The Beer Thread

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Yada wrote:

Space wrote:
Had a pour of the Berliner Weisse by Bear Republic called Tartare at P Street Whole Foods. Definitely best Berliner I've had. Better than Westbrook Gose. Maybe the best under-5% beer I've had of any style.

Has anybody seen in in bottles?

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/610/75491/

Very funny you mention this beer as I never heard of it and had a glass of it last night at City Tap House. I found it WAAAAAAAAAY too tart and it caused immediate acid reflux (personal problem).

I enjoyed the glass of Birrificio del Ducato Chrysopolis much more.

Wow, $12 for a snifter of the Tartare at City Taphouse. It was $5 at P Street, and they just about filled  a 16 oz plastic cup for me. (also $15 for a 64 oz growler)

Thanks for the cost comparison.

the LoCo Ale Trail

Loudoun County?s brewery boom spurs launch of ale trail

Here is a PDF that you can fold up and fit in your bike bag

that's really cool.  glad to see this taking shape!

ahh good ole Loudoun county, where one can spend, and spend some more. 

Heineken is buying 50% of Lagunitas

brennser wrote:
Heineken is buying 50% of Lagunitas

 
what.

the.

fuck.

Heineken . . . fuck that shit . . . pabst, blue, ribbon.

I'm guessing a deal to help with int'l distribution and hold off InBev.

Good for Tony - he's worked hard and earned it.

Mad Fox 4th Annual Hoppy Oktoberfest
Beer Lineup Revealed
Saturday, Sept. 19, Noon

We?re excited to give you a sneak preview of the beer lineup for Hoppy Oktoberfest taking place all day from Noon until 6pm on Saturday, Sept. 19. In addition to our Hitzig Frau Oktoberfest and some other Mad Fox favorites, the lineup consists of the following hoppy and seasonal brews to date:

3 Stars ? Dissonance, Ghost IPA
Adroit Theory - Don't Believe The Hype IPA, Lux Wheatwine
Atlas Brewing Company - Wet Hop American, Summer Rowdy
Bad Wolf Brewing Company - Cody's Crew, Mango IPA
Bold Rock Cider - IPA, Virginia Draft
Brothers Craft Brewing
Capitol City Brewing Company - Smoketoberfest
DC Brau - The Public, Oktoberfest
Devils Backbone Brewing Company - Eight Point IPA, Oktoberfest
DuClaw Brewing Company - Mad Bishop Oktoberfest, Neon Gypsy IPA
Fair Winds Brewing Company - Nauti Fest Oktoberfest, Sessions in the Abyss IPA
Flying Dog Brewing Company - Dogtoberfest Marzen, Gourd Standard Pumpkin IPA
Forge Brew Works
Full Tilt Brewing Company - The Bay IPA, Hop Harbor
Gordon Biersch ? Festbier, IPL
Great American Restaurants/Sweetwater GAR ? Oktoberfest, Rode Hard IPA
Heavy Seas Brewing Company
Heritage Brewing Co. - Freedom Isn't Free IPA, Bradford Harvest Ale
Legend ? Oktoberfest, Golden English IPA
Oliver Breweries

Ornery Beer Company
Port City Brewing Company ? Oktoberfest, Maniacal Double IPA
Spencer Devon Brewing Company - Ellerslie Farm Harvest Ale, Lauck's Island West Coast IPA

In addition to these fine choices, we?re also showcasing Ayinger, Warsteiner and Paulaner imported Oktoberfest biers at the outdoor festival.

The O-Fest food menu from Chef Travis will feature such classics with a Mad Fox twist:

Grilled locally sourced beer poached bratwurst with Bavarian mustard and kraut,
Warm German potato salad, bacon and parsley, and vinaigrette,
Pretzel twist with Bavarian mustard

Bring your friends and enjoy this outdoor event with kids activities and live music from The Justin Trawick Band. Free admission; tickets required for tasting glass and beer sample/food tickets. Find updates here.

vansmack wrote:
I'm guessing a deal to help with int'l distribution and hold off InBev.

