The Beer Thread

stevewizzle wrote:
i now live in seattle, aka beer heaven. maybe beer heaven? i'm not sure. i stopped in to portland, and visited cascade and hair of the dog, and those places were great. maybe portland is beer heaven, or san diego, or san francisco. i've yet to spend enough time in those places.

but seattle is impressive. i'm living in ballard/fremont area, and i keep going for runs or bike rides and i keep passing new breweries.  i've seen 10+ breweries.  now, quantity vs. quality, yeah, but shit. the bottle shops and bars are great, too. i went to brouwers last night, and while time will tell, it might beat out churchkey as my favorite beer bar.  the draft list was IPA-focused, their "hopfest" just ended, but there's 40-50 drafts, and their bottle list is absolutely incredible.  anyways, went with a draft of green flash green bullet last night.  enjoyed the hop bomb.  will need to do my research before i show up next time.

had a few stops on the XC trip, but a surprise was in albuquerque. had elevation IPA, from la cumbre, and that was a damn good beer.  i should have bought more.

Let me know when you need a shipment of Wings and we can set up nice little beer trade!

Yada wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
i now live in seattle, aka beer heaven. maybe beer heaven? i'm not sure. i stopped in to portland, and visited cascade and hair of the dog, and those places were great. maybe portland is beer heaven, or san diego, or san francisco. i've yet to spend enough time in those places.

but seattle is impressive. i'm living in ballard/fremont area, and i keep going for runs or bike rides and i keep passing new breweries.  i've seen 10+ breweries.  now, quantity vs. quality, yeah, but shit. the bottle shops and bars are great, too. i went to brouwers last night, and while time will tell, it might beat out churchkey as my favorite beer bar.  the draft list was IPA-focused, their "hopfest" just ended, but there's 40-50 drafts, and their bottle list is absolutely incredible.  anyways, went with a draft of green flash green bullet last night.  enjoyed the hop bomb.  will need to do my research before i show up next time.

had a few stops on the XC trip, but a surprise was in albuquerque. had elevation IPA, from la cumbre, and that was a damn good beer.  i should have bought more.

Let me know when you need a shipment of Wings and we can set up nice little beer trade!

you know, i'm open to trading, and i sent out my first box on monday.  i shipped fedex ground to DC, and while the box was 30 lbs (i sent a lot of beer…), cost was insane.  $47.50 to ship to DC? that's nuts.  i shipped my dad a few beers as well, 8 lbs worth, and that was $20+.  any advice? 

stevewizzle wrote:

Yada wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
i now live in seattle, aka beer heaven. maybe beer heaven? i'm not sure. i stopped in to portland, and visited cascade and hair of the dog, and those places were great. maybe portland is beer heaven, or san diego, or san francisco. i've yet to spend enough time in those places.

but seattle is impressive. i'm living in ballard/fremont area, and i keep going for runs or bike rides and i keep passing new breweries.  i've seen 10+ breweries.  now, quantity vs. quality, yeah, but shit. the bottle shops and bars are great, too. i went to brouwers last night, and while time will tell, it might beat out churchkey as my favorite beer bar.  the draft list was IPA-focused, their "hopfest" just ended, but there's 40-50 drafts, and their bottle list is absolutely incredible.  anyways, went with a draft of green flash green bullet last night.  enjoyed the hop bomb.  will need to do my research before i show up next time.

had a few stops on the XC trip, but a surprise was in albuquerque. had elevation IPA, from la cumbre, and that was a damn good beer.  i should have bought more.

Let me know when you need a shipment of Wings and we can set up nice little beer trade!

you know, i'm open to trading, and i sent out my first box on monday.  i shipped fedex ground to DC, and while the box was 30 lbs (i sent a lot of beer…), cost was insane.  $47.50 to ship to DC? that's nuts.  i shipped my dad a few beers as well, 8 lbs worth, and that was $20+.  any advice? 

That seems a bit high… a case of topper or Surly is roughly $30 to ship, not really anyway around it. I'm willing to pay though essentially a mark up of $1.25 a beer for abrasive, topper, etc.

you know what sucks.  virginia.  but that is besides the point.  the usps will not allow any shipment of any alcohol anywhere from any place, any planet.  it is so tough, you can not ev en ship any thing in any box that says alcohol or anything pertaining to alcohol.  if it says the name of a winery on the box and that is all it says, you can not use it.  bizarro world.

walkonby wrote:
you know what sucks.  virginia.  but that is besides the point.  the usps will not allow any shipment of any alcohol anywhere from any place, any planet.  it is so tough, you can not ev en ship any thing in any box that says alcohol or anything pertaining to alcohol.  if it says the name of a winery on the box and that is all it says, you can not use it.  bizarro world.

