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What kind of beer is everyone drinking tonight? (3 Viewers)
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mr. furley
Footballguy
from BA:
"Live within driving distance of Stone?
if so, they're filling growlers at a special rate this week to commemorate craft beer week.
http://www.stonebrew.com/news/acbw2006/index.html "
"Live within driving distance of Stone?
if so, they're filling growlers at a special rate this week to commemorate craft beer week.
http://www.stonebrew.com/news/acbw2006/index.html "
Winston Smith
Footballguy
Winston Smith
Footballguy
Actually, I had a great beer weekend.* Details to come, but I finally got my hands on some DFH 
* - until I read that Skylord review
* - until I read that Skylord review
Fullback Fro
yesno
Max - Great Divide broke off with the CA distributor that supplied bevmo. They will no longer carry GD beers after those run out. I contacted the brewery last month to find out the scoop. We will be without shortly.
regularguy
Footballguy
Tried the Stone IPA last night (courtesy of Skylord). Damn good beer. Very drinkable and yet so much flavor.
Winston Smith
Footballguy
While in Seagrove, FL, I hit this place called Chan's. They had loads of stuff that I can't get in NOLA. I picked up:
Dogfish Head 90 Min (4 pack)
Dogfish Head Aprihop (4 pack)
Dogfish Head Immort Ale (4 pack)
Ommegang Hennepin (750ml)
Rogue Chocolate Stout (22oz)
I also grabbed a cool St. Bernardus chalice.
Dogfish Head 90 Min (4 pack)
Dogfish Head Aprihop (4 pack)
Dogfish Head Immort Ale (4 pack)
Ommegang Hennepin (750ml)
Rogue Chocolate Stout (22oz)
I also grabbed a cool St. Bernardus chalice.
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3C's
Footballguy
Picked up 2 bottles of Oak Aged Millenium, a 6 pack of New River Pale Ale and a bottle of Double Simcoe IPA. Looks promising.
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Fullback Fro
yesno
Did anyone notice the pic inGood time at the beer fest yesterday. Tried/sampled many beers. Maybe too many. I'll try to post a list later. Nothing out of this world though.
I didn't know Fro was going to be there.
But I'm glad I don't look like that guy.
Skylord
Footballguy
Guy looks like Hurley but a couple hundy lbs lighter.Did anyone notice the pic inGood time at the beer fest yesterday. Tried/sampled many beers. Maybe too many. I'll try to post a list later. Nothing out of this world though.
I didn't know Fro was going to be there.
Winston Smith
Footballguy
Welcome to the world of good beer. Chimay is high quality stuff.Chimay Ale - Peres Trappistes
Picked it up at Belducci's because it has 8% volume
HarryManback
Hot Pead
Coors. 12 pack.
Gone tonight. My goal, achievable? Yes. Hard? Hardly.
Gone tonight. My goal, achievable? Yes. Hard? Hardly.
Kilgore Trout
Footballguy
I've had this beer on tap before and I thought it was really good. The style obviously limits the hops, but I found the smell and taste to be very good for a Pale Ale.
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3C's
Footballguy
Yeah, I'd agree with that. I was trying to find the right word. Better than good. Really good is about right. I read that it's even better on tap, especially cask. I guess that's often the case.Sad story about New River Dream gig for the brewmaster. Got a deal to have it contract brewed at Old Dominion. Died from a heart attack. Mom and former business partner picked it back up.
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Wingnut
Footballguy
When I get back from Michigan next month Ill have some stuff to trade...I can always throw in a Oak Aged Yeti.Max - Great Divide broke off with the CA distributor that supplied bevmo. They will no longer carry GD beers after those run out. I contacted the brewery last month to find out the scoop. We will be without shortly.I never did get to try an Oak Aged Yeti
Kilgore Trout
Footballguy
Yeah, I've talked to the business partner before at the local brew festival. A very sad story indeed.
Uncle Humuna
Footballguy
Last night, helped my co-brewer bottle 27 bombers of the best smelling stout I've ever, um, smelt. Gonna take a case of 'em up to The Strawberry Music Festival in Yosemite over Memorial Day Weekend. Count down: 10 days . . .
Skylord
Footballguy
When I get back from Michigan next month Ill have some stuff to trade...I can always throw in a Oak Aged Yeti.Max - Great Divide broke off with the CA distributor that supplied bevmo. They will no longer carry GD beers after those run out. I contacted the brewery last month to find out the scoop. We will be without shortly.
