I like some of the Boulevard (KC MO) I've tried, the Bourbon Barrel Quad for instance.
― nickn, Thursday, 28 June 2018 00:39 (five years ago) link
ive come to the realization that many ohio and cleveland beers are bad― marcos, Wednesday, June 27, 2018 4:50 PM (six hours ago)
― marcos, Wednesday, June 27, 2018 4:50 PM (six hours ago)
Jackie O's is one of my low-key favorite breweries... esp now that they've solved their infection issue from a few years back.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 28 June 2018 05:55 (five years ago) link
yea Jackie o's is good
― marcos, Friday, 29 June 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
that's like the entire country tho
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, June 27, 2018 7:56 PM (two days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that's true, tho I just came back from Vermont and picked up like 4 different goses randomly and they were all outstanding
― marcos, Friday, 29 June 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
feel like Michigan has a better scene than Ohio
― marcos, Friday, 29 June 2018 21:37 (five years ago) link
Exploring bc’s beer scene has left me with a massive limp dickLuckily there’s still a lot to explore
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 29 June 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
You have an interesting relationship with beer.
― Jeff, Friday, 29 June 2018 22:54 (five years ago) link
hops are aphrodisiacs
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 29 June 2018 22:57 (five years ago) link
little known fact
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/36487/282732/Platform lemon ginger saison
― calstars, Saturday, 30 June 2018 02:19 (five years ago) link
feel like Michigan has a better scene than Ohio― marcos, Friday, June 29, 2018 4:37 PM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― marcos, Friday, June 29, 2018 4:37 PM (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
than just about anywhere
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Saturday, 30 June 2018 04:34 (five years ago) link
congrats to lagunitas on that new beer posted above that breaks their "love to get some with a lady" naming theme that's so gratingly embarrassing
― mh, Sunday, 1 July 2018 01:41 (five years ago) link
Here in MI I was just talking the other day to a grad student from OH about beer and she was blown away by everything here compared to Ohio. I can name at least two brewers from MN, IL, WI, IN, but could only think of Great Lakes out of Cleveland for Ohio beers.
― joygoat, Sunday, 1 July 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
I enjoyed Rhinegeist beers when I visited Ohio earlier this month.
Central Waters continues to be one of my favorite deals in craft beer, their new Vanilla Bean BBA stout is super good. Hoping to visit their facility when driving through WI later this month.
― I want to change my display name (dan m), Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:02 (five years ago) link
Ha rheingeist was the only other brewery out of Ohio that she could come up with. Granted, she is a broke ass 23-year-old masters student right now so cost is her main factor in her beer choices
― joygoat, Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
Urban Artifact (fruit beer + sours) had really good ones when I tried them last year, kumquat and such.
Braxton Brewing, right across the river from Cincinnati in northern Kentucky, has good ones as well, especially Dead Blow (with macerated dates). They took over a nearby brewery/taproom and opened Braxton Labs, which has all kinds of experiments. Hoping they get wider distribution sometime.
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
Urban Artifact website - also a music venue
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 1 July 2018 15:24 (five years ago) link
Central Waters continues to be one of my favorite deals in craft beer
Seriously.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Monday, 2 July 2018 14:13 (five years ago) link
urban artifact does have a few god sours
platform is totally hit or miss. they just brew so many new beers all the time so consistency is not really what they are going for
― marcos, Monday, 2 July 2018 14:28 (five years ago) link
*good
― marcos, Monday, 2 July 2018 14:29 (five years ago) link
I haven't checked, has anything from Iowa made it outside the state recently other than Toppling Goliath?
― mh, Monday, 2 July 2018 14:38 (five years ago) link
hm idk, i don't think i see any iowa beers here
― marcos, Monday, 2 July 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link
I'll stop drinking them all before they're loaded on a truck
― mh, Monday, 2 July 2018 15:42 (five years ago) link
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/07/324-of-the-best-ipas-blind-tasted-and-ranked.htmlPaste mag with another IPA blind tasting.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 21:19 (five years ago) link
Love reading all the @‘s with people bemoaning the popularity of IPA’s.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 21:28 (five years ago) link
Blood orange pales and IPAs have become my new summer obsession. I've been drinking a lot of the Lagunitas and 21st Amendment versions. Anyone else have recommendations for easily obtainable ones?
I can still remember when I lived in Seattle years ago a brewery did a Christmas ale that dispensed with the usual darker, heavy body and the spices, and basically brewed an orange IPA that I thought was the best thing ever (at the time.)
― Get aboard the flappy bird, departing gate 19 (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 21:54 (five years ago) link
Had some great ones last week. A blueberry sour from upland (Indianapolis iirc). Was not cloying. it ruled. And a triple IPA from killer ipa-makers Novo Brazil (Chula Vista) which was like 9% and i couldn't even taste any alcohol. Oh! And one from de dolle, who are maybe my fave Belgian producers.
