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What kind of beer is everyone drinking tonight? (1 Viewer)

Buckfast 1 said:
Wingnut said:
Bissell Bros Swish and now working on a growler of Hill Farmstead Society & Solitude #5. Both awesome.
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Where are you getting all of these New England beers from? Do you have a reliable beer trading partner up there?

It's kind of crazy how all of these New England IPAs from Tree House, Trillium, Maine Beer Co., Lawson's, and Hill Farmstead have all vaulted up the BeerAdvocate Top 250 rankings over the past year or so. I have to admit I've been a little skeptical of the fanfare associated with these New England IPAs, particularly after being underwhelmed by some of Lawson's IPAs at GABF -- although, in fairness, I was kind of drunk and my palate was probably blown by that point. But these New England IPAs seem to be getting consistently great reviews from you, and I trust your taste buds. I need to get my hands on some of these beers to further evaluate.
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Yeah I have a regular trading buddy that lives 30 minutes from Treehouse and works next door to Trillium. He also goes to VT once a month or so. We've done 3 swaps so far, and am doing the next one in January.And BA ratings are legit as far as NE hops go, these beers are fantastic. If you like hops, you can't do much better than New England. The hype is real.

And it doesn't get much better than fresh Sip of Sunshine from Lawsons. I haven't had double or triple sunshine yet.

 
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Pulled an Orval out of the beer fridge that's been in there for at least two years. Really good beer that I overlook too often -- dry and super funky, pretty much the beer that started me down the Brett / wild yeast path.

Also gonna have some Matilda tonight.

 
Sebowski said:
:o

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/22-things-we-ate-drank-saw-and-did-that-made-2015-a-memorable-year/2015/12/29/75833e38-a801-11e5-8058-480b572b4aae_story.html?postshare=4111451426168410&tid=ss_fb

Best new brewery

In a year when breweries opened left and right and Alexandria’s Port City was named the Small Brewing Company of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival, this area’s best and most consistent beers came from a new brewery in Dulles. Ocelot Brewing, led by brewer Mike McCarthy and co-founder Adrien Widman, released a string of stellar IPAs, all beautifully balanced between a dry, West Coast-style malt backbone and rich, tropical hop flavors. The recent See the Light Imperial IPA was a wonderfully nuanced, full-bodied beer, and less than 7 percent ABV. The only knock against Ocelot is that the owners don’t like to brew the same beer more than twice a year. This means your beer is going to be fresh, but it also means your new favorite ale won’t be in stock for long.
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:hifive:

 
All of the Treehouse, Lawson's, and Trillium hoppy beers I've had have all been outstanding. And, of course, Heady Topper/Focal Banger right up there as well.

I think it's part-hype, part-freshness. Since the beers are so hard to get and small batched, the ones you get are fresh. There's no risk of picking up a hype NE beer and getting something old and faded.

 
Steve Tasker said:
All of the Treehouse, Lawson's, and Trillium hoppy beers I've had have all been outstanding. And, of course, Heady Topper/Focal Banger right up there as well.

I think it's part-hype, part-freshness. Since the beers are so hard to get and small batched, the ones you get are fresh. There's no risk of picking up a hype NE beer and getting something old and faded.
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Great point, and agreed. If I ever go to NE, I'm gonna ship about 5 huge boxes of beer back to myself.

 
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Buckfast 1 said:
Wingnut said:
Bissell Bros Swish and now working on a growler of Hill Farmstead Society & Solitude #5. Both awesome.
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Where are you getting all of these New England beers from? Do you have a reliable beer trading partner up there?

It's kind of crazy how all of these New England IPAs from Tree House, Trillium, Maine Beer Co., Lawson's, and Hill Farmstead have all vaulted up the BeerAdvocate Top 250 rankings over the past year or so. I have to admit I've been a little skeptical of the fanfare associated with these New England IPAs, particularly after being underwhelmed by some of Lawson's IPAs at GABF -- although, in fairness, I was kind of drunk and my palate was probably blown by that point. But these New England IPAs seem to be getting consistently great reviews from you, and I trust your taste buds. I need to get my hands on some of these beers to further evaluate.
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I've had a scant few and they are indeed awesome. And I'm pretty lucky in that there are a plethora of very good/great IPA/DIPA brewers in Chicago, but I would trade them for more of what I have had from the NE.

 
Brandy Old Fashioned Sweet

Sierra Nevada Celebration

2 New Glarus Pumpkin Pie Lust

Shorts Cup of Joe

Not sure what to go with after the Shorts

 
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Steve Tasker said:
All of the Treehouse, Lawson's, and Trillium hoppy beers I've had have all been outstanding. And, of course, Heady Topper/Focal Banger right up there as well.

I think it's part-hype, part-freshness. Since the beers are so hard to get and small batched, the ones you get are fresh. There's no risk of picking up a hype NE beer and getting something old and faded.
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One of my buddies in Denver is marrying the owner of the Alchemist's niece tomorrow. The wedding is supposedly going to be stocked with Heady Topper. I wish I was going to that wedding. Forget the bridesmaids, I would be cozying up to her uncle.

