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Oh my
Driftwood Dark Sour. Just bought one. Can't wait to try it
For the uninitiated, which is likely everyone but distantmantra, Driftwood is one of the best breweries in Canada. One of the only truly great ones. They do excellent sours. Obscuritas is their latest - just finished brewing this week.
Driftwood Dark Sour. Just bought one. Can't wait to try it
For the uninitiated, which is likely everyone but distantmantra, Driftwood is one of the best breweries in Canada. One of the only truly great ones. They do excellent sours. Obscuritas is their latest - just finished brewing this week.
Not a huge fan of either though both are quite drinkable.
ErnieMcCracken
Member
Drinking Anchorage A Deal with the Devil. Glad I got an early start on this thing. It's damn good and hides the 17.3% surprisingly well.
distantmantra
Member
Oh my
Driftwood Dark Sour. Just bought one. Can't wait to try it
For the uninitiated, which is likely everyone but distantmantra, Driftwood is one of the best breweries in Canada. One of the only truly great ones. They do excellent sours. Obscuritas is their latest - just finished brewing this week.
DRIFTWOOD RULES.
Please come back to Washington. I'm only in BC a couple times a year.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
So, I might be up the rest of the night now. Had a Lagunitas Sucks before dinner. Then did the bomber of Stone Mutt Brown Ale during and after dinner. Then had a bottle of Stone Cali-Belguique IPA after that.
Oh, it was a good night, but now I think I will be up all night. I get tired after a lot of alcohol, but then quickly get wired for hours on end if I go over a certain amount. I went well over that tonight.
Oh, it was a good night, but now I think I will be up all night. I get tired after a lot of alcohol, but then quickly get wired for hours on end if I go over a certain amount. I went well over that tonight.
distantmantra
Member
Bend haul so far.
I get to visit Ale Apothecary tomorrow!!!
I get to visit Ale Apothecary tomorrow!!!
distantmantra
Member
Updated haul.
Wish this was distributed to VA.
distantmantra
Member
I still can't believe I got to visit Ale Apothecary yesterday. Incredibly small mountain brewery in the Deschutes National Forest 11 miles outside Bend, OR. Very rarely ever open to the public, and this little open house was only for about 35 people. So increibly grateful for the experience.
Then we ended our final night in Bend with a little share and homemade pizzas in the outdoor oven.
bumbillbee
Member
Damn I'm jealous of that Ale Apothecary visit, sounds gorgeous.
I'm near Sacramento this weekend so I stopped by Berryessa Brewing and picked up some cans now that they started canning. Really cute location and friendly staff. The cans are all a pretty hefty 32oz, 3 Double Tap DIPAs and 2 Jude's IPAs. They're making some damn solid beers and I'm glad to see them canning and not just showing on tap sporadically in the area.
I'm near Sacramento this weekend so I stopped by Berryessa Brewing and picked up some cans now that they started canning. Really cute location and friendly staff. The cans are all a pretty hefty 32oz, 3 Double Tap DIPAs and 2 Jude's IPAs. They're making some damn solid beers and I'm glad to see them canning and not just showing on tap sporadically in the area.
cyber_ninja
Member
Had 2 casks of DFH 75 Minutes IPA blow up on us today. Bummer...
distantmantra
Member
Did a locals for locals trade with a guy in Vermont. Impetus was him wanting No Li's Brass Monkey, so I sent him two of those, a de Garde Bu Weisse, Fremont Sister DIPA, Fremont Summer Ale, Bale Breaker Field 41, Silver City Seattle Beer Week Sieben Brau and a Ft. George Overdub.
Man, there were so many different great beers at The Bruery.
Particularly fond of Loakal Red, Saison Rue 2014, Autumn Maple (though this one was way more proper for a seasonal brew) and the Coffee Smoking Wood. My buddy was even given a sampler of one of their member sours (a peach one) that was great. I'll have to go again to get some more thoughts in and figure out favorites.
