Going rafting in Golden, BC this weekend.
+ a trip to BC means several things, including...
Ahhh, sweet!
Cheers.
Love BC and they have many good craft brews...but you do know that Mt. Begbie can be found in your home town. Our favourites are the Nasty Habit and the Tall Timber Ale.
A couple of notes / comments for the posts on this page alone:
1. I couldn't agree with Horos more re: Russian River's Pliny, as well as Dogfish possibly being inferior to Stone. At times I get accused of being Stone-washed but a) I live 10 mins from the brewery b) their quality is superior and c) Dogfish is over-rated. If you like raisin - y malty IPA's, 90 min is the way to go...I like mine Cali style - heavy pine, resin, grapefruit, fresh etc...Which leads to:
2. Shep is right, if you have some delicious Heady Topper, drink it immediately!!! Like tonight. Alchemist in VT blows away Dogfish, and their Heady Topper is a superior IPA by far (IMO)...in fact, it is in the Pliny conversation for sure, its that good...which leads me to:
3. If you like Pumpkin Beer - cheers! Personally, my pumpkin intake is Thanksgiving day and 1 piece w/ loads of whipped creme after meal. Thats it. I don't even wish for pumpkin pie any other day of the year, let alone Pumpkin Beer.
4. If you are a IPA fan- specifically the DIPA/Imperial type - you must RUN to the package store, beer distributor, whatever is in your area - and grab a few 22's of Mother Earth's "Primordial" - holy jeezy crow its magnificent!!!! So good and what a great DIPA should be....which leads to..
5. Gumball Head is so yummy, I am so jealous, can't get it in SD unless its at a brewery for a special night.
PROST all, and enjoy whatever you're drinking!
lol.... quite a rant.
I will say , that the best "new-to-me" DIPA i've had in a long time was the Double Jack. Firestone Walker just started distributing to Houston about 6 weeks ago... completely blown away by the awesomeness of Double Jack. The nose is so grapefruit, citrus, and melon... it is beautiful... lately my mantra is to try something new every time i go to the beer store... but that beer was so delicious i'd go back to it in a heartbeat.... even the fiance was in awe over it... she drank almost half the bottle and was like "you should go get more of that!"
right now, enjoying my first My Antonio from DFH (just started distributing it to Texas) it's quite enjoyable, the 7%ABV is barely noticeable.... contrary to the post above ( ) i enjoy a lot of what DFH has to offer... burton baton is one of my favs.... i recently conducting an aging experiment with the beer though, and will advise that even though it says "ages with the best of them" on the bottle, it is definately better fresh.
We have a My Antonio in the fridge, can't get it in Canada,it's a left over from our trip to Seattle. Wish we had a Double Jack! I love that beer, and I'm not the hop head in our family. I love the aroma. I steal Mr. Guitars glass and huff it!
A couple of notes / comments for the posts on this page alone:
1. I couldn't agree with Horos more re: Russian River's Pliny, as well as Dogfish possibly being inferior to Stone. At times I get accused of being Stone-washed but a) I live 10 mins from the brewery b) their quality is superior and c) Dogfish is over-rated. If you like raisin - y malty IPA's, 90 min is the way to go...I like mine Cali style - heavy pine, resin, grapefruit, fresh etc...Which leads to:
2. Shep is right, if you have some delicious Heady Topper, drink it immediately!!! Like tonight. Alchemist in VT blows away Dogfish, and their Heady Topper is a superior IPA by far (IMO)...in fact, it is in the Pliny conversation for sure, its that good...which leads me to:
3. If you like Pumpkin Beer - cheers! Personally, my pumpkin intake is Thanksgiving day and 1 piece w/ loads of whipped creme after meal. Thats it. I don't even wish for pumpkin pie any other day of the year, let alone Pumpkin Beer.
4. If you are a IPA fan- specifically the DIPA/Imperial type - you must RUN to the package store, beer distributor, whatever is in your area - and grab a few 22's of Mother Earth's "Primordial" - holy jeezy crow its magnificent!!!! So good and what a great DIPA should be....which leads to..
5. Gumball Head is so yummy, I am so jealous, can't get it in SD unless its at a brewery for a special night.
PROST all, and enjoy whatever you're drinking!
lol.... quite a rant.
