Beer in the new era

Of that list I've only had 5 beers from Brassneck & Parallel 49 and all were fair to below-average in my opinion (including the Changeling Raspberry which always seems to be on-tap at the Alibi Room).

I did find a raw bar in Kits that had Cantillon Iris on tap which made me forget all the mediocre local brews.

brassneck changes their beers like almost every week

i go there often

they bring back the raspberry changeling because it's so popular though

if i rate them against us beers, i think they're all pretty average though

i find that the popular beers are all bad weirdly enough

so i have to pick wisely or just keep going back til i find the right one

but ya, check out postmark, but i can't see a huge difference between postmark and brassneck

p49 has a huge selection tho

I visited Brassneck for the first time recently and tried 8 beers (2 flights of 4) and while they were all enjoyable to some degree, there wasn't one that I would take the trouble to go back for.

For me the most consistently good brewery around here is Dageraad, but that may just be because I love Belgian(-style) beer. Their Lake City Farmhouse is back on the market now and it is delicious stuff.

Another favourite is Four Winds, but while they hit some high highs they have also had numerous duds or average beers. Many of their special releases have been excellent... That said, the most recent one, "Meli", was pretty bad. They have good food at their tasting room.

Other worthwhile breweries in the region: Steel and Oak, Twin Sails (right next door to Yellow Dog), Strange Fellows.

Worst I've experienced in the area is Fuggles and Warlock. I've tried 7 or 8 of their beers and they were all disgusting except for the Yuzu Berliner Weisse which was at least drinkable.

Oh and Field House is worthwhile too but further afield.

Thanks for the recs

Out of the 12 i went to, the ones I didn’t mention all had disgusting beers

Way way upthread and a couple years ago I expressed my love for a particular four winds beer

Dageraad and strange fellows are two I’ll be going to next, actually

Also i should probably say again that I don’t think these are my favourite beers of all time, just the best ones in Vancouver, which I don’t know, i feel like it doesn’t do beers too well. I’m very disappointed so my search continues because I’ll be in this city for at least a couple more years

That and i keep drinking them because i like beer in general

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My search continues too. I like trying the local stuff and supporting the local breweries. I don't often have anything that's outright bad, but it's rare to find something outstanding, and it frequently seems to be the case that my favourites are brewed once and then disappear.

When I drink something like Saison Dupont, as I did last night, I think to myself I should just drink this all the time because it's so much better (and often cheaper) than the dizzying variety of average beers I sample. But curiosity and hope keep me going I suppose!

Re: supporting local, the Washington Beer Lovers' (WABL) passport has been a good excuse to visit new breweries and revisit others. 20 breweries visited gets you a hat, pint glass / opener, growler, or whatever item they annually put out. 50 breweries gets a free membership renewal ($30) which includes a t-shirt. Plus discounts. Pretty simple to get 50 just by checking out one or two new ones a week in the Seattle area. After a few years of hitting 50 fairly easily, relaxing into prioritizing the favorites.

Fun to trade recommendations with friends, re: the great ones. Having so many good ones in the area, the bar is raised for the ones you'd make an effort to visit. Also makes for a good weekend trip, hitting a concentration in a different city (Bellingham, Olympia, Vancouver in the South, etc.) or sidetrips when crossing the Cascades.

Top 5 is always open to finding a new standout, but would rate Georgetown, Reuben's, Skookum, Triplehorn, and Bale Breaker as my current.

https://i.imgur.com/QioXAQh.jpg

You guys are getting too high brow for me, taking it down a notch

Bought these two beauties in Tokyo tonight

The strong zero tastes like grape scented windshield wiper fluid - truly awful. Aftertaste is horrid. Alcohol presence at 9% is less noticeable than expected. Not as sweet as grape mad dog or other cheap crap

The suntory “craft” pale ale tastes like a flat, soapy Harp

Good times await

In Tokyo, I recommend avoiding Japanese beer (with a few exceptions) and drinking easily accessible Belgian lambic/gueuze from depachika, specialty liquor stores or even Amazon.co.jp (who can deliver to your hotel):

https://www.amazon.co.jp/s/?ref=nb_sb_noss_1%3F__mk_ja_JP%3D%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A%E3%82%AB%E3%83%B3%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A8%E3%83%B3

Never ceases to amaze me how Japan is almost as cheap for Belgian beer as in Belgium.

