I'm lucky to get a highlife or even keystone nowadays :smiley17: its all about the natty lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by FactoredReality
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I'm lucky to get a highlife or even keystone nowadays :smiley17: its all about the natty lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by FactoredReality
I'm sure someone will bash this... but
I have a barrel of Yuengling Lord Chesterfield Ale on tap now, and I usually have Yuengling Porter on tap.
At work, we do a holiday beer swap, where 8 of us each get a case of micro / craft brews, and switch them around.
After that, I'm spoiled for about a week, untill I condition myself back to the Yueng.
On a side bar, Yuengling is releasing an un-announced, un-marketed boc for February.
I'm gettin' one!
Will
True. The difference is what type of yeast is used. Bottom or top fermenting.Quote:
Originally Posted by chefchris
Will
And also fermentation temperature.Quote:
Originally Posted by badwhale
I tried the Yuengling Porter once. I couldn't finish it.
What happened? Did you have to leave to go somewhere quickly?
Will
hahahaQuote:
Originally Posted by badwhale
no, i didn't want to throw up in a beer that I knew my friend would finish for me.
well, at least you didn't waste it.
Will
I had a pint of Troeggs mad elf tonight at a restaurant.
Very sweet & thick, and very strong. I almost shit myself when I saw it was 7 bucks on the tab.
I heard troeggs nugget nectar is out. Mmmm
Will
what is the best way to package and ship, via ups or usps, bottles of beer? How do you guys do it?
I try to wrap each bottle seperatley and make sure once it's all packed up to pick up the box and shake it around to make sure nothing's loose. It's illegal to ship alcohol through USPS, UPS doesn't like it but they'll do it. They never have a problem when I'm shipping 'yeast samples'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cabaiguan Juan
Chris nailed it on the head. If you can ship in 22oz bottles you will save a little bit on weight, but liquid is just heavy and $$ to ship.
Nalgene bottles work really well if you want to ship that non-carbonated stuff that you find in a mason jar.
So you guys are saying that just wrapping the bottles in bubble wrap works? bubble wrap is sufficent enough to prevent the bottles from being broken in transit? This may be a dumb comment, but i thought that there would be more abuse in transit which would require more then just bubble wrap.
I have had success with just bubble wrap yes. I have also shipped with just newspaper as well. The key, as Chris noted, is shaking the box and not hearing anything sliding around inside.
Personally I've had more issue with shipping homebrew and not getting the cap tight on the bottle (especially if the batch was a bit over carbonated). Not much you can do to prevent this other than checking over the caps before shipping.
great, thanks guys!
We did our case swap again at work. I was really impressed with the following:
North Coast Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout
Terrapin Hopsecutioner India Pale Ale
The imperial stout was very thick and had all kinds of great flavors going on.
The Hopsecutioner IPA was just a good straight up IPA with a lot of grapefruit and floral hop flavors.
Will
I was just reading some reviews about Old Rasputin. I'll have to give it a try.Quote:
Originally Posted by badwhale
This weekend I've been drinking Sierra Nevada Torpedo Extra IPA. At 7.2% ABV and $7.50 for a sixer it's a great value. It's not nearly as bitter as I expected it to be.
I'm a hop head and also enjoy Sierra Nevada's Torpedo.
Tonight I had some Bridgeport Hop Czar...It was excellent.
Hop Czar is my absolute favorite IPA. One hell of a kick but the hop bite is smooth. I can only find it at Costco and not all the time. I buy a couple or three cases when I see it :smiley20:Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRichLife
I wish my Costco carried it.. occasionally we get Stone IPA, but they always have SNPA.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cigarbear
Mine varies wildly. The only consistant resident of the beer isle is their Kirkland brand sampler packs. They aren't bad for ~$18 a case but I'm a beer snob :smiley36:
Old Rasp is one of a select few that I keep a case on deck at all times. The annual "Anniversary" iteration is really the stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by badwhale
:smiley20:
Today, drank some Magic Hat #9, Stella, and Stone 14th Anniversary Emperial IPA. Of course the Stone stood out. It was a really good beer. The nose had a strong blu cheese aroma. There was a great hop presence and some sweetness on the finish. It was full-bodied but still very drinkable.
A few of my beer club members and I went on a Northern Az Brewery tour this past weekend. Lots O' fun and Lots O' beer!
