if you just want to sit around and knock back beers, then craft beer's value proposition sucks -- the ones you can drink all day without getting wasted aren't very numerous because few places stock more than one or two that's below 5%
if you just want to have a tasty beer and don't mind you're getting all your alcohol in half the beers, if not fewer, they're not that expensive
― mh, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 01:45 (six years ago) link
More NE IPA craziness, went out to lunch and drank two beers .... a Van Hazen II and a Fade2Haze. Don't get me wrong, they were delicious, but then names...
― Jeff, Tuesday, 4 July 2017 09:38 (six years ago) link
azimut brasserie in bordeaux make some extremely mediocre IPAs but have somehow knocked it out of the park with their 7% "new england ipa". ridiculously good. new england might want to start working on an appellation system tho. it's not as if massachusetts vineyards get to make "champagne"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 10:41 (six years ago) link
I know certain breweries in Vermont have:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/life/food/2017/03/17/flattery-foul-play-vermont-beer-pops-up-out-state/99252424/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 4 July 2017 12:26 (six years ago) link
http://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/foodfocus/ct-hazy-ipa-craft-beer-food-0705-20170630-story.html
Local beer hype curmudgeon comes around on hazy IPA's.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 18:29 (six years ago) link
Been hearing a lot about Noon Whistle lately. Do they have cans available anywhere, or do you have to go to the brewery or get it on tap somewhere?
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link
They have cans, but typically only their milk stout/pale ale/sours (the face smack series). I don't think their gummy series is canned at this time, tap room only.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 18:39 (six years ago) link
I assume I can get it to go in a growler. Lombard isn't that far away from me.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 July 2017 18:41 (six years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/110627652322553/posts/1530351863683451
― Jeff, Friday, 7 July 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
that's... $170?
― Jeff, Friday, 7 July 2017 15:33 (six years ago) link
It's a benefit sale
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 July 2017 15:41 (six years ago) link
Yes, I read the link I posted.
― Jeff, Friday, 7 July 2017 15:44 (six years ago) link
ok - so you want to know the conversion from euros to dollars? Sorry idgi
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 7 July 2017 15:46 (six years ago) link
yes! I wasn't sure.
I'm certain they could charge more. $500 a bottle, I'm sure they will go quick.
― Jeff, Friday, 7 July 2017 15:55 (six years ago) link
buddy I'm drinking beer here, not the pope's piss. I'm not paying that many dollars for nearly anything
― mh, Friday, 7 July 2017 16:01 (six years ago) link
yes! I wasn't sure.I'm certain they could charge more. $500 a bottle, I'm sure they will go quick.― Jeff, Friday, July 7, 2017 8:55 AM (one hour ago)
― Jeff, Friday, July 7, 2017 8:55 AM (one hour ago)
Pinot d'Aunis sells for over $1000 on secondary.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 7 July 2017 17:06 (six years ago) link
Happy to see one of my local liquor stores carries Noon Whistle, so picked up some pale ale (Cozmo) and ... a red sour? Swanky? They also had a Berliner Weisse (Face Smack?).
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 8 July 2017 12:11 (six years ago) link
bought these:
stillwater cellar doorwestbrook key lime pie goseevil twin nomad weisseavery el gosetwo roads persian lime gosetwo roads / evil twin geyser gosedogfish head sea quench ale
― calstars, Sunday, 9 July 2017 22:06 (six years ago) link
evil twin nomad weisse
found this near undrinkable/hope it's better for you
― Choco Blavatsky (seandalai), Sunday, 9 July 2017 23:35 (six years ago) link
I've been drawn in by the sour beer fad lately. Best I've had is Blue Owl Little Boss sour session wheat. Blue Owl also has a sour cherry stout that sounds intriguing. Not sure if they are available anywhere outside of Austin. Thinking about checking out their brewery some time this summer.
― Moodles, Sunday, 9 July 2017 23:52 (six years ago) link
Of that list, I love the Westbrook and the nomader weisse. I also loved the Keyser Gose, but it's really really not for everybody (also, that might be reaaaaaaaly old unless they did another batch).
― jjjusten, Sunday, 9 July 2017 23:56 (six years ago) link
Stillwater's Stateside Saison - in the 16oz cans - is becoming my go-to summer brew.