Yes, that is technically the law, but I get liquor and wine shipped to me all the time through respectable dealers and its never even questioned.

you know, i'm open to trading, and i sent out my first box on monday.  i shipped fedex ground to DC, and while the box was 30 lbs (i sent a lot of beer…), cost was insane.  $47.50 to ship to DC? that's nuts.  i shipped my dad a few beers as well, 8 lbs worth, and that was $20+.  any advice?

that seems too high - what I do is FedEx home delivery (I think its the same/possibly cheaper than fedex ground) - I do everything at home incl printing the label and then just drop it off at a FedEx - I find that you can usually underestimate the weight by quite a bit and they don't check

stevewizzle wrote:
you know, i'm open to trading, and i sent out my first box on monday.  i shipped fedex ground to DC, and while the box was 30 lbs (i sent a lot of beer…), cost was insane.  $47.50 to ship to DC? that's nuts.  i shipped my dad a few beers as well, 8 lbs worth, and that was $20+.  any advice? 

If you have a capable butler who can cover for your valet during his absence, you can always have your valet play courier for a day or two and hand-deliver it.

Julian, wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
you know, i'm open to trading, and i sent out my first box on monday.  i shipped fedex ground to DC, and while the box was 30 lbs (i sent a lot of beer…), cost was insane.  $47.50 to ship to DC? that's nuts.  i shipped my dad a few beers as well, 8 lbs worth, and that was $20+.  any advice? 

If you have a capable butler who can cover for your valet during his absence, you can always have your valet play courier for a day or two and hand-deliver it.

*searches for the funny in this post, can't find it**

brennser wrote:

you know, i'm open to trading, and i sent out my first box on monday.  i shipped fedex ground to DC, and while the box was 30 lbs (i sent a lot of beer…), cost was insane.  $47.50 to ship to DC? that's nuts.  i shipped my dad a few beers as well, 8 lbs worth, and that was $20+.  any advice?

that seems too high - what I do is FedEx home delivery (I think its the same/possibly cheaper than fedex ground) - I do everything at home incl printing the label and then just drop it off at a FedEx - I find that you can usually underestimate the weight by quite a bit and they don't check

that's a good plan.  will shift over to this.

i was in a pinch, wanted to get the box out before i started the new job.  you know, get the shit out with maximum freshness.

check out that la cumbre too.  it's worth a trade, readily available in New Mexico. $10 a 4-pack (16oz).

walkonby wrote:
but anyway, i, or i dont think, anybody has done this in a while.  what have you bought, what got you excited in the beer storee? 

these days i'm most excited about my home brews.  before the twins were born, i went on a brewing rampage.  i knew i wouldn't be brewing much in the coming months so i stocked up the cellar. 

currently serving:
- citra/rye imperial saison (used a mix of Dupont and Brasserie Thiriez's yeasts).  i have half of this batch aging on brett but that won't be ready until Xmas at the earliest.
- split batch belgian blond'ish/saison: fermented half with the aforementioned saison's yeast, and the other half with Fantome yeast (which is also a saison yeast).
- chocolate oatmeal stout (brewed for the missus - oatmeal and hops are supposed to be good for breastfeeding)
- harvest ale, made using fresh-picked wet hops
- "leftover soup DIPA", a huge hop bomb with an eclectic malt bill (AKA whatever needed to be used up)

all of these beers are damn tasty, if i do say so myself.  it's quite interesting to do side-by-side tasting of the 3 saisons.  i can do a "different wort same yeast" or a "same wort different yeast" comparison.

currently fermenting in the basement is a maple mead and black cherry cider.  those were relatively easy to throw together and mostly just require time to age out… i'm not going to be using those fermenters for the next few months anyways ;D

your basement . . . must smell, interesting.  mine smells like the cat box, sometimes.

bottle share/baby welcoming party at sweetcell's.

sweetcell wrote:

walkonby wrote:
but anyway, i, or i dont think, anybody has done this in a while.  what have you bought, what got you excited in the beer storee? 

these days i'm most excited about my home brews.  before the twins were born, i went on a brewing rampage.  i knew i wouldn't be brewing much in the coming months so i stocked up the cellar. 

