Quality Beer Thread

[pellegrino viking essays]

just pour some oj in it.

I'll take mine as a brass monkey, bar-keep!

[pellegrino viking essays]

i went to a younger event, and it was awesome to have a pint, but man was it annoying. People were acting so ridiculous. Taking a sip and yelling "OH MY GOD!" filming each other drinking and shit.

Not kidding.

If I see an ad for another one i'm going to go and either

1.) Pound my pint and leave

2.) Get my pint and dump it in the trash can then yell cocksucker and run out

[nibelheim]

yeah its really fucking absurd

id rather just enjoy an elder at home

[Dear You]

i went to a younger event, and it was awesome to have a pint, but man was it annoying. People were acting so ridiculous. Taking a sip and yelling "OH MY GOD!" filming each other drinking and shit.

God, I can imagine this happening. Almost glad we never seem to have crazy rare beer tappings here sometimes.

[internethandle]

gonna try this koppi coffee ipa thing from mikkeller tonight - not sure which one since i guess there's two according to ratebeer. even if i don't like it i guess i have to admire their tenacity.

[internethandle]

i went to a younger event, and it was awesome to have a pint, but man was it annoying. People were acting so ridiculous. Taking a sip and yelling "OH MY GOD!" filming each other drinking and shit.

God, I can imagine this happening. Almost glad we never seem to have crazy rare beer tappings here sometimes.

yeah it's getting so fucking ridiculous. it is a good beer, but it ultimately is just a beer and the enthusiasm for it is just massively disproportional and ultimately bandwagoning.

i guess i should know i'm officially a beer snob at this point since my only taste of this year's was a 6 or 7 oz taster glass the beer bar manager poured me for being a regular (they raffled off pints this year for charity for their keg allocations, set a deadline for redemption of the pints, so i had some of what was left in the keg) and we both stood there sipping ours and talking about how it's difficult to quite understand the hysterics - versus the sort of reaction you witnessed.

[Contristo]

that's exactly how it was at a CBS tapping in Jersey City. worst crowd i've ever seen at a bar, though the location should've forewarned me to that.
of course the bar didn't tell anyone but regulars they had to buy tickets. didn't even list that tix were required on the event page. so it was basically a bunch of people showing up disappointed, and the bar saying "oh but we have plenty of other stuff you can buy here! so still spend money!" i got the fuck outta there and never went back.

[honkduh]

i went to a younger event, and it was awesome to have a pint, but man was it annoying. People were acting so ridiculous. Taking a sip and yelling "OH MY GOD!" filming each other drinking and shit.

Not kidding.

If I see an ad for another one i'm going to go and either

1.) Pound my pint and leave

2.) Get my pint and dump it in the trash can then yell cocksucker and run out

was that at Heathman or Super deli mart?

[pellegrino viking essays]

nah, it was that fucking one in Kirkland i posted a long time ago. My wife works in bellevue, so i just picked her up and we went after work.

I don't know what's wrong with me, but i can't stop drinking five beers a day this week. I'm telling myself I'll start acting like a normal dude next week. Going back to pinebox with a bro when they open at 3 today, fuck it. Green Flash West Coast, Maudite, Union Jack, and Hoptimum on tap.

[bankhead]

i went to a younger event, and it was awesome to have a pint, but man was it annoying. People were acting so ridiculous. Taking a sip and yelling "OH MY GOD!" filming each other drinking and shit.

Not kidding.

last younger tapping i went to this year was at a fest i was first to get the pour (all head) and people were taking pictures of me like i was a rockstar

[mike]

http://hopville.com/recipe/1042540/american-ipa-recipes/zombie-dust-clone

That seems completely wrong. Do you know anyone who has vouched for it?


A couple things...

ZD is drier than 1.018 (I would mash at 150-152F)
3F house yeast is English
No 60 min addition?

a guy who would know says "too strong, wrong yeast, a few other things too."

[nibelheim]

is anyone able to get kern river citra

its been on my want list for years

[internethandle]

is anyone able to get kern river citra

its been on my want list for years

not bottled still to my knowledge. see my post a few pages back about their 5th anniversary DIPA though - it's already cracked the beeradvocate top 100 and it's like a month old or something. i had it on tap and the keg blew almost immediately, it's an amazing beer.

also worthwhile by them, and much more available, is just outstanding IPA.

