Assuming you mean the summer sampler, I just picked one up from Sam's (helluva price too, $24). Really like the new Kolsch. Saison is okay, but I like the Kolsch alot more.So far:
Sam Adams 24pk sampler from Costco
A few Heinekens
Makers Mark
Bookers
1792 Bourbon
Advil
Great lineup of beers. What did you think of the first 4?Going to a Double IPA event tonight with 10 on tap:Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA Great Lakes Erie Monster DIPA Ballast Pont Tongue Buckler 100 IBU's Unita Dubhe Black DIPAHill Farmstead Abner DIPA Flying Fish Exit 16 Wild Rice DIPAAvery Maharaja Double IPA Russian River Pliny The ElderFirestone Walker Double Jack Founders Double Trouble DIPAI've had the last 4. Any recommendations on the first 6?
Cigar City Brewing Big Sound Scotch Ale is one of the best beers I've ever had. They are making good stuff there in Tampa.I think they offer tastings... hmmmm... I'm only about an hour away.Cigar City Bolita Double Brown - I may have a new favorite beerRussian River Consecration. Question; Are all sours have a wine taste to them; Don't like wine and the couple of sours I have tried don't work for me??
From what I can recall, I would rank themPlinyFoundersFirestoneMaharajaStarted with the flying fish, since I usually like their stuff. Surprisingly light color and not that heavy. Guy next to me is heavily promoting the hill farmstead, so will do that next. Definitely will make sure to do the dorado as noted above.Great lineup of beers. What did you think of the first 4?Going to a Double IPA event tonight with 10 on tap:Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA Great Lakes Erie Monster DIPA Ballast Pont Tongue Buckler 100 IBU's Unita Dubhe Black DIPAHill Farmstead Abner DIPA Flying Fish Exit 16 Wild Rice DIPAAvery Maharaja Double IPA Russian River Pliny The ElderFirestone Walker Double Jack Founders Double Trouble DIPAI've had the last 4. Any recommendations on the first 6?
Hmmm, there was a cigar city tap takeover here yesterday and still a bunch left. We haveCubano espresso maduraEl lector dark mildGuava grove saisonDry stoutBig sound scotch aleTable saisonTocobaga redHumidor ipaShould I mix any in with the dipa's or what?Cigar City Brewing Big Sound Scotch Ale is one of the best beers I've ever had. They are making good stuff there in Tampa.I think they offer tastings... hmmmm... I'm only about an hour away.Cigar City Bolita Double Brown - I may have a new favorite beerRussian River Consecration. Question; Are all sours have a wine taste to them; Don't like wine and the couple of sours I have tried don't work for me??
very jealous...Hmmm, there was a cigar city tap takeover here yesterday and still a bunch left. We haveCubano espresso maduraEl lector dark mildGuava grove saisonDry stoutBig sound scotch aleTable saisonTocobaga redHumidor ipaShould I mix any in with the dipa's or what?Cigar City Brewing Big Sound Scotch Ale is one of the best beers I've ever had. They are making good stuff there in Tampa.I think they offer tastings... hmmmm... I'm only about an hour away.Cigar City Bolita Double Brown - I may have a new favorite beerRussian River Consecration. Question; Are all sours have a wine taste to them; Don't like wine and the couple of sours I have tried don't work for me??
Abner is on my short list if beers to try. Head its awesome. Love Tongue Buckler, but it isn't really a DIPA. It's an imperial red that some from the brewery told me is essentially a young barely wine.Going to a Double IPA event tonight with 10 on tap:Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA Great Lakes Erie Monster DIPA Ballast Pont Tongue Buckler 100 IBU's Unita Dubhe Black DIPAHill Farmstead Abner DIPA Flying Fish Exit 16 Wild Rice DIPAAvery Maharaja Double IPA Russian River Pliny The ElderFirestone Walker Double Jack Founders Double Trouble DIPAI've had the last 4. Any recommendations on the first 6?
Abner is on my short list if beers to try. Head its awesome. Love Tongue Buckler, but it isn't really a DIPA. It's an imperial red that some from the brewery told me is essentially a young barely wine.Going to a Double IPA event tonight with 10 on tap:Ballast Point Dorado Double IPA Great Lakes Erie Monster DIPA Ballast Pont Tongue Buckler 100 IBU's Unita Dubhe Black DIPAHill Farmstead Abner DIPA Flying Fish Exit 16 Wild Rice DIPAAvery Maharaja Double IPA Russian River Pliny The ElderFirestone Walker Double Jack Founders Double Trouble DIPAI've had the last 4. Any recommendations on the first 6?
Brewhouse Coffee Stout is deliciousI had an 06 Bourbon Barrel BW not too long ago....Furley may have sent it to me?I was at an event put on by Central Waters of Amherst Wisconsin tonight. This is really a great brewery. I love their popular beers - the Mud Puppy Porter and Satin Solstice Stout as well as their IPA and APA. They are what I consider a classic midwest brewery - all about balance and quality, and not about the extremes. The highlights were the Bourbon Barrel Stout and a 2008 Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine, some great stories about the brands and brewery history and just generally a good time with some good friends tonight.
Sprecher Black Bavarian
  
I guess Sprecher isn't considered a high quality little brewer but daaayam, this one hits the spot I've been trying to hit.THere are a few releases going on this month. Do you follow them on FB?If you can't get any, I can track some down for you.Parabola.I need to track down more of this stuff.
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 Daisy Cutter is Awesome.

