Space wrote:Don't growlers go bad fairly quickly? 64oz of beer would last you and the Misses approximately 8 weeks.
Wish I had gotten two growlers of it for that price.
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Julian, wrote:Space wrote:Don't growlers go bad fairly quickly? 64oz of beer would last you and the Misses approximately 8 weeks.
Wish I had gotten two growlers of it for that price.
Good points. We drink a little more on select weekends. :) Between us, we can handle 32 ozs of 7% beer over the course of a day, when they need arises.
Space wrote:
I had a glass of the Raspberry Sour from Avery. Two thumbs up on that one. And then took home a 32 oz growler of it for $11. Wish I had gotten two growlers of it for that price.
I've never understood the use of the thumbs up / thumbs down rating system. Its just as useless as a pass fail, unless you throw in the one thumb up / one thumb down rating. Or maybe you excitedly extend your thumbs, then move your hands up and down for emphasis.
You know what would be great? If somehow you could change the color of your thumbs, depending on how much you liked something (or disliked it). Like green for good and red for bad. Or maybe the size. If you kinda liked something, your thumbs could double in size, but if you really liked it, they'd balloon up to like 10x their normal size.
Yeah, thumbs don't really cut it here. How does it actually compare to other American Wild Ales? Is it better if you dip your thumb in and suck it off?
grateful wrote:Space wrote:
I had a glass of the Raspberry Sour from Avery. Two thumbs up on that one. And then took home a 32 oz growler of it for $11. Wish I had gotten two growlers of it for that price.
I've never understood the use of the thumbs up / thumbs down rating system. Its just as useless as a pass fail, unless you throw in the one thumb up / one thumb down rating. Or maybe you excitedly extend your thumbs, then move your hands up and down for emphasis.
You know what would be great? If somehow you could change the color of your thumbs, depending on how much you liked something (or disliked it). Like green for good and red for bad. Or maybe the size. If you kinda liked something, your thumbs could double in size, but if you really liked it, they'd balloon up to like 10x their normal size.
Yeah, thumbs don't really cut it here. How does it actually compare to other American Wild Ales? Is it better if you dip your thumb in and suck it off?
I give it an A-/ Does that help? As far as sour beers go, it's not as good as Abbaye de Bon Chien or the Russian River sours, but it's as good as anything by Crooked Stave or the New Belgium sours (La Folie, Le Terior). Does that help?
Nuke wrote:Yada wrote:
Anyone crushing these guys yet?
So good.
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/an-early-contender-for-beer-of-the-year-1701515512/+robharvilla
This one is back on the shelves, at least in VA, if anyone is looking for more.
Space wrote:Nuke wrote:Yada wrote:
Anyone crushing these guys yet?
So good.
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/an-early-contender-for-beer-of-the-year-1701515512/+robharvilla
This one is back on the shelves, at least in VA, if anyone is looking for more.
Bought three, four packs today. I crave this beer.
Yada wrote:Space wrote:Nuke wrote:Yada wrote:
Anyone crushing these guys yet?
So good.
http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/an-early-contender-for-beer-of-the-year-1701515512/+robharvilla
This one is back on the shelves, at least in VA, if anyone is looking for more.
Bought three, four packs today. I crave this beer.
I was probably too harsh on it previously. In lieu of not being able to get any more Westbrook Gose, I was happy to be able to go buy more of this.
Any easy access to Wicked Weed brews on the way or in the Outer Banks?
Yada wrote:
Any easy access to Wicked Weed brews on the way or in the Outer Banks?
Not sure, but looking forward to the Wicked Weed events at Churchkey and City Tap House next week. Anybody hitting one of those?
Space wrote:Yada wrote:
Any easy access to Wicked Weed brews on the way or in the Outer Banks?
Not sure, but looking forward to the Wicked Weed events at Churchkey and City Tap House next week. Anybody hitting one of those?
Didn't see the one at City Taphouse, link? I usually go there once a week though since it's by my office.
I think the only one I'm definitely going to hit up is Meridian Pint on Thursday and maybe a Tuesday event if I can swing it.
Yada wrote:Space wrote:Yada wrote:
Any easy access to Wicked Weed brews on the way or in the Outer Banks?
Not sure, but looking forward to the Wicked Weed events at Churchkey and City Tap House next week. Anybody hitting one of those?
Didn't see the one at City Taphouse, link? I usually go there once a week though since it's by my office.
I think the only one I'm definitely going to hit up is Meridian Pint on Thursday and maybe a Tuesday event if I can swing it.
http://www.citytaphousedc.com/events/new-belgium-wicked-weed-tap-takeover/70
It's on Saturday 6/6, so if you're going to the actual Savor itself, might not be your best option. It has less WW taps than the Churchkey event, but probably enough to satisfy one drinker.
