Beer in the new era

Hey priorities :-)

Have any Minnesotans itt had Bent Paddle's BA Double Shot Double Black? I just opened one and am trying to decide whether it's on par with BCBS Coffee or just a very good big BA beer. It's really surprisingly good, I like their standard lineup but it's not mindblowing in any way, unlike this.

…it may just be all adjunct flavors that I'm getting here, it is a really heavily coffee/vanilla'd beer.

I like the Stillwater Artisanal Micro (citra-focused pale ale). Hazy golden color, crisp, with that almost basil-like citra flavor.

Xpost, Dan never had it but it seems to have really good reviews on untapped. Also it’s a Belgian dark?

I don't get any Belgian-ness out of it, my understanding is the base beer is a simple black ale.

Also since I don't drink coffee I am wired as fuck now after having about half of the bottle. The brewery's website says it gets a big dose of cold press, hence the "double shot".

I just opened one and am trying to decide whether it's on par with BCBS Coffee or just a very good big BA beer.

The MidWest beer I consider a slept-on BCBCS killer is Cafe Deth by Revolution:

(age-gate):
https://revbrew.com/beer/deep-wood-series/cafe-deth

Comes in a can which is kinda novel for the style.

Oh yeah, that shits great—unfortunately I don't live in Chicago anymore

btw beer ppl I've met here speak of Revo in reverential tones which I find kind of lol

Yeah haha, during my last visit to Chicago (about a year ago) people were freaking about this kid brewer at one of the RAM locations.

I never found CBS anywhere in bottles sadly but did find two new beer stores that are both kind of amazing.

Revolution just started showing up here, only a couple IPAs at first but I’m starting to see more and haven’t had any yet.

revolution cans sit and sit and sit in mass now

I got a 6 pack of Sorachi Ace at Giant today for $11 - I think they forgot to update the price tag on "BKYN SSNL"

xxp my dad found it back home, they put a 1 per customer limit on it which is so funny

Yes, the entire rev deep wood series in cans this year is incredible.

Got a bottle of epic big bad baptista

whole foods bar has CBS on tap. set my soup supplies down and had a half-pour. I certainly enjoy the maple sweetness compared to KBS. hard to say if I like it more than backwoods in the founders lineup.

and no judgement here, but it always surprises me how a bar set in the middle of whole foods deli can actually transform into a "bar" bar. there are people there to drink beer, watch football, fuss over whether or not to get food, etc. I've gotten a beer there twice, and both times I was the only one with a basket of vegetables, grabbing a quick beer while grocery shopping.

I’ve had more beers at the Whole Foods bar in my new town than all other places combined. Hang out with kid, get him some pasta salad, have a beer.

that's a nice idea! A bit amazed by the whole foods bar selection.

The Whole Foods bar thing needs its own thread. It’s so weird to navigate.

I got La Chouffe tonight. Because Happy Holidays.

Anyone ITT near Philly?

a friend of mine bartends at the whole foods near me. he worked in regular bars for a like a decade and while he thinks the "whole foods bar scene" is ridiculous and absurd (what sufjan mentioned -- people actually going there to hang out vs getting a beer while shopping or getting a quick bite) he really loves the pace and the hours. he gets off work at 9:30pm as opposed to 3am or 4am.

xp Mordy iirc

ayo Mordy...

Yo what’s up?

i go to a whole foods very often

its convenient, has everything i need and the beer guy knows me and lets me buy more than the min of limited qty beers before theyre even out in the shelf

it beats driving to more than one place

xp: does your ILX mail work?

Sadly no - ill webmail you my email addy

Whole Foods are among the finest bars.

there are many reasons to hate on WF, but the stores are really well thought-out in my experience

you sure pay for that, though

BA Ten Fidy is very nice. One perk of being removed from the popular white whale beers of Chicago is that others have become seemingly easier to find? Never had this stuff there, it disappeared too fast.

More BCBS data: still sitting at local stores, including easy targets like Binny's. I'm assuming they just must have made a shit ton of it this year.

I’ve only looked one additional place, Lakeview Whole Foods and they were out! Maybe I should just move to the burbs.

A friend from Chicago came to visit over the weekend and brought me 16-17 barleywines and 17 regular. He said it was still easily available in his home burbs, SW side Oak Lawn/Lemont/etc.

going to drink my bcbs then, I guess

do you guys paper bag it on the nj transit?

I think it’s weird they let people get “lit up” on the train to borrow a cherished phrase from my brother

(Mordy, if you sent webmail I didn't get it... but then again, I have no idea what email account is attached to my ILX login haha).

just email me at mms531 at nyu dot edu

i had an amazing beer from tired hands tnite -

Rust & Decay II:
Blended Pennsylvania Sour Brown Ale. 6.9% A blend of oak fermented beers from a dizzying array of wine and spirit barrels, balanced by a small portion of fresh, stainless fermented beer. Naturally carbonated in the keg by refermentation. Surrender to decay.

so good.

Damn... I was hoping to hit you up before you hit TH, but email sent regardless.

Here's the NEIPA Tropical Gravy Train story instead of the link... pic.twitter.com/suhMonUZj6

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Tonight’s modest haul.
Blood Orange first - don’t taste it at all but it’s passable for a Thursday.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRnVqv-W0AIPVxM.jpg

Kern rivers winter dipa is v dece

O.H.S.O. Boom! Dynamite IPA is really juicy and absolutely hitting the spot atm.

There's a little brewery that opened in Portsmouth, R.I. this year — Ragged Island. Their Five Tsar is honestly one of the best stouts I've ever had. Hopefully they'll get some distribution soon.

I am sure I've said this before but I love coming to visit my parents in rural MI because I can find all the rare Bells and Founders beers that sell so quick in the city. Black Note, Whiskey Barrel Cherry Stout, and CBS, all since Xmas day. Unfortunately, pricing has caught up with urban areas.

Seeing as I am currently about a mile from you, where are you finding these?

Platform cherry donut pie gose
Like drinking an alcoholic donut with sprinkles