i will not buy beer this weekend

i will not buy beer this weekend

i will not buy beer this weekend

12/14/2012 3:54:45 PM

I picked up 2 sixes of the new Left Hand Nitro milk stout bottles, a bottle of silent night, and a bottle of Choklat. Really wanted to grab a bitches brew and a rogue double chocolate, but didn't want to spend any more money.

12/14/2012 4:40:06 PM

i'm expecting a delivery of california love today.

yums ahoy.

12/14/2012 4:50:32 PM

Paired liquid bliss with whole foods fresh ground honey roasted peanut butter. Not too shabby

12/14/2012 5:43:43 PM

How is that Milk Stout Nitro? I thought about grabbing a six of it yesterday, but decided against it at the last minute

My haul for the weekend:

Two bottles of Rochefort 10
Abt 12
Anchorage Love Buzz Saison
Two cans of Ten Fidy

Drank one of the Rocheforts and the Love Buzz last night.

12/15/2012 9:18:06 AM

Quote :

"Milk Stout Nitro"

it's delicious, absolutely delicious, one of my local favorites here in CO

so I found out i won the lottery at the store in Denver (estimated 50 bricks for 300 people on the list)... yeah!

12/15/2012 7:02:53 PM

Congrats! Going to use it as trade bait or keep them all?

12/16/2012 1:23:10 AM

keep 'em all, well i already gave one away as a gift to a friend.

12/16/2012 10:27:30 PM

Quote :

"HBO announced today that it’s partnering with New York’s Brewery Ommegang to create a series of beers “that directly tie into themes, characters and nuances…of the medieval-like fantasy realm of Westeros and surrounding kingdoms,” according to a press release. Iron Throne Blonde Ale, the first beer in the series — beeries? – should be on shelves in time for Game of Thrones‘s third season premiere on March 31. 750ml bottles will sell for the suggested retail price of one gold dragon $8.50, a pittance for any Lannister worth his salt."

12/17/2012 2:33:15 PM

~

12/17/2012 2:33:58 PM

nice

I'm already a big ommegang fan too so I'll be interested in checking them out at least once, at that price.


[Edited on December 17, 2012 at 2:56 PM. Reason : ]

12/17/2012 2:35:40 PM

it's like, are they even trying?


what style of beer closely resembles that of the detailed, exotic foods and drinks that are enjoyed and delicately described in the Game of Thrones novels? Oh we know, let's make it a blonde ale. the most boring of ales.

12/17/2012 2:39:15 PM

well, yes I agree that the Blonde is a poor first choice (and should have been a Targaryen Blonde if they did one. They could have justified that more then) but I'm interested to see what else they do. If they at least do a half decent stout for Winterfell I'll be happy.

[Edited on December 17, 2012 at 2:43 PM. Reason : ]

12/17/2012 2:41:09 PM

but palatable to non beer drinkers.

not like they were going to brew up a chewy spice ale to mimic the spiced winter wines or a "roll out of the bottle" mead that would have been drank.

not digging this trend, man.

12/17/2012 2:41:55 PM

maybe it's for the best. the last thing we need is a game of thrones beer snob

12/17/2012 2:51:37 PM

This creepy dude from a jester king beer reminds me of what they could do if they did a "the others ale" or something.

admittedly, i have not read the books.

12/17/2012 2:56:11 PM

^^Yeah, I mean I'm not expecting anything great but it's fun and if they're half-decent at $8.50/750 it will be fun to have some while watching with friends.

[Edited on December 17, 2012 at 2:57 PM. Reason : ^]

12/17/2012 2:57:23 PM

I hope the second beer is Varys' Inscrutable Power Play Porter

12/17/2012 3:16:43 PM

just got some Terrpain WNB from Whole Foods in N. Raleigh. They have 2 and 1/2 cases left.

12/18/2012 9:35:57 AM

^ one of my favorites. i'm also interested in this "marooned on hog island" oyster stout.

12/18/2012 1:56:22 PM

boom, so looking forward to the BCBCS & Cherry Rye.



[Edited on December 18, 2012 at 7:29 PM. Reason : .]

12/18/2012 7:29:22 PM

I opened a bottle of Sam Adams New World Tripel over the weekend. Lots of fruit in the nose and taste and pretty much no alcohol, despite being 10%. Solid, enjoyable Belgian.

12/18/2012 9:29:40 PM

picked up a bottle of the brand new Uinta Crooked Line Sea Legs

it's a barrel aged baltic porter. looking forward to giving it a try.



Christmas Eve bottles are set. Event Horizon, BASC, Olde Rabbits Foot. might toss a sour in to mix it up, but it'll probably just be 2-3 of us tasting so a few barrel aged stouts might be plenty.

12/18/2012 10:20:56 PM

Quote :

"4:20 am On FedEx vehicle for delivery"

i cannot stop laughing at this. it's a box full of terrapin wake n bake.

