Beer review thread
 

I've given my opinion in many places about the beer's i've tasted. Might as well have a thread about it. Feel free to add.

Currently having a Shiner Blonde.

A bit too light for my tastes, but a good Spring/Summer lager. Light, crisp, not too hoppy. Kind of like a hefeweisen without all the yeast. I tasted a little lemon at the first taste. Prett good. On a scale of 1 to 10, i'd give it a 7.

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What this thread is all about...
 

This quite possibly is the greatest thread on SlickDeals, maybe even the entire Internet. Contributors to this thread share great joy in enjoying, sharing, and learning about the great beers the world has to offer. Chances are if you search for a specific beer in this thread, you will find it!

Here is a list of beers reviewed here, in alphabetical order, and the associated Beer Advocate [beeradvocate.com] & Rate Beer [ratebeer.com] pages in brackets.

21st Amendment IPA [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
21st Amendment Watermelon Wheat [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon (briang's review)
AB Budweiser 1 [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]:vomit:
AB Budweiser American Ale [AB] [beeradvocate.com]1
AB Budweiser Select 1 [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
AB Michelob Amber Bock 1 [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Barrelhouse Duveneck's Dortmunder Ale [RB] [ratebeer.com] [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Bass Pale Ale [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Bavarian Barbarian Weldspatter IPA [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Beer Works Bambino Ale [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Beer Works Victory Red [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Bells Double Cream Stout [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Bell's Hopslam IIPA [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Bell's Two Hearted Ale [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Big Sky Moose Drool [1] [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Black Bear(China?) WTF?!
Boddingtons Pub Ale 1 2 [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Briang's Belgian Dubbel (8/2006)
Briang's American Blonde Ale
briang's American Wheat
Briang's Hop Shortage be Damned IIPA
Briang's Oatmeal Stout
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Budweiser American Ale [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Clipper City Loose Cannon IPA [1] [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Clipper City Heavy Seas Peg Leg Imperial Stout [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Czechvar(Budweiser Budvar) [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Chimay Ale (Unknown ABV. Does not compute!)
Dark Horse Perkulator
DG Ltd. Red Stripe [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Dogfish head Palo Santo Marron [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Dogfish Head Worldwide Stout [RB] [ratebeer.com] [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Dogfish Head Chateau Jiahu [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Flying Dog Double Dog Ale ('08) [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Franziskaner Hefeweizen [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Founder's Breakfast Stout
Founder's Devil Dancer IIIPA
Full Sail Wassail [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Great Lakes Nosferatu [RB] [ratebeer.com] [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Green Flash's Hop Head Red 2 [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Green Flash's Le Freak Belgian Style IPA [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Groupo Modelo Corona Extra 1 2 [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Haguc's IPA
Heineken Dark Lager [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Heineken Lager [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Hoegaarden [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Karlovacko Pilsener [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB]
Karl Strauss Oktoberfest [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Kettle House Double Haul IPA [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Lexington Kentucky Ale [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Matt's "Sat on the Hops Too Long IPA"
Matt's Sat on the Hops too Long IPA
Matt's Vexation Oatmeal Stout
Mercury Brewing Co IPSWICH IPA [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Michelob Ultra [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Mt. Carmel Nut Brown Ale
New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale 1 [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Newcastle Brown Ale [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Oceanside Alework's M.I.A. Imperial Munich
Old Dominion Summer Wheat 2005 [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Olde Heurich Foggy Bottom Lager [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Ommegang Abbey Ale [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Ommegang Hennepin [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Oggi's Torrey Pines IPA [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Plzensky Pilsner Urquell [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Port Brewing Hop 15 IIPA [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Port Brewing High Tide Fresh Hop IPA 2 (mattman's review)[BA] [beeradvocate.com]
ReaperAle Sleighor IIPA [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Red Hook Late Harvest Autumn Ale [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Rogue Imperial Stout [RB] [ratebeer.com] [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Russian River Pliny the Elder [AB] [beeradvocate.com]
Sam Adams Utopias (2005) [RB] [ratebeer.com] [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Shiner Blonde [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Shipyard Export Ale [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale
Southhampton Double White Ale [RB] [ratebeer.com] [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Stone Arrogant Bastard [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Stone Cali-Belgique IPA [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Stone Double Bastard [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
2006 Special Growler Stone Brewing Co's DOUBLE BASTARD
Stone/Alesmith/Mikkeller Collaboration triple ale [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Stone/Jolly Pumpkin/Nogne O Holiday Ale
Stone Imperial Russian Stout [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Stone Kona Coffee Macadamia Coconut Porter
Stone's Sawyer's Triple [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Stoudts Double IPA [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Trailhead Riverboat Raspberry Ale [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]
Troegs HopBack Amber Ale [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde[BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Westmalle Trappist Dubbel [RB] [ratebeer.com] [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale [1] [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Wychwood Hobgoblin English Brown Ale [BA] [beeradvocate.com]
Yuengling Lager [BA] [beeradvocate.com] [RB] [ratebeer.com]


Now sit back, pop open a cold one (pour it into a nice pint glass of course), and enjoy the thread! :cheers:

Special Releases:
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Stone Brewing Company - Double Bastard Ale (american strong ale), San Diego(Escondido), November 5th release date.
Avery/Russian River - Collaboration, not Litigation Ale (Belgian Strong Dark), Colorado, unsure of release date. Beermenus [beermenus.com] shows it at Burp Castle in East Village, NYC.

