thanks Prospero

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2/21/2013 6:28:11 PM

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"also had an OHB Redeemer, the DIPA released in January. It was quite good. huge nose of true west coast hops. not bad for $10 a bomber."

stuff is on point tonight

2/22/2013 8:34:27 PM

BA Bigfoot

2/23/2013 8:06:37 PM

Im going back to Louisiana for a few days and am gonna bring a bunch of beer to friends. Which local beers do you think are the best to bring to represent NC?

I ask my friends what they want me to bring back and all they say is yeungling and in all wtf bros

2/24/2013 12:17:16 AM

had some new belgium shift, disappointing. some of the delicious flavors seem there, but they are masked by dirty sock. oh well.

2/24/2013 12:20:56 AM

Went to trophy last night. Thoroughly enjoyed their stout, peanut beer concoction, and their pale ale.

2/24/2013 9:20:01 AM

If you're looking for beers to represent NC, I'm personally partial to Mother Earth, Highland, Lonerider, Red Oak, Oskar Blues. Easily available in bottles or cans and you don't have to buy any expensive limited release stuff to impress.

2/24/2013 7:40:25 PM

holy christ... Brewvival kicked my ass.

it poured down rain the entire time, it became a muddy mess, but it was a fantastic time. It will be a festival to remember because of that. Some great showings, I can't even been to recount all of the great beers I was able to have. Will make a lengthy post to at least try tomorrow.

so much beer. so much beer.

2/24/2013 8:24:08 PM

hill farmstead requiring a 100+ word essay on the lottery inclusion email for their reserve society is the biggest jagoffery i've seen in quite some time.

back from a week in steamboat.

i think i drank my weight 5x over in odells and funkwerks during the week.

good times.

2/25/2013 12:47:58 PM

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"i think i drank my weight 5x over in odells and funkwerks during the week."

nice, hope you had a good time. have a favorite?

2/25/2013 1:08:24 PM

I picked up some Stone Enjoy By 4.1.13 IPA and Boulevard Rye on Rye today...it's shaping up to be a good weekend.

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3/1/2013 5:08:00 PM

Pliny the Younger
Cuvee Des Jacobins Rouge
Jacobins Oude Gueuze

Today during brewing, Pliny the Elder, Kern Just Outstanding IPA & Gregorius

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3/2/2013 11:38:44 PM

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"If you're looking for beers to represent NC, I'm personally partial to Mother Earth, Highland, Lonerider, Red Oak, Oskar Blues. Easily available in bottles or cans and you don't have to buy any expensive limited release stuff to impress."

Don't forget Duck-Rabbit. One of the best NC breweries in my opinion. Foothills makes some good brews also.

3/2/2013 11:54:26 PM

Free brew

3/2/2013 11:54:39 PM

Opened my 2011 OHB Event Horizon...man oh man it's good

3/3/2013 3:30:33 PM

3/5/2013 7:39:56 PM

Rye on Rye went to heavy on the bourbon for me. At that point I would rather just have a glass of bourbon.

3/5/2013 10:11:01 PM

At dinner last night, I had this guy: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26850/85986 Russian imperial stout aged in Pappy van Winkle bourbon barrels. Really roasted, really smokey, and totally delicious. Man, that was good, and my wife couldn't stand it. She had the Beachwood Jean Quad Van Damme (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/25959/90378), which was actually also really good.

3/6/2013 1:04:53 AM

wow, that sounds delicious (the Against the Grain). Where did you find that and how much did it run you?

3/6/2013 8:43:43 AM

i had some of that against the grain beer from a friend from kentucky who had a growler shipped here several months ago.

shit was delicious.

3/6/2013 11:44:45 AM

Sour kinda week.... one of these doesn't belong

3/6/2013 1:55:59 PM

mmm, let me know how Vlad is.

3/6/2013 2:05:13 PM

Both of the beers we had were on draft at the restaurant, and it was pretty reasonable for LA prices, all things considered; I think they charged $9 for a 12-oz glass of the Against the Grain stout.

3/6/2013 2:58:18 PM

heading to Asheville tomorrow morning for a weekend of brewery tours, should be a great weekend for it.

I think we are going to check out Oskar Blues tomorrow afternoon to kick the weekend off

3/7/2013 9:24:23 AM

I really enjoyed Wedge brewing in Asheville on my last visit. I bought 3 bottles of Pisgah and they were all really disappointing. The Valdez was a bad batch and was poured immediately. Baptista tasted like cough syrup. And the pale ale was just okay. Maybe, they just haven't figured out bottling, but I probably won't be buying any more of their stuff.

3/9/2013 9:15:13 AM

We went to Wedge, Green Man, and Wicked Weed yesterday. Hit up Tupelo Honey for dinner and Barleys as a pit stop. I was really impressed with Wicked Weed, but Wedge might've been my favorite

Oskar Blues, Highland, and maybe French Broad and Pisgah are on the list for today. Gonna try fitting in some hiking too. Asheville is such a cool town

Jeepin4x4 made the trip out last night too

3/9/2013 9:44:32 AM

Oskar Blues has a really awesome facility.

great weekend all around.


