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It's the strangest beer I've ever had and I can't say it's a taste I'd really want in a beer but to each his/her own. I really just hope that the quality doesn't suffer in this acquisition which is my main concern.
Can't argue with that, it does taste like as it's advertised. I guess there isn't really anything to compare it to afaik so in that sense it is unique as well.
It actually just doesn't taste at all like pumpkin to me? It tastes like this weird mix of fall spices and vanilla and syrup, I barely even get pumpkin. Like if I tried it blind, I don't know that I'd really be able to guess it was a pumpkin beer.
I want some Cigar City stuff so bad : (
Why they distribute right next door in Pennsylvania but feel like our market is too small is some bullshit. Pittsburgh is basically the sister city of Cincinnati.
Sure, I've had a ton of pumpkin beers - but even the shitty ones I actually get a pumpkin taste (usually too much, which is my main issue with most of them); this was just foul to me.
I like Cigar City's quite a bit for example. Heavy Seas' is also good. I think my favorite fall drink is Naked Flock Pumpkin Hard Cider, although its pretty damn sweet.
Des, you can't get Cigar City stuff near you?
No I wish man. I don't like the Heavy Seas one too much, it's definitely artificial tasting to me as well. I think my favorite that I've had is Schafly's Pumkin as easy as it is to get. Jolly Pumpkin's La Parcela if it counts too.
Hardywood made a supposedly mind-blowingly good pumpkin beer a couple of years ago that was actually a saison, I would also kill for that.
I'm sorry :{ I live in Orlando, and travel to Tampa monthly, so if you ever want to trade for some of their stuff I'm your guy. I have a huge love for Midwestern breweries like Mad Tree and Great Lakes, so I'm always looking for traders up that way.
ErnieMcCracken
Member
i dont, but that price is lel
Its not terrrible
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I didn't buy any this year, but I would at that price.
There is still Christmas stuff from last year sitting around. Not a fan of really any Christmas beers except the St. Bernardus, which is just a small variant on their godly quad. I will be buying that this year without hesitation.
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
this stuff is crazy good, never bothered with their winter ale before as i was too busy last year and was too cheap/young before that.
really, really good. smooth as hell, almost like a beer cocoa. goes down hazelnutty.
theSlacker
Member
Tried some Fort last night. Guess I should have drank it warm since cold I could barely taste the raspberry over the alcohol content. Really didn't enjoy it that much.
newdayrocks
Member
Was organizing the basement, and accidentally knocked an Almanac Beer Co. Pumpkin Sour down onto the concrete. Didn't shatter, but it started spewing out, so I got to enjoy a great (but warm) beer with lunch.
That's a nice problem to have.
That's a nice problem to have.
newdayrocks
Member
Just had Sierra Nevada's Hoptimum for the first time. Incredible stuff.
Hardywood made a couple pumpkin beers but no saison...farmhouse, rum and whiskey. All ales I believe. Rum was great.
So apparently Aventinus mixed with Aventinus Eisbock aged in oak barrels with brett and/or lacto makes one hell of a beer. The original Aventinus character is just barely there on the finish and in a blind tasting I doubt I'd even have known it was a wheat beer. It honestly just tastes like a really solid Flanders red.
I love Aventinus so I guess I was hoping it'd just taste like a sour Aventinus but it's still incredible.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I must find this. Their eisbock is godly.
So apparently Aventinus mixed with Aventinus Eisbock aged in oak barrels with brett and/or lacto makes one hell of a beer. The original Aventinus character is just barely there on the finish and in a blind tasting I doubt I'd even have known it was a wheat beer. It honestly just tastes like a really solid Flanders red.
I love Aventinus so I guess I was hoping it'd just taste like a sour Aventinus but it's still incredible.
Oooo, I've got to try that.
One of my first beers was a Rogue Dead Guy and I enjoyed it enough that I tried seeking similar 'Bock' styles. Eventually found myself with Aventinus and it was fantastic. My first IPA was from Anderson Valley and it was so bitter I couldn't understand why people enjoyed them. Wasn't till I tried Sculpin that I saw what all the hubbub was about. Anyway, anecdote aside my journey into craft beer basically started with Aventinus. I'm still not sure if I'm pronouncing it correctly.
Ah-ven-tie-nuhs?
