My mom was telling me bought a sixer of Habanero Sculpin and loved it. I'd be willing to try it, but I don't think I'd plunk money down on it without a taste first.
Yes, my 70 year old mother is a hop head.
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My mom was telling me bought a sixer of Habanero Sculpin and loved it. I'd be willing to try it, but I don't think I'd plunk money down on it without a taste first.
Yes, my 70 year old mother is a hop head.
Pulling a couple new handles tonight...
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Toppling Goliath is everything it is cracked up to be. I'm on their Twitter Feed and Facebook and I can never get it bottle locally because it is always out by the time I get to the store - with the exception of one time I scored some Dorothy's Lager - which is great on tap but only meh out of the bottle. The only place I can sometimes get bombers is at the brewery pub in Decorah, Ia. Great place worth a side trip. Good canoe/kayak float trips available in the area and some fantastic little camping areas in deep valleys. Do it!Quote:
Originally Posted by wasatchback
You can find it on tap here in Cedar Rapids at Parlor City 95% of the time and they sell growlers for $12 but we are 20 minutes north of I-80. Right now they have $10 growler fill on Lagunitas IPA as well! The Bait Shop in Des Moines also sells it on tap and will fill your growler and it is right off of I-235 which is only 1 mile longer than taking I-80 (just watch out for speed cameras). The PsuedoSue is awesome. Golden Nugget is good. Zeelander absolutely goes off in your mouth - mind blowing. I've never managed to score their Sosus DIPA.
Good luck. After I read your post my mouth started tingling so I'm off to fill a growler.
The band really liked the Imperial IPA
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^ I'd like to try that one. Hopefully it will make it up this way.
What Russian River beer do you have?Quote:
Originally Posted by FussyDutchman
Stoneface just added bottles. Apparently I made the first purchase. :)
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Try to get my hands on sum Truth.
I don't always drink beer, but when I do, I avoid IPA like teh plaguez. I had an awesome Shakespeare from Rogue last week. Love that shit.
Just returned from my annual beer tour-I mean family vacation in CA, standouts were the Knee Deep Hoparillo, Firestone Double Jack (on tap at Lefty's in Nevada City YUM, Sierra Nevada Beer Camp Double, and Drake's Aroma Coma.
A good sampling of the local brew indeed. Hell I live here and don't have enough time to drink it all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lexi-Bell
Just the one that was in the beer camp 12'er. I hope you're bringing some of that with you for the golf cart!Quote:
Originally Posted by strawjack
Drinking a Dogfish Head 60 min IPA right now. Pretty delicious.
Crux Fermentation Project: Half Hitch Mosaic Imperial IPA.
Wowsa, so good. It's like $5 for a 275ml bottle ... Steep! But so damn good.
I know people were unimpressed with SN's Flipside last year, but I think it's pretty tasty. Maybe not outstanding, but a very solid beer.
Really enjoyed the Thai style white IPA from Upslope. Highly recommend Attachment 157474
Jesus Christ that is not IPA. Thai style? Fuck
bwah. Thai-style
You two agree on something?
IPA = India Pale Ale
but there aren't any Indian Inspired Spices in it - water malt hops yeast in an oak barrel topped with more hops shipped overseas for months from GB to colonial India - obviously things have evolved and we can't recreate that but FUCK!
I get it. Creativity. Marketing. And some people actually like that sorta shit.
Grumble grumble grumble....
Get off my lawn!
Maybe not outstanding, but a very solid beer.http://guide.kencomputer.com/4.jpg
Spammer above^^^
Laurelwood megafauna is really good, not a bitter imperial, but a good one nonetheless.
So I went to a concert with some friends Saturday and I went to empty the ice chest the next day and low and behold there was a bottle of Pliny in it! I'd never had this much hyped IPA. I must say, it was really, really good.
^ damn dude, Central Valley, never had Pliny??? You need to keep rolling past Carson Pass and over 89 to Roadrunner Liquor Store in Myers more often! I don't know whether they get Pliny or not, but they get a ton of stuff, and it's probably a better shot to get Pliny there than most Central Valley locations ... If you have a Whole Foods near you, you can call to ask them what days of the week they get their distributor shipments and ask them to hold a bottle for you ... they might be willing to do that for you. Metric ass-ton of trouble for a 16.9 oz. bottle of beer, but hey, that's life when you want a hot ticket.
These days I drink mostly Drakes and Knee Deep anyways, and only buy Pliny from the shop for friends :)
PS - Speaking of buying beer for friends, highanxiety I still owe you some west coast IPAs, I have not forgotten, thanks for the Heady's, just been so slammed with work all summer!
Roadrunner had no Pliney today. They weren't sure if they were going to get any this week. If I see some I'll get more for GiBo.
Not as good as last years anni beer, but still an interesting and good flavor:
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^awesome! Just spent 3 glorious hours at Stone! The anniversary and the Enjoy By on draft were fantastic.
Speaking of Pliny, I swung by after an MTB ride today ... F that!!!
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Was there anything special or is that now a "normal" Saturday? Jeebus, that's f'ing nuts either way.
That's a long line for elder. I'd get it if younger was available. Right now I'm loving deschutes fresh squeeze. Hard to beat. Was super stoked when it graduated from the seasonal 22 to year round sixer.
I think just a normal Saturday. I had dinner somewhere else, and an hour and a half later the line was still the same length!
It's good to be a brewer these days!
Seattle International Beer Fest is going on this weekend. I'm thinking about going today, but I'm not sure I'm ready for the hangover.
Here's the beer list: http://www.seattlebeerfest.com/beers.php
Where to start?
I know, you'd think I'd have run into a bottle by now.Quote:
Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio
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Originally Posted by telemike
Not gonna stand in line for it, though. That's ridiculous. No beer is worth that. Pliney's good but not that good.
jeezus! Bar has a good vibe to go with the good brews. I can see why it's that busy.Quote:
Originally Posted by SchralphMacchio
Kelsen brewery in NH has a good IPA, Battle axe. http://kelsenbrewing.com/beers/
To be fair, you did not need to wait in line for To-Go orders, and I bought the last 6-bottles of Pliny the Elder they had left in the place (I'm sure they do a bottling run every week?). $31.50 for the 6er I think ...
Thai Me Up/Melvin Brewing is breaking ground on a brewery/cannery in Alpine,Wyoming multiple Gold Medal winning 2x4 DIPA will be available to take in the backcountry.
They can only do so much in their small brewpub in Jackson, Wyoming.
I despise most IPA's, and don't even get me started on "Session IPA's".
But this shit was pretty righteous...
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1199/17538/
Stopped into Cannonball Creek in Golden the other day and was pleasantly surprised by their Mindbender IPA and their Black IPA was one of the best I've had in a while. Definitely worth checking those guys out.
We'll be returning to CO for the weekend is there anything I must pick up? From MT so we only get New Belgium (as far as CO beers) up here. Bottles or maybe a growler to pick up in Ft. Fun.
In Fort Collins you've got a pretty good selection. I'd hit up Odell's for sure, it's hard to go wrong there. Otherwise, Coopersmiths, Ft Collins Brewery and I'm sure a few more new ones are all around that part. If you make it further south, there's a ton more breweries, too many to name.