Author Topic: The Beer Thread: Mach 2 (Read 99357 times)

Sigz · « **Reply #595 on:** January 15, 2011, 07:33:42 AM »

Picked up a 70 cl bottle of Leffe Brune (Brown) today. I've only ever had the blonde before, but it's one of my favorite belgian beers so I'm really psyched to try it out.

Sigz · « **Reply #596 on:** January 15, 2011, 09:17:48 AM »

Whelp, I definitely approve of that beer.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #597 on:** January 16, 2011, 02:05:37 PM »

Almost all set to go on the homebrewing front, except the stupid supply store mailed me a one ounce bag of hops instead of a half pound bag. My replacement better be here in time for Friday night's brewing

Saturday I'll be doing a daylong trip into PA with my cousin to buy some beer and visit Monk's Cafe for a late lunch. I'll be cracking a 750 if Ithaca's 12th Anniversary quad for the Jets game today, hopefully it won't be blended with my tears by the end

King Postwhore · « **Reply #598 on:** January 17, 2011, 07:58:25 AM »

I've always read of Monk's Cafe. You must give us your review Bill.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #599 on:** January 19, 2011, 11:27:59 PM »

Well, brewday is gonna be delayed at least through the weekend due to my hops not getting here in time. Still set to go to PA on Saturday though, and possibly meet PLM for a beer at Monk's.

Oh, and my Ithaca Twelve was tear free and awesome on Sunday

Sigz · « **Reply #600 on:** January 22, 2011, 12:10:34 PM »

Trying a Well's Banana Bread Beer right now; it's really interesting. The banana is really light, almost citrusy. It works really well.

Also, have a Brewdog Punk IPA in the fridge for tomorrow night

King Postwhore · « **Reply #601 on:** January 22, 2011, 06:16:18 PM »

Went to a soup shop tonight and the wife and I shared a Dogfish Head Chickory Stout. Man they make great beers.

veronica · « **Reply #602 on:** January 23, 2011, 08:52:27 AM »

Found that our cellar is the perfect temperature to bottom ferment something in right now, and the weather is supposed to be exactly like this for over a week, so late last evening we decided to brew a bayer today in addition to the planned bitter-brewing. Oh yeaaah.
The name of our bitter will be "The World's About To End". Points for reference

bout to crash · « **Reply #603 on:** January 23, 2011, 07:44:23 PM »

I've tried a lot since I last posted in here, such as everything at Port 44 in Newark, NJ (get yo ass over there, Bill). My two favorites were Devil's Red and the stout (forget the name) but most of them were good. The only one I didn't dig was the pomegranate wheat, too sweet. But even the Goldfinch ale was yummy (I was expecting more boring), and I'm usually not a wheat fan but that one was good too. We went back for the new scotch ale they just put on tap Tuesday, and that was pretty good (I only tried it because I'm not usually into those but Tony really liked it).

Tonight I got to have the Wynkoop's Mile HiPA, which was even better than the last time they had it on tap. I even took a growler home

God, the smell is just so good.

I'm pissed though, I got some beers in Jersey City that I forgot to bring to Tony's parents' place (including that coffee Terrapin stuff) so now I'm not sure if they'll be good when I go back that way. May have to convince him to mail them.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #604 on:** January 23, 2011, 09:22:41 PM »

So my weekend started with a trip into NYC to do an in person trade over lunch on Thursday. Left with a couple bottles each of Boulevard Brewing's quad aged on cherries in bourbon barrels and brettanomyces infused saison, as well as a year old bottle of Deschutes cocoa nib/coffee infused bourbon barrel aged porter. Friday was a brewday, and I have a massive double IPA happily fermenting away as we speak. Saturday was a day long roadtrip into Pennsylvania with my cousin. We hit up a distributor for a case of Hopslam (fucking delicious once a year release from Bell's), then a rare PA bottle shop where I got a 3.5 year old wild ale from Ommegang among other treats (could have spent way more money, but ended up behaving myself because the place was way overpriced). Final stop was a well known Belgian beer bar in downtown Philly that was a pretty cool visit. We then headed home and to the Cloverleaf for dinner. In my stupidity I lost my MBA card, so I'll have to choke down a Palm and Stella Artois again at some point in the future. I started off with a tasty Weihenstephaner hefe, before choking down a severely skunked Pilsner Urquell. Sam Smith's Nut Brown Ale was a nice accompaniment for dinner before capping my night with another glass of *delicious* Rodenbach Grand Cru. Tonight was a bottle of Southampton's quad for the Jets game (

) and now some Hopslam to try and numb the pain.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #605 on:** January 26, 2011, 07:49:37 PM »

Monday night a took a trip to a Belgian beer bar in NYC for a special Brooklyn night. I had on tap Brooklyn Blast (Double IPA), Dark Matter (bourbon barrel aged brown ale), 2007 Monster Ale, and 2007 Black Chocolate Stout. In addition, Garrett Oliver and some other people from the brewery showed up and started pouring what they call "ghost bottles", stuff that was bottled but never made available for purchase. They poured bottles of the original 2006 test batch of Local 1, Local 1 aged on Riesling lees (what's left behind in the barrels after wine is made), Wild 1 (wild, bourbon barrel aged Local 1), and bottles of a new collaboration with an Italian brewery. They also had bottles of 1997(!) Black Chocolate Stout, but they brewery staff basically hoarded them for themselves

I came home and, despite being pretty drunk cracked a 12% maple bourbon barrel aged barleywine. Founders Nemesis 2009, despite being a year old, is still a bit boozy.

Last night I cracked a bottle of Hopslam when I got home from work (absolutely delicious) and then after dinner a bomber of Terrapin's Hoptaneous Combustion. It's a smoked double IPA and a fairly unique brew. They almost pulled it off, but the smoky finish blots out a bit too much of the hop flavor.

5 days after brewing my Double IPA has just about finished fermenting out. A couple more days and I'll be ready to add in the dry hops

King Postwhore · « **Reply #606 on:** January 26, 2011, 07:57:44 PM »

Wild 1 (wild, bourbon barrel aged Local 1)

*Homer drools*

axeman90210 · « **Reply #607 on:** January 26, 2011, 08:50:04 PM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on January 26, 2011, 07:57:44 PM

Wild 1 (wild, bourbon barrel aged Local 1) *Homer drools*

Yeah, pretty much. Fingers are crossed for a commercial release of that one later this year

bout to crash · « **Reply #608 on:** January 26, 2011, 09:55:03 PM »

Wynkoop Mile HI.P.A.

Tastes better every time I drink it.

And more cannabis-like.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #609 on:** January 29, 2011, 02:33:55 PM »

just got back from Southampton's Russian Imperial Stout release party. My cousin and I got up at 4am to drive out to Long Island and get on line. We got out allotments of bottles (I ended up with some of my cousin's bottles as well) plus a signed copy of the Southampton brewmaster's book on Farmhouse Ales, and then sat down in the dining room for lunch and a few rounds. All in all a very smooth release party with lots of good beer, and they even got us complimentary snifters commemorating the day. Now it's time for a nap

axeman90210 · « **Reply #610 on:** January 31, 2011, 10:34:59 PM »

started tonight by dumping almost half a pound of hops into my double IPA for some dry hopping. Kicked off drinking with some Hopslam, before cracking a bottle of Deschuted Black Butte XXI. It's an imperial, 11% version of their regular Black Butte porter, infused with coffee and cocoa nibs and partially aged in bourbon barrels. They've released it as an anniversary beer starting with Black Butte XX is 2008, and the XXI is drinking incredibly right now. One of the best beers I've had in a good while.

bout to crash · « **Reply #611 on:** February 01, 2011, 12:21:39 AM »

Sweet! I remember trying the Black Butte, last year I think it was.

