Quality Beer Thread

by **tonybricker** » Sat Dec 22, 2018 6:02 pm

Mikkeller's Breakfast Kløb imperial coffee stout is outstanding, especially for a non-BA stout
(not meant to be an answer to the "canned stouts and porters" question)

by **Zurich** » Sat Dec 22, 2018 7:13 pm

Fullscreen wrote:like I wouldn't over think porter as a style. my preferred bottle shop gets new ones all the time from a raft of downstate IL brewers and they're always.... good? Satisfying? again it's just an approachable style, pick one out of a hat and you'll be fine.

I really like porters and I generally think you're right that they're hard to screw up, but really good ones are significantly better than the average. Founders is so good/available so I usually don't deviate outside of a Maine beer co, HF, or other special one from time to time.

Ironically this one I'm having from la cabra right now is not very good

by **brent** » Sat Dec 22, 2018 7:57 pm

surly recently canned a porter (mortal sun), but it's only in their seasonal mixed 12. it was good!

by **brent** » Sat Dec 22, 2018 8:01 pm

deadwolfbones wrote:Nitro Merlin?

oo yeah this is a good one too but I wonder if drinking from the can would underwhelm? the non-nitro mocha Merlin is good too and while it's not adjunct free, the chocolate/coffee notes are super subtle

by **jalapeño ranch** » Sat Dec 22, 2018 8:31 pm

I find most porters to be pretty underwhelming. Pretty happy Mocha Machine is getting distro'd frequently now though.

by **gazedo** » Sun Dec 23, 2018 10:38 am

gazedo wrote:
Zurich wrote:Do you get founders Porter? I think it's basically the best Porter you can buy

I do. It's in bottles and i try to avoid glass in the woods but maybe I'll pick some up and be careful.

took some bottles of founders porter climbing yesterday. two of them clanked together in my not very full backpack and broke. 24 oz of beer all over all my climbing gear. so much for being "careful"

by **gazedo** » Sun Dec 23, 2018 3:14 pm

gazedo wrote:
gazedo wrote:
Zurich wrote:Do you get founders Porter? I think it's basically the best Porter you can buy

I do. It's in bottles and i try to avoid glass in the woods but maybe I'll pick some up and be careful.

took some bottles of founders porter climbing yesterday. two of them clanked together in my not very full backpack and broke. 24 oz of beer all over all my climbing gear. so much for being "careful"

wow, this deteriorated from annoying to really shitty. left my beer soaked backpack in my truck overnight and it got broken into and stolen. never should have brought the glass to the crag :evil:

by **acidity regulator** » Tue Dec 25, 2018 10:32 am

got this one for an xmas present, gonna hold onto it for a while maybe

by **SonicBoom** » Tue Dec 25, 2018 1:22 pm

gazedo wrote:
gazedo wrote:
gazedo wrote:
Zurich wrote:Do you get founders Porter? I think it's basically the best Porter you can buy

I do. It's in bottles and i try to avoid glass in the woods but maybe I'll pick some up and be careful.

took some bottles of founders porter climbing yesterday. two of them clanked together in my not very full backpack and broke. 24 oz of beer all over all my climbing gear. so much for being "careful"

wow, this deteriorated from annoying to really shitty. left my beer soaked backpack in my truck overnight and it got broken into and stolen. never should have brought the glass to the crag

I had a growler smash in a backpack, and all I could do was throw it out.

by **VHGisdead** » Tue Dec 25, 2018 1:30 pm

shit, gazedo that sucks

by **tonybricker** » Wed Dec 26, 2018 2:09 pm

had a 2017 Grey Monday yesterday, that is still a really, really good beer. Bruery kind of gets left behind in all the BA stout hype these days

by **deadwolfbones** » Thu Dec 27, 2018 6:01 pm

Absolutely one of my favorite breweries.

by **easy** » Thu Dec 27, 2018 7:31 pm

2009 surly darkness is holding up fairly well. my bottle was only slightly oxidized.

was gonna do the 2009 dark lord but decided to save it for the ten year anniversary next year.

by **Zurich** » Thu Dec 27, 2018 9:07 pm

I'm predicting that 2009 will be drain poured

We had a 2012 like last year and it was totally disgusting. Maybe we stored it really bad though, I dunno. Hopefully it works out for ya

by **deadwolfbones** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:42 pm

Wow, The Party from HPB is one hell of a unique west coast IPA. Love it.

by **pink snake** » Wed Jan 02, 2019 10:44 pm

Just had a few beers at Braven Brewery. It was good I guess.

by **Zurich** » Thu Jan 03, 2019 12:21 am

i think braven is fine, but with grimm, interboro, and kcbc a short walk away, competition is very stiff

is the food good?

by **what the schmuck** » Mon Jan 07, 2019 7:37 pm

Ended up going to rip current, pizza port and eppig I'm SD. Eppig has a good lagering program so it was up my alley. Pizza port was awesome for having a kid and really really wish there was something like it in Seattle.

by **gazedo** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 3:08 pm

what the schmuck wrote:Ended up going to rip current, pizza port and eppig I'm SD. Eppig has a good lagering program so it was up my alley. Pizza port was awesome for having a kid and really really wish there was something like it in Seattle.

pizza port is awesome as an adult. really wish there was something like that in LA. PP is probably 50% of the reason i am willing to go down to orange county to surf.

by **pink snake** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 3:32 pm

Zurich wrote:i think braven is fine, but with grimm, interboro, and kcbc a short walk away, competition is very stiff

is the food good?

I had half of a burger and half of the chicken sandwich. both were good.

by **Viola Swamp** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 6:14 pm

hell yeah, back in LA time to drink some... focal banger

by **Birds vs Worms** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 7:58 pm

It was weird picking up Heady Topper at a Whole Foods here

by **honkduh** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 8:20 pm

Birds vs Worms wrote:It was weird picking up Heady Topper at a Whole Foods here

in California or did you move again?

by **Birds vs Worms** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 11:42 pm

honkduh wrote:
Birds vs Worms wrote:It was weird picking up Heady Topper at a Whole Foods here

in California or did you move again?

In LA now

by **deadwolfbones** » Thu Jan 10, 2019 9:25 pm

fuck yes

https://tenemu.com/news/oskar-blues-shi ... h/01/2019/

by **VHGisdead** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 8:44 pm

confession I like the Sweetwater weed beer

by **honkduh** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 9:46 pm

deadwolfbones wrote:fuck yes

https://tenemu.com/news/oskar-blues-shi ... h/01/2019/

I'll buy that.

I see you all over the Beeradvocate NW forum

by **deadwolfbones** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:05 pm

oh hey

who are you over there

by **honkduh** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:31 pm

deadwolfbones wrote:oh hey

who are you over there

Honkduh

by **warmjets** » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:54 pm

the alchemist distributes to LA? what in the world

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