state your beer, drinkers

[renski]

i used to LOVE stone IRS but it got too heavy for me to drink more than one bomber. you might want to try Alesmith speedway stout, its a heavy stout for sure!

[Redstar*]

I have a Speedway Stout in my fridge right now. Just waiting for the opportunity to drink it. So far my collection of beers I'm aging/saving for other occasions is fairly large haha.

I love IPAs and stouts pretty much.

[renski]

i have a lot of stuff i want to downsize, especially things ill have a tough time drinking (old guardian, double bastards, collaboration ale, 08 decadence, grand cru). been debating on throwing them on BA or even ebay. i want to start stocking up on wild/sours to have on hand, because when i try to find them locally they are out of stock.

[concealed]

^ sounds like its time for another beer swap eh?

[renski]

I might be down. I'm getting involved in a few on BA. any other sufu'ers up for swap v.3?

[shufon]

Might be up for another swap once I finish moving and get settled.

Forgot I took this pic, had it a couple weeks ago in DC

Maybe I got a bad bottle but I thought this beer was pretty unbalanced, definitely didn't meet my expectations.

[renski]

I guess there's still some parabola floating around near me. I haven't tried and more than likely won't but is it worth getting a bottle or 2 to trade or has the hype died down?

[shufon]

I think it's a good purchase ren, you should be able to get some good beers in return.

[shufon]

Usually not a big porter person but this was really nice.. very complex, hoppy but with a nice malty coffee character.

[MJR]

Rogue XS Imperial iPA

[Layne]

An excellent porter.

[renski]

i think i had a productive day.

2 parabola

1 confluence

6 expo's

3 pure

3 nelson.

[shufon]

Very nice ren

Drinking as much fresh Flower Power as I can before I move:

[Redstar*]

Wow renski, I've never seen Alpine beers anywhere near my house. I have a Nelson in my fridge right now but that is quite the haul. Props.

[renski]

alpine is close to san diego, they have a very small distribution channel that only makes it way to SD, LA, and SF.

[Redstar*]

An IPA sounds good right now. You're lucky that you can find their stuff though!

[renski]

oh believe me, i don't know what i would do with a nelson IPA.. i'm actually waiting for my tattoo artist to give me a call so i can bring this growler of nelson up to LA.

[shufon]

Nelson is amazing man, I'd love to have access to that and Duet all the time.

[renski]

i'm taking another trip out there. a fresh batch should be ready soon!

[thomas_collins]

Opened a growler of RR Little White Lie today. (Poster on the wall in the background is not mine.)

[ktothe]

It was a hefe sort of night:

Probably not going to pick this up again but it wasnt bad...

[shufon]

The Brute release was pretty chill today, definitely a good time though I went about 2-3 hours after they had opened and apparently I'd missed the most of the beer nerd crowd. I did make a couple of trades though.. picked up a bottle of Hill Farmstead Fear & Trembling (bourbon/cabernet barrel blend) that I'm pretty stoked about as well as some Bourbon County.

Random bottles that I got in on:

Alpine Ichabod Ale

New Glarus Cran-bic Ale

Bobcat Bourbon Barrel Aged Unrepentant. This tasted like it was under attenuated or something.. it was pretty gross.

Upright Five

Random other stuff

Brought back a nice haul

[soonami]

Trade with me!

[shufon]

No worries, I'm probably going to DC the third weekend in August.. Philly is on the way on the AmTrak. I can bring you some Brute if you're up for that.

Also, @ren-- if you know anybody who has the Ichabod Ale, get some of that. It was absolutely delicious.

[renski]

i think they are gone already.. ichabod will be out but it might not be sour this year. last years was sour because 2009 wasn't ready so they threw it into another/different barrel and released it for 2010.

[islandboi8204]

great stout

[shufon]

^I need to open a bottle of that and try it, I've been hearing a lot about it.

Also, I thought Ichabod had wild yeast in it every year ren? I know the 07 and 09 both have it.

[Baeyer-Drewson]

Picked these up randomly. Brewed locally (Kuringai, Sydney). Unfiltered, unpasteurized, no additives. Hand-written bottling date/alcohol content.

Tasted damn good; shared them with some friends in a park on a crisp, sunny, Saturday. I love Sydney at the end of Winter.

[soonami]

No worries, I'm probably going to DC the third weekend in August.. Philly is on the way on the AmTrak. I can bring you some Brute if you're ...

I'll be at the beach that whole week, so unfortunately we won't be able to meet up. Just doesn't ever seem to work out for us to get together

[Opie]

The helles from augustiner.