The Beer Thread

that black note was absolutely delicious.  will have to see how those firestone walker stouts compare at smoke n barrel tonight.

Not that it matters too terribly much.  But I believe Black Note is from Bell's.  Had it at a previous event at ChurchKey.. agreed, really good.

Anyone else try that Game of Thrones blond ale from Ommagong? Its was only $8.50 for a bomber at Total Wine Chantilly. I found it to be okay.

imbecile wrote:
Not that it matters too terribly much.  But I believe Black Note is from Bell's.  Had it at a previous event at ChurchKey.. agreed, really good.

d'oh.  well of course it matters.  i blame the black note for not getting it right ;D

Unsanity wrote:
Anyone else try that Game of Thrones blond ale from Ommagong? Its was only $8.50 for a bomber at Total Wine Chantilly. I found it to be okay.

yes . . . ok.  nice but i dont watch the series, so does it somehow make you think of it?  i hate the price of beer in the city.  good lord.  we get raped out here in the sticks.  im surprized there is not a band yet called "raped in the sticks"

Big Hunt:
Still have some great @3starsbrewing tasties pouring today! Also 15¢ wings and @BellsBrewery Hopslam, Oberon, & Black Note! #dcbrews

Had amazing brews at Smoke and Barrel last night, the highlights were the Firestone Walker Parabola and Firestone Walker Velvet Merlin (nitro). Both outrageous.

amazing beers indeed!  agreed that the parabola was mind-blowing.  did you try the anniversary 16?  also mind-blowing… so many flavors going on in there.  the sucuba was good, but a little too hot on the alcohol.  i had the nitro'd merkin after having destroyed my palette on the aforementioned 13% beasts so i didn't get to enjoy its full potential.

also had: wookie jack (still the only black IPA i'll support), sculpin (huge amarillo nose), Thai Chili Wahoo Wheat (went really well with our spicy tacos).  i wanted to try the reserve porter but ran out of steam.

the S&B was a complete zoo when i got there at 6.  there was no way of making it to the bar, people were "in line" a good 10-15 bodies away from the bar.  i went downstairs and managed to get a spot at the bar - incredibly lucky since downstairs was only slightly better than upstairs.  chatted for a long time wit the 2 guys from The Brew Gentlemen - frat boys who are opening a brewery in pittsburgh.  great guys, living the dream.  the alstrom bothers were there.

yada, we suck for not coordinating a meet-up.  i probably bumped into you.

sweetcell wrote:
amazing beers indeed!  agreed that the parabola was mind-blowing.  did you try the anniversary 16?  also mind-blowing… so many flavors going on in there.  the sucuba was good, but a little too hot on the alcohol.  i had the nitro'd merkin after having destroyed my palette on the aforementioned 13% beasts so i didn't get to enjoy its full potential.

also had: wookie jack (still the only black IPA i'll support), sculpin (huge amarillo nose), Thai Chili Wahoo Wheat (went really well with our spicy tacos).  i wanted to try the reserve porter but ran out of steam.

the S&B was a complete zoo when i got there at 6.  there was no way of making it to the bar, people were "in line" a good 10-15 bodies away from the bar.  i went downstairs and managed to get a spot at the bar - incredibly lucky since downstairs was only slightly better than upstairs.  chatted for a long time wit the 2 guys from The Brew Gentlemen - frat boys who are opening a brewery in pittsburgh.  great guys, living the dream.  the alstrom bothers were there.

yada, we suck for not coordinating a meet-up.  i probably bumped into you.

I agree… bad timing, one of these days it will happen. I pondered sending you a quick email when I arrived but as you stated, it was a complete zoo. I was surprised how chill it was though once most of the beer industry folks left for the reception. 

I started with a taster of Parabola and then immediately ordered another. By 6:30 my friend arrived and we started ordering tastings of basically everything. We somehow missed the anniversary 16.