currently serving:
- citra/rye imperial saison (used a mix of Dupont and Brasserie Thiriez's yeasts).  i have half of this batch aging on brett but that won't be ready until Xmas at the earliest.
- split batch belgian blond'ish/saison: fermented half with the aforementioned saison's yeast, and the other half with Fantome yeast (which is also a saison yeast).
- chocolate oatmeal stout (brewed for the missus - oatmeal and hops are supposed to be good for breastfeeding)
- harvest ale, made using fresh-picked wet hops
- "leftover soup DIPA", a huge hop bomb with an eclectic malt bill (AKA whatever needed to be used up)

all of these beers are damn tasty, if i do say so myself.  it's quite interesting to do side-by-side tasting of the 3 saisons.  i can do a "different wort same yeast" or a "same wort different yeast" comparison.

currently fermenting in the basement is a maple mead and black cherry cider.  those were relatively easy to throw together and mostly just require time to age out… i'm not going to be using those fermenters for the next few months anyways ;D

I am thinking of investing in In-Bev.  I feel like I should get something out of them.

walkonby wrote:
your basement . . . must smell, interesting.  mine smells like the cat box, sometimes.

as a former cat-owner/cat-slave, i can sympathize with the litter box odors.  i almost miss it.

fermentation generally doesn't smell like much.  occasionally some fermentations will kick off a sulfurous smell (sometimes called "rhino farts") but i've only ever had that happen once with a trippel.  lager fermentations are notorious for offensive sulfur odors.  unless i drop a bottle and beer splashes everywhere, the basement is relatively smell-free.

James wrote:
bottle share/baby welcoming party at sweetcell's.

we're keeping the visitors to a minimum for now to allow their immune systems to get up to speed.  but once we go full public we can't wait to have you folks over.  in fact, given how long it takes us to agree on a date i should probably organize that now ;D

atomic wrote:
I am thinking of investing in In-Bev.  I feel like I should get something out of them.

in case you are seriously considering investing on them, don't.  their market share is shrinking domestically and their international expansion plans aren't meeting expectations.  their stock price is dependent on growth and they ain't got none.

sweetcell wrote:

walkonby wrote:
your basement . . . must smell, interesting.  mine smells like the cat box, sometimes.

as a former cat-owner/cat-slave, i can sympathize with the litter box odors.  i almost miss it.

fermentation generally doesn't smell like much.  occasionally some fermentations will kick off a sulfurous smell (sometimes called "rhino farts") but i've only ever had that happen once with a trippel.  lager fermentations are notorious for offensive sulfur odors.  unless i drop a bottle and beer splashes everywhere, the basement is relatively smell-free.

James wrote:
bottle share/baby welcoming party at sweetcell's.

we're keeping the visitors to a minimum for now to allow their immune systems to get up to speed.  but once we go full public we can't wait to have you folks over.  in fact, given how long it takes us to agree on a date i should probably organize that now ;D

atomic wrote:
I am thinking of investing in In-Bev.  I feel like I should get something out of them.

in case you are seriously considering investing on them, don't.  their market share is shrinking domestically and their international expansion plans aren't meeting expectations.  their stock price is dependent on growth and they ain't got none.

I don't think that is true at all.  There P/E is 12.2 which isn't too high.  They make a ton of profit.  They control most of the beer brands in the world.  Yeah beer sales are down in the US but there is still a lot out there.  I guess they have a lot of debt.  They can buy up the craft breweries like they did with Goose Island.  Basically anywhere you go there is a ton of In-Bev products.  Compare them to Sam Adams or Craft Brew Alliance and their stock price looks like a much better deal.  The stock market is overvalued right now. 

i enjoy "cat slave."  how true, indeed.  i found some other interesting beers.  now seems to be the lull time for exciting beers.  i sometimes question the time and effort put into making my own beer.  then i realize that yes, i am a lazy american an i will go buy it.  the bottles that i pollute the world with are neater, too.

saint bernardus    twelve  -  all that talk of it earlier made me thirsty for it.  so, fucking good.

paulaner  oktoberfest  -  all these fucking, sorry, freaking oktoberfests out there.  blah.  this one good, though.

weyerbacher  imperial pumkin  -  all these freaking, sorry, fucking pumpkin ales out there.  this one pretty darn good, though.

I had some Leffe Brown last night.  It was even tastier knowing I owned stock in the company.

I come to 930.com for the cat pics, but I stay for the stock tips.

walkonby wrote:
ipaulaner   oktoberfest   -  all these fucking, sorry, freaking oktoberfests out there.  blah.  this one good, though.

I thought the only German Beers allow to be called Oktoberfest beers are ones from Munich Breweries?

im too busy drinking them, to notice.