Page 50 - which is 1/2 of what is actually possible on the IBU scale.

3/29/2012 11:23:49 PM

sippin' on that sammy lite

3/29/2012 11:24:53 PM

Avery Brewing Co., The Beast Grand Cru Ale This bear is terrible. I poured it out after forcing myself to drink 3/4 of it.


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3/31/2012 8:56:06 AM

Drinking a Deviant Dale's right now, which is good but not great:


A friend brought me some Nugget Nectar today as well which was a nice surprise.

3/31/2012 10:49:17 PM

I have a bottle of mephistopheles aging, they sell it at a couple stores around here some how. having a liter o' shiner boch from my kegerator currently



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3/31/2012 10:50:20 PM

Domaine Dupage French Style Country Ale by Two Brothers. This shit is amazing.

3/31/2012 11:20:03 PM

Went for something sessionable tonight and Brooklyn Summer Ale fits the bill quite well.

4/1/2012 1:07:51 AM

had a few sierra hoptimiums last night. it was good. 6/10

4/1/2012 10:57:33 AM

I'm a bit baffled by some of these that y'all don't like, but good to hear your perspectives.

Mephistopheles Stout - Amazing beer, excellent for aging.

Just picked up some Mikkeler Beer Geek Breakfast & Beer Geek Brunch Weasel Cognac:

4/2/2012 12:08:36 PM

4/2/2012 3:49:29 PM

got my ticket to the world beer festival in Raleigh

never been before, pretty pumped.

4/2/2012 5:35:49 PM

This is damn good.

4/2/2012 10:27:36 PM

I have a buddy going to St. Paul today for work.

Was going to see if he would bring me back some Surly. Prospero, are you familiar with them or what I should try to get brought back home?

4/3/2012 8:33:50 AM

nevermind, no checked luggage so no way to bring beer back. oh well

4/3/2012 8:58:39 AM

Surly, heck yea, Abrasive & Furious, Bender/Coffee Bender if they got it.

Bummer he can't bring any back, but never fear it's really easy to trade for and/or buy online.

http://www.france44.com/browse.cfm/surly-furious-cans/4,488.html

Next time he goes to MSP and checks bags, have him bring back some Town Hall, wicked good brewery as well

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4/3/2012 11:29:43 AM

Words can't describe my anger...

Quote :

"James Bond ditches vodka martinis for Heineken As 007 swaps his usual tipple for lager in the forthcoming 'Skyfall', Geoffrey Macnab looks at what switching to beer means for the secret agent"

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/james-bond-ditches-vodka-martinis-for-heineken-7615415.html

4/4/2012 2:32:44 PM

Quote :

"Prepare for all the puns about irritated James Bond enthusiasts being shaken and stirred."

lol. figures, actually I'm surprised it's not Stella.

4/4/2012 6:02:57 PM

Just landed a Red Poppy and White Oak. $37 on two beers, yikes.



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4/4/2012 9:11:25 PM

That palate wrecker lives up to it's name, though it's not a particularly pleasant experience imo.

4/4/2012 9:31:14 PM

This was a good beer.
It tastes just like banana bread but not overpowering.

4/4/2012 10:59:23 PM

That's funny I did a tasting last year for my birthday and it didn't do that great with my 12 friends, they rated it lowest..... right next to Pliny the Elder and Espresso Yeti, so take it with a grain of salt, lol.

http://www.thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=572440&page=33#14670667

4/4/2012 11:34:16 PM

It didnt do too bad, 4th.

anyway, I like what I like and I'm always looking for different beers to try.
If I went by ratings there are a lot of great beers, IMO, that I would have missed out on.

4/4/2012 11:44:56 PM

4th was just the order of the tasting, the rankings are below the picture.

I'm not saying not to try it. I bought it to try it as well don't forget that. I was just recalling my tasting of it that's all.

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4/5/2012 12:06:07 AM

I enjoyed some DFH Aprihop last night. As well as a growler of this:

4/5/2012 7:01:53 AM

^^ well, those other beers are pretty hard to compete with.

I still like the Well BBB.

4/5/2012 8:13:30 AM

my experience with Palate Wrecker becomes less and less pleasant with each pint. The first one I thought was great, each one after has tasted...off.



almost forgot about this...I picked up 4 bottles at the brewery release a couple weeks back. NoDa's first ever LE bottle release

4/5/2012 8:25:28 AM

Bev Purdue in Asheville today for "major economic announcement". AKA, New Belgium to announce east coast operations in Asheville. huge.

4/5/2012 10:16:19 AM

most of the things i've had from green flash were weird

le freak was fun though

4/5/2012 10:32:11 AM

Yep, New Belgium AND Sierra Nevada coming to NC. Good times.

4/5/2012 11:17:59 AM

how was this?

4/6/2012 11:55:52 AM

Such good news! Fat Tire's a great gateway beer and Abbey, La Folie, and Le Terroir are such great beers. I'm a big fan of Belgo IPA and how can anyone forget 1554, such a classic. Not to mention New Belgium just has an awesome beer philosophy, sustainable, grassroots, cycling, etc.

4/6/2012 12:00:44 PM

the new brewery will be only the second certified LEED brewery in the southest (both in NC, Mother Earth) which is awesome.

I for one welcome our new craft beer overlords

4/6/2012 12:08:40 PM

Hells yeah, move over Colorado

4/6/2012 12:39:44 PM

Uh, Colorado is where New Belgium is from

But I like NC's future, by FAR the best beer state in the Southeast.

4/6/2012 3:13:51 PM

I had a hoptimum on draft at Bottle Revolution yesterday, and picked up a bottle of Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti. Mmmmm.

4/6/2012 3:58:53 PM

Quote :

" "

Yes! This is a fantastic beer.

4/6/2012 4:08:14 PM

Quote :

"and picked up a bottle of Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti. Mmmmm."

Yumm

4/6/2012 4:16:29 PM

Had the Bruery White Oak, pretty amazing wheat wine. Nice wheat body to it but had a crisp fruit finish with a tad of oak which made it much more complex than a normal wheat wine. Definitely one of their best. No real hints of bourbon but kind of expected that since it's blended and it's a wheat wine, you just need a little. To me it was a good balance.

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4/9/2012 11:53:00 AM

Last night got together with some fellas and played Settlers of Catan and did a beer tasting, pretty decent line-up, we also had a 1/2 gallon growler of Great Divide's Denver Pale Ale (not pictured) we had multiple of hoptimum, deviant and two hearted. I also had some Espresso Yeti and a rare Breckenridge barrel-aged ESB but we didn't get that far.

Birthday Beer Tasting #1


I'd say Cold Mountain was the most unique, pretty sweet, but clean and refreshing for a winter ale. Deviant Dale's was by far the best IPA, then Two-Hearted. Hoptimum was really bitter and not that well balanced IMHO, but I think that's characteristic of a NWPA which is what I'd classify it as. (I know it's an IIPA, but still dominated by pine). Beer Geek Breakfast was the best stout by a land slide. I liked Dragon's Milk but was a bit too sweet to be mixed with barrel-aging but good in it's own right. It was a little tricky tasting all of these beers because they are so random, but I'm keeping my awesome beers for Round #2 on April 20th

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4/11/2012 11:18:55 AM

this'll be the last time I mention my place of employment, as Wine N Things is closing at the end of the month. All of our beer is 20% off. Nothing too hard to get, but we've got some Palate Wrecker, Oberon, Mother Earth, and probably 35 or so other brews on hand.

4/11/2012 11:34:33 AM

^damn, that sucks

4/11/2012 11:37:13 AM

Beer Geek Breakfast is sooo delicious.

4/11/2012 11:47:46 AM

man, that's a bummer.

4/11/2012 11:47:58 AM

After several years of wanting to try DogFish's 120 minute, I finally had the opportunity. One of the engineers at work went to Roanoke, VA this past weekend and picked up 2 bottles - that's all they would sell him...

I hate IPAs, but this doesn't even taste like it's in the same category. It's fantastic! NEED MOAR!

4/13/2012 9:50:41 PM

I agree. I bought 12. I'll drink some, share some and age the others.

4/14/2012 12:55:42 AM

I went to Fullsteam today and had a Hogwash and a One Hop Rye

then right after I had an Oro de Calabraza from Jolly Pumpkin at a special tasting event at Tasty Beverage

came home and shared a bottle of Escape Artist from Asheville Brewing
and a bottle of Hop Stoopid from Lagunitas

going to the beer festival tomorrow

4/14/2012 1:19:30 AM

Opened my last Lagunitas Holiday Sucks and my last Uintas Hop Notch IPA, both excellent. Hop Notch was pretty bitter though.

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4/15/2012 6:33:23 PM

Heading down to Charleston this Thursday for a long weekend. Plan to stock up on some Coast and Westbrook local offerings.

4/16/2012 10:54:25 AM

^ Don't forget Holy City. It's the most recent brewery...and they've put out some great stouts and porters this year. Just tried a Smoked Marzen they released that was pretty good as well. Head down to the Charleston Beer Exchange on Exchange street and you can get a lot of their offerings in three different sized growlers.

4/16/2012 11:00:09 AM

yeah, CBX is always a definite stop. Do you make it across the bridge to MP much? Apparently there is a new bottle shop called Bottles. I ask because my girlfriend's place is in MP near the IOP connector.

4/16/2012 11:03:51 AM