Particularly fond of Loakal Red, Saison Rue 2014, Autumn Maple (though this one was way more proper for a seasonal brew) and the Coffee Smoking Wood. My buddy was even given a sampler of one of their member sours (a peach one) that was great. I'll have to go again to get some more thoughts in and figure out favorites.
sharkmuncher
Member
Did a locals for locals trade with a guy in Vermont. Impetus was him wanting No Li's Brass Monkey, so I sent him two of those, a de Garde Bu Weisse, Fremont Sister DIPA, Fremont Summer Ale, Bale Breaker Field 41, Silver City Seattle Beer Week Sieben Brau and a Ft. George Overdub.
You know people in way too many places
distantmantra
Member
This was actually a random "ISO: No Li Brass Monkey" that I spotted on Talk Beer.
MacGurcules
Member
I'm considering riding with my family out to Denver for a few days to visit with some other family. Is it bad that my decision is teetering on whether I'll have time to visit a couple of breweries while I'm there?
sharkmuncher
Member
No, brewery visits are always a good idea. Crooked Stave, Vine Street (One of my favorite places in the Boulder/Denver Area to eat and drink), Breckenridge (Their 6 pack stuff might suck, but their bar by Coors Field is awesome), Great Divide, Falling Rock, Jagged Mountain are all pretty close to downtown.Go!
denver is awesome even without beer but yeah everything sharkmuncher said
distantmantra
Member
WA got Not Your Father's Root Beer (5.9%), might as well grab a single bottle.
one and done
distantmantra
Member
Pretty much. Good thing bottle shops around here let you break six packs.
theSlacker
Member
Had a few and not really a fan of it.
Love it!!
Beer this weekend is Lagunitas Sucks Brown Shugga ale...shit delicious
newdayrocks
Member
Opened a bottle of The Bruery's OR XATA, which doesn't quite taste like horchata like it's described, but has some great notes of vanilla and cinnamon. It's rather good!
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Deleted member 8095
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Picked this up on a whim today since I really love their IPAs(the 90 Minute is my sweet spot):
Holy lord, what a fucking amazing beer, and probably one of the top 5 I've ever had. 12% ABV but does not taste like it at all. Super smooth and balanced with some caramel, vanilla and roasted malt. Highly recommend!
Lagunitas is phenomenal. I haven't had a beer from them I didn't love.
Holy lord, what a fucking amazing beer, and probably one of the top 5 I've ever had. 12% ABV but does not taste like it at all. Super smooth and balanced with some caramel, vanilla and roasted malt. Highly recommend!
Lagunitas is phenomenal. I haven't had a beer from them I didn't love.
cyber_ninja
Member
Picked this up on a whim today since I really love their IPAs(the 90 Minute is my sweet spot):
Holy lord, what a fucking amazing beer, and probably one of the top 5 I've ever had. 12% ABV but does not taste like it at all. Super smooth and balanced with some caramel, vanilla and roasted malt. Highly recommend!
Lagunitas is phenomenal. I haven't had a beer from them I didn't love.
Palo is my all time favorite beer. Soo good.
theSlacker
Member
Picked this up on a whim today since I really love their IPAs(the 90 Minute is my sweet spot):
Holy lord, what a fucking amazing beer, and probably one of the top 5 I've ever had. 12% ABV but does not taste like it at all. Super smooth and balanced with some caramel, vanilla and roasted malt. Highly recommend!
Yeah, that stuff is great. Guy at a Total Wine recommended me it like a year ago when he always saw me picking up darker beers/stouts.
distantmantra
Member
It's like Root Beer with a shot of Smirnoff Ice at the end. Not a fan.
theSlacker
Member
Whatever it was at the end is what turned me off of it as well.
Friend loved it and got like a case of it though so going to have time to see if it grows on me.
Or I'll just avoid him for a while.
sharkmuncher
Member
Awesome beer, tastes much more like a barrel aged barley wine than a quad.
newdayrocks
Member
Last year's was the first time I had it, and it was amazing. Looking forward to getting several this year, and aging it.
It was always called a barleywine but when they started bottling it they changed the style to 'Central Coast Quad' lol. Its a barleywine, they probably just wanted to differentiate it in their line up
Had no idea they'd stopped. Maybe decided they'd better focus on the Vancouver market more since it's becoming so much more competitive?
DRIFTWOOD RULES.
Please come back to Washington. I'm only in BC a couple times a year.
50 new breweries in Vancouver in 2014/15. Crazy.
distantmantra
Member
They couldn't meet demand in BC so diverted the Seattle allocation back home.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Grabbed a bottle of Country Western by West Sixth and Country Boy, as well as a four pack of Devil Dancer. I had Devil Dancer before and was indifferent to it. I felt it wasn't worth the price. But, this batch is only a few weeks old, and damn does freshness make this thing better.
DiabolicalBagel
Member
Bar near my work is having a tap takeover by Siren (and collabs), had a cheeky couple during my lunch break. A sour braggot (Uncle Zester), and a lemon IPA (Limoncello).
Both really nice, and both cleansed the palate of each other so I was sitting there happily switching between the two.
Both really nice, and both cleansed the palate of each other so I was sitting there happily switching between the two.
Hello, BeerGAF.
I just subbed to this thread. For a lot of years I was never much of a beer drinker. Something over the past few months obviously changed, because now I'm really enjoying it a lot. My M.O. is pretty much to go to the beer aisles at my local chain liquor store (BevMo), find something that sounds cool, look it up on my phone to make sure it's not completely hated, and buy a bottle. I do this maybe twice a week.
So far I've figured out that I'm not crazy about strong floral/hoppy beers. Like I tried a Racer 5 IPA and I thought it was perfume-y. I wouldn't call it "bad", but it didn't work for me. I like stouts quite a bit. A well-poured Guinness on tap is still my favorite. That's one of the few beers I enjoyed prior to my recent interest. I tried a Belhaven Scottish stout and thought that was pretty good, too. I also seem to like some weissbier. I tried a Saint Archer White Ale and thought that was pretty solid, for example.
I tried Affligem blonde and (don't laugh) Pelforth when I was in Europe - I liked them both. Pelforth seems to have a bad rep.
I'm actually about to try Gulden Draak ale, I have high hopes for it as it seems to be pretty well loved.
I just subbed to this thread. For a lot of years I was never much of a beer drinker. Something over the past few months obviously changed, because now I'm really enjoying it a lot. My M.O. is pretty much to go to the beer aisles at my local chain liquor store (BevMo), find something that sounds cool, look it up on my phone to make sure it's not completely hated, and buy a bottle. I do this maybe twice a week.
So far I've figured out that I'm not crazy about strong floral/hoppy beers. Like I tried a Racer 5 IPA and I thought it was perfume-y. I wouldn't call it "bad", but it didn't work for me. I like stouts quite a bit. A well-poured Guinness on tap is still my favorite. That's one of the few beers I enjoyed prior to my recent interest. I tried a Belhaven Scottish stout and thought that was pretty good, too. I also seem to like some weissbier. I tried a Saint Archer White Ale and thought that was pretty solid, for example.
I tried Affligem blonde and (don't laugh) Pelforth when I was in Europe - I liked them both. Pelforth seems to have a bad rep.
I'm actually about to try Gulden Draak ale, I have high hopes for it as it seems to be pretty well loved.
MacGurcules
Member
Oh you gotta try it. It actually might be too spicy. The first few sips are really hot. But settle into it and is real good.
sharkmuncher
Member
Told the club I Pintrestified our jockeybox, known as the Beast. I told them he looked handsome. We'll see how it goes. 2nd beer fest this week, should be interesting. Warm up for CWS haha.
sharkmuncher
Member
My experience with KBS is that it comes out about as good as it gets. The aged versions I've had have been good, but not necessarily improved. My thoughts, if you have one, drink it when you want, it won't get any better or worse if you store it well.
Was able to get one bottle, I enjoyed it. I've only had 2014 and 2015, and honestly it's hard to remember the difference from a year ago. I did enjoy it a lot more then Weyebacher Sunday Morning Stout.
Anybody in going to the Mountain Brewers Beer Fest in Idaho Falls tomorrow?
This is my 4th year in a row going. It's a bit of a drive from Utah, but they can't do all you can drink events like this here so it's worth it.
http://www.northamericanbrewers.org/
This is my 4th year in a row going. It's a bit of a drive from Utah, but they can't do all you can drink events like this here so it's worth it.
http://www.northamericanbrewers.org/