Our first stop was the newest brewery in the state, the Lumberyard:
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...beryard015.jpg
Next was the smallest brewery of the tour, the Flagstaff Brewery:
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...Brewery001.jpg
Third was a favorite of many, the Beaver Street Brewery which also owns the Lumberyard:
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...rStreet016.jpg
Last stop for the day was the Grand Canyon Brewery. New up and coming brewery in a quaint Rt. 66 town:
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...Brewery026.jpg
The next day we headed south to Sedona and visited Oak Creek Brewery at Tlaquepaque:
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...uepaque002.jpg
Then headed over to the original Oak Creek Brewery:
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...Brewery014.jpg
We finished the tour with a stop at a local vineyard outside of Cottonwood. Before the tasting began they asked me if I knew much about wine, I said "It comes in a box right?" I then got schooled at Page Springs Cellers:
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...-Winery009.jpg
This was a great trip and a great way to get out of the heat.
Very nice Wild! A couple of my favs listed there, I will need to check out the new ones next time I am up north.
Has anyone tried Goose Island's "Bourbon County" stout?
I've had it...Nice stuff.
It's a great beer, but I'm not sure it's $20 for a 4-pack of 12 oz bottles great. Our local brewery, Boulevard Brewing, makes a "Bourbon Barrel Quad" that I think is every bit as good as the Goose Island, but is $8 for a 750ml bottle.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chè
I've only been through a couple of these. Agree, good stuff & cost is a definite consideration.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRichLife
Hopefully this is a cool spot to introduce this but if not it certainly can be instated as a separate thread.
Some nice ales were mentioned in posts preceding. I was curious if any of us subscribe to "aging"? If so:
- How long typically do you hold off?
- What's the oldest item you have on hand?
- How strongly do you feel about the results you've achieved?
Me:
- No real strategy in place. I mostly rotate through stuff but try to make a mental note of how things tasted at the time etc.
- Finished a 2004 Chimay Blue about 3 weeks ago. I believe the oldest items I have now were purchased in or vintaged 2006.
- Sorta on the fence. I recognize some things that I felt originally were over the top, were more to my liking later on. Other not necessarily over the top things such as the 6 year old Chimays, I didn't really find significantly improved or huge alterations in taste.
I've had to let some strong ales I've brewed age up to a year. I made some holiday cyser (mead made with cider) and have been aging that 5 years now.
...Something I know little to nothing about. Is it aging in bottles or in wood?Quote:
Originally Posted by nhcigarfan
Bottle
My Chimay Grande Reserve' lasted 4 years as well as my Chocolate RIS. My Oak Aged Bourbon Porter is on it's third year and I don't see it lasting another due to its popularity.:smiley19:
What are some brews you guys might describe as "dinner" ales?
So, I live in a beer-deprived shithole. Any time we go out of state, I make sure to pick up some kind of beer we can't get here. I don't drink a whole lot of beer, and I prefer microbrews. When I do drink it I want it to taste like something. But in a pinch, I prefer the Beast Lite. But that's for another thread....
Anyways, my pick this past weekend was Dale's Pale Ale, from Oskar Blues brewery in Colorado. Anyone have any opinion on this brew? What enticed me was the fact that it's a Pale Ale with a high alcohol content and it's presented in a can. I've long heard that beers are best in cans (plus you can crush them on your forehead), but have seen very few that opt for the can instead of the bottle.
Any opinions?
I like this beer. It's strong, yes, but it has a nice clean straight up IPA flavor. Crisp and delicious. It reminds me a lot of Stone IPA.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrtr33
Will
PS the Ten Fidy Imperial Stoudt is pretty good from them too.
Had a couple of these this summer and picked up a 4pack from 2007 this weekend. I must say that it is very much to my liking. Considering that the local beer pub sells many beers for 4$/pint, I don't mind the $5 price tag.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chè
Another great stout I've found is the Founder's Kentucky Breakfast Stout. It really is a full breakfast in a bottle:smiley20:
Also, today, just bottled my first brew, a pumpkin spice porter.:smiley37:
Nice acquisition. I recently picked up a 4 pack of the 2008. Was contemplating a second - $19 is a bit pricey, but then again, that comes with a lil' age attached.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eville
Heard a lot about the Founder's but haven't ever had the pleasure.
What about "the Abyss"?
I do like Founder's brand, especially Double Trouble. My favorite (though a bit pricey at $20 a six pack) is Bells Hopslam. They come out with it once a year during the winter-spring time. It is delicious. Bells Oberon is good too, they come out with that every summer. I wonder who owns budweiser because I don't know what they were thinking about when they came out with Bud Light wheat. It is way too expensive for a cheap wheat beer that is not that good.I was really surprised by Sam Adams Noble Pils. It is delicious and cheap.
Just opened up a bottle (22oz) of Great Divide Dunkel Weiss. Ever since I got back I have been on a quest to find a good German style dunkel, and this hits the spot. Not perfect, but I knew it was going to be good when the label said "just dont put any lemon in it.":smiley20: