This just went on tap at my local spot, I'll have to make my way over there to try it out.
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This just went on tap at my local spot, I'll have to make my way over there to try it out.
Snytbaggen
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I've recently been pretty big on trappist beers, so when I found out that my local store had six of these I kinda rushed there and bought half their stock
Solid choice, great beer.
I was in the Ardennes last weekend, the beer selection at the local Carrefour supermarket had me nearly shitting my pants in joy. The selection, the prices... Beergasm. Bought a boatload of new stuff to try out.
youngwerther
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I always see this at the store and really want to try it, but dat price...
Only trappist beer I've ever had was Chimay blue and it was insanely good. I want to try more but they are all so expensive.
Nostalgic Nightmare
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I finally caved and bought some Gulden Drak.
Shame on me for waiting so long, i mean gat damn its good.
Shame on me for waiting so long, i mean gat damn its good.
distantmantra
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Got this four-pack for tonight. Gotta say...damn impressed.
Rayon Vert is a great, inexpensive Brett beer. Cheers!
It was fantastic. A ltittle pricey here at $13.40 after tax for four bottles but the quality felt like two 750s so not too bad. Four was perfect. Wish I had a better glass as it poured like a Duvel/Gulden Draak with an awesome head.
They have a few more Green Flash stuff here that I'll try over the next couple of weeks.
DimmuBurgerKing
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Good haul today
My local doesn't have Stone IRS yet. T_T How I miss it.
At least you have Stone... period.
Someday Oklahoma will be so lucky. I always stock up when I'm in Texas.
youngwerther
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Yeah. Beer selection sucks in Jokelahoma.
I guess Coop aint bad.
I guess Coop aint bad.
ramoisdead
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Picked up this bad boy very recently for today's fites.
Brought these back to New Hampshire from Oregon. Pretty much the only interesting bombers in the,town I was in (population 9000). I like the metal bomber and hopefully can fill and cap it with homebrew for hiking.
Never tried an india pale lager before. Will crack it open tonight.
distantmantra
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Tried 10 Barrel's Hop Project series last night. They originally did 170 small batches and then released their favorite four.
Wheat IPA, IPA, Brown IPA and Black IPA.
Jamesways
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^ Nice. Where is they located? I love variations of IPAs.
Sunday Funday for me, wife out of town.
Local craft brews- Steel Toe Breweing, St. Louis Park, MN. The Cascadian Dark is brand new this week, very very good.
Never had ODell's Lugene Choc Milk Stout before, it has more of a boozy taste than I expected. It's delicious though, hits all the notes you want from a good milk stout. And Rampant has become a go-to for a few weeks, as I've said, kind of a misnomer IMO, it's not a typical Imperial IPA in the least. More of a session IPA taste, which is dangerous given the ABV.
For the last one, I cracked a Northern Brewer Black IPA homebrew. Not quite 4 weeks in the bottle yet, and the head dissapated quickly. It needs more time, but for a tester, it's very tasty already. Amazing the complex flavors you can get from a simple kit. 5 hop additions, woot! Thinking of messing with their Brunch Stout recipe next along with a batch of the tried and true Bell's Two Hearted clone.
Sunday Funday for me, wife out of town.
Local craft brews- Steel Toe Breweing, St. Louis Park, MN. The Cascadian Dark is brand new this week, very very good.
Never had ODell's Lugene Choc Milk Stout before, it has more of a boozy taste than I expected. It's delicious though, hits all the notes you want from a good milk stout. And Rampant has become a go-to for a few weeks, as I've said, kind of a misnomer IMO, it's not a typical Imperial IPA in the least. More of a session IPA taste, which is dangerous given the ABV.
For the last one, I cracked a Northern Brewer Black IPA homebrew. Not quite 4 weeks in the bottle yet, and the head dissapated quickly. It needs more time, but for a tester, it's very tasty already. Amazing the complex flavors you can get from a simple kit. 5 hop additions, woot! Thinking of messing with their Brunch Stout recipe next along with a batch of the tried and true Bell's Two Hearted clone.
distantmantra
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I like their Oregon Brown ale a ton, and their raspberry and apricot crush sours were really nice.
Snytbaggen
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I'm drinking one now and it's really amazing, better than I remembered it.
youngwerther
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sharkmuncher
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My afternoon so far:
On to some of my Russian River Redemption clone after these, and more XCOM, always more XCOM
This year's Longshot is pretty disappointing. At least I have the Joe's...
On to some of my Russian River Redemption clone after these, and more XCOM, always more XCOM
codswallop
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The other day I was complaining about beer prices in Australia versus other countries. This is why:
Insane.
Insane.
distantmantra
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Japan's beer taxes are just as bad.
yeah, its pretty awesome. i'm a self-proclaimed SN nut, but this is gud stuff. shame its such a limited release - i have yet to find it outside of chico.
also, i miss SN celebration ale.
distantmantra
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Hoptimum is on draught here in Seattle, bottles during the week.
Good haul today
Nice. Enjoy that allagash, it is amazing.
Link
The Autumn Wind
USA! USA!The other day I was complaining about beer prices in Australia versus other countries. This is why:
Insane.
Sick ass cover, would pick up just for the artwork. I had a sour with a savory sort of taste with a really feminine name.
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The Autumn Wind
Be sure to give impressions of the Pearl Necklace, Seth. It's caught my eye a couple of times, but Oyster beer... I dunno.
I've had Three Floyd's oyster stout collab, Mutiny and the Mollusk. It was delicious. Mostly just crushed oyster shell to give it calcium/creaminess I think?
Yeah that's partly why I bought it as well. She reminds me of ScarJo.
distantmantra
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I had Wynkoop's Rocky Mountain oyster stout a few weeks ago. Dark, dank and salty.
...there are Stone haters?
Not hate, but I have already aired about my thoughts about the brewery, but maybe I just take them for granted considering pretty much everything they offer is freely available here.
have you had 5,17 or others from that series? curious what you think, i loved it. might get more soon.
I don't dislike Stone, but I do dislike their pricing. I can usually find dozens of beers of equal quality for much less of every style they produce. I won't knock their beer as it is good, but much like Dogfishhead, I feel they are pricing themselves as a premium craft beer and only a select few offerings from them deserve it.
Now this is true, but pretty much every domestic big brewery prices their product at $8.99 and up (Bell, Founder's, 3F, Stone, Dogfish). Guys like Witmer seem to still be at $6.99.
It is annoying that something like Kalamazoo Breakfast Stout and Two Hearted are priced the same as some of their meh brews.
distantmantra
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Widmer has lower prices due to insanely large scale production, and being part of the Craft Brewers Alliance. The CBA includes Kona, Red Hook and Widmer. They're also partially (33%) owned by AB InBev and benefit from their distribution channels.
distantmantra
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Widmer is partially owned by InBev?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redhook_Ale_Brewery
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widmer_Brothers_Brewery
The Wiki pages explain.
Exactly, in my eyes Bell's pretty much bests all of their traditional offerings.
SHIT BEER GEEKS SAY
http://vimeo.com/64558227
Hate (or love to hate) sitting next beer geeks going on and on about beer to their novice friends. So much pretentiousness and yet they get so much wrong. I even overheard a guy telling his friends that IPAs had extra yeast in it to make it last the voyage to India..
http://vimeo.com/64558227
Hate (or love to hate) sitting next beer geeks going on and on about beer to their novice friends. So much pretentiousness and yet they get so much wrong. I even overheard a guy telling his friends that IPAs had extra yeast in it to make it last the voyage to India..
that voyage things is common i think it used to say it on a sam adams label or something
i wish that video was a lot shorter, would have made it funnier.
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