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About $8.00 a six pack. Money.
Locations in: Huntington Beach, Hollywood.
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www.bevmo.com
http://www.bevmo.com/115images/67252.jpg
About $8.00 a six pack. Money.
Locations in: Huntington Beach, Hollywood.
Shit, that's about the price here. I think it's like $7 something in the liquor store next to my place
Perfect, I just finished out the last of my Sierra Nevada celebration stash. Time to stock up on something new.
They got the Sunshine Wheat there too? I like that also.
Flat Tire is overrated. Sunshine Wheat is piss water. But with a nice fruity finish.
With so many killer CA and OR beers to chose from, if you waste your time with New Belgium beers you are a ________ (insert favorite variation of "choad" here)
look at me, i've got better taste buds than you!
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Originally Posted by tuffy109
There is some yogurt in rustys fridge, can you tell me if it is bad?
It's not opinion, my friend, it's a fact. CO beer isn't as good as CA or OR beer.Quote:
Originally Posted by tuffy109
They've definitely invaded. Every bar on Main st. in Ventura has fat tire ales and tons of posters and whatnot. They even sell it at the kwiki mart round tha cornah...though they don't have a squishee machine...odd.
I'm with Pinner on this one.
Enlighten me on these so called beers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pinner
No sunshine.Quote:
Originally Posted by Below Zero
Yeah man, New belgium would barely register with me if I lived in Cali. How about Stone, or Bear Republic? Now that's some beer.
OH yea, some fatty tire. Sunshine is good stuff too. I can get new beglium six packs for $6.80. Pretty dang good deal.
Rogue, Full Sail, Widmer, Terminal Gravity (IPA now in bottles :yourock: ) for Oregon.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDingleberry
Lagunitas is a good Cali brewery.
Definitely Widmer, the Deschutes Brewery, and Bridgeport IPA is really good. My current personal favorite is Mac & Jack's African Amber... but it's only on tap in the Seattle area (and pdx a bit) as far as I know, and they don't bottle it.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDingleberry
trader joe's usually has a bunch of cali stuff, like acme, which i can't find anywhere else.
I forgot Lagunitas, great brewery. Isn't AleSmith from california too? You really gotta try your local stuff, don't even worry about colorado, PNW stuff until you get a handle on your own scene, it's a spectacular place for beers.
http://www.ratebeer.com will have a listing of liquor stores around you that carry the good stuff.
hmm, I actually think Cali has crappy beers..I would much more prefer the variety of CO beers..OR has some good ones..I like a few of the boulder and tommy knocker beers as well as many others I haev only had one time while passing though somewhere.
Yes, Fat tire was in Mammoth this fall..also try Alaskan beers..their Amber is excellent, as is their winter brew and porter. Found at Bev and more as well as most lcoal grocers (mainly the Amber). Mammoth Brewing Co. has a good amber ale..(can you tell I like amber and red ales?)
Yes, trader Joes is the best place for cheap different/new/regional beers..
Anyone heard of Trinity red ale out of Chicago? I am kinda hooked on it lately..only $4.99 at TJ's.
Theres a mini-brewery in Sierra Madre that has some really good beers..also, I really like BJ's Jeramiah Red..
The Amber explains it - well known West Coast beers are usually ales or hefes.Quote:
Originally Posted by snowave
Saranac Oktoberfest. Mmmmm
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Originally Posted by cj001f
well, you're talking 3 states..I would hope they would outnumber one state? :rolleyes2
Cali is what I am referring to more than anything here, the selection just isn't really that good and the stuff that is good is not very accessible..unless you want to go to BEVMO, which is rather pricey..and inconveninet for me.
If I have to settle for a Sierra Nevada again, I would ratehr have water!..although I do like their porter..;)
I also am not super impressed by Fat Tire or the Sunshine Wheat, though the New Belgium 1554 is high on my list.
SN makes two of the best beers in the world: Celebration and Bigfoot. A couple other great Cali breweries that haven't been mentioned yet are North Coast, Lost Coast and Anchor.Quote:
Originally Posted by snowave
It's not that Fat Tire is bad, there's just nothing to differentiate it from about a dozen other vaguely "amber ales" on the market. Obviously New Belgium's marketing has been hugely successful, but I don't see anything that special about their beers.
