Favorite Beer

[floop]

been wanting to try some Santa Fe for a while.  coolest labels. you from there?

used to date a girl who's family was from there.  been out a few times.  all about Ten Thousand Waves and Cafe Pasqual's

christmas baby

[Andrew]

Santa Fe's awesome, but it's no Albuquerque  Nah, I just lived in ABQ for a couple years; great little big city. Didn't spend too much time in Santa Fe but Pasqual's is great food. Tons of great food in ABQ, too. Las Cruces isn't bad either but it falls a bit short of the other two. ABQ's great for skating, too; so many ditches and a handful of very decent parks for such a small area.

Speaking of ABQ and badass labels, La Cumbre Elevated IPA is making a name for itself, especially since distro started in Denver. IMO it's really similar to Sucks and Happy Camper, but it probably is the best (again IMO of course). A fruitier and just stronger aroma/nose, but drinks a little pinier and more vegetal which I really like.

Wish Beerjobber was still running, Elevated shipped straight from the brewery.. ah 

[Andrew]

More Citra forward than I remember, though these could just be very fresh cans. And I'm not complaining  I get piney, green/vegetal pineapple


This one tasted extremely fresh too, smelled like a Noble hopped IPA as soon as I cracked it. Toffee with a strong grape-y flavor I get from some fresh barleywines. IIRC it's from the pale malt?


12x Bells Third Coast Old Ale (Not to be confused with Third Coast Beer, APA)
8x 4 Hands Reprise Centennial Red (Single hop)
And another 6 of Happy Camper.

Didn't think I'd see any of the spring Third Coast release, now I'm trying to figure out how much I can afford to pick up Cheers

[floop]

lemme know if you want to trade anything for some happy camper



best beer of 2014 so far

[tangar]

Marin Brewing IPA, very good.

really good

drank all three bottles of this i have, still have a growler full.

decent, got it on sale at my work for $6.99 a sixer.

loved it, very similar to Lagunitas Daytime. Cant wait to try the Stone Go To IPA.

good, not that sour.

Super good

Hated it, sorry Matt.

good, very sour.

one of the best.

[king_in_the_north]

ordered a case of this for the true detective finale

[realitycontrol]

Hated it, sorry Matt.

yea that was an awful beer, first one i've poured down the sink in a very long time.

[tangar]

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Hated it, sorry Matt.

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yea that was an awful beer, first one i've poured down the sink in a very long time.

Damn, me too dude, me too.

[brycickle]

Really? I liked it. I had it on tap though, so maybe there is a difference.

[RCB3]

I just moved to Bend, OR this week and drank some of this tonight. 10 Barrel is one of my favorite breweries up here and this is definitely in my top 3 IPA's. Stoked to be living in such a huge beer town!

[max power]

driving cross country at the moment. tight schedule, but managed to hit some spots. tallgrass being in manhattan ks. love their 8 bit pale ale and oasis dry hopped ESB. csame in late  denver, but just made it to crooked stave. It was great. pics from both forthcoming.

[Stoop Kid 2.0]

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Hated it, sorry Matt.

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yea that was an awful beer, first one i've poured down the sink in a very long time.

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Damn, me too dude, me too.

Mine tasted like sour burnt ass hairs. It was awful and I was really looking forward to it. Immediately dumped it out.

[tangar]

Prairie x Omnipollo Potlatch
Didn't realize it was a collabo, never heard of Omnipollo. But this thing is delicious!

[dillanharp]

Damn fool, you went to OG house without me?!    let's go to that new place next to ike's this week. I'll hit you up tomorrow.

[Stoop Kid 2.0]

Picked up a few bottles of dogfishhead 120 minute today. Such a good beer. Do any of you guys happen to know if stones bourbon barrel aged old guardian is sold at the stone brewery only? Or if it will be distributed to stores nation wide?

[max power]

picked up some stuff during my cross country drive.

[dillanharp]

those black new mexico cans look native and menacing... nothing better than an ipa in a can though.

[realitycontrol]

Picked up a few bottles of dogfishhead 120 minute today. Such a good beer. Do any of you guys happen to know if stones bourbon barrel aged old guardian is sold at the stone brewery only? Or if it will be distributed to stores nation wide?

it's been bottled in the past, i haven't seen it in stores around here in a long time though (i'm in the greater LA area). but yes, it has been available outside of official stone stores in the past, although i think distribution is limited.

[pancake man]

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Picked up a few bottles of dogfishhead 120 minute today. Such a good beer. Do any of you guys happen to know if stones bourbon barrel aged old guardian is sold at the stone brewery only? Or if it will be distributed to stores nation wide?

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it's been bottled in the past, i haven't seen it in stores around here in a long time though (i'm in the greater LA area). but yes, it has been available outside of official stone stores in the past, although i think distribution is limited.

Pretty sure I've seen it here in Mass. Anyone else kind of getting sick of this whole Bourbon Barrel Aged deal?

[max power]

those black new mexico cans look native and menacing... nothing better than an ipa in a can though.

it's a real nice black ipa, too.

pancake man, i've been heading that route for a while. much prefer wine  or other spirit barreled beers, unless it's really interesting like almanacs bourbon sour porter.

