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What kind of beer is everyone drinking tonight? (3 Viewers)
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HellToupee
Footballguy
Von Trapp Helles Lager
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Coeur de Lion
Footballguy
Hell to the yes. Just in time too -- I'm headed out to Boston next week. I can prolly grab you some Treehouse, Trillium, Heady, etc.
Coeur de Lion
Footballguy
Two Hearted -- not new or trendy, but ALWAYS have a bunch in my fridge. And grilling a flank steak -- carne asada for taco Tuesday.
Hawks64
Footballguy
Totally forgot to update post vacation. Had nearly 60 different beers on vacation (road trip from Chicago to San Fran and back), went to Russian River and did the full tasting. Simply amazing brewery, so much excellent beer. Missed out on some good Chicago beer while I was gone though 
but the Supplication in my Fridge makes up for it 
but the Supplication in my Fridge makes up for it 
Ilov80s
Footballguy
RR is insane. So bang great beers. Glad you got a chance to go.Hawks64 said:Totally forgot to update post vacation. Had nearly 60 different beers on vacation (road trip from Chicago to San Fran and back), went to Russian River and did the full tasting. Simply amazing brewery, so much excellent beer. Missed out on some good Chicago beer while I was gone though
Hawks64
Footballguy
Overheard they just bought more land somewhere else and will be opening up a new bigger brewpub there.
Bourbon Cowboy
Footballguy
Switchback Slow Fermented Brown Ale
Bourbon Cowboy
Footballguy
Switchback Slow Fermented Brown Ale
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
OddSide Touch of Red (sour red) 
FUBAR
Footballguy
The shop had green light passion fruit kicker, a wheat ale with passion fruit, on sale $12 for a case so I figured I'd try it.
4/10 drinkable but would not buy again.
I'll move on to the last similar deal I got, kona castaway IPA. Which is probably my new favorite. Thankfully I got two cases, $12 each. 10/10
4/10 drinkable but would not buy again.
I'll move on to the last similar deal I got, kona castaway IPA. Which is probably my new favorite. Thankfully I got two cases, $12 each. 10/10
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
12 Gates West Coast IPA - local IPA with Citra and Warrior, just canned for the first time, solid
Evil Twin/Westbrook Justin Blabaer
Evil Twin/Westbrook Justin Blabaer
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Question: enjoy after 7.4 Brett IPA drunk at cellar temp or refrigerate for a bit?
or just read the bottle
or just read the bottle
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Wingnut
Footballguy
Fridge it, but leave the bottle out when you crack it so you can experience the differences in temp changes. Its how I drink almost all my beers regardless of style. Start cold, and figure out how you like it best as you go!
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Funky Buddha Moro blood orange IPA - a little too strong on the orange flavor, but not bad.
troegs nimble giant - double IPA that I guess was originally a scratch beer but got out into regular rotation. Nice grapefruit flavor plus bitterness. Super clean for a 9% abv.
troegs nimble giant - double IPA that I guess was originally a scratch beer but got out into regular rotation. Nice grapefruit flavor plus bitterness. Super clean for a 9% abv.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Wingnut
Footballguy
That More Moro is old as hell. At least a few months. Only good when really fresh.
Finishing up my night with a Pioneer Trailblazer IPA, an outstanding NE style (aka the BEST style) IPA.
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
FX Matt Brewing Co makes beer under several brands....Saranac, Utica Club, and Flying Bison. I would assume, though I don't know, that they're really only available in NY and the immediate region. I've never heard of that beer he mentioned so I was asking if it's the same Saranac.
Steve Tasker
Footballguy
Tyranena The Devil Made Me Do It - coffee imperial oatmeal porter, probably 2-ish years old. Very very smooth.
Boulevard Tank 7
Boulevard Tank 7
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Interesting. Back in college (which was almost 20 years ago), we used to get variety 12 packs from Saranac. That was in North Carolina and they seemed decent to me. I then haven't really seen them for many years, other than rare instances, so I kind of wondered what happened.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
yeah, just saw the bottle says 4/12/16. I often think to myself that I need to check the dates on the bottles before buying, but then I just get overwhelmed by novelty and variety and forget.
Senor Schmutzig
Footballguy
Was up in Vermont/New Hampshire a couple of weeks back and had a large number of great local beers that I have never even heard of before much less see down here in Miami. As much as I like some of the IPA's and other Ales that I tried, the one that made the most impact on me was Harpoon's Camp Wannamango. Granted I was hitting the brewery right after a 4-hour hike up and down Mt. Acutsney on a warmer than normal Vermont day and was most likely a little dehydrated by the time I got there but hot damn, that ice cold Wannamango tasted fantastic. I was able to track down a 6-pack of it at a local convenience store last week to reminisce a little bit and it was as good as I remembered. It was a crisp pale ale, light in color and body with just a slight mango finish at the end.
