Beer in the new era

This place just opened up earlier this year a few blocks from my house, and while they're not bottling, they have anywhere from 4-7 of their own microbrews on tap on any given night. I was there last week and tried a chocolate milk stout and an imperial oatmeal amber (!) that were both terrific. I really hope they get into bottling.

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f people have access to New Glarus stuff where they live

IIRC you can only get it in Wisconsin. Weirdly the last time I had it was in Maryland -- at the house of a friend who'd just moved there from Chicago and had transported, along with the rest of her belongings, a few bottles she'd acquired during a weekend up north.

Yeah every time we visit WI (once or twice a year) a substantial proportion of our transatlantic baggage allowance is set aside for New Glarus products.

sort of feel the opposite to you about most of those bham, to each his own i guess. brodies always impresses me. not tried east london pale ale mind...

f people have access to New Glarus stuff where they live

one of my favorite dark lord day memories ever was driving up to woodman's in kenosha and finding myself in a huge convoy of fellow out-of-staters who'd come up to clean out their new glarus stock

i was at a wedding in NC this past weekend where there were audible cheers when the groom's relatives from WI rolled up with a case of moon man - and this was after we drank all the '10 kate the great he'd been saving

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I will never ever drink this well again

That New Glarus cherry is so good, and I normally hate fruitbeer.

I just finalized a deal to ship 9 cases of this http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/gigantic-axes-of-evil/178679/ from Oregon to Illinois. Total beer cost: $280. Total shipping cost: $305.

Welp ratebeer doesn't like that link so http://beerstreetjournal.com/three-floyds-gigantic-axes-of-evil/

It seriously mystifies me why this "collaboration" beer is only available out west when 3 Floyds is about 45min away in Indiana, but I've contacted the brewery and they're not selling it here.

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wish I could find this stuff over here, tried it in London last trip and enjoyed it.
But no sign on thsi side of the Channel, may be this side of the country though. Wonder if Dublin has it?

I've never liked any of the New Glarus regular lineup. Don't get the love, they all taste unremarkable. The Wisconsin Belgian Red is good though.

Finally got my hands on some 2012 Bourbon County Stout. Does seem to be easier this year.

I feel sorta the same about New Glarus. I think the difficulty of getting it due to it's Wisconsin-only status is part of the allure.* I do like Moon Man and their brown ale as well, though.

* see also: bourbon cask beers

@Stevolende - I got Wells Banana Bread Beer in an offie in Tipperary Town last year

I think the difficulty of getting it due to it's Wisconsin-only status is part of the allure.

Yeah, this -- I do generally like their beers, but it's def overrated by non-Wisconsinites. Same way New Belgium was when you couldn't get it east of the Mississip.

I've only ever had New Glarus Spotted Cow - once 8 years ago at an indonesian restaurant in Madison, and one three weeks ago at an italianish restaurant in the Milwaukee airport. Seemed alright for what it was, and layover airport beers are usually 10% better than they would be outside the airport.

I've also gotten so used to New Belgium being everywhere that I didn't even think about seeing it in Michigan over Labor Day, but apparently they had just started selling it a couple days earlier.

I think dan and I and others were actually talking about them, how nobody likes their beers but then someone would say "but this one isn't too bad" and everyone would agree. I've grown to like Ranger, and the Trippel is alright enough as well, especially as they're always relatively cheap.

Southern Wisconsin is really heaven for beer lovers, so many small breweries that don't get past the State lines.

Pretty partial to Ale Asylum's beers, and a few from Capitol Brewing. Then there's Central Waters and Lake Louie. All good to outstanding.

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Fell in love w/the lake Louis mosquito beach on my honeymoon and make sure to grab it whenever I am in wi. It looks like it should be terrible, but its super solid, as are several of the other varieties.

Finally got my hands on some 2012 Bourbon County Stout. Does seem to be easier this year.

Where'd you finally find this? I haven't exactly been looking hard, but I'd like to see if can find some.

Got one four pack at vas foremost in Logan square and another four pack at a liquor store at Wrightwood and Lincoln. I believe both are out now though. I've hear reports of it showing up at some Walgreens and 7/11's?? Best tip is to just follow the Bourbon County Sightings thread on the Beer Advocate forums.

http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/bourbon-county-sightings.19103/page-39

i'm not a huge new glarus fan either, but there are so many other amazing WI breweries around. love central waters, ale asylum, lake louie, and furthermore (just met the main brewer the other night), but my favorite for the past couple years has been O'SO. their lupulin maximus is unreal.

shit I just took a pass on a bunch of that o'so stuff when i ran to hudson to get the new glarus cherry stuff because i didnt know if it was any good

I saw a bunch if bourbon county at Cigarette City at Harlem and 63rd in Chicago.

