sweetcell
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 18, 2015 at 06:57 PM UTC
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well i hope some others join you. should be a hoot. biking and beer go well together!
2 weeks ago i was in vermont, and one of the days that i checked in to the Harpoon brewery was the end of some cross-state biking thing. place was set up like a festival, it was a lot of fun. lots of spandex and suds…
to keep this truly on topic: once again Harpoon wasn't amazing, but it's really not bad either. they had a very decent west-coast IPA on tap (a brewery one-off), as well as a nice saison (part of their 100 Barrel series) and a single-hop mosaic (another one-off). i sampled many other interesting things like a cider made with belgian yeast. i wouldn't go out of my way to visit Hapoon and their regular bottled offerings are boring, but as my local when visiting the in-laws i could do much worse. hit up the place 2 or 3 times during my visit, always left satisified. certainly not blow away, but satisfied.
Space Freely
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 18, 2015 at 07:43 PM UTC
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sweetcell wrote:
well i hope some others join you. should be a hoot. biking and beer go well together!
2 weeks ago i was in vermont, and one of the days that i checked in to the Harpoon brewery was the end of some cross-state biking thing. place was set up like a festival, it was a lot of fun. lots of spandex and suds…
to keep this truly on topic: once again Harpoon wasn't amazing, but it's really not bad either. they had a very decent west-coast IPA on tap (a brewery one-off), as well as a nice saison (part of their 100 Barrel series) and a single-hop mosaic (another one-off). i sampled many other interesting things like a cider made with belgian yeast. i wouldn't go out of my way to visit Hapoon and their regular bottled offerings are boring, but as my local when visiting the in-laws i could do much worse. hit up the place 2 or 3 times during my visit, always left satisified. certainly not blow away, but satisfied.
The pretzels at Harpoon (in Boston) were amazing. If they have them in VT, hope you partook. (?) So amazing that I went and drank Harpoon beers twice, just to get another pretzel. Should have stuck with the dunkel, which paired well the first visit….the DIPA didn't pair well at all.
vansmack
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 18, 2015 at 08:01 PM UTC
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Is this the bike thread now? If so, this is my new ride….
Sidehatch
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 18, 2015 at 08:15 PM UTC
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vansmack wrote:
Is this the bike thread now? If so, this is my new ride….
sweetcell
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 18, 2015 at 08:41 PM UTC
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did not have the pretzel but it did seem to be a very popular menu item. will check it out next time.
Space wrote:
the DIPA didn't pair well at all.
their DIPA (Leviathan IPA) is way too sweet and heavy. it's halfway to an american barleywine. i enjoy it, i have one most times that i'm there, but it is a poor DIPA.
Sidehatch
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 03:07 PM UTC
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have we reached
peak IPA?
Gose looks to be where to put your money on!
Yada
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 05:14 PM UTC
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Sidehatch wrote:
have we reached peak IPA?
Gose looks to be where to put your money on!
The issue I find with even the really good Gose offerings is you can drink one, maybe two? No way in hell am I drinking a six pack of Westbrook Gose.
Space Freely
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 05:16 PM UTC
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I must be the outlier, because I drank three six packs of Westbrook Gose. With the help of my wife.
grateful
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 05:33 PM UTC
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Space wrote:
I must be the outlier, because I drank three six packs of Westbrook Gose. With the help of my wife.
You mean since March, right?
Yada
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 05:39 PM UTC
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^what jaded said^
I was talking about in a sitting. I can maybe drink two Goses (is that the plural of Gose) in one evening.
Space Freely
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 06:04 PM UTC
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jaded wrote:
Space wrote:
I must be the outlier, because I drank three six packs of Westbrook Gose. With the help of my wife.
You mean since March, right?
Yes, over about a three month period.
Space Freely
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 06:05 PM UTC
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Yada wrote:
^what jaded said^
I was talking about in a sitting. I can maybe drink two Goses (is that the plural of Gose) in one evening.
Not sure why one would want more than a couple of beers in an evening? Would you want more than a couple of sodas in an evening?
Sidehatch
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 06:12 PM UTC
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Space wrote:
Not sure why one would want more than a couple of beers in an evening?
I get it he's being Retardeorical
Yada
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 06:15 PM UTC
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Space wrote:
Yada wrote:
^what jaded said^
I was talking about in a sitting. I can maybe drink two Goses (is that the plural of Gose) in one evening.
Not sure why one would want more than a couple of beers in an evening? Would you want more than a couple of sodas in an evening?
This argument again.
jrpa
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 06:17 PM UTC
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Yada wrote:
Space wrote:
Yada wrote:
^what jaded said^
I was talking about in a sitting. I can maybe drink two Goses (is that the plural of Gose) in one evening.
Not sure why one would want more than a couple of beers in an evening? Would you want more than a couple of sodas in an evening?
This argument again.
The logic is undeniable. I mean, why would you want more than a couple breaths of air? Would you want more than a couple of elephants sitting on you and crushing you to death?
Space Freely
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 06:41 PM UTC
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Would you want more than a couple of ice cream cones in one night?
I don't think even my ice cream loving eight year old would.
Space Freely
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 06:44 PM UTC
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We went backpacking out in the Olympic Peninsula, and stopped at a random gas station that seemed to be part of an Indian casino…saw that they had beer so thought I'd take a look.
There on the shelf was a box of Stickee Monkey…at $24 I had to pass…
jrpa
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 06:45 PM UTC
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It's crazy Rhett, it's almost like people enjoy different quantities of different things, like there's not one specific magical number that constitutes the quantity you should have of every possible thing.
Sidehatch
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 06:54 PM UTC
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umm there is this component in beer that has nothing to do with the taste
some have a tolerance and can have many and some do not
it's supposed to make you better looking, have more confidence and make crappy music fun to dance to
grateful
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Re: The Beer Thread
August 19, 2015 at 06:55 PM UTC
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Julian, wrote:
It's crazy Rhett, it's almost like people enjoy different quantities of different things, like there's not one specific magical number that constitutes the quantity you should have of every possible thing.
I hear you can fill your e-cig 20 times and its like you've only had one cigarette!