I will say , that the best "new-to-me" DIPA i've had in a long time was the Double Jack. Firestone Walker just started distributing to Houston about 6 weeks ago... completely blown away by the awesomeness of Double Jack. The nose is so grapefruit, citrus, and melon... it is beautiful... lately my mantra is to try something new every time i go to the beer store... but that beer was so delicious i'd go back to it in a heartbeat.... even the fiance was in awe over it... she drank almost half the bottle and was like "you should go get more of that!"
right now, enjoying my first My Antonio from DFH (just started distributing it to Texas) it's quite enjoyable, the 7%ABV is barely noticeable.... contrary to the post above ( ) i enjoy a lot of what DFH has to offer... burton baton is one of my favs.... i recently conducting an aging experiment with the beer though, and will advise that even though it says "ages with the best of them" on the bottle, it is definately better fresh.
We have a My Antonio in the fridge, can't get it in Canada,it's a left over from our trip to Seattle. Wish we had a Double Jack! I love that beer, and I'm not the hop head in our family. I love the aroma. I steal Mr. Guitars glass and huff it!
.... when i first opened the bottle i was like a 5 year old that first discovered glue (terribly analogy I know), but the smell was just so fucking awesome... the fiance is not a hop head in the least, but after I opened it and was smelling it repeatedly, she was like "what's your problem?"and then smelled it herself and drank 1/2 my bottle
the best part is that the taste matches it... I'm sure it won't be long until i get more.... honestly, it's been a long time since I was that impressed by a beer, and i'm glad that I hadn't tried it before it was available to me on a regular basis....
Houston, Texas... Believe it or not, there are 7 million people here... must be a couple of fans who'd love to see you play.
Firestone Walker's Double Jack is also a magnificent DIPA, super hoppy/grapefruity and bold. Love the stuff. If you are a fan (sounds like shep & guitar 59 are) - TODAY IS THE DAY!!! Their amazing Oatmeal Stout is released for the first time ever in bottles!!!
Tickets went on sale a month ago and sold out in minutes...thank goodness a buddy got one and will be driving down in 2 weeks to place it in my ever-loving hands
For the record re: Dogfish - I do think they are over-rated, however they make some fine beers. Last year I had the pleasure of sharing a few 10 year old World Wide Stouts and they were ass-kicking good. Sippers, no doubt.
Personally, just not a huge fan of their IPA's.
Love BC and they have many good craft brews...but you do know that Mt. Begbie can be found in your home town. Our favourites are the Nasty Habit and the Tall Timber Ale.
Shut the front door!
I am curious to try the Nasty Habit,
which brings me to the salient point:
where in Calgary could I find it?
I'm pretty sure Willow Park doesn't carry it.
Any points in the right direction are
much appreciated!
Cheers.
'Cause you don't give blood and take it back again.
Been working on a growler full of Green Flash Green Bullet.
How is that? That particular hop coming through?
I was at their tasting room last month, and got the glass - pretty fun event. Even matched some grub up with it.
The green bullet hops and pacific gem hops make it very hoppy, somewhat sweet and super citrusy - like a good resiny, hop punch - 'Green Bullet' is a super tasty Green Flash offering, next to 'Palate Wrecker', probably my fave from their brewery...Almost like a barley wine...'Green Bullet' is a Triple IPA and 3 pints in, you realize it! Highly recommend it...
Tonight I'm cracking open my Mother Earth Brew Co "Primordial" DIPA and having a few "Enjoy By 10.25.13" fresh from my growler fill @ 11. Rumor has it there is a very limited amount of Quingenti Millilitre 'Wagner" blends of Highway 78 Scotch Ale on sale at the store today, so its time to line up and make a donation.
Nothing like great beer to look forward to! PROST!
So you would put Palate Wrecker above it? We're supposed to be getting green bullet here in Texas soon... Thanks for the review! I would so love to fill a growler from the source!
So you would put Palate Wrecker above it? We're supposed to be getting green bullet here in Texas soon... Thanks for the review! I would so love to fill a growler from the source!
