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

[Wingnut]

Good ole Jai Alai.

Jai Alai is good, but Cat 3 is better.

Haven't had it, its not in distro here...just looked online, a bunch of 7-11s in Orange county carry Due South beers and I'm working in Orlando tomorrow...gonna hit a few and see if I can find some....and I've heard its decent, but Jai Alai is a great IPA...I'll be surprised if its near as good.

 

[Jack White]

Had some Oskar Blues G'Night (Imperial Red) on tap. Tasty.

 

[Steve Tasker]

Oskar Blues Mint Fidy (Ten Fidy with Mint) tastes like Scope mouthwash.....i had such high hopes for it.

 

[Mr. Nasty]

22oz a Ballast Point Sculpin

12oz Lagunitas Brown Shugga

 

[Eminence]

Miller Genuine Draft.

 

[Jack White]

Miller Genuine Draft.

This is a thread about beer, not piss water.

 

[Jack White]

Oskar Blues Mint Fidy (Ten Fidy with Mint) tastes like Scope mouthwash.....i had such high hopes for it.

I went to a beer tasting hosted by the local home brew store owner. One of the rules was not to chew gum or mints before the tasting.

Not sure why Oskar would do a mint beer, until I saw this.

It must be brand new as there are no reviews on BA yet.

 

[Buckfast 1]

Hopslam!

I'm jealous. I was excited because Bell's was supposed to have Hopslam at the Vail Big Beers festival I went to last weekend, but apparently it didn't arrive in time for the festival. I'm suffering from some Hopslam blue balls.

 

[urbanhack]

Been sick all week, no beer for me

I was for a full week to 10 days starting on new year's day. I've only had 3 beers since 12/26.

 

[Hawks64]

Been sick all week, no beer for me

I was for a full week to 10 days starting on new year's day. I've only had 3 beers since 12/26.

Hoping I am good enough this weekend. Have a couple of PW Mint Trufflle abductions in the fridge I can't wait to try.

 

[Jack White]

Hopslam!

I'm jealous. I was excited because Bell's was supposed to have Hopslam at the Vail Big Beers festival I went to last weekend, but apparently it didn't arrive in time for the festival. I'm suffering from some Hopslam blue balls.

I don't get Bell's in my market, but I did get a chance to try Hopslam a few years ago, and it was outstanding.

 

[Ilov80s]

Hopslam!

I'm jealous. I was excited because Bell's was supposed to have Hopslam at the Vail Big Beers festival I went to last weekend, but apparently it didn't arrive in time for the festival. I'm suffering from some Hopslam blue balls.

I don't get Bell's in my market, but I did get a chance to try Hopslam a few years ago, and it was outstanding.

It really is. My local bar has it on tap so I will definitely be back again this weekend.

 

[Christo]

Breckenridge 72 Imperial Chocolate Cream Stout

Wow, should have saved this for dessert rather than the meal. It's su-weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.

 

[Wingnut]

Just picked up a couple 6ers of Coppertail Free Dive IPA, and saw some Brew Bus Last Stop IPA for the first time in a while so had to get some of that too.

 

[Hawks64]

PW Mint Truffle Abduction - much much much better than 2 Brothers Peppermint Bark but not as good as some of the other Abduction series. I would rank them as:

Raspberry

Orange

Mocha

Mint

Cherry

Picked up:

PW Hey Careful Man there's a beverage here

Stone Japanese Green Tea IPA

Abita Macchiato Espresso Milk Stout

4 Hands Peanut Butter Chocolate Milk Stout

Half Acre Heyoka now known as Senita

 

[Wingnut]

This Last Stop IPA has changed...the cans are different, and the beer is certainly different. I think they made changes for the worse. Nowhere as good as it was.

 

[ditka311]

350 Brewing Crook County ipa. Fantastic.

 

[Ron Swanson]

Good ole Jai Alai.

Will be drinking this next week while in Orlando. What else should I be looking for?

Tocabaga Red Ale. Also from Cigar City. Come over to New Smyrna and sample some Shark Attack IPA at New Smyrna Brewing. One year anniversary barleywine on 01/24 as well.

 

[Wingnut]

It's called a 6 pack. Not "A Sixer"

#PetPeeve

Says the guy with 2 posts in the beer thread. Sure thing, Johnny.

Posters with 1000+ posts in this thread:

Tip Top 3889

The Gator 3119

mr. furley 2772

Skylord 2724

3C's 2321

Nucular George 2139

Wingnut 1936

Ill call a 6 pack a Sixer or 6er if I want. lol

 

[Wingnut]

Good ole Jai Alai.