Greetings from Bodegraven! We are going to this: http://www.brouwerijdemolen.nl/index.php/en/beerfestival/brewers-and-beers.html

Got a growler of Widmer Drifter Pale Ale today without knowing anything about it -- I was not expecting grapefruit beer!

Brau brothers Belgian quad aged in temples on rye barrels. Holy shit.

Temples on= templeton

Starting to think that I have just participated in a unwilling Aaron turner hydrahead fundraiser.

Ha well this was not the thread that was intended for.

Hello from Brussels! We are drinking here: http://www.moederlambic.com/bars/fr/bars/

46 beers on tap. Basically no bottles. Quite the most unusual Belgian beer bar, beer-wise. Cantillion Rose de Gambrinus on CASK? Don't mind if I do.

Been drinking lately:

SN Torpedo- kind of my standby, 12 packs are super cheap at Chi-Lake Liquors here in MPLS (10.99!) and just beyond that it's just a really well-done beer that I'm usually always in the mood for.
Founder's Porter- one of the best porters around imo
Chainbreaker White IPA- just wanted to try it, more 'white' than IPA but very nice.
NB Shift- bought this one super cheap- it's fairly boring. continues my indifference to New Belgium

Been brewing:

Witbier- original recipe, just a nice sipper. it's fun to make repeatedly and adjust such-and-such and kind of refine it. bottling this today.
Jamil's Evil Twin- kit from Northern Brewer conditioning right now, dry hopped it with some extra Amarillo hops I had sitting around. Super excited for this one- it's kind of a hopped up amber. Smells amazing.
Bourbon Barrel Porter- kit from NB, recipe looks like a nice strong porter but then you add oak cubes that you have soaked in bourbon into the 2ndary (!). Brewing this one up tomorrow.
Tripel- conditioned this for 3 months, bottled 2 weeks ago, tried one last night, but a bit green yet. Gonna give it a few more weeks. Came out slightly darker than a typical trippel but the yeast taste is spot-on. I think the yeast I used is actually identical to that used by Westmalle.

I'm really in deep to this homebrewing business ever since I moved out of my expensive apartment into a far cheaper house with a big old basement... it's a great hobby though, no regrets.

twin cities holding down the ilx homebrew contingent i guess!

brewing a 90 shilling today, bottling a tallgrass velvet rooster clone and uh something else? i actually cant remember what the other beer in the secondary is. will update when i am in front of it.

had one new to me the other day from new zealand brewed by yeastie boys. a pale called digital ale. was 7% and def. one of the tastiest pale ales i've ever had. must've had some serious resin in whatever hops they used.

Myrcenary double ipa is tasting perfect.

Drinking my first Surly Wet of the year as I type.

I had a few Surlys myself this weekend - Furious, Cynic, and whatever the quasi Oktoberfest is called... Munich? All solid.

I'm liking the Peak Fall Summit Ale, although ratebeer types seem to disagree with me.

WET HOP SEASON! WET HOP SEASON!

got six packs of the two brothers heavy handed and the deschutes hop trip, two brothers is pretty damn good, but is eclipsed by the fact that the deschutes hop trip is O_O level amazing, one of the most sinewy resiny wet hops i have ever tasted. i have to track down what hop they are using for brewing purposes.

Waiting for Founders Harvest Ale...

had my first deschutes beer ever on saturday. pale ale. it was good!

until this year they've only had the hop trip in bombers, so the six pack for $10 is a welcome surprise. as they say on the bottle, "vine to kettle in less than 4 hours" and oh man, i believe them.

oh man. so this local bar realized that they could expand into the space next door and sell singles under the auspices of them already being a bar. unfortunately bc complex PA alcohol laws they can only sell (12) at a time so i go in, buy 12 and then my wife goes and buys 12 more and we're thrilled, bc that means no more buying cases of beer and hoping that it's actually good. got burned on the cases buying that watermelon swill shit which is so disgusting i can't even give it away. but anyway we went today and they have a HUGE selection and i bought a bunch of different stuff. it's in my trunk atm, but when i get home tonight i will list all the cool beers i bought. lots of different stuff.

i wish rate beer had an iphone app bc when i'm there i don't want to start messing around w/ their website but i don't know off-hand what is highly rated. oh well!

I'd prefer a beer advocate one, but according the the forums I don't think there will be one anytime soon. Would be great of you could just take a picture of the label and it would pull up the reviews.

i though beer advocate had one

thought*

i've drank 12 breakfast stouts in the last couple of weeks btw

when ratebeer agrees with me I feel vindicated, but when they don't it can ruin a beer for me, cuz they'll be like "UGH, MOUTHFEEL OF WET CARDBOARD, ROCKSALT AFTERTASTE" and then the next time I'm drinking it I can only think of wet cardboard.