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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,962
    Bentleyspop said:
    Vitalogensia said:
    I hope to get to try Toppling Goliath and Pliny the Elder one day, heard and read both are phenomenal so I’m jealous of anyone that gets to have those regularly. 

    Toppling Goliath makes really good IPAs. But, and to be perfectly honest, they brew inside a particular box and rarely venture outside of it. If and when you can get it I recommend the DDH varietals of the King Sue and Pseudo Sue. 

    As for Pliny I can walk into my local Whole Foods or specialty liqour store and find it on a regular basis. I bought it recently along with the DDH Elder to do a side by side. I prefer the DDH, which I have had on tap previously,  but it is not a regular release. If and when you find Russian River look for Blind Pig as well.

    TG also makes the best non-BA stout ever and a crazy amount of terrific BA stouts.

    pliny’s all great. Agree on blind pig…very good. I also agree in that for the most part, for my taste, DDH versions are always better.  
    hippiemom = goodness
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,640
    cincybearcat said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Vitalogensia said:
    I hope to get to try Toppling Goliath and Pliny the Elder one day, heard and read both are phenomenal so I’m jealous of anyone that gets to have those regularly. 

    Toppling Goliath makes really good IPAs. But, and to be perfectly honest, they brew inside a particular box and rarely venture outside of it. If and when you can get it I recommend the DDH varietals of the King Sue and Pseudo Sue. 

    As for Pliny I can walk into my local Whole Foods or specialty liqour store and find it on a regular basis. I bought it recently along with the DDH Elder to do a side by side. I prefer the DDH, which I have had on tap previously,  but it is not a regular release. If and when you find Russian River look for Blind Pig as well.

    TG also makes the best non-BA stout ever and a crazy amount of terrific BA stouts.

    pliny’s all great. Agree on blind pig…very good. I also agree in that for the most part, for my taste, DDH versions are always better.  
    Went in to my local bottle shop, which I do rarely, and they had these sitting in the cooler...

  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,962
    Bentleyspop said:
    cincybearcat said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Vitalogensia said:
    I hope to get to try Toppling Goliath and Pliny the Elder one day, heard and read both are phenomenal so I’m jealous of anyone that gets to have those regularly. 

    Toppling Goliath makes really good IPAs. But, and to be perfectly honest, they brew inside a particular box and rarely venture outside of it. If and when you can get it I recommend the DDH varietals of the King Sue and Pseudo Sue. 

    As for Pliny I can walk into my local Whole Foods or specialty liqour store and find it on a regular basis. I bought it recently along with the DDH Elder to do a side by side. I prefer the DDH, which I have had on tap previously,  but it is not a regular release. If and when you find Russian River look for Blind Pig as well.

    TG also makes the best non-BA stout ever and a crazy amount of terrific BA stouts.

    pliny’s all great. Agree on blind pig…very good. I also agree in that for the most part, for my taste, DDH versions are always better.  
    Went in to my local bottle shop, which I do rarely, and they had these sitting in the cooler...

    Oh my, so lucky.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • darwinstheory
    darwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 7,512
    Bentleyspop said:
    cincybearcat said:
    Bentleyspop said:
    Vitalogensia said:
    I hope to get to try Toppling Goliath and Pliny the Elder one day, heard and read both are phenomenal so I’m jealous of anyone that gets to have those regularly. 

    Toppling Goliath makes really good IPAs. But, and to be perfectly honest, they brew inside a particular box and rarely venture outside of it. If and when you can get it I recommend the DDH varietals of the King Sue and Pseudo Sue. 

    As for Pliny I can walk into my local Whole Foods or specialty liqour store and find it on a regular basis. I bought it recently along with the DDH Elder to do a side by side. I prefer the DDH, which I have had on tap previously,  but it is not a regular release. If and when you find Russian River look for Blind Pig as well.

    TG also makes the best non-BA stout ever and a crazy amount of terrific BA stouts.

    pliny’s all great. Agree on blind pig…very good. I also agree in that for the most part, for my taste, DDH versions are always better.  
    Went in to my local bottle shop, which I do rarely, and they had these sitting in the cooler...

    I believe this is the proper use of the 👀 emoji. 
    "A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey" - Darwin's Theory
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,198

    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • Bentleyspop
    Bentleyspop Craft Beer Brewery, Colorado Posts: 11,640
    2 different Trilliums. The Commons on the left. The Fens on the right.
    Glad to finally get Trillium in Colorado.
    Yeah I know they look the same.


  • gotthebottle
    gotthebottle San Diego Posts: 3,868
    edited August 11
    Well I live in San Diego... used to be place with most craft breweries but quite a few are our of business
  • shecky
    shecky San Francisco Posts: 2,812
    gotthebottle said:
    Well I live in San Diego... used to be place with most craft breweries but quite a few are our of business
    Sir, you are slurring your speech. May I see your driver's license, registration and insurance?
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,962
    gotthebottle said:
    Well I live in San Diego... used to be place with most craft breweries but quite a few are our of business
    Oh yeah, San Diego used to be one of the top spots.  I still remember visiting Alesmith when it was in a business park and they had the garage door up for you to enter.  So small.  So many good beers in that area back then.
    hippiemom = goodness
  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,616

  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,210
    La Fin du Monde is my favorite. It's a Belgian Trippel from Unibroue and it's fucking great. 

    Just learned that they are not going to be importing it to the US any longer. 
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,962
    mookieblalock said:

    Jealous!
    hippiemom = goodness
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 20,198
    Beer festival tonight at my town 

    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,616
    That festival looks great, bud!
  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,616

  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,210
    edited October 3

    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,616
    dudeman said:

    How is this one? I’ve tried the orange/cream in an IPA but never had it in a Pilsner.
  • mookieblalock
    mookieblalock Posts: 3,616

  • dudeman
    dudeman Posts: 3,210
    mookieblalock said:
    dudeman said:

    How is this one? I’ve tried the orange/cream in an IPA but never had it in a Pilsner.
    It's interesting. There really isn't any orange or citrus taste to it at all. It is made with honey from bees that pollinate orange trees in Florida, apparently. 

    It is easy drinking, very refreshing and has a super clean finish.

    I have never seen it outside of Florida and even here, it has been difficult for me to track down on occasion. 
    If hope can grow from dirt like me, it can be done. - EV
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 41,863
    dudeman said:
    La Fin du Monde is my favorite. It's a Belgian Trippel from Unibroue and it's fucking great. 

    Just learned that they are not going to be importing it to the US any longer. 
    I've had that.  Damn good beer!

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