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"i have no desire to host this again."

i'd have no desire to participate in that again i prefer to keep down my beer.

8/20/2012 6:19:39 PM

Drank a lot of different beers this summer. Motivated by this thread partially.

8/20/2012 7:42:53 PM

Sam's has Bruery Tart of Darkness if anyone is in the neighborhood

8/21/2012 8:56:30 AM

^That place kicks ass. I spend entirely too much money every time I go there.
That said, I'll probably be stopping by one day this week.

8/21/2012 9:10:27 AM

a local brewery to me, southern star, has a "pro-am" series with a homebrew competition each year, and then puts out the winner's brew as a seasonal. This year's winner was a DIPA that's actually really good.

at a $8/4 pack. it's pretty damn fine. great amber color, nice piney nose, resinous feel, great malts to back up huge bitterness. at 10% it's wayyyyy too drinkable.

a friend found a shitload of 3F oude gueze in new orleans and is bringing me some of that and some pretty things jack d'or back.

will be good to contrast the jack d'or to the shittastic homebrewed saison i just got carbed up. could be a swing-and-a-miss.

going to tennessee and kentucky this week to see family. wonder if i'll find anything interesting.

8/21/2012 10:02:36 AM

oh yeah, forgot to post.

Foothills is aiming towards Sept 8th for their BASC release. going to try and get up there and snag some bottles. hopefully my gf will come mule some for me.

8/21/2012 10:07:40 AM

I picked up a Sam Adams summer sampler since it's about to go out of season. I forgot how terrible noble pils is

8/21/2012 10:17:08 AM

^^any way I could work out a trade for a bottle?

^you're kidding right? Noble pils is great when it's fresh, probably one of Sam Adams better beers and one of the best Czech pilsners... maybe it's the style you don't like? (or maybe it's old beer, or you're being sarcastic?)

[Edited on August 21, 2012 at 11:55 AM. Reason : .]

8/21/2012 11:50:38 AM

if i can get enough, definitely

8/21/2012 11:54:54 AM

of course, just let me know if you have an extra bottle and i'll send you my list.

[Edited on August 21, 2012 at 11:57 AM. Reason : .]

8/21/2012 11:56:48 AM

yesterday's BIF haul.

me like.

[Edited on August 22, 2012 at 8:23 AM. Reason : e]

8/22/2012 8:22:45 AM

that is a good looking haul. Did it meet the 100oz + 6 pack minimum?

8/22/2012 8:23:30 AM

well it was a 6 beer, 100oz min, not a 100oz+6 pack, so technically, yes.

drank the sculpin last night. i'm happy ballast point is coming to TX later this year. hope we see victory at sea this year.

[Edited on August 22, 2012 at 8:25 AM. Reason : consecration batch 4]

8/22/2012 8:25:04 AM

Victory at Sea is delicious.

8/22/2012 8:27:22 AM

i'm sure TJ's brews are looked down on by a fair number of folks, but i freaking LOVE their plznr



their hofbrau bock, too



BA gives the plznr an average rating and the hofbrau a "good"...but at $1/bottle, it's great

[Edited on August 22, 2012 at 8:32 AM. Reason : images]

8/22/2012 8:32:08 AM

nr,plz

8/22/2012 8:33:54 AM

Jeepin4x4 - if you want any of that Imperial Stout by Founders, I have a couple bottles left. I wasn't a huge fan, but am weird when it comes to Stouts.

8/22/2012 9:56:44 AM

that stuff is probably my favorite non-BA stout.

what is wrong with you

8/22/2012 10:10:35 AM

I shy away from ones that have stronger coffee flavors, just a personal preference

8/22/2012 10:29:53 AM

RIS = coffee flavors, I think you need to look at AIS (American Imperial Stouts) instead. If a RIS doesn't have coffee flavors in it, it's not a RIS

@pilgrimshoes if you ever want more Firestone Walker, Goose Island, or Russian River let me know.

Just traded 2 Parabolas for 2 Westy 12's

[Edited on August 22, 2012 at 11:12 AM. Reason : .]

8/22/2012 11:10:53 AM

man i want Goose Island, Firestone Walker, and RR

8/22/2012 1:09:33 PM

always open to a trade. i don't have any Parabola or Sucaba to trade as I'm down to one of each, but Double DBA and any FW regulars like Double Jack & Wookey Jack I still can offer and almost anything RR Supplication, Consecration, Temptation, Salvation, Redemption & Damnation.