Here are a few others that I tried while I was up there. Granted, they were all good (some better than others) but it was fun to try something new that is out of reach for me normally.
Great North Tie Dyed Summer Ale
Great North Smokin Rauchbier
Henniker Amber Apparition
Stark Brewing Mt Uncanoonuc Cream Ale
603 Brewing Summatime Session Ale
Wachusett Strawberry White Ale
Swift Current Runoff
Baxter Summer Swelter Ale
Long Trail Mostly Cloudy
Here are a few others that I tried while I was up there. Granted, they were all good (some better than others) but it was fun to try something new that is out of reach for me normally.
Great North Tie Dyed Summer Ale
Great North Smokin Rauchbier
Henniker Amber Apparition
Stark Brewing Mt Uncanoonuc Cream Ale
603 Brewing Summatime Session Ale
Wachusett Strawberry White Ale
Swift Current Runoff
Baxter Summer Swelter Ale
Long Trail Mostly Cloudy
Don Quixote
Footballguy
Flying Dog The Truth - imperial IPA
Firestone Walker Luponic Distortion Revolution No. 002
...Both are solid, but prefer The Truth.
Firestone Walker Luponic Distortion Revolution No. 002
...Both are solid, but prefer The Truth.
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Coeur de Lion
Footballguy
Just arrived in Boston. Not going anywhere after a long travel day, just enjoying what's in my brother's fridge. Which happens to be Trifecta Belgian Ale from Night Shift. Pumped to hit Trillium tomorrow.
Sebowski
Footballguy
Want to trade me some Trillium? I've been tasked with getting some beers of that style as an RnD for my work.
Coeur de Lion
Footballguy
Yeah sure. You looking for APA or IPA? No idea how much I can buy at Trillium -- ex I'm gonna hit Treehouse later in the week and they let you get 8 cans total -- so prolly not trading much of that. If I can grab a case (or hopefully multiple) of Fort Point and Congress Street I'm going to. I have a line on some Heady but not in quantity, and there are a few places in Boston with HF on tap so I may skip the drive up there and 1/2 day in line (from what I hear).
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
Briman
Footballguy
I believe it is as the web site shows Utica NY. They had it on tap at Joe Cana'ls in Woodbridge NJ. Saranac Citra Galaxy imperial IPA
Hawks64
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
So my local brewery which is usually just ok (Liberty Street) has a new head brewer. He's putting out a new beer each Monday. Monday he did a NE style IPA called Charm Offensive. It was a real spot on juicy hazy IPA. Sadly others must have noticed it was the best beer they had ever made as it sold out in less than 48 hours.
Buzzbait
Footballguy
Very nice! Have had all but the Hop JuJu. Was in Chicago last month and stopped in 3F on the drive back to Ohio and pickup up some Zombie Dust and had lunch.
Buzzbait
Footballguy
Picked up a 12 pack of the Fat Tire collaboration pack. In case you aren't aware they are teaming up with five other breweries who put their own spin on Fat Tire Amber Ale. Each 12 pack contains two beers from each of the five other breweries in addition to two of the the originals. I've only had beers from two of the others but both were really good (Rhinegeist & Hopworks Urban). If your a fan of Fat Tire highly recommend picking up.
http://www.newbelgium.com/news/2016/03/01/new-belgium-fat-tire-and-friends-celebrate-25-years-with-collaborative-fat-tire-riff-pack
New Belgium brewers teamed up with brewing friends at Allagash Brewing Company (Portland, ME), Avery Brewing (Boulder, Colo.), Firestone Walker (Paso Robles, CA), Hopworks Urban Brewery (Portland, OR) and Rhinegeist Brewery (Cincinnati, OH) for the project.
http://www.newbelgium.com/news/2016/03/01/new-belgium-fat-tire-and-friends-celebrate-25-years-with-collaborative-fat-tire-riff-pack
New Belgium brewers teamed up with brewing friends at Allagash Brewing Company (Portland, ME), Avery Brewing (Boulder, Colo.), Firestone Walker (Paso Robles, CA), Hopworks Urban Brewery (Portland, OR) and Rhinegeist Brewery (Cincinnati, OH) for the project.