We'll likely do the Meridian Pint Thursday and City Tap Saturday events. Also got a Birch and Barley reservation for Wed just in case.
Anybody else make it to Meridian Pint yesterday? Yada?
I had five four ounce pours. In order of preference:
1. CBS
2. Bourbon Abominable
3. KBS
4. Coffee KDS
5. Regular KDS
They all paired wonderfully with a slice of bourbon pecan pie with vanilla ice cream.
Wish I had known about the event at Brookland Pint that started at 11am, the Vanilla Rye Bourbon County would have made a great lunch refreshment!
I had five four ounce pours. In order of preference:
1. CBS
2. Bourbon Abominable
3. KBS
4. Coffee KDS
5. Regular KDS
They all paired wonderfully with a slice of bourbon pecan pie with vanilla ice cream.
Wish I had known about the event at Brookland Pint that started at 11am, the Vanilla Rye Bourbon County would have made a great lunch refreshment!
the other week I had Old Pro from Union…man, it was delicious. it's a gose beer. bonus for naming it after the miniature golf course company.
http://www.unioncraftbrewing.com/project/old-pro-gose/
http://www.unioncraftbrewing.com/project/old-pro-gose/
Space wrote:
Anybody else make it to Meridian Pint yesterday? Yada?
I had five four ounce pours. In order of preference:
1. CBS
2. Bourbon Abominable
3. KBS
4. Coffee KDS
5. Regular KDS
They all paired wonderfully with a slice of bourbon pecan pie with vanilla ice cream.
Wish I had known about the event at Brookland Pint that started at 11am, the Vanilla Rye Bourbon County would have made a great lunch refreshment!
Yes sir… got there right around 4pm and hung with Brennser. You must've been in and out of there in a jiffy! CBS was being poured until close to 5pm which I was quite surprised about. I had a full pour of CBS and tasters of basically all of the Fremont beers and KBS. I much prefer events at MP vs. CK.
Yada wrote:Space wrote:
Anybody else make it to Meridian Pint yesterday? Yada?
I had five four ounce pours. In order of preference:
1. CBS
2. Bourbon Abominable
3. KBS
4. Coffee KDS
5. Regular KDS
They all paired wonderfully with a slice of bourbon pecan pie with vanilla ice cream.
Wish I had known about the event at Brookland Pint that started at 11am, the Vanilla Rye Bourbon County would have made a great lunch refreshment!
Yes sir… got there right around 4pm and hung with Brennser. You must've been in and out of there in a jiffy! CBS was being poured until close to 5pm which I was quite surprised about. I had a full pour of CBS and tasters of basically all of the Fremont beers and KBS. I much prefer events at MP vs. CK.
I was downstairs from about 3-3:55. Looked for you and anybody else I might recognize as I was leaving, but didn't see anybody. I did chat with one guy who had just come from Brookland and was headed to Churchkey. He bought four full pours of Fremont beers, and left at least half a glass of each. Two of them looked like he only took a couple of sips. What a waste!
I agree regarding MP vs. CK. MP was very nice downstairs. Had my own table facing the O's game with some good tunes on….and not too crowded.
glad you guys got to try some fremont!
we had a pretty epic bottle share last night, including fremont cinnamon b-bomb, vanilla rye, cuivre, de garde special rouge, among others. that vanilla rye is great.
we had a pretty epic bottle share last night, including fremont cinnamon b-bomb, vanilla rye, cuivre, de garde special rouge, among others. that vanilla rye is great.
Anyone had the Lost Rhino sours? I'm really impressed. I've had the farmhouse, peach and blackberry and all were excellent. You can only buy them at the brewery. If you're a fan of the sour stuff these are a must try. I think they're doing sours better than anyone else locally. Bluejacket has had a few decent ones. They recently did a papaya gose that knocked it out of the park.
medeski7 wrote:
Anyone had the Lost Rhino sours? I'm really impressed. I've had the farmhouse, peach and blackberry and all were excellent. You can only buy them at the brewery. If you're a fan of the sour stuff these are a must try. I think they're doing sours better than anyone else locally. Bluejacket has had a few decent ones. They recently did a papaya gose that knocked it out of the park.
I've never had of the Lost Rhino sours, but I'll definitely check them. I feel like Blue Jacket got off to a bit of a rough start when they first opened, but the past half dozen beers I've had from there have been above average to great.
I attended Savor this weekend and I'll never miss it again. I'm not sure why I waited so many years to check it out, but I don't have one negative thing to say about the experience. It was a pretty great evening.
^what was total cost for you?