12/19/2012 11:38:51 AM

lol

12/19/2012 11:50:52 AM

fancy:

12/19/2012 3:44:04 PM

Craft beer store near my office (Triangle Wine Co) is having a Belgian Christmas Ale tap take over tomorrow. I plan on attending. Line up will be:

Delirium Noel
St. Bernardus Christmas Ale
Corsendonk Christmas Ale
St. Martin Winter Ale
Wittekerke Winter White Ale

They also have some good stuff on tap right now:

Great Lakes Burning River Pale Ale
Brooklyn Fiat Lux
Lost Coast Winterbraun
Dogfish Head Punkin
Great Lakes Eliot Ness Amber Lager
Abita Amber
Abita Kaiser Alt
Abita Biere De Garde
Abita Jockamo IPA
Abita Andygator
Abita Christmas Ale
Abita St.Gleason Imperial Red Ale
(N) Framboise Boon
(N) Founders Breakfast Stout
Green Flash Double Stout
Lonerider Deadeye Jack Porter
Brooklyn Mary's Maple Porter
Uinta Wet N' Wyld
Olde Hickory Christmas Ale
Sierra Nevada Imperial Pilsner

I wish I actually LIVED closer to this place, hehe.

12/20/2012 11:26:44 AM

All you sour fans what do you think of Sang Noir from Cascade Brewing and how much would you pay for it?

12/20/2012 1:59:11 PM

Sang Noir is great, though my favorite from them is Apricot. I wouldn't pay more than $20 for it. Ordering direct from Cascade you can usually get it around $20-22 each once shipping is added in.

12/20/2012 2:21:13 PM

Quote :

"All you sour fans what do you think of Sang Noir from Cascade Brewing and how much would you pay for it?"

Probably the best american wild cherry out there, wouldn't pay more than $20 for it, but it's worth it. Just to prepare yourself, it's pretty sour.

12/20/2012 4:20:08 PM

Drinking this tonight:

12/20/2012 11:36:53 PM

^ good beer. My best friends favorite.

Today I was really happy to see Abita. I haven't seen anything that isn't made out of rice since I left NC

12/20/2012 11:52:48 PM

^^ drank one of those as well

12/21/2012 7:48:29 AM

sang noir is tits.

[Edited on December 21, 2012 at 9:45 AM. Reason : wish i had more ]

12/21/2012 9:44:47 AM

Had these last night:

Russian River Blind Pig
Petrus Aged Pale
Hanssen's Oude Kriek
De Struise Tsjeeses

12/21/2012 1:29:47 PM

Finally scored BCBS.

12/22/2012 4:57:59 PM

nice.

Got a '12 Ivan the Terrible, '11 Olde Bluehair Barleywine, '10 Abyss and a '10 BCBS as an extra, an awesome extra as it now gives me a mini-vert of BCBS '09/10/11/12

12/22/2012 5:42:55 PM

Wanted Coffee but too little too late. Also picked up Alewerks Cafe Royale; wanted to pick up Rye on Rye but passed hoping it shows up in VA.

12/22/2012 5:53:20 PM

Friend I gave the brick of Westvleteren XII to was super stoked and agreed to share with me. I have to wait until I get back from Christmas though.

12/22/2012 9:04:10 PM

if you wouldn't pay $20 for Sang Noir, you wont be owning a bottle. The last batch was $21 at the brewery. The cheapest cascade sour/wild runs $18 at the brewery. No sales tax in Oregon at least.

12/23/2012 3:21:18 PM

Lagunitas Sucks is out and in the local (Raleigh) brew shops

12/24/2012 11:58:13 AM

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot is on its way

12/24/2012 12:08:55 PM

Split a growler of this with the bro-in-law last night...was delicious:

12/24/2012 12:14:11 PM

And will be splitting a growler of this tonight:

12/24/2012 1:28:48 PM

You're behind, yo.

12/24/2012 2:39:06 PM

I just want to post again how much I like Foothills Frostbite black IPA, for being a widespread grocery store release, I am impressed

12/24/2012 3:49:31 PM

My family are light drinkers and their preferences vary greatly, so the beer consumption won't be too high tonight. Here's what's on tap:

1 bottle white wine (moscato)
22 oz Fox Barrel Orange Peel and Coriander Pear Cider
22 oz Highland Cold Mountain

Add in some cocoa and a fifth of marshmallow fluff vodka to top off, we'll make the best of it.

12/24/2012 4:29:14 PM

With the fiancé out of town, it's just me and the brother in law who are drinkers...with my stepdad getting a beer or two in there. But there's not a lot to do around here so the two of us can put some alcohol down. I brought home the two aforementioned regular sized growlers, two small growlers of an Allagash Curieux and a New Belgium Coffee Chocolate Stout. THEN....five bottles of wine. Oh...and a 4 pack of Founders Breakfast Stout.

12/24/2012 4:47:19 PM

Drinking these tonight





Yummmmmmm

[Edited on December 27, 2012 at 7:47 PM. Reason : Asdf]

12/27/2012 7:46:45 PM

Quote :

"I just want to post again how much I like Foothills Frostbite black IPA,"

Oh god I totally agree

Also, I just found Williamsburg Aleworks and I'm in love; Coffeehouse Stout is excellent.

Another also, I finally tried the Firestone Walker IPA and it is definitely one of the best IPAs I've ever had

12/27/2012 11:22:27 PM