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NEVERENDING ♾️ The NEVERENDING Beer Thread

imaplanner said:
I have tried both mojo rising and hazed and infused. Liked em both. As far as new belquim I have tried Fat Tire :victory: , sunshine wheat :victory: , skinny dip :victory: , 2 below :victory: , blue paddle :-\ and loft :-D .
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For me:
Fat Tire (meh, consumed if it means Fat Tire or Bud Light) , sunshine wheat (meh, by it if my dad is visiting), skinny dip (allergic to something in it, the wife likes it) , 2 below I find 2 Below to be mighty tasty, but I have only had it straight from the brewery...perhaps it doesn't keep) , blue paddle (meh) and loft (and they don't make Loft anymore...sorry)

I'm really taken by their season and experimental beers. LaFolie is fantastic, so is Lips of Faith. Old Cherry is a decent late spring/early summer beer and they are brewing an easy-to-drink plae ale called Mighty Arrow.
What you need to get your hands on is a 6 of 1554 black ale. Smoky and smooth, this beer is fantastic. Trippel is good as well and so is Abbey Ale. These of course, being 10 minutes from the brewery, are all available here... I know there is limited availability outside of CO.
PM me if you are interested in a "beer exchange" (I need to see if Laughing Dog out of Sandpoint, Idaho sells in WA.) and maybe a 6 of 1554 could be sent to the Evergreen State.

Like the venerable prAna said: Fat Tire and Sunshine are the breadwinners for NB. Essentially they sell enough of this stuff to newly initiated beer snobs to make enough money to experiment and make some really good beers. Not a verbatim quote...
 
zmanPLAN said:
For me:
Fat Tire (meh, consumed if it means Fat Tire or Bud Light) , sunshine wheat (meh, by it if my dad is visiting), skinny dip (allergic to something in it, the wife likes it) , 2 below I find 2 Below to be mighty tasty, but I have only had it straight from the brewery...perhaps it doesn't keep) , blue paddle (meh) and loft (and they don't make Loft anymore...sorry)

I'm really taken by their season and experimental beers. LaFolie is fantastic, so is Lips of Faith. Old Cherry is a decent late spring/early summer beer and they are brewing an easy-to-drink plae ale called Mighty Arrow.
What you need to get your hands on is a 6 of 1554 black ale. Smoky and smooth, this beer is fantastic. Trippel is good as well and so is Abbey Ale. These of course, being 10 minutes from the brewery, are all available here... I know there is limited availability outside of CO.
PM me if you are interested in a "beer exchange" (I need to see if Laughing Dog out of Sandpoint, Idaho sells in WA.) and maybe a 6 of 1554 could be sent to the Evergreen State.

Like the venerable prAna said: Fat Tire and Sunshine are the breadwinners for NB. Essentially they sell enough of this stuff to newly initiated beer snobs to make enough money to experiment and make some really good beers. Not a verbatim quote...
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Interesting. I have seen both the trippel and the 1554 (I think) but never tried em. I am also sending you a pm because Laughing Dog is widely available where I live.
 
The local bar that caters to beer snobs just had an annual IPA fest that I just got back from. Here's what they had on tap (these are all IPA's supposeldy):

Anderson Valley 20th Anniversery Imperial
Avery Ale to the Chief presidential pale
Big Time Scalett Fire
Diamond Knot Industrial IPA (on the randall)
Dicks Oak Aged Cask IPA
Dogfish head 90 minute
Full sail Son of Spot
Great Divide Hercules Double
Hales Aftermath Imperial
Hop Messiah (from a local home brewery)
Iron Horse Black IPA
Lang Creek IPA
Lazy Boy IPA
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid
Leavenworth Dry-Hopped Hodgsons
Maritime Pacific Double Dry hopped imperial
Moylans Hopsickle imperial
Port Townsend dry-hopped nitro Hop Diggity
Roots Organic Woody's IPA
Russian River Pliny the Elder
Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA
Snipes Mountain IPA
Victory Hopwallop
Walking Man Homo Erectus


I did not try all of them unfortunately but have had a few previous. But the consensus from everybody (myslef included) was that Russian River Pliny the Elder was number one, followed very closely by Avery's Ale to the Chief (which I am drinking now courtesy a growler).
 
