The Beer Thread

sweetcell wrote:
oh, great.  the news the beer world has been waiting for… samuel adams is finally jumping on the IPA bandwagon.  pertinent details:

"Introducing Rebel IPA, the first all-American hops, West Coast style IPA from the same brewers that started a craft beer revolution in 1984."
HOP VARIETIES: American Cascade, Simcoe®, Chinook, Centennial, and Amarillo
6.5%ABV
IBUs: 45
(http://www.samueladams.com/craft-beers/rebel-ipa)

it's holding a 82 on BA, so it can't be all bad (nor is it all good, either) http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/35/95386

I guess now that Sam Adams is making the fad will die. 

Another try for Sam Adams-

Double Agent IPL?
"Full of the bold grapefruit & piney character of an American IPA, this brew also reveals its smooth lager side creating a balanced, flavorful brew."

HOP VARIETIES-
Zeus, Simcoe, Citra, Ahtanum, Cascade, Centennial, and Nelson Sauvin hops

5.0 abv

Picked up two sixers of Great Lakes Xmas Ale. Between that and BCBS being released on Friday, it's going to be an expensive week.

Where are you going to be getting BCBS on Friday?

BrettnotBritt wrote:
Picked up two sixers of Great Lakes Xmas Ale. Between that and BCBS being released on Friday, it's going to be an expensive week.

James wrote:
Where are you going to be getting BCBS on Friday?

BrettnotBritt wrote:
Picked up two sixers of Great Lakes Xmas Ale. Between that and BCBS being released on Friday, it's going to be an expensive week.

Going to upstate NY for Thanksgiving, so the beer store by my parents place. They didn't have a bottle limit on Cherry Rye last time so I went to town.

Ah nice. Totally forgot that Goose Inbev casts such a wide net!

I bought one coffee, one cherry, and one four pack last year. So far, I've only drank one 12oz bottle.

I really shouldn't buy any this year based on my 12 month consumption. I blame my wife for the lack of consumption. She only pretends to like imperial stouts when she's around beer geeks (besides myself).

BrettnotBritt wrote:

James wrote:
Where are you going to be getting BCBS on Friday?

BrettnotBritt wrote:
Picked up two sixers of Great Lakes Xmas Ale. Between that and BCBS being released on Friday, it's going to be an expensive week.

Going to upstate NY for Thanksgiving, so the beer store by my parents place. They didn't have a bottle limit on Cherry Rye last time so I went to town.

James wrote:
Ah nice. Totally forgot that Goose Inbev casts such a wide net!

I bought one coffee, one cherry, and one four pack last year. So far, I've only drank one 12oz bottle.

I really shouldn't buy any this year based on my 12 month consumption. I blame my wife for the lack of consumption. She only pretends to like imperial stouts when she's around beer geeks (besides myself).

BrettnotBritt wrote:

James wrote:
Where are you going to be getting BCBS on Friday?

BrettnotBritt wrote:
Picked up two sixers of Great Lakes Xmas Ale. Between that and BCBS being released on Friday, it's going to be an expensive week.

Going to upstate NY for Thanksgiving, so the beer store by my parents place. They didn't have a bottle limit on Cherry Rye last time so I went to town.

consumption issue, eh? if only there was some other avenue to enjoy these bottles… like a forum bottle share or something.

James,

I suggest you get all wild and crazy and take down one of those 12 ozers yourself over this holiday weekend.

That's like 420 calories of beer in one sitting. Are you kidding? I have a girlish figure to maintain.

Yada wrote:
James,

I suggest you get all wild and crazy and take down one of those 12 ozers yourself over this holiday weekend.

i'm currently in vermont. on the drive up i stopped at State Line Liquors, at the MD/DE border.  amazing beer selection.  they had a 20% off sale on all belgians so i picked up a LambickX, a Lindmans Cuvee Rene and a Oud Beersel Framboise.  i was in a sour mood ;D

the in-laws live on a farm in the sticks.  most of vermont is nowhere, and they're on the edges of that.  a few miles up the road is a general store and a gas station.  and in this little station, middle of nowhere, i found a ridiculous beer selection.  great prices too.  i picked up a Jolly Pumpkin La Roja, a Lodgson Seizoen Bretta, a 1.5 year old Mathilda, and a Rock Art Vermonster barley wine… all for cheaper than i've seen them anywhere else.  go rural vermont.

doesn't look like i'll be snagging any heady topper or lawsons.  it would require a 3 hour round trip for either one, and a full day expedition to snag both… i got other shit to do.

BrettnotBritt wrote:
Going to upstate NY for Thanksgiving, so the beer store by my parents place. They didn't have a bottle limit on Cherry Rye last time so I went to town.

dude.  grab me a few if you can.  seriously.

I don't have a beer cellar per se, but have extra bottles of KBS, BCBS, Parabola, etc. etc… Will it hurt to leave the beer in a refrigerator or would you suggest just leaving the beer in a cool, dark spot in the basement?

i picked up  a Lodgson Seizoen Bretta… for cheaper than i've seen them anywhere else.  go rural vermont.

dude.  grab me a few if you can.  seriously.

dude.  grab me a few if you can.  seriously.  ;D ;D

My high ABV stuff like that sits in a cool, dark-ish area 12 months a year. Except it's not really that cool there in the summertime.

