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Was hanging out with assistant brewmaster of Sierra Nevada for a couple of hours tonight and had no idea. Very cool guy. Apparently I was at an event for beer industry professionals but I didn't know for most of the time I was there. Drank a lot of Hill Farmstead Amarillo with him while talking beer

Oh, damn dude. What size bottles is it coming in?

@blm14 - thanks for all the info. I'm assuming our slow speed is due to our router and/or cable modem. When I tested the speed last night I was the only person home, so I know it's not that somebody else is hogging bandwidth. I'll go down to the TW office on 96th when I get a chance and return the modem to see if that helps any. Otherwise I'll just be on campus whenever I need to use the internet intensively.

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If you can mule some, bring me a bottle later this month soonami.

edit: please

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Yeah let's starting throwing dates out there. My ideal time would be to fly out on May 18th or 19th.

finally I have competition!

wait, do you go to columbia?

What do you suggest using around Columbia? I live in Morningside Heights and and this is the shit I'm getting from TW (even though we pay for faster):

^About to drink a Myrcenary from Odell. Anybody else read that Goose Island is bottling BCS aged in rye barrels with blackberries and raspberries? Think I'm more stoked to get ahold of this than I am CBS.

It was ok but definitely nothing worth seeking out. Oak came through slightly, bourbon was there even less.. the nose definitely had a little bourbon in it but I couldn't really taste it. None of the overly hoppy flavor of Storm King though which was nice (in my opinion, although I know some people are into it).

Hahah i don't think so. And people will show up cuz this gon' be a cash up front affair. If no one shows up we'll just have to try and fill those extra (free!) bedrooms with parisienne models.

I like this idea.

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Bump for the drunkards

Drank Dark Intrigue among quite a few others tonight. Holding a hand bottled 2011 Zwanze in this pic.

I was told we're getting it in NYC when the new store opens.. it's like October 14th or something I think.

edit: yeah just checked, it's the 14th at the 5th Avenue store I think.

You can get the lambics at Volo? I've heard their regular lineup of beers is meh but the lambics are supposedly good. The small pour I got of the cherry was tasty but it was too small for me to really make an opinion.

Was disappointed with the Upland, we lost like half the bottle when I opened it

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Zwanze day was fucking awesome. Drank 3 vintages of Zwanze (08/10/11), 3 other Cantillons, Surly 5, Tilquin, Avery sours, etc etc. youkinorn has the pics, I just drank

Just drank for about 15 hours straight. Met a cute girl in the meantime. sup sufu?

Yeah I've had it a couple of times.. it's not bad, wasn't crazy about it though.

Hit up a small Kuhnhenn event this afternoon, six taps going. Nothing crazy but still some good brews.. American Barleywine, Mayhem (strong Belgian dark ale), Lunar Eclipse (black IPA), Solar Eclipse (18% RIS), Stollen Christmas Ale (tasted like German stollen cake? was weird) and Penetration Porter.

Picked up growlers of Solar Eclipse, Penetration Porter, and the barleywine

Here's the Solar Eclipse. This thing is sticky as shit, definitely one of the stickiest beers I've had. Nice balanced bittersweet taste and a surprisingly low alcohol presence. It burns my tongue just slightly but if I didn't know better I would assume this beer was 10-12%.

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That sucks ren. And Mike, you have me bummed out about the 10 now, but we'll see, definitely going to buy a bottle to at least try it. Also, I heard similar things about the Hanssens.. people saying it is completely undrinkable.

Regardless, it'll be a good time

I'm not looking forward to the crowd, but I'm pretty pumped about it. Spuyten is having Zwanze 2010 in bottles as well as the 2011 on tap. More excited about the 10 than I am the 11 honestly.

edit: just found an official list.. this looks pretty sick

On Tap:

1. Cantillon Zwanze 2011 (NOT TAPPED UNTIL 3pm)

2. Cantillon Kriek

3. Cantillon Rose de Gambrinus

4. Tilquain a L'Ancienne Oude Gueuze

5. Allagash/New Belgium Vrienden

6. De La Senne Taras Boulba

In Cask:

Hanssens Oude Kriek (In Firkin!)

In Bottle:

Cantillon Zwanze 2010

Tilquain a L'Ancienne Oude Gueuze

De Oude Cam Oude Lambick

Hanssens Experimental Raspberry, Cassis and Scarenbecca

Cascade Kriek

Avery Brabant and Depuceleuse

Two Brothers Askew

Victory Wild Devil 2008

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