YAY! TROLL HALL OPENS!

Just finished my kegerator modification for the TROLL HALL (my mini garage-ma-hall).

Modified a medium sized stand up refrigerator to increase capacity. It can now handle 2 half barrels,
1 half barrel & 2 quarter barrels
4 quarter barrels.

Co2 Driven

3 Tap Towers
4 tap handles

All beer lines are internal to the refrigerator to prevent foaming by keeping the beer lines the same temperature as the beer.

Intended beer for the taps:
Hacker Pshorer Heffe Wiess
Point Special (american Macro Bland but cheep)
Point Oktoberfest (Seasonal and good)

Material costs to modify refrigerator including buying the refrigerator, ~ $63.00
 
I had (still have) a case of Troegs nugget nectar in my garage. Only brewed during february, so I figured i'd save a case.

bad idea. skunky.:(
 
Got an email from my Bud Light drinking neighbor. Went something like this:

Help me in boycotting Anheuser-Busch since they are sellouts to foreign investors.


Drop your beer off at my house & I will dispose of it. We'll teach those bastards!
 
Had some Pearl Street Brewery (La Crosse, WI) Downtown Brown Ale with dinner tonight - not too bad. Not great, but very drinkable...and I do like to sample the local stuff.
 
It is nearing one of this beer (very moderate these days) drinker's favorite times of year, pumpkin ale tasting time. It has not been determined which breweries will have the honor of having their ales present on my patio for this prestigious and exclusive event, I have found one that will definitely not be there. The waitress at one of my favorite local burger places suggested I try Southern Tier's Pumpking. I asked for a tasting before ordering a full glass, and boy was that a good decision. It tasted what I imagine a pumpkin spice scented Yankee Candle would if you were to drink it after it melted, or a pureed pumpkin pie mixed with nut brown ale. +o(

On an unrelated note, has anyone tried Unibroue La Fin du Mond? I first had this a year or so ago, and really enjoyed it. Funny thing, it's gotten popular with a lot of people in the cycling circles, and these are types who can make you feel like anything made in batches bigger than a few kegs isn't craft enough.
 
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It is nearing one of this beer (very moderate these days) drinker's favorite times of year, pumpkin ale tasting time. It has not been determined which breweries will have the honor of having their ales present on my patio for this prestigious and exclusive event, I have found one that will definitely not be there. The waitress at one of my favorite local burger places suggested I try Southern Tier's Pumpking. I asked for a tasting before ordering a full glass, and boy was that a good decision. It tasted what I imagine a pumpkin spice Yankee Candle would if you were to drink it after it melted. +o(
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[shudders]

For some reason, I like the light lager flavor of Tecate. That's been a standard in my garage fridge for a couple weeks.

@Zman, I decided to have a Budweiser the other day and it tasted like vodka beer. any thoughts?
 
boiker said:
[shudders]

For some reason, I like the light lager flavor of Tecate. That's been a standard in my garage fridge for a couple weeks.

@Zman, I decided to have a Budweiser the other day and it tasted like vodka beer. any thoughts?
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Interesting. I haven't had a regular Bud in a while so I cannot say much.
 
biscuit said:
On an unrelated note, has anyone tried Unibroue La Fin du Mond. I first had this a year or so ago, and really enjoyed it? Funny thing, it's gotten popular with a lot of people in the cycling circles, and these are types who can make you feel like anything made in batches bigger than a few kegs isn't craft enough.
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Many times, my grocery store carries a few Unibroue products. Love them all. Just had a special release celebrating the 300 th year (whatever it really is) of Montreal. They only sell 4 packs or large bottles in MI. If you go to The Beer Store in Ontario you can get 6 packs.
 
biscuit said:
On an unrelated note, has anyone tried Unibroue La Fin du Mond? I first had this a year or so ago, and really enjoyed it. Funny thing, it's gotten popular with a lot of people in the cycling circles, and these are types who can make you feel like anything made in batches bigger than a few kegs isn't craft enough.
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Love the Unibroue! Having easy access to Quebec I have the priviledge of sampling all their tasty offerings. If you really want to blow your cycling buddies craftbrewing minds, inform them that Unibroue is part of the macro Sapporo Brewing family.

