want to give him dooble middle fingers next time i see him.

7/16/2012 3:30:23 PM

Next time you see him you should come up with something equally as absurd and convince him that's how it's said (or done).

The best are people trying to pronounce "Cantillon"

[Edited on July 16, 2012 at 6:23 PM. Reason : .]

7/16/2012 6:21:45 PM

just went to the Triangle Wine Company in Morrisville for the 1st time today. Holy shit they have a great selection. Over 1,000 beers!

7/16/2012 6:22:58 PM

Quote :

"yall get LA?"

I live in California, so you can't swing a cat without finding somewhere to buy Lost Abbey. I'll probably tour the brewery the next time I take a weekend trip to San Diego, cuz yum. I'm also close enough to tour Bruery; I just want to make sure they've got Chocolate Rain or Black Tuesday in the tasting room before I go.

7/17/2012 11:42:02 PM

well i up and done it now....


ordered a box from Cascade Brewing


Sang Noir
The Vine
Apricot Sour

7/18/2012 9:03:18 AM

niiiceeee

let me know how the vine is.

i stumbled upon this site, some really nice pics from various breweries across the world.

the cantillon and westy ones were really interesting

http://www.brewbokeh.com/index.html

[Edited on July 18, 2012 at 1:16 PM. Reason : post the link, derp]

7/18/2012 1:15:56 PM

^^you won't regret it, The Vine & Sang Noir are truly awesome, Cascade is probably in the top 3 sour makers in the country.

7/18/2012 2:47:07 PM

yeah, i figured why not. i love sours and they are getting more and more popular and Cascade has nothing but good word said about them.

the shipping bumped the bottles to around $22 each which is steep at first glance, but in the grand scheme not really. I'd rather pay that and know it's coming than hope i get one more bottle at a store for $25.


pshoes, prospero, are either of you on Untappd?


^^and my only problem with that website is that there are not more pictures! so cool

7/18/2012 2:53:18 PM

not until about 3 minutes ago

i dont have a smart phone anymore after the great "storm king incident of 2012", and wont for a few more months, so most of what i'd be doing on it is moot at this point.

might be interesting.

my butthead friends wont get off of it when we're doing bottle shares or at bars.

7/18/2012 3:23:43 PM

haha that's how we are. you can literally feel the wireless and 3G network slow down. and 5 minutes after a new bottle is cracked the room goes silent as people pull their phones out.


so nerdy, but i don't care i just lih

7/18/2012 3:37:14 PM

im not sure how much value i'd have for it honestly.

7/18/2012 4:00:49 PM

i guess i just use it for a ticker of sorts. I'm pretty good about knowing if I have had a beer before, but some run together. then it's somewhat helpful when choosing a beer because you can get some quick thoughts on it without having to load BA and read long winded diatribes.

i don't post reviews or keep beer journals or anything

7/18/2012 4:03:43 PM

Yea, you'll never guess my name.

http://untappd.com/user/prospero



I use it mostly to track which beers I've had as well as to track people nearby to see what's good on tap, I particularly follow our local newspaper's beer columnist as he gets the inside track to new beer releases and new taps around town.

[Edited on July 18, 2012 at 5:48 PM. Reason : .]

7/18/2012 5:42:01 PM

Having one of these delicious brown ales tonight:

7/18/2012 8:06:24 PM

Nøgne is good stuff!

7/18/2012 11:35:35 PM

Founders/Green Flash collaboration Linch Pin White IPA was really good.

7/20/2012 8:41:57 AM

my maple oatmeal stout...

YUMMMMM!

7/20/2012 8:43:47 AM

my maple oatmeal stout...

YUMMMMM!

7/20/2012 8:43:47 AM

CLEAR GLASS CLEAR GLASS SOUND THE ALARMS


looks good man.


picking up two growlers of hill farmstead (everett and double citra) and a 4 pack of heady topper today. my mule has arrived. they were filled at the event saturday though, so im hoping it's still ok. probably will be. at $10/growler with new HF glass, i'm ok with taking the risk. the HF growlers are basically black too, with tight swingtops that have been taped.

thinking about sneaking a HT into the dark knight rises tonight. lol.

[Edited on July 20, 2012 at 9:48 AM. Reason : e]

7/20/2012 9:47:46 AM

yeah i think your growlers will be just fine. definitely sneak in some HT into the theater.

also, do the can vs. glass test with HT. apparently can really is the way to go.

