The Craft Beer Thread....

carolinabeerguy

I'm currently drinking this one:

Cigar City Jose Marti Porter. Good shit.

jamminpearls

Southern Tier Choklat!!!! Holy amazing beer,might be the best Choc stout yet!!!!1

81

gone simple


sierra nevada ipa

Indifference71

Enjoying a Three Floyds Gumballhead. So good.

SVRDhand13

Heading to the Captain Lawrence brewery in Westchester, NY tomorrow!

capthowdy1027

BIGDaddyWil wrote:

JK_Livin wrote:

I chose the wrong time to take a couple weeks off from drinking to shed a few lbs. I have an excellent selection at home I want to dive into.

I hear you, too many good beers out now.

@capthowdy1027..... Hopslam is usually released in January and is only around for a couple of months. Drink it fresh!!!

I'm going to go grab some here in just a few minutes

Cliffy6745

Grabbed up a variety case of Bells and just drank a Bitches Brew, that is some great stuff.

capthowdy1027

Damn I love this shit.

So a couple people have said "drink it fresh", so does that mean it's not a good beer to age?

Horos

Yellow Ledbelly wrote:

http://www.beerjobber.com

Anybody heard of this or use it? I just got an invite code this week...the legalities of shipping beer confuse me so I'm not really sure if I can or can't legally participate but it would be a good way to obtain beers I normally couldn't

EDIT: Well I figured out that they cannot ship to me, which is what I figured.

I thought of maybe trying to start a little club on here so we could ship each other brews not available in our areas. I don't know how often I could afford the expense of shipping and all but it would be fun once a month or every couple of months.

shep

Yellow Ledbelly wrote:

http://www.beerjobber.com

Anybody heard of this or use it? I just got an invite code this week...the legalities of shipping beer confuse me so I'm not really sure if I can or can't legally participate but it would be a good way to obtain beers I normally couldn't

EDIT: Well I figured out that they cannot ship to me, which is what I figured.

I was reading an article in BeerAdvocate saying that there is a law tabled in congress to start allowing USPS to ship alcohol, but still a lot of red tape behind it. However, the same article also said that UPS and FedEx do allow it, so maybe that's a better option....

jamminpearls wrote:

Southern Tier Choklat!!!! Holy amazing beer,might be the best Choc stout yet!!!!1

If you like a Chocolaty Stout, I highly recommend Jester King's Black Metal.... pretty alcoholic at 10.5 abv, but a very tastey chocolate stout for sure... best I've had in a long time...


Last night's consumption consisted of a 22 oz bomber of Clown Shoes Belgan IPA called Tramp Stamp, followed by a few Windmere Bros winter warmers, called simply Brrrrr!

both were pretty good, the Brrrr! I would highly recommend trying if you have access... very hoppy for a warmer, if you're a hop head you'll like it....

carolinabeerguy

capthowdy1027 wrote:

Damn I love this shit.

So a couple people have said "drink it fresh", so does that mean it's not a good beer to age?

Hoppy beers such as Hopslam have a tendency to lose a lot of their original flavors very quickly. While I still think it's a good beer with some age on it, it's truly at its best within 3 weeks of bottling. The citrus notes really fade quickly after a month or so. I wouldn't sweat it too much. It will still be enjoyable, but most likely it will have a much stronger malt profile if that bottle is from last year.

Horos

shep wrote:

Last night's consumption consisted of a 22 oz bomber of Clown Shoes Belgan IPA called Tramp Stamp, followed by a few Windmere Bros winter warmers, called simply Brrrrr!

both were pretty good, the Brrrr! I would highly recommend trying if you have access... very hoppy for a warmer, if you're a hop head you'll like it....

Had a bourbon aged Brrr a couple of weeks ago, pretty good stuff. Widmer Bros. Hef is my beer of choice.

Yellow Ledbelly

Made a trip this morning...a good one

SA brewmasters choice variety with
Irish red
Mighty oak ale
Whitewater ipa
Alpine spring...none of which I've had

Also
Red hook nut brown
Shipyard ipa
Tommyknocker ipa
Covington brewhouse bayou bock
Tallgrass buffalo sweat
And 2 bombers of rogue john john hazelnut

Kinda went crazy a bit

SVRDhand13

Today I had Captain Lawrence's ROSSO E MARRONE and CUVEE DE CASTLETON- both sour beers. Wow they were both incredible.

Horos

Having a Moustache Rye'd Red Ale from Flat Tail.

BIGDaddyWil

SVRDhand13 wrote:

Today I had Captain Lawrence's ROSSO E MARRONE and CUVEE DE CASTLETON- both sour beers. Wow they were both incredible.

Good stuff! :thumbup:

JK_Livin

:( I just found out that Hopslam is not available in NJ :(

FenwayFaithful

Smuttynose Brewing Company "Big A" IPA
Portsmouth, NH

Fantastic double IPA.

Wobbie

if you guys are not subscribing to this, you should be:

http://draftmag.com/

only drawback for me is that 90% of the beers are impossible to find in Salt Lake except for at one bar. I need to make a road trip back down to Vegas

shep

imalive wrote:

if you guys are not subscribing to this, you should be:

http://draftmag.com/

only drawback for me is that 90% of the beers are impossible to find in Salt Lake except for at one bar. I need to make a road trip back down to Vegas

Is it that good?

I subscribed to BeerAdvocate mag just before Christmas.. it's a pretty interesting read...

Don't know if I have time for 2 magazines though - still haven't finished the Jan issue of BA and my Feb issue turned up yesterday... A Clash of Kings has been taking up all my reading time lately...