Unibroue Wiki entry
 
Bill Leinenkugel has passed away.

Cancer claims Bill Leinenkugel

Semper Fidelis and bottoms up. :b:

I had actually never heard of Leinenkugel beer until I was roommate's with Bill's grandson in the U.S. Marine Corps back in 1998. I will have to drink a few Leinies in condolences on my next trip to the bar. :b:
 
B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher

I visited the brewery in Akron (almost within view of my house.) that makes the award winning B.O.R.I.S. the Crusher Oatmeal Imperial Stout. I haven't opened one yet. I want to make sure that I have nothing that needs to be done for the rest of the day before I do.;)
http://www.ohio.com/lifestyle/30930944.html
 
Beer lovers: What would Jesus brew?

DENVER, Colorado (AP) -- In the beginning, there was a long line for Judgment Day ale.

Shortly after the doors opened on the 27th Great American Beer Festival, a crowd congregated at the booth offering that and other pours from The Lost Abbey of San Marcos, California, where the tap handle is a Celtic cross and the legacy of beer-brewing monks endures.

Standing under a banner promising "Inspired beers for Saints and Sinners Alike," proprietor and former altar boy Tomme Arthur had a confession: He's using God to sell some beer.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/10/24/beer.god.ap/index.html


prAna have you seen/tasted such?
 
Tried Anchor Porter the other day and really enjoyed it.

Also got some Budweiser American Ale and was surprised it didn't taste putrid. I actually don't mind it too much. It's a decent ale. not great, not bad. Then again, my beer snobbery might not be up to par with other snobs around here. So, I could be completely off my rocker in my assessment of Bud's American Ale.

zmanPLAN said:
I found it to be drinkable, slightly bitter, but surprisingly lighter and cleaner. Definitely something for a typical American beer drinker and a good introduction for novice hop headz into something a little more complex and flavorful.
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I agree completely. That little bit of bitterness is a small step towards the in-your-face flavor offered by European brews. I think this beer will do mightily good in the marketplace is it makes timid Miller, Bud, and Coors see that different isn't necessarily overwhelming or "bad".
 
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boiker said:
Also got some Budweiser American Ale and was surprised it didn't taste putrid. I actually don't mind it too much. It's a decent ale. not great, not bad. Then again, my beer snobbery might not be up to par with other snobs around here. So, I could be completely off my rocker in my assessment of Bud's American Ale.
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I too tried this recently (there is still one remaining in the garage fridge). I found it to be drinkable, slightly bitter, but surprisingly lighter and cleaner. Definitely something for a typical American beer drinker and a good introduction for novice hop headz into something a little more complex and flavorful.
Would I buy it again? Probably not, I just have other similar beers that I prefer.
Would I drink it again, say, if offered at a party? Sure, especially if the choice is between this and the other Budweiser offerings.
 