You are a good man. You know I'm always up for a trade. You done well on the one I received today.
Wingnut
Footballguy
Anytime you can score a few bottles of beer from someones cellar, your day cant be all badWhen I get back from Michigan next month Ill have some stuff to trade...I can always throw in a Oak Aged Yeti.Max - Great Divide broke off with the CA distributor that supplied bevmo. They will no longer carry GD beers after those run out. I contacted the brewery last month to find out the scoop. We will be without shortly.
Skylord
Footballguy
So far I'm not really impressed by this beer. I was expecting bold, distinct flavors out of the juggernaut of a brewery. The flavors are fairly common with a touch of peet towards the end, but very minor.I'm going to try my second Three Floyds that I've ever tasted
Robert the Bruce Scottish ale is on deck. Looking forward to this. Lets hope its nice and smokey.
Skylord
Footballguy
No, not at allAnytime you can score a few bottles of beer from someones cellar, your day cant be all badWhen I get back from Michigan next month Ill have some stuff to trade...I can always throw in a Oak Aged Yeti.Max - Great Divide broke off with the CA distributor that supplied bevmo. They will no longer carry GD beers after those run out. I contacted the brewery last month to find out the scoop. We will be without shortly.
And with Furley carpet bombing me with various New Glarus and a couple other surprises, it was a GREAT day for beer trading.
Wingnut
Footballguy
Sweeeeet.No, not at allAnytime you can score a few bottles of beer from someones cellar, your day cant be all badWhen I get back from Michigan next month Ill have some stuff to trade...I can always throw in a Oak Aged Yeti.Max - Great Divide broke off with the CA distributor that supplied bevmo. They will no longer carry GD beers after those run out. I contacted the brewery last month to find out the scoop. We will be without shortly.
Skylord
Footballguy
I couldn't agree more. Although Northern California still has it beat, for bottled beer it does beat Southern California.We have Stone, we have Alesmith, we have...some Pizza Port when its available. Got some Ballast Point...but thats really about it.
Midwest has a HUGE amount of breweries that have copious amounts of beer. I've gone thru quite a few of them now, but more keep popping up. Beers so big they are all over the top 50. Quite surprising actually...until I started researching I didn't realize how many there were.
Wingnut
Footballguy
Ive recently realized that the guys in the Great Lakes area are in one of the BEST areas for craft beer, without a doubt.I think Cali edges them out, just because of the sheer number of great breweries, but the Midwest definately holds its own as a place with alot of awesome beers that have limited availability.
Northerners like their beer. Always been true. Im from a town in Michigan that used to have the honor of having the highest number of bars per capita than any other city in the US.
Skylord
Footballguy
I like the Expedition, but not as much as you guys. When I say not as much, I mean I'd put it at 2 or 3 instead of 1
. I'd like to go on the record saying I don't like that BA lumps Speedway into "double" instead of "imperial". Its 12% alcohol...what sort of double is that?I've only got one bottle left of the Expedition that I'll probably hold onto towards the end of the year as well.
Wingnut
Footballguy
Well I cant say I put it at #1 just yet....I still have to try the Stone RIS, the Speedway, and the Victory Storm King.Im not even sure if I know the difference between an RIS and an American Double Stout. I never even noticed that the SPeedway isnt listed in the top 10 RIS's on BA until you mentioned it. Is there really a difference??? Seems that the American DOuble STout is alot like the RIS's.I like the Expedition, but not as much as you guys. When I say not as much, I mean I'd put it at 2 or 3 instead of 1
Skylord
Footballguy
Here's their reasonAmerican Double StoutWell I cant say I put it at #1 just yet....I still have to try the Stone RIS, the Speedway, and the Victory Storm King.Im not even sure if I know the difference between an RIS and an American Double Stout. I never even noticed that the SPeedway isnt listed in the top 10 RIS's on BA until you mentioned it. Is there really a difference??? Seems that the American DOuble STout is alot like the RIS's.I like the Expedition, but not as much as you guys. When I say not as much, I mean I'd put it at 2 or 3 instead of 1
Description:
The American Double Stout gets some of it inspiration from the Russian Imperial Stout. Many of these are barrel aged, mostly in bourbon / whiskey barrels, while some are infused with coffee or chocolate. Alcohol ranges vary, but tend to be quite big, and bigger than traditional Russian Imperial Stouts. Most tend to have cleaner alcohol flavors, higher hop levels, and more residual sweetness. Very full-bodied with rich roasted flavors far surpassing normal stouts.
Wingnut
Footballguy
Yeah Ive read that before but the styles still seem pretty similar, at least in text. Im gonna try to get some good stouts while Im up there....Great Lakes Blackout Stout is high on my listHere's their reasonAmerican Double StoutWell I cant say I put it at #1 just yet....I still have to try the Stone RIS, the Speedway, and the Victory Storm King.Im not even sure if I know the difference between an RIS and an American Double Stout. I never even noticed that the SPeedway isnt listed in the top 10 RIS's on BA until you mentioned it. Is there really a difference??? Seems that the American DOuble STout is alot like the RIS's.I like the Expedition, but not as much as you guys. When I say not as much, I mean I'd put it at 2 or 3 instead of 1
Description:
The American Double Stout gets some of it inspiration from the Russian Imperial Stout. Many of these are barrel aged, mostly in bourbon / whiskey barrels, while some are infused with coffee or chocolate. Alcohol ranges vary, but tend to be quite big, and bigger than traditional Russian Imperial Stouts. Most tend to have cleaner alcohol flavors, higher hop levels, and more residual sweetness. Very full-bodied with rich roasted flavors far surpassing normal stouts.
Wingnut
Footballguy
Ok so far:
Ayinger Brau Weiss
Stegmaier Brewhouse Bock
Bell's Kalamazoo Stout
next up: Grizzly Peak's Bear Paw Porter (only 6 reviews at BA, all on tap. I have a bottle )
Edit: Bottle states "Brewed and bottled for Grizzly Peak Brewing Co by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales LLC, Dexter, Michigan"
Ayinger Brau Weiss
Stegmaier Brewhouse Bock
Bell's Kalamazoo Stout
next up: Grizzly Peak's Bear Paw Porter (only 6 reviews at BA, all on tap. I have a bottle
)Edit: Bottle states "Brewed and bottled for Grizzly Peak Brewing Co by Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales LLC, Dexter, Michigan"
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Skylord
Footballguy
I've got one of those in my fridge. Ordered it from Archers a while back. Next up for me is the New Glarus Fat Squirrel courtesy of Tip TopYeah Ive read that before but the styles still seem pretty similar, at least in text. Im gonna try to get some good stouts while Im up there....Great Lakes Blackout Stout is high on my listHere's their reasonAmerican Double StoutWell I cant say I put it at #1 just yet....I still have to try the Stone RIS, the Speedway, and the Victory Storm King.Im not even sure if I know the difference between an RIS and an American Double Stout. I never even noticed that the SPeedway isnt listed in the top 10 RIS's on BA until you mentioned it. Is there really a difference??? Seems that the American DOuble STout is alot like the RIS's.I like the Expedition, but not as much as you guys. When I say not as much, I mean I'd put it at 2 or 3 instead of 1
Description:
The American Double Stout gets some of it inspiration from the Russian Imperial Stout. Many of these are barrel aged, mostly in bourbon / whiskey barrels, while some are infused with coffee or chocolate. Alcohol ranges vary, but tend to be quite big, and bigger than traditional Russian Imperial Stouts. Most tend to have cleaner alcohol flavors, higher hop levels, and more residual sweetness. Very full-bodied with rich roasted flavors far surpassing normal stouts.
I drank massive amounts of Hopdevil tonight as well as a Titan IPA.
Fullback Fro
yesno
Cracked an Alesmith IPA bomber.
Winston Smith
Footballguy
Split a bottle of:
Ommegang Hennepin (nectar...what a beer. A new favorite)
Rogue Choc Stout (more nectar...possibly my favorite stout)
Dogfish 90 Min (phenominal...thought I wasn't a fan of IIPA's...guess I was wrong)
with my wife last night.
What really shocked me was how...sweet....the 90 min was once it warmed up. What an amazing and balanced brew.
Ommegang Hennepin (nectar...what a beer. A new favorite)
Rogue Choc Stout (more nectar...possibly my favorite stout)
Dogfish 90 Min (phenominal...thought I wasn't a fan of IIPA's...guess I was wrong)
with my wife last night.
What really shocked me was how...sweet....the 90 min was once it warmed up. What an amazing and balanced brew.
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