The Beer Thread

I thought the last enjoy by, was horrible

Has anybody tried the Enjoy AFTER? I've been sitting on one of those from the first batch they made.

For Julian: Bell's Black Note seems to be hitting the market, at least up here.

For Yada: I know you're always raving about this band:

Rustico Ballston Aug 10:

THE OFFICIAL J. WAKEFIELD NOVA DEBUT LIST
J. Wakefield Hops 4 Teacher ? American IPA
J. Wakefield Ananas ? Pineapple Kölsch
J. Wakefield & All In Ronan The Strawberian ? Strawberry Rhubarb Berliner Weiss
J. Wakefield Have You Seen My Stapler? ? Rye Whiskey BA Tripel
J. Wakefield Campos De Fresas ? Strawberry Blond Ale
J. Wakefield El Jefe - Hefeweizen
J. Wakefield Great Scott!!! ? Scotch Ale
J. Wakefield I Think I'm French ? Bière de Garde
J. Wakefield UJP ? Smoked Porter
J. Wakefield Kentucky Battlecat ? Sour Mash California Common
J. Wakefield Colonel Klank Kottbusser ? Altbier w/ Oats, Wheat, Honey & Molasses

yeah, but no dfpf
Hops 4 Teacher and the I think I'm French were very good


These sound good
J. Wakefield & All In Ronan The Strawberian ? Strawberry Rhubarb Berliner Weiss
J. Wakefield Have You Seen My Stapler? ? Rye Whiskey BA Tripel
and the UJP

they are really great and interesting brewery and worth a trip to Ballston for this
and of course I'll be out of town until the 15th

Tried DuClaw's Sour Me This yesterday.  It scratched the sour itch and the price is right.  Overall it was just okay though.

I tried a Starr Hill IPA at jammin java last night


WTF with all these IPAs that taste like a frickin' grapefruit??? I do not like it.

If I want to eat a grapefruit or drink a grapefruit I will get a grapefruit thank you very much….

Tried Spencer Trappist Ale last night.  Good enough to have another.

Michael wrote:WTF with all these IPAs that taste like a frickin' grapefruit??? I do not like it.

yeah, I'm of the same opinion

try the habanero sculpin.  very, interesting.

Currently enjoying a Manor Hill hop yard series.  The new one just released.  It's a really nice ipa.

Anxious to try one of these:

Made it out to Aslin on Saturday, sadly only 2 beers were on tap at 3pm
but The Gose w/ lime and raspberries was REALLY good
Party of one: Mike was also a delicious IPA



Also Made it to New District for the the debut of It's Never Too Late the Honey Suckel Hefeweizen (8.5%!)  w/ honey suckel's picked in Arlington!

it was interesting, but not something I would say is worth the trip
They also had a "Sour test batch" which I thought was decent and has potential.  More tart than sour with a apple flavor
But unfortunately they still haven't really knocked one out of the park (The First Time: (imperial stout) and 1821 ( Saison / Farmhouse Ale ) are the two I think are worth going for)

Also Hit Mad Fox, wasn't really impressed with what I had there

besides the Gose, best beer of the weekend

medeski7 wrote:
Currently enjoying a Manor Hill hop yard series.  The new one just released.  It's a really nice ipa.

I've really been enjoying their stuff lately. Had their Grisette at Convivial and thought it was great, and I just recently had their Coffee Brown IPA at Urban Winery in DTSS (highly recommended, btw) which was also excellent.

this #porchbomb definitely blew my $100 a week beer budget.  Uhaul had to drop this one off.

tried ballast point barmy, and it was pretty good.  nice taste character to it and not too overpowering with it.

Yada wrote:
this #porchbomb definitely blew my $100 a week beer budget.  Uhaul had to drop this one off.

effing fucking hell.  tell me that this is being split with 5 other people… where the hell did you find someone who can score that much HF?

speaking of VT: i'll be there next week.  i'll have a case of Heady and "some" (a case?) of Sip of Sunshine waiting for me there.  in addition i might hit up the Alchemist and Lost Nation on my own, TBD.

in preparation/as penance i'll be going beer-free this week.  wish me luck.

Midwest beer tour day #3 today.

Saturday, we stopped at Seventh Son and Hoof Hearted in Columbus. Both had very good beer. The latter had a Hill Farmstead saison on guest tap.

Sunday, we went to the new-ish Lagunitas Brewery in Chicago. Only one word to describe it: massive. Impressive would be another good word. Nothing rare on tap, had a pint of Born Yesterday before the (excellent, funny) tour, and a pint of Sucks with my (very good) grilled veggie sandwich. My daughter proclaimed it tied with Ocelot as her favorite brewery. I'm guessing the long Willie Wonka hallway and gift shop that where she wanted everything influencrd her judgement.

Tonight, I might stop by Whole Foods and have a pint or two of Zombie Dust before heading to the Robbie Fulks' Cheap Trick tribute show.

sweetcell wrote:

Yada wrote:
this #porchbomb definitely blew my $100 a week beer budget.  Uhaul had to drop this one off.

effing fucking hell.  tell me that this is being split with 5 other people… where the hell did you find someone who can score that much HF?

heh… i was just riling up the boardies. This isn't my haul… a pic from another beer forum, however, this is multiple dudes who went on a beer trip together.

Additionally, if you haven't been to HF ever or in recent years, you can basically buy as much as you'd like.