Yes, for 2 reasons...personally PW is my fave Green Flash offering and Green Bullet is seasonal & very strong. Is that 3?
had my first bottle of Black Butte XXV last night... been on a real bourbon barrel aged beer kick as of late... it's been great.... i will say that the BBXXV definitely tasted "young", almost like it hasn't had enough time to blend yet... glad i have two more bottles... i will hold onto them until the "best after" date.
I had an in-law drop in town thursday night from norway.... dropped off a pretty looking package i was quite impressed with:
a bunch of beer from a norwegian brewery called Nogne O.... 2 x 4th edition dark horizon, 1 each of the 2nd and 3rd edition of red horizon (brewed with sake yeast) and a mikkeller beer geek breakfast stout (which I had when I was in norway and it is awesome)...
also found me some oskar blues ten fidy at the grocery store today...
all-in-all a good beer weekend!
Houston, Texas... Believe it or not, there are 7 million people here... must be a couple of fans who'd love to see you play.
I recently found a 4-pack of DFH 120 min at some random liquor store by my house :shock: :shock: Didn't even know they sold them like that! I'm pretty sure angels were singing when I bought it.
WI '98, WI '99 (EV), WI '00, Chgo '00, MO '00, Champaign '03, Chgo '03, WI '03, IN '03, MI '04, Chgo '06:N1 & 2, WI '06, Chgo '07, Chgo '08 (EV:N1), Chgo '09:N1 & 2, Chgo '11 (EV:N1), WI '11:N1 & 2, Philly '12, Wrigley '13, Pitt '13, Buff '13, Detroit '14, MKE '14, Wrigley '16: N1 & N2, Seattle '18 N2, Wrigley '18: N1 & N2, Fenway '18 N1, STL '22, St Paul '23 N2, Chgo '23: N1 & N2
I work at a liquor store and after a lot of urging to the boss/owner
he has allowed me to start buying/ordering Carft Beers. This is a list of beers we have come in so far:
DogFish Head 60 min and 90 min, Rouge Dead Man and Brutal IPA
Stone IPA and Pale ale and arrogant bastard ale, Travelers Shandys, Leinenkugals
Bad Martha, SmuttyNose, Brooklyn #1 & #2 and IPA ( i think), Southern Tier 2x stout and 2x IPA and Pumking
Wells Bananna Bread Beer (awesome!!), Samual Smith Organics (chocolate, oatmeal stouts and Nut brown ale)
Back Bay IPA, Nantucket Grey Lady and Whale tale. Abieta pecan wheat beer and purple haze,
MAINE IPA, Troegs perpetual IPA...
If I am missing any really good sellers please let me know. I would love to get them into my store.
"...And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show."
Tailgating tomorrow!
I always drink red or ambers on gameday so i've been loving Sierra Nevada's Flipside! I have plenty of that for tomorrow. Got some Stone IPA and Westbrook's One Claw Pale too
and
a Couple 3 Beans for the victory cigar afterwards
oh and Some miller lite s for my dad :?
Charlotte 00 Charlotte 03 Asheville 04 Atlanta 12 Greenville 16, Columbia 16 Seattle 18 Nashville 22
My fridge this am for football party: 4 Pliny the Elders, 6 St.Archers IPAs, 6 Lagunitas Maximus, 6 Karl Strauss Oktoberfests, 3 Mother Earth Primordials, 2 Ballast Point Dorados, 2 Port Brewing Hop 15's and a sixer mixer of Sierra Tumbler & Flipside.
Fresh growler of Stone's Enjoy By and 1L of Oaked Arrogant Bastard also.
Funny thing: one of the dudes coming over is a Miller Lite guy - the aluminum pints - they go in separate cooler
PROST AND GO FINS!!!
Founders Breakfast Stout made its way down here to Florida for the first time on Friday. Such a good beer. Just hoping KBS ends up here as well.
I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me.
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Founders Breakfast Stout made its way down here to Florida for the first time on Friday. Such a good beer. Just hoping KBS ends up here as well.
Good luck with that...
FYI - Founders expanded into the state of Texas earlier the year... they have been supplying plenty of their regular line up, but they have not been giving the market it's fair share of the limited releases...
They sent 4 x 1/6 barrel kegs of KBS to the entire city of Houston (7 million people). 4 fucking pony kegs!!! Literally every bar that got one had it on tap for less than an hour before it was gone... Only 30 cases of KBS made it here.... they sent 20 cases of Mango Magnifico to the entire city as well...
apparently they want more markets, but are pretty much being dicks about their limited releases.
