state your beer, drinkers

[scientifick]

tried a pint of the dogfishhead bitches brew the other night; hot damn that is a good beer.

[shufon]

@Repeater

Definitely give barleywines a whirl, they're some of the most complex beers out there. American barleywines tend to be much hoppier than English barleywines, so if you're into IPAs go for some American ones.. some easy ones to find that you might want to try are Great Divide Old Ruffian and Stone Old Guardian.

[poopslushie]

$9 @ Wegmans:

sam smith winter welcome ale

ithaca ground break saison

brooklyn black choco stout

brooklyn monster barley wine

wolavers alta gracia cofee porter

" oatmeal stout

[concealed]

thats a fair price for a 6 pack sir

relish that Brooklyn BCS

[poopslushie]

thats a fair price for a 6 pack sir

relish that Brooklyn BCS

Indeed. $9 for their version of a mix-and-match, but they put random beers on one shelf and you have to pick from that shelf. The only thing is, they put beers like Brooklyn Black and Goose Island Matilda bombers in there, mixed with Sam Adams, Guinness, and Tecate, so anybody that knows their beers can get a nice deal.

[concealed]

i would take 6 GI Matilda's for 9$ all day

[renski]

got to take a brewing class at at ballast point the other day, looks like i might have to buy a kit sometime soon. after all, when does adding another hobby hurt?

[shufon]

I was just at Wegman's but the build your own selection here is totally disappointing :\

[poopslushie]

I was just at Wegman's but the build your own selection here is totally disappointing :\

I go shopping every week so I get to see whatever they rotate in or out... occasionally it's like finding a diamond in the rough

What I've thought about doing, though: they don't ring up the individual beer (there is a barcode on the bottom of the cardboard), so you could pick out the six most expensive individual beers and the 18 year old working the check-out isn't even going to bat an eye. Hell, you could probably put 6 bombers in there and they wouldn't notice.

I'm poor, so this seems acceptable to me-- your morals may be different

[shufon]

lmao @ that shit poopslushie. it actually crossed my mind today but I have a ton of beer at home so I decided to be a "good person" and not do it, hahaha.

anyway, went to my friend's bar tonight because he got some stuff from Bellwether, a local cider maker, that was accidentally infected by brett, but he drank the bottles already he said he'd get a couple more bottles just for me.. they're not releasing it so I'm really wanting to get some.. sour cider sounds too good.

drank a few IPAs instead..

Great Lakes Erie Monster IIPA.. he tapped this about 2 weeks ago so it was still pretty fresh.

This stuff had great lacing

Right before I was about to leave I noticed him putting a new pull on and then realized it was Ithaca Flower Power. It's their normal IPA but it has a reputation of being amazing when it's fresh so I had to try it.. first pint off the keg, was definitely great, SUPER floral IPA. IPAs are hard to rank due to freshness being such a factor but I'd actually put this in my top 10. I'll be drinking it again tomorrow night

[poopslushie]

I live in Ithaca, so I bet I've had it fresher

great beer though.

[shufon]

^I live in Ithaca too. wtf?

edit: so wait you were at the same Wegman's as me. ahaha, this is too random.

edit edit: wait where'd you find that Brooklyn BCS over there?? I copped a 4pack back when they had a full stock of it but I didn't see any yesterday.

[concealed]

this reminds me that I need to buy a case of Brooklyn BCS asap, such a good value for a stout

[Mr Waffles]

you guys ever try any of the highland stuff? I live in Asheville so I'm a little spoiled by it. I don't know how far it makes it out of NC. Good shit. It is really awesome to have so many breweries in my town so I get the fresh shit and small runs on tap everywhere.

[shufon]

^Drank all of their year round stuff when I lived in Nashville, it was pretty easy to find.

Used to make trips over to Bruisin' Ales in Asheville man, talk about being spoiled.. that's a great beer store

[Mr Waffles]

yeah, Im never at a loss for good beer. Makes it hard to decide though. staring at the beer section in the store for 45 minutes concept.

beercity usa

[poopslushie]

Right now I'm in Buffalo for grad school (well, I dropped out). love to go back and cliff jump, ride my bike, and drink good beer.

I can proxy Brooklyn Black if anybody wants it that bad

edit: oh, and shufon, you know Finger Lakes Beverage Center, right? Seems like they always have BBCS during the winter...

[shufon]

^Yeah Finger Lakes is my go to spot for beer, they always pick up some good stuff that you can't get anywhere else when they make their monthly run down to NYC.

[shufon]

Had a couple more Flower Power pints tonight while it's still really fresh.. my friend also tapped a Sierra Nevada Hoptimum today so I had a pint of it but the Flower Power was definitely better in my opinion.

SN Hoptimum

By the time I finished this stuff the bottles I brought with me were cold so we started drinking my stuff.

Cigar City Cubano Espresso Brown Ale

Great Divide Espresso Oak Aged Yeti

Need to start taking more cell phone pics like the last one.. hah. Anyway, the Yeti was amazing. I've had it before but it's been a while (2 years-ish??), forgot how good it is. Super easy to drink even as alcoholic as it is. I need to find some more.

[Opie]

Just came home to Denmark after 4 days in Münich.

This sucks..

[renski]

don't they have Mikkeller out your way? they make a good beers aside from their gimmicky beers. I'd cop more often but they rape the prices over here to drink imports like that.

[caid]

Reppin BC breweries.

[Nov Spur]

Just had a Dogfish Head Burton Baton, disappointed after staring at it in the liquor store for weeks. The PBR I'm drinking now honestly (not really) tastes better.

[concealed]

^ lolwut? (10 chars)

i have enjoyed all the mikkeller I have been fortunate enough to try, but pricing is a bit prohibitive

edit: yum

[Happy Hooligan]

check out this cool little item I picked up yesterday...

[shufon]

@concealed - that stuff is good, wish Alesmith was easier to find in NY.

@Hooligan - nice bottle opener.. I have a wooden Leffe opener like the pic below which is my standard (got it for free too ).. where do you find all your vintage stuff??

Was drinking more Flower Power tonight.. drank some Magic Hat Odd Notion (Hibiscus Red right now.. kinda meh).. also had a couple pints of Harpoon Leviathan IPA which was surprisingly a good IPA. I haven't ever really liked anything from Harpoon but Leviathan was worth drinking.

[concealed]

I believe Leviathan is a DIPA, but it is definitely good, that's my "go-to" growler at Harpoon brewery, for $11, can't be beat.

[shufon]

^Yeah I call em all IPAs as there is no actual classification of "double IPA" or "triple IPA".. basically just IPAs on steroids.. anyway, they're all good

[renski]

my go to since its available in 12oz 6 pack. wish there was more IPAs near me like this, or maybe i just need to restock my IPA selection.

[Happy Hooligan]

pretty much everything Ballast Point makes is great.

I need to hit the store this weekend... I picked up some Red Hook Winter Ale as it was on sale, and I've got to say it's not a bad daily afterwork drinker... nothing amazing, but just a good glass of ale...