I've been wanting to try Bell's Wild One for years.
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Unsanity wrote:
I've been wanting to try Bell's Wild One for years.
It's excellent. We had two on draft and brought home 32 oz in growler ($5 what a steal).
It's been on draft at Whole Foods Fair Lakes for several days now. Grab it if you can.
Or you could pay $85-$150 for a bottle of it online.
http://mybeercellar.com/?itm=37425
Space wrote:Unsanity wrote:
I've been wanting to try Bell's Wild One for years.
It's excellent. We had two on draft and brought home 32 oz in growler ($5 what a steal).
It's been on draft at Whole Foods Fair Lakes for several days now. Grab it if you can.
Or you could pay $85-$150 for a bottle of it online.
http://mybeercellar.com/?itm=37425
I wish I would have seen this sooner haha. I went there to check it out and it appears to be gone. Foiled again! I don't think I'll be getting any of those bottles haha.
Warning: trip report.
My wife wanted to try a new pick your own apple place this year, so I admit, I looked for one with breweries on the route.
We found one five minutes from Adroit Theory, so figured we'd have a couple of beers there. Unfortunately, they were having a private event with their "Black Heart Society" (Was Joan Jett there)? So we didn't get in.
Fortunately, Corcoran Brewing was two minutes away. They had a nice group of 60+ musicians playing Celtic fiddle music (which was much more our speed than the prerecorded metal they play at Adoit). We shared two beers…a bourbon barrel aged DIPA with ghost peppers, and a bourbon aged imperial stout. Both were decent.
After picking apples, we stopped off at Ocelot and sampled the DIPA, two IPA's, a black IPA, and the imperial stout. All were good or better. The winners were Never Ending Maze, an "almost DIPA" that was quite simply awesome (better than the Kiss the Sky DIPA which is excellent), and My Only Friend, the imperial stout which I would say compares with Old Rasputin (more bitter than sweet).
My wife wanted to try a new pick your own apple place this year, so I admit, I looked for one with breweries on the route.
We found one five minutes from Adroit Theory, so figured we'd have a couple of beers there. Unfortunately, they were having a private event with their "Black Heart Society" (Was Joan Jett there)? So we didn't get in.
Fortunately, Corcoran Brewing was two minutes away. They had a nice group of 60+ musicians playing Celtic fiddle music (which was much more our speed than the prerecorded metal they play at Adoit). We shared two beers…a bourbon barrel aged DIPA with ghost peppers, and a bourbon aged imperial stout. Both were decent.
After picking apples, we stopped off at Ocelot and sampled the DIPA, two IPA's, a black IPA, and the imperial stout. All were good or better. The winners were Never Ending Maze, an "almost DIPA" that was quite simply awesome (better than the Kiss the Sky DIPA which is excellent), and My Only Friend, the imperial stout which I would say compares with Old Rasputin (more bitter than sweet).
So what Orchard did you hit?
Sidehatch wrote:To be fair, that conversation should probably be moved over to the Apple Thread.
So what Orchard did you hit?
Julian, wrote:Sidehatch wrote:To be fair, that conversation should probably be moved over to the Apple Thread.
So what Orchard did you hit?
Well it is beer related as I thought the route planning was something I might do
But didn't know of any orchards out by Dulles? (they all tend to be up by Germantown)
Here's what Smackie is serving at his reception:
Knee Deep Hoptologist Double IPA
21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon or Fireside Chat
Anchor California Lager
Bear Republic Hop Rod
New Belgium Snapshot
Deschutes Porter
10 Barrel Joe IPA
Knee Deep Hoptologist Double IPA
21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon or Fireside Chat
Anchor California Lager
Bear Republic Hop Rod
New Belgium Snapshot
Deschutes Porter
10 Barrel Joe IPA
Sidehatch wrote:Julian, wrote:Sidehatch wrote:To be fair, that conversation should probably be moved over to the Apple Thread.
So what Orchard did you hit?
Well it is beer related as I thought the route planning was something I might do
But didn't know of any orchards out by Dulles? (they all tend to be up by Germantown)
Crooked Run Orchard in Purcellville. About five minutes from Adroit Theory (and Corcoran, and Belly Love). We did see a couple of cyclists stopping in for a beer at Corcoran (are there trails out there?), and I actually thought of you and your VA bike/beer travels.
Ocelot (near Dulles) is sort of on our route back from there. At least close enough to make a detour, given how good their beer is.
Space wrote:Sidehatch wrote:Julian, wrote:Sidehatch wrote:To be fair, that conversation should probably be moved over to the Apple Thread.
