Beer in the new era

this is exactly how i felt about a Kentucky BBS (not positive on the brewery?) i had in a bar recently, especially in comparison to the Goose Island BCBS, which has a lot more going on imo.

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yeah actually it did have aspects that reminded me of palo santo marron (which I also dont' really like) now that I think of it. I'm being a little harsh, it wasn't completely terrible, I just enjoyed it a lot less than I expected after all the hype. Maybe I'll wait a while and try it again. I have some Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout on deck, which I love.

i think the brooklyn black chocolate stout is one of the more successful strong stouts out there

barrel-aged in palo santo wood

!!! really wanna try this, I like that stuff

viscous is definitely the word. i would agree that the closest i come to being drunk in my 30s is when i have one of these.

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Yeah maybe it was also because I drank the thing watching true detective alone in the dark, but I felt pretty fucked up for a dad afterwards.

Just realized that Mikkeler vs Evil Twin is a rip-off of the Adidas/Puma schism.

'pretty fucked up for a dad' is such a magnificent typo

hurting needs to confirm it was in fact a typo

yea i'm a dad and i didn't read it as a typo!!

betting on no typo here

no typo!

haha yeah i was going to say, i'm a dad and know that feeling

like when your toddler suddenly cries out in the middle of the night and you stumble over to her room and your hand completely misses the doorknob

lol

more drunk dad stories please

I have thankfully few! Having to change a poop diaper drunk (or hungover first thing in the morning) really cures a lot of the urge to get drunk!

I'm drinking most of the time while I'm parenting.

you guys are crazy for not digging bourbon barrel-aged stuff btw! i'm not sure imperial stouts are the best thing to put in a bourbon barrel tho - scotch ales, barleywines, belgian strong darks, etc are a much better fit. those styles are all pretty sweet to begin with, the bourbon taste adds a bit of sweetness but the other smokey/leathery flavors usually stand out way more ime

it's not like i want that much sugar in my beer all the time, but it's a nice treat in the winter or as dessert or w/e

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/30/magazine/mag30-Glaser-beer-sidebar.html

Shiner is by far the best-looking bottle on that page

yea. ommegang has always had a nice sense of design too. most of the others are terrible, though i like sixpoint and lefthand

dogfish is just awful though

yeah milt otm about that one, but I think he's also onto something about how standing out and not looking like a beer beer is more important than good design

the uinta one is almost nice but the colors make me hurt

I think this is one of the nicest beer bottles (and a delicious beer too)

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n_7gOdboq2w/T25UX_jVGgI/AAAAAAAACvI/i-evjfm2z3s/s640/uintababablacklager.JPG

that's a good looking bottle

the uinta ipa one i don't really like. it kind reminds me of the vermont brewery wolavers:
http://wa.worldclassbeer.com/wp-content/beer_spy/images/prodimages/Wolavers/lOatmealStoutLogo.jpg
which is kind of like, i don't, generic "good design" but just kind of blank and doesn't leave much of an impression

ha i take back the "good design" comment

do not like that farmer guy

it's definitely a little generic. I'm not a designer but to me something about it is weak design-wise. Maybe it's that there are too many words. "VERMONT'S OWN WOLAVER'S FINE ORGANIC ALES BETTER BEER BETTER WORLD OATMEAL STOUT RICH AND CREAMY STOUT" kind of seems like a lot to be saying when you line it all up

like all those phrases are all-caps, they all attract the eye. my eye bounces all around the label with all the different text all over the place, yet it looks like it's not supposed to be busy. It's "clean style" that's not actually clean.

feeling these new throwback-ish cans from amnesia

https://untappd.s3.amazonaws.com/photo/2014_02_09/ac484d68987a5c99c18e669d85f54ed2_640x640.jpg

also like the super-basic look of occidental cans

http://spiritsofmtseymour.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/o/c/occidental_kolsch.jpg

woah, apologies for HUEG pics

I never liked the sixpoint cans as much as I like their beer. It could be worse. But they look so "I'm a bro, but I'm a CITY bro" and their beers always struck me as a little more interesting than that.

also I don't get that wild west theme park logo, wtf is that doing in brooklyn

Best beer with worst logo/label:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SLzVdygFDLg/Uw13BePqj9I/AAAAAAAAfPc/G1zcmU3HdXw/s1600/pliny-the-younger_large.png

lol

heady topper can is pretty dope imo

lol @ pliny. i think statistical analysis would probably show a correlation btwn shitty graphic design and delicious beer

crux probably has my favorite bottle look. cool die-cut shapes, decent background patterns

"I'm a bro, but I'm a CITY bro"

lol perfect

yea carne xp the heady topper can is awesome:
http://uncrate.com/p/2013/05/heady-topper-xl.jpg

One of the breweries I see everywhere now is No Li out of Spokane, which used to be Northern Lights until they re-branded themselves a couple years ago. Their old stuff was just terrible while the new ones are much better (and screenprinted bottles which I am a sucker for) but it'll probably look equally dated in a couple years:

http://justbeer.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/northern-lights-winter-ale.gif
http://www.ohbeautifulbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/no-li-wrecking-ball.jpg

Also I had no idea Unita changed the name of "Hop Notch" until I saw it in that Glaser piece. I have apparently been buying it for months and not noticing.

new Ballast Point stuff looks sharp, if very "modern artisinal". love the Sculpin painting.

http://www.glibeer.com/images/products/272/sculpin_6pk__large.jpg

^ same typeface as that Baba up there i see

I think maybe a bold or xbold version of the same thing -- it's a bit fatter

I like Anchor Steam's label designs. also nice texture iirc

Let's be clear, no one can beat Oskar blues in the "great beer terrible packaging" fight

I'm a big fan of the Peak brewery and their packaging basically looks like store-brand yuppie beer.