The Beer Thread

Ok then the Twit was like drinking a Port City IPA whereas Sour in the Rye is like drinking Heady. There's my comparison. I have any extra Twit that you're going to get to try.  ;) Hopefully it will be more like a Union Jack for you than a Port City IPA, if I continue the analogy.

sweetcell wrote:

James wrote:
I had a bottle of Bluejacket Twit last weekend…then had a glass of Goose Island Madame Rose and a bottle of  the Bruery Sour in the Rye this weekend, and…Bluejacket still has a ways to go.  ;)

slightly unfair compasion, doncha think?  twit is a small beer (low alcohol), mild, and only slightly sour.  comparing it to a flanders red, and whatever hell SitR is, is apples to oranges.  they're almost twice as strong and intend to put sourness front and center.

"sour" is a wide category.  those beers share the label but doesn't mean we can directly compare them.  it's like comparing a 4.5% session porter to a 10% barrel-aged imperial stout because they're both dark roasty ales.

that madame rose was damn delicious.  too bad those beers take over a year to age out, and are priced accordingly… otherwise i would be drinking a lot more of this one.

sweetcell wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
i just sent sweetcell a bottle of valley of the heart's delight, so he might be able to chime in soon enough.

or i might just age it in the cellar for a while and keep you all in suspense   ;D

it's a great summer beer.  do what you want, but i'd drink it either now or hold off until next summer.

I had a friend bring me back a bottle from San Diego a couple of months ago.

stevewizzle wrote:
you know who is making really impressive sours these days? almanac.  if you ever get the chance to get some in a trade… jump on that opportunity. i'd go so far as to say i'd skip over almost all of russian river's sours (save for beat) in order to get almanac.

i just sent sweetcell a bottle of valley of the heart's delight, so he might be able to chime in soon enough.

James wrote:
I had a friend bring me back a bottle from San Diego a couple of months ago.

stevewizzle wrote:
you know who is making really impressive sours these days? almanac.  if you ever get the chance to get some in a trade… jump on that opportunity. i'd go so far as to say i'd skip over almost all of russian river's sours (save for beat) in order to get almanac.

i just sent sweetcell a bottle of valley of the heart's delight, so he might be able to chime in soon enough.

valley? or something else? they've had 5 or 6 released this year, ranging from good to excellent. u drink it yet, or are you storing it in your bomb shelter/beer cellar?

Dogpatch. Haven't drank yet.

stevewizzle wrote:

James wrote:
I had a friend bring me back a bottle from San Diego a couple of months ago.

stevewizzle wrote:
you know who is making really impressive sours these days? almanac.  if you ever get the chance to get some in a trade… jump on that opportunity. i'd go so far as to say i'd skip over almost all of russian river's sours (save for beat) in order to get almanac.

i just sent sweetcell a bottle of valley of the heart's delight, so he might be able to chime in soon enough.

valley? or something else? they've had 5 or 6 released this year, ranging from good to excellent. u drink it yet, or are you storing it in your bomb shelter/beer cellar?

oh my.

http://deadspin.com/harry-caray-went-out-drinking-288-straight-days-in-1972-1585102309

the hookup from sweetcell. seriously sexy box, you guys.

via hoya's FB page: lol

THE SILVER BULLET DIARY
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-silver-bullet-diary

stevewizzle wrote:
the hookup from sweetcell.

the reply from wizzle:



fred!!!

and the dissident: the first sour that really got me excited, thanks to Mr. Ford several moons ago.  can't wait to try it again.

the cellar just got a hell of a lot weight… thanks steve!

(full disclosure: one Parabola will be passed on to a mutual friend… maybe)

cameo appearance by saltine crackers.

fremont's the brother might steal the show in that package, depending on how well it held up. 

Sorry to thread jack, but this is awesome and if anyone wants to do an amaro/vermouth/cordial swap with me, pls PM.

We headed out to Shenandoah this past weekend for some hiking and camping (twice I had to pull off ticks that were crawling up my leg and also found a few more in my tent in the morning…fun, fun) and quite naturally had to check out a couple of breweries on the route.

Saturday we stopped at Heritage Brewing in Manassas. www.heritagebrewing.com My wife was very enthusiastic about them, and I though they were solid. Eight beers on draft, and I'd say five of them were winners. Looks like they may have a barrel aging program in the works.

Sunday we stopped at Old Busthead in Warrenton. www.oldbusthead.com My wife and I both agreed the four beers they had on draft were all pretty weak. Their IPA was so bad that I enjoyed their pilsner more (something that would generally never happen). One of the women pouring beer squinted and read my DC Brau t-shirt and commented that she "never heard of them". Really? Really? You're less than 50 miles from DC Brau and you're working at a brewery and you've never heard of DC Brau? She had to be someone's mom just helping out on a Sunday..

ticks are bad this year.  so is beer.  stop drinking it.

James wrote:
We headed out to Shenandoah this past weekend for some hiking and camping (twice I had to pull off ticks that were crawling up my leg and also found a few more in my tent in the morning…fun, fun) and quite naturally had to check out a couple of breweries on the route.