― o. nate, Monday, 10 July 2017 00:18 (six years ago) link
i want someone to make a cheap mediocre gose in 12 pks that's not otra vez... local brewery here in mpls started making cheap 4 pack tallboys of a sour, seems like a good start
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 10 July 2017 00:26 (six years ago) link
Sixpoint jammmmmmmers
― Treeship, Monday, 10 July 2017 00:28 (six years ago) link
I dont think they come in 12 packs though
― Treeship, Monday, 10 July 2017 00:29 (six years ago) link
we just got sixpoint, will check out
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 10 July 2017 00:38 (six years ago) link
sixpoint is great. i would also recommend sweet action, bengali tiger, and "the crisp"
― Treeship, Monday, 10 July 2017 00:42 (six years ago) link
the sixpoint 5beans is fantastic too
― Mordy, Monday, 10 July 2017 00:43 (six years ago) link
the svelte cans make me feel like it's healthy to drink them
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 10 July 2017 00:48 (six years ago) link
yeah
― mh, Monday, 10 July 2017 00:52 (six years ago) link
Picked up some Noon Whistle (locally) and 18th Street (at their Hammond, IN brewery). I'd never been to the latter, looks like a great operation and they were super nice and helpful. Very apologetic that they could not sell me a blueberry gose to go because of some arcane Indiana law that prevents them from allowing a patron to carry out a beer not brewed on premises or something. Anyway, got their Temporal Purgatory APA, Dozer Pils, a bomber of their Spears of Death Russian Imperial, and ... something else. Or yeah, Rise of the Angles Double IPA. I'm excited, and best of all, for once I like the art, I think. As for Noon Whistle, I look forward to a trip to Lombard to see what I can see.
Man, so much good beer popping up and around locally. Even a top notch brewery down the street from me a bit, Kinslahger.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 July 2017 03:04 (six years ago) link
Back in Michigan, there is just SO MUCH BEER here it's insane. I went to a market the other day with just aisles and aisles of hundreds of beers from dozens of breweries I've never even heard of and kind of just got overwhelmed and kind of just shut down mentally, no joke. I felt like I just couldn't process it all.
― joygoat, Monday, 10 July 2017 03:08 (six years ago) link
The number of craft breweries in the US right now is dizzying compared to even five years ago.
― Treeship, Monday, 10 July 2017 03:12 (six years ago) link
xpost Yeah, we were in Michigan for the day, and while I briefly thought about beer hunting I realized the choices were probably overwhelming. 18th Street was an impulse on the way home, though it does look like their stuff is getting distributed in Chicago these days.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 10 July 2017 03:26 (six years ago) link
The westbrook key lime pie gose is quite funky, very sour and delicious
― calstars, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 18:18 (six years ago) link
Saltwater notes
― calstars, Tuesday, 11 July 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
i just barfed up my key lime sour gose.. think the extra stomach fermentation might give it that unique tang i'm looking for
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 11 July 2017 23:34 (six years ago) link
^^^Lots of quick-sour gose and berliners register very high on the butryic acid flavors for my tastes.
Butyric acid is present in, and is the main distinctive smell of, human vomit.[10]
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:14 (six years ago) link
My sister used to (may still) hate sourdough bread for that reason.
― nickn, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:15 (six years ago) link
Certain people are more sensitive to it than others, but it's only present for me in some goses and berliners... I've never tasted it in lambic, flanders reds, tart saisons or any other sour beers.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 12 July 2017 00:46 (six years ago) link
avery el gose is pretty weak . could almost be a lager. nothing distinguishing
the nomad weisse felt like the base of some of the other, more adventurous evil twin stuff, like james beer and mission gose.
two roads persian lime 16 oz can is a little funky than the key lime gose, a little sweetness there instead.
― calstars, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 22:29 (six years ago) link
* A LITTLE LESS FUNKY
― calstars, Wednesday, 12 July 2017 22:31 (six years ago) link
I guess they made another batch of the geyser gose, mine was packaged last month
― calstars, Friday, 14 July 2017 00:54 (six years ago) link
I wonder how they source the Icelandic moss and kelp
― calstars, Friday, 14 July 2017 01:00 (six years ago) link
Destihl syncho is : )
― calstars, Saturday, 15 July 2017 22:39 (six years ago) link
Like aunt Sally on steroids
― calstars, Saturday, 15 July 2017 22:40 (six years ago) link
I'm not crazy about sixpoint overall but sweet action is fantastic.
― jjjusten, Friday, 21 July 2017 05:03 (six years ago) link
Global tetrahedron, is the tallboy sour you're talking about the Fulton one?
― jjjusten, Friday, 21 July 2017 05:04 (six years ago) link
went to a "founders tap take over" at a local spot. had all of the barrel aged series on tap + some lizard of koz. talked to the local founders guy, and it sounds like a wide release of Canadian Breakfast Stout may be coming. or he just meant that he'd get a keg out here at some point.
― Gaspard de la Nuit: III. ScarJost (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 21 July 2017 05:43 (six years ago) link
Been going through a pile of 18th Street and Noon Whistle lately, great stuff from both (all styles). Trends of note: guava, also tasty sessions beers from breweries perhaps better known for selling stronger stuff, the latter a newer development. Thinking Half Acre's Tuna, Pipeworks' Mango Guppy, Noon Whistle's stuff ...
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 21 July 2017 12:35 (six years ago) link