taking sips between push-ups?RR Consecrationfrom Sebowski awhile back...interesting
Just finished a Half Acre Brewery Tour.Daisy Cutter is Awesome.![]()
  
 where are you located?Just picked up six packs from two local brewers.
Kern River Brewing Isabella Blonde
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Already cranked out a few earlier :flex:taking sips between push-ups?RR Consecrationfrom Sebowski awhile back...interesting
Really. She thinks all these fancy beers are just horrible. They make her gag just by smelling them. She has two bud lights on ice EVERY night of her life, chilling by her pool, chatting on the phone after work -- for over 10 years. I'm somewhere in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Kernville is about an hour and a half away, but that's local for me.I'll have 7 beer drinkers here tomorrow but one won't touch any of these. She drinks Bud Light on ice.![]()
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Gator/Chaos cornhole?How far are you from the beautiful San Joaquin Valley?Really. She thinks all these fancy beers are just horrible. They make her gag just by smelling them. She has two bud lights on ice EVERY night of her life, chilling by her pool, chatting on the phone after work -- for over 10 years. I'm somewhere in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Kernville is about an hour and a half away, but that's local for me.I'll have 7 beer drinkers here tomorrow but one won't touch any of these. She drinks Bud Light on ice.![]()
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Gotchya. I'm about an hour north of BakersfieldReally. She thinks all these fancy beers are just horrible. They make her gag just by smelling them. She has two bud lights on ice EVERY night of her life, chilling by her pool, chatting on the phone after work -- for over 10 years. I'm somewhere in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Kernville is about an hour and a half away, but that's local for me.I'll have 7 beer drinkers here tomorrow but one won't touch any of these. She drinks Bud Light on ice.![]()
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An hour and a half or so to Bakersfield. I shoot pigs in the Tehachapis every other month, Tejon Ranch regular, but that's about as close as I get to that lovely valley. I'll beat the heat for a week on the Central Coast this summer. Cambria/Cayucos/Morro Bay. Moonstone Beach Bar and Grill cornhole in late July would work for me. If you think a trip to Fesno is in the works, well, you're dreamin'.Gator/Chaos cornhole?How far are you from the beautiful San Joaquin Valley?Really. She thinks all these fancy beers are just horrible. They make her gag just by smelling them. She has two bud lights on ice EVERY night of her life, chilling by her pool, chatting on the phone after work -- for over 10 years. I'm somewhere in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Kernville is about an hour and a half away, but that's local for me.I'll have 7 beer drinkers here tomorrow but one won't touch any of these. She drinks Bud Light on ice.![]()
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 My brother rents a ranch and gudes people on pig hunts in the hills east of Visalia. Big time hunter, he is.An hour and a half or so to Bakersfield. I shoot pigs in the Tehachapis every other month, Tejon Ranch regular, but that's about as close as I get to that lovely valley. I'll beat the heat for a week on the Central Coast this summer. Cambria/Cayucos/Morro Bay. Moonstone Beach Bar and Grill cornhole in late July would work for me. If you think a trip to Fesno is in the works, well, you're dreamin'.Gator/Chaos cornhole?How far are you from the beautiful San Joaquin Valley?Really. She thinks all these fancy beers are just horrible. They make her gag just by smelling them. She has two bud lights on ice EVERY night of her life, chilling by her pool, chatting on the phone after work -- for over 10 years. I'm somewhere in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Kernville is about an hour and a half away, but that's local for me.I'll have 7 beer drinkers here tomorrow but one won't touch any of these. She drinks Bud Light on ice.![]()
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 Saison DuPont in honor of Tasker
drinking an '11 CW Bourbon Barrel BW right nowI was at an event put on by Central Waters of Amherst Wisconsin tonight. This is really a great brewery. I love their popular beers - the Mud Puppy Porter and Satin Solstice Stout as well as their IPA and APA. They are what I consider a classic midwest brewery - all about balance and quality, and not about the extremes. The highlights were the Bourbon Barrel Stout and a 2008 Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine, some great stories about the brands and brewery history and just generally a good time with some good friends tonight.
this sounds correctBrewhouse Coffee Stout is deliciousI had an 06 Bourbon Barrel BW not too long ago....Furley may have sent it to me?I was at an event put on by Central Waters of Amherst Wisconsin tonight. This is really a great brewery. I love their popular beers - the Mud Puppy Porter and Satin Solstice Stout as well as their IPA and APA. They are what I consider a classic midwest brewery - all about balance and quality, and not about the extremes. The highlights were the Bourbon Barrel Stout and a 2008 Bourbon Barrel Barley Wine, some great stories about the brands and brewery history and just generally a good time with some good friends tonight.
I was being coy about having almost of case of it. (see this thread )I still may take you up on that though.THere are a few releases going on this month. Do you follow them on FB?If you can't get any, I can track some down for you.Parabola.I need to track down more of this stuff.
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I think that thing is probably around 2 years old now. What did you think? I've been thinking of opening another one of those. Hope you split it with a few people. Pretty hard to take down a 750 of that guy.RR Consecrationfrom Sebowski awhile back...interesting
It was good, not as sour as I was expecting. Mellower than it probably was earlier.I drank it alone. Took me awhile. I've been drunk since like 5:30 PM.I think that thing is probably around 2 years old now. What did you think? I've been thinking of opening another one of those. Hope you split it with a few people. Pretty hard to take down a 750 of that guy.RR Consecrationfrom Sebowski awhile back...interesting