The Beer Thread

Founders Backwoods Bastard is out now. Get it while you can.

James wrote:
Founders Backwoods Bastard is out now. Get it while you can.

if anyone snags an extra 4-pack, and would like something from WA, let me know.

steve, i gotcha.  let's tawk.

update on The Alchemist situation:

"The couple plan to re-open the retail outlet as soon as possible and is actively looking for other locations in Waterbury, Kimmich said. "

;D

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/vt-beers-fans-trouble-neighbors-20804191

sweetcell wrote:
update on The Alchemist situation:

"The couple plan to re-open the retail outlet as soon as possible and is actively looking for other locations in Waterbury, Kimmich said. "

;D

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/vt-beers-fans-trouble-neighbors-20804191

"The busier they've gotten, the more chaotic my life has gotten," she said in an interview on her front porch. Beer lovers can be more boisterous than considerate at times. The driveway at the Kimmichs' business is easy to miss, and Kinsell said there was one half-hour period last summer when 26 people turned around in her driveway.

homeowners are the worst. and the people who put a mic infront of their face and let them be a miserable fuck to the rest of the world are also the worst.

sweetcell wrote:
steve, i gotcha.  let's tawk.

u da man.

James wrote:
I bet my wife's Whole Foods stock is a better bet than InBev. Please buy your InBev beer at Whole Foods.

Oh wait, the nanny state of Maryland doesn't allow beer sales in supermarkets. Stupid Maryland.

Whole Foods is down 11 percent today. 

Berger Cookie Chocolate Stout

Mmmm.

DC has a 10% tax on beer?!?  guess i never looked closely at my receipts before…

sweetcell wrote:
DC has a 10% tax on beer?!?  guess i never looked closely at my receipts before…

Restaurant Tax in DC is 10 percent I believe.  I was always shocked by this the year I worked in DC. But luckily it was in the .dot com era and I just expensed my lunches. 

What's the deal with Dogfish dropping Raison D'Etre? Always seemed like a good beer to me. Though honestly haven't bought any in a long time….maybe that's why they are dropping it.  Maybe I'll horde one last six pack while they are still around. Also dropping the Chicory Stout, no great loss there imo.

Here's a beer event in DC for atomic to come and pay 10% tax on.

his Saturday, ChurchKey is celebrating 12 direct-from-Germany brews dispensed via rubber-clad gravity kegs! As part of the feature, we will have 4 offerings from Klosterbrauerei Weißenohe, including the much-revered Benediktiner Zwickel, a beautiful unfiltered German Pilsener and a rare Landbier in Altfränkisch Klosterbier. We'll also have 4 beers from Mahr's Bräu including the highly sought-after unfiltered Ungespundet Helles Lager!

And we will be pouring beers from breweries that hardly ever–if ever–send beer to the USA: Lowenbrau's Buttenheim Kellerbier, Kraus Hell, Bayer Theinheim Landbier, & Monchsambacher Unfiltered Lagerbier!

Come discover the beautiful and delicately-nuanced lagers of Franconia, Germany…each unfiltered, unpasteurized and naturally dispensed from traditional rubber-clad kegs…this is a unique opportunity you will not want to miss!

There is no admission fee for this event, and all Gravity Keg pours will be priced individually by the glass and in 4 oz. tasting pours.

The Full Franconian Gravity Keg List:
Weißenohe Benediktiner Zwickel
Weißenohe Altfränkisch Klosterbier
Weißenohe Bioland
Weißenohe Monk's Christkindl
Mahr's Ungespundet
Mahr's Pils
Mahr's Hell
Mahr's Bockbier
Lowenbrau Buttenheim Kellerbier
Brauerei Kruas Hell
Bayer Landbier
Monchsambacher Unfiletered Lager

James wrote:
What's the deal with Dogfish dropping Raison D'Etre? Always seemed like a good beer to me. Though honestly haven't bought any in a long time….maybe that's why they are dropping it.  Maybe I'll horde one last six pack while they are still around. Also dropping the Chicory Stout, no great loss there imo.

weird.  i always liked raison d'etre, and it was my go-to beer on the floor of 9:30.

upstairs?  gots to be the duchesse.  

stevewizzle wrote:
upstairs?  gots to be the duchesse.  

i tried the duchesse when it first appeared upstairs.  i wasn't into sours at the time, the bartender warned me about what to expect… and i didn't like.  i def need to try it again next time i'm at the club.  i have since acquired a taste for certain sours.  based on what i've read, the duchesse is very acetic and is a polarizing beer even among sour lovers.

tomorrow, friday nov 8, is international stout day!

http://www.stoutday.com/

throw one in the fridge now, so you can take it out when you get home and it'll be the perfect temp by the time you have dinner ;D  who's busting out what?  i have some Stone IRS that i've been aging for a year and a half, sounds like a good excuse to bust it out.

What do y'll think of Rodenbach Grand Cru? I think I read that it was one of the standard bearers among Belgian sours. My wife picked one up downtown (unavailable in VA) but we haven't tried it yet.

sweetcell wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
upstairs?  gots to be the duchesse.  

i tried the duchesse when it first appeared upstairs.  i wasn't into sours at the time, the bartender warned me about what to expect… and i didn't like.  i def need to try it again next time i'm at the club.  i have since acquired a taste for certain sours.  based on what i've read, the duchesse is very acetic and is a polarizing beer even among sour lovers.

James wrote:
What do y'll think of Rodenbach Grand Cru? I think I read that it was one of the standard bearers among Belgian sours. My wife picked one up downtown (unavailable in VA) but we haven't tried it yet.

sweetcell wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
upstairs?  gots to be the duchesse.  

i tried the duchesse when it first appeared upstairs.  i wasn't into sours at the time, the bartender warned me about what to expect… and i didn't like.  i def need to try it again next time i'm at the club.  i have since acquired a taste for certain sours.  based on what i've read, the duchesse is very acetic and is a polarizing beer even among sour lovers.

grand cru is indeed a standard bearer, and my go-to sour if i'm craving (mostly due to the price point, but also because it's a damn good beer).

duchesse is more sugary sweet to me, with a light lactic finish. gets much better as it warms up.  i find grand cru more acetic and overall more tart, though it's been a while since i've had either.

Rodenbach GC is another one i need to re-try. 

in general flanders reds aren't my favorite style of sour, they're too "straight vinegar" for me.

still one of my favorites and what kinda turned me on to Sour's a few years back is Monks Café
Flemish red sour
Monk's Cafe

all this talk of sours is entirely inappropriate on International Stout Day.

so late last night i changed plans… tonight's celebration of ISD will be made up of some combination of:
- Leinenkugel Big Eddy RIS, 2011 (surprisingly good)
- Founders Imperial Stout, 2011 (predictably awesome)
- homebrewed chocolate oatmeal stout
- homebrewed belgian imperial stout

i might not get through all of these tonight, but it's nice to know i have the option ;D

i also added a DuClaw Retribution to the cellar today.