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Postby sky cracks open » Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:46 pm

I got lucky and managed to snag tickets to this year's Avery Sour Fest. Apparently it sold out in less than a minute, and tons of people who tried to get tickets at exactly 9am were unsuccessful.

I was in their boat last year... seemed as though tickets sold out before they even went on sale.
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Postby sky cracks open » Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:05 pm

Speaking of which, if any of you know any great sour beers that I should try to find at the festival, let me know. I'm going to try anything that I haven't already had from Russian River, Lost Abbey, and Avery, but I'm sure there are a lot of other great breweries who don't distribute to Colorado, so I haven't tried their sours.

edit: I'm pretty sure it's only American breweries, but that would be amazing if breweries like Cantillon and 3 Fonteinen showed up.
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Postby bongo » Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:23 pm

ill be hitting the stone sour fest, it's like 3 weeks after i get to sd

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Postby Father Sogol » Fri Apr 27, 2012 2:51 pm

had the cantillon lou pepe the other day. awesome body
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Postby Cartman Sandiego » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:22 pm

The sours by Cascade are awesome as are the ones from Lost Abbey. The best sour beer I've probably ever tasted was Isabelle Proximus and it makes me sad I'll never be able to have it again.

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Might be trying this year's Stone RIS later if I'm not too messed up. Anyone try it yet?
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Postby honkduh » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:35 pm

Giving this a try tonight

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Postby sky cracks open » Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:48 pm

Potential Boarder wrote: The best sour beer I've probably ever tasted was Isabelle Proximus and it makes me sad I'll never be able to have it again.


Yeah, I still have one bottle of this in my basement, being saved for the perfect moment.
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Postby wyatt » Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:26 am

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drinking the bruery's otiose now. it is good, but my least favorite of the bruery sours i have had. great fruit flavor with the guava upfront although i would have liked for a more sour punch at the finish. i had two bottles so i think i am going to hold on to the other one for a while and see what happens.
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Postby pablito » Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:36 am

i bet it would be real fun to drink Quality Beer with high on fire
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Postby Birds vs Worms » Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:39 am

have you guys seen matt pike recently. dude does not need to be drinking any more beers.
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Postby internethandle » Sat Apr 28, 2012 2:53 am

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if you can you guys need to get your hands on the above. it's been on tap for the past week or so at the beer bar and it's just incredible - a wild ale (read: not particularly a traditional belgian sour) collab beer between sly fox and de proef.

edit: i guess it's actually fashioned a saison, but it really tastes much more like a wild, description:

Brian O’Reilly of Sly Fox Brewing Company joins Dirk Naudts to create the fifth brew in the De Proef Brewmaster’s Collaboration series. This year’s collaboration celebrates the great brewing cultures of both Philadelphia and Gent.

Broederlijke Liefde (Brotherly Love) is a slightly higher gravity interpretation of the saison style. It is fermented with two yeasts – a classic saison yeast as well as brettanomyces from an original gravity of 1066 (16.5 plato). These yeasts yield a dry and slightly spicy ale with a strong hint of farmhouse character that will continue to develop with age. The use of Target and Styrian Golding hops at 37 IBUs add floral aromatics and a balancing bitterness.

Broederlijke Liefde if the official Belgian collaboration ale of Philly Beer Week 2011. If you can’t join us in Philadelphia for our annual celebration in June please enjoy this creation in your own celebration of the international brewing
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Postby brent » Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:25 pm

picked up 6 bombers of the new belgium tart lychee

not really a sour - its very balanced with a great mix of sweet and tart, incredibly drinkable
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Postby Dear You » Sat Apr 28, 2012 11:51 pm

Split a Unibroue 17 Grand Reserve tonight.

Fantastic. Splendid BSDA aged in oak barrels. Could definitely see a wine fan being into this. Which is funny because I can't really fuck with win too much.
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Postby landspeedrecord » Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:31 am

Didn't really think much of this Stone/Cambridge/BrewDog Juxtaposition Black Pilsner back in 2009 (it tasted like dirt), but after chucking it in the cellar for 2.5 years and forgetting about it, pretty fuckin pleased with the result. No longer a booze bomb but still a lil hoppy, the malt is surprisingly complex, lots of licorice, raisins, coffee, chocolate, tobacco.

If you see it lying around, totally worth a shot. Most of these Stone collabs have been tight though (El Camino Black IPA, Highway 78 Scotch Ale, San Diego Session West Coast ESB, More Brown Than Black IPA, TBA Hoppy Brown all shining examples)
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Postby landspeedrecord » Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:41 am

wyatt,

Even though I'm pretty much 100% against aging fruit beers (krieks, lambics, etc), sour browns are awesome with some time on em. However, I don't think that the Bruery treats their stuff with any pedio or other shit to boost acidity, so I dunno if that Otiose is gonna get much more sour, but that guava's gonna drop out quick, so age at your own risk.
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Postby sky cracks open » Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:43 am

non-fruit lambics are pretty awesome aged though
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Postby wyatt » Sun Apr 29, 2012 12:44 am

Did anyone who went to DLD get a barrel aged dark lord?
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Postby landspeedrecord » Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:45 am

sky cracks open wrote:non-fruit lambics are pretty awesome aged though


yeah, but their main asset is not the fruit, which drop out quickly.

People are trading and aging Schaerbeekse krieks and shit, and it's not my money so I guess why sweat it, but seriously what would possess someone?
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Postby darger » Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:50 am

wyatt wrote:Did anyone who went to DLD get a barrel aged dark lord?

i was in the third group and they were completely out when I got my DL.
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Postby RAMBLIN MAN » Sun Apr 29, 2012 9:30 am

Got a winning golden ticket and chose the bourbon vanilla dark lord.
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Postby Turner_Brown » Sun Apr 29, 2012 10:44 am

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Hell of a day. Scored a Cognac DL and a wristband for free beer/food all day.
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Postby Viola Swamp » Sun Apr 29, 2012 11:27 am



can't wait for my dark lords to reach california
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Postby honkduh » Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:40 pm

anyone try this yet?

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Postby Birds vs Worms » Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:25 pm

Anybody wanna trade a Dark Lord?
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Postby Cartman Sandiego » Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:41 pm

Yea, I'd also be interested in a Dark Lord if anyone has any for trade, but have very little to trade except cash because I'm in Chicago. I was supposed to go, but it's the weekend before my finals. I'll be in California from mid-May to mid-June and could probably trade Russian River stuff (even growlers from the pub), Alesmith, Ballast Point, Deschutes and other things we can't get in the Midwest.
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Postby bongo » Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:24 pm

was kinda underwhelmed both times i tried darklord, havent had any of the variants though

dld seems fun but also like a pain in the ass, would be super pissed to make the trip and not even get a variant

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Postby honkduh » Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:32 pm

wyatt wrote:Did anyone who went to DLD get a barrel aged dark lord?


You can get one off Ebay for $315.00

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dark-Lord-2012-Barrel-Aged-with-Vanilla-Beans-643-934-/170832899611?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c66f2e1b#ht_500wt_1287
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Postby Birds vs Worms » Sun Apr 29, 2012 8:05 pm

just throwing it out there, if anyone has an extra DL they want to trade, i got one of these up for grabs

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Postby vhg » Wed May 02, 2012 10:00 am

I'm gonna be in Chicago tonight through Sat morning. Am I going to have any luck finding Zombie Dust?
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Postby darger » Wed May 02, 2012 11:14 am

VHGisdead wrote:I'm gonna be in Chicago tonight through Sat morning. Am I going to have any luck finding Zombie Dust?


looks like it but i would definitely call ahead:

http://www.beermenus.com/beers/three-floyds-zombie-dust?order=recent
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