I just invested in some home brewing equipment. Maybe sometime in the future you all will be discussing imaplanner's brewery ;-)
 
I finally tried the new Bud American Ale last night. I'm glad that the bargirl let me sample it without buying it. Horrible it was, so I ended up spending my night with the Sam Adams lager.
 
boiker said:
Also got some Budweiser American Ale and was surprised it didn't taste putrid. I actually don't mind it too much. It's a decent ale. not great, not bad. Then again, my beer snobbery might not be up to par with other snobs around here. So, I could be completely off my rocker in my assessment of Bud's American Ale.
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I've had literally one swallow of the Budweiser American Ale - based on that, I'd say it's not bad (although not on par with your typical microbrew ales), and unmistakeably an AB product (there was a slight undertaste that just screamed Budweiser). Then again, that was one swallow which was quickly washed away with a nice IPA, so take my review for what it's worth. ;)
 
Maybe I'm wrong - but it seems to me that beer on the eastern side of the rockies are generally much more amber tasting than beers west of the rockies. Colorado beers in particular seem to always have a much more significant amber taste. Even IPA's and lighter pales taste amber from most of the colorado breweries. I wonder why.
 
Had some of Highland Brewery's (Asheville, NC) seasonal brew this weekend called Cold Mountain. Very good stuff, but its a limited feature. If you can find it - buy it - and drink it.
 
I have in my posession a bottle of 2007 Thomas Hardy ale and am contemplating breaking it out tonight. Am I being too impulsive?
 
Maister said:
I have in my posession a bottle of 2007 Thomas Hardy ale and am contemplating breaking it out tonight. Am I being too impulsive?
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You can never be too impulsive with good beer. I bought a bottle of Stone's Vertical Epic 08 a couple months ago - the idea behind this one is that you collect each years release and in 2012 you drink all of them and compare. That one lasted less than a week in my fridge.

I also have to say that Zman exposed me to Odell Brewery, which I had never heard of before. They have some very very good beer.

I have a Russian River Pliny the Elder (imperial IPA) sitting in my fridge right now. I'm drooling just thinking about it.
 
imaplanner said:
You can never be too impulsive with good beer. I bought a bottle of Stone's Vertical Epic 08 a couple months ago - the idea behind this one is that you collect each years release and in 2012 you drink all of them and compare. That one lasted less than a week in my fridge.

I also have to say that Zman exposed me to Odell Brewery, which I had never heard of before. They have some very very good beer.

I have a Russian River Pliny the Elder (imperial IPA) sitting in my fridge right now. I'm drooling just thinking about it.
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Yeah, but a really good barley wine (like Hardy's) may not hit its stride until 3 years after bottling.
 
imaplanner said:
Ahh. so not an ale at all then eh? I've never been a big fan of barley wines - perhaps that is because I have drinking them too early.
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Well.....technically it's classifed as an "old ale". I too am afflicted with a condition where I can't wait three years to drink a bottle of beer. Impatient I guess.
 
Summer is around the corner - anyone had any good kolsch style beers lately? New Holland's is still the best in my book.
 
Maister said:
I have in my posession a bottle of 2007 Thomas Hardy ale and am contemplating breaking it out tonight. Am I being too impulsive?
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Good going Maister! You successfully resisted temptation and that bottle of 2007 T. Hardy is still in the cellar.

zman said:
Recently, it has been Sierra Nevada's Torpedo IPA 2009 for me.
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...and?.....
 
imaplanner said:
Ahh. so not an ale at all then eh? I've never been a big fan of barley wines - perhaps that is because I have drinking them too early.
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I don't know what I was thinking. Must have been that I had a bad barleywine that soured my experience. Because I had a 2007 Fish Brewing Leviathon barleywine a couple weeks ago that was absolutely fantastic. I have a 2008 Full Sail Old Boardhead barleywine sitting in my fridge right now that I think I am going to crack open when I get home. Probably a bit early but I'm impulsive. If its good I may swing down to the store and get another one to age.
 