Saturday we stopped at Heritage Brewing in Manassas. www.heritagebrewing.com My wife was very enthusiastic about them, and I though they were solid. Eight beers on draft, and I'd say five of them were winners. Looks like they may have a barrel aging program in the works.

Sunday we stopped at Old Busthead in Warrenton. www.oldbusthead.com My wife and I both agreed the four beers they had on draft were all pretty weak. Their IPA was so bad that I enjoyed their pilsner more (something that would generally never happen). One of the women pouring beer squinted and read my DC Brau t-shirt and commented that she "never heard of them". Really? Really? You're less than 50 miles from DC Brau and you're working at a brewery and you've never heard of DC Brau? She had to be someone's mom just helping out on a Sunday..

DC Brau isn't a well known brewery. 

I'll second that, ticks are all over the place this year.

I have high hopes friends… and nice to see they're only focusing on a handful of beers vs. 30 when they open.

http://dc.eater.com/archives/2014/06/09/bbq-bus-to-open-restaurant-at-denizens-brewery.php

atomic wrote:

James wrote:
We headed out to Shenandoah this past weekend for some hiking and camping (twice I had to pull off ticks that were crawling up my leg and also found a few more in my tent in the morning…fun, fun) and quite naturally had to check out a couple of breweries on the route.

Saturday we stopped at Heritage Brewing in Manassas. www.heritagebrewing.com My wife was very enthusiastic about them, and I though they were solid. Eight beers on draft, and I'd say five of them were winners. Looks like they may have a barrel aging program in the works.

Sunday we stopped at Old Busthead in Warrenton. www.oldbusthead.com My wife and I both agreed the four beers they had on draft were all pretty weak. Their IPA was so bad that I enjoyed their pilsner more (something that would generally never happen). One of the women pouring beer squinted and read my DC Brau t-shirt and commented that she "never heard of them". Really? Really? You're less than 50 miles from DC Brau and you're working at a brewery and you've never heard of DC Brau? She had to be someone's mom just helping out on a Sunday..

DC Brau isn't a well known brewery.   

I would say you're quite wrong atomic. It is most likely the most well known of the many mediocre local breweries.

Yada wrote:

atomic wrote:

James wrote:
We headed out to Shenandoah this past weekend for some hiking and camping (twice I had to pull off ticks that were crawling up my leg and also found a few more in my tent in the morning…fun, fun) and quite naturally had to check out a couple of breweries on the route.

Saturday we stopped at Heritage Brewing in Manassas. www.heritagebrewing.com My wife was very enthusiastic about them, and I though they were solid. Eight beers on draft, and I'd say five of them were winners. Looks like they may have a barrel aging program in the works.

Sunday we stopped at Old Busthead in Warrenton. www.oldbusthead.com My wife and I both agreed the four beers they had on draft were all pretty weak. Their IPA was so bad that I enjoyed their pilsner more (something that would generally never happen). One of the women pouring beer squinted and read my DC Brau t-shirt and commented that she "never heard of them". Really? Really? You're less than 50 miles from DC Brau and you're working at a brewery and you've never heard of DC Brau? She had to be someone's mom just helping out on a Sunday..

DC Brau isn't a well known brewery.   

I would say you're quite wrong atomic. It is most likely the most well known of the many mediocre local breweries.

Not really.  If you go my local beer store that has 100's of german and belgium beers plus just about any beer that distributes they only have 3 beers from DC Brau and it is a small section.  Even that place in Frederick that has the brew pub has a huge display.    Flying Dog and Heavy Seas are both more known and have a lot more brews.  I have never seen any place in Baltimore carry it on tap and Union Craft, Heavy Seas, and Flying Dog is in almost every bar.  You see none at O's games.  DC Brau might be big in DC but no one drinks it in Baltimore 40 miles away.

I repeat, the brewery was in Warrenton VA, not Baltimore. And the person in question was a brewery employee, not a craft beer newbie on a music message board.

atomic wrote:

Yada wrote:

atomic wrote:

James wrote:
We headed out to Shenandoah this past weekend for some hiking and camping (twice I had to pull off ticks that were crawling up my leg and also found a few more in my tent in the morning…fun, fun) and quite naturally had to check out a couple of breweries on the route.

Saturday we stopped at Heritage Brewing in Manassas. www.heritagebrewing.com My wife was very enthusiastic about them, and I though they were solid. Eight beers on draft, and I'd say five of them were winners. Looks like they may have a barrel aging program in the works.

Sunday we stopped at Old Busthead in Warrenton. www.oldbusthead.com My wife and I both agreed the four beers they had on draft were all pretty weak. Their IPA was so bad that I enjoyed their pilsner more (something that would generally never happen). One of the women pouring beer squinted and read my DC Brau t-shirt and commented that she "never heard of them". Really? Really? You're less than 50 miles from DC Brau and you're working at a brewery and you've never heard of DC Brau? She had to be someone's mom just helping out on a Sunday..