:eek: Wouldn't it get skunky by now? :confused:

sigh....

There are plenty of mass produced beers which are very very good and the American public typically doesn't know about them.

+Double box
+Use FedEx

i only use fedex too

Lots of bubble wrap, I assume. Yes, that stuff works well. When I moved, I packed my kitchen stuff w/ that and not a single glass or dish broke during its trip halfway across the country. :cool:

it doesn't take much to ship beer... last time i shipped i used a "singles" case box and just put a single wrap of bubblewrap around each bottle...though i did put a layer of wrap on top and on bottom of each bottle...works awesome...as long as the bottles can't really move, there won't be breakage...

Yes, I agree. The main thing is to prevent movement. That's why I tried to do when I packed my kitchenware that the movers were moving, as I mentioned in a prior post. And it worked to perfection. :)

If you don't trust it to roll down a flight of stairs, or drop from shoulder height, then it needs work.

^ Agreed. Let alone the drop-kick test. :eek:

Ace Ventura style! "Comin through. I've got a package, people!"

From "Legally Blonde", it's all about the bend and snap. :woot:

Stone Sublimely Self Righteous is waiting to be consumed at the tap house here. Looking forward to trying it.

its nothing spectacular, but its worth a try...i got my growler filled of that stuff on saturday... whopping $4 :D

So a few days back I was ranting here about the tax increase on booze here in MA. Went up 6.25% not more than 60 days ago. So, here is a picture from this weekend of one of my State Reps buying his booze in tax free New Hampshire.

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/9...iquorstore.jpg

This jerk off VOTED FOR THE TAX INCREASE! :vomit:

Sox

:lmao: I guess he lives close to NH. Smart guy. :P

got my monthly free case from stone, i chose IPA...super fresh considering it was botlled yesterday :whee:

any socal peeps near san diego want to share a case of vertical epic 090909 belgian imperial porter.... store cost, $72 for a case, my cost is $24... thats 12 22oz bombers... so 6 each... it has an interesting taste at first, but once you get 10oz into it I really enjoy it...a great winter tasting beer....

so far, sharing a case with arjunser... 1 more person can split the case if wanted, if not...more beer for us!

I was listening to the brewing network today. The head brewer said that IPA is 35% of their sales. That's a good chunk. Pale Ale is next in line at 25%.

Wow, I would not have guessed IPA and Pale make up 60% of their sales. I would have put Arrogant Bastard as having a much larger chunk of their sales than they obviously must.

IPA and PA are their 2 least intense beers that I know of. The only other one I can think of at this time that isn't real intense is Levitation. AB is considered to be a very complex beer. The vast majority of beer drinkers wouldn't like it. I love it. I think he said AB is their 3rd or 4th best seller.

I know, I guess I just didn't realize how much Stone is in the makret with "the vast majority of beer drinkers." It likely has to do with my region and beers closer to my area like Brooklyn and Sixpoint already taking more of that part of the market here but I think of Stone more as a complex brewery so the first thing I think of with them is their complex beer. Similar to how you don't think of Dogfish for their Shelter until you're in the DE area.

I always forget about the shelter. it's decent also, I just always take it for granted.

today was awesome... started with a duchess(sp?) sour beer...awesome...then went with a blind pig(wanted bitterness), then ended with a special cask of ruination with simcoe and amarillo...my cost $0...boss opened a tab for us....

oskar blues GORDON is a mighty fine beer... i think i need more...i got 1 free can from my company store...its the beer of the month...

Just had a Weyerbacher Hops Infusion IPA. Meh. It was ok. I won't buying that again.

just had a couple of dogfish PUNKIN beer


mmmmm tastes like pumpkin pie yum yum yum!

At 7:30 in the morning? GREAT SUCCESS. :tu

Right now my order for pumpkins is:

Weyerbacher



Dogfish

Southern Tier



Smuttynose

Went to Stone Bistro tonight (first of a few trips this week methinks) and had Blind Pig (tasty tasty, I blew the keg), 6/6/6 Vertical Epic (don't remember it being that good, though Greg Koch wouldn't pull one from the warehouse for me last time I was @ Stone :D), Green Flash Le Freak (still not sold on Belgian IPA's), Ruination (given, delicious), and 13th Anniversary (quite good) on tap.

Looking forward to what they have next trip!

Tried my Furthermores this weekend. Both were unique brews unlike anything I've ever had before.

