The Craft Beer Thread....

pearldavidson

Jearlpam0925 said:

pearldavidson said:

Anyone else love beers on nitro?

Yuuuuge fan. If anything on tap at the bar is on nitro that's the beer I'm drinking.

I'm with yah on that, unless something is too hoppy.

Jearlpam0925

pearldavidson said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

pearldavidson said:

Anyone else love beers on nitro?

Yuuuuge fan. If anything on tap at the bar is on nitro that's the beer I'm drinking.

I'm with yah on that, unless something is too hoppy.

Especially if it's on Nitro and super hoppy.

HesCalledDyer

Speaking of hoppy and IPA's... I had one of the few that I actually like yesterday evening in celebration of "Hoppy" Easter.
Dogfish 120. 2 year aged and god damn was it delicious.

Jearlpam0925

Nice. As for myself I had Firestone's Leo vs. Ursus Fortem. Now THAT was some good stuff.

Bentleyspop

HesCalledDyer said:

Speaking of hoppy and IPA's... I had one of the few that I actually like yesterday evening in celebration of "Hoppy" Easter.
Dogfish 120. 2 year aged and god damn was it delicious.

Aged IPA?
Usually that doesnt work out so well

JK_Livin

Bell

Bentleyspop said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Speaking of hoppy and IPA's... I had one of the few that I actually like yesterday evening in celebration of "Hoppy" Easter.
Dogfish 120. 2 year aged and god damn was it delicious.

Aged IPA?
Usually that doesnt work out so well

For those it does

mcgruff10

HesCalledDyer said:

Speaking of hoppy and IPA's... I had one of the few that I actually like yesterday evening in celebration of "Hoppy" Easter.
Dogfish 120. 2 year aged and god damn was it delicious.

dogfish 120 is amazing. I'm thinking of visiting their brewery sometime in the near future.

Bentleyspop

mcgruff10 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Speaking of hoppy and IPA's... I had one of the few that I actually like yesterday evening in celebration of "Hoppy" Easter.
Dogfish 120. 2 year aged and god damn was it delicious.

dogfish 120 is amazing. I'm thinking of visiting their brewery sometime in the near future.

I've been there.
It is in the middle of nowhere Delaware but worth the trip.
Watch out for the big beers

mcgruff10

Bentleyspop said:

mcgruff10 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Speaking of hoppy and IPA's... I had one of the few that I actually like yesterday evening in celebration of "Hoppy" Easter.
Dogfish 120. 2 year aged and god damn was it delicious.

dogfish 120 is amazing. I'm thinking of visiting their brewery sometime in the near future.

I've been there.
It is in the middle of nowhere Delaware but worth the trip.
Watch out for the big beers

so there's nothing to do in the area except to go to the brewery?

Jearlpam0925

mcgruff10 said:

Bentleyspop said:

mcgruff10 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Speaking of hoppy and IPA's... I had one of the few that I actually like yesterday evening in celebration of "Hoppy" Easter.
Dogfish 120. 2 year aged and god damn was it delicious.

dogfish 120 is amazing. I'm thinking of visiting their brewery sometime in the near future.

I've been there.
It is in the middle of nowhere Delaware but worth the trip.
Watch out for the big beers

so there's nothing to do in the area except to go to the brewery?

Go to Rehoboth for their Pub - you get pretty much all the same beers, plus a really good menu of food. And it's at the beach.

mcgruff10

Jearlpam0925 said:

mcgruff10 said:

Bentleyspop said:

mcgruff10 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Speaking of hoppy and IPA's... I had one of the few that I actually like yesterday evening in celebration of "Hoppy" Easter.
Dogfish 120. 2 year aged and god damn was it delicious.

dogfish 120 is amazing. I'm thinking of visiting their brewery sometime in the near future.

I've been there.
It is in the middle of nowhere Delaware but worth the trip.
Watch out for the big beers

so there's nothing to do in the area except to go to the brewery?

Go to Rehoboth for their Pub - you get pretty much all the same beers, plus a really good menu of food. And it's at the beach.

Good call!! Thank you.

pearldavidson

Please tell me there is someone here who absolutely loves Terrapin Brewing Hi-5 IPA. Mild hops (I'm not a hop head) super refreshing. Currently my favorite beer and I'm a stout guy.

mcgruff10

question for you guys:
let's say I go to a different state and see a bunch of craft beer I can't find in new jersey. I buy it and bring it home.
1. How do you guys store something like this? Do I just throw it in a fridge?
2. What is the shelf life or is everything different?

Thanks.
Mike

Jearlpam0925

pearldavidson said:

Please tell me there is someone here who absolutely loves Terrapin Brewing Hi-5 IPA. Mild hops (I'm not a hop head) super refreshing. Currently my favorite beer and I'm a stout guy.

Love pretty much all of Terrapin's beer...except for that damn Recreation Ale...it's good...but F session ales.

mcgruff10 said:

question for you guys:
let's say I go to a different state and see a bunch of craft beer I can't find in new jersey. I buy it and bring it home.
1. How do you guys store something like this? Do I just throw it in a fridge?
2. What is the shelf life or is everything different?

Thanks.
Mike

I would say it depends on the type of beer you're buying. Also, beer doesn't last long in my house, so in the fridge it goes with an expiration date of no longer than a week.

If you're going to Rehoboth you might as well hit up Total Wine in Claymont (though, I'm not sure it's on your way home, I'm just saying because it's in Delaware). That place is the Disneyland of booze and beer.

Bentleyspop

mcgruff10 said:

question for you guys:
let's say I go to a different state and see a bunch of craft beer I can't find in new jersey. I buy it and bring it home.
1. How do you guys store something like this? Do I just throw it in a fridge?
2. What is the shelf life or is everything different?

Thanks.
Mike

For beer you plan on aging for awhile, like barrel aged beers. If you have a basement that stays consistently cool....60ish....then it's fine down there. Can stay for years.
The best beers for aging are stouts and porters, especially barrel aged stuff.

JK_Livin

Getting a sixtel of Oberon soon. Sooooooo gooooooood!

pearldavidson

JK_Livin said:

Getting a sixtel of Oberon soon. Sooooooo gooooooood!

Oberon is good stuff!

Jearlpam0925

Oberon and Summer Love were the beers of choice at our wedding last summer. Good stuff that made for great memories.

darwinstheory

mcgruff10 said:

question for you guys:
let's say I go to a different state and see a bunch of craft beer I can't find in new jersey. I buy it and bring it home.
1. How do you guys store something like this? Do I just throw it in a fridge?
2. What is the shelf life or is everything different?

Thanks.
Mike

Like someone else said, the BA stuff typically is fine in a basement and gets better after a couple years. This will not hold true for anything that is sold to you in a crowler though (where they put it in a can straight out of the tap and seal it onsite).

Most lighter beers (I'm thinking IPA's here) do not age all that well. Zombie Dust to me is hugely different when it was bottled 2 days ago compared to 2 months ago. I've never had it last longer than that. The Hopslam I have says to drink that shit within 6 months. I will obey.

I've just totally gotten into trying this stuff in the past year. My current "aging collection" is super small but I think highly respectable.

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Wobbie

dunno if this is "craft," but it's damn good: