Quality Beer Thread

[Al Barlick]

About to try a Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic

don't do it. reconsider.

yeah, I wish you would have made this post earlier.

now I'm having a Coastal Wheat, which is much more to my liking

[kit fox]

well girlfriend picked up best brown

Tomorrow I might grab a bottle of Jolly Pumpkin's christmas brown. Tried a friend's last night and it tasted exactly like the brown ale I just bottled.

[shiv]

i like the cisco grey lady but this is just yuck.

I'll be back on the Cape for the holidays, is the Cisco Grey Lady generally available? What's it's like/is it worth my time?

i think so, it might be more a summer thing though. it's like a slightly inferior allagash.

their pumking is good though.

drinking now:



and found some:

[bankhead]

i have that badass dfh snifter

apparently they don't make them anymore

[the scofflaw]

About to try a Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic

don't do it. reconsider.

yeah, I wish you would have made this post earlier.

i didn't make it past my second sip before pouring it out. a blemish on the winter seasonal pack.

[Birds vs Worms]

picked up some beers after work



thoughts?

[shiv]

picked up some beers after work



thoughts?

they look interesting. how are they?

[Birds vs Worms]

they look interesting. how are they?

drinking the southern star right now. haven't tried the other two. the gf wanted something hoppy and i haven't had it in a while so i picked some up. worth it just for the aroma alone, smells like grapefruit. and it's brewed locally so that's always a plus in my book. really interested in the other two brews. don't know if i'll get to them tonight...

[pissydan]

Finally got some of this last night. It was good but I wasn't blown away, kind of disappointed since it was almost $10 a bottle.

Just saw that there's some on ebay for $25/bottle + $9 shipping. Dang.

goddamnit fuck shit fuck!

[Turner_Brown]

Had The Bruery Saison Rue last night...fucking amazing.

[pissydan]

they look interesting. how are they?

drinking the southern star right now. haven't tried the other two. the gf wanted something hoppy and i haven't had it in a while so i picked some up. worth it just for the aroma alone, smells like grapefruit. and it's brewed locally so that's always a plus in my book. really interested in the other two brews. don't know if i'll get to them tonight...

that southern star is good. i had a bunch of the bombshell blonde.

[mike]

Had The Bruery Saison Rue last night...fucking amazing.

did you drink it straight up or against food? it works really well against turkey... anyway, good stuff

http://hoosierbeergeek.blogspot.com/200 ... table.html

if you get boulevard where you're at, their brett saison is pretty nice as well - maybe not as funky as you'd expect a brett beer to be, but i'd imagine that it'll get weird the older it gets. and saison dupont is pretty much the standard, and maybe a little cheaper than the bruery stuff.

and if you knew all that already then i'm sorry if i came across as a know it all.

[nakedlunch]

split a bomber of with my friend out in Denver last week

incredible

[pissydan]

barrel aged hibernation? shit, i didnt know that existed.

[pissydan]

Had The Bruery Saison Rue last night...fucking amazing.

did you drink it straight up or against food? it works really well against turkey... anyway, good stuff

http://hoosierbeergeek.blogspot.com/200 ... table.html

if you get boulevard where you're at, their brett saison is pretty nice as well - maybe not as funky as you'd expect a brett beer to be, but i'd imagine that it'll get weird the older it gets. and saison dupont is pretty much the standard, and maybe a little cheaper than the bruery stuff.

and if you knew all that already then i'm sorry if i came across as a know it all.

also, i think the hennepin should be in this particular conversation...

[Turner_Brown]

Had The Bruery Saison Rue last night...fucking amazing.

did you drink it straight up or against food? it works really well against turkey... anyway, good stuff

http://hoosierbeergeek.blogspot.com/200 ... table.html

if you get boulevard where you're at, their brett saison is pretty nice as well - maybe not as funky as you'd expect a brett beer to be, but i'd imagine that it'll get weird the older it gets. and saison dupont is pretty much the standard, and maybe a little cheaper than the bruery stuff.

and if you knew all that already then i'm sorry if i came across as a know it all.

Did it straight.

I have a bottle of the brett saison at home...haven't tried it yet. So far the Smokestack series hasn't blown my hair back.

