state your beer, drinkers

[shufon]

Got some sours today

RR Consecration batch 003

RR Supplication batch 004

Weyerbacher Riserva 2010 (wild ale with raspberry puree added and then oak aged.. supposed to be great)

Also he threw in the RR Redemption batch 003 as an extra

[poopslushie]

do they sell that Leviathan @ Wegmans?

[shufon]

^Not sure, I usually just drink at Pixel.

[poopslushie]

I seem to remember seeing it, but probably @ FLBC or maybe Premier here in Buff

[shufon]

FLBC definitely has it.. I think they have all of the Leviathan series that are bottled.

Actually, now that I think about it I feel like I may have seen one of the Leviathan series beers in Wegman's a while back but it wasn't with the rest of the beer, it was in one of those random places they stick 4/6-packs all over the store.

[soonami]

Some recent stuff:

Cascade Sang Rouge

Captain Lawrence Rosso e Marrone

Fifty Fifty Eclipse Imperial Stout Aged in Four Roses Bourbon Barrel (318 of 2010)

Cascade Bourbonic Plague (2010 GABF Gold Medal Winner in Sours/Wild)

Mikkeller x Three Floyds Ruggoop - Rye Barleywine

Bell's Hopslam

[shufon]

^Nice post man. You buying the Cascade and Capt Lawrence stuff in Philly?

[scientifick]

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.

for sure, i live in boone so it's all around. not the biggest fan but what ive tried was alright.

[renski]

after seeing hopslam on here I kind of want to try it.

[shufon]

^Hopslam is delicious if you can get it fresh.

Was at a friend's house tonight and she had a bottle of this:

2009 Goose Island Pere Jacques

Pretty good, first Belgian I've enjoyed in a while. Tasted like Apfelwine when it was cold, more like a Belgian beer as it got warmer. Still like Sofie the best from this series.

[soonami]

^Nice post man. You buying the Cascade and Capt Lawrence stuff in Philly?

Some Cascade is available in Philly, mostly the basic stuff like Kriek, Apricot, and Cuvee de Jongleur. The two Cascades I had were acquired in trades. Captain lawrence is really limited here too I think I've only seen Gold at retail, so this was also a trade.

[Happy Hooligan]

Anyone else have an issue with Dogfish Head Beer and their "4 packs"... priced at the high end 6 pack price...?

I"m seeing more and more breweries packing their bottles in four packs and selling them in the 10 plus range.... I get it's a great way for the brewery to make so much more on their product, but in a way I feel like they're trying to cheat me for some reason...

the only beverage that should be in four packs is wine coolers.

[concealed]

Goose Island BCBS goes well in a 4 pack, I am almost never drinking more than one of those in a day/night.

I think 9-10% ABV is a decent cutoff for limiting it to a 4pk

[renski]

HH: i never buy their 4 packs. by the time their beers get here its $16-$24 for a 4 pack and depending on what brew too. i don't mind buying when its on tap but it usually easier to get something local and fresh.

[shufon]

The only DFH beer I'm willing to buy is Festina Peche.. the rest of their stuff has been overpriced for as long as I can remember.

[Gecko]

Turns out a nice little world beer pub near me has like 5 different bottled stone beers (which is impressive for Scotland), expensive though. Had a levitation and liked it, nicely hoppy. Next time I go back will try an arrogant bastard but will run me £5+ for a bottle!

[shufon]

^Arrogant Bastard is so good.. Oaked Arrogant Bastard or Double Bastard are even better.

[Gecko]

It's the Oaked they have, heard enough people raving about it to want to try it pretty bad.

[shufon]

Yeah definitely try it if you haven't before. If they happen to have the Ruination IPA or the Imperial Russian Stout, those are definitely worth trying too.

[renski]

i love ruination, i just wish the price tag wasn't that high for what it is. since were on the subject of stone. not sure how i feel about this...

[Happy Hooligan]

^Not sure either... I dislike flavored beers....

[shufon]

All the pepper beers I've had are pretty gross :\

I'd much rather just have Double Bastard aged in Heaven Hill barrels or the Lukcy Basartd aged in red wine barrels.

[renski]

ballast point made a habenero version of sculpin.. there was 2 levels.. 1) kind of spicy still taste beer and 2) what the fuck did i just drink...

i didn't want to pay for it the next day so i skipped #2.

[renski]

someone stole my last sculpin IPA. definitely not happy since I only have belgians in the fridge

[shufon]

Ok so far the only people showing any interest in another beer swap are me and ren.. anybody else interested??

[concealed]

i am interested, can get most things from the New England area, except the really cool northern VT stuff

[kiya]

I'm at Russian River brewing right now, can i please live here?

[the Repeater]

i am interested, can get most things from the New England area, except the really cool northern VT stuff

What are you after, mate?

[mikeboi]

I'm at Russian River brewing right now, can i please live here?

wc is really spoiled having that there. super jealous

[shufon]

i am interested, can get most things from the New England area, except the really cool northern VT stuff

Trying to get a regular exchange arranged with the people at Hill Farmstead Brewing.. if I get this going I'll let you know. They're the best I've had from VT.

What are you after, mate?

Repeater, are you in VT?