017 03:46 (seven years ago) link
I can't wait for it to get back to tecate with a lime weather
― El Tomboto, Monday, 13 March 2017 03:47 (seven years ago) link
Drank an 18 year old Westvleteren Special 6 last night. Wasn't sure what it expect, but it was solid. Probably don't need to sit on beer for 18 years though.
― Jeff, Monday, 13 March 2017 09:46 (seven years ago) link
although I fear my peak sour enthusiasm phase has passed
bad sours have proliferated too
― marcos, Monday, 13 March 2017 15:11 (seven years ago) link
sours are not a forgiving style. every brewery making a mediocre IPA is different than the market saturation happening right now w/ goses and berliner weisses
― marcos, Monday, 13 March 2017 15:13 (seven years ago) link
Bought a 12-pack of Staropramen since it was cheap. It's not as good as I remember.
― o. nate, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 00:42 (seven years ago) link
Marcos what are some good sours in your opinion?
― calstars, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 00:45 (seven years ago) link
I'm not marcos, but I like the Anderson Valley Holy Gose (and the blood orange one) for relatively inexpensive ones.
Epic makes a couple good ones.
And Eagle Rock brewery (not sure what their distro is outside of Los Angeles) makes a couple, Yearling and Tarte Noir, that I really like.
Almanac has a whole line of them, but I've only had the Farmer's Reserve Citrus and maybe the plum (or was it pluot?) one.
My first sour was the Cuvee de Jacobin, which is very sour, but great when I'm in the mood for that. The Monk's Cafe Flemish Sour Ale is also good.
― nickn, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 04:12 (seven years ago) link
i haven't tried any of nick's recommendations, they look good
― marcos, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:44 (seven years ago) link
i have had AV holy goes and the blood orange one, i think they are pretty good
best american goses i've had are westbrook from south carolina and lost nation from vermont
prairie from oklahoma makes outstanding sours, all of them are good imo. a little pricey but they are good
white birch from new hampshire makes a good berliner weisse.
platform here in cleveland has made a few good goses and weisses but some of them are awful. very hit or miss. they do have a sour dry-hopped cider that is excellent though
grimm from NY is excellent, very adventurous weird sours
mystic in boston can be hit or miss too but they have some good wild ales
lagunitas aunt sally is another dry-hopped sour (a cool style imo) that i think is really really good
all the pricey allagash big bottle wild ales are very interesting and well-worth trying on special occassions
― marcos, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:51 (seven years ago) link
i am less familiar with belgian and flemish sours
― marcos, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:52 (seven years ago) link
yeah those are pretty good. I got over the gose / berliner weisse / flemish sour thing pretty fast though. they're refreshing but they don't warm your belly like a good tripel or IPA or tripel IPA etc. I'm ruined for <4% beers now
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:52 (seven years ago) link
jolly pumpkin in michigan has some good ones too
yea i agree xp
it is weird seeing so many of them released as winter seasonals too? goses and weisses are summer beers imo
― marcos, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:53 (seven years ago) link
did I post about HANSEL here? https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/33098/198299/ it was not very good but I did end up drinking all four cans, I think
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:54 (seven years ago) link
everybody's tryna flip the script and put out low gravity beers in winter, saving the hard hitting imperial stuff for springtime. they all stole the scheme from Bell's (winter white / oberon)
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link
"sour ipa" seems like such a dumb american novelty style, like the stupidly obvious next step in dumb craft beer trends, but man i fucking LOVE them
― marcos, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 14:55 (seven years ago) link
if we are still talking sours, I want to shout out Paradox's Skully Barrel line which I have found to be top to bottom amazing
― Rachel Luther Queen (DJP), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link
I don't have access to or the budget for a lot of sours, but New Belgium La Folie is my favorite. Monk's Cafe Flemish, mentioned upthread, is good too.
― scattered, smothered, covered, diced and chunked (WilliamC), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 15:54 (seven years ago) link
Upland, Cascade, Desthil, Prairie, WeldWerks, Boulevard all do great sours.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:53 (seven years ago) link
I paid $28 for an Upland Peach the other day and it was absolutely worth it.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 16:54 (seven years ago) link
Boulevard does great at everything in my experience
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 17:04 (seven years ago) link
along these lines, new belgium 'la folie' is one of the best beers i've ever had, def worth 14/15 for a bomber if you see one
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 17:12 (seven years ago) link
cool i will give it a try. new belgium is generally good ime
― marcos, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
though i confuse them with new holland which is also pretty good
A friend brought over a 1989 Bigfoot Barleywine a couple months ago, it held up pretty well. I think it was either the 2nd or 3rd batch that Sierra Nevada produced.
Also that same friend brought a 2003 Westvleteren XII to a share 2 weeks ago. He loves old beer.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 14 March 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
Forgot about La Folie, I agree, it's very impressive. Haven't tried this year's though.
Never got around to trying Aunt Sally, though I meant to. I think it's not in stores now.
― nickn, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 20:53 (seven years ago) link
worth noting that new belgium pasteurizes their sours so there is no point or effect to aging also
the 2014 one was the best i thought
― global tetrahedron, Tuesday, 14 March 2017 21:01 (seven years ago) link
I just saw a bunch of Aunt Sally actually, at my favorite beer store when I visit Portland. Also had a bunch of Half Acre beers which I've never seen outside Chicago, I got four packs of regular and double Daisy Cutter.
Also I never think about New Belgium for some reason, I've never really liked much of what I'd had from them and they all seem to share some unique characteristic that I don't care for, same with Rogue. This was awesome in Las Vegas a couple years ago where there seemed to be only one decent beer bar, and when I drove there they had a New Belgium tap takeover.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 15 March 2017 00:31 (seven years ago) link
Back to Ipas because sours are too sour and lagers and pilsners are too boring
― calstars, Friday, 31 March 2017 23:01 (seven years ago) link
haven't had a beer in a week bc of the flu :(
― marcos, Friday, 31 March 2017 23:15 (seven years ago) link