Good for Tony - he's worked hard and earned it.

tony definitely deserves all the riches that come his way.  and i doubt that he would agree to any deal that tool away his control, or at least too much of it.

my WTF statement is about him selling to a big corp at all.  in the craft beer world, tony has been one of the most vocal opponents of Big Beer.  his twitter rants are legendary.  he's come up with many colorful ways of saying "i'd rather <insert colorful activity here> than sell out to Big Beer".  i wouldn't say WTF if Stone or Sierra Nevada sold to a an international beer company… but Lagunitas?  wtf?

there are so many hilarious stories about tony.  like back in the day, when Lagunitas was a lot smaller than it is today, they were total pot-smoking hippies.  the california ABC wanted to bust them for trafficking but couldn't: every time an undercover officer tried to buy pot from an employee, they insisted on giving it away to the cop… they wouldn't let him buy it.  eventually they got them on a RICO-style bust: people were smoking on the property at a public event and shut them down for a year.  Cue up Undercover Shut-Down Ale… the story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfW3MWqkpW4

tony also engaged in some really uh, creative accounting practices to stay ahead of the IRS.  some really funny stories there ;D

resistance is apparently futile in the craft beer industry.

Stone's next new release: "Your Father Smelt of Elderberries" ;D

http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/stone-your-father-smelt-of-elderberries.331661/

but, does it fart, in our general direction?

I tried one of these last night. The Sam Adams version of hard root beer, not the Pabst/STB version. First time I had to drain pour a bottle of "beer" in a long time. Good thing I had a bottle of the Truth cold to take its place, and good thing I only bought one of these.

really?  I sort of like the other one, not your father,s rootbeer.  my partner hates beer, and loves the stuff.  I will try the sam adams one, and give my opinion.  I think, that you are too much a snob, to give a honest review, though.

walk,on,by wrote:
really?&nbsp; I sort of like the other one, not your father,s rootbeer.&nbsp; my partner hates beer, and loves the stuff.&nbsp; I will try the sam adams one, and give my opinion.&nbsp; I think, that you are too much a snob, to give a honest review, though.

I, bet, he like its,, because, it doesn't, taste, like………… beer.

I actually just went across the street to Total Wine and More to get some Bell's for guests coming over tomorrow to watch football, and found a few four packs of Gwar's Oderus Ale which immediately sent me into a cold panic.

walk,on,by wrote:
really?&nbsp; I sort of like the other one, not your father,s rootbeer.&nbsp; my partner hates beer, and loves the stuff.&nbsp; I will try the sam adams one, and give my opinion.&nbsp; I think, that you are too much a snob, to give a honest review, though.

It tasted like root beer (which I'm ok with) with some kind of weirdly awful medicinal aftertaste on top of that.

The Sam Adams one has been described as more "spice" while the Pabst one has been described as "much sweeter".  A lot of "spice" beers tend to rub me the wrong way…

Interestingly, Whole Foods refuses to sell the Not Your Fathers because it has artificial ingredients, but they do sell the Coney Island.


If I were a true snob, I wouldn't have followed it up with a Flying Dog beer.  ;D

Julian, wrote:
I actually just went across the street to Total Wine and More to get some Bell&#039;s for guests coming over tomorrow to watch football, and found a few four packs of Gwar&#039;s Oderus Ale which immediately sent me into a cold panic.

I don't normally seek out Bell's beer (though give me a Two Hearted and I'm a happy man)…but I'm hoping to have one of these tonight on draft.

http://www.bellsbeer.com/brands/29-The%20Wild%20One%20Ale

Space wrote:

Julian, wrote:
I actually just went across the street to Total Wine and More to get some Bell&#039;s for guests coming over tomorrow to watch football, and found a few four packs of Gwar&#039;s Oderus Ale which immediately sent me into a cold panic.

I don&#039;t normally seek out Bell&#039;s beer (though give me a Two Hearted and I&#039;m a happy man)…but I&#039;m hoping to have one of these tonight on draft.

http://www.bellsbeer.com/brands/29-The%20Wild%20One%20Ale

Hmm, I've never heard about that one. My local pub has a great relationship with the Virginia Bell's rep and gets most of the unusual stuff but not that yet. They've currently got Traverse City Barrel Aged Porter – which was really unusual (11.7abv) – and Two Hearted on tap and Neptune and Oracle in bottles. If you like Two-Hearted, if you can ever find Oracle, give it a try. DIPA but quite as bitter as Hopslam.