The Beer Thread

Yada wrote:

Space wrote:

Yada wrote:

Space wrote:
Who the hell is Pherm and why are they beating Burley Oak?

Who the hell are any of these breweries…

I've been to 10 of remaining 32, and have heard of most of them. And I don't even live in the state.

I've been to 10 as well of the remaining 32… I still don't know probably 40ish of them.

I'm not sure what qualifies as "knowing", but following Downtown Crown on Facebook, I've heard of a vast majority of them (e.g.)the aforementioned Crooked Crab). If knowing them means having tasted their beer, then yeah, there's a lot of them I don't know.

Anyway, anybody have a MD personal top 5 to share? I'm going with:

1. Elder Pine
2. Sapwood
3, Cushwa
4. Burley Oak
5. Still looking for #5

Astrolab
Silver Branch
Diamondback
Cushwa
Burley Oak/Sapwood tied for 5th

Can I count Other Half?  lol

Space wrote:
Anyway, anybody have a MD personal top 5 to share? I'm going with:

1. Elder Pine
2. Sapwood
3, Cushwa
4. Burley Oak
5. Still looking for #5

Am I correct that all of these you can only get at the brewery?

Martian-hatch wrote:

Space wrote:
Anyway, anybody have a MD personal top 5 to share? I'm going with:

1. Elder Pine
2. Sapwood
3, Cushwa
4. Burley Oak
5. Still looking for #5

Am I correct that all of these you can only get at the brewery?

Incorrect. You can get cans from Elder Pine, Sapwood, and Cushwa at Downtown Drown. Cushwa also at Dominion, I think. Not sure about other beer stores, those are my two go to stores. Maybe Churchkey beer store would have some of them? Do they each ship ALL their offerings? Probably not, but definitely some good ones.

Burley was shipping a few things to DTC early in the pandemic, but seem to have stopped.

Fuck Gaithersburg and MD alcohol laws

#triggerWarning

This has sweets and sidefoam written all over it.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/ipa/

$120 for a 12pack…sounds right in my price range

saw this in there
Russian River Brewing Co. (Windsor, California)
Double Dry-Hopped Pliny the Elder (Two Stage Double Dry Hopped Double IPA); 8%; 16oz can

Three Floyds being sold through CK.

Got added to Legends' distro this week.  Need to get me some Zombie Dust.

Martian-hatch wrote:
$120 for a 12pack…sounds right in my price range

saw this in there
Russian River Brewing Co. (Windsor, California)
Double Dry-Hopped Pliny the Elder (Two Stage Double Dry Hopped Double IPA); 8%; 16oz can

LOL at their Mid-Atlantic beer choice.

StoneTheCrow wrote:
Got added to Legends' distro this week.  Need to get me some Zombie Dust.

How recently have you had it?

I got a pack in upstate New York right after they started distributing it there in September. Probably as good as it's always been, but kind of pales in comparison when you're on a steady diet of Other Half and Tree House (or Triple Crossing, or Veil, etc.) Probably about as good as the Lagunitas Born Yesterday I bought at the same time.

Of course, if you've never had it, at least trying it is a must.

Yada wrote:
Astrolab
Silver Branch
Diamondback
Cushwa
Burley Oak/Sapwood tied for 5th

You and Space listed many of the really good ones.  Listing a top 3 (Sapwood, Burley, Elder Pine) is easy.  After that not so much.  There are a handful that I really enjoy but am reluctant to say are among the very best MD has to offer. RAR used to be one of them but they've taken a few steps backwards of late. Diamondback, Astro, Cushwa, Checkerspot, Nepenthe and a few others fall into that category.

Checkerspot and Silver Branch have definitely come along.  Didn't care for either of them at first.

Space wrote:
How recently have you had it?

Been a few years, for sure. Your comment does make me think but I enjoyed the hell out of it previously.

Starting to wonder whether a steady diet of juice bombs has wrecked my palate so I've started backing off of them a bit. Even Pliniy might taste "off" at this point.

StoneTheCrow wrote:

Space wrote:
How recently have you had it?

Been a few years, for sure. Your comment does make me think but I enjoyed the hell out of it previously.

Starting to wonder whether a steady diet of juice bombs has wrecked my palate so I've started backing off of them a bit. Even Pliniy might taste "off" at this point.

What you said… also good to back off for the sake of your belly.

That, too. 

After all the trips I've made to the Three Floyds Brewpub it pick up Zombie Dust, I never dreamed I'd be able to drive to Total Wine here in VA and get it, but that i did yesterday.

The reason this will probably only be a one time purchase….the cans are dated, but they are in packaging where you can't read the can date. I knew the first batch would be relatively fresh (2/18), but in the future, who knows when the cans will be from.

And Zombie Dust drops off quickly.

Hops really fall off in 48 hrs.

Have you had any yet? DTC had ZD but I was busy with work and didn't check it out in time. 

Cigar City did the same thing.  When I was in FL I'd pick up Jai Alai cans dated within a week. They've since boxed them and made that impossible.

StoneTheCrow wrote:
Cigar City did the same thing.  When I was in FL I'd pick up Jai Alai cans dated within a week. They've since boxed them and made that impossible.

CC is one of the few craft breweries that [font=Verdana]my local grocery carries that [/font]doesn't date-stamp the outside of their boxes.  i'd be willing to pick some up every now and then if i could figure out how fresh it was… but since i can't, i don't.