Beer in the new era

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Sadly no - ill webmail you my email addy

Mordy, Monday, 18 December 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link

Whole Foods are among the finest bars.

Jeff, Monday, 18 December 2017 18:32 (six years ago) link

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

mh, Monday, 18 December 2017 19:24 (six years ago) link

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.

I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 18 December 2017 21:58 (six years ago) link

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.

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 December 2017 22:16 (six years ago) link

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

Jeff, Monday, 18 December 2017 22:18 (six years ago) link

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.

I want to change my display name (dan m), Monday, 18 December 2017 22:36 (six years ago) link

going to drink my bcbs then, I guess

mh, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 01:27 (six years ago) link

do you guys paper bag it on the nj transit?

treeship 2, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 01:29 (six years ago) link

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

treeship 2, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 01:30 (six years ago) link

(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).

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 02:19 (six years ago) link

just email me at mms531 at nyu dot edu

Mordy, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 02:49 (six years ago) link

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.

Mordy, Tuesday, 19 December 2017 02:50 (six years ago) link

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

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 19 December 2017 03:48 (six years ago) link

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

— Mark Dredge (@markdredge) December 21, 2017

I want to change my display name (dan m), Thursday, 21 December 2017 14:04 (six years ago) link

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

calstars, Friday, 22 December 2017 01:46 (six years ago) link

Kern rivers winter dipa is v dece

infinity (∞), Friday, 22 December 2017 03:27 (six years ago) link

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

El Tomboto, Sunday, 24 December 2017 23:13 (six years ago) link

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.

Jazzbo, Wednesday, 27 December 2017 17:20 (six years ago) link

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.

I want to change my display name (dan m), Thursday, 28 December 2017 23:05 (six years ago) link

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

joygoat, Friday, 29 December 2017 01:07 (six years ago) link

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

calstars, Sunday, 31 December 2017 19:30 (six years ago) link

I drank a roughly seven year old Pipeworks Imperial Porter tonight and it was super good! Still fizzy, not a hint of sourness.

I want to change my display name (dan m), Saturday, 6 January 2018 03:22 (six years ago) link

Almost ordered a bud light

infinity (∞), Saturday, 13 January 2018 01:42 (six years ago) link

Rejected David Crosby line? "...but I didn't, and I wonder why..."

nickn, Saturday, 13 January 2018 18:47 (six years ago) link

Ha

Possibly

Because the eagle rock populist ipa i got was just okay — on tap though so marginally better than the canned/bottled stuff

infinity (∞), Saturday, 13 January 2018 19:10 (six years ago) link

A couple weeks ago I had a bottle of Miller Lite at a bar by my in laws place while waiting for carry out pizza and the place smelled of snowmobile exhaust and the Packers Lions game was on and it was sublime.

joygoat, Saturday, 13 January 2018 21:48 (six years ago) link

Nice

infinity (∞), Saturday, 13 January 2018 22:18 (six years ago) link

rye pale ale by VAULT brewing company -- pretty good. really mild, low gravity and crisp with a nice rye "bite."

treeship 2, Saturday, 13 January 2018 22:55 (six years ago) link

I like Eagle Rock's sours, and their Red Velvet, an 11% abv red ale with rye.

nickn, Sunday, 14 January 2018 00:07 (six years ago) link

“Can I get a 4 oz of the Unicorn Vomit?” is a thing people say now

(It was very tasty)

El Tomboto, Sunday, 14 January 2018 17:23 (six years ago) link

I could never drink somehing called that

treeship 2, Sunday, 14 January 2018 17:24 (six years ago) link

Naming not quite up to the admittedly high standards of race horses

June Pointer’s Valentine’s Day Secret Admirer Note Author (calstars), Sunday, 14 January 2018 18:49 (six years ago) link

i want to drink a stout that's called the black stallion

infinity (∞), Sunday, 14 January 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link

Bronx pale ale, middle of the road. Why is there caramel up in this shit?

June Pointer’s Valentine’s Day Secret Admirer Note Author (calstars), Sunday, 14 January 2018 20:28 (six years ago) link

two weeks pass...

what other beers are similar to Sixpoint Brewery's Tesla?

mh, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 20:30 (six years ago) link

(the tried and true "read beeradvocate" route is giving me a list including a few I've had that don't taste like it at all)

mh, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 20:32 (six years ago) link

Hoppy wheat lagers seem pretty niche/narrow and no idea what market you're in but:
August Schell Hoppy Wheat Lager
Jack's Abby Leisure Time
Jack's Abby Hoponius Union

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 21:35 (six years ago) link

thanks!

mh, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 21:39 (six years ago) link

Is Tesla a wheat beer? Their site didn't mention it.

nickn, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link

1st line of 2P:

The brew is an energetically hopped lager with a notable wheat component.

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 23:21 (six years ago) link

Ah, I only looked at the Sixpoint site, whose small blurb doesn't mention it. http://sixpoint.com/beers/tesla/

nickn, Tuesday, 30 January 2018 23:28 (six years ago) link

weird: http://sixpoint.com/blog/sixpoint-tesla/

Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 30 January 2018 23:42 (six years ago) link

they have a keg of it at one of the local spots with a hundred taps or w/e

mh, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 00:09 (six years ago) link

Lolling a little reading reviews of Surly's barrel aged Darkness that mention "bourbon" despite the fact the bottles clearly state the beer was aged in rye barrels.

I want to change my display name (dan m), Thursday, 8 February 2018 17:48 (six years ago) link

Prolly the same people who describe beers as "boozy."

Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 8 February 2018 17:49 (six years ago) link

What are some good beer bars in Manhattan/Brooklyn? Places with lots of local/regional stuff on tap. Good food would be a plus too.

Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Friday, 9 February 2018 08:36 (six years ago) link

The Pony, Tørst. I haven't been many places.

Jeff, Friday, 9 February 2018 11:25 (six years ago) link

I also don't recall if they have food. I'm no help!

Jeff, Friday, 9 February 2018 11:26 (six years ago) link

Torst has a good selection - I had some great sours there - but the lack of windows makes me feel like I’m in someone’s basement. Gets really crowded too.

Also In Bk I can recommend the Hop Shop, on Columbia St just north of red hook. Relatively new, good selection of drafts and cans, and not packed due to it’s relatively inaccessible via subway.

Bar Great Harry in Carroll gardens has a huge selection, double sided small print menu, including some exclusives from other half I believe. Gets crowded but a nice small space.

Brouwerij Lane in greenpoint has tall refrigerators full of cans that you can drink on the spot with a $1 glass fee. Also a good selection on draft. Very small place.

calstars, Friday, 9 February 2018 12:12 (six years ago) link


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