The Knotstock was an ale with brewed black pepper. You could def taste the pepper but it wasn't a spicy taste. I'd say it got the flavor it was going for but I don't see why anyone would have more than one (the first to say you've tried it).

The Oscura was a beer with coffee. Tasted freshly brewed. Most coffee tasting beer I've ever had. I gave it as a gift to my friend because he loves the taste of coffee and I don't but I made sure to have sip to see if it lived up to the hype. It certainly did IMO.

oh ruination growler you are sooo good to me.

Matt will be reviewing Surly soon!

You sent him some? Good to know. The box of Surly while I'm in Chicago will go to my house. :woot:

met rybal, malachia, (their friend), and arjunser at stone bistro today... had vertical epic 090909 and coronado hoppy daze.... great times, great chats, thanks again guys!!!

rybal/malachia brought me surly bender, surly furious, surly bitter brewer, founders kbs, founders devil dancer! thanks!!

Mmmm. Surly Furious and Bender. Awesome stuff. No Cynic Ale? I'm sure you'll love Furious. I hope I find a bar that serves it while I'm in Chicago next week.

While I was un-bubblewrapping the Cynic Ale, I punctured it with the knife I was using. So I had to drink that one myself :)

Finally got to try Stone Sublimely Self Righteous last night. Definitely a very unique and tasty. Never had such a hoppy.

Methinks it was not an accidental puncture, which gave you an excuse to drink it. ;)

I am very sad that there is no distribution of Weyerbacher in TX. Can anyone recommend a pumpkin ale that is available in TX. Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin was always a favorite of mine :sadwalk:

Dogfish Punkin if you like it, is available in TX to my knowledge.

never had it......will have to find it now...

I can't say I've had it either... weird huh? Actually, I went through a phase where I hated all pumpkin ales... now I like certain ones.

I like all of them.....especially when he cool weather starts to roll in...

I wish I had done it when it was cold... can was at 70F when I drank it :)

D'oh! Well, you could've thrown it in the freezer for 1/2 hr. to chill it a bit. :cool: Or pour it in a frozen glass. Speaking of which, does anyone keep an empty beer mug in the freezer so that it's really cold?

I picked up a bomber of troegs java head stout a few weeks ago. i think i'll have that tonight. also picked up a bomber of nugget nectar...they did a limited run...get it now, or you'll have to wait until the spring.

I have 2 of those mugs with liquid in the middle that are supposed to used for being frosted out of the freezer.

Cask fest this weekend in NYC! I'll probably be at Jimmy's 43 tomorrow hoping they didn't sell out of Black Ops tonight.
http://www.gotham-imbiber.com/gotham.pdf

Had a couple of new beers recently:

Finally sampled the Pretty Things American Darling lager on draft. It was fairly good, nice and easy drinking. A little strong at 7% but you wouldn't know it from the flavor. I would drink it again, but it is pretty expensive for what it is.

Had the Harpoon Leviathan IPA this weekend again after my original mix up with Imperial Pilsner. Not bad at all, but not one of my favorite double IPA's either.

Saw the Sierra Southern Hemisphere Fresh Hop Ale on tap this weekend also. Looks like it just came out, but I haven't seen it in bottles yet. Looking forward to grabbing more of these when I do see them.

Sox

I usually have 2 pint glasses in the freezer upside down. Some will tell you that you shouldn't drink from frozen glasses. But, I've never noticed anything negative from the way I do it. Anything that touches my beer is washed with odorless dish soap.

I see. I thought about putting a pint glass or 2 in my freezer.

I don't see what's wrong w/ doing that, as long as you don't try to lick it and risk your tongue getting stuck to the glass. :lol:

ASG, enjoy cask fest in NYC. Too bad I'll have missed it by a couple weeks. :sadwalk:

Grabbed 4 bottles of 2008 Alaskan Smoked Porter while out in San Diego... looking forward to drinking those! Got PlinyE, Hop Juice, some Ballast Point, 9/9/9 (thanks Matt!), Alaskan Stout, and a nice Carmenere while out there as well.

Oh and an AB tap handle (60% off, thanks Matt!) and 2L growler (like $8 incl. glass and fill)!

hop juice is decent but not a standout beer...i almost worked at that brewery, but it was too far of a commute for $10 an hour...stone is much closer and a lot better deals! :whee: glad you were able to get those bottles still...not too many know about that little shop in poway, they have a decent selection, but a little pricey.

I think I'm heading over to Taylor Brewing for dinner tonight. They are only 2 miles from my hotel and have their own beers along with some guest taps.

I picked up some Kalik in the Bahamas this summer...wrapped them in my clothes and into my check-in baggage. During the flight I started having visions of them exploding, Got to my home airport, no luggage, found out it was detained in Atlanta. I was a wreck til I got my bag back...They ended up making it safely...

surly furious(sp?)...nice juicy citrus, awesome pine.. delicious beer...ends a little sweet, but i love this beer! i want more :drool:

I'm having zero luck so far finding Surly here in the Chicago area. Sam's Spirits has a keg of it though.

