The Craft Beer Thread....

MotoDC wrote:

Picked up a couple bottles of Pliny the Elder during a recent trip to Napa. Had it at their pub while I was out there as well. Thought it was quite delicious out of the tap, but was very disappointed when I cracked open one of my bottles last weekend. After what I experienced at the brewer pub and all the hype around the beer, I was expecting way, way more. At one point, PtE was considered by many to be the best beer in the world and has a perfect 100 rating on beeradvocate.com. Didn't get that impression at all, out of the bottle. :(

Thanks for killing my excitement!

MotoDC wrote:

SVRDhand13 wrote:

MotoDC wrote:

Picked up a couple bottles of Pliny the Elder during a recent trip to Napa. Had it at their pub while I was out there as well. Thought it was quite delicious out of the tap, but was very disappointed when I cracked open one of my bottles last weekend. After what I experienced at the brewer pub and all the hype around the beer, I was expecting way, way more. At one point, PtE was considered by many to be the best beer in the world and has a perfect 100 rating on beeradvocate.com. Didn't get that impression at all, out of the bottle. :(

Thanks for killing my excitement!

Haha, trust me, no one was more disappointed than I was. My palette seems to be very fickle and inconsistent, so I'm hoping I either caught my tongue on a bad day or just got a bad bottle, idk. Honestly I think I also tend to serve beer too cold, since I use my regular fridge as my beer fridge. I've started keeping a journal of sorts of my beer experiences and I'm noticing a trend where I start finding many more flavors in a beer after it's been out in the glass a bit longer. I attribute that to its warming up, but I suppose it could be from some of the carbonation bubbling off (one less thing to confuse my palette ).

The colder a beer, the less flavor. This is why Coors Light must be served "Rocky Mountain Cold"

Tried some Three Floyds RYE’D DA LIGHTNING rye pale ale at Bottom Lounge last weekend, it was quite tasty!

Anyone get any Dark Lord?

madtowndave wrote:

Mamasan23 wrote:

Tried some Three Floyds RYE’D DA LIGHTNING rye pale ale at Bottom Lounge last weekend, it was quite tasty!

Anyone get any Dark Lord?

At some point I am going to have to attend Dark Lord Days....I would love to try it!

I know!! It's my holy grail!

Mamasan23 wrote:

madtowndave wrote:

Mamasan23 wrote:

Tried some Three Floyds RYE’D DA LIGHTNING rye pale ale at Bottom Lounge last weekend, it was quite tasty!

Anyone get any Dark Lord?

At some point I am going to have to attend Dark Lord Days....I would love to try it!

I know!! It's my holy grail!

I've attended Dark Lord Day 2006-2010. Good times! A little crazy, but I was able to try many rare and delicious beers. As for Dark Lord the beer, it's a monster of a stout, kinda boozy, very sweet. One bottle must be shared with a few friends.

Mamasan23, you've never had Dark Lord?????

BIGDaddyWil wrote:

I've attended Dark Lord Day 2006-2010. Good times! A little crazy, but I was able to try many rare and delicious beers. As for Dark Lord the beer, it's a monster of a stout, kinda boozy, very sweet. One bottle must be shared with a few friends.

Mamasan23, you've never had Dark Lord?????

I am SO jealous. Every year I want to go but something always comes up. It sounds amazing - I like my beer as dark as possible and this seems to be exactly what I'm looking for!

My friends are way too stingy with their allotment of 4 bottles! But I probably would be too

JK_Livin wrote:

So I've been working at a new job for the past 6 months. I try to bring my lunch as much as possible but today I ran out to different shopping center for the 1st time. As I'm walking toward the grocery store I see a beer store out of the corner of my eye. Then I realize it has the word CRAFT above beer store :shock: :shock: :shock: I was finally able to grab me some Hopitmum

Let us know what you think!

Memphis Tuesday night for Social Distortion...Wednesday morning visited the beer store and made a nice haul
Probably can't remember all of them off the top of my head...

Old Rasputin
Brother Thelonius
Bigfoot Barleywine
Torpedo
Ruthless Rye
Stone Ruination
Cali-Belgique
Anchor Old Foghorn
RJ Rocker Bell Ringer and Rockhopper
Abita Jockamo
Laughing Dog Dogfather (had to have that one just for the bottle if nothing else)
Rogue Double Chocolate Stout
well...that's 12 of them anyways...we can try a different beer every night for the next 3 weeks though.
I was somewhat disappointed to learn that Dogfish Head pulled out of Tennessee about a year ago. I was planning on snagging several of theirs

Horos wrote:

Yellow Ledbelly wrote:

Memphis Tuesday night for Social Distortion...Wednesday morning visited the beer store and made a nice haul
Probably can't remember all of them off the top of my head...

Old Rasputin
Brother Thelonius
Bigfoot Barleywine
Torpedo
Ruthless Rye
Stone Ruination
Cali-Belgique
Anchor Old Foghorn
RJ Rocker Bell Ringer and Rockhopper
Abita Jockamo
Laughing Dog Dogfather (had to have that one just for the bottle if nothing else)
Rogue Double Chocolate Stout
well...that's 12 of them anyways...we can try a different beer every night for the next 3 weeks though.
I was somewhat disappointed to learn that Dogfish Head pulled out of Tennessee about a year ago. I was planning on snagging several of theirs

That Stone Cali-Belgique is good stuff. Not real hoppy but nice and smooth.

We had Brother Thelonious at our Sunday Syndicate meeting this week. I found it for $3 in a discount cart at the grocery store. It's the lowest rated beer we've had yet, no one even wanted to finish it.

Well i guess there's probably at least one stinker in the bunch...that's to be expected though I guess.

There was also
Victory Hop Devil and Golden Monkey
Fat Tire (which I had indulged in quite a bit Tuesday evening)
Napa Smith Bonfire
La Fin Du Monde
Mendocino Imperial IPA
La Trappe Quad
Rare Vos
Me thinks that gets all of them. I'm like a blushing junior high boy seeing a playboy magazine for the first time when I get around that much beer I haven't had

Yellow Ledbelly wrote:

Memphis Tuesday night for Social Distortion...Wednesday morning visited the beer store and made a nice haul
Probably can't remember all of them off the top of my head...

Old Rasputin
Brother Thelonius
Bigfoot Barleywine
Torpedo
Ruthless Rye
Stone Ruination
Cali-Belgique
Anchor Old Foghorn
RJ Rocker Bell Ringer and Rockhopper
Abita Jockamo
Laughing Dog Dogfather (had to have that one just for the bottle if nothing else)
Rogue Double Chocolate Stout
well...that's 12 of them anyways...we can try a different beer every night for the next 3 weeks though.
I was somewhat disappointed to learn that Dogfish Head pulled out of Tennessee about a year ago. I was planning on snagging several of theirs

Nice haul. I'd plan on splitting the Rogue Double Chocolate with someone. It is damn tasty, but sweet. There is no way I could have finished it by myself. I really like the Ruthless Rye and Ruination as well. I think you'll enjoy the brews you picked up from Victory, too bad you weren't able to grab a bottle of Storm King.