Beer in the new era

I am sure I've said this before but I love coming to visit my parents in rural MI because I can find all the rare Bells and Founders beers that sell so quick in the city. Black Note, Whiskey Barrel Cherry Stout, and CBS, all since Xmas day. Unfortunately, pricing has caught up with urban areas.

Seeing as I am currently about a mile from you, where are you finding these?

Platform cherry donut pie gose
Like drinking an alcoholic donut with sprinkles

I drank a roughly seven year old Pipeworks Imperial Porter tonight and it was super good! Still fizzy, not a hint of sourness.

Almost ordered a bud light

Rejected David Crosby line? "...but I didn't, and I wonder why..."

Ha

Possibly

Because the eagle rock populist ipa i got was just okay — on tap though so marginally better than the canned/bottled stuff

A couple weeks ago I had a bottle of Miller Lite at a bar by my in laws place while waiting for carry out pizza and the place smelled of snowmobile exhaust and the Packers Lions game was on and it was sublime.

Nice

rye pale ale by VAULT brewing company -- pretty good. really mild, low gravity and crisp with a nice rye "bite."

I like Eagle Rock's sours, and their Red Velvet, an 11% abv red ale with rye.

“Can I get a 4 oz of the Unicorn Vomit?” is a thing people say now

(It was very tasty)

I could never drink somehing called that

Naming not quite up to the admittedly high standards of race horses

i want to drink a stout that's called the black stallion

Bronx pale ale, middle of the road. Why is there caramel up in this shit?

what other beers are similar to Sixpoint Brewery's Tesla?

(the tried and true "read beeradvocate" route is giving me a list including a few I've had that don't taste like it at all)

Hoppy wheat lagers seem pretty niche/narrow and no idea what market you're in but:
August Schell Hoppy Wheat Lager
Jack's Abby Leisure Time
Jack's Abby Hoponius Union

thanks!

Is Tesla a wheat beer? Their site didn't mention it.

1st line of 2P:

The brew is an energetically hopped lager with a notable wheat component.

Ah, I only looked at the Sixpoint site, whose small blurb doesn't mention it. http://sixpoint.com/beers/tesla/

weird: http://sixpoint.com/blog/sixpoint-tesla/

they have a keg of it at one of the local spots with a hundred taps or w/e

Lolling a little reading reviews of Surly's barrel aged Darkness that mention "bourbon" despite the fact the bottles clearly state the beer was aged in rye barrels.

Prolly the same people who describe beers as "boozy."

What are some good beer bars in Manhattan/Brooklyn? Places with lots of local/regional stuff on tap. Good food would be a plus too.

The Pony, Tørst. I haven't been many places.

I also don't recall if they have food. I'm no help!

Torst has a good selection - I had some great sours there - but the lack of windows makes me feel like I’m in someone’s basement. Gets really crowded too.

Also In Bk I can recommend the Hop Shop, on Columbia St just north of red hook. Relatively new, good selection of drafts and cans, and not packed due to it’s relatively inaccessible via subway.

Bar Great Harry in Carroll gardens has a huge selection, double sided small print menu, including some exclusives from other half I believe. Gets crowded but a nice small space.

Brouwerij Lane in greenpoint has tall refrigerators full of cans that you can drink on the spot with a $1 glass fee. Also a good selection on draft. Very small place.

i'm craving some alchemist beer. my local beer shop got a case of heady topper and was selling 1 can per person; i got there 20 minutes early and was still too late to snag one. anyone in the area who wants to do a trade? maybe for some tired hands?

i'll be up there sometime within the next couple months but not sure exactly when.....if no one gets there sooner i'll hit you up to see if you're still craving.

awesome let's stay in touch

That's fantastic that Alchemist is doing distro now.

FWIW I like Focal Banger more than Heady and it's a **little** more slept on.

there's still limited distro in vermont....i think the case mordy's shop got was contraband.

If anyone is up for a trade/swap again, I'd be in, too. Especially if you have wish lists. Chicago and environs is awash in good beer.

http://phillytapfinder.tumblr.com/post/170907345003/breaking-cans-of-heady-topper-focal-banger-hit

they say it's a one off thing

oh that's cool then.

Isn't Pliny sometimes in Philly, too, for some reason?

Monk's was early on most of Craft Beer 1.0 so they (and maybe another few bars?) are rewarded for that.

Central Waters rum barrel coconut porter: I felt like I was taking a chance on this one, but a single was $4, and it's actually pretty good! Low abv porter means the overly boozy rum flavor doesn't dominate too much and it's well moderated by the coconut. A dark beer colada of sorts?

Speaking of regional beers, picked up a six pack of Jai Alai today. I heard it's being made by Oskar Blues, for now, but don't know where. I'm curious to see how it tastes compared to the real thing. When Toppling Goliath first started distro to Chicago it was being made by some Florida company, but now even the local stuff is being made in Iowa, and the beer has gotten much better.

Also picked up some Collective Arts IPA No. 5? A (double) NEIPA? Anyway, heard good things. Great can art.
http://store.collectiveartsbrewing.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IPA5.png

The Chicago bound Cigar City stuff is being brewed in Brevard, NC.

I haven’t had a beer in 52 days. There have been four million new releases in that time.

many will be waiting for you, should you return

many others will be gone forever but they weren’t that great anyway

I had one of these tonight

http://www.indeedbrewing.com/our-beer/lsd

It tasted like soap

I don’t think I’d be brave enough to try a beer with lavender

perhaps one of the artisans who makes soap with beer in it can close the circle

I had a cider with lavender and charcoal in it (it was black, I was intrigued) and it was good. 101 Cider in SoCal.