While there I bought a 6 pack of Victory Hop Wollup. Brian said Victory is a solid brewer. He also said this was an APA which I thought was odd considering the name. I just cracked one open. Holy hops!! This may be one of the hoppiest beers I've ever had. It's 8.5% abv. Very tasty. I like it.

I like their Hop Devil better than their Hop Wollup. The Wild Devil is just a mess though IMO. Most agree of those I speak to that Storm King is their best.

Hoppiest beer I've had is probably Smutttynose Finest Kind but I thought it was waaaaay to bitter.

I haven't had Hop Devil. But, I had Wild Devil when I was in Minneapolis a few months ago. Interesting taste. But, I don't really care for soured beers.

This Hop Wollop packs a hop punch. Even hoppier than Hop Stoopid.

Hi guys...have any of you ever tried orange slices in your beer? I was just turned on to this ...first was with a Blue Moon, it's quite good with many beers! People put Limes in Corona, heck...this could be a nice summer drink...

I went to a Hard Rock Cafe in the Bahamas and asked for a Kalik with oranges...the bartender never heard of it. Well, he liked it and is naming a drink - Kaco's Kalik after me, so he said...I almost want to go back to see if I can order one!

Beer is good!

Finally found Surly Furious on tap. I'm eating and drinking at Sheffield's Beer Garden in north Chicago. The drive was a bitch. It's right in a college campus. Parking is horrible.

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/me...s_facepalm.jpg [threadbombing.com]

Good night tonight.

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9VFdAr5Zy2E/Sr...4/Untitled.jpg

How do you take yours, with one loogie or two? :P

New Dogfish Head beer [nytimes.com]

I forgot to caption. That's Garret Oliver (Brooklyn) and Greg Hall (Goose Island).

drank some la roja from jolly after work...delicious....

:lmao: Beer brewed with fruit maybe, but fruit on my beer glass :nono2:

Sox

Bender is delicious... i like it a little more than moose drool because of the hop presence...

I agree. Bender is my favorite brown.

I was wondering when this thread would get snipped. It finally did. :sadwalk:

I'll have to pick up some booze for the Giants/Cowboys football party I'm hosting on Sun. night. I'm not sure what I'll get or what others will bring. I may pick up Oktoberfest seasonal beer.

BIG score today. There is a beer/wine store in SA that is going out of business. 65% off everything. Got 8 bottles of DFH 120 . 2 6ers of Victory Storm King for $4 each. 4 bombers of Hop Stoopid and Lagunitas Sumpin Sumpin for $3 each . I will be going back next week on Tuesday for the final day to buy him out.

drinking devils dancer triple ipa from founders....holy crap i didn't realize this was 12% abv... pours a minimal head... cloudy but i am cool with cloudy beers... has a cherry taste, kinda reminds me of 90min in some small ways, but this one is delicious... kinda syrupy, sweet with a nice crisp bitterness at the end.... quite tasty...i wish i had more :drool:

this was after meeting a buddy in the bistro which i got a free stone ipa... then i paid $2 for a fish tail poisidian(sp?) russian imp stout which was fantastic... then i had a bomber of red rocket ale from bear republic which i got for free from stone... so yeah, this 12% abv devils dancer is going to be a sipper :lol:

4 bottles of Victory Hop Wollup are coming home on the plane with me. I wrapped them up in all my clothes in my checked luggage. That stuff is amazing. I will spare one for my buddy who was begging me to bring some for him. Just one!

Happy weekend everyone! Enjoy what ever you are drinking...Beer Cheers maybe?

i drank way too much 09 double bastard today... for free... gotta love low fills :whee:

Anything domestic :)

That rules out everything Bud Miller and Coors makes since they are no longer domestically owned.

America's oldest brew - Yeungling - is still American, even though it sounds Chinese. :lol:

The oldest and still 100% family owned. There was talk about them selling out but I think it was all bs.

And soon to be owned by women. The current owner has no sons.

:drool: One heck of a deal!

Yeah, 5 daughters. My buddy graduated H.S. with one of them. I often ask him why he didn't hook up with her. That's big time for coal region area.

Finally get to enjoy a Stone 13th Anniversary. Darn good stuff.

Just had my first Angel Share 2008, definitely nice flavor but miss the carbonation sadly. Had it all to myself for my bday. Rather filling. Now I needa figure out what to do with the other 2 bottles.

Can anyone help me? I get together with 10-12 people once a month. We all bring a dish and/or bev. We do a country theme...this month is Africa. Does anyone know of a good, impoted beer I might bring? Could I find it at my local beer/bev. center? Thanks...

Africa's a country now?

Bring some Dogfish Pangea, it just came in season. If that's not specific enough, I don't know any african beer.