7/20/2012 9:53:41 AM

but it feels so wrong

7/20/2012 9:54:46 AM

My manager recently went to DE and brought back 2 bottles of DFH 120min IPA for me

7/20/2012 10:12:18 AM

It's always funny to hear cans opening in a quiet theater.

Especially when about 8 cans are opened right after one another

7/20/2012 10:14:58 AM

^^Glad they didn't dump this batch out like they've done in the past
http://www.dogfish.com/community/blogfish/members/sam/dont-cry-over-spilt-120.htm

7/20/2012 2:48:05 PM

120-minute used to be brewed once/year in a larger batch, since 6/2011 they've committed to smaller more frequent batches of 120-minutes and it's been consistently on the shelves here in CO since then.

http://www.dogfish.com/community/blogfish/members/mariah/share-and-share-alike.htm

[Edited on July 20, 2012 at 5:08 PM. Reason : .]

7/20/2012 4:58:00 PM

The guy working the register at the beer store had his personal 4 pack of Heady Topper on display to make all the customers envious...bastard.

7/20/2012 6:32:43 PM

Quote :

" Ben J is drinking an Everett by Hill Farmstead Brewery Ben J is drinking a ModusHead by Ska Brewing Ben J is drinking a Curmudgeon Old Ale by Founders Brewing Company Ben J is drinking an Imperial Stout by Founders Brewing Company Ben J is drinking a HopDevil by Victory Brewing Company Ben J is drinking a 110K+OT Batch #5 by Cigar City Brewing Ben J is drinking an Outback X by Bend Brewing Co. Ben J is drinking a Cucumber Saison by Cigar City Brewing Ben J is drinking a Beer Geek Rodeo by Jester King Craft Brewery Ben J is drinking a Beer Geek Rodeo Weasel by Jester King Craft Brewery Ben J is drinking a Rosé de Gambrinus by Brasserie Cantillon Ben J is drinking a Stone 11.11.11 Vertical Epic Ale by Stone Brewing Co. Ben J is drinking a Dreadnaught by Three Floyds Brewing Company Ben J is drinking a Wisconsin Belgian Red by New Glarus Brewing Company Ben J is drinking a Breakfast Stout by Founders Brewing Company Ben J is drinking a Birth of Tragedy by Hill Farmstead Brewery Ben J is drinking a Pliny the Elder by Russian River Brewing Company Ben J is drinking a Barrel-Aged B.O.R.I.S. Imperial Stout by Hoppin Frog Brewery Ben J is drinking a Pearl Jam Twenty Faithfull Ale by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Ben J is drinking a Zomer Hop by Brouwerij De Molen"

from bottle share today... picked up the HF growlers and a heady 4 pack too. pliny from a growler filled wednesday at rr.

[Edited on July 21, 2012 at 9:08 PM. Reason : e]

[Edited on July 21, 2012 at 9:15 PM. Reason : reverse the order]

7/21/2012 9:07:45 PM

cucumber saison?

how did you get roped into that bullshit?

7/21/2012 10:05:41 PM

i want some beer

7/21/2012 10:15:18 PM

its 10:30 am and i want a beer too

7/22/2012 10:31:39 AM

I'm a stout guy, and this is one the better stouts I've had in a while:



Not too smokey, not too much vanilla...just fucking solid all around. My local shop just got twelve of these in...I wish I had grabbed more than one.

7/22/2012 9:06:54 PM

hill farmstead society and solitude #4 is outstanding.

sad i've finished my growler already.

the wife loved it too much

7/22/2012 10:12:15 PM

WHY THE FUCK ARE PUMPKIN BEERS SHOWING UP ON THE SHELVES?!

LAST YEAR IT WAS LATE AUGUST AND THAT WAS ALREADY TOO EARLY.

7/23/2012 8:42:55 AM

A friend of mine had a 'bomber party' over the weekend with some non-beer-geeks, was interesting.

- Alpine Pure Hopiness
- Dogfish Head Festina Peche
- Cantillon Kriek 100% Lambic
- Firestone Walker Sucaba '12
- Unibroue Grande Réserve 17
- Unibroue Trois Pistoles
- Breckenridge Stranahan's Well Built ESB
- Avery Maharaja
- Dogfish Head Festina Peche
- Midnight Sun Panty Peeler Tripel

I took the Alpine, Cantillon & Sucaba, probably my favorite of the grouping along with the Well Built ESB, but I already knew I was going to like it as it's the same recipe that was in the Breckenridge Twenty.

