The Beer Thread

James wrote:
Beer distribution by brewery and state:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap6d1DIcENXqdHgwd3ZNeTJBellDWFpuQTRKR0FiekE&hl=en#gid=0

Thanks!  This is awesome!  My annual xmas gift from California based relatives is a bunch of bombers that don't ship to Maryland.  Now I know exactly what to ask for :)

James wrote:
Beer distribution by brewery and state:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap6d1DIcENXqdHgwd3ZNeTJBellDWFpuQTRKR0FiekE&hl=en#gid=0

for once, it sucks to live in hawaii. 

I think I figured out why I don't pay as much attention to this thread as the rest of you.  It's just not hard to get beers out here…

I hosted for the Oregon-Stanford game and all the Oregon folks brought microbrews.  I was left with:

Lagunitas Little Sumpin
21st Amendment Back in Black IPA
Widmer Lemongrass Wheat Ale
Widmer Falconer IPA
Ninkasi something or other….

And that's not even listing what was finished - that's just what was left in my fridge.

I also live a block from this place: Toronado, though they never have the High Life, but plenty of bad moustaches and plaid.

vansmack wrote:
I think I figured out why I don't pay as much attention to this thread as the rest of you.  It's just not hard to get beers out here…

I hosted for the Oregon-Stanford game and all the Oregon folks brought microbrews.  I was left with:

Lagunitas Little Sumpin
21st Amendment Back in Black IPA
Widmer Lemongrass Wheat Ale
Widmer Falconer IPA
Ninkasi something or other….

And that's not even listing what was finished - that's just what was left in my fridge.

I also live a block from this place: Toronado, though they never have the High Life, but plenty of bad moustaches and plaid.

darn dems some nice friends

vansmack wrote:
I think I figured out why I don't pay as much attention to this thread as the rest of you.  It's just not hard to get beers out here…

I hosted for the Oregon-Stanford game and all the Oregon folks brought microbrews.  I was left with:

Lagunitas Little Sumpin
21st Amendment Back in Black IPA
Widmer Lemongrass Wheat Ale
Widmer Falconer IPA
Ninkasi something or other….

And that's not even listing what was finished - that's just what was left in my fridge.

I also live a block from this place: Toronado, though they never have the High Life, but plenty of bad moustaches and plaid.

Wait, people post on this board that don't live in a close proximity to DC??

**head explodes**

I have to agree though, northern cali and oregon produce some of zeeee best beer ever.

The middle three are all pretty mediocre.  ;)

vansmack wrote:
I think I figured out why I don't pay as much attention to this thread as the rest of you.  It's just not hard to get beers out here…

I hosted for the Oregon-Stanford game and all the Oregon folks brought microbrews.  I was left with:

Lagunitas Little Sumpin
21st Amendment Back in Black IPA
Widmer Lemongrass Wheat Ale
Widmer Falconer IPA
Ninkasi something or other….

And that's not even listing what was finished - that's just what was left in my fridge.

I also live a block from this place: Toronado, though they never have the High Life, but plenty of bad moustaches and plaid.

i know what i want for christmas

James wrote:
The middle three are all pretty mediocre.  ;)

I have no idea - I drank wine…

James wrote:
The middle three are all pretty mediocre.  ;)

vansmack wrote:
I think I figured out why I don't pay as much attention to this thread as the rest of you.  It's just not hard to get beers out here…

I hosted for the Oregon-Stanford game and all the Oregon folks brought microbrews.  I was left with:

Lagunitas Little Sumpin
21st Amendment Back in Black IPA
Widmer Lemongrass Wheat Ale
Widmer Falconer IPA
Ninkasi something or other….

And that's not even listing what was finished - that's just what was left in my fridge.

I also live a block from this place: Toronado, though they never have the High Life, but plenty of bad moustaches and plaid.

what james said.  the beers that get people in a tizzy here - founders, bells, troegs, trappist ales, etc - would still be rare/noteworthy in your little corner of the world.

had a founders breakfast stout on tap at Iron Horse last night, pretty great, but probably not the best choice after a bunch of budweisers.

HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
had a founders breakfast stout on tap at Iron Horse last night, pretty great, but probably not the best choice after a bunch of budweisers.

That brew is strong as all hell too… A few of those and you're feelin' niiiiiiice.

