The Beer Thread

I just changed a doctor's appt so that I can make it out for the Kuhnhenn/ Maine Beer Company night.  ;D

stevewizzle wrote:

Yada wrote:
I may have to brave the crowds a few nights.

http://www.churchkeydc.com/documents/CK2014SAVOR.pdf

oh neat, bluejacket/hardywood made an imperial azacca-hopped IPA.  let me know if any of you try it, i just brewed with this hop. 

i would also definitely make it out for the kuhnhenn BA barleywine.

remind me to visit DC next year for the week leading up to savor…

I had a bottle of Ayinger Jahrhundert.  It was a light lager.  Nothing to get too excited about.  Light on flavor.  But it did its job.

I opened up that 12 pack of Oberon I posted about earlier during the Tigers game. That is still the most pleasing color scheme of any beer label/box I've seen.

Oh hai. Imma be in Seattle, probly Octoberish. I hear therez good beer there.

Bring me back some Fremont, Hair of the Dog, Ninkasi, Cascade,  Alaskan, and Deschutes. I realize only one of those is a Seattle brewery.

grateful wrote:
Oh hai. Imma be in Seattle, probly Octoberish. I hear therez good beer there.

I'm in California now.  I think I saw most of those in a grocery store, here.

grateful wrote:
Oh hai. Imma be in Seattle, probly Octoberish. I hear therez good beer there.

i can be of assistance.

if you're in town early october, you might be able to catch elysian's great pumpkin festival or fremonts oktoberfest.  both are fantastic events worth attending.

for breweries… check back closer to that date. my current favorites are fremont, reubens, stoup, and urban family.  all of those are located within a mile or so radius.

for beer in general… oregon makes better beer and you should drink a fair amount of oregon beers while you're here. 

I'm always amazed at what good beer you can find in any random store in California. Boggles the mind.

grateful wrote:
I'm in California now.  I think I saw most of those in a grocery store, here.

Found a bottle of Parabola for $18 at a random liquor store in the city yesterday!

My wife just got a bottle of it for $15 at our local Whole Foods. They got six bottles and sold out very quickly. I guess that's what telecommuting is all about!

Yada wrote:
Found a bottle of Parabola for $18 at a random liquor store in the city yesterday!

Yada wrote:
Found a bottle of Parabola for $18 at a random liquor store in the city yesterday!

no way!  did they have any more?

i, brennser and another bottle-share regular met up at GBD last night for their tapping of Parabola.  got 2 glasses in before having to leave.  best goddam imperial stout on the planet.  it was a tad hot, can't wait to taste my bottles once they get a bit of age on them.  somewhat annoying that the draft last night was exactly twice as expensive as buying it in the bottle.

off to VT this weekend, last of awesome beer.  should be bringing back some Heady ;D

sweetcell wrote: best goddam imperial stout on the planet.  it was a tad hot, can't wait to taste my bottles once they get a bit of age on them.

Have you tried Founders? It has both a prettier label and is from Michigan.

If you're talking about Founders Imperial Stout, you're comparing apples to oranges.

Since Parabola is barrel aged, you'd need to compare Founders KBS to Parabola. Which is better? Well buy me one of each and I'll tell you. Might as well also by me a Goose Island BCBS and a Bell's Black Note to compare as well.

Julian, wrote:

sweetcell wrote: best goddam imperial stout on the planet.  it was a tad hot, can't wait to taste my bottles once they get a bit of age on them.

Have you tried Founders? It has both a prettier label and is from Michigan.

James wrote:
Which is better? Well buy me one of each and I'll tell you. Might as well also by me a Goose Island BCBS and a Bell's Black Note to compare as well.

I'll get right on that. PM me your address so I know where to ship them.

sweetcell wrote:

Yada wrote:
Found a bottle of Parabola for $18 at a random liquor store in the city yesterday!

no way!  did they have any more?

Unfortunately no… or I would've bought it!

so… many… beer…events.

James wrote:
Since Parabola is barrel aged, you'd need to compare Founders KBS to Parabola. Which is better? Well buy me one of each and I'll tell you. Might as well also by me a Goose Island BCBS and a Bell's Black Note to compare as well.

this year's KBS was a disappointment (despite being from Michigan).  BCBS is superb, but Parabola is much more drinkable.  i had 20 oz of Parabola at GBD last week, and if i had time i would have had 20 more.  i once had an entire 12 oz bottle of BCBS to myself and it was all i wanted.  i haven't tried Black Note in a long time (and struck out this year, i was impossible to find) so i can't rate it.  thus, my ordering is:
1. Parabola
2. Bourbon County Brand Stout
3. KBS
? Black Note

of note: Black Note, from Michigan, also comes in an attractive package:

KBS was bad this year??? I have one 12' left and a four pack of 13', was hoping to score the 14' at some point. I guess it was a good year to come up empty handed!

I plan to drink a ton of Parabola this week.

Which ones are you (and other boardies) planning on hitting?

My wife and I are doing to Paradiso flower beer thing for lunch Thursday and the Meridian Pint sours for brunch on Sunday.

I'm likely doing the Kuhnhenn thing at Churchkey Friday with a friend or alone.



I'd also like to do the Surly/Churchkey event just so that I could have my first Abrasive, but don't know if I can swing it.

I'd also like to do the old beers thing at Meridian Pint just to have a Sucaba, but think I'll miss that one as well.  The Founders and Stone events look appealing, but likely will miss them too.

Yada wrote:
so… many… beer…events.

Yada wrote:
KBS was bad this year???

not bad per se, didn't live up to the hype.  i had it on draft twice, and both times i didn't have a second serving - i moved on to something else on the menu.  that isn't a good sign.  at least 3 other beer nerds i've been chatting with agree that KBS just wasn't all that this year, at least on tap.  i have one bottle which i'll give a few months before drinking.

with parabola, i had two servings and would have had more.  

Yada wrote:
was hoping to score the 14' at some point.

i assume you're talking about trading for it, because KBS has come and gone.  you ain't gonna be buying it retail.  as you noted, not a bad year to strike out.