Beer in the new era

I'm still in shock that I found that cherry rye in the cooler of a corner liquor store. Maybe it was a dream.

I would like to praise the dopplebock. Praise dopplebock.

troegs make a great dopplebock.

lagunitas sucks = one of the best beers i've ever drank

I've started looking for that Lagunitas based on all the comments here but still haven't seen it. This isn't the one that has a Censored "sticker" on it, is it?

Anyway, what style is it?

it's an imperial ipa i guess - really sweet + fruity, refreshing and sour/tart as hell. smells amazing.

i think i'll grab 6 more (or whatever my store has left tmmrw)

probably also going to fill up a growler of the southern tier creme brulee

it's an imperial ipa i guess - really sweet + fruity, refreshing and sour/tart as hell. smells amazing.

― Mordy, Thursday, January 24, 2013 10:50 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah i think it's categorized as a double but don't let that scare you, alcohol in the 7s and it's very easy to drink.

probably also going to fill up a growler of the southern tier creme brulee
― Mordy, Friday, 25 January 2013 03:53 (11 hours ago) Permalink

This seems questionable to me, I struggled to finish an 8oz pour of this, couldn't imagine tackling a growler. Hope you've got some company that likes oppressively sweet things.

yeah, i found out later that it has lactose sugar which means it's not kosher enough for the bris crowd i wanted to bring it to. so that idea is out the window. maybe i'll just taste it when i'm in the shop.

Worth a taste, not much more than that though, imo. Although I do know some people go bonkers for it, so ymmv

http://beerstreetjournal.com/images/Sierra-Nevada-Barrel-Aged-Narwhal.jpg

Availability: Draft only, as of 1/25/13

was in Chico last weekend and forgot to hit up the brewery dammit

it's gonna be at extreme beer festival in boston in a couple weeks, i'm psyched

creme brulee smells great but tastes unimpressive. grabbed another six-pack of sucks instead

Had a Haven (local brewpub) Russian Imperial Stout today at lunch that was very nice. 14% abv and at $7 for what I'm guessing was 8 oz, a good deal. They do growlers, so I may return.

Just cracked open a barrel-aged Bigfoot barley wine from Sierra Nevada... much smoother than the last time I had a Bigfoot tbqh.

Caveat: might be too strong and not sweet enough for you guys who are into this whole fruity & flavored beer trend in the midwest.

That's a trend???

i wasn't really even going to dignify that but yeah what trend.

also v. interested in trying this un-sweet barelywine you seem to have!

I've been looking for it but any new BA'ed release will get swiped off the shelves quickly

last night got super drunk off a growler of amazingly tasty Ramstein Winter Wheat, so-so Rogue Double Chocolate Stout, some founders porter, founders pale ale, troegs troegenator double boch, and more but this breckenridge vanilla porter was still too disgusting for me to even finish one glass of it

Fruity beers are totally a thing. At the least it's related to lambics. But also I think because the midwest produces a lot of stone fruit, which lends itself to beer (esp. cherries). But I'd say it's more of a parallel trend to hearty brews (stouts in particular) with vanilla/chocolate/coffee.

So, flavored? I guess it's splitting hairs a tad, but given the selling point of many of these beers is its non-beer flavor - fruit, chocolate, coffee, et al. - then I can see why someone could consider flavored beers a trend, even if technically they're not flavored, just brewed with those ingredients.

Local (suburban) beer place has several bottles left of the BA Rasputin.

Caveat: might be too strong and not sweet enough for you guys who are into this whole fruity & flavored beer trend in the midwest.

― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Saturday, January 26, 2013 12:14 AM (15 hours ago)

i will cut you

currently mourning the end of the sierra nevada celebration season, got a 6 pack of the 2013 SN ruthless rye and blah

I tried a fruit-flavored beer once, and it tasted absolutely nothing like beer. It was like drinking a loaf of wine coolers.

lol this reminds me that the first beer I ever ordered in a bar in the U.S. after turning 21 was Sam Adams Cherry Wheat.

ruthless rye is *ok* i guess i just don't think rye beers are that exciting

ive had some rye pas that i have been down with, i think this beer just kinda sucks. it was def better last year.

i need to give it another try, drank most of the ones i had during a slightly blurry nfl sunday

I really like a lot of rye beers but the Ruthless is not particularly exciting

Rye on rye is my fav rye beer.

i love the design but cosign that ruthless rye is pretty bleh, tho bigfoot barleywine is delish (and of course celebration is awesome)

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-jJzNKv9zfow/Tvr_w8rnu8I/AAAAAAAAHBw/5MZdqJPq-SE/s1600/Sierra-Nevada-Ruthless-Rye-570x426.jpg

I liked the Ruthless the last time I had it. I just got a six pack. I will report back.

Stone just opened a filling station in Pasadena - growlers, pints, and kegs. No food, no waiters. Lots of Stone merch.

Got a growler of the Ruination for like 7.50, which is a good price compared to bars or even at Von's/Ralph's.

everything tastes better in a growler

Thought the Lagunitas Sucks was good, but nothing special. NIce overtones of citrus and floor cleaner.

I had two big bottles last night, both Boulevard. Doublewide IPA and Tank 7 farmhouse ale. Delish.

I liked Ruthless this year. Seemed a bit more mellow than the 2012 release.

nugget nectar super overrated

it's probably the best amber beer on the planet, make of that what you will

that might be legitimate. i liked the yulesmith i had in december more, but this was better than any other amber ales i can think i've tried recently. compares well to an average IPA but considering its reputation (98 on BA?) idgi

actually i had the hopback amber ale this afternoon + i think i liked that more (also troegs)

i have another nugget nectar in the fridge so i'll give it another try later this week. maybe i'll like it more (i am enjoying the hoppy aftertaste as i sit here - it's tasting better finished than it did while i was drinking it)

yeah i don't think it's a bowl-you-over type of beer but it's really nicely done in terms of balancing the malty amber style with piney hops. ba score are frequently wacky imo; to me nugg nectar is a spring seasonal that i'll buy like a six-pack of a year and be quite happy with.

i'm going to be two blocks from this bar in two weeks. i don't think i can drink everything (but i can try???):

http://theavenuepub.com/beer-spirits/big-beer-list

That's a really good bottle list. Any of the BFM's if you like sours. There's a Cantillion on there, but I've never tried it. Almost bought the Iris this weekend in a bar but didn't want to drink the whole thing myself. Imperial Biscotti Break is great.

fritz briem berliner weisse on draft!!

keep the recommendations coming. i'll drink them all.

I second the fritz. I recall really liking the Soft Dookie too. Soft Dookie.

yeah idk there's tons of stuff worth getting--if you don't mind spending the money this would be a good place to get exposed to geuzes and sours and stuff. if you get a cantillon don't get bruocsella, it's not really a good representation (in that it's basically flat). the drie fonteinen oude geuze 12 oz. for 15 bucks is nicely priced and great to start with.