DC Brau isn't a well known brewery.   

I would say you're quite wrong atomic. It is most likely the most well known of the many mediocre local breweries.

Not really.  If you go my local beer store that has 100's of german and belgium beers plus just about any beer that distributes they only have 3 beers from DC Brau and it is a small section.  Even that place in Frederick that has the brew pub has a huge display.    Flying Dog and Heavy Seas are both more known and have a lot more brews.  I have never seen any place in Baltimore carry it on tap and Union Craft, Heavy Seas, and Flying Dog is in almost every bar.   You see none at O's games.  DC Brau might be big in DC but no one drinks it in Baltimore 40 miles away.

James wrote:
I repeat, the brewery was in Warrenton VA, not Baltimore. And the person in question was a brewery employee, not a craft beer newbie on a music message board.

atomic wrote:

Yada wrote:

atomic wrote:

James wrote:
We headed out to Shenandoah this past weekend for some hiking and camping (twice I had to pull off ticks that were crawling up my leg and also found a few more in my tent in the morning…fun, fun) and quite naturally had to check out a couple of breweries on the route.

Saturday we stopped at Heritage Brewing in Manassas. www.heritagebrewing.com My wife was very enthusiastic about them, and I though they were solid. Eight beers on draft, and I'd say five of them were winners. Looks like they may have a barrel aging program in the works.

Sunday we stopped at Old Busthead in Warrenton. www.oldbusthead.com My wife and I both agreed the four beers they had on draft were all pretty weak. Their IPA was so bad that I enjoyed their pilsner more (something that would generally never happen). One of the women pouring beer squinted and read my DC Brau t-shirt and commented that she "never heard of them". Really? Really? You're less than 50 miles from DC Brau and you're working at a brewery and you've never heard of DC Brau? She had to be someone's mom just helping out on a Sunday..

DC Brau isn't a well known brewery.   

I would say you're quite wrong atomic. It is most likely the most well known of the many mediocre local breweries.

Not really.  If you go my local beer store that has 100's of german and belgium beers plus just about any beer that distributes they only have 3 beers from DC Brau and it is a small section.  Even that place in Frederick that has the brew pub has a huge display.    Flying Dog and Heavy Seas are both more known and have a lot more brews.  I have never seen any place in Baltimore carry it on tap and Union Craft, Heavy Seas, and Flying Dog is in almost every bar.   You see none at O's games.  DC Brau might be big in DC but no one drinks it in Baltimore 40 miles away.

Who is the craft newbie? You? 

I'm going to Colorado next month and will be visiting these breweries (or as many as my daughter will allow me, lol):

New Belgium
Great Divide
Avery
Oskar Blues
Epic

Odell
Crooked Stave
Funkwerks
Dry Dock
River North
Station 26
Prost
Copper Kettle
Comrade

I'm guessing you maybe are familiar with only the first five? If you are familiar with at least eight or nine of them, then indeed you are probably not a craft beer newbie, and I have totally mislabeled you.

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with being a craft beer newbie, I know plenty of people who are, and they are all fine people.

atomic wrote:

James wrote:
I repeat, the brewery was in Warrenton VA, not Baltimore. And the person in question was a brewery employee, not a craft beer newbie on a music message board.

atomic wrote:

Yada wrote:

atomic wrote:

James wrote:
We headed out to Shenandoah this past weekend for some hiking and camping (twice I had to pull off ticks that were crawling up my leg and also found a few more in my tent in the morning…fun, fun) and quite naturally had to check out a couple of breweries on the route.

Saturday we stopped at Heritage Brewing in Manassas. www.heritagebrewing.com My wife was very enthusiastic about them, and I though they were solid. Eight beers on draft, and I'd say five of them were winners. Looks like they may have a barrel aging program in the works.

Sunday we stopped at Old Busthead in Warrenton. www.oldbusthead.com My wife and I both agreed the four beers they had on draft were all pretty weak. Their IPA was so bad that I enjoyed their pilsner more (something that would generally never happen). One of the women pouring beer squinted and read my DC Brau t-shirt and commented that she "never heard of them". Really? Really? You're less than 50 miles from DC Brau and you're working at a brewery and you've never heard of DC Brau? She had to be someone's mom just helping out on a Sunday..

DC Brau isn't a well known brewery.   

I would say you're quite wrong atomic. It is most likely the most well known of the many mediocre local breweries.

Not really.  If you go my local beer store that has 100's of german and belgium beers plus just about any beer that distributes they only have 3 beers from DC Brau and it is a small section.  Even that place in Frederick that has the brew pub has a huge display.    Flying Dog and Heavy Seas are both more known and have a lot more brews.  I have never seen any place in Baltimore carry it on tap and Union Craft, Heavy Seas, and Flying Dog is in almost every bar.   You see none at O's games.  DC Brau might be big in DC but no one drinks it in Baltimore 40 miles away.

Who is the craft newbie? You?