Here's a list of African beers if that helps at all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_beer

Just bring some Miller, that's African now. :lmao:

Killian's, too, I believe.

I think Killian's is from Colorado (Coors).

Just caught this out of the corner of my eye... Beer review, I'm in! :look:

I actually live in Brooklyn Center where Surly is made, heck even liquor stores around the Twin Cities here, its sometime hit or miss sometimes if they have it. I've heard its a three year waiting list for liquor stores.

Still haven't had their Darkness, although I'm gonna try and get to Darkness day this year. :woot:

That's good to hear.

Damn, I have a feeling that they'll want to sell after their father dies. :dontknow:

Or Colt 45. :lol:

today i tried sam adams utopias.... holy moley, what an amazingly smooth full flavor beer... luckily i was able to try it for free...a new co-worker got a bottle for free from sam adams 3 years ago... she worked at sierra nevada for 7 years and has a friend in the higher ups at sam adams...i am a lucky man!

Truly crazy stuff. I could sit on a couple ounces all night. Stiffer then some hard liquors I've tried, but so much more intense.

I agree.....I thought it was closer to a Brandy than a beer.

Tasty tasty tasty.... wish I'd have had some pancakes to enjoy it with.

Thanks for the help!

Yea I have a bottle of 2005 I still haven't opened of the Utopia. Thinking of grabbing a 2009 if I can with the release this year. Need a good reason to open my 2005, got a bottle of 39 year old Single Malt for my prelims so not sure what I will do for my utopia.

paid a whopping $4 for my 2L growler of old guardian... sippin on it all night and bbq'in chicken... tasty but definitely not my favorite barleywine...7/10 but for $4 for 2L, its a winner :whee: i love my employee discount :whee:

I hate you.

Does wiles no longer drink? I tried to find a post in here from her to rep and she hasn't posted since the thread got archived.

She hasn't been in here in a while.

i love drinking at work... but that doesn't apply here :P

Enjoying a good ole Arrogant Bastard bomber and an Ashton VSG cigar.

Matt, I ordered a few glasses from Stone last week. One of them was the Old Guardian goblet. It arrived with the Stone artwork faded in the upper left corner. Since this glass is mostly for display, I wasn't happy. I sent them an email with the below photo. Karina Parker replied back within a couple days with a tracking number for a new one. Stone rocks!

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e6...ch/OGGlass.jpg

Whats yer favorite Barleywine? Tis about that season for them to start hitting the shelves.

I love stone. One of the first really good beers I ever had was a Stone Ruination. Arrogant Bastard is great, but of course Double Bastard is tops.

Never was a fan of either of the 3 arrogant Bastard variations. I think I need to revisit them this weekend.

Cigar City brings home a Gold medal from GABF for wood aged beers.

http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/...-festival/

Humidor Series IPA - aged on cigar box cedar

if you're gonna pimp your local brewery, i'll pimp mine.. :)

http://www.troegs.com/home/news_archive.aspx

The Cigar City thing is interesting considering they just opened up for business 6 or 7 months ago. They are still filling bottles by hand.

Troegs is good though. I wish we could buy that here in Florida.

:whee: Olde English 800 won a silver in the International-Style Pilsener category! :whee:

Milwaukee's Best won the gold in American Style Cream Ale or Lager.

Miller won all 3 medals in that category. No one else entered? :lol:

If they had more stringent guidelines for category admissions, I'd respect the results more. I don't think they entered, but Laughing Dog in Idaho makes a tasty cream ale. Locally, Sixpoint does a pretty hoppy one that is love/hate. New Glarus probably could of won if they put in Spotted Cow, even though it isn't one of the breweries highlights. I'd take numerous macro examples over them too... Sleeman's, Genesee, even(but barely) Wexford.

A silver for my crap beer of choice, High Life!

i'll be in vegas this weekend...what are the best 2 or 3 bars i need to hit? (as far as selection and atmosphere)

The Yard House is an absolute must. 200 taps.

NYNY has a nice microbrew bar in front of the magic shop at the top of the stairs in the casino. That's the first place I ever had Ruination on tap.

Some of the beer you guys talk about, I've never heard of? Guess I need to get out more...

thanks...i'll definitely look for the yard house. (my first time in vegas)

Burger bar at the 3rd floor of the shopping center that connects Mandalay Bay and the Luxor on the Mandalay side. Excellent bottle selection.

They are calling porters America-style stouts now? I never cared much for the dead reckoning, I like Yuenglings porter better. The troegenator on the other hand is definatly medal worthy.

Talking of PA beers, I had a few Straub Special Darks last night. Very sessionable dark lager with some nice malt tones. I always felt Straub was an underrated brewery. They only do three beers and probably would do better if they dumped those stupid green bottles. I've seen they are canning now though.

OK...Barleywines. Tis the season. What are your favorites?