Brought back a couple growlers from WW. It's a very cool place, but the Tap Room and Bar/Restaurant are considered two separate entities. So the Tap Room didn't open until 2pm (Sunday) and thus we weren't able to get growlers of a lot of their specialty stuff. But no big deal, just another reason to go back.

3/11/2013 9:25:49 AM

enjoying my first Old Rasputin finally. Solid.

3/11/2013 9:00:58 PM

http://instagram.com/p/Wx8uLFAYoG/


Tuesday night New Belgium Lips of Faith tasting. The only bottle missing was Eric's Sour Ale.

also included...2013 Hunahpu, New Glarus Serendipity and a couple others.

3/13/2013 8:51:32 AM

wow

that looks awesome

someone sent me that bells flag recently, lol

3/13/2013 8:59:17 AM

what was awesome is that 90% of those bottles were from one person. and he didn't ask for anything in return, it was something he wanted to do and set it all up. it was kept pretty low profile so everyone got to try as much as they wanted.

finished the lineup off with 10,11,12,13 La Folie.

3/13/2013 10:38:05 AM

^nice, which one came out the winner?

love la folie... would have been cool to have 1 or 2 C&C to compare....

3/13/2013 11:23:20 AM

i'm still a big fan of 12. the sour notes dropped in 11 and 10 was a big vinegar bomb (not that that's a bad thing)

3/13/2013 11:37:41 AM

yea, they say it's best fresh, considering New Belgium ages it for you then pastuerizes it, not the same cellaring it like it was with the old hand bottled C&C la folie (pre-09), good to know, maybe i'll have my 12/13 soon

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3/13/2013 12:22:45 PM

when is KBS coming out?

3/13/2013 12:46:06 PM

April 1st to distro

3/13/2013 12:55:06 PM

Le Terroir held up really well. It was still amazing.

3/13/2013 1:55:13 PM

ahhhh yeah, that beer is amazing, wish they would re-brew it, it's been too long.

3/13/2013 6:44:38 PM

Brawley's 4th Annual Black & Blue beer festival tonight to kick off CLT Craft Beer Week.


i drank way too much last year and got sick. going to pace myself this time around. There are some great beers in the lineup and a few new NC brewery entries i'm excited about. best local festival IMO.

3/15/2013 11:30:47 AM

megahuge boner for this beer.

3/16/2013 9:31:08 AM

The lady is out of town today and I'm heading to the Beer Exchange to load up on growlers and bottles. Going to plop my lazy ass on the couch and watch basketball all fucking day. ECSTATIC!!!

Any recommendations on what to get from the growler station?? Here are the offerings:

Victory Swing Session Saison
Thirsty Dog Bourbon Barrel Aged Siberian Night
Bells Winter White Ale
COAST Session IPA
Brooklyn Dry Irish Stout *St Patricks Special Sale & Free Glass*
New Belgium Cascara Quad
New Belgium Heavenly Feijoa Tripel
New Belgium Shift Pale Lager
New Belgium Rampant Imperial IPA

Pretty heavy New Belgium offering...never seen that. Leaning towards the Dry Irish Stout for some holiday cheer, possible the Winter White, and the Thirsty Dog. What say you? (I have multiple 64 and 32oz growlers...so there are many options).

3/16/2013 9:46:12 AM

for whatever it's worth, i thought cascara quad was vile.

some people liked it though.

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3/16/2013 9:48:04 AM

personally don't see much appeal in filling a growler of something readily available to me in bottles, so I'd be looking primarily at the Coast - I don't live in Charleston though

CBX website shows that they have the Coast oyster stout in bottles, looks good

3/16/2013 10:53:16 AM

I did not care for BA Siberian night

3/16/2013 11:03:43 AM

Agreed on the quad. Did not like that one at all.

3/16/2013 11:21:39 AM

Picked up some Dogfish Head Apricot for games today and also have some Ballast Point Sculpin IPA which I'm really looking forward to.

3/16/2013 12:02:48 PM

picked up a couple 750 sah-tea's last night on sale for 8 bucks a piece. I love taylor's bait and wine up off six forks! Also got some Oscar Blues G’Knight Imperial Red IPA and Deviant Dale’s IPA. The G'Knight is amazing- not overly impressed with the Daviant

3/16/2013 12:35:09 PM

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"personally don't see much appeal in filling a growler of something readily available to me in bottles"

I though this was universally agreed upon?

3/16/2013 12:36:57 PM

I like being forced to drink too much of a single style of beer


in all honesty, I haven't finished a growler in years- always end up pouring some out in the end

3/16/2013 12:43:30 PM

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"personally don't see much appeal in filling a growler of something readily available to me in bottles,"

Cheaper?

I get the lighter stuff (no stouts, porters or double IPAs) in a regular sized growler and fill up my mini-sized growlers with the stuff I can only handle 2 or 3 of. I rarely try to take down a big growler on my own and usually split it with the lady.

3/17/2013 9:55:05 AM