state your beer, drinkers

[polishmike]

No mention of Oktoberfest?

I had few (too many) of Hofbräuhaus Traunstein. Dunkel, Pilsener and amazing 1612er Zwickel. If you're in ny go to Zum Schneider and get German drunk.

[decades777]

Someone in the PacNW send me some Logsdon Farmhouse Seizoen.

I could send something from the northern plains if you let me know your tastes.

Opening some New Glarus Spotted Cow I brought back from WI tonight. Excited.

[shufon]

This stuff is good

[soonami]

^^ I thought those came in 16 oz tallboys?

[shufon]

^I thought so too but apparently they changed it?

Some places are already putting CBS on the shelves.. at least I know of some places waiting till Monday (which I have off) so I can run all over town in the morning and hopefully get a few bottles.

[mpcec]

At least in CT, the last two deliveries haven't been Tallboys (unfortunately).

[shufon]

CT is the only state you can get it in I thought?

[mpcec]

Lost my mind for a second, yeah. I'll ask around if it's sill produced in that size ever.

[renski]

picked up a sixer of sculpin and a couple bottles of their Indra kunindra…not sure if I'll drink the later but it looks interesting.

[islandboi8204]

does sculpin come with a bottled on date now? i've heard such good things about it, but i never know if i'm tasting it fresh.

[renski]

Didnt notice but I go to the main brewery quite a bit and can tell when it's new stock. They haven't had sixers for a while and just got them in on Monday.

[renski]

framboise for a cure starting monday.... looks like I'm going on a road trip for tattoos and beer.

[shufon]

^How was that release ren? Did you get any bottles? Here's my first haul in a while, all in the last day:

[renski]

Didn't go just yet. Probably ride up there Saturday… it's about 8 hrs away.

[B-Dawg]

The first day the framboise was on sale was great. Russian River's method here was brilliant. Only 238 cases, but they're doing 17 a day for 2 weeks with the 2 bottle limit; this totally killed the crowds. Walked in fifteen minutes after opening, found a bar seat, got my bottles, and had the simul-released Damnation 23 on tap.

[shufon]

^Very nice B-Dawg. How different is the 23 than the regular Damnation?

Also, I just scored a 4th bottle of CBS off the shelves Pretty happy with my take after talking to so many people who couldn't even manage to get 1.

[renski]

bdawg I agree that it helped kill the line. I might be up there this weekend for it. mini SuFu meet?

[BIZ]

one of my new faves

[B-Dawg]

^Very nice B-Dawg. How different is the 23 than the regular Damnation?

Also, I just scored a 4th bottle of CBS off the shelves Pretty happy with my take after talking to so many people who couldn't even manage to get 1.

It's pretty different. At over 10%, it's got more body and sweetness (as you would expect from a tripel vs. a Belgian strong pale), less hops come through, and the oak provides soft vanilla and some tannic balance to the sweetness. I think it comes off a bit more estery as well.

As an aside, in the unlikely event you're able to acquire more CBS than you care to own I'd be interested in proxy or trade

bdawg I agree that it helped kill the line. I might be up there this weekend for it. mini SuFu meet?

I'm down, Ren. I'm working on Saturday (at an awesome Oakland beer bar called Beer Revolution, stop by if you're in the area!), but I'm thinking about heading back up to RR on Sunday.

[renski]

if I roll up im going to be taking either 101 or 1 so I'll be in that area, not sure which day I'll go to RR but it was looking like Sunday as well.

[soonami]

Couple of recent trades, including one with Shufon

2010 Big Sky Ivan

2008 FFF Behemoth

2009 FFF Dark Lord

2010 GL BA Blackout Stout

2011 Hunahpu

2011 Ithaca Brute

2011 Cisco woods

2011 GI Madame Rose

2009 GI BCBS

2002 and 2011 Westy 12

[renski]

Anyone else able to secure a bottle of the upland sour reserve?

Looks like I was able to snag a pair of tickets to the Lost Abbey barrel night during SD beer week. I guess this will be the release for veritas 10.

[B-Dawg]

Wish I was going to be there for the barrel night. I'm coming to LA/OC/SD from 10/22-10/27 for the Black Tuesday release party and general San Diego beer guzzling.

[renski]

hit me up when your down here. I might have a spare ticket for the barrel night if your interested they were kind of pricey but it includes the bottle of veritas.

[B-Dawg]

I would totally love to take you up on it but I'll have to be back in the bay by then. I'll hit you up before I'm there though. I don't have any exact plans other than drinking at breweries and beer bars that Sunday and Monday.

[soonami]

Anyone else able to secure a bottle of the upland sour reserve?

A couple friends and I were able to each snag one each. I'm just wondering who'll open their and what they'll trade for.

[shufon]

Got a 5th CBS tonight, *might* score a 6th one tomorrow morning. Just opened up a bottle, this is from my tumblr:

Really though, this beer is delicious. The mouthfeel is the best part to me, incredibly thick and creamy. Coffee is very prominent up front with a really biting espresso bitterness. Aftertaste is all dark chocolate with a little bit of sugary maple syrup that lingers. Throughout all of it is a nice warm bourbon overtone. Can’t wait till this thing warms up as I heard it only gets better.

Not sure if any beer could ever live up to the insanity that this thing has caused, but it's pretty damn good.

[islandboi8204]

^yeah i just opened a bottle tonight and it's really good. i'm jealous that you got 6 shufon! luckily i was able to score two bottles today

[shufon]

My lazy ass roommate wasn't willing to walk 8 blocks to the store and mule one for me, otherwise I would have 7

[islandboi8204]

Fuuuuuuuu.... it's a good beer but I really didn't anticipate it being this limited. I guess I was lucky enough to be in the right bottle store at the right time.