My wife says some of the aged stuff tastes "musty", I argue that it just tastes "mellow".

I guess I don't really have an answer for you. To be honest, I age beer because I'm a more enthusiastic buyer of beer than I am a consumer of it. Not because i'm hoping that it tastes better with age.

Yada wrote:
I don't have a beer cellar per se, but have extra bottles of KBS, BCBS, Parabola, etc. etc… Will it hurt to leave the beer in a refrigerator or would you suggest just leaving the beer in a cool, dark spot in the basement?

Was that the Warren Store by any chance? Or are you saying you actually found those beers at a gas station?

sweetcell wrote:


the in-laws live on a farm in the sticks.  most of vermont is nowhere, and they're on the edges of that.  a few miles up the road is a general store and a gas station.  and in this little station, middle of nowhere, i found a ridiculous beer selection.  great prices too.  i picked up a Jolly Pumpkin La Roja, a Lodgson Seizoen Bretta, a 1.5 year old Mathilda, and a Rock Art Vermonster barley wine… all for cheaper than i've seen them anywhere else.  go rural vermont.

sweetcell wrote:

BrettnotBritt wrote:
Going to upstate NY for Thanksgiving, so the beer store by my parents place. They didn't have a bottle limit on Cherry Rye last time so I went to town.

dude.  grab me a few if you can.  seriously.

You mean the Backyard Rye 22oz, or any 12oz variety? Cherry Rye isn't out this year.

James wrote:
Was that the Warren Store by any chance? Or are you saying you actually found those beers at a gas station?

sweetcell wrote:


the in-laws live on a farm in the sticks.  most of vermont is nowhere, and they're on the edges of that.  a few miles up the road is a general store and a gas station.  and in this little station, middle of nowhere, i found a ridiculous beer selection.  great prices too.  i picked up a Jolly Pumpkin La Roja, a Lodgson Seizoen Bretta, a 1.5 year old Mathilda, and a Rock Art Vermonster barley wine… all for cheaper than i've seen them anywhere else.  go rural vermont.

if it was the Warren Store, he should've walked out with HF and Lawsons, so I'm assuming not.

James wrote:
My high ABV stuff like that sits in a cool, dark-ish area 12 months a year. Except it's not really that cool there in the summertime.

My wife says some of the aged stuff tastes "musty", I argue that it just tastes "mellow".

I guess I don't really have an answer for you. To be honest, I age beer because I'm a more enthusiastic buyer of beer than I am a consumer of it. Not because i'm hoping that it tastes better with age.

Yada wrote:
I don't have a beer cellar per se, but have extra bottles of KBS, BCBS, Parabola, etc. etc… Will it hurt to leave the beer in a refrigerator or would you suggest just leaving the beer in a cool, dark spot in the basement?

Maybe I should re-phrase the question. Will the beer being very cold in the fridge hurt the beer in anyway vs. it being in a roughly 60 degree area that's cool/dark.

sweetcell wrote:
on the drive up i stopped at State Line Liquors, at the MD/DE border

as a Blue Hen alum…I can't tell you how many cases of Milwaukee's "the beast" Best I bought at that store.  Easily 1000's of cans of that stuff.  Never looked at anything else…25 cents a can!  I've a more mature pallet now, but won't forget my past  :o

Warren Store had neither Lawson's nor Hill Farmstead when I was there over the summer.

They did have some old 11.2 oz bottles of Pannepot. Literally as cheap as the bottle I brought home from Belgium (St Bernardus 12 and Rochefort 10 are $2 grocery store beers in Belgium, but Pannepot sells at a premium price). I grabbed one but am wishing I had grabbed several more.

Yada wrote:

James wrote:
Was that the Warren Store by any chance? Or are you saying you actually found those beers at a gas station?

sweetcell wrote:


the in-laws live on a farm in the sticks.  most of vermont is nowhere, and they're on the edges of that.  a few miles up the road is a general store and a gas station.  and in this little station, middle of nowhere, i found a ridiculous beer selection.  great prices too.  i picked up a Jolly Pumpkin La Roja, a Lodgson Seizoen Bretta, a 1.5 year old Mathilda, and a Rock Art Vermonster barley wine… all for cheaper than i've seen them anywhere else.  go rural vermont.

if it was the Warren Store, he should've walked out with HF and Lawsons, so I'm assuming not.

How long are you keeping it in the fridge?

I still don't know the answer…someone else. Atomic, do you have the answer?

Yada wrote:

James wrote:
My high ABV stuff like that sits in a cool, dark-ish area 12 months a year. Except it's not really that cool there in the summertime.

My wife says some of the aged stuff tastes "musty", I argue that it just tastes "mellow".

I guess I don't really have an answer for you. To be honest, I age beer because I'm a more enthusiastic buyer of beer than I am a consumer of it. Not because i'm hoping that it tastes better with age.

Yada wrote:
I don't have a beer cellar per se, but have extra bottles of KBS, BCBS, Parabola, etc. etc… Will it hurt to leave the beer in a refrigerator or would you suggest just leaving the beer in a cool, dark spot in the basement?

Maybe I should re-phrase the question. Will the beer being very cold in the fridge hurt the beer in anyway vs. it being in a roughly 60 degree area that's cool/dark.