[Turner_Brown]

Had The Bruery Saison Rue last night...fucking amazing.

did you drink it straight up or against food? it works really well against turkey... anyway, good stuff

http://hoosierbeergeek.blogspot.com/200 ... table.html

if you get boulevard where you're at, their brett saison is pretty nice as well - maybe not as funky as you'd expect a brett beer to be, but i'd imagine that it'll get weird the older it gets. and saison dupont is pretty much the standard, and maybe a little cheaper than the bruery stuff.

and if you knew all that already then i'm sorry if i came across as a know it all.

also, i think the hennepin should be in this particular conversation...

Saison Dupont is my gold standard, as far as saison's go. Priced right too.

[Render]

i've been a pretty big fan of the trader joe's vintage ales, $4.99 and they are actually very tasty

oh and 9% too

i've had a couple of these since i moved, and you're absolutely correct, tasty, cheap, and gets the job done.

worth mentioning they're contract brewed by unibroue

I got a bottle of this last night, and a sixer of their Stockyard Oatmeal Stout, which is made by Goose Island, so I'm wondering how similar it is to their own Oatmeal Stout.

[the scofflaw]

I got a bottle of this last night, and a sixer of their Stockyard Oatmeal Stout, which is made by Goose Island, so I'm wondering how similar it is to their own Oatmeal Stout.

i almost bought some of that oatmeal stout the other night. picked up the vintage ale, though. the dude at the register told me that i should stock up if i liked it and let it age a couple years, and that they aren't going to be getting any more shipments of it.
i did get some of that JB Winterfest, and damn, for 5 bucks a sixer it was much better than i expected. just really smooth for a 7.5% brew.

[brent]

Had The Bruery Saison Rue last night...fucking amazing.

did you drink it straight up or against food? it works really well against turkey... anyway, good stuff

http://hoosierbeergeek.blogspot.com/200 ... table.html

if you get boulevard where you're at, their brett saison is pretty nice as well - maybe not as funky as you'd expect a brett beer to be, but i'd imagine that it'll get weird the older it gets. and saison dupont is pretty much the standard, and maybe a little cheaper than the bruery stuff.

and if you knew all that already then i'm sorry if i came across as a know it all.

Did it straight.

I have a bottle of the brett saison at home...haven't tried it yet. So far the Smokestack series hasn't blown my hair back.

really? the imperial stout is one of the best i've ever had and the brett saison isn't far behind.

[Damien Amadeus MetalWind]

Finally got some of this last night. It was good but I wasn't blown away, kind of disappointed since it was almost $10 a bottle.

Just saw that there's some on ebay for $25/bottle + $9 shipping. Dang.

goddamnit fuck shit fuck!

do you need me to send you one? I was thinking of getting some more to drink later.

[grammatron]

Just dropped 18.99 on a 4-pack of Samichlaus.

[Bob511]

The Stockyard Oatmeal Stout is, I think, the worst stout I have ever purchased: thin, watery, and coffee/cocoa-flavored with all the authenticity and subtlety of, say, a Cherry Coke.

I mean, I wasn't expecting the BCS at $5/six, but still...

[Poptone]

Going back to school has really hampered my expensive beer habit.

But I am drinking some Old Speckled Hen right now; it's been a while. Obviously nothing amazing, but it's always welcome and incredibly drinkable.

[grammatron]

I do love a refreshing cherry coke though.

[SNC]

Sn pale ale for me. Thank you TGIF for having something decent

[Poptone]

I discovered I still have a couple bottles of Boréale hiding in the back of the fridge from my last Québec trip. Those will be a nice Christmas treat.

[bankhead]

opened a few year-old green flash double stouts

at a party the other day

pretty amazing candidate for aging

[sharkhax]

So i got real lucky at my local today and snagged a couple sixers of real rare Short's brew company sixers. Like, I basically got 1/4 of all that store's stock for the year.

Short's Brew - Kind Ale , Its not even on their website (that i can see). I guess its an a super hopped wet hop ale. **edit wow thsi stuff smells like I'm in some underground bunker where all the best hops are kept** NO WAY

Short's Brew - Uncle Steve's Irish Stout

http://www.mlive.com/kalamabrew/index.s ... _rele.html

[kit fox]

holy shit, sharkhax, you're the best