One of my first beers was a Rogue Dead Guy and I enjoyed it enough that I tried seeking similar 'Bock' styles. Eventually found myself with Aventinus and it was fantastic. My first IPA was from Anderson Valley and it was so bitter I couldn't understand why people enjoyed them. Wasn't till I tried Sculpin that I saw what all the hubbub was about. Anyway, anecdote aside my journey into craft beer basically started with Aventinus. I'm still not sure if I'm pronouncing it correctly.
Ah-ven-tie-nuhs?
Yeah their eisbock is ridiculous. I had a bottle I aged for two years recently and oh boy. I wish I was able to age more bottles but I couldn't help myself so I was only left with one at this point lol. I guess I should just stock up on the year old stuff available now.
Regular Aventinus just gets better and better as you age it too. At like 3-4 years it's one of the best beers around in my opinion. It's not spectacular fresh tbh, it takes like 4-6 months for it to really start getting great. If you know anyone that doesn't believe in aging beer give them a young aventinus and an aged one and you'll convert them pretty quickly lol.
Tee or tie, I've heard both. I say tee. I'll gladly change how I pronounce it if someone corrects me though.
Atomic Playboy
Member
I picked up some Terminal Gravity Festivale recently. As I'm getting older and my daughter is growing, I've come to appreciate a beer with a lower alcohol content, so I can have more than one without feeling guilty. But I can still appreciate a stronger beer, and at 8.5%, a couple of these have me thinking that wherever I'm sitting just became the perfect place to stay for another hour or so. I actually don't like it as much as most of the other winter ales that hit around the holidays (Jubelale this year is excellent), but after a couple sips of this, I can't seem to recall exactly what my complaint with it was...
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Having missed out on getting Born Yesterday the other week, the store here got a few more packs today. Snagged it while I could, and am enjoying it now. Really damn tasty.
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sharkmuncher
Member
How are you drinking that, it's at least weeks old at this point. Don't even bother, straight garbage.
I had the last bottle from the six pack I got when it came out last weekend and it was still amazing.
PM me breh.
Done.
It's fantastic. One of my all time favorites
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Worth every penny.
theSlacker
Member
It's good, but I'm just glad that Old Rasputin is cheaper and easier to find since I like it just as much for the same style.
bumbillbee
Member
Saw the Firestone Walker XIX Anniversary on a shelf today and figured I'd bite the bullet even though there wasn't a price listed. I was expecting something around $20 but one of the cashiers corrected the one who was ringing me up and said it was $13. Not sure if that was a mistake or just a great price but I wasn't gonna complain lol.
Let it warm up a bit and I'm drinking it now. This is actually my first FW Anniversary beer but I like it a lot. I'm glad they went with a simpler blend of only four beers. I definitely taste a lot of Parabola mixed with their barleywines. Insanely smooth for 14% and the flavors are melded together so perfectly. Great beer for this (relatively) chilly weather.
Let it warm up a bit and I'm drinking it now. This is actually my first FW Anniversary beer but I like it a lot. I'm glad they went with a simpler blend of only four beers. I definitely taste a lot of Parabola mixed with their barleywines. Insanely smooth for 14% and the flavors are melded together so perfectly. Great beer for this (relatively) chilly weather.
theSlacker
Member
Oh shit, that stuff is out? Gotta check around.
Edit: I'm way behind, came out in October. :c
bumbillbee
Member
Yeah FW distribution can be kinda weird unless you go to their release events. I remember back in the LA Valley we'd get their barrel-aged beers a month or two late so you never know.
theSlacker
Member
theSlacker
Member
Is it this years? Would be able to tell by if it is in the new single bottle.
Think I read that retail for the normal variant is going to be around $10, but not sure. A bit of a mark up is normal though depending on where you are shopping.
Just picked up a six pack of Stone Xocoveza. Apparently they're not putting them in bombers this year? Can't wait to try it since I remember people saying it was really good. Not even sure if it's gonna taste the same as last time but I missed it the first go around so I wouldn't know, someone that's tried the one from last year should do a comparison of this year's!
bumbillbee
Member
Pretty sure it'll taste the same, not that hard to drown a stout in adjuncts. The OG version was delicious so I'm sure this year's will taste pretty similar. Haven't tried the barrel-aged or "soured" (read: infected) special releases but I doubt you can go wrong with the standard version.