[nibelheim]

they started bottling it last year



i wonder if ill be able to track it down once i move to san diego

[bankhead]

it is bottled but only limited released/distributed in socal and sells out faster than a motherfucker

the last batch two weeks ago was bottled but only sold out of their (hard as fuck to drive to) brewery

you should trade for it if possible it's a top five beer for me

[nibelheim]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Citra-Kern-River-Brewery-Bottles-5-/320876367824?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab5b8cfd0

[internethandle]

yeah i just fact checked myself and i guess i was wrong. looks like they only started bottling either last year or the year before, and yeah, despite being in so cal i've never even seen it except tapped, which also goes extremely quickly.

again, look out for 5th anniversary and just outstanding, though.

just outstanding and mongo by port brewing are probably my two favorite year-round and available bottled IPA options, at this point. both have enough malt-hops balance to taste good after 4 or 5 months. like i can't even say that for something like double jack - i had a bomber last week that was probably over 6 months and it was borderline bad, which is a shame because it's a great beer closer to fresh.

[Turner_Brown]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Citra-Kern-River-Brewery-Bottles-5-/320876367824?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab5b8cfd0

Seriously, you say the word "citra" and people wet themselves. Shit is getting out of hand:



Any predictions on how this will all fall apart?

[nibelheim]

im gonna start stockpiling saisons and sours now for when those are the big things everyone pays out the ass for

[Dear You]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Citra-Kern-River-Brewery-Bottles-5-/320876367824?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab5b8cfd0

God, I hate people.

[SNC]

Yeah it's crazy hype but it's good. I guess I'm in pretty good with the gm of this place so I guess I'm on the early warning email list for their tappings/dinner/ events so I'll take an advanced ticket have my glass then switch to other stuff with lunch

[wyatt]

beatification came out today at russian river. i have two pre-trades set up for this, so i hope they make it to the brewery before they sell out.

[Spartacus]

can you guys recommend breweries worth checking out that have beers available at whole foods? i tend to buy from the ones i know (bells, north coast, rogue, legend, new belgium, oskar blues, great lakes) but i would like to start branching out.

[nibelheim]

drinking fantome printemps on my deck atm

[bankhead]

yeah the ebay/trading culture has turned to shit

bingo if they keg the citra next time it should show up in some sd spots

mostly it's our little l.a. privilege tho

had a b-day tasting at a bar two years ago and they had just tapped the first batch for the first time

we drank almost all the keg inbetween wales

[brent]

can you guys recommend breweries worth checking out that have beers available at whole foods? i tend to buy from the ones i know (bells, north coast, rogue, legend, new belgium, oskar blues, great lakes) but i would like to start branching out.

you're in dc right ?

not sure if you get green flash but it's still relatively new to me in nebraska and it's fucking awesome. west coast ipa is huge, hop head red refreshing, and the rayon vert (to me) tastes a lot like orval, except for 1/3rd the price per bottle. and their bombers are a good deal too, double ipa i can get here for under $6.

others i would imagine you can find in DC: jolly pumpkin, stone, victory, weyerbacher...

[Spartacus]

can you guys recommend breweries worth checking out that have beers available at whole foods? i tend to buy from the ones i know (bells, north coast, rogue, legend, new belgium, oskar blues, great lakes) but i would like to start branching out.

you're in dc right ?

not sure if you get green flash but it's still relatively new to me in nebraska and it's fucking awesome. west coast ipa is huge, hop head red refreshing, and the rayon vert (to me) tastes a lot like orval, except for 1/3rd the price per bottle. and their bombers are a good deal too, double ipa i can get here for under $6.

others i would imagine you can find in DC: jolly pumpkin, stone, victory, weyerbacher...

yeah, ive had the green flash IPA. they have it on tap at a bar near me. whole foods sells the ipa and a couple of others by that brewery.

is mission brewery (san diego) any good? what about 21st amendment? the store near me has lots from both of those.

[Dear You]

I've only ever had Fireside Chat and Monk's Blood from 21A. Fireside isn't very good (although I think I'm just not a fan of the "winter warmer" style), but I like Monk's Blood quite a bit. At least I remember liking it.

[nibelheim]

bingo if they keg the citra next time it should show up in some sd spots

mostly it's our little l.a. privilege tho

thanks for the info
i plan on hitting some la tastings and such periodically, we should stay in touch


speaking of tastings - any boarders hitting the stone sour fest, its going down like a month after i move to sd so ill most definitely be there

[pellegrino viking essays]

welp. seattle bros:

had a green flash double stout through the randell @ pine box, filtered through cocoa nibs.

shit was insanely good. also had a union jack, hoptimum, and a Maudite.

best new bar.