Get the Biere de Mars in March when New Belgium does their limited run of it. You'll change your mind quick. Best damn beer I've ever had.
Albertson's was out of PBR, so I got PBR Light... assy...
Two words... Alaskan Amber!
I dunno, but a good deschutes brew on tap after skiin' at bachelor tastes mighty good.
The beer nerd in me cannot let a thread pass by without my lame $0.02.
Although it was Sierra Nevada that I started the craft beer quest with, I am really not all that stoked on their stuff. While both good beers in their own right, Bigfoot is really not that impressive compared to other big barleywines, as well as Celebration compared to some other winter seasonals (eg. LaConnor Tannenbaum and Maritime Pacific Jolly Roger).
My two favorite CA breweries are Stone in San Diego and Anderson Valley. While I hate the dumbass "Arrogant Bastard" theme from Stone, their beers are really freaking good and their dated limited runs are pretty adventurous. Anderson Valley is just a solid brewery all around with a very strong standard lineup with great limited runs. Their Amber is really a great take on such a common style and their Winter Solstice is very good.
I can't say that I have tried more from New Belgium than the Fat Tire. It's an OK standard Amber. There is just too much other great stuff available around Seattle, I get distracted at the beer cooler and always seem to pass over their stuff. I don't know many other CO craft brewers except Great Divide and I was thoroughly unimpressed with most of their stuff. I have been to the Bull N' Bush, which is really just a brewpub, and their standards were pretty good.
I would agree with this and say the same for Sunshine.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
New Belguim shines with some of it's more unique beers like Trippel and Abbey and seasonals like Bier de Mars and Frambozen.
And of course the best microbrew ever: 1554
I picked up a 6'er of the Bier de Mars tonite. Not bad, but when I'm looking for that I'll get a Chimay. They've managed to hit the marketing distribution jackpot (like Sierra Nevada) so you can find them at Safeway, but they aren't great.Quote:
Originally Posted by Summit
That's heresy! OK, you're entitled to your opinion, but Bigfoot is still one of my favorites beers of all-time. Speaking of barleywines I have a magnum of Hair of the Dog's Fred that's been aging in my garage for about five years now. I'm looking for the right occasion to open it.Quote:
Originally Posted by scoober
I also just bought a sixer of NB's Biere de Mars today. Haven't had one yet, though.
My roomate is from Oregon, and we had a Co/Or beer showdown including full sail and such. Co won hands down- even by his admission. There is more to Co beer than new belgium.Quote:
It's not opinion, my friend, it's a fact. CO beer isn't as good as CA or OR beer.
So name them. Full Sail's probably the weakest of the OR breweries (as much as I like the Pale) they brew Weinhards for gods sake!Quote:
Originally Posted by nealric
Heh. I'm not ripping on it by any means. It is a good example of it's style, but I think suffer's from SN's size as a brewery to really shine through. I am just spoiled that going through my formative beer years I was exposed to a lot of the midwest/east coast barleywines which IMHO are a little more complex.Quote:
Originally Posted by The AD
That Fred should be great, but I'd probably drink it within a year or so. I haven't had much luck cellaring beers outside of an actual cellar for more than 3 or 4 years.
Don't miss the Hard Liver Barleywine Fest. It's going to be held at Bottleworks' new bar, Brouwer's, Apr 8 to Apr 15. The bar/restaurant isn't open yet, but when it does they have 40 taps I believe. For the festival they are tapping all 40 with barleywines. Brouwer's is right across the street from the old Redhook Trolleyman.
That could be an interesting maggot gathering. Show some of the so-called "heavy hitter" what drinking real beer is about. :D
Full Sail is definitely weak. Hell, I'm not even that impressed by Deschutes that much anymore... but did Rogue take part in this little showdown? They are semi-huge, but I don't think anything (not counting some crazy ass brewing an 18% imperial stout in his basement) in CO can touch Rogue.Quote:
Originally Posted by nealric
The Full Sail specials/limiteds (only available in pounders, not widely distributed) are better than their standard fare. Rogue rocks - they've got a distillery at the pub in PDX now :biggrin:Quote:
Originally Posted by scoober
I totally forgot they were opening a pub. Yes, definitely let us know again when this event is closer. I definitely want to hit it. I've got to get my ass over to Bottleworks again soon, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by scoober