[Edited on August 22, 2012 at 6:49 PM. Reason : ,]

8/22/2012 6:45:19 PM

Quote :

"Transparency advocates want White House beer recipe A group of home-brewing enthusiasts and transparency advocates want the government to hand over the recipe for the home brewed beers created at the White House. As reported by Government Executive, a Reddit user has submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) for the recipe, arguing that "disclosure of the requested information is in the public interest because it is likely to contribute significantly to public understanding of the operations of activities of the government." The FOIA request added: "If you could send me a copy autographed by the president, you'd be the coolest FOIA officer in the whole federal government." Another group of internet users has created a 'We the People" petition, requesting the recipe. That petition needs more than 24,000 more signatures to generate a response. News of the White House home brews leaked, so to speak, when it was served at two White House parties last year. More recently, Obama brought a number of White House ales on trail to hand out to voters as gifts."

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/08/transparency-advocates-want-white-house-beer-recipe-132683.html

8/22/2012 6:53:41 PM

Let's talk about pumpkin beers! What's everyone drinking? So far I've had...weyerbacher imperial, new holland ichabod, and southern tier pumpking. All have been tasty.

8/22/2012 7:22:43 PM

I picked up a bottle of the new Cottonwood Pumpkin ale today, will report back with results.

8/22/2012 7:49:04 PM

New Cottonwood? Different than their normal?

8/22/2012 8:02:01 PM

i still have a case of cottonwood from last fall that i've been saving

8/22/2012 8:11:44 PM

It's being brewed by Foothills now instead of Carolina Beer & Beverage. I can only imagine that improving the beer but you never know.

8/22/2012 8:12:51 PM

was that not the case last fall (brewed by Foothills?) I may be wrong. I haven't seen Cottonwood down here yet, but it's always a yearly purchase.


I haven't picked up any pumpkin beers but i've started to pick up a few traditional oktoberfest/marzens. Have a six pack of Victory Festbier waiting on me at home.

8/23/2012 12:19:03 PM

I was going to post about touring the New South Brewery in Myrtle Beach, SC about a week ago. I've never had anything from New South, but I was stuck in Myrtle Beach and why the fuck not.



A couple of really great guys, some really fantastic beer, and a nice little brewery (that they can't self-distribute for cash at... because South Carolina). I was really disappointed to hear that they stopped distribution in North Carolina because they're trying to widen their native South Carolina routes, but I don't blame them. We talked for a long time about the differences between North Carolina and South Carolina in terms of laws, and how North Carolina is really ahead of the game because of less restrictions (and thus drawing a lot more business, especially now with Sierra Nevada and New Belgium coming in).

Anyway, if you're in South Carolina I'd definitely hit them up.

8/23/2012 1:51:54 PM

yay beer

[Edited on August 23, 2012 at 2:19 PM. Reason : a]

8/23/2012 2:19:23 PM

Quote :

"was that not the case last fall (brewed by Foothills?) I may be wrong. I haven't seen Cottonwood down here yet, but it's always a yearly purchase. "

Pretty sure it was still brewed by CB&B last year, the new Foothills version of Cottonwood Endo IPA just showed up a couple months ago.

8/23/2012 3:38:34 PM

Oskar Blues on tap at Napper Tandy's =

8/23/2012 4:19:06 PM

My Deschutes Black Butte XXIV has a Best AFTER date of 7/21/13

8/23/2012 5:17:38 PM

ooo good score there.

8/23/2012 5:31:52 PM

Anything I should be looking for while in Charleston SC this weekend?

8/23/2012 6:36:44 PM

Anything by Westbrook.

You can track down Coast too

8/23/2012 7:20:02 PM

for those in Charlotte:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=469449896413083&set=a.164937633530979.34907.150781301613279&type=1

Cottonwood Pumpkin

8/23/2012 9:06:36 PM

A co-worker of mine (and avid homebrewer) has set up a bottle auction fundraiser at Triangle Wine Company this Saturday, to benefit a member of their club who was severely injured in an accident earlier this year and is facing a long road to recovery and astronomical medical bills. Thought some of y'all might want to check it out:

8/24/2012 12:25:56 AM

what can anyone tell me about hoppin' frog (specifically the black and/or rye ipas)? hoppy and west coast-ish? it was recommended to me at olbutikken in copenhagen but i think i'm gonna bring a speedway back to vienna instead (plus several port ipas and a few green flash)

8/24/2012 6:43:17 AM

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"Anything I should be looking for while in Charleston SC this weekend?"

