powpig2002
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just my opinion but hope you didn't pay much.
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powpig2002
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mcgovens oatmeal stout - has to be my fav. as good as rogue shakespere oatmeal, local and CHEAPER
ctenidae
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Ommegang Tripel Perfection: Dang tasty.
jaywbigred
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Picked up a bottle of this on Saturday - haven't gotten around to uncorking it yet. Review coming in the next few days. I'm quite curious about what type of experience it will be
How have I missed this thread in the past? I am going to start posting here since I like to try a lot of different beers, and this seems as good as any a way to log them, and at the same time learn what to try next.
We had the Infinium a couple weeks ago and were underwhelmed. I found it way too citrusy and thought it was a rip off for what I paid. Too bad, the packaging was cool.
Had Flying Fish Exit 6 Wallonian Rye "Belgian Style Ale with New Jersey Rye" a couple weeks ago and immediately put in an order for another half case from my beer guy.
Had a Weyerbacher Old Heathen Imperial Stout and was not into it, but that has more to do w my personal preference (I like my stouts Irish or not at all, although I have been known to drink an oatmeal now and then, esp. if you mix it with some lambic or a fruity wheat beer).
Someone brought us a 6 pack of Redhook Long Hammer IPA. Normally I wouldn't buy a Redhook product because of Budweiser's partial equity stake, but this was a decent drinking IPA that we all enjoyed.
I had a Porkslap Pale Ale on draft for the first time recently. I've had it from a can many times, but this was a first for me and I would say I probably prefer the novelty of the can. It tasted less poignant and I didn't find the color all too appealing in the pint glass (though I admittedly was in a pretty dark bar at the time).
Split a gifted Unibroue Blanche de Chambly with some friends and enjoyed it, but I wouldn't buy it on my own. A little too citrusy for me again.
Troegs is one of my very favorite breweries and I often have the Hopback in my house. I've also enjoyed the Pale Ale and the Nugget Nectar, when available, though I was not a fan of the Sunshine Pils or the Mad Elf, if I recall correctly. In any event, for some reason, I had never tried their Dreamweaver Unfiltered Wheat beer, so I picked up a 6 pack and found it quite pleasant, if not earth shattering. I may stock it in my house as an alternative for folks that like Blue Moon, as I refuse to support Blue Moon as a Coors product.
Also picked up a six of Stoudt's Double IPA on recommendation from a friend that it was a nice approximation of a retired Ithaca Double IPA I used to love. It was very good, but not quite as good as the Ithaca, in my memory.
Otherwise, I've been stocking/drinking old stand-bys like the aforementioned Hopback, Victory Golden Monkey, Ithaca Ground Break, Victory Prima Pils, and Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot (when I'm feeling aggressive). I have some mixture of the the rest of the Dreamweaver, the Stoudt's Double IPA, and a 6 pack of Ithaca Cascazilla on the docket for Tuesday night's OSU basketball game and for this coming weekend, and a couple Chimays (one blue one red) in the back of my fridge for when the mood strikes me.
frozencorn
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jaywbigred
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During the OSU destruction of Purdue, I enjoyed a couple Cascazillas. Great beer. Lots of different flavors, and none of them in your face. A great example of American craft brewing, imo.
Also had a Sam's Winter. Yuck! Won't make that mistake again.
Also had a Sam's Winter. Yuck! Won't make that mistake again.
Still not New England :sad:
On a different note, hit The Alchemist last weekend, what great beer - the Pappys Secret Stash was amazing, anyone going to Vermont soon should try to get some.
roark
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I hear they'll be canning some soon, about time. The alchemist is the first, and only, brewery in New England to make me not miss Norcal and PNW beers terribly.
jaywbigred
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Yeah, I've been waiting for a New England Brewery to step up and show me something for awhile now. There was a time in the late 90s, early 2000s when Sam A was leading the charge and Magic Hat, Harpoon and Long Trail were right behind, that I thought NE was a beer mecca. Now, though I like a few beers here or there (Long Trail Double Bag, BBC Steel Rail, and Allagash White come to mind), I am definitely a bigger fan of NY (Ithaca, Southern Tier, Ommegang, Six Point, Butternuts) and PA (Troegs, Weyerbacher, Victory, Stoudt's, even Sly Fox) beers at this point.
Black Phantom
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A local gin mill that I frequent just started serving this:
Nice addition to the menu.
Tried a S A Winter and I thought I was going to get sick.
gorgonzola
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wow no SA winter love? I had a weyerbacher winter up at blue the other night and it tasted like a bigger sam winter. they also had $4 bitburgers which i enjoyed thuroughly, fresh and bright
powpig2002
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sierra nevada torpedo extra ipa - dangerous at 7.2. good stuff
powpig2002
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sev, tried that arrogant bastard yet? the oaked version is alot smoother
Geoff
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Coffee Stout was on tap at the Long Trail Brewery on Sunday night. I picked up a half-dozen 22 oz bottles. Triple Bag is on tap but no bottles yet. They also still have Imperial Porter on tap.
In my exile in south Jersey as cubicle-dwelling corporate drone, the local Pizzaria Uno's has River Horse Belgian Freeze on tap for $4.00 until 7pm.
In my exile in south Jersey as cubicle-dwelling corporate drone, the local Pizzaria Uno's has River Horse Belgian Freeze on tap for $4.00 until 7pm.
ZYDECORICH
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Troges nugget nectar is coming out soon ....grab it while it last.
jaywbigred
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Already pre-ordered a case from my beer guy!
Also, had an Otter Creek Alpine Black IPA draft on Friday night. It was interesting. Quite good, like a solid IPA at the beginning, but then a finish with a hint of stout taste. I don't know that I'd run out and buy it for my fridge, but I still enjoyed it. Unfortunately, the second beer I was hoping to try, from Von Trapp Brewery in Stowe (Amber Ale I believe), kicked before I could get the bartender's attention (spraying my buddy with a lot of foam in the process). Anyone had any Trapp Family beers before?
Black Phantom
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Just started serving this at the gin mill:
ZYDECORICH
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Just started serving this at the gin mill:
yeah, thats a good one also. they make nice products.
jaywbigred
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Got a 6 pack for free for my bday yesterday from my beer guy! My case is also in when I'm ready to go pick it up and pay.
Also tried a new-to-me beer last night: Terrapin Hop Karma Brown IPA, which is a mixture of styles between a brown ale and an IPA. Didn't care for it. To my taste buds, it was 85% a brown ale and just a hint of IPA-ness. I was hoping for something hoppier and less malty.
roark
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Southern Tier 2x IPA tonight. Pretty good, nice citrus and pine hop aroma & flavor but a strangeness to the malt I'm not crazy about... almost corn like. Finish is actually pretty balanced between hops and malt... slightly sweet. Drinks 'small' for an 8% DIPA.
