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slappy
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Re: The Beer Thread March 08, 2011 at 05:28 PM UTC #
fatskippy wrote:
dave24 wrote:
So  -  did anyone try to get SAVOR tickets? 

I'm in need of a couple for either night, if anyone happens to have tickets in their plans change…


Tried and failed.  2 tickets sold on ebay for $634

They would be wise to expand further next year. Either go to the convention center like GABF does in Denver or make it like a SXSW for beer and have multiple venues.
Bell tweeted the reason they won't be at SAVOR is they didn't win a lottery position. Apparently brewers submitted a request and names were then selected out of a hat. (At least that's Bell's slant, they may have balked at putting up cash to be a sponsor?)
walkonby
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Re: The Beer Thread March 09, 2011 at 05:28 PM UTC #
so i broke down and drank the rarest beer in the world that has been sitting in my basement for three years.



good god . . . it was horrible.  tasted like an old boot from an ogre who had used the thing to wipe his armpit with before serving you this beer inside it.
dave24
Joined: March 14, 2002 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: The Beer Thread March 09, 2011 at 07:00 PM UTC #
slappy wrote:
fatskippy wrote:
dave24 wrote:
So  -  did anyone try to get SAVOR tickets? 

I'm in need of a couple for either night, if anyone happens to have tickets in their plans change…


Tried and failed.  2 tickets sold on ebay for $634

They would be wise to expand further next year. Either go to the convention center like GABF does in Denver or make it like a SXSW for beer and have multiple venues.
Bell tweeted the reason they won't be at SAVOR is they didn't win a lottery position. Apparently brewers submitted a request and names were then selected out of a hat. (At least that's Bell's slant, they may have balked at putting up cash to be a sponsor?)



Yes - unless a brewery is a major contributor, they have to be part of the lottery system.  Stone isn't even there this year.  But - it brings new breweries each year and beers that aren't distributed around here… I don't dislike the system.  Plus - there are so many events around town leading up to Savor - you can find some nice stuff to partake in even if you don't go to the main event…
dave24
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Re: The Beer Thread March 09, 2011 at 07:01 PM UTC #
walkonby wrote:
so i broke down and drank the rarest beer in the world that has been sitting in my basement for three years.



good god . . . it was horrible.  tasted like an old boot from an ogre who had used the thing to wipe his armpit with before serving you this beer inside it.


Some beers are NOT meant to be cellared - not sure what 3 years aging did to this one… I can't speak for it though as I've never tried it…
sweetcell
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Re: The Beer Thread March 09, 2011 at 07:14 PM UTC #
walkonby wrote:
so i broke down and drank the rarest beer in the world that has been sitting in my basement for three years.

at 1:00 pm on a wednesday?  a little early, innit?
K8teebug
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Re: The Beer Thread March 09, 2011 at 07:54 PM UTC #
Yeah, think you held onto it a little too long. 
James Ford
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Re: The Beer Thread March 12, 2011 at 11:38 PM UTC #
On draft for lunch, my wife and I split:

16 oz Troeggs Nugget Nectar
16 oz Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
12 oz Whiskey Barrel Aged Flying Dog Imperial Gonzo

all for $4 each.

and a grilled gouda and apple sandwich with chips and grapes for $8.

yum.
walkonby
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Re: The Beer Thread March 13, 2011 at 02:08 PM UTC #
i have fallen in love with a new beer . . . one that i normally would have stayed away from.  one that, due to the description, i would never dream of ordering or curling my nose at such a concoction.  then i had a excellent beer from belgium first, so who cared about the second after feeling pretty fine.  the name was founders, the beer was backwoods bastard.  dear lord, i'm head over heels.

James Ford
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Re: The Beer Thread March 14, 2011 at 03:54 PM UTC #
Great beer! i have a single from 2009 and a four pack from 2010 sitting in my basement.


walkonby wrote:
i have fallen in love with a new beer . . . one that i normally would have stayed away from.  one that, due to the description, i would never dream of ordering or curling my nose at such a concoction.  then i had a excellent beer from belgium first, so who cared about the second after feeling pretty fine.  the name was founders, the beer was backwoods bastard.  dear lord, i'm head over heels.


jaguar
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Re: The Beer Thread March 15, 2011 at 06:38 PM UTC #
The beer is okay but the commercial is pretty cool:

Sapporo
James Ford
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Re: The Beer Thread March 15, 2011 at 07:15 PM UTC #
churchkeydc
.TONIGHT: Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout! Tapping This Killer Keg at 4PM! A tiny quantity beer we're all super excited about…
StoneTheCrow
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Re: The Beer Thread March 15, 2011 at 08:46 PM UTC #
that sapporo commercial is very well done.

and damn you, churchkey, for not opening closer to my neck of the woods.  then again, i'd probably drop $30 a night there if i lived anywhere nearby.
James Ford
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Re: The Beer Thread March 15, 2011 at 08:52 PM UTC #
I saw at ChurchKey last night and asked about KBS and the bartender said:

"You know what?  Our beer director likes to hold on to new things for a while, before rolling them out. If I had to guess?  It'll probably be a month or so before we tap that.""

How's that for a whopper of a lie? Probably a former Bush administration employee.


i'm not going tonight, but my wife did pick up a four pack earlier today. $20. Ouch.
walkonby
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Re: The Beer Thread March 15, 2011 at 09:36 PM UTC #
i find it strange that my picture of founder's backwoods bastard from google won't show.  so i replaced it with another . . . and now it won't show either.  the beer is speaking to me through the forum. 


but then now the replacement does show after i posted this.  the beer is that good.
tobyd
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Verizon Center March 15, 2011 at 11:05 PM UTC #
Headed to the Tournament this week.  Anyone know what the beer options are like these days?  THANKS!
K8teebug
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Re: The Beer Thread March 16, 2011 at 12:41 PM UTC #
Do any of you ever venture up to my neck of the woods for Victoria Gastropub?
sweetcell
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Re: The Beer Thread March 16, 2011 at 01:34 PM UTC #
tobyd wrote:
Headed to the Tournament this week.  Anyone know what the beer options are like these days?  THANKS!

the NCAA tournament?  if so, which regional?  or is "the tournament" a bar i'm unaware of? 

and i pray that you don't mean medival times ;)
gellman
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Re: Verizon Center March 16, 2011 at 01:54 PM UTC #
tobyd wrote:
Headed to the Tournament this week.  Anyone know what the beer options are like these days?  THANKS!


If you mean that you're going to the Phone Booth for the games, you're out of out luck. No alcohol is served at NCAA Tourney events. :dagger
HoyaSaxa03
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Re: Verizon Center March 16, 2011 at 02:11 PM UTC #
BrettnotBritt wrote:
tobyd wrote:
Headed to the Tournament this week.  Anyone know what the beer options are like these days?  THANKS!


If you mean that you're going to the Phone Booth for the games, you're out of out luck. No alcohol is served at NCAA Tourney events. :dagger


that's odd, i get good and sauced at most georgetown games at verizon
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