Our samplings…


sucaba (I agree with your thoughts)
indra kunindra (really interesting beer, literally could taste every aspect of the beer based on the description; lime, cayenne, etc)
dorado double ipa (up there with some of the best DIPA's imo
sculpin (delicious)
pivo pils (pointless in drinking last night, but it ended the evening)
velvet merlin (I want to swim in that beer)

Off to CK and possibly Meridian Pint tonight!

you had a pils?  after all that imperial stuff?!? ;D

sweetcell wrote:
you had a pils?  after all that imperial stuff?!? ;D

I know, bad move!

oh man, i participated in the zoo that was pizzeria paridisio 1/2 drafts last night.  what a good time!

bruery takeover.  i drank the following:

cuir - solera beer! holy hell was this amazing.  15%, super boozy, lots of oak, fig, and vanilla.
hottenroth berliner weisse - 3.1%, tart as can be, the quintessential BW.
saison de lente - not bad saison, but a bit dry for my liking.
white oak - wheat wine! fantastic beer for a very difficult style.
rugbrod - tasted this.  pretty good rye, not my thing though.
hummulus lager - only had a taste, but absolutely incredible beer.
lokal red - same as above.  tastes a lot like my homebrew red, which is nice to know.

did anyone make it to the 3 floyds/surly event?  yada?

stevewizzle wrote:
saison de lente - not bad saison, but a bit dry for my liking.

… says the guy who made a 1.000 saison ;D

funny that you say too dry since saisons supposed to be bone-dry…  so must have been something crazy.  i've only ever had saison de lente once from a bottle, would have loved to try it on draft.  i love pretty much everything the bruery puts out.

sweetcell wrote:
did anyone make it to the 3 floyds/surly event?  yada?

stevewizzle wrote:
saison de lente - not bad saison, but a bit dry for my liking.

… says the guy who made a 1.000 saison ;D

funny that you say too dry since saisons supposed to be bone-dry…  so must have been something crazy.  i've only ever had saison de lente once from a bottle, would have loved to try it on draft.  i love pretty much everything the bruery puts out.

Going tonight! And I see they don't have Zombie Dust. Fail.

really?  that sucks, they supposedly had ZD last night.  bummer.

i'll be at the 930 tonight.  hopefully they have some interesting offerings.

edit: some well-rated choices that i'll be checking out: Daisy Cutter, CoCoNut Porter, Anti-Hero IPA
http://flyingdogbrewery.com/landing-pages/festival-de-cans/

sweetcell wrote:
did anyone make it to the 3 floyds/surly event?  yada?

stevewizzle wrote:
saison de lente - not bad saison, but a bit dry for my liking.

… says the guy who made a 1.000 saison ;D

funny that you say too dry since saisons supposed to be bone-dry…  so must have been something crazy.  i've only ever had saison de lente once from a bottle, would have loved to try it on draft.  i love pretty much everything the bruery puts out.

haha true. i'm admittedly pretentious, ever since homebrewing a delicious saison, i've had little/no interest in drinking commercial saisons.

sweetcell wrote:
really?  that sucks, they supposedly had ZD last night.  bummer.

i'll be at the 930 tonight.  hopefully they have some interesting offerings.

edit: some well-rated choices that i'll be checking out: Daisy Cutter, CoCoNut Porter, Anti-Hero IPA
http://flyingdogbrewery.com/landing-pages/festival-de-cans/

They have it at the Gtown location, I'm hoping there's a hidden keg of it there. :)

stevewizzle wrote:
haha true. i'm admittedly pretentious, ever since homebrewing a delicious saison, i've had little/no interest in drinking commercial saisons.

homebrew snob ;D

i appreciate when commercial saisons (mostly north american) are a little less dry than classic or homebrewed versions.  i find a hint of sweetness works sometimes and can be a nice change.

speaking of which, i have 2 gallons of brett'ed saison which should be ready to bottle in the next few weeks… that stuff should be drier than the sahara.

Yada wrote:

sweetcell wrote:
really?  that sucks, they supposedly had ZD last night.  bummer.

i'll be at the 930 tonight.  hopefully they have some interesting offerings.

edit: some well-rated choices that i'll be checking out: Daisy Cutter, CoCoNut Porter, Anti-Hero IPA
http://flyingdogbrewery.com/landing-pages/festival-de-cans/

They have it at the Gtown location, I'm hoping there's a hidden keg of it there. :)

suggestion: get there early.  my brew-buddy was at the CK event last night and just wrote to me:

So last night I head down to Churchkey, arriving 45 minutes after they open. Stand in line for 20-30 minutes. Get in and they are COMPLETELY sold out of Zombie Dust and for that matter all 6 or so of the Three Floyds beers they advertised. That is freaking insanity!! I knew I should have been there when they opened the door…sigh!

Wow, so Shmaltz Brewing (He'Brew/Coney Island) is opening up their own brewery and tasting room in Upstate New York, and it's a stone's throw from my parent's house! Scheduled to open in July.

http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/shmaltz-brewing-company-opens-50-barrel-brewery-with-20-000-barrels-of-capacity-in-upstate-new-york.77515/