Belgian beer is preferable to any craft beer anywhere in the world

I see some breweries try to copy a belgian ale

I try them and I’m like uh not even close and when they are they’re pricey enough that i might as well get the original stuff

i found a three musketeers gose in my fridge and was all "why do i have a gose, i hate gose", and then i drank it and i was all "why did i think i hated gose"

https://www.porchdrinking.com/articles/2018/08/24/surly-brewing-announces-2018-darkness-variants-revamped-darkness-day/

I gotta say, making this into a camping fest absolutely turns me off, although I can see the appeal for some people. Last year was my first Darkness day and I had a lot of fun, but part of that was it being a good afternoon out with food, beer, and a few bands, and that was it. Moving it out of the cities and making it a weekend sounds like work.

(And getting the namesake product, at least the regular stuff, is easy. I saw it for sale last week. Given the easy availability of all other Surly variants, I can't imagine them being any different in the months following the big party.)

that's gonna be a shitshow

I know this probably has a very limited interest, but Blue Owl Dapper Devil sour raspberry Belgian-style strong ale has a great, intense flavor, and is indeed very strong. I'm quite drunk after about 440/660 ml.

That sounds good actually

Really dig any citrus/fruit sours

Pour one for me brah

recents:
Duclaw gose o’s
Duclaw blueberry cream
Industrial arts week 104
Interboro summertime rolls (couldn’t resist the jane’s Reference)

xp

It would really thrill me if these guys manage to get done kind of national reach. They are truly excellent.

As far as national brands go, how do we feel about Dogfish Head?

I’ve only had indian brown and wasn’t too thrilled about it

Dogfish meh

I really like their Sea Quench Ale. And I'm curious about the Flesh & Blood IPA, and the Lupu-Luau IPA.

As far as national brands go, how do we feel about Dogfish Head?

― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, September 9, 2018 12:20 PM (three hours ago)

Once upon a time 60-minute (& 90-minute, and maybe even 120-minute) were among the best in their style. Feels like 2 decades ago, even though it's been half of that.

they made some very good beers but there are few things i’m less interested in than national craft brands and the random shit they throw against the wall these days.

attn call all destroyer

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✅ IPA 6.2%
✅ Pils a German style Pilsner
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— CBC Fort Point (@cbc_fortpoint) September 11, 2018

2015? lol hope that's a typo

sweet, i will keep an eye out for those.

xp their website clarifies "Taste why Ratebeer.com named us one of the Top Ten Best New Brewers in the World in 2015."

…or maybe not? I dunno. their product is great.

also wtf I haven't seen brut squad in cans anywhere here and I live three blocks from the damn tap room

Ah, didn't click through to see it was a distro expansion, thought it was just a brewery still coasting on a 3-year old top 10 ranking.

Have you been to Barrel Theory yet? I've running about 50/50 on things I've loved/hated from them.

sadly no. I mostly hit Fair State, Dangerous Man, and Sociable Cider when I have the time/inclination for drinks these days. St Paul might as well be on another planet.

Platform orange blossom
Can almost taste the donuts

gram parsons-cracker notes

I like beer. Beer, beer, beer.

Anyways, Zwanze Day tomorrow: anything interesting going on for the lambic quaffers?

Platform (heart emoji)

This story is really something in this day and age (in LA of all places!):

https://www.gofundme.com/women039s-beer-forum

eh is it? craft beer attracts scumbags.

Yeah not really surprised?

“Career plaintiff “ is a job I’d never heard of before today

That in itself tells you how common these people are in California

https://grimmales.com/beer/lucky-cloud/

Smells like 20 year old lemon pledge

i finally had some Bell's Two Hearted, on draft, and.. kool_ade_man.gif

Narragansett limited edition 1975 16 oz can
Color me excited

Bell’s Kalamazoo Stout is a good example of adding a subtle amount of hops but preserving the things people like in a style.

i finally had some Bell's Two Hearted, on draft, and.. kool_ade_man.gif
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, November 4, 2018 5:53 PM (one week ago)

i think if i had to pick just one ale to drink for the rest of life i might pick this

I live an hour from Bells and Two Hearted is probably the standard beer, in that I could walk into any bar or sports venue within a couple hundred miles and find it on tap, and the only time I ever order it is when I'm in a place that has like bud, bud light, coors, coors light, and two hearted on tap. Which is sad because it's good and I take it for granted.

Bent Paddle Harness rye-pa is like a rye synthesis of Two Hearted. I don't know the hops used but Centennial has to be in there. It's a seasonal I've truly looked forward to.

fun little story from my neck of the woods:

https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/11/trillium-brewing-co-is-being-raked-over-the-coals.html