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Beer |OT|
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newdayrocks
Member
Can anyone who's been to de Garde confirm that they welcome bringing other breweries' beer (mostly sours) to share there?
distantmantra
Member
Eh.
Maybe. They don't allow shares during the parties. Leave them in the car and ask first.
distantmantra
Member
So much beer. The crowlers are Barley Browns' Forklift DIPA, Silver Moon's Turning Point IPA and Boneyard's Notorious TIPA.
Anyone take you up on this yet?
I wish I would have checked this thread earlier, I live close to El Segundo Brewing. Could have brought you some good bottles to share.
distantmantra
Member
Nope! PM me if you're interested.
newdayrocks
Member
Pliny the Younger confirmed to be on tap this weekend at Twist Wine this weekend! Between that and visiting de Garde, it's going to be an incredible extended weekend.
distantmantra
Member
Have fun!
Mitch
Banned
Had it on draft over Valentine's weekend. It was very good. Wish I could get some down here in Houston.
Thankfully I'll be moving up to Cleveland in a couple months, so I'll be able to enjoy Hoof Hearted and some other breweries more often. Although, I'll miss Karbach a whole lot.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Dogfish Head day for me. Got four packs of Immort Ale and Beer to Drink Music To. Hoping for a single of Romantic Chemistry. Didn't get a pack of that since I have so many IPAs at home already.
distantmantra
Member
My wife goes there regularly for work and brings me stuff. Night Shift, Trillium, Jacks Abby.
And Tree House if you're willing to drive and wait in line at the brewery.
Cheers. I'll keep an eye out.
distantmantra
Member
Where will you be staying? My wife stays in Back Bay so she hits up Urban Grape and Bauer Wine & Spirits. Urban sells singles and has Trillium weekly now.
I'll go see if I can find a 10 pack for you. The can variety pack, right?
Whoops meant to PM this.
I was gonna recommend those for sure and Idle Hands is right in the city.
It won't be until June, but there's a high chance I'll be staying in the Sommerville/Cambridge area. Last time I was there I stopped at a great place called the Mead Hall I think. Had a few IPA's that the bartender recommended, but I forget what the name was.
Saw one at Dale's on Tuesday
Stouts, barley wines, porters, various styles of ales, quads are my favorites (and while mostly stouts there are a few other styles in that picture.)
I also drink just about every other style and enjoy them; IPAs/DIPAS/TIPAS, sours.
But yeah heavy / high ABV beers are my favorite.
I also drink just about every other style and enjoy them; IPAs/DIPAS/TIPAS, sours.
But yeah heavy / high ABV beers are my favorite.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Hey, he squeezed a barleywine in there.
Was curious as most of your pics have been dark heavy beers.
distantmantra
Member
Stouts are ales.
Well non stout ales lol.
That look like stouts
Well I guess I'm guilty of drinking mostly dark beers; dark ales, blended ales and porters are my most consumed non-stouts and they are all fairly similar.
But I have some sours and IPAs in my fridge. I tend to take pictures of my barrel aged beers more often than other beers I drink and they are mostly dark.
But I have some sours and IPAs in my fridge. I tend to take pictures of my barrel aged beers more often than other beers I drink and they are mostly dark.
distantmantra
Member
I used to be all about the higher the ABV the better. While I still enjoy them from time to time, I'd much rather have a nice sub-7% saison, IPA, pale or pilsner now.
Gettin' old.
Gettin' old.
We have similar tastes for sure.
Same, I can only manage a 10%+ every once in awhile. Would much rather have a milder IPA.
I like to be awake after 3 beers.
distantmantra
Member
This is in no way a judgmental statement toward you or anyone else, but...
I don't drink to get a buzz. I just like beer. [shrug]
I don't drink to get a buzz. I just like beer. [shrug]
distantmantra
Member
Most "big" beers have are just too boozy for their own good and wreck my palate. I'm good with 6-8 oz.
Give me a kick ass 4% grisette or saison and I'm a happy man.
I end up not drinking very much quantity; often it's just splitting one large bottle with my wife.. maybe topping it off with another smaller bottle.
Last night was an exception; but still ended up only drinking 30 total oz.'s of beers over the course of 6 hours.
