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12/28/2012 1:21:17 AM

picked up some Dogfish Indian Brown Ale tonight, which I had never had, which is odd since I like Dogfish and like Brown Ale

very good, and when a 6-pack of 7.2% ABV is the same price as a 4-pack of 9.0% ABV 90-minute, this might become my regular when I'm not chugging Coors Light

12/28/2012 10:00:17 PM

had a People's Porter for the first time tonight. Did not like the way it smelled for some reason (smelled "eggy" oddly enough) but enjoyed it other than that. Especially @ $3.99/650mL.

12/29/2012 8:06:46 PM

A little haul from North Carolina while I was home over the last week:



And a Westy 8, Fou Foune, and Cantillon glass from Belgium



Drinking Odell Friek, Jester King Wytchmaker Rye IPA, Elevation Downpour Imperial Red tonight.

[Edited on December 31, 2012 at 8:25 PM. Reason : .]

12/31/2012 8:23:05 PM

2012 Event Horizon is super boozy, not very good in my opinion

1/1/2013 12:58:58 AM

OHB overrated? Hmmm

1/1/2013 7:12:42 AM

Yea, I had a 2011 Event Horizon last summer and thought it was too thick and boozy wasn't impressed, but thought I'd give it one more try, so I only picked up one bottle. I saw a Cascade Apricot on the shelf though I wish I would have gotten.

[Edited on January 1, 2013 at 12:48 PM. Reason : /]

1/1/2013 12:48:28 PM

rang in the new year w/ green flash west coast and imperial ipas, hop stoopid, coronado idiot, a karl strauss black rye ipa, and then a side of sours w/ consecration and supplication

finished up w/ racer 5 at the shack, good times

1/1/2013 3:09:50 PM

had a fairly successful holiday season - covers travels across a VA/NC and an in-person with phishnlou



visited a few breweries I hadn't before and found something to like at all of them - Bull City Burger & Brewing, Olde Meck, NoDa, Olde Hickory, and Wicked Weed

[Edited on January 1, 2013 at 7:09 PM. Reason : a]

1/1/2013 7:09:23 PM

drink the yule bock quickly. OMB beers have a tendency to "expire" soon after their bottle date. It was my favorite Christmas ale this year.


That's a very good haul, i can speak for almost all of them. The Fullsteam Fruitcake is very heavy on the Fig. It seemed to really be a love or hate beer with my group. Not sure which Pisgah beers you got there, but judging by the cage and cork i'm thinking one is Baptista. that one is delicious and scarily drinkable for 10+%. The two Greenman bottles are delicious. They are doing some awesome things with skunky farmhouse beers. The one on the right in that picture was my favorite. Overall looks like a really solid haul.

1/1/2013 7:51:13 PM

Yep, that's a Baptista - was pretty sweet on draft at the brewery, didn't remember that from the last few years. The Valdez should be lovely as always.

Tasted the Fullsteam at the brewery, thought is was hugely boozy in a good way.

We drank a bottle of L'homme Vert at the taproom and thought it was pretty incredible as well. Also have a Maceo down there that I haven't tried.

More about Bull City - I thought the burgers were awesome but wasn't moved by any of their beers, and the Snow Hill winter warmer was downright bad.

Will queue up the OMB

[Edited on January 1, 2013 at 8:13 PM. Reason : k]

1/1/2013 8:11:24 PM

^Bull City and a Bulls game and small Durham crawl is on my short list for next year.


so i'm a little buzzed and just put in another Cascade order

2 x Blueberry
2 x Noyaux
2 x Apricot (my personal favorite)

the Noyaux was $25 which drove the cost up, but i'm a sucker for Cascade beers. and when the package arrives next week i'll be surprised, haha.






anyone going to Brewvival in Charleston in February? jbrick83 will you be there? I bought me and the gf tickets for Christmas. Will be staying at her condo in MP and cabbing over.

1/1/2013 8:27:52 PM

Saw both the blueberry and apricot in NC last week, fwiw

Nice haul cheesehead

1/1/2013 9:07:14 PM

yeah, Cascade shows up in fits and spurts. no real rhyme or reason to how much or when the distro gets it out. Ordering direct, with shipping, ends up being about the same or even a few bucks less than off the shelf with markup.

1/2/2013 9:01:37 AM

First one I will be missing. Now that I'm engaged, I finally got invited to annual Aruba vacation that my fiance's family takes every year.

Shoot me a message before you head down and I can give you some Charleston tips if you'd like. Or you could just take the whole week off and stay at my place and dog/house sit.

[Edited on January 2, 2013 at 9:23 AM. Reason : .]

1/2/2013 9:23:01 AM

narwhal is good

1/2/2013 8:22:25 PM

hoping to hunt down alpine bottles tomorrow without having to actually drive out to alpine -- haven't seen them around at the usual places so far this trip

then have to decide which beers and how many to haul back to nc and then home to vienna, decisions decisions

1/2/2013 10:33:35 PM

Quote :

"All 31 of us who split this bomber agreed it is worth at LEAST Cable Car x2. My 10ml pour was super memorable."

i love dontdrinkbeer.com

1/3/2013 9:23:00 AM

I dont know if I have a drinking problem, or if I just get antsy when I pick up a few good bombers, but I cannot keep them more than a few days in the fridge without opening them up. Seems to me that a lot of craft brew drinkers can buy and store bottles for months at a time

1/3/2013 9:46:05 AM

these days I like drinking with people or, at the least, splitting a big bottle with my gf. If I want a beer and i'm alone, or she doesn't want one, then I usually just drink a random 12oz or a homebrew.

it's rare for me to pop open a 22oz on my own. if I ever do, it's something i know i can finish. usually something lighter bodied.

1/3/2013 10:01:03 AM

almost every time I pop a 22oz Allie tries a sample, but I have no problem drinking a bomber on my own these days

do you have a bottle stopper/resealer worth a damn? I saw a couple by the register at Bottle Rev but didnt pick one up

1/3/2013 10:13:00 AM

no, other than a wine bottle stopper we use for wines. i'll stick in on the beer bottle if we are drinking short pours.

never really had the need to reseal or stop for long period of time.

1/3/2013 10:30:26 AM

aren't there a couple of us on this thread that live in Washington state? if so, Russian River has pulled out of that market.

1/3/2013 10:46:08 AM

I live in CO and I gotta say Russian River is getting harder to find. Only Damnation is on our shelves and fortunately we still get Pliny once every 5 weeks. But our last batch of supplication and consecration were gone in days, they typically linger for weeks if not months, leading me to believe our state is impacted as well, even if they aren't pulling out of our state yet...

1/3/2013 11:11:54 AM

Founders Imperial Stout is amazing

Gonna try D.O.R.I.S the Destroyer later tonight or tomorrow, heard that's as good or better

1/4/2013 6:03:31 PM

anyone know where i can find some rogue scotch ale? i can't find it anywhere in greensboro

1/4/2013 6:11:51 PM

What's the consensus on premium cans?

1/4/2013 6:15:24 PM

Premium cans? Canned beer is just as good.

1/4/2013 6:48:03 PM

I feel like it's different even though I pour both in a glass

1/4/2013 7:06:15 PM

Quote :

"Founders Imperial Stout is amazing"

Yes.

Planning to pic up some Rochefort 10 tomorrow.

1/4/2013 8:33:10 PM

Quote :

"Founders Imperial Stout is amazing"

That's weird, I JUST had that tonight, it is very good. Well it was a 2011, but still.

[Edited on January 4, 2013 at 9:56 PM. Reason : ,]

1/4/2013 9:56:03 PM

Tastys here in Raleigh just got a shipment of 2012 this week, and I'm a sucker for anything new (and anything by founders)

1/4/2013 10:14:41 PM

same. this thread reminded me to pick some up tonight on my beer run. Also picked up Great Divide Grand Cru, Rochefort 10, and some Maudite.

1/6/2013 7:28:02 PM

picked up a nice little import over the weekend

1/6/2013 9:13:26 PM

Quote :

"Gonna try D.O.R.I.S the Destroyer later tonight or tomorrow, heard that's as good or better"

this and a sang noir are what i drank opening christmas presents this year, lol.

1/7/2013 10:03:57 AM

DORIS put me on my ass. big beer

1/7/2013 10:10:20 AM

yeah by the time christmas dinner rolled around i was in serious need of food

1/7/2013 10:20:46 AM

Westvleteren XII, Pliny the Elder, Jester King Wytchmaker

1/8/2013 12:29:15 AM

this has been my favorite "draft only, no growler" beer that's been around here. first bottling run was released to the hounds yesterday. shit is completely outstanding. karbach's bourbon barrel hellfighter porter. karbach is a local brewery that started up, ~1.5 years ago, and have been putting out some solid shit. still only self distributed around houston, but i toot their horn generously for this beer.

makers mark and buffalo trace barrel aged blend, this batch seems to be more on the buffalo trace, which gives it a more pronounced bourbon aftertaste, without being harsh at all. integrates well with the vanilla and the light roastyness. a little weird on the nose while too cold, but opens up perfectly as it comes to room temp. for a porter, it's damn near teeth coatingly thick. nose is slightly muted, but i have been fighting off a cold from last week. insanely drinkable.

1/8/2013 9:12:33 AM

it's that time of year for all of the Hopslam nerds to come post in this thread again.

I plan to be sitting at my local bottle shop on release day with a beer in hand watching all the random faces come in with one thing on their mind. should be a good time.

1/8/2013 10:50:55 AM

not sure if its already posted

http://news.menshealth.com/extreme-beers/2013/01/08/

1/9/2013 12:33:19 PM

another in the line of really fucking dumb men's health articles.

[Edited on January 9, 2013 at 2:25 PM. Reason : e]

1/9/2013 2:23:45 PM

how did Twisted Pine's Ghost Face Killah not make that list, oh wait, these are extreme beers you MUST try.

[Edited on January 9, 2013 at 3:49 PM. Reason : ,]

1/9/2013 3:47:47 PM

box from Cascade arrived today. these will probably last me awhile now that my Ex has moved out.


^and yes, that list is terrible.

1/9/2013 3:51:19 PM

black note in distro'd four packs?

my body is ready.

1/9/2013 4:49:16 PM

Quote :

"http://news.menshealth.com/extreme-beers/2013/01/08/"

Lame article, but I definitely have 5 of those beers sitting in my cabinet.

1/9/2013 6:15:57 PM

^^speaking of Black Note, I would love to trade with someone for some...

1/9/2013 7:44:52 PM

me too.

i had a big pour from a growler once, but that's my full BN experience.

1/10/2013 11:57:17 AM

Jester King Wytchmaker (again, awesome beer)
Surly Abrasive
Deschutes Stoic
Bristol Winter Warlock
Founder's Breakfast Stout
Kassik's Moose Point Porter
North Coast Barrel-Aged Old Rasputin XIV

Good weekend.

1/12/2013 11:52:59 PM

picked up these yesterday:

Lost Coast 8-Ball Sout
Delirium Nocturnum


Had the 8-Ball tonight and it was delicious.

1/13/2013 7:19:47 PM