[pancake man]

A Gin barrel aged Radler would be absolutely delightful. That being said I do have two bottles of BCBS and a bottle of Jack's Abby BA Framinghammer haha

[Stoop Kid 2.0]

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Picked up a few bottles of dogfishhead 120 minute today. Such a good beer. Do any of you guys happen to know if stones bourbon barrel aged old guardian is sold at the stone brewery only? Or if it will be distributed to stores nation wide?

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it's been bottled in the past, i haven't seen it in stores around here in a long time though (i'm in the greater LA area). but yes, it has been available outside of official stone stores in the past, although i think distribution is limited.

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Pretty sure I've seen it here in Mass. Anyone else kind of getting sick of this whole Bourbon Barrel Aged deal?

Yeah there's way too many beers that are bourbon barrel aged and they are not good. I had some 2010 bourbon barrel aged old guardian however and it was amazing.

[floop]

Picked up a few bottles of dogfishhead 120 minute today. Such a good beer. Do any of you guys happen to know if stones bourbon barrel aged old guardian is sold at the stone brewery only? Or if it will be distributed to stores nation wide?

are you talking about the new one, Guardian's Slumber?  pretty sure that's just brewery / Stone store for right now but i'm guessing it will be distributed

been meaning to pick one up at the Pasadena location

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Picked up a few bottles of dogfishhead 120 minute today. Such a good beer. Do any of you guys happen to know if stones bourbon barrel aged old guardian is sold at the stone brewery only? Or if it will be distributed to stores nation wide?

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it's been bottled in the past, i haven't seen it in stores around here in a long time though (i'm in the greater LA area). but yes, it has been available outside of official stone stores in the past, although i think distribution is limited.

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Pretty sure I've seen it here in Mass. Anyone else kind of getting sick of this whole Bourbon Barrel Aged deal?

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Yeah there's way too many beers that are bourbon barrel aged and they are not good. I had some 2010 bourbon barrel aged old guardian however and it was amazing.

not all of them are good, but man, the good ones are really fucking good. 

[Stoop Kid 2.0]

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Picked up a few bottles of dogfishhead 120 minute today. Such a good beer. Do any of you guys happen to know if stones bourbon barrel aged old guardian is sold at the stone brewery only? Or if it will be distributed to stores nation wide?

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are you talking about the new one, Guardian's Slumber?  pretty sure that's just brewery / Stone store for right now but i'm guessing it will be distributed

been meaning to pick one up at the Pasadena location

Yeah that's the one. Damn I really hope they distribute it.

[pancake man]

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Picked up a few bottles of dogfishhead 120 minute today. Such a good beer. Do any of you guys happen to know if stones bourbon barrel aged old guardian is sold at the stone brewery only? Or if it will be distributed to stores nation wide?

[close]

it's been bottled in the past, i haven't seen it in stores around here in a long time though (i'm in the greater LA area). but yes, it has been available outside of official stone stores in the past, although i think distribution is limited.

[close]

Pretty sure I've seen it here in Mass. Anyone else kind of getting sick of this whole Bourbon Barrel Aged deal?

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Yeah there's way too many beers that are bourbon barrel aged and they are not good. I had some 2010 bourbon barrel aged old guardian however and it was amazing.

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not all of them are good, but man, the good ones are really fucking good. 

Touch?, FW DDBA was amazing, and I love  Jack's Abby BA Framinghammer. Honestly I'm just gonna swing on JA's dick for awhile, they're killing it in my opinion.

[Andrew]

I'm pretty sure Floops right about only being available at company stores, unfortunately. I asked about it on their Facebook and they never got back to me. Speaking of Stone, that new session IPA is pretty good, but I like Levitation more. Really wish that one was more available and a little cheaper.

Maybe I've been spoiled by having a local BBA stout available year-round, and Dragon's Milk for pretty cheap, ($14/4) but I don't feel the need to try a lot of BBA beers. I'm kind of picky about them. My (BBA) favorites are barleywines and ryewines, then scotch ales, then flavored stouts. Big fan of rye barrels (and the whiskey inside) too, just more flavorful. I agree that plenty are "eh" but the good ones are goooood.

@Floop
Sure I'll let you know when we get in more Happy Camper. As for what I'd want to trade, I'm not much of a ticker.. can you get Golden Road brewing easily? Their Wolf Among Weeds was great, but I think they just released a mixed 4-pack of (canned  ) IPAs, too.

I've only

Picked up a local IIPA (4 Hands War Hammer) that was released this past Saturday. Had to pick up some every day stuff too, Bells Amber and Old Coast are on the right. Didn't snag a pic of the bomber, but I will when it's poured in a few hours.


Cheers

[max power]

A Gin barrel aged Radler would be absolutely delightful. That being said I do have two bottles of BCBS and a bottle of Jack's Abby BA Framinghammer haha

off color brewing out of chicago did one for a festival not long ago. wish i got to try it. his beers are really good and get decent distribution. the dude used to run the goose island barrel program before starting his own shit. plus, he's pretty cool.

[art hellman]

both New Belgium Snapshot and Spring Blonde are very very sessionable

[pancake man]

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A Gin barrel aged Radler would be absolutely delightful. That being said I do have two bottles of BCBS and a bottle of Jack's Abby BA Framinghammer haha

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off color brewing out of chicago did one for a festival not long ago. wish i got to try it. his beers are really good and get decent distribution. the dude used to run the goose island barrel program before starting his own shit. plus, he's pretty cool.

You have my attention