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Postby warmjets » Sat Jan 12, 2019 5:11 pm

beautiful looking cans too
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Postby tonybricker » Sun Jan 13, 2019 5:09 pm

I found a couple of Maine Brewing bottles (Peeper pale ale and Another One IPA) at Whole Foods and gave them a shot, they are both so crisp and crushable and pure. Made me realize that I'm a bit tired of all the super flavorful robust hazy nonsense.

HPB is very good at this also
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Postby fury » Sun Jan 13, 2019 5:47 pm

Yeah the haze shit is annoying
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Postby fury » Sun Jan 13, 2019 5:48 pm

And lol that brut is the other fad. So do you want mediocre muddled hazys or overly dry brut
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Postby powderfinger » Sun Jan 13, 2019 6:00 pm

warmjets wrote:been buying sixers of bell's lager of the lakes like every week lately, shit is good


This beer is underrated and I can't believe I didn't start drinking it until this year. I've been into their amber ale as an easy drinker too. Such a classic.

It's a shame they haven't put out a memorable new beer in a long time. They badly need a new pale ale, among other things.
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Postby tonybricker » Sun Jan 13, 2019 6:23 pm

fury wrote:And lol that brut is the other fad. So do you want mediocre muddled hazys or overly dry brut


I would take a decent hazy over a brut any day, I have yet to try a brut IPA that I found remotely appealing. I still love a good hazy
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Postby fury » Fri Jan 18, 2019 11:56 pm

Man I love pizza port bacon and eggs. So coffee forward and in a way that isn’t just your usual chocolatey coffee dark roast way. So good even from the can
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Postby Viola Swamp » Sat Jan 19, 2019 7:11 pm

love that beer, need to remember to pick up cans

went to hpb with friends for griffiths last night, tried and ranked:

jamaica blue (perfect, unexpected coffee complexity)
coconut and chili (three times as spicy as last year but coconut holds its own, great for sharing)
colonel griffith (nice balance, not 'pastry' even with more body and vanilla)
wash-prosessed ethiopian (boldest coffee flavor of all of em)

griffith park (modern times collab bba blend, balanced but forgettable)
chocolate, coconut and cinnamon (big on coconut and light on cinnamon, okay)
bba batch 3 (big bourbon hit but thinned out unfortunately)
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Postby videodrome » Sat Jan 19, 2019 8:25 pm

Lagunitas IPA has arrived in 19.2 oz. cans, only $2 at my local bottle shop.

The pop top on the can features a die cut of their red blotch ‘Sucks’ logo!
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Postby deadwolfbones » Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:17 pm

Viola Swamp wrote:love that beer, need to remember to pick up cans

went to hpb with friends for griffiths last night, tried and ranked:

jamaica blue (perfect, unexpected coffee complexity)
coconut and chili (three times as spicy as last year but coconut holds its own, great for sharing)
colonel griffith (nice balance, not 'pastry' even with more body and vanilla)
wash-prosessed ethiopian (boldest coffee flavor of all of em)

griffith park (modern times collab bba blend, balanced but forgettable)
chocolate, coconut and cinnamon (big on coconut and light on cinnamon, okay)
bba batch 3 (big bourbon hit but thinned out unfortunately)


Jealous.

I'm still sitting on my Griffith from last year (reg. + coco-chili).
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Postby deadwolfbones » Sat Jan 19, 2019 9:17 pm

videodrome wrote:Lagunitas IPA has arrived in 19.2 oz. cans, only $2 at my local bottle shop.

The pop top on the can features a die cut of their red blotch ‘Sucks’ logo!


Yeah, all of their cans have that die cut. It's pretty rad.
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Postby warmjets » Sat Jan 19, 2019 10:00 pm

Anyonr try their 98 calorie IPA yet? lol
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Postby viachicago » Sat Jan 19, 2019 10:02 pm

picked up a dang sixer of hopslam like it was 2008

pretty solid this year actually
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Postby deadwolfbones » Sat Jan 19, 2019 11:57 pm

warmjets wrote:Anyonr try their 98 calorie IPA yet? lol


I had it when it was 4.4% or whatever. It's solid.
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Postby brent » Sun Jan 20, 2019 12:45 pm

deadwolfbones wrote:
warmjets wrote:Anyonr try their 98 calorie IPA yet? lol


I had it when it was 4.4% or whatever. It's solid.

