Exactly. That way I can easily see which of the 1150 beers I've had in the last year I loved.
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At this point I'm actually excited to get he and drink much less.
2013 Top Ten Beers of the Year in no particular order
Attempted Redrum
Southern Charred
Oerbier Special Reserva
Weiss Trash Culture
XV (√225 Saison)
Nebiulin-a
Tree Shaker Peach IIPA
Coolship (Resurgam)
Grassroots Arctic Saison
El Cedro
Attempted Redrum
Southern Charred
Oerbier Special Reserva
Weiss Trash Culture
XV (√225 Saison)
Nebiulin-a
Tree Shaker Peach IIPA
Coolship (Resurgam)
Grassroots Arctic Saison
El Cedro
ErnieMcCracken
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Picked some up for the first time in a couple years. I think the $20 price made me realize why I haven't been buying much of it.
Picked up some Victory Hop Ranch and Dirt Wolf on Sunday. Wow, those are 2 fantastic brews. Victory definitely nailed it with those.
Picked up some Victory Hop Ranch and Dirt Wolf on Sunday. Wow, those are 2 fantastic brews. Victory definitely nailed it with those.
I would like to try Hopslam, but $20+ is a bit much. It seems kind of odd that they'd keep it in a 6-pack at that price.
Oh well, plenty of other stuff to try. I picked up a 4-pack of Maudite yesterday plus bombers of Pretty Things' Jack D'Or and Peace Tree's Imperial Stout.
distantmantra
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My wife's cousin is sending me my yearly single bottle of Hop Slam this week.
Picked some up for the first time in a couple years. I think the $20 price made me realize why I haven't been buying much of it.
Picked up some Victory Hop Ranch and Dirt Wolf on Sunday. Wow, those are 2 fantastic brews. Victory definitely nailed it with those.
It's a great beer, but I still think Lagunitas Sucks or FW Double Jack is just as good or better.
I would buy Hopslam if it was a $10-12 6 pack and I didn't need to run to the liquor right after they tweet that it came in, in order to get it.
distantmantra
Member
Hop Slam is good, but the hype is pretty ridiculous when there are beers just as good that are easily obtainable and cheaper.
ErnieMcCracken
Member
Yep. Just wanted to try it since it's been a while. We're getting Deschutes in this week and we get Lagunitas in about 2 weeks. More options to choose from. I could do without buying anymore HopSlam after having those Victory beers. I am looking forward to Sucks and Hop Stoopid though.
codswallop
Member
Come to Australia, where every six pack of craft beer is $20 or more!
matt360
Member
Or Japan, where $20 will only just barely buy you a pint.
Is Hop Slam hyped? In Kentucky it shows up in random dive bars. No big deal.
codswallop
Member
Paid $15 for 350-ish mL of Rogue Brutal IPA at a bar in Melbourne once... so probably about the same.
Local brews are, obviously, much cheaper (well, usually - last year I paid $23 for 350mL of a locally-brewed cognac barrel-aged imperial stout with black truffles).
US beer drinkers don't know how good they've got it. In Australia, tax on beer is automatically raised twice a year.
Same here in Cincy. Seth what's your opinion of Madtree, do you ever make over into Ohio?
Picked some up for the first time in a couple years. I think the $20 price made me realize why I haven't been buying much of it.
Picked up some Victory Hop Ranch and Dirt Wolf on Sunday. Wow, those are 2 fantastic brews. Victory definitely nailed it with those.
Even in MI, the six-pack is $16.
lawlohwhat
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I never really appreciated alesmith ipa's nose before.
Lemon oil, tangerine, grapefruit, light creamy heather honey, and a fresh floral note. Really good stuff.
Lemon oil, tangerine, grapefruit, light creamy heather honey, and a fresh floral note. Really good stuff.
I make it across the river from time to time (was in OTR for NYE) but haven't ever had Madtree's beer. I'll have to come up and check them out.
Haha...nice. Which bars were you in? I didn't stay long. Went over to Wiseguys in Covington for some Pappy.
I go to Japps, MOTR, and Neons because they're on the same street lol.
I was in The Drinkery beside Japps and also at MOTR that night. Might have crosses paths at some point!
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Got Victory Hop Ranch and another Dogfish Head Worldwide Stout. Big fan of Dirt Wolf, so hope Hop Ranch delivers.
ErnieMcCracken
Member
Hop Ranch is very good, but I felt Dirt Wolf was better. Those hops in Dirt Wolf: Citra, Chinook, Simcoe and Mosaic. So good.
lawlohwhat
Banned
I'm in downtown Seattle. Where do I go for beer?
ErnieMcCracken
Member
distantmantra
Member
Downtown? Pine Box, Elysian Fields, Collins Pub, Bambinos.
lawlohwhat
Banned
Thanks! We went to collins cause it was close to the hotel. Nice place, celebrator bottle on top of the taps is a good sign.
distantmantra
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Yep! The really good stuff is in North Seattle where I live. You should get up here. Brouwers, Fremont brewing, Reuben's, Bottleworks, Sixgill, Noble Fir, Uber, Big Time, etc.
It's funny how threatened InBev is by microbreweries. They've had commercials where they use words like "crafted" and focus on the intimate process of brewing as if they're not a massive conglomerate. Now they've got a commercial that features their "brewmaster" talking passionately... about Budweiser.
Doesn't change the fact that it tastes like piss.
Doesn't change the fact that it tastes like piss.
haha reminds me of the dominoes "chef" in the kitchen in commercials
lawlohwhat
Banned
Sixgill was nice, but we unfortunately had to get going before exploring anywhere else. How is that norms place in fremont? It looked pretty popular driving by
distantmantra
Member
Norm's is a fun place, but the beer isn't a focus.
The guys who brew for AB InBev know how to make good beer. They just don't make it for AB InBev. Good thing a lot of them start their own breweries.
Which makes that commercial all the more absurd. Budweiser is still Budweiser.
I've known some guys who've gone to school to become brewmasters. Apparently it used to be that virtually all were hoping to secure positions with big breweries, but that's changing as many aspire to open their own business (with partners obviously) or get hired by new microbreweries.
matt360
Member
Very true. Good thing I'll be going there in two weeks!
lawlohwhat
Banned
I like old rasputin a lot. It's definitely not the best at what it does, but I never regret getting one for dessert at the end of a night.
Hopworks ipa doesn't do it for me anymore. I live a few blocks from one of their locations in portland, so I've had quite a few of them. Even on cask it just tastes boring, but that's probably because I've had it so often. A couple better examples of a citrusy/piney ipa are boneyard RPM and russian river's blind pig.
PhoncipleBone
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SCORE! Found the new Stone Enjoy By today.
codswallop
Member
Stone now has an official distributor in Australia! I haven't been able to get them to promise they'll have access to any specials, or Enjoy By etc, but they've claimed to have "the full range", so we'll see.
No more crazy-overpriced grey imports that are at their best before dates!
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Was returning bottles tonight and the clerk noticed I had a Stone Enjoy By. So they told me about this one they had hiding behind the counter:
Also grabbed this:
Also grabbed this:
distantmantra
Member
I love saisons but I hate smoked beer. Urgh.