― lâche pas la patate (outdoor_miner), Wednesday, 11 July 2018 22:33 (five years ago) link
weird no ithaca flower power or neshaminy shape of hops to come or unicorn vs ninja or heady topper or any beers by victory on that paste list
― Mordy, Wednesday, 11 July 2018 23:33 (five years ago) link
Do you like flower power Mordy? Not a fan myself
― calstars, Thursday, 12 July 2018 01:01 (five years ago) link
i guess i'm going to have to try a ripe, i've read articles in two different mags touting it as one of the great ipas. i don't get why one of the best ne ipas would come from portland, but i guess that's portland for you, and if i'm gonna drink an ipa it's probably gonna be an ne.
― Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Thursday, 12 July 2018 01:11 (five years ago) link
Nb I probably haven’t had one for a year but I like it a lot
― Mordy, Thursday, 12 July 2018 01:14 (five years ago) link
The theoretically limited Lagunitas blood orange IPA is one of my faves, and I noticed they produced a shit ton more of it this year than ever before.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 July 2018 03:05 (five years ago) link
I'm going to be road tripping from Portland down to San Francisco is a couple of weeks. Any suggestions for Oregon or California beers I can't get here to keep an eye out for? The only one on my radar right now, honestly, is Pliny. And now I've added the Ripe (from Great Notion, right?) to my mental list as well.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 July 2018 03:08 (five years ago) link
****heater allen****
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 12 July 2018 03:09 (five years ago) link
Lemme look at my untappd
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 12 July 2018 03:12 (five years ago) link
Russian river supplication cherry wild aleCraftsmen el prieto sour black ale (effing amazing tbh)Kern river river buddyAlpine duetAlpine mandarin nectar (delicious)And others I wouldn’t go out of my way but are very decent:Craftsmen peachy keenGolden road point the way ipa (LAX brewery — again, dece)Stone brewing wootstoutStone merc machineAlso you might as well visit Modern Times brewery in downtown LA, they have vegan food as well — fruitlands passion fruit with guava is niceCan you get a lot of sierra nevada in yr area? If not, hop bullet dipa is surprisingly decent Novo brazil pool party hazeArrow lodge guava berlinerLemme kno what u think of em
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 12 July 2018 03:25 (five years ago) link
Oh missed that you’re only going as south as san franIm sure u can still get a lot of those
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 12 July 2018 03:30 (five years ago) link
Theres a modern times in portland, only been to the dtla loc tho, so not sure if its worth it
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 12 July 2018 03:37 (five years ago) link
In Portland proper, Upright is one of my favorite breweries.
If you go the coastal route south, hit DeGarde & Pelican in Tillamook
Other breweries along the way:
Block 15 in CorvallisBoneyard in BendCrux in BendAle Apothecary in Bend (appt-only but amazing)Sierra Nevada in ChicoMoonraker in SacramentoMoksa in SacramentoMoonlight in Santa Rosa (just opened a new spot)Russian River in Santa RosaBeercraft in Rohnert Park (not a brewery, but one of the best bottleshop/taprooms in the North Bay)Lagunitas in Petaluma
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 12 July 2018 04:07 (five years ago) link
xpI'll second the El Prieto, but I doubt Craftsman is available in SF.
― nickn, Thursday, 12 July 2018 04:08 (five years ago) link
also: Great Notion will be out of Ripe cans, they sell out they day they're released. I went to a lesser release and it was a total shitshow. The spot is all right and they'll have most everything on draft (Double Stack is great).
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 12 July 2018 04:10 (five years ago) link
we need a can check thread
― mh, Thursday, 12 July 2018 04:14 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/xf1nVh3_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium
― mh, Thursday, 12 July 2018 04:16 (five years ago) link
― beard papa, Thursday, 12 July 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
I'll be in Portland, Bend, Ashland, Eureka, Mendocino, Sonoma Valley (just a little too far from Santa Rosa, alas) and San Fran. Dunno if I'll have time for too much beer drinking, since my wife's favorite beers are dark beers and stouts and the weather may not be stout friendly, but if it's going to happen it'll happen in Portland or Bend, I think. Everywhere else I may be beholden to what's on tap at any given stop.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 July 2018 15:15 (five years ago) link
Cascade Barrel House in Portland has some great sours.
― JoeStork, Thursday, 12 July 2018 15:18 (five years ago) link
Cellar maker in SF makes good IPAs.
― Andrew "Hit Dice" Clay (PBKR), Thursday, 12 July 2018 16:14 (five years ago) link
I had Elysian's Super Fuzz Blood Orange Pale on tap when I was in Seattle and liked it, but just bought a sixpack locally and thought it was not as good. The orange search continues...
― Get aboard the flappy bird, departing gate 19 (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 12 July 2018 16:51 (five years ago) link
In Portland go to these shops if you can:Belmont StationBeermongersThe Brass Rail
Bend: I've got some good recommendations upthread, it's pretty much great beer everywhere, one of the raddest towns on the west coast.
Eureka: I went to a great restaurant a few years back that had bottles of Cantillon on their list, it was pretty odd as that doesn't happen much outside of Brussels for the past 5+ years nonetheless in California. Problem is, I can't remember the restaurant based on some googlin'... gah.
Sonoma has some great spots but I'm not sure what you mean by Sonoma Valley (the entire Sonoma Valley is like 35+ miles long from Sears Pt to Santa Rosa)... Are you staying in the town of Sonoma? There are some gems all over Sonoma.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
We are staying in Petaluma.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 July 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link