OK, I have been trying to join in...trying to learn about better beers...just skip over me, like ....

kaco, what kinds of beers do you like? We can give recommendations on different versions of the same styles.

ryb get that tap handle in action yet? any pics?

Barleywine's not normally my thing. Although I did recently find out I liked a certain barleywine (Chelsea Imperial Mild) much better on cask than on tap.

How about favorite Pumpkins or Oktoberfests?

Somebody the other night pointed out that everybody's oktoberfests are all dark yet if you went to Oktoberfest in Germany pretty much all the beers are pilsners.

My favorites are the richer ones as well. Paulaner is pretty malty, but has it's own tent over there. I drink Spaten Ofest 4 bottles at a time with my 2L Warsteiner mug. :D That's a very light example. I haven't seen Costco carry cases of it in a couple years unfortunately.

Going to put the taps on the new (to me) kegereezer this weekend. Just hadn't gotten around to doing it, but using picnic taps is getting annoying.

Breakfast stout must've hit the shelves recently. Picked up a 4 pack.

I cleared out my Sam Adams Longshots yesterday. The IIPA pretty interesting. I still think it's a fundamentally flawed style, & I almost never reach for one, but it's right up there with everything else I've tried.

The bock was ho-hum, the wit was barely worth noting.

drinking some stone smoked porter with vanilla beans...oh its good...

had some Youngs DCS. Great as always, but I thought all stouts were in the lager family. YDCS says 'ale with chocolate flavoring' on the label. No real chocolate?

A stout-ish lager is called schwarzbier (black lager). Stouts and porters are both ales. I just brewed a kick ass chocolate/coffee stout with real cocoa powder and Dunkin Donuts coffee. I wish I could share it with all you guys.

The "flavoring" in YDCS may be chocolate extract. Either way, it's yummy (in the bottle only IMO).

Yes, it is delicious.

can't think of them at the moment, maybe i should look into my reviews...but i really enjoy Mirror Mirror and for some reason bigfoot always makes my day.

Drinking a Hop Stoopid with a nice tasty cigar. Brian was right, it is a good substitute for Pliny. I had the honor of finally tasting Pliny the Elder today. A couple friends brought back 2 bottles from GABF. I'm going next year. Anyone interested in planning on meeting up there next year?

Yeah. Hop Stoopid is fast becoming a go to IPA for me. Mighty tasty and only $4.85 for a bomber at my favorite shop. Ruination is pushing $7.50 at the same store.

Just picked up a 4-pack of the Founders Harvest Ale last night, but I haven't had a chance to drink one yet. Bought a new place on Wednesday, so I have been crazy busy with all that.

Sox

Did you try Sierra Nevada Torpedo yet? It's surprisingly hoppy. Also cheap at $7 per 6 pack.

Sam Adam's Longshot IIPA is sort of a clone of Pliny right? I've tasted a lot of similarities.

I've heard that. But, I have not had Longshot yet. It's hard to find. Hop Stoopid is not.

I have had the Longshot IIPA also. The are both very sold IPAs, but the flavor was slightly different. The Hop Stoopid has fruitier flavor and the alcohol is a little less noticeable up front. Both are relatively high ABV though.

I prefer the Hop Stopid personally. Never had Pliny so I can not make a direct comparison to either of them though.

Sox

A woman walks into my local bar a few days ago and asks, "Can I have a light beer like a Yeungling?"

Pliny >>>>> Hop Stoopid >>> Pliny clone Longshot IIPA

Porters can be ales or lagers.

I'm back from vacation and drank too much. :woot: I loaded up on Yeungling while in NJ and PA. :cool: The only new beer I had was Otter Creek on draft which I drank at a Phillies game (the night they clinched the NL East). It was a bit too hoppy for me, but not bad. :)

:sadwalk:

I take offense to being called a woman. :mad:

Awesome. Victory Brewing comes to Florida starting next week. Hop Devil and Hop Wallop here I come!

What are some other good ones? I had Wild Hop Devil when I was in Minneapolis. Not my cup of tea. I don't like soured beers.

Their distributor of choice? Great Bay......a Budweiser distributor.

Storm King. The Prima Pils isn't bad either.

Drinking the Founders Harvest Ale tonight. Tasty stuff, I think I had this on tap once last year but I am not sure. Tastes an awful lot like an IPA to me, which is a good thing but the bitterness is toned down a bit. Really nice flavor and aroma though. Supposed to wet hopped, too bad this stuff is so damn pricey.

Sox

Belgian Beer Fest next week in Sox's driveway. :woot:

San Diego Beer week is right around the corner...and Stone will reimburse me $15 to each event i go to :woot:

I am drinking a lone star right now and it is just right...

blue moon is the best!!!

I've lived in TX for almost 3.5 years and I haven't had a Lone Star since my 1st year here.