Will be drinking this next week while in Orlando. What else should I be looking for?

Tocabaga Red Ale. Also from Cigar City. Come over to New Smyrna and sample some Shark Attack IPA at New Smyrna Brewing. One year anniversary barleywine on 01/24 as well.

Also, if you can find CCBs Cubano Espresso, its pretty damn good...as well as Maduro Brown Ale.

 

[ditka311]

Pipeworks Nelson sauvin

 

[Wingnut]

Pipeworks Nelson sauvin

I hate you.

 

[Wingnut]

^and by hate, I mean I'd love to trade with you again soon.

 

[Wingnut]

Hammering a few Coppertail Free Dives. Solid newcomer.

 

[Wingnut]

It's called a 6 pack. Not "A Sixer"

#PetPeeve

Says the guy with 2 posts in the beer thread. Sure thing, Johnny.Ill call a 6 pack a Sixer or 6er if I want. lol

WTF are you twelve years old ??

........ Sorry didn't know I needed a thousand post to call you out

Just messing with you man...don't take anything in this thread serious. Its all in good, drunk fun.Now go grab a 6er 6 pack and join the fun!

 

[Wingnut]

It's called a 6 pack. Not "A Sixer"

#PetPeeve

Says the guy with 2 posts in the beer thread. Sure thing, Johnny.Posters with 1000+ posts in this thread:

Tip Top 3889

The Gator 3119

mr. furley 2772

Skylord 2724

3C's 2321

Nucular George 2139

Wingnut 1936

Just noticed that all the guys ahead of me in that list have all but disappeared from this thread and are all over at TBS. Quitters. Lol

 

[ditka311]

^and by hate, I mean I'd love to trade with you again soon.

Only have one left. It really is damn good...would take a lot of Cigar City Bang Bus Last Stops to pry it away.

 

[Wingnut]

^and by hate, I mean I'd love to trade with you again soon.

Only have one left. It really is damn good...would take a lot of Cigar City Bang Bus Last Stops to pry it away.

Isn't it local for you now?

 

[ditka311]

^and by hate, I mean I'd love to trade with you again soon.

Only have one left. It really is damn good...would take a lot of Cigar City Bang Bus Last Stops to pry it away.

Isn't it local for you now?

Cigar City? No, we don't get that in Chicago.

 

[Wingnut]

^and by hate, I mean I'd love to trade with you again soon.

Only have one left. It really is damn good...would take a lot of Cigar City Bang Bus Last Stops to pry it away.

Isn't it local for you now?

Cigar City? No, we don't get that in Chicago.

No, Pipeworks Nelson.I was thinking you said Alpine Nelson...but Pipeworks Nelson sounds delicious too.

 

[ditka311]

^and by hate, I mean I'd love to trade with you again soon.

Only have one left. It really is damn good...would take a lot of Cigar City Bang Bus Last Stops to pry it away.

Isn't it local for you now?

Cigar City? No, we don't get that in Chicago.

No, Pipeworks Nelson.I was thinking you said Alpine Nelson...but Pipeworks Nelson sounds delicious too.

The hope is that Alpine eventually makes it out here due to the Green Flash merger/acquisition. However, while I was a huge fan of Alpine Nelson,Pipeworks Nelson is an amazing beer too.

To be honest, Blueberry Pie Scraper was the only Pipeworks beer I was kind of disappointed in.

 

[Eminence]

Budweiser.

 

[Christo]

Budweiser.

I don't believe you

 

[Buckfast 1]

Stone Drink By 2/14/15 imperial IPA

Casey Brett Loves Citra dry-hopped Brett farmhouse ale aged in oak barrels

Eddyline 14'er Imperial Java Stout

Every beer I had tonight was awesome. Watch out for Casey Brewing & Blending out of Glenwood Springs, CO, because they are doing some of the best wild ales that I have ever had. Their farmhouse ales and saisons are incredible. The Brett Loves Citra had flavors of Meyer lemon, wheat, Brett funk, floral honey, lime, and oak. It was one of the best beers I've had in the past year.

Also, Eddyline's 14'er Imperial Java Stout was incredible. They have gotten some recognition their pale ale (2012 GABF gold medal winner), but their new java stout is really impressive. It is a beautiful mix of dark chocolate, cream, roasted coffee beans, espresso with nice complimentary hop flavors of pine and orange.