And I love the flavor of boozy beers; although when I'm not drinking beer it's a glass of neat scotch. My pallete is used to straight liquor so a whiskey/bourbon barrel aged beer is right up my alley.
Take small sips, let the beer warm a bit, see how the flavor develops. Pallete might be ovrwhelmed on the first few sips but then as you get through it you should detect far more flavors.
Like that Midnight Sun Berserker.. on first sip you feel like you've just put whiskey and liquid smoke in your mouth.. but by midway through the beer those flavors are in the background and all kinds of malt / sweet flavors develop.
Last night was an exception; but still ended up only drinking 30 total oz.'s of beers over the course of 6 hours.
And I love the flavor of boozy beers; although when I'm not drinking beer it's a glass of neat scotch. My pallete is used to straight liquor so a whiskey/bourbon barrel aged beer is right up my alley.
Take small sips, let the beer warm a bit, see how the flavor develops. Pallete might be ovrwhelmed on the first few sips but then as you get through it you should detect far more flavors.
Like that Midnight Sun Berserker.. on first sip you feel like you've just put whiskey and liquid smoke in your mouth.. but by midway through the beer those flavors are in the background and all kinds of malt / sweet flavors develop.
distantmantra
Member
Tonight is my exception. I've got the following that I'm splitting with friends who are coming over while our kids play.
32 oz crowler of Boneyard's Notorious (11.8% TIPA)
32 oz crowler of Barley Brown's Forklift (9% DIPA)
Bomber of El Segundo's Power Plant (11.1% TIPA)
+whatever they bring. Probably one of our de Garde Keeper bottles.
32 oz crowler of Boneyard's Notorious (11.8% TIPA)
32 oz crowler of Barley Brown's Forklift (9% DIPA)
Bomber of El Segundo's Power Plant (11.1% TIPA)
+whatever they bring. Probably one of our de Garde Keeper bottles.
Adios taste buds
distantmantra
Member
Probably. HAWPZ.
newdayrocks
Member
At Twist Wine right now, and this Younger is glorious. Thanks for the recommendation!
distantmantra
Member
Yep! Have fun drinking Russian River with the locals.
Seriously, it's a glorious train wreck.
Agreed.
Third Street just released their Hop Lift IPA in 16oz cans so I'll have to try that. Surly and Insight are two other breweries that I'll go in on the 16oz cans with.
I almost forgot there was a beer OT in community.
I will be spending a lot of time here.
@riot - Standouts from your picture collage? I think the BBA Biscotti is pretty amazing when I can find it. I have a Double Barrel Jesus I've been itching to open.
Is there a homebrew thread or do we talk about it here, too?
I will be spending a lot of time here.
@riot - Standouts from your picture collage? I think the BBA Biscotti is pretty amazing when I can find it. I have a Double Barrel Jesus I've been itching to open.
Is there a homebrew thread or do we talk about it here, too?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Grabbed a bottle of Dogfish Head Romantic Chemistry, Perfect Crime Hollow Point, and Evil Twin Aun Mas Todo Jesus.
newdayrocks
Member
Locals are rowdy, yo! Even at noon on Friday.
distantmantra
Member
My mom and I were there once right before closing time. Some of the women were putting back pint after pint of PtE. It was pretty impressive.
-Stone W00tsout is a great value at 9.99 a bottle if you can find it, I think it's an under rated standout
-Avery Tweak (keep in mind that's a 2014 bottle) is incredibly smooth for a 17% ABV beer, and has a great coffee flavor that holds up to aging.
-Berserker by Midnight Sun (IIRC that's a 2014 bottle) is excellent; starts off too smokey but I quickly adjusted and found the flavor to be great. (wheras The Bruery Smoking Wood is just a liquid smoke-fest that ruined my pallete for the night)
-The Bruery Cuivre is a really nice one, very caramely.. although it's around $30 a bottle
- Ivan the Terrible from Big Sky seems really thin and simple but then has an incredibly after taste.
And yeah the biscotti break is great. The rest I still rate very highly but I wouldn't call them standouts.
And since I love dark/heavy beers you'd have to be careful with what I recommend lol.