It is good beer, but I don't know about the best. :P

ftfy :)

back from vegas...

the only new beer i got to try was a new belgium 1551. it was at the microbrew place in nyny. pour 24 was the name i think. we never made it to the yardhouse...next time. decent beer seemed hard to find. i ended up drinking a lot of macro crap with the occasional guinness or s.n. pale.

i hit up troegs today for a fill of dead reckoning and was surprised to see bombers of mad elf already.

my favorite new belgium beer is their la folie...ooooh sooooooooooooooo goood

Copper Kettle Potbelly Porter
 

I don't know much about this relatively new PA brewery but I saw the blue/yellow label that I didn't recognize at a local pub and figured I had to give it a shot. Initial pour showed that it was way overcarbonated maybe just a funky batch but it smelled great. Coffee, chocolate sasafras and bit of a grassy smell. Once It settled down I took a swig. Great initial tasting beer with lots of malt showing through definate coffee and chocolate in there. A good heavy porter., but for some reason it had this funky, hard to describe rough finish that left a nasty taste in your mouth. Kinda like a combination of chalk and old fish, not really pleasant. I'm hoping it was just a messed up batch because the initial smell/taste was awesome. I'll have to give it another go sometime.

Mad elf already? are they even doing stout this year? I know they usually quit doing stout when the mad starts going into production but I haven't even seen the stout this year.

wow...copper kettle! where are you from? copper kettle is from bumfark pa (like 10 miles from where i grew up). i had their celebration wheat last summer...it too was overcarbonated. but not bad for a new brewery. i haven't had any of their offerings this year.

what troegs stout are you talking about? they have javahead stout out right now, but that is based off the scratch series. the fall beer is dead reckoning porter.

I'm in Numidia but I was down that way on Thursday. I'll be selling food at Shade Mountain winery today.

The Troegs I was thinking of was the Oatmeal. They may not have made it in awhile, I just haven't payed attention.
CK seems like it could be a solid brewery if they straighten out some of their issues.

I'm at the bar last night watching that great Twins/Yankees game and noticed that the bar had the Budweiser Golden Wheat beer (never even heard of it before) on draft. I asked the bartender about it. He said he's not a fan of wheat beer, but from what he's heard, he said it tastes like watered down Blue Moon. I passed on it and opted for a tall glass (23 oz) of Shiner. :nod:

:beer:

Go Yankees! :whee:

yeah, I've seen that crap around here. My beer guy claims it sells great. The only way I'll be trying it is if someone passes me a free bottle. Other than that Bud could keep their fake craft brews and should stick to the yellow piss they've been selling for years.

I heard it was priced around the same as Bud American Ale($7-8/6). A .65 cent Bud with a touch of wheat for twice the price?! Fark that.

going to a free stone employee beer event today...free food(pizza, ribs, etc) and free beer. :whee: 3 hours of awesomeness today

i went to a local "brews, brats, and bands" event yesterday. wow...i didn't think the 3 or 4 oz sampling mug would mess me up as much as it did. i got to try a few new ones, the standout for me was the dfh palo santo marron. finally a brown that i want more than one of....but at 12%, i probably shouldn't.

Drinking a Hoppin Frog BORIS the Crusher Oatmeal Imperial Stout. The smell had me thinking I may not like it. But, I can barely taste any alcohol (9.4%) and it's very smooth for an Imperial Stout.

During the few hours I sat at the bar, I didn't see the bartender serve anyone that Bud Golden Wheat. I saw him go for Coors Light, regular Bud, Shiner, etc. tons of times, but never BGW. Hmm. :lol:

I don't know how much the bar was charging, but they had a happy hour where certain beers were 23 oz for the price of 16 oz. The Bud Golden Wheat didn't qualify in the HH special.

Lucky you. :worship:

Hey guys.. I had to stop drinking beer. Wine is pretty good now. Just wanted to stop in and let you all know.



















:lmao: My liquor store has had some pretty shoddy sales lately. Also, they haven't had Pliny for months. I asked if they were seriously hiding it from me and they straight up told me that places like Whole Foods want it so they can't get as many cases as they used to. I haven't had a Pliny in months. :gollum: My ... precious....

I still love beer.

Go to Whole Foods fool. All that beer is going stale, waiting on those Pabst hipsters to buy it.

Yeah, whats up with that. I live near a college town that is known as a drinking school and every bar there has PBR on tap. This was one of the worst beers around when I was growing up and now these silly kids think it is the coolest stuff to drink. I know it's not because it's cheap cuz the bars are charging just as much as the premium brands.

for cheap beer, I like the Pibber. Always have. Better IMHO that Nattys, Beast, Bud Light etc. Macro American rice beers of choice for me are Coors Light and PBR.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/around-...75967.html

it's not just the hipsters...my redneck friends love it too.

High Life ftw. Nuff said.