So what Orchard did you hit?
Well it is beer related as I thought the route planning was something I might do
But didn't know of any orchards out by Dulles? (they all tend to be up by Germantown)
Crooked Run Orchard in Purcellville. About five minutes from Adroit Theory (and Corcoran, and Belly Love). We did see a couple of cyclists stopping in for a beer at Corcoran (are there trails out there?), and I actually thought of you and your VA bike/beer travels.
Ocelot (near Dulles) is sort of on our route back from there. At least close enough to make a detour, given how good their beer is.
Purcellville is the end of the Wo&D trail, almost 50 miles from Regan Airport
vansmack wrote:
Here's what Smackie is serving at his reception:
Knee Deep Hoptologist Double IPA
21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon or Fireside Chat
Anchor California Lager
Bear Republic Hop Rod
New Belgium Snapshot
Deschutes Porter
10 Barrel Joe IPA
vansmack wrote:ggw wrote:
https://twitter.com/BartenderRants/status/376168454606168064
Ding Ding
ggw wrote:vansmack wrote:
Here's what Smackie is serving at his reception:
Knee Deep Hoptologist Double IPA
21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon or Fireside Chat
Anchor California Lager
Bear Republic Hop Rod
New Belgium Snapshot
Deschutes Porter
10 Barrel Joe IPAvansmack wrote:ggw wrote:
https://twitter.com/BartenderRants/status/376168454606168064
Ding Ding
Those aren't for me ggw, those are for the people…
I'm having Mumm Brut Prestige, Justin Cab, Unti Barbera, Sonoma-Cutrer Chard, and Bancrott Suav Blanc.
And then Venerable or Godsshoeshine or the Director will bring me Macallan 18 at around 10:30, with a Death Star Ice Cube.
vansmack wrote:
the Director
Who is this 'the Director'
I received an odd personal message about some music from decades ago and he's oft referenced
but never actually posts
Sidehatch wrote:Who is this 'the Director'
vansmack wrote:
Here's what Smackie is serving at his reception:
Knee Deep Hoptologist Double IPA
21st Amendment Hell or High Watermelon or Fireside Chat
Anchor California Lager
Bear Republic Hop Rod
New Belgium Snapshot
Deschutes Porter
10 Barrel Joe IPA
fine selection, for a wedding!
how can you tell this shin-dog is happening on the west coast? hum… ;D
sweetcell wrote:
how can you tell this shin-dog is happening on the west coast? hum… ;D
The wine…
New DC beer about to enter the getting kinda crowed scene
Handsome Beer
but just contract brewing, so don't look for any brewery tours
full slate of events starting next week
?Chapter 1: Launching Your Brewery - Sun, Sept 20 - Glen's Garden Market - 12pm-4pm
?Chapter 2: Launching In Baltimore - Tues, Sept 22 - Max's Taphouse - 4-8pm
?Chapter 3: Home Brewing! - Wed, Sept 23 - Meridian Pint - 5-8pm
?Chapter 4: Happy Hour! - Thu, Sept 24 - Pizzeria Paradiso Dupont - 5-7pm
?Chapter 5: Propagation! - Fri, Sept 25 - Smaltimore - 4-8pm
?Chapter 6: Belgian Tradition - Sun, Sept 27 - Granville Moore's - 6-9pm
Handsome Beer
but just contract brewing, so don't look for any brewery tours
full slate of events starting next week
?Chapter 1: Launching Your Brewery - Sun, Sept 20 - Glen's Garden Market - 12pm-4pm
?Chapter 2: Launching In Baltimore - Tues, Sept 22 - Max's Taphouse - 4-8pm
?Chapter 3: Home Brewing! - Wed, Sept 23 - Meridian Pint - 5-8pm
?Chapter 4: Happy Hour! - Thu, Sept 24 - Pizzeria Paradiso Dupont - 5-7pm
?Chapter 5: Propagation! - Fri, Sept 25 - Smaltimore - 4-8pm
?Chapter 6: Belgian Tradition - Sun, Sept 27 - Granville Moore's - 6-9pm
one of the guys who started Handsome beer (Matt) is a long-time member of the DC Homebrewers club. he's been brewing great beer for some time now. looking forward to trying it soon!
but, is he handsome?
dunno, i'm a horrible judge of what is generally accepted as attractive in a man. check out the website, matt is the bearded one - you tell me!
fyi i'm pretty sure they're saying the beer is handsome, not the brewers.
fyi i'm pretty sure they're saying the beer is handsome, not the brewers.