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Linius

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Was in a Belgian beer cafe in Amsterdam today so I decided to try something new. I ordered Orval, and I'll probably drink that more often from now on. Really liked it.
 
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HiResDes

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We have this seasonal called Thunder snow, made by Madtree, that has to be my new favorite. It's smoother than a milk Stout and more complex than Old Rasputin. The only bad thing is that they didn't can or bottle it.
 
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t-ramp

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Hmm. I just found out Baraboo is Hy-Vee's beer brand, which is brewed by Stevens Point. Interesting. I think I had their marzen, which was forgettable.
 
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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.

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Picked up some Victory Hop Ranch and Dirt Wolf on Sunday. Wow, those are 2 fantastic brews. Victory definitely nailed it with those.
 
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t-ramp

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ErnieMcCracken said:
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.

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Picked up some Victory Hop Ranch and Dirt Wolf on Sunday. Wow, those are 2 fantastic brews. Victory definitely nailed it with those.
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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.
 
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fijim

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ErnieMcCracken said:
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.

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Picked up some Victory Hop Ranch and Dirt Wolf on Sunday. Wow, those are 2 fantastic brews. Victory definitely nailed it with those.
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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.
 
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ErnieMcCracken

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distantmantra said:
Hop Slam is good, but the hype is pretty ridiculous when there are beers just as good that are easily obtainable and cheaper.
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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.
 
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Cr0wn0

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Hop slam sells out here within hours. One local place does a hopslam and donuts party. I can't really do IPAs ( they all taste like soap to me) but it's one of the few that tastes decent to me. It's way hyped here.
 
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codswallop

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matt360 said:
Or Japan, where $20 will only just barely buy you a pint.
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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.
 
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TKR92

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ErnieMcCracken said:
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.

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Picked up some Victory Hop Ranch and Dirt Wolf on Sunday. Wow, those are 2 fantastic brews. Victory definitely nailed it with those.
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Even in MI, the six-pack is $16.
 
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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.
 
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t-ramp

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I've heard SSR is good, and figured I might as well grab a bottle of Hopslam ($4.99, yikes) and Off Color's Troublesome. From what I've heard, Iowa's the first place Off Color has been distributed besides Chicago, which is kind of strange.
 
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distantmantra

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lawlohwhat said:
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.
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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.
 
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Socreges

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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.
 
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bowery

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Socreges said:
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.
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haha reminds me of the dominoes "chef" in the kitchen in commercials
 
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lawlohwhat

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distantmantra said:
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.
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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
 
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distantmantra

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lawlohwhat said:
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
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Norm's is a fun place, but the beer isn't a focus.

Socreges said:
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.
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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.
 
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Socreges

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distantmantra said:
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.
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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.
 
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matt360

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codswallop said:
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.
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Very true. Good thing I'll be going there in two weeks!
 
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Socreges

Banned
HUB Hopworks IPA
Old Rasputin RIS

Thoughts on these two? Neither the best of their style, but nevertheless great examples.... is the impression I've gotten. Does the Rasputin RIS have strong coffee flavours? I might just avoid it if so.
 
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HiResDes

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Old Rasputin is fantastic, and is more than just coffee flavors, though it has a few coffee notes...The overall taste is more of dark chocolate and a slight smokiness. Definitely one of the very best RIS that is widely distributed.
 
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lawlohwhat

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Socreges said:
HUB Hopworks IPA
Old Rasputin RIS

Thoughts on these two? Neither the best of their style, but nevertheless great examples.... is the impression I've gotten. Does the Rasputin RIS have strong coffee flavours? I might just avoid it if so.
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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.
 
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t-ramp

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Has anyone had Matt's Burning Rosids from Stone yet? I picked up a bottle as well as some Enjoy By earlier. Kind of cool that they'd do a memorial beer, and something seemingly unique at that. I'm looking forward to trying it.
 
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codswallop

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PhoncipleBone said:
SCORE! Found the new Stone Enjoy By today.
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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!
 
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PhoncipleBone

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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:
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Also grabbed this:
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