A friend went on vacation to the Grand Canyon and, of all beers there, had something called Alaskan Ale while there. Anyone heard of it? He said it had deep red color and said it was probably the best beer he's ever had.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/429/1309

never had it.

alaskan sells a bunch of beers in california, had their barleywine last week, very tasty...though my favorite from their offerings is their smoked porter

Alaskan beers are good. Matt is right about the smoked porter though :drool:

I wouldn't turn down a PBR if someone gave me one... or three. :cheers:

Oh and I would love to go to Whole Foods but the closest one is still some miles away and in the busiest farking part of town.

I see, so Alaskan is a decent brew. Do they actually bottle in Alaska and ship out to the mainland?

Speaking of beer (and why wouldn't I in this thread?), I may check out the Flying Saucer Fall Beer Festival [sundancesquare.com] on Sat. if my friends are up for it. The weather shoulurlhasbeenblockedod by then. :nod:

:beer:

DFH Punkin Ale
 

I forgot how much I enjoy this beer. 7% alc. and very drinkable. For me the perfect serving temp is around 55-58. The warmer temp really brings out the flavor in this brew. I know fruit beers aren't everyones favorite but I like my pumpkin this time of year.

I know you're all into these artsy fartsy beers but this beer here is the best beer EVAR
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just 'cause i can get 24 bottles for $15 and it tastes delicious :)

Love this beer as well. Tastes great with red velvet cake for some reason.

Have you tried the Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin?

In past years I have, but not yet this year. I've known Dan Weyerbacher for years and he makes a great product. The Imperial is different from DFH but both are excellent examples of Pumpkin brew. I also like Southern Tier Pumpking but I can't session it like DFH. Post road is OK for a less expensive pumpkin offering. I paid over 50 bux for the case of DFH.

Edit: oh yeah, I almost forgot probably my favorite pumpkin ale is from Selinsgrove brewery. They only have it at the brewpub though. It's served on nitrogen which makes it veeery smoooth!

Some guys I know are going down next weekend for that. If I'm very, very bored that day I might see if I can tag along. I had a couple fruit sours from them during the summer that were tasty.

Got to focus on this weekend though. :D

Friday list [beeradvocate.com]
Saturday list [beeradvocate.com] :woot:

In which beer 9% alc.

stuffed with surprises
 

Last night I was visiting a friend and we stopped at a private club that I hadn't been to in years. He's a member and wanted me to check it out. I've been ther before and it was always known as a Genny, Busch light type bar. We walked in and to my surprise they had this little glass front cooler with all kinds of goodies in it. I had an '08 Stone Russian Imperial Stout that was smooth as silk. I mean this stuff melted in you mouth and the nearly 11% was not even noticeable. Super dark and yummy and ony $3 a bottle. I then had a Breckenridge Vanilla Porter. Good stuff with lots of vanilla flavor., A German Black Lager that I can't remember the name of. I would of had more but the Stone was catching up to me:bounce: They had at least 10 different Stones, some looked vintage. 12oz. bottles were $3-$3.50 and bombers were $7. I wanted to grab a few to go but PA clubs are not alowed to do outside sales :mad: I'll have to bribe the bartender next time.

There is actually a good chance I'll be there next weekend as well. Depends on the weather and whether or not we go camping or up to PA for the brewery.

Rite.

Hmm, I see you have lots of posts here in product reviews over the matter of about 10 minutes. If you want to join the discussion please do so, otherwise sapm in some other thread.

Sox

:):):)

Beer Festival
 

I went to Beer Festival yesterday. It was very well attended. Basically, a $15 fee got you a 4 oz. souvenir glass (like a double shot glass) and up to 10 samplings from among 20 beers. So, you get a total of 40 oz of beer (2.5 pints). That may not seem like much for $15, but trying out the various beers is pretty neat.

I must say that the beers I tried are much heavier, bitter, hoppier than what I'm used to. My fav. were the Hefe, both DFH (esp. Punkin), and I think Allagash or Brooklyn - I don't remember. :O

Normally, I wouldn't feel 2.5 pints of my usual beers, like Shiner, Leinenkugel, Blue Moon, etc. But after 40 oz. of these coupled w/ an empty stomach, I was a bit buzzed. :beer: Dinner and time sobered me up.

Attached is the card I got and indicated which beers I tried (look at the punched holes). I'd do this again next year. :cool:

Nice. I'm going to a free beer sampling tomorrow. It's a 400+ beer sampling put on by JJ Taylor Distribution for their bars, restaurants, and stores that they deliver to. JJ Taylor is the main distributor of micro brews in Florida. The guy I know who owns the tap house I frequent asked me to go with him to help him sample the beers. I had to think about it for about..........zero seconds. Hell yeah I'll go. LOL

My store has Pliny again :sheep:

My store has Pliny again :sheep:

it's been months since they've had it in stock. mmmmm

after i polished off my free growler of Stone IPA, i decided to drink my free bottle of Pliny :D

Cool - have fun. Better yet, the price is right. :whee:

And good luck sampling all 400 beers. :beer:

He only has to sample 200. His buddy is going to do the other 200 :eek:

Divide and conquer strategy ... very smart! :whee2: