Beer in the new era

I've wants to go to beer temple since they opened but not too convenient to me. The beer nerds are hyped up about it because he keeps al the beer at the right temp, has the glass filtered right to protect it, everything dated properly, etc.

I passed by on Saturday night and it looked kind of slow in there. Almost stopped but I was running late. Let me know if you want to hit it up sometime, perhaps with a side trip to Small Bar or somewhere in the area.

Will do!

Founders released their info on the KBS release this year: http://foundersbrewing.com/latest-news/2013/kbs-2013-release/ Much better they are ticketing it now. I just need to find a beer mule in Grand Rapids in March.

There's also a newish beer/wine place on Lincoln called Bottles & Cans and they have a really good selection of single bottles for a mix-six pack.

Yes, def. the best build-your-own-sixer selection I've seen.

was that tadcaster lager in the sam smyths box? that used to be about 1.50 a pint here when i moved over to london first, now almost regular prices. it's not bad, at least in comparison to your carlsbergs etc...

no lager, just oatmeal stout, brown ale and ipa. The oatmeal stout is A+, would surely be in my top 10 beers if I had such a thing.

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Lets try that again http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/-brewery-time-in-the-up-20130114,0,4619703.photogallery

Wow, I have been to all of those except Ore Dock.

Drinking a Brooklyn Winter Ale right now (friend brought them over) and I get this cloying melted vanilla ice cream thing in it that I can't quite get past. Brooklyn beers are generally a little disappointing.

had a chouffe n'ice, founders centennial, river horse special ale (amber iirc?), and neshaminy trauger pilsner -- the best thing about beer imho is that the beer more u drink the betetr it tastes.

xp funny, i was drinking a black chocolate stout tonight and thinking about how solid (although never thrilling) their stuff tends to be

I remember liking the black chocolate stout but it's been a while. I also thought the pennant pale ale was the greatest thing I had ever tasted the first time I had it, and later found it meh. I think they were kind of a gateway brewery for me.

yeah they are for lots of people. i've been working my way through the commonly-available russian imperials to see which i like best and brooklyn is stacking up pretty well.

black chocolate stout ages really well, which is great since it's so cheap - i try to stash a case a year. sampled some 05/06 recently and it was a+++

I just started seeing sierra nevada narwhal which is a pretty good russian imperial stout - not quite as good as old rasputin but it's like $1.50 less per 12oz bottle, and way cheaper and better than great divide's yeti which are the three that I see the most often.

I remember liking the black chocolate stout but it's been a while. I also thought the pennant pale ale was the greatest thing I had ever tasted the first time I had it, and later found it meh. I think they were kind of a gateway brewery for me.

i hated the pennant ale but i generally like their beers. i find brooklyn lager endures as a taste, even though i end up drinking more of it due to the fact it's frequently the only decent beer in bad pubs over here.

good to hear the black chocolate ages well, i bought some at christmas which are still in my parents' house in dublin.

Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Stout last night, 2012 version. A very nice BBA beer. I have a 2011 in my closet that I'm going to drink the next bottle side by side with. I also like their Bourbon Barrel Barleywine.

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I assume this is not kosher.

Heard mixed reactions on that beer. I have not had it yet.

that cannot be good

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lol

it's terrible

it's rogue

haha

i had it and hated it btw

There is no way bacon belongs in beer, ever. Full stop.

wtf is "Pacman yeast"

i think if you were someone that was into smoke beers it miiiiight be ok, but its still kinda awful imo. local beer snob dudes i normally trust (who also hate almost every rogue like any right-headed person) were really into it.

pacman is rogue's house yeast iirc

something about that beer reminds me of this weird aggro-hippie hybrid roommate I had -- tall, rollerblading, homebrewing, vikingish dude who liked the dead and talked about his girlfriend's big tits all the time. I can just hear his voice saying "Bro, what?! It's a BEER...with MAPLE...and BACON! How can you not think that sounds delicious?!"

i've never had a rogue that i enjoyed. i'm glad to hear i'm not the only one.

^

They dont even make cool labels to trick you into buying

oh come on, how can you find that giant Pepto bottle unappealing

Guy on the bottle looks like someone who would be juggling pins on a unicycle at lollapalooza

i find the rogue soviet chic stuff very compelling. that's probably why it took me 4 or 5 bottles before i realized it sucked

did they focus test the name "Voodoo Dooughnut Maple Bacon Ale" in an attempt to come up with the grossest sounding racially uncomfortable name possible without crossing any obvious lines?

Is a voodoo doughnut even a thing to begin with? Because neither maple nor bacon automatically say "doughnut" to me.

http://voodoodoughnut.com/

oh ffs

Yeah I guess this is just two big Portland brands combining forces; still sounds disgusting though.

that revoltingly clears up my confusion, ty

which stoned douchebag stuck his gross ass doughnut into his beer and was all "WOAH DUDE THIS TASTES AWESOME, YOU SHOULD SELL IT"

"Get your disgusting maple bacon doughnut out of my beer."
"Get your beer out of my bacon doughnut...hey, wait a second.."
"Are you out of your mind? I said GET YOUR DOUGHNUT OUT OF MY BEER."

I think it's 3rd wave meta because:
maple + bacon
then maple + bacon + doughnut
then maple + bacon + doughnut + beer

i imagine it tastes like rimming Homer Simpson.

apparently the owner of voodoo doughnuts is called "cat daddy"

well of course

go read the employment page on rogue's website if you really want to hate them.