[Edited on July 23, 2012 at 12:38 PM. Reason : /]

7/23/2012 12:32:46 PM

I'm interested in that Breck ESB, wonder if i'll see it in VA?

7/23/2012 2:16:04 PM

Not likely, you can see here:
http://www.breckbrew.com/beer-locator

7/23/2012 3:35:19 PM

one of my best friends is going to Belgium for his honeymoon this fall. He's not a beer geek, but loves great beer and helps me homebrew. I've been trying to express the importance of drinking as much as possible while there.

7/23/2012 3:50:16 PM

i'm going next year for my 10-year anniversary with my wife.

i'll probably follow something of this nature:
http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/travel/16beer-journeys.html?pagewanted=all

On my hit list:

Brasserie Cantillon
De Struise
Westvleteren
St. Bernardus (Brouwershuis)
Brouwerij Drie Fonteinen
Brouwerij De Dolle
Bier Circus
Delirium Café
't Brugs Beertje
Moeder Lambic

Fantome & Rochefort if we have time.

[Edited on July 23, 2012 at 5:22 PM. Reason : .]

7/23/2012 5:02:48 PM

I liked this one alot.

7/23/2012 5:06:34 PM

anyone have experience with Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg, VA?

7/23/2012 6:20:36 PM

Quote :

"one of my best friends is going to Belgium for his honeymoon this fall. He's not a beer geek, but loves great beer and helps me homebrew. I've been trying to express the importance of drinking as much as possible while there."

My wife and I are moving to Belgium for a year in september and I cannot stress how excited I am about all the beer that I will be drinking while there.

7/23/2012 6:59:26 PM

that's awesome. what type of work is taking you there?

7/23/2012 7:12:24 PM

yep clear glass.... but its kept in the dark.

7/23/2012 7:17:28 PM

Quote :

"anyone have experience with Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg, VA?"

I've been there once - it's been a couple years, but they had a genuinely impressive selection.

7/23/2012 7:22:19 PM

just found out two more people are riding with us to WV. I can drag my gf an hour out of the way for beer, but I don't think it'll fly with a full car

7/23/2012 7:23:45 PM

my wife is going to grad school and I don't currently have a job. More beer drinking for me!

7/23/2012 7:46:46 PM

http://i.imgur.com/UvyGm.jpg
running out of heady topper . made some pork meatball bahn mi.


http://i.imgur.com/aYwv1.jpg

the last of the hf everett... growler held up well, for being ~8 days old.


i think im going to have to go into a "drink your own damn beer" mode here for a while. got like 20 gal of homebrew to get into, and ~45 bottle "cellar" that i should probably make a dent on.

going to a beer advocate group tasting, and being pretty much the only person there not a bearded fat guy is kinda an omen.

[Edited on July 25, 2012 at 9:05 AM. Reason : holy huge pictures, cahnged to links]

7/25/2012 9:03:01 AM

Whos in DC and going to Drink the District???

7/25/2012 9:08:58 AM

^^didn't you know facial hair is a must for beer advocates?

I'm the same way, I have 3 batches of homebrew I'm sitting on and 140-bottle cellar I should make a dent on

Problem is more beer comes in this week. Picked up Avery Oud Floris and had it last night, absolutely GOLD "Avery Brewing Company Oud Floris Barrel-Aged Sour Brown Ale (6% ale aged in cabernet sauvignon barrels, 17% ale aged in bourbon barrels, 8% ale aged in rum barrels, and 8 % ale aged in chardonnay barrels)"

Oh yea, also picked up a '02 & '06 of JW Lees Harvest Ale English Barleywine, so adding 2 more years to the '07-'09 mini-vertical I already had....

....as well as the Crabtree Menage a Trois (60 case batch) "their Braggot was actually a blending of three different beers. The first was their Boxcar Brown ale aged with homegrown plums in Merlot barrels. The second was an Oatmeal Stout aged in whiskey barrels. And the third started out as a Northern Colorado Wildflower honey mead (18% ABV) mixed with a dash of malt to create a braggot and blended with Boxcar Brown and aged further in Merlot barrels. Crabtree added that he had hand picked the plums from his own trees in Greeley, Colorado."

Firestone Walker Double DBA & Avery The Beast coming out this week or next as well.

And I signed up to volunteer at GABF again this year! w00t!

[Edited on July 25, 2012 at 10:14 AM. Reason : ,]

7/25/2012 10:10:06 AM

i too, am concerned about the neckbearded BA's that could potentially reflect my future.

7/25/2012 11:13:07 AM