the 4.0% abv version is not going to be for everyone, but personally i really like it. it tastes like hop flavored sparkling water, virtually no malt presence.
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Postby easy » Sun Jan 20, 2019 1:11 pm

i heard a rumor that day time was originally 4.7% cuz they were paying respects to the High Life lol
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Postby swamp angel » Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:42 pm

I don’t know if I got a fresher batch this year or what, but Nugget Nectar is everything I want it to be right now. Maybe I just missed crisp, hoppy beer with an actual malt presence. Either way, it’s good and I will keep buying it every winter until I wise up and quit drinking.
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Postby warmjets » Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:57 pm

That beer is pretty good but never understood the crazy hype 5-10 years ago or whatever
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Postby warmjets » Fri Jan 25, 2019 6:58 pm

Speaking of hoppy beers of yesteryear, I picked up the new Hop Wallop today. Gonna try it later
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Postby warmjets » Fri Jan 25, 2019 8:20 pm

Hop Wallop still sucks. Just stupidly bitter and that's it. Don't miss beers like that.
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Postby tonybricker » Sat Jan 26, 2019 1:18 am

Anybody going to the Horus event in Escondido tomorrow? The lineup is kind of impossibly good
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Postby Zurich » Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:26 am

shankly wrote:I don’t know if I got a fresher batch this year or what, but Nugget Nectar is everything I want it to be right now. Maybe I just missed crisp, hoppy beer with an actual malt presence. Either way, it’s good and I will keep buying it every winter until I wise up and quit drinking.


fuk i would love some fresh nugget nectar. gonna seek some out this weekend.

ha, viola swamp, i happened to be at HPB last week and did some griffiths. i only had jamaica blue (fantastic) and colonel griffith. they were both ruling. coconut chili sold out before i got up but the bartender said he liked colonel better.

hpb is such a great spot/brewery. i didn't really have any other beers of note in LA (but wasn't really searching tbh)
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Postby Viola Swamp » Sat Jan 26, 2019 2:13 pm

yeah they're the best spot overall. my other destinations are in heart of downtown (modern times and mikkeller)

you had the two best griffiths, it'd be hard to put away a coconut chili solo tbh
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Postby pink snake » Sat Jan 26, 2019 4:33 pm

Had a glass of Plan Bee barn beer last night and I think it's my favorite beer now.
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Postby Julius Sumner Miller » Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:18 pm

We'll be in Southern California (LA and San Diego) next month and are planning on doing as much beer drinking as possible.

I don't pay attention to the beer scene anymore and I was wondering if you guys had any thoughts about any of these places? I basically compiled this list from the Beer Advocate forums.

Obviously we can't do all of these, so I was wondering if any are must dos, or must avoids.

Downtown LA
Mumford Brewing
Modern Times Dankness Dojo
Highland Park Brewing

Anaheim/Orange County
Bottle Logic
Bruery Terreux
Bruery
Noble Ale Works
Unsung
Green Cheek Beer Company
Chapman Crafted
Good Beer Company

Torrance
Monkish Brewing
Smog City
Yorkshire Square

Long Beach
Beachwood

San Pedro
Brouwerij West

Venice/Marina Del Rey
Firestone Walker

San Diego
Societe Brewing
Pure Project
AleSmith
Modern Times (if we don't go to LA location)
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Postby brent » Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:25 pm

not a brewery, but i’d definitely recommend hitting up toronado in san diego. there’s a small modern times taproom nearby too, along with some other chill bars
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Postby brent » Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:36 pm

also i have not been there, but my sister was there last week and loved pizza port (for the beer/food) and kilowatt in ocean beach (for atmosphere)
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Postby easy » Sun Jan 27, 2019 3:46 pm

I’m drinking high life out of a champagne bottle rn
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Postby Julius Sumner Miller » Sun Jan 27, 2019 5:23 pm

brent wrote:not a brewery, but i’d definitely recommend hitting up toronado in san diego. there’s a small modern times taproom nearby too, along with some other chill bars


I am glad to hear toronado's good...I actually picked our hotel because it was close. :ugeek:
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Postby Arturo » Thu Jan 31, 2019 3:04 pm

Burning Sky are definitely the best brewery in the UK.

Think I like this better than Fou'Foune

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