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[morse9443]

Shufon, Had the Cisco Grey Lady this weekend and it was bad, but their Whale Tail Pale Ale is awesome. Now that I'm looking for it, their product is tough to come across. They must be really small scale.

Drinking this now, terrible.

Drinking this stuff last night, amazing. The most hoppy and fragrant IPA I've had.

[jackg]

perfect for a cold winters night!

[shufon]

@morse-- fuck yeah Flower Power

Also, I had Cisco Dark Woods on tap a couple days ago and it was really interesting, 8 beers mixed together, dosed with brettanomyces, and oak barrel aged.. I don't know what their year rounds are like but I'm still trying to get bottles of all the Woods series.

Leaving VT tomorrow, kinda bummed. Big photo dump coming once I'm home.

[renski]

I think I need to get away from IPAs for a good month. Nothing taste bitter anymore.. Well the expo I opened was still bitter. Maybe May will be a scotch month. P

[aak]

perfect for a cold winters night!

not bad. don't bother trying their 'white' beer. it's gross.

[concealed]

Morse, you are wrong about Leatherlips, thats a solid IPA, possible you have an old batch? Gray Lady/Whales Tale are both average beers, brewed in Nantucket, but they are pretty easy to get in the Boston market. The Woods series are their real interesting beers, but at $15+ a 750ml not everyday drinkers. Check out Pretty Things, Jack D'or is a saison and anything else you can find will be good! They are based out of Somerville, but brew down in Westport.

looking forward to those pics shufon!

[Scaught]

I want to try more beers like Allagash White, Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat and UFO. Help!

[concealed]

you like witbiers:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/style/48/?sort=revsD

that's definitely how a lot of craft newbies get hooked

[lexerone]

tried these out...the IPA was good, got pretty buzzed off 2.

[concealed]

to watch my boys lose, jesus rondo is tough

[westside-jeans]

Japanese beers are awesome!!

Kirin Ichiban Shibori.

Asahi Super Dry.

[shufon]

Ok, sorted through most of my pics and got them online. Stopped at a gas station on the way in around midnight and picked up a few beers.. drank these when we got to our place:

Rock Art Ridge Runner vs Rock Art Vermonster (English barleywine vs American barleywine). The Vermonster was definitely better, lots of big hop aroma and flavor. A lot better than I expected.

Next morning, I woke up early and reserved some Lawson's bottles at the Warren Store. They had no idea when he was coming in so we went out to Hill Farmstead first. Unfortunately not too many pictures got taken here but I did get one decent one of the taproom. Really wish I'd gotten some pics of the beer as well as the outside of the place.. it took 3 dirt roads to get there and had a mud parking lot. Awesome people out there.

We spent about 3 hours hanging out at Hill Farmstead. Did a tasting of Arthur, Edward, James, Earl, and Double Galaxy. Double Galaxy is possibly the best IPA I've ever had.. definitely had more of my share of samples (they didn't sell pints).

After we finished up there, we headed south toward the Warren Store and made a stop in Montpelier at Three Penny Taproom. This place was awesome-- one of the best tap lists I've seen in a while, super knowledgable staff, and awesome food.

Allagash Vrienden, Allagash Confluence, Cisco Dark Woods

Allagash Indigenuts, The Alchemist Hellbrook on cask, 2008 Pennichuck Pozharnik

Sick taps, haha

After we finished there, we went down to Warren, made it to the Warren Store 15 minutes before closing to get my Lawson's. Luckily they actually hadn't sold out yet and still had a few extra bottles to my girl got the last 3. There was a 4 bottle limit per person and he had brought in Knockout Blonde and Vermont Black Ale that day, so we wound up with 5 blondes and 2 VBAs. No pics from here (not much to see), but here was the haul after the first day:

13 HF bottles + 3 glasses. Wound up with 3 bottles of E (the anniversary beer) by accident instead of the single bottle I was supposed to get.

Lawson's Finest + glass

Hill Farmstead Earl growler, Foret (organic Saison Dupont), Maine Beer Company Peeper Ale, and Paper City Fogbuster

2010 Allagash Interlude, Maine Beer Co Zoe, and 2011 De Dolle Stille Nacht

I had more growlers with me at Hill Farmstead but they wouldn't fill clear glass so I only got the one. Next time I'm out there hopefully they'll have the big swingtops so I can pick a couple up.