And we have them beat in sheer numbers (though I'm not going to argue against the quality of California/Oregon beers in general. California=best overall beer producing state, imo.)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ap6d1DIcENXqdHgwd3ZNeTJBellDWFpuQTRKR0FiekE&hl=en#gid=0

221 breweries sell in MD
213 in VA
197 in DC
190 in CA

sweetcell wrote:

James wrote:
The middle three are all pretty mediocre.  ;)

vansmack wrote:
I think I figured out why I don't pay as much attention to this thread as the rest of you.  It's just not hard to get beers out here…

I hosted for the Oregon-Stanford game and all the Oregon folks brought microbrews.  I was left with:

Lagunitas Little Sumpin
21st Amendment Back in Black IPA
Widmer Lemongrass Wheat Ale
Widmer Falconer IPA
Ninkasi something or other….

And that's not even listing what was finished - that's just what was left in my fridge.

I also live a block from this place: Toronado, though they never have the High Life, but plenty of bad moustaches and plaid.

what james said.  the beers that get people in a tizzy here - founders, bells, troegs, trappist ales, etc - would still be rare/noteworthy in your little corner of the world.

Wimp.  ;) It's only 8.3% abv. Pretty low for an imperial stout.

Yada wrote:

HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
had a founders breakfast stout on tap at Iron Horse last night, pretty great, but probably not the best choice after a bunch of budweisers.

That brew is strong as all hell too… A few of those and you're feelin' niiiiiiice.

Yada wrote:

HoyaSaxa03 wrote:
had a founders breakfast stout on tap at Iron Horse last night, pretty great, but probably not the best choice after a bunch of budweisers.

That brew is strong as all hell too… A few of those and you're feelin' niiiiiiice.

well, the founders (along with a few more black and tans) somehow inspired me to later sing a morrissey song at karaoke night at the irish channel, so I agree on the strength.

FBS is grreeeeeat! I am really looking forward to the Meridien Pint brunch where they tap FBS, CBS, two years of KBS, Blushing Monk and Backwoods Bastard

I am also digging the Great Lakes Blackout Stout - I stocked up on a case of that and a case of FBS to get me thru the winter  ;D

Anybody know if Goose Island's Bourbon County Stout makes it to the DC area in bottles? I was hoping to pick up some when I'm in Chicago the day after Thanksgiving, but I'm starting to wonder if the release date will be after that day.

Anyone try the 2011 Sierra Nevada Celebration ale yet?  If so, where did you find it?

Ommegang: Fracking may force us to leave

COOPERSTOWN – Brewery Ommegang is warning that it would have to consider relocating if the town of Middlefield's ban on gas drilling is struck down and horizontal gas drilling begins.

The ominous warning is contained in a new legal brief filed in support of Middlefield's recent zoning law.

"If its water were to be contaminated, the Brewery could be forced to move its business elsewhere," the court papers state. "Its Master Brewer and Quality Control chemist agree that even if Brewery Ommegang wished to do so, it could not remove many of the toxic chemicals commonly used in hydrofracking, should they be released into the Brewery's water supply."

continued: http://thedailystar.com/localnews/x1267472742/Ommegang-Fracking-may-force-us-to-leave

I have. As usual, it's good. But not as good as Torpedo (imo).

$7.99/sixer at Total Wine ($6.99 if you get their coupons)
$9.99/sixer at Whole Foods

Bagley wrote:
Anyone try the 2011 Sierra Nevada Celebration ale yet?  If so, where did you find it?

Hope they move somewhere closer to a highway. Great tour and tasting room, but getting there's a bitch!

Seriously, would be a shame, as their location is a nice one.

For more on fracking, see the Oscar nominated film "Gasland".

sweetcell wrote:
Ommegang: Fracking may force us to leave

COOPERSTOWN – Brewery Ommegang is warning that it would have to consider relocating if the town of Middlefield's ban on gas drilling is struck down and horizontal gas drilling begins.

The ominous warning is contained in a new legal brief filed in support of Middlefield's recent zoning law.

"If its water were to be contaminated, the Brewery could be forced to move its business elsewhere," the court papers state. "Its Master Brewer and Quality Control chemist agree that even if Brewery Ommegang wished to do so, it could not remove many of the toxic chemicals commonly used in hydrofracking, should they be released into the Brewery's water supply."

continued: http://thedailystar.com/localnews/x1267472742/Ommegang-Fracking-may-force-us-to-leave