PhoncipleBone
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Damn I wish we had Weyerbacher here.
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i'll vouch for mega fortunate islands, really great tropical fruity DIPA, was probably my favorite special release from them last year other than protocosmos and city of the sun. haven't had the hairy eyeball though.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Local store finally got Watermelon Dorado and Pineapple Sculpin in, but wasn't selling singles of them yet. Dammit.
Hopefully tomorrow. I want to try them both, but not enough to buy a six pack of each.
And still impatiently waiting for Americano Stout to hit here.
Hopefully tomorrow. I want to try them both, but not enough to buy a six pack of each.
And still impatiently waiting for Americano Stout to hit here.
Link
The Autumn Wind
I'm so pissed I missed the event on Monday. My car was in the shop and I was helpless.
Yeah, I'm leaning towards that one. Seems to be a really good beer. Thanks!
distantmantra
Member
Snagged some provisions for Disney after hours. The MT IPL was $3, found out its way old. Oh well!
Also, the store I went to by our AirBNB had a Monster energy cooler with Heady cans, Hoof Hearted cans and Trillium bottles. "Not for sale!" Says the guy behind the counter. I'm guessing an employee trades out of the store.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I gave a bottle of Xocoveza to a coworker. He gave me this in return:
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I gave a bottle of Xocoveza to a coworker. He gave me this in return:
You got fleeced.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
It saddens me that a band as amazing as Iron Maiden has their name on such a crap beer.
I'd probably just buy it for the can.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
I bought a 6-pack of Xocoveza to share.
I kept 4 and gave 2 away to friends who wanted to try it. I don't trade for "value" as much as I trade for "unique beer I haven't tried". Also, the can is rad.PhoncipleBone
Banned
I bought a 6-pack of Xocoveza to share.
The can is cool. And trading to try new stuff is always awesome. It is just that I was so disappointed when I tried Trooper a few years ago.
newdayrocks
Member
New beers!
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Grabbed the new Stone red ale, Ballast Point Mango Even Keel, watermelon Dorado, Pineapple Sculpin, and Three Floyds Behemoth.
Right now having Avery Vanilla Bean Stout.
Right now having Avery Vanilla Bean Stout.
sharkmuncher
Member
Kicked off beer week with a Crooked Stave tap takeover.
krameriffic
Member
Kicked off beer week with a Crooked Stave tap takeover.
Serenata Notturna. They don't even have that in the Denver taproom anymore.
distantmantra
Member
I'm a runner. I tend to do ~five miles at least four or five times a week.
sharkmuncher
Member
Best event of Omaha Beer Week. Highlights being Upstream Mini Quad, both railroaders beers (I might just have a slight bias here), the Benson and the Kinkaider
ramoisdead
Member
Finally found Hopslam in this god forsaken city. Now I won't have to pout about not having it this year.
distantmantra
Member
Stopped at El Segundo Brewing before flying home to Seattle. Had some beers and bought this to take home.
Damnit. It's been sitting at my store for weeks, but I haven't accepted the $17 price tag yet. I should probably just go for it.
Anyways, Bell's 30th Imperial Stout tonight.
newdayrocks
Member
How does flying beers home work? That knowledge will be super useful in the coming months.
Stopped at El Segundo Brewing before flying home to Seattle. Had some beers and bought this to take home.
CarpeDeezNutz
Member
I was hungry for a meal O my brothers and sisters, so I ate some Guinness.
ErnieMcCracken
Member
Either buy a wine shipper locally and send them home yourself (pre-paid FedEx or UPS) or electrical tape around the cap + Ziplock bags and prepare for your luggage to be "inspected". I've done both with no problems.
ramoisdead
Member
You're lucky. At least it was sitting there. All of the places I usually get craft beer were sold out of it and I wasn't paying $10 for a can.
And yes, Bell's 30th is some fucking delicious stout. I should've bought a 3rd 6-pack of it.
EDIT: Drinking this tonight along with other beers.
distantmantra
Member
Flying with beers is fine. My wife does it all the time when she comes back from Boston. Wrap it in some clothes, maybe a plastic bag. Never had anything break. I normally load up the wrapped beers in the kid's car seat and strap them in. Plus, car seats are free to check.
Ended up bringing back four Swami IPA cans, Bottle Logic Strangematter, Council Passionfruit Saison and the Power Plant TIPA.
Ended up bringing back four Swami IPA cans, Bottle Logic Strangematter, Council Passionfruit Saison and the Power Plant TIPA.
I thought the Watermelon Dorado was pretty good. I've read that a lot of Watermelon beers tend to have that jolly rancher watermelon smell/taste to them. Also got a bottle of Pineapple to try. Got a 4 pack of Heady Topper in a trade, it is dam good. Amazing balance, get a ton of hop bitterness and those fruit flavors while at the same time getting a good amount of sweetness. Great aftertaste on it.
distantmantra
Member
Glad to be home, where these are shelf beers at the grocery store down the street.
bumbillbee
Member
Whoa is this is so good. Tastes like grape soda, pretty subtle tart gose base and so much delicious grape flavor.
distantmantra
Member
It's all over Seattle in large quantities. Bbomb can normally be found through the Summer if not longer. You can still find 2014 Bbomb and KDS, too.
I wouldn't say it's a shelf turd. It's super well loved, but Seattle doesn't fall victim to FOMO as much as other parts of the country.
Unless it's a Holy Mountain fruit sour release. Then shits crazy.
ughhh following fieldwork on instagram is like torture, that sounds amazing. I can't believe I missed out on the collab they did with Alpine, Relative Hoppiness, place I frequent was tapping it and I missed out on it.
Enjoying some Vietnamese Speedway from a growler fill a few days ago though.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I will be opening my bottle of that in the next day or two. Had Mango Even Keel tonight, and it was decent. No flavors in it are aggressive, but it does taste rather "light."
Pineapple Sculpin was quite good. I kind of wish the pineapple were more pronounced in it though, but it is still a tasty IPA.
ErnieMcCracken
Member
I think mango might have worked better in the Sculpin given it's a more pronounced flavor compared to pinapple and would hold up better to Sculpin. The Even Keel being a session ale would be fine w/ pineapple. I get the hate for the watermelon but thought it was OK.
distantmantra
Member
Anyone in SoCal want Fremont CCBbomb and/or de Garde shelf beer or something (maybe Holy Mountain if I can find it) for a Modern Times variety 10-pack? Struck out everywhere I looked for one. Should be like $25.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
There we go. I've had Deesko! and Space Station Middle Finger before, but the other 3 are new to me.
newdayrocks
Member
Grabbed a couple more bottles of Claim 52's Glasgow Kiss II, as well as Pfriem's Barrel-Aged Flanders Red, and Breakside's Bourbon Barrel-Aged Salted Caramel Stout. And that'll be it as I gear up for trips to Pacific City, NYC, and Athens, OH.