Quez
Footballguy
Picked up an $11 6pack, at publix, of this Milk Chocolate Porter brewed by Jdubs brewing in Sarasota. This stuff is a little too good.
http://www.jdubsbrewing.com/our-beers/
http://www.jdubsbrewing.com/our-beers/
Wingnut
Footballguy
Quez
Footballguy
They also have a Passion fruit and Mango Wheat Ale that is pretty good. So far Jdubs is 2 for 2 with me.
Coeur de Lion
Footballguy
Can finally report back on my Boston trip now that my TO has ended. Just a great, great beer area; got to try a ton of great stuff. Nothing like random pizza places / restaurants with HF Edward and MBC Lunch on tap! Had some Heady (still great, not as mind-blowing as it was years ago), and Focal (actually preferred this to Heady); couldn't get any Crusher unfortunately. Edward was spectacular, and I really enjoyed all of the MBC beers I tried (Lunch, Mo, Peeper, Zoe). Tried two beers from Tree House, Green and Alter Ego, both were outrageous and completely deserving of the hype surrounding Tree House; just juicy and delicious -- although we decided not to drive out to the brewery since it's hours out into the middle of nowhere with rough lines and no guarantee on what might be available (if it hadn't been a family vacation, I would have spent a day going there based on the two I tried).
All that said, what absolutely blew me away was Trillium. Every beer I tried from these guys was phenomenal, and I tried a bunch of them. Hoppy APAs, IPAs, and DIPAs included Galaxy Dry Hopped Fort Point, Sleeper Street, Vicinity, Mettle, Upper Case, and Little Rooster. Every single one of those was a "daaaaaaamn that's gooooooood" and seriously deserves inclusion in the best __________ I've ever had the pleasure to try. Had two of their stouts, Secret Stairs and Outside the Lines, that were equally fantastic (even the Outside the Lines which I was prepared to dislike since I HATE cardamom in beer). But the hoppy stuff was just completely on another level, and completely unlike anything that I've had from breweries in other parts of the country -- almost, IMO, worthy of being considered a separate style (and the Tree House beers were there too, but I just didn't get to plow through a case of a bunch of different styles). Looked different (hazy to the point of looking like pulpy OJ), mouthfeel was different (so soft, like a pillow -- I couldn't believe that they weren't using flaked oats in the malt), and the taste was just mind-blowing. Seriously. Hops for days, but not bitter at all -- just explosions of tropical fruit and citrus to the point where blindfolded you might honestly not know that you were even drinking beer, and certainly not a typical American IPA. Anyway, I'm completely hooked now -- luckily my brother's office is 5 minutes from their brewery -- I have him grabbing another mixed case for me to pass off to my parents when they meet at the Jersey shore next week. My bank account would be effed if I lived in Boston -- at around $100 / case of pint cans their beer isn't cheap, and the case I bought lasted me all of a week and a half (and that was with me trying to show restraint LOL). It's just that good. Really can't recommend this brewery strongly enough if you get the chance to try them out, although it might make going back to just merely "good" hoppy beer a bit rough afterward.
All that said, what absolutely blew me away was Trillium. Every beer I tried from these guys was phenomenal, and I tried a bunch of them. Hoppy APAs, IPAs, and DIPAs included Galaxy Dry Hopped Fort Point, Sleeper Street, Vicinity, Mettle, Upper Case, and Little Rooster. Every single one of those was a "daaaaaaamn that's gooooooood" and seriously deserves inclusion in the best __________ I've ever had the pleasure to try. Had two of their stouts, Secret Stairs and Outside the Lines, that were equally fantastic (even the Outside the Lines which I was prepared to dislike since I HATE cardamom in beer). But the hoppy stuff was just completely on another level, and completely unlike anything that I've had from breweries in other parts of the country -- almost, IMO, worthy of being considered a separate style (and the Tree House beers were there too, but I just didn't get to plow through a case of a bunch of different styles). Looked different (hazy to the point of looking like pulpy OJ), mouthfeel was different (so soft, like a pillow -- I couldn't believe that they weren't using flaked oats in the malt), and the taste was just mind-blowing. Seriously. Hops for days, but not bitter at all -- just explosions of tropical fruit and citrus to the point where blindfolded you might honestly not know that you were even drinking beer, and certainly not a typical American IPA. Anyway, I'm completely hooked now -- luckily my brother's office is 5 minutes from their brewery -- I have him grabbing another mixed case for me to pass off to my parents when they meet at the Jersey shore next week. My bank account would be effed if I lived in Boston -- at around $100 / case of pint cans their beer isn't cheap, and the case I bought lasted me all of a week and a half (and that was with me trying to show restraint LOL). It's just that good. Really can't recommend this brewery strongly enough if you get the chance to try them out, although it might make going back to just merely "good" hoppy beer a bit rough afterward.
