Quality Beer Thread

by **shiv** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 1:40 am

Birds vs Worms wrote:picked up some beers after work

thoughts?

they look interesting. how are they?

by **Birds vs Worms** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 2:04 am

shiv wrote: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...

by **pissydan** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:15 am

Damien Amadeus MetalWind wrote:

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!

by **Turner_Brown** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:21 am

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

by **pissydan** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:30 am

Birds vs Worms wrote:
shiv wrote: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.

by **mike** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:33 am

Turner_Brown wrote: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.

by **nakedlunch** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:33 am

split a bomber of

with my friend out in Denver last week

incredible

by **pissydan** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:35 am

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

by **pissydan** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:37 am

mike wrote:
Turner_Brown wrote: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...

by **Turner_Brown** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:48 am

mike wrote:
Turner_Brown wrote: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.

by **Turner_Brown** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:49 am

pissydan wrote:
mike wrote:
Turner_Brown wrote: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.

by **Render** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 2:30 pm

chico wrote:
i was drunk last night wrote:
Electriccrocodile wrote: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.

by **the scofflaw** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 6:40 pm

Render wrote:
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.

by **brent** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 6:53 pm

Turner_Brown wrote:
mike wrote:
Turner_Brown wrote: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.

by **Damien Amadeus MetalWind** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 6:53 pm

pissydan wrote:
Damien Amadeus MetalWind wrote:

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.

by **grammatron** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:01 pm

Just dropped 18.99 on a 4-pack of Samichlaus.

by **Bob511** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:19 pm

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...

by **Poptone** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:20 pm

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.

by **grammatron** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:20 pm

I do love a refreshing cherry coke though.

by **SNC** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:22 pm

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

by **Poptone** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:26 pm

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.

by **Viola Swamp** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 7:36 pm

opened a few year-old green flash double stouts

at a party the other day

pretty amazing candidate for aging

by **sharkhax** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:02 pm

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

by **kit fox** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:22 pm

holy shit, sharkhax, you're the best

by **SNC** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:26 pm

bankhead wrote:i have that badass dfh snifter

apparently they don't make them anymore

Really that's a shame that they're not. I have two and love em

by **sharkhax** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:37 pm

kit fox war tribe wrote:holy shit, sharkhax, you're the best

What i do

by **grammatron** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:41 pm

Samichlaus is incredible.

by **sharkhax** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 10:44 pm

grammatron what did i do!?!?

by **grammatron** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:13 pm

Sharkhax being sharkhax I guess.

by **sharkhax** » Fri Dec 18, 2009 11:16 pm

awe man come on

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