Hit the store on the way home to treat myself to friday night
1x6 pack of Bear Racer IPA
1x1 liter Jack's Abby Kiwi Rising
1x6 pack of Bear Racer IPA
1x1 liter Jack's Abby Kiwi Rising
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Haast
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Good post. Though most of the people I've chatted with at the various brewery tours I've done were pretty savvy, or at least were interested in the beer. The people I find the most irritating are the ones that bring their toddlers and let them run wild. But in general, the crowds have really swelled to the point that tours aren't as fun as they used to be.
I've also found the mad rush on every special release tiresome. Though some of them have been pretty excellent, plenty have been pedestrian or bad and cost too much, both in price and effort to get them.
The great thing about the upswing in beer is how many high quality beers there are that are always available. I can go get a six of FSW Union Jack any time, and it's great. If I lived in Minnesota, I could get my favorite IPA at any beer shop (Surly Furious). Unfortunately I live far outside their distribution, so I have to rely on visiting friends for the occasional supply.
This is it, for me. Even though I'm a bit of a beer weirdo according to the current trends (I don't really like IPAs) I can find really good beers very easily now.
I just wish a good sour were easier to find. I tried a FANTASTIC one at Deschutes last summer but they're really hard to find.
Khane
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You guys are right that most of the seasonal rare shit is not as good as people make it out to be, nor worth the trouble. However there are exceptions and those exceptions are what make me keep doing it.
Founder's KBS is a shining example of that (though you don't need to wait in lines for that)
When I did the Portsmouth Brewery Kate Day it was because Portsmouth Brewery does not distribute any of their beer. I won't ever do it again because, while the beer was good it wasn't worth that kind of hassle. However, when you go to a place like that that makes amazing beer and doesn't distribute (or only distributes in a very small radius around the brewery like Alchemist) you get to buy all their other, amazing beer as well. Plus Portsmouth NH is just an awesome little "city".
I want to get out to Odell someday for exactly that reason. From what I have been told by various people who's beer opinions I completely trust that might be the best brewery in the US, and from what I know they don't distribute very far.
Founder's KBS is a shining example of that (though you don't need to wait in lines for that)
When I did the Portsmouth Brewery Kate Day it was because Portsmouth Brewery does not distribute any of their beer. I won't ever do it again because, while the beer was good it wasn't worth that kind of hassle. However, when you go to a place like that that makes amazing beer and doesn't distribute (or only distributes in a very small radius around the brewery like Alchemist) you get to buy all their other, amazing beer as well. Plus Portsmouth NH is just an awesome little "city".
I want to get out to Odell someday for exactly that reason. From what I have been told by various people who's beer opinions I completely trust that might be the best brewery in the US, and from what I know they don't distribute very far.
Khane
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Try to get your hands on Oude Geueze Tilquin. It's expensive but great. For a cheaper but still good Flemish Red look for Ichtegem's grand cru. It's not the best Flemish red out there but it's very good and very cheap for the style (yes, $5.99 per bottle is cheap for sours)
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There is a bit they don't distribute nationally for their beers, but I know most of Odell's lineup hits MN, and we're usually not a top-priority market because of shitty distribution laws and small population.
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And to go back to states with WTF Alcohol laws
Five Questions With... New Belgium Brewing | News OK
Apparently Oklahoma doesn't allow full strength beer(greater than 3.2% abv) to be sold cold? WTF kind of sense does that make. Who wants to buy warm beer all the time? I specifically go out of my way to frequent liquor stores that have HUGE refrigerators so that anything I buy is already cold.
Five Questions With... New Belgium Brewing | News OK
Apparently Oklahoma doesn't allow full strength beer(greater than 3.2% abv) to be sold cold? WTF kind of sense does that make. Who wants to buy warm beer all the time? I specifically go out of my way to frequent liquor stores that have HUGE refrigerators so that anything I buy is already cold.
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Joeboo
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Here is what Boulevard is using to age some of their beers for the next couple years: (posted this on their Facebook page this week)
Buffalo Trace Bourbon is pretty damn good stuff, can't wait to see what their barrels do to Boulevard's BBQ(and whatever else they might make with them)
Buffalo Trace Bourbon is pretty damn good stuff, can't wait to see what their barrels do to Boulevard's BBQ(and whatever else they might make with them)
Love me some Buffalo Trace, although I had to explain to a BARTENDER the other night that bourbon and whiskey aren't "the same thing".
It was a sad day.
It was a sad day.
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hope it doesn't get infected this time.Here is what Boulevard is using to age some of their beers for the next couple years: (posted this on their Facebook page this week)
Buffalo Trace Bourbon is pretty damn good stuff, can't wait to see what their barrels do to Boulevard's BBQ(and whatever else they might make with them)
Royal
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Here here.
I wish some of the breweries that think that to appease the beer gods they have to offer up no less than five different IPA's (I'm not fond of them either) would start turning out some sours. I love 'em but they're a bitch to find with any consistency around here.
Haast
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Duppinbro, you are in the Northwest, right? TheLogsdon Farmhouse Brewerymakes some sours. They had some pretty good stuff when I went to a sampling.
Yeah, I'm in the Northwest. I'll look for stuff from them, thanks!
I went to this place last night and had a good sour that I can't remember the name of now.Brave Horse Tavern | South Lake Union, Seattle | A Tom Douglas Establishment
(It's not on that list, they rotate their tap beers but don't always update the menu online)
I went to this place last night and had a good sour that I can't remember the name of now.Brave Horse Tavern | South Lake Union, Seattle | A Tom Douglas Establishment
(It's not on that list, they rotate their tap beers but don't always update the menu online)
Royal
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The World Market here had Oarsman for a couple of months. I think I single-handedly ran through most of their stock.
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Another year of missing out on Pliny the Younger for me, oh well.
On the positive side, Drake's Hopocalypse was just released as well and I picked up a few of them.Drakes Brewing
I would like to try the black label as well, but I am pretty sure you can only get those from the brewery. I don't currently have any plans on going to San Leandro though, so not sure if I will be able to get them (if they have any available still)
On the positive side, Drake's Hopocalypse was just released as well and I picked up a few of them.Drakes Brewing
I would like to try the black label as well, but I am pretty sure you can only get those from the brewery. I don't currently have any plans on going to San Leandro though, so not sure if I will be able to get them (if they have any available still)