Houston, Texas... Believe it or not, there are 7 million people here... must be a couple of fans who'd love to see you play.
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Love BC and they have many good craft brews...but you do know that Mt. Begbie can be found in your home town. Our favourites are the Nasty Habit and the Tall Timber Ale.
We have a My Antonio in the fridge, can't get it in Canada,it's a left over from our trip to Seattle. Wish we had a Double Jack! I love that beer, and I'm not the hop head in our family. I love the aroma. I steal Mr. Guitars glass and huff it!
the best part is that the taste matches it... I'm sure it won't be long until i get more.... honestly, it's been a long time since I was that impressed by a beer, and i'm glad that I hadn't tried it before it was available to me on a regular basis....
http://www.firestonebeer.com/beers/prod ... vet-merkin
Tickets went on sale a month ago and sold out in minutes...thank goodness a buddy got one and will be driving down in 2 weeks to place it in my ever-loving hands
For the record re: Dogfish - I do think they are over-rated, however they make some fine beers. Last year I had the pleasure of sharing a few 10 year old World Wide Stouts and they were ass-kicking good. Sippers, no doubt.
Personally, just not a huge fan of their IPA's.
PROST!
7.9.03~9.28.04~10.1.05~5.12.06~5.13.06~5.27.06~5.28.06
8.5.08(EV)~10.9.09~5.21.10~6.20.11(EV)~7.5.11(EV)~7.9.11(EV)
11.21.13~8.27.16(EV)~11.14.16(TOTD)~4.13.20~9.27.20~9.26.21~10.2.21
2.15.22 (EV)~2.25.22 (EV)~2.27.22 (EV)~5.3.22~5.7.22~9.17.24~9.29.24
Shut the front door!
I am curious to try the Nasty Habit,
which brings me to the salient point:
where in Calgary could I find it?
I'm pretty sure Willow Park doesn't carry it.
Any points in the right direction are
much appreciated!
Cheers.
http://refrigerators.reviewed.com/Features/Brown-Bottles-and-Tall-Tales-7-Myths-About-Storing-Beer.htm?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=cpc
... this thread deserves a bump!
Cheers.
Cool stuff. I'm drinking Sierra Nevada Flipside Red IPA for the 1st time. It's pretty good.
Tom O.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
-The Writer
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As crafty as it gets, for me.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
How is that? That particular hop coming through?
I was at their tasting room last month, and got the glass - pretty fun event. Even matched some grub up with it.
The green bullet hops and pacific gem hops make it very hoppy, somewhat sweet and super citrusy - like a good resiny, hop punch - 'Green Bullet' is a super tasty Green Flash offering, next to 'Palate Wrecker', probably my fave from their brewery...Almost like a barley wine...'Green Bullet' is a Triple IPA and 3 pints in, you realize it! Highly recommend it...
Tonight I'm cracking open my Mother Earth Brew Co "Primordial" DIPA and having a few "Enjoy By 10.25.13" fresh from my growler fill @ 11. Rumor has it there is a very limited amount of Quingenti Millilitre 'Wagner" blends of Highway 78 Scotch Ale on sale at the store today, so its time to line up and make a donation.
Nothing like great beer to look forward to! PROST!
7.9.03~9.28.04~10.1.05~5.12.06~5.13.06~5.27.06~5.28.06
8.5.08(EV)~10.9.09~5.21.10~6.20.11(EV)~7.5.11(EV)~7.9.11(EV)
11.21.13~8.27.16(EV)~11.14.16(TOTD)~4.13.20~9.27.20~9.26.21~10.2.21
2.15.22 (EV)~2.25.22 (EV)~2.27.22 (EV)~5.3.22~5.7.22~9.17.24~9.29.24
7.9.03~9.28.04~10.1.05~5.12.06~5.13.06~5.27.06~5.28.06
8.5.08(EV)~10.9.09~5.21.10~6.20.11(EV)~7.5.11(EV)~7.9.11(EV)
11.21.13~8.27.16(EV)~11.14.16(TOTD)~4.13.20~9.27.20~9.26.21~10.2.21
2.15.22 (EV)~2.25.22 (EV)~2.27.22 (EV)~5.3.22~5.7.22~9.17.24~9.29.24
I had an in-law drop in town thursday night from norway.... dropped off a pretty looking package i was quite impressed with:
a bunch of beer from a norwegian brewery called Nogne O.... 2 x 4th edition dark horizon, 1 each of the 2nd and 3rd edition of red horizon (brewed with sake yeast) and a mikkeller beer geek breakfast stout (which I had when I was in norway and it is awesome)...
also found me some oskar blues ten fidy at the grocery store today...
all-in-all a good beer weekend!
he has allowed me to start buying/ordering Carft Beers. This is a list of beers we have come in so far:
DogFish Head 60 min and 90 min, Rouge Dead Man and Brutal IPA
Stone IPA and Pale ale and arrogant bastard ale, Travelers Shandys, Leinenkugals
Bad Martha, SmuttyNose, Brooklyn #1 & #2 and IPA ( i think), Southern Tier 2x stout and 2x IPA and Pumking
Wells Bananna Bread Beer (awesome!!), Samual Smith Organics (chocolate, oatmeal stouts and Nut brown ale)
Back Bay IPA, Nantucket Grey Lady and Whale tale. Abieta pecan wheat beer and purple haze,
MAINE IPA, Troegs perpetual IPA...
If I am missing any really good sellers please let me know. I would love to get them into my store.
I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show."
I always drink red or ambers on gameday so i've been loving Sierra Nevada's Flipside! I have plenty of that for tomorrow. Got some Stone IPA and Westbrook's One Claw Pale too
and
a Couple 3 Beans for the victory cigar afterwards
oh and Some miller lite s for my dad :?
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
Fresh growler of Stone's Enjoy By and 1L of Oaked Arrogant Bastard also.
Funny thing: one of the dudes coming over is a Miller Lite guy - the aluminum pints - they go in separate cooler
PROST AND GO FINS!!!
7.9.03~9.28.04~10.1.05~5.12.06~5.13.06~5.27.06~5.28.06
8.5.08(EV)~10.9.09~5.21.10~6.20.11(EV)~7.5.11(EV)~7.9.11(EV)
11.21.13~8.27.16(EV)~11.14.16(TOTD)~4.13.20~9.27.20~9.26.21~10.2.21
2.15.22 (EV)~2.25.22 (EV)~2.27.22 (EV)~5.3.22~5.7.22~9.17.24~9.29.24
7.9.03~9.28.04~10.1.05~5.12.06~5.13.06~5.27.06~5.28.06
8.5.08(EV)~10.9.09~5.21.10~6.20.11(EV)~7.5.11(EV)~7.9.11(EV)
11.21.13~8.27.16(EV)~11.14.16(TOTD)~4.13.20~9.27.20~9.26.21~10.2.21
2.15.22 (EV)~2.25.22 (EV)~2.27.22 (EV)~5.3.22~5.7.22~9.17.24~9.29.24
Boneyard Notorious IPA
Double Mountain Killer Red IRA
Double Mountain Killer Green IPA
Oakshire Line Dry Rye
Oakshire Ill-Tempered Gnome
Oakshire Watershed IPA
Pelican Imperial IPA
Flattail Rough Cut IPA
BaseCamp In Tents
Sam Adams Double Agent IPL
New Belgium Pumpkick
Deschutes Chasin' Freshies
Moylans Hopsickle
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a beer called ...collage....was a hit. too strong for me.
Good luck with that...
FYI - Founders expanded into the state of Texas earlier the year... they have been supplying plenty of their regular line up, but they have not been giving the market it's fair share of the limited releases...
They sent 4 x 1/6 barrel kegs of KBS to the entire city of Houston (7 million people). 4 fucking pony kegs!!! Literally every bar that got one had it on tap for less than an hour before it was gone... Only 30 cases of KBS made it here.... they sent 20 cases of Mango Magnifico to the entire city as well...
apparently they want more markets, but are pretty much being dicks about their limited releases.
Tom O.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
-The Writer
Great. Dusty beer.
Tom O.
"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was twelve. Jesus, does anyone?"
-The Writer
No worries. You didn't get any on us.