The Beer Thread
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monnoh
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Tre Fontane is now the 11th Trappist brewery:Italys Tre Fontane Approved As Newest Trappist Brewery - Brookston Beer Bulletin
They're only producing 2000 hectoliters yearly, just enough to stock their monastery shop and a couple of bars in Rome, which makes getting a case or even a bottle a pain in the ass (still trying to get my hands on some Gregorius from the Engelszell brewery and they have roughly the same capacity).
They're only producing 2000 hectoliters yearly, just enough to stock their monastery shop and a couple of bars in Rome, which makes getting a case or even a bottle a pain in the ass (still trying to get my hands on some Gregorius from the Engelszell brewery and they have roughly the same capacity).
Ameraves
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I have been drinking a ton of Knee Deep Brewing lately. I absolutely love pretty much all of their IPA's, and especially the Simtra. I heard a rumor that they are actually going to stop brewing it, which would totally suck.
On another note, and most of you won't care about this since it isn't anywhere near you, but this taproom by my house is awesome.http://www.thehopgrenade.com/beer/
I have been going there a ton lately, and it is just fantastic. They have wifi so there are even times when I am working from home that I will take my laptop over there and work. It is actually quieter than Starbucks, and well often times I would prefer a beer over a coffee! The variety is great, so anyone that likes beer can go there and find several things to choose from. The recently got a Russian River account, so they get a keg of Pliny the Elder every week. That shit only lasts a few hours once they tap it though. Oh, and they are constantly rotating the beer, so you can go there twice during the week and have completely different selections both times.
On another note, and most of you won't care about this since it isn't anywhere near you, but this taproom by my house is awesome.http://www.thehopgrenade.com/beer/
I have been going there a ton lately, and it is just fantastic. They have wifi so there are even times when I am working from home that I will take my laptop over there and work. It is actually quieter than Starbucks, and well often times I would prefer a beer over a coffee! The variety is great, so anyone that likes beer can go there and find several things to choose from. The recently got a Russian River account, so they get a keg of Pliny the Elder every week. That shit only lasts a few hours once they tap it though. Oh, and they are constantly rotating the beer, so you can go there twice during the week and have completely different selections both times.
Ameraves
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Let me know when you are around and I can meet you over there, if you want. It is literally 5 minutes from my house.
opiate82
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I'm guessing that beer is made with a combo of Citra and Simcoe hops based off the name, two extremely popular and hard to get hops. If they don't have hop contracts for those they might have issues securing a supply, hence the discontinuation rumor. Even with a contract some breweries are getting shorted on some of the hard-to-get varieties.
Ameraves
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You would be correct about the hops used. You're so smart!
Simtra | Knee Deep Brewing Company | Auburn, CA | BeerAdvocate
Simtra | Knee Deep Brewing Company | Auburn, CA | BeerAdvocate
opiate82
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Ha ha, thanks, but it didn't take a whole lot of deductive reasoning to figure that out. It's more that I'mtappedinto the brew scene so I hear about these issues.
It takes the hop farmers 3+ years to establish a crop so usually with these new(ish) varieties there is some lag time between industry acceptance and the hop growers catching up to the demand. Citra and Simcoe have been around a while but EVERYBODY uses them in their IPA's now. Especially Citra, Zombie Dust is I think 100% Citra and there are a ton of breweries copying that beer. Some newer crops like Amarillo and Mosaic are also getting hit pretty hard at the moment, doesn't help that they are proprietary to specific farms so that also lessens the supply.
Khane
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I had a layover in the Denver airport yesterday and normally don't like to drink while I fly because I hate having to get up and go to the bathroom on the plane but they had Odell and I couldn't resist. That is one of the best IPAs I've ever had.
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opiate82
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My post or the beer?
Stone has been retiring some of their recipes that they consider "outdated." In some cases they just aren't making those styles/beers anymore and in others they are reworking the recipes to incorporate new techniques and/or ingredients that weren't around back when the beers were first released.
In the case of Ruination 2.0 it is still heavily focused around the Centennial hop like the original (as opposed to something like Enjoy By that doesn't have a focus hop and instead has like 10 different varieties in it), but they have also added Citra and Simcoe, which I don't even think were around when the original Ruination hit the market, as well as the just released Azacca hop to the mix . They also are utilizing new hopping techniques they've developed over the years.
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Not sure if you've seen this one yet, joeboo, but there's another tapcade just up the street from Up/Down as well.
The guy who runs Screenland - Armor opened it up. Tapcade and theatre in one!
TAPCADE at CROSSROADS | Screenland
The guy who runs Screenland - Armor opened it up. Tapcade and theatre in one!
TAPCADE at CROSSROADS | Screenland
Itlan
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The beer. I saw it in the store and thought it was just a new label. I'll have to check it out.
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I guess he's got some botched order that can't be resold so we told him to bring in as many cases as he wants to get rid of. Going to be stocked on IPAs this summer, I guess.
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I'm a fan of Tricerahops and Ninkasi in general. Although with their regular IPA I always say that Total Domination tonight = totally dominated tomorrow. They tend to leave behind a few more unfermentable sugars in their beers than your typical IPA, which I'm sure is the reason I get hangovers when I drink them, not the alcohol at all, nope.
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20% off all beer at Whole Foods today. All IPA's from the Hoptimum left, ports and stouts on the right. Can't remember the list of everything we got, but man am I thirsty!
The one in the front, the Blue Frog DIPA, I am pretty sure is going to suck. It is owned by the folks that own Fuddruckers and I bought a couple beers while there the other day. The first was a Triple IPA which sucked, so my hopes for the Double are pretty low.
The one in the front, the Blue Frog DIPA, I am pretty sure is going to suck. It is owned by the folks that own Fuddruckers and I bought a couple beers while there the other day. The first was a Triple IPA which sucked, so my hopes for the Double are pretty low.