 
BCBS

Wicked Weed Freak of Nature imperial IPA (really great imperial IPA - resiny pine, dank cannabis, grapefruit, orange peel, grassiness, and sourdough bread; huge dank hop character, it was reminiscent of rubbing fresh hop cones in your hand and smelling it)

Elevation 7437 imperial IPA

Westbrook Gose

 
Steve Tasker said:
All of the Treehouse, Lawson's, and Trillium hoppy beers I've had have all been outstanding. And, of course, Heady Topper/Focal Banger right up there as well.

I think it's part-hype, part-freshness. Since the beers are so hard to get and small batched, the ones you get are fresh. There's no risk of picking up a hype NE beer and getting something old and faded.
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:goodposting:

So many good beers out there. Locals can to be just as good as what trade for.

 
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Buckfast 1 said:
Steve Tasker said:
All of the Treehouse, Lawson's, and Trillium hoppy beers I've had have all been outstanding. And, of course, Heady Topper/Focal Banger right up there as well.

I think it's part-hype, part-freshness. Since the beers are so hard to get and small batched, the ones you get are fresh. There's no risk of picking up a hype NE beer and getting something old and faded.
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One of my buddies in Denver is marrying the owner of the Alchemist's niece tomorrow. The wedding is supposedly going to be stocked with Heady Topper. I wish I was going to that wedding. Forget the bridesmaids, I would be cozying up to her uncle.
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A wedding I went to this summer had Heady. It was....pretty good. They had a bunch of other good beer too...tough to top that.

Is the wedding in Vermont or Colorado?

 
ditka311 said:
Ilov80s said:
ditka311 said:
ditka311 said:
Central Waters Bourbon Barrel stout on tap in Minocqua.
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Ended up drinking 2 on tap and found a 4-pack later so put back 4 of them total. Delicious..but they kicked my ###.

Abrasive now.
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Damn. 2 BA beers and I'm tapped for the night.
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First couple were during a late lunch. Other two were later....but yeah...it did the job. Have you had Project Pam?
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No, but I'm going to the Founders Cellar Raid next month and I'll try it then. You try it?ETA: I'll drink like a dozen BA beers at the Cellar Raid and end up stupid like I did last year, but oh well.

 
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Crank at the moment. Up next, a growler of 7venth Sun's Headbanger IPA, dry hopped w/Simcoe and Citra.

Happy New Year, my iBeerBuddies!

 
Wingnut said:
Happy New Year, my iBeerBuddies!
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This.

And tonight's lineup (staying away from too big / heavy so I don't get too full / drunk early:

Prairie 3rd Anniversary Ale

Prairie Brett C.

Rodenbach Grand Cru

Founder's Blushing Monk

Prolly crack my Crooked Stave Mama Bear later.

And I'm sure I'll go digging for some BA whalezbro later once my judgement is fully impaired.

Happy New Year FFA beer brohans!

 
Community Beer Works Double IPA (at the brewery earlier)

Bells Christmas

Community Beer Works Interrobang IPA

Founders Blushing Monk 2015

Happy New Years!

 
Sebowski said:
:o

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/22-things-we-ate-drank-saw-and-did-that-made-2015-a-memorable-year/2015/12/29/75833e38-a801-11e5-8058-480b572b4aae_story.html?postshare=4111451426168410&tid=ss_fb

Best new brewery

In a year when breweries opened left and right and Alexandrias Port City was named the Small Brewing Company of the Year at the Great American Beer Festival, this areas best and most consistent beers came from a new brewery in Dulles. Ocelot Brewing, led by brewer Mike McCarthy and co-founder Adrien Widman, released a string of stellar IPAs, all beautifully balanced between a dry, West Coast-style malt backbone and rich, tropical hop flavors. The recent See the Light Imperial IPA was a wonderfully nuanced, full-bodied beer, and less than 7 percent ABV. The only knock against Ocelot is that the owners dont like to brew the same beer more than twice a year. This means your beer is going to be fresh, but it also means your new favorite ale wont be in stock for long.
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####. Nice work!

 
Goslings ginger beer. To make Moscow mules.

The wife wanted Moscow mules tonight.

Will soon crack open the Arrogant *******.

 
Ilov80s said:
ditka311 said:
Ilov80s said:
ditka311 said:
ditka311 said:
Central Waters Bourbon Barrel stout on tap in Minocqua.
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Ended up drinking 2 on tap and found a 4-pack later so put back 4 of them total. Delicious..but they kicked my ###.

Abrasive now.
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Damn. 2 BA beers and I'm tapped for the night.
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First couple were during a late lunch. Other two were later....but yeah...it did the job. Have you had Project Pam?
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No, but I'm going to the Founders Cellar Raid next month and I'll try it then. You try it?ETA: I'll drink like a dozen BA beers at the Cellar Raid and end up stupid like I did last year, but oh well.
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Yeah, had it on Christmas Eve. Found another when I was up in Wisconsin so grabbed that. Delicious beer.

 
"Little" Pineapple Exhaust

Homebrew from occasional FBG TipTop. Long backstory on this one but I helped name it in a drunken escapade a few years ago. Pineapple Exhaust is basically an iced barleywine with pineapple. The only batch had, I believe, 32 pounds of malt and 2 oz of hops, something absurd like that. Pineapple Exhaust is 18 or 19%. "Little" PE is the bottled ice runoff, and still weighs in somewhere in the 8-10% range. It pours a deep purple. Guy won't admit it but he knows how to brew a damn good beer.

 
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Guinness and Sierra Nevada and rumble mints merry Christmas you guys!!! We've got something really special here called community

Comoooooonity lol

No way I'm getting on a plane tomorrow

 
Off the top of my head last night we all had

Micro:

Abraxas

Nebraska Black Betty

3 Philosophers

Ivan the Terrible

Project Pam

Chimay Grande Reserve

Maredsous

KBS

Homebrewed:

Russian Imperial Stout

EBS (my GB is actually having this brewed by MKE Brewing Co in a few weeks)

Maibock

We solved all of the worlds problems last night :banned:

 
Steve Tasker said:
"Little" Pineapple Exhaust

Homebrew from occasional FBG TipTop. Long backstory on this one but I helped name it in a drunken escapade a few years ago. Pineapple Exhaust is basically an iced barleywine with pineapple. The only batch had, I believe, 32 pounds of malt and 2 oz of hops, something absurd like that. Pineapple Exhaust is 18 or 19%. "Little" PE is the bottled ice runoff, and still weighs in somewhere in the 8-10% range. It pours a deep purple. Guy won't admit it but he knows how to brew a damn good beer.
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Turns out this was the big boy, 18-19%er....whoops.

 
Cigar City Sardo Numspa (devils food cake imperial stout with hazelnuts, 2 varietals of cocoa nibs, Indonesian vanilla, and rested on cypress wood).

Pretty smooth, and I definitely get the cake flavor. It think it's around 10% ABV.

 
Wingnut said:
Cigar City Sardo Numspa (devils food cake imperial stout with hazelnuts, 2 varietals of cocoa nibs, Indonesian vanilla, and rested on cypress wood).

Pretty smooth, and I definitely get the cake flavor. It think it's around 10% ABV.
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Sounds very similar to the Caribbean Chocolate Cake collab between CCB and Siren. I loved it.

 
strykerpks said:
Off the top of my head last night we all had

Micro:

Abraxas

Nebraska Black Betty

3 Philosophers

Ivan the Terrible

Project Pam

Chimay Grande Reserve

Maredsous

KBS

Homebrewed:

Russian Imperial Stout

EBS (my GB is actually having this brewed by MKE Brewing Co in a few weeks)

Maibock

We solved all of the worlds problems last night :banned:
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Had my bottle of Pam last night, was really impressed by it tbh.

I had a Flesk Anniversary Ale, what they call their Grand Cru, and it was very good. Any Chicago FBGs that enjoy sours should give this a go, it's not a sour per se but it's pretty tart for a non sour, I really enjoyed it.

 
Hawks64 said:
strykerpks said:
Off the top of my head last night we all had

Micro:

Abraxas

Nebraska Black Betty

3 Philosophers

Ivan the Terrible

Project Pam

Chimay Grande Reserve

Maredsous

KBS

Homebrewed:

Russian Imperial Stout

EBS (my GB is actually having this brewed by MKE Brewing Co in a few weeks)

Maibock

We solved all of the worlds problems last night :banned:
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Had my bottle of Pam last night, was really impressed by it tbh.

I had a Flesk Anniversary Ale, what they call their Grand Cru, and it was very good. Any Chicago FBGs that enjoy sours should give this a go, it's not a sour per se but it's pretty tart for a non sour, I really enjoyed it.
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Agreed. Opened this on Christmas Eve with a BCBS and Bean Gene. Not quite as good as BCBS but better than Bean Gene. Really exceeded expectations big time.

 
Hawks64 said:
Wingnut said:
Cigar City Sardo Numspa (devils food cake imperial stout with hazelnuts, 2 varietals of cocoa nibs, Indonesian vanilla, and rested on cypress wood).

Pretty smooth, and I definitely get the cake flavor. It think it's around 10% ABV.
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Sounds very similar to the Caribbean Chocolate Cake collab between CCB and Siren. I loved it.
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This was good, not great...finished all but the last 3 or so ounces from the bomber. Got to be a little much at the end.

 
This Christmas, I had Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (2014 and 2015), Avery Uncle Jacob's Stout, Founders Project Pam, Deschutes Dissident, Duel Goya Imperial Stout and Stone Russian Imperial Stout (2015 Odd-Year Release Chai).

 
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