Beer Thread

mjk73 · Dec 05, 2011, 12:18 PM

Quote from: Jaimoe on Dec 05, 2011, 11:10 AM
Quote from: MMJ_fanatic on Dec 04, 2011, 02:21 PM
Redpatoka sea: you a New Englanda? I see you have a Magic Hat glass there...

Currently drinking this master piece though I think all their stuff is tippety top notch:

I've only had this Quebec strong beer a few times, but not in about 10 years. I might have to re-invest and pick up a six-pack.

If you like less hoppier and dark go with Tres Pistoles or Maudite

Jaimoe · Dec 05, 2011, 12:38 PM

Quote from: mjk73 on Dec 05, 2011, 12:18 PM
Quote from: Jaimoe on Dec 05, 2011, 11:10 AM
Quote from: MMJ_fanatic on Dec 04, 2011, 02:21 PM
Redpatoka sea: you a New Englanda? I see you have a Magic Hat glass there...

Currently drinking this master piece though I think all their stuff is tippety top notch:

I've only had this Quebec strong beer a few times, but not in about 10 years. I might have to re-invest and pick up a six-pack.
If you like less hoppier and dark go with Tres Pistoles or Maudite

I'm a hop-head, so I'll get this. I've had Maudite before, but that was back in my domestic-loving days. I'm a craft beer guy now along with DAB, 1664 and a few other Euro imports.

aMillionDreams · Dec 05, 2011, 02:42 PM

Quote from: StaggerLee on Dec 05, 2011, 11:02 AM
Heres a winner. Kinda tough to find but worth it for sure.

I had some at a beer festival I went to this weekend. Good stuff for sure!

This is one was my favorite of the night:

StaggerLee · Dec 07, 2011, 12:23 PM

Heres a must have for the holiday season. Tread lightly, it packs a punch.

walterfredo · Dec 07, 2011, 07:40 PM

Quote from: StaggerLee on Dec 07, 2011, 12:23 PM
Heres a must have for the holiday season. Tread lightly, it packs a punch.

I had this last year and it was great. I got in a drunken secret Santa beer exchange.

If anyone on here wants to do one for this site I'd be interested.

StaggerLee · Dec 08, 2011, 12:32 PM

Quote from: walterfredo on Dec 07, 2011, 07:40 PM
Quote from: StaggerLee on Dec 07, 2011, 12:23 PM
Heres a must have for the holiday season. Tread lightly, it packs a punch.

I had this last year and it was great. I got in a drunken secret Santa beer exchange.

If anyone on here wants to do one for this site I'd be interested.

Sounds like an awesome idea!

capt. scotty · Dec 08, 2011, 03:51 PM

Quote from: StaggerLee on Dec 07, 2011, 12:23 PM
Heres a must have for the holiday season. Tread lightly, it packs a punch.

I havent had this for a few years, but I didnt like it back then. So thick and coffee flavor it felt like I had to eat thru it. Maybe I'll revisit this winter.

peafunk31 · Dec 08, 2011, 08:32 PM

Quote from: capt. scotty on Dec 08, 2011, 03:51 PM
Quote from: StaggerLee on Dec 07, 2011, 12:23 PM
Heres a must have for the holiday season. Tread lightly, it packs a punch.

I havent had this for a few years, but I didnt like it back then. So thick and coffee flavor it felt like I had to eat thru it. Maybe I'll revisit this winter.

This statement confuses me. It makes it sound like you've never had beer tofu. c'mon homey ::)

http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=8462.0

NoVa_NoLa · Dec 09, 2011, 11:33 AM

Gosh, I miss Troeg's...I think they're in the midwest, too. Good stuff.

Went out to San Fran for the show at the Civic and was able to make a side trip to Lagunitas.

:)

They had a Hop Stoopid Sucks on cask which was tasty, but a little weird. I think I primarily had the regular Sucks b/c I wanted to get in as much as I could before leaving. Not the smartest idea for a 7.85 ABV beer. :embarassed: Fun times in the bar/restaurant there, though...spent waaaaay too much on Lagunitas stuff in the store.

The best purchase though was a 6-pack of Lagunitas Sucks which I was able to pack in my luggage to bring back with me. This is a "replacement" beer for the Brown Shugga which is usually out now...but due to limited capacity, was not brewed this year. Sucks is a really good beer...I think they may be stuck brewing this again next year. ;)

ALady · Dec 09, 2011, 06:16 PM

Quote from: NoVa_NoLa on Dec 09, 2011, 11:33 AM
Gosh, I miss Troeg's...I think they're in the midwest, too. Good stuff.

Only as far west as Ohio, unfortunately. :'(

No Brown Shugga this year?? What the...

YouAre_GivenToFly · Dec 19, 2011, 01:59 PM

I saved a bottle of the 2010 to compare to this years. I LOVED it last year.

StaggerLee · Dec 19, 2011, 03:24 PM

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Just got a few of these in an amazing mix case form a beer exchange. Excited to try it. I will be posting pics of some of the others in the case as i work my way through it! Love this thread by the way!

NoVa_NoLa · Dec 22, 2011, 03:21 PM

JUst checked the Bell's page and Hopslam is set for a January release...more details to come

http://bellsbeer.com/

YouAre_GivenToFly · Dec 22, 2011, 03:39 PM

Quote from: StaggerLee on Dec 07, 2011, 12:23 PM
Heres a must have for the holiday season. Tread lightly, it packs a punch.

Last Christmas I had some time to kill in the city before I headed into the company party. I stopped in at a nearby bar and ordered a Mad Elf, having never heard of it before. I drank 3 of them in about a half hour on an empty stomach. I realized I was kind of drunk walking the block to the party. :D

mjk73 · Dec 30, 2011, 08:36 PM

4 pack of the 2011 Bourbon County Stout sitting in my cellar. It might get consumed tomorrow.

NoVa_NoLa · Jan 05, 2012, 11:06 AM

I'm starting to see Hopslam tapping info on Twitter...it's shipping now to certain markets and will be delivered to all markets during January and February.

12.30.2011
To our Hopslam customers:

Recently, Bell's issued a press release announcing "release dates" for our Hopslam Ale. Although posted in good faith, the Hopslam press release had some erroneous information. Because of the potential impact of our expansion-related construction & the holiday season on our brewing schedule, we had initially created a relatively conservative release program that focused on a set of specific roll-out dates. Fortunately, we haven't experienced many of the timing conflicts that we had anticipated in the brewing schedule, and we're reasonably close to matching the release calendar of prior years. Unfortunately, the newly updated & finalized roll-out timing wasn't passed on to everyone during all the activity here at the brewery, and I only realized the error after we published the release dates from the previous plan.

There will be no hard and fast dates for the release of Hopslam in 2012, but rather, it will be released on a market by market basis as has been our policy in the past. Because this brand has gotten so large for us, and given the production time to make it, this year the total time of release will stretch over a two month period, meaning that some markets will have product well ahead of other markets. And, in fact, some retailers in a given market may receive product before other retailers. We are well aware of the "fairness" issues involved in this process of distribution. However, I believe that this will be our best option.

If we were to attempt to have Hopslam released on the same day for all of our customers, then we would have to require our wholesaler partners to inventory the beer, some for up to five weeks, before they could ship it to the retail market. I found this option unacceptable as I believe that Hopslam should be consumed as fresh as possible. While this option would be fairer to our wholesalers and retailers, it would mean sacrificing quality in the name of politics. And in the end, Bell's tries to deliver quality.

All of our wholesalers will receive Hopslam this year. When they get it depends upon the size of their order, our availability and the individual trucking schedules for each wholesaler. Shipping is NOT based on favorability. We will do the best we can to satisfy everyone, all we ask is patience on your part while we brew, package and ship this wonderful ale, while in the meantime try to keep up with our other production. Currently we only have so much fermenter space for dry-hopped ales and we need to keep up our Two Hearted brewing. We are brewing over 5000 barrels of Hopslam this year and it takes us awhile to get all that brewing and dry-hopping done.

I apologize for the false information given out earlier. The breakdown in communication lies with me and I am solely responsible for the error. Hopslam will start shipping next week to some of our smaller wholesalers, and shipping will continue through January and February. Thank you for your consideration and understanding of this issue.

walterfredo · Jan 05, 2012, 11:17 AM

I consumed copious amounts of amazing brews over the holidays. I'm a big fan of the stouts, imperial stouts, barrel aged stuff, etc. Some of my favs I've had over the past few weeks...

Hawkeye · Jan 05, 2012, 11:24 AM

I don't recall where there's an "other booze" thread or anything like that, so I'll put this here...

Anyone had this yet? It may be hard to get outside of Iowa. Picked up two bottles over Christmas. Sooo smooth, slightly sweet. May not be for everyone, but apparently it was Capone's whiskey of choice.

Apparently it's not made in Iowa anymore :(

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Templeton_Rye

YouAre_GivenToFly · Jan 05, 2012, 11:36 AM

Had a few of these last night. Really good beer to drink in January when it is snowing outside.

mjk73 · Jan 05, 2012, 01:22 PM

Quote from: walterfredo on Jan 05, 2012, 11:17 AM
I consumed copious amounts of amazing brews over the holidays. I'm a big fan of the stouts, imperial stouts, barrel aged stuff, etc. Some of my favs I've had over the past few weeks...

I thought BORIS was awful. I couldn't finish more then 2 sips. Backwoods Bastard on the other hand is glorious. If you can get your hands on this year's Bourbon County from Goose Island, it is spectacular.