 

[Ilov80s]

Backwoods ******* and Bells Double Cream Stout

 

[Wooderson]

Sierra Nevada - Hop Hunter

Got my self a growler for the night. First time having this new year around beer. It's great I know it's early but it may be my new favorite go to beer.

If you haven't read anything about Hop Hunter check it out it's very cool. The smell is just like being in the hop room. The taste is wonderful.

http://www.sierranevada.com/beer/year-round/hop-hunter-ipa

 

[Ilov80s]

Sierra Nevada - Hop Hunter

Got my self a growler for the night. First time having this new year around beer. It's great I know it's early but it may be my new favorite go to beer.

If you haven't read anything about Hop Hunter check it out it's very cool. The smell is just like being in the hop room. The taste is wonderful.

http://www.sierranevada.com/beer/year-round/hop-hunter-ipa

I am very intrigued.

 

[Sebowski]

Just did a Black Tuesday vertical plus the run barrel variant. And a bunch of other #### as palate cleansers like Nelson and some sours and stuff

 

[Hawks64]

^and by hate, I mean I'd love to trade with you again soon.

Only have one left. It really is damn good...would take a lot of Cigar City Bang Bus Last Stops to pry it away.

How many did you get? Did you see that a new IIPA is on it's way soon? Blood Orange and honey. I have one Nelson left and one Sure Bet. I need to drink them soon but don't want to drink them at all. And GDB a dog puking at 6am to wake you up.

 

[Hawks64]

^and by hate, I mean I'd love to trade with you again soon.

Only have one left. It really is damn good...would take a lot of Cigar City Bang Bus Last Stops to pry it away.

Isn't it local for you now?

Cigar City? No, we don't get that in Chicago.

No, Pipeworks Nelson.I was thinking you said Alpine Nelson...but Pipeworks Nelson sounds delicious too.

The hope is that Alpine eventually makes it out here due to the Green Flash merger/acquisition. However, while I was a huge fan of Alpine Nelson,Pipeworks Nelson is an amazing beer too.

To be honest, Blueberry Pie Scraper was the only Pipeworks beer I was kind of disappointed in.

Based on what I read Alpine will be here, it's just a matter of when. Shockingly I liked the A Couple Two Tree the best of the three dragons.

 

[Hawks64]

Sierra Nevada - Hop Hunter

Got my self a growler for the night. First time having this new year around beer. It's great I know it's early but it may be my new favorite go to beer.

If you haven't read anything about Hop Hunter check it out it's very cool. The smell is just like being in the hop room. The taste is wonderful.

http://www.sierranevada.com/beer/year-round/hop-hunter-ipa

I am very intrigued.

This looks very interesting, have to see if I can find it today.

 

[ditka311]

^and by hate, I mean I'd love to trade with you again soon.

Only have one left. It really is damn good...would take a lot of Cigar City Bang Bus Last Stops to pry it away.

How many did you get? Did you see that a new IIPA is on it's way soon? Blood Orange and honey. I have one Nelson left and one Sure Bet. I need to drink them soon but don't want to drink them at all. And GDB a dog puking at 6am to wake you up.

I had 2 of the first batch...those are gone. Bought 2 more of the second batch. Have one left.

Crimson Snapper is the one you are referring to.

Ever manage to find Black Tuna? I was able to get one. Haven't opened it yet.

Oh - and I understand your dilemma about wanting to drink them but not wanting to.

 

[Hawks64]

^and by hate, I mean I'd love to trade with you again soon.

Only have one left. It really is damn good...would take a lot of Cigar City Bang Bus Last Stops to pry it away.

How many did you get? Did you see that a new IIPA is on it's way soon? Blood Orange and honey. I have one Nelson left and one Sure Bet. I need to drink them soon but don't want to drink them at all. And GDB a dog puking at 6am to wake you up.

I had 2 of the first batch...those are gone. Bought 2 more of the second batch. Have one left.

Crimson Snapper is the one you are referring to.

Ever manage to find Black Tuna? I was able to get one. Haven't opened it yet.

Oh - and I understand your dilemma about wanting to drink them but not wanting to.

Never got a second go round of Nelson out here

Yes Crimson Snapper it sounds great.

Nope, although I haven't been 100% since New Years so I haven't looked really hard.

 

[Christo]

Did you guys see where Lagunitas sued SN over the Hop Hunter label? Twitter went ballistic and they dropped the suit just a few days later.

 

[Wooderson]

Did you guys see where Lagunitas sued SN over the Hop Hunter label? Twitter went ballistic and they dropped the suit just a few days later.