Holy City as well...if you like a good porter. For some reason their porter has been on tap all summer at the bars down here.

8/24/2012 6:56:09 AM

My moms picked up some Schlafly Pumpkin Ale for me

8/24/2012 7:56:20 PM

lucky

8/24/2012 8:12:00 PM

Drinking one of these right now:



Not mindblowing or anything, but it's a pretty strong IPA.

8/24/2012 8:13:39 PM

Quote :

"Holy City as well...if you like a good porter. For some reason their porter has been on tap all summer at the bars down here. "

going to second that. Holy City Porter is delicious. I've had some decent Westbrook stuff. Palmetto Amber is everywhere down here, and I really don't care for it.

8/24/2012 8:16:43 PM

Quote :

"what can anyone tell me about hoppin' frog (specifically the black and/or rye ipas)? hoppy and west coast-ish? it was recommended to me at olbutikken in copenhagen but i think i'm gonna bring a speedway back to vienna instead (plus several port ipas and a few green flash)"

ok, n/m, realized you're living in vienna austria. yes, speedway & port IPAs >>> hoppin' frog... for some reason i thought you were in san diego.

[Edited on August 25, 2012 at 4:53 PM. Reason : .]

8/25/2012 4:40:47 PM

i used to live in san diego (and after that in pasadena) before moving to vienna last year

i ended up passing on the speedway (was ~25 euros) and brought back a few mikkeller brews instead (beer hop breakfast and 1000 ibus)

olbutikken was ridiculous though, great bottle shop (especially for europe) -- i thought the blåbaer was a bit overhyped but still a really nice beer

and mikkeller was a super chill bar with a nice selection, 20 taps plus an extensive bottle list

copenhagen is a great beer city, some nice beer options at many restaurants and bars around town so you're not stuck drinking carlsberg everywhere, i'm very jealous

8/27/2012 7:47:46 AM

spent some time at Foothills this Saturday before and after the wedding.


Jade IPA is so damn good. Brought home a growler full. This IPA really needs to replace Hoppyum, hell even Seeing Double, it's that good. But they have no plans for full distribution of it. I suppose that makes since, Pacific Jade hops seem to be the "it girl" in hops right now and we need to see if supply can keep up with demand. But if any of you are able to be in W-S definitely give it a try.

The Cottonwood Pumpkin seems to be slighly lighter now that it's under the Foothills umbrella. It's still very good, but it's a lighter amber color with a lighter body than in years past. It used to be a very filling beer after one or two, now it seems a lot more sessionable.

and speaking of Cottonwood, with Endo IPA that now puts 5 IPAs and 1 Pale Ale under their belt. (Endo IPA, Seeing Double, Hoppyum, Jade, Little Foot Session IPA, and Pilot Mtn. Pale). It would seem that one or two of those has to go. Jade and Little Foot are tap-room only so they'll be more limited in the brew schedule, but I wonder if Endo has enough following to warrant keeping now that the buyout is complete?


oh and the bartender and manager both said they are still shooting for the 8th for BASC.

8/27/2012 8:35:26 AM

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"armorfrsleep All American 6585 Posts user info edit post My Deschutes Black Butte XXIV has a Best AFTER date of 7/21/13"

all of them do. this is how all of the bb annis work, as far as i know. it's still good "fresh" though. drink one now, drink one later.


also, while in kentucy this past weekend i loaded up on fantome saisons, some more hoppin frogs (non-ba) B.O.R.I.S. and D.O.R.I.S, and picked up that nogne o and terrapin collab for the hell of it.

stopped by a really, really nice shop in bowling green ky with a small but fantastic bottle selection (seriously, like, <100 bottles, but all top notch.. three floyds to fantome), and a great tap list. we were only passing through, so the wife and i shared a snifter of goose island matilda and a pint of three floyds alpha king. the shop itself was tiny, with like a 3 seat bar and mostly catered to the wine and bourbon crowd. but if you're driving down 65 any time soon check out wino's depot.

[Edited on August 27, 2012 at 9:27 AM. Reason : e]

8/27/2012 9:23:49 AM

Quote :

"oh and the bartender and manager both said they are still shooting for the 8th for BASC."

WE HAVE TO GO BACK

8/27/2012 11:00:01 AM