[shufon]

Also, we went to The Alchemist for dinner that first night but my camera battery died when we got there so no pics.. tried all their beers though.. Light Weight, Donovan's Red, Holy Cow IPA, Whonky, Petit Mutant, Pappy's Porter, and Focal Banger. Petit Mutant was an incredible sour, one of the best cherry focused American sours I've had. Holy Cow and Focal Banger were probably my favorites though, both tasted like I was breaking open a hop flower in my mouth.

Anyway, went back a couple days later to get a pint glass and stayed for a couple of beers and a snack.

Love the logo of this place

2x Holy Cow IPA and a Petit Mutant

A few more random pics.. was drinking Hill Farmstead Edward pretty much everywhere I went other than The Alchemist

Opened the Paper City Fogbuster while I was there.. decent but nothing crazy. Bought it because I'd never heard of the brewery.

Lastly, cracked a Lawson's Knockout Blonde last night. Great stuff. I downed it without trying and I usually don't even like blondes.

[shufon]

Oh, I didn't give any details on the Allagash Indigenuts up there.. if anybody sees it on tap in your area, try it. It was awesome stuff.. a one off beer that was 50% sour apple cider/50% Allagash tripel aged in wine barrels with brett thrown in. Reminded me a lot of Brute but a little bit lighter on the palette and less bretty.

[concealed]

damn thats an awesome trip man! +rep

[shufon]

Thanks concealed. Completely forgot about these:

American Flatbread

Wheat IPA, DIPA, IPA, American Red

Mild, Saison

Vermont Brewery

A fruit beer and a flanders red

Also stopped by Three Needs Taproom & Brewery and had a couple of beers.

[thomas_collins]

What should I drink tonight, guys? I'm not too up on Belgians...

http://www.thebackabbey.com/page3-9/Beer

[shufon]

^On tap I'd go for Saison Dupont. If you wanna buy a bottle get the Fantome Hiver.

[concealed]

If you want a saison go for the Dupont, if you want a Quad get the St. Bernardus 12 (which I posted on the last page)

interested in those Westy's on the top of the bar!

[tweeds]

Found a bottle of Hobgoblin, of Wychwood Breweries, that i'd forgotten about. That goes with dinner i guess.

Hello cherry

[shufon]

This brewery doesn't get enough hype, great stuff.

[renski]

Tying to stick it out with no IPAs and picked up bruery saison de lente, damn this thing is carbonated and I can see why people say wait a year to drink.

[thomas_collins]

Thanks for the rec. Good stuff.

[concealed]

i would think the glassware would be different...

grabbed the Lat 48 mixed 12

had to go for this one first, not as strongly hoppy as I had expected

still hoppy, very tasty

Summer Ale by Narragansett -> Citra hopped, very drinkable pale (4.2% ABV)

[morse9443]

New bar opened in Cambridge, MA. Around 100 taps of craft beers, Mead Hall. They don't serve mead. Every glass matches the beer poured in it.

Are these the ones you were talking about Shufon?

Picked these up today.

Both of these were great from last week, especially the stout.

[morse9443]

Morse, you are wrong about Leatherlips, thats a solid IPA, possible you have an old batch? Gray Lady/Whales Tale are both average beers, brewed in Nantucket, but they are pretty easy to get in the Boston market. The Woods series are their real interesting beers, but at $15+ a 750ml not everyday drinkers. Check out Pretty Things, Jack D'or is a saison and anything else you can find will be good! They are based out of Somerville, but brew down in Westport.

looking forward to those pics shufon!

Just saw this..where are you living concealed? Leatherlips just lacked depth to me, kind of flattish maybe old flavor.

Pretty Things makes great stuff, and they're out of Cambridge I think. The Flower Power I posted above is on tap at Mead Hall...the most hoppy/floral/citrus beer I've had, fantastic.

[shufon]

Nah, all of the bottles of the ones I was talking about look like this morse:

After talking to a few people I'm not sure if they're still on shelves or not. Oh and enjoy Flower Power on tap! I think fresh Flower Power is the thing I'll miss most about Ithaca when I move.

[morse9443]

I haven't seen any cisco's like that...Let me know when they're doing limited stuff again and I'll track some down.

I gotta say flower power on tap was one of best beers I've ever had. Total 'booze taste sensation' (@dadboner). Had a couple from a 6 pack last night, and they completely paled in comparison.

[thomas_collins]

The Bruery is having a beer dinner near me. 95 bucks though. Anybody have experience going to one of these?

[shufon]

^Just get a VIP ticket to their 3rd Anniversary Party for $65, it'll be better.