The Craft Beer Thread....

tempo_n_groove said:

Go Beavers said:

Merkin Baller said:

Has anyone tried Left Hand's Extrovert IPA?

It's my new favorite. (Sorry if it's been brought up in the past, I'm just getting into the thread now)


Extrovert & Space Dust IPA from Elysian are the two best beers I discovered in the last 8 months or so.

I wish they sold SD in New England, but not as of yet.

Both are amazing, and go down WAY too easily considering their ABVs.

Elysian, also AB inbev beer.

They got bought out too?!?

Yup
Here's a year old article about breweries bought by in-bev...

https://consumerist.com/2016/04/13/here-are-the-8-u-s-craft-brewers-bought-by-anheuser-busch-since-2011/

HesCalledDyer said:

I don't mind AB InBev and MillerCoors making deals with craft brewers as long as it's for distribution and they allow the craft brewers to maintain the integrity of the brews.

Unfortunately the integrity of the brews hasn't remained the same. At least for Goose Island. 312 and Green Line are garbage now compared to what they used to be.

HesCalledDyer said:

Indifference71 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

I don't mind AB InBev and MillerCoors making deals with craft brewers as long as it's for distribution and they allow the craft brewers to maintain the integrity of the brews.

Unfortunately the integrity of the brews hasn't remained the same. At least for Goose Island. 312 and Green Line are garbage now compared to what they used to be.

Yeah, I used to love both. Now I couldn't successfully take the Pepsi challenge with 312 against Shock Top. I've never been able to find Green Line here in Maryland, but it was one of my favorites when I visited Chitown.

Yeah, green line used to be available on tap only around Chicago, but they recently started putting it in cans and bottles....it is not good.

Got 2 bombers and a 4 pack of KBS today.

As was mentioned earlier, Zombie Dust is literally like crack. Now, I say that having never tried crack, but you get the point. The closest I've found to this was Simcoerella from One Well Brewery in Southeast Kalamazoo, MI.

If you're ever in the Northwest Indiana/Northeast Illinois/Southwest Michigan area, my top 5 breweries are:

1. Three Floyd's (Munster, IN)
2. One Trick Pony (Lansing, IL)
3. Greenbush (Sawyer, MI)
4. Burn Em' (Michigan City, IN)
5. Haymarket (Bridgeman, MI)

Zombie Dust fresh out of the tap at FFF!

Indifference71 said:

darwinstheory said:

Zombie Dust fresh out of the tap at FFF!

That is awesome. I haven't had any in a couple months...may have to go on the hunt for it this weekend.

I'm telling you, I'll buy it bottled out the door the same day it is bottled....better than when it's even 5 days old. On tap at the brewery itself...legit addiction. So fucking good!

Double post

Jim Koch of Sam Adams spoke out recently against all the acquisitions of small breweries.

https://www.boston.com/news/business/2017/04/09/samuel-adams-founder-jim-koch-says-lax-government-oversight-could-kill-american-craft-beer

HesCalledDyer said:

Sam Adams sucks. Porch Rocker is about the only thing halfway decent they make.

Agreed, I used to love the Noble Pils, but I've moved on to beers w/ more flavor.

HesCalledDyer said:

Sam Adams sucks. Porch Rocker is about the only thing halfway decent they make.

Their Rebel IPA's aren't bad