Maister said:
...and?.....
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.... and it is a fantastic brew!*

*-Part of my secret and quiet admiration for California beers (Sierra, Anchor Steam) all the while loudly touting Colorado beer and sticking it to the Oregonians...);)
 
I am still very new to the world of beers so this may seem like an odd question. How do I expand my horizons when it comes to beer, I am looking for good new beers to try? I enjoy most beers, but so far I have most enjoyed Blue Moon, Summit Pale Ale, Fat Tire and the good 'ol standby Leine's Honey Weiss. Any good suggestions for a budding beer snob? :D
 
rcgplanner said:
I am still very new to the world of beers so this may seem like an odd question. How do I expand my horizons when it comes to beer, I am looking for good new beers to try? I enjoy most beers, but so far I have most enjoyed Blue Moon, Summit Pale Ale, Fat Tire and the good 'ol standby Leine's Honey Weiss. Any good suggestions for a budding beer snob? :D
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I am sure that there are more than a few on here that can school you. Basically start with the styles represented in your list (all tasty IMO) and start trying others within them (ratebeer.com has pretty comprehensive lists-ignore ratings), find a good local place that has a wide variety of beer and start trying them-I have found surprises starting with the seasonal offerings. Remember you aren't going to like everything and just because it is a craft beer/microbrew doesn't mean it's always going to be good!
 
i drank a bunch of Old Milwaukee (with the red label!) over the weekend. for a low cost beer i really like it - even more than some rather expensive beers that i think a frequently more hype than substance.

the local breweries (BBC, Cumberland Brews and New Albanian) around here generally all have a really good product, although lately everything seems to lean towards the hoppy side. i personally am so over really hoppy beer it is not even funny. i really like fall and winter beers though, i generally skip right over spring beers and head into the summer offerings if i can find ones that arent too hoppy. the goose island summertime ranks really highly for me in that category.
 
I tried a Red Stripe this last weekend. It'll be my last.

Also, did I mention how much I hate IPAs? Well...I hate Pyramid's Thunderhead IPA. Are there any that would change my mind?
 
zmanPLAN said:
.... and it is a fantastic brew!*

*-Part of my secret and quiet admiration for California beers (Sierra, Anchor Steam) all the while loudly touting Colorado beer and sticking it to the Oregonians...);)
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Obviously, you haven't traveled Oregon enough. What town of less than 4,000 people in the middle of nowhere has a public house? Ah, yes, I do love their hand pumped cask ales. They have a very nice ginger beer... and a new stout! It's nice to just walk across the street and ask the brewmaster to whip up a cask of something you like! :p
 
boiker said:
I tried a Red Stripe this last weekend. It'll be my last.

Also, did I mention how much I hate IPAs? Well...I hate Pyramid's Thunderhead IPA. Are there any that would change my mind?
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Thunderhead has a kind of sourness to it that it different than alot of other IPA's. I don't think its very representative of the style.
 
rcgplanner said:
I am still very new to the world of beers so this may seem like an odd question. How do I expand my horizons when it comes to beer, I am looking for good new beers to try? I enjoy most beers, but so far I have most enjoyed Blue Moon, Summit Pale Ale, Fat Tire and the good 'ol standby Leine's Honey Weiss. Any good suggestions for a budding beer snob? :D
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Check out www.beeradvocate.com. Lots of good info, from beer ratings to home brew.

Anyways, picked up a mixed pack from Left Hand Brew Co. for the weekend. Some weird sounding beers in it... Milk Stout, "Ginger" Ale, etc. Ah well, I like to drink micro brews whenever I can, hopefully this will be good for watching the NBA playoffs.
 
Erie Brewing Company Railbender Ale. A decent enough Scottish style ale. Not what I'd call awesome, but very good for the price point, and it is a Pennsylvania brewery.

I'll be in Belgium next week for the historic sights. I hear that they may have beer there. ;-)
 
PrahaSMC said:
Anyways, picked up a mixed pack from Left Hand Brew Co. for the weekend. Some weird sounding beers in it... Milk Stout, "Ginger" Ale, etc. Ah well, I like to drink micro brews whenever I can, hopefully this will be good for watching the NBA playoffs.
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Left Hand is one of the many Northern Colorado breweries that I haven't tried yet... or visited. Perhaps a trip to Longmont is warranted soon... there's probably a good golf course round there too. ;-)


Last night was Boddington's, straight from the can.
 
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