Yep I was following that story. Lagunitas took some heat on that one. Very surprised they would do that with how open SN had been with other craft breweries.

 

[Steve Tasker]

Oskar Blues Mint Fidy (Ten Fidy with Mint) tastes like Scope mouthwash.....i had such high hopes for it.

I went to a beer tasting hosted by the local home brew store owner. One of the rules was not to chew gum or mints before the tasting.

Not sure why Oskar would do a mint beer, until I saw this.

It must be brand new as there are no reviews on BA yet.

I don't know how much it's going to get out there, it was a special cask that they had on as part of their monthly beer club at the bar I was at.

There was 1 mint beer that I had and enjoyed, the South Shore Bourbon Barrel Coffee Mint Stout. It's a lot better tasting than it sounds. Other than that, eh.

 

[Steve Tasker]

It's called a 6 pack. Not "A Sixer"

#PetPeeve

Says the guy with 2 posts in the beer thread. Sure thing, Johnny.Posters with 1000+ posts in this thread:

Tip Top 3889

The Gator 3119

mr. furley 2772

Skylord 2724

3C's 2321

Nucular George 2139

Wingnut 1936

Just noticed that all the guys ahead of me in that list have all but disappeared from this thread and are all over at TBS. Quitters. Lol

Gator and 3Cs are still here, just not so often in this thread. Post #876 in this thread for me . I knew I couldn't be far off from 1,000.

 

[Steve Tasker]

Stopped into Community Beer Works for a growler fill last night, looking for a fill of The IPA, one of my favorite beers of all-time. In talking with the brewer who was pouring, and after reading their weekly blog, he confirmed that this was indeed likely the LAST BATCH ever of The IPA. The beer that finished #2 in a national competition two years ago and beat some of the big boys head-to-head might be dead forever.

The IPA is mostly a mix of Galaxy and Simcoe hops, and they've finally been hit by the Galaxy shortage. All orders for the hop are contracted and filled through at least 2018. He claims that the majority of the purchasing has been from InBev, who are throwing insane amounts of money into the market to - his words - hamstring the craft brewers. InBev, and some of the other larger players as well, have bid up the price of Galaxy to where smaller brewers can't afford it. And the hop growers don't want to expand production and cut into their prices now that they have a stranglehold on the market. He was pretty fired up about it. He also predicted that we're going to be seeing a lot fewer Galaxy beers among the smaller players in the market. Sam Adams and some of the bigger "craft" guys can handle it, but breweries like Community Beer Works (5-barrel [i think], on tap only, local distribution only, no cans/bottles) can't.

Bottom line is that they don't know if/when they will ever get another shipment of Galaxy. And that's a damn shame, because this beer is one of the best beers I've ever had. Period, full stop.

So I have a final growler for consumption today, released yesterday for the maybe the last time. RIP.

 

[Sebowski]

Just did a Black Tuesday vertical plus the run barrel variant. And a bunch of other #### as palate cleansers like Nelson and some sours and stuff

This wasa huge mistake

 

[Hawks64]

Stopped into Community Beer Works for a growler fill last night, looking for a fill of The IPA, one of my favorite beers of all-time. In talking with the brewer who was pouring, and after reading their weekly blog, he confirmed that this was indeed likely the LAST BATCH ever of The IPA. The beer that finished #2 in a national competition two years ago and beat some of the big boys head-to-head might be dead forever.

The IPA is mostly a mix of Galaxy and Simcoe hops, and they've finally been hit by the Galaxy shortage. All orders for the hop are contracted and filled through at least 2018. He claims that the majority of the purchasing has been from InBev, who are throwing insane amounts of money into the market to - his words - hamstring the craft brewers. InBev, and some of the other larger players as well, have bid up the price of Galaxy to where smaller brewers can't afford it. And the hop growers don't want to expand production and cut into their prices now that they have a stranglehold on the market. He was pretty fired up about it. He also predicted that we're going to be seeing a lot fewer Galaxy beers among the smaller players in the market. Sam Adams and some of the bigger "craft" guys can handle it, but breweries like Community Beer Works (5-barrel [i think], on tap only, local distribution only, no cans/bottles) can't.

Bottom line is that they don't know if/when they will ever get another shipment of Galaxy. And that's a damn shame, because this beer is one of the best beers I've ever had. Period, full stop.

So I have a final growler for consumption today, released yesterday for the maybe the last time. RIP.

What a horse#### move.