I just tried Rogue's Yellow Snow IPA, which started out more yummy than I expected but got a little more... boring as time went on.

And now I'm finally drinking the Founder's Nemesis 2010 I've had since September and wooooo. I have trouble with barleywines but it's pretty good. Not as strong as I expected for 12% but still strong.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #612 on:** February 01, 2011, 07:02:22 AM »

Yeah I really liked Founders 2010 Nemesis (2009 not so much, at least yet). I had to go back to my reviews to check though, because Sierra Nevada released one of their 30th anniversary beers that was a black barleywine at the same time and I always get the two confused. Funny enough, the SN brew ended up with a slightly higher score even though I thought the Founders one tasted better, just because Sierra's scored a bit higher for things like look and mouthfeel.

bout to crash · « **Reply #613 on:** February 01, 2011, 02:07:51 PM »

Hmm, I wonder if that was the one they were serving at the Wynkoop Parade of Darks. I can't keep track of all this shit

Sigz · « **Reply #614 on:** February 01, 2011, 02:09:21 PM »

So in planning my travels for this easter break, I found a bar in Brussels that serves 2000 different beers.

Not just buckets, but casks were come.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #615 on:** February 01, 2011, 05:18:33 PM »

Quote from: Sigz on February 01, 2011, 02:09:21 PM

So in planning my travels for this easter break, I found a bar in Brussels that serves 2000 different beers.

Not just buckets, but casks were come.

Is that some of the pics you friends posted of you on FB? 2000 beers. *Mind Blown*

bout to crash · « **Reply #616 on:** February 02, 2011, 10:25:01 PM »

Picked up some Odell Cutthroat Porter, which was my favorite at the factory last year. Hadn't had it in a while and just read it was voted one of the best CO beers from a local magazine so decided to pick some up

EPICVIEW · « **Reply #617 on:** February 03, 2011, 01:04:26 PM »

I had a really good beer the other weekend..I think its called Paulener.. very good German beer

Sigz · « **Reply #618 on:** February 03, 2011, 01:05:15 PM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on February 01, 2011, 05:18:33 PM

Quote from: Sigz on February 01, 2011, 02:09:21 PM
So in planning my travels for this easter break, I found a bar in Brussels that serves 2000 different beers.

Not just buckets, but casks were come.

Is that some of the pics you friends posted of you on FB? 2000 beers. *Mind Blown*

No, that was from Amsterdam. But yeah, 2000 beers.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #619 on:** February 04, 2011, 11:05:31 PM »

no beer for me tonight, but last night I had some more Hopslam and then a bottle of a beer called Van Twee. It's a collaboration between Bell's brewery and de Proef (a Belgian brewer). They brewed a dark hybrid of a porter/dubbel and added a ton of sour cherry juice and fermented it with brettanomyces. Incredibly tasty beer

axeman90210 · « **Reply #620 on:** February 06, 2011, 03:32:35 PM »

What's everyone drinking tonight for the Super Bowl? It's gonna be a steady diet of Hopslam for me

Sigz · « **Reply #621 on:** February 06, 2011, 06:06:42 PM »

After I finish this Stella Artois

it's on to Jameson for me.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #622 on:** February 06, 2011, 06:22:54 PM »

Finnished a few Smuttynose from a mixed 12 pack.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #623 on:** February 20, 2011, 07:56:34 AM »

BUMP

Not going to recap all my recent drinking adventures, but Tuesday night I went into Brooklyn as I had won invites for me and my cousin to the release/expansion party at the Brooklyn Brewery. We began the night with a couple rounds of the release half of the party, their new Brewmaster's Reserve beer Main Engine Start. It was the first beer they brewed on their new system, and it's a rather tasty abbey single. They had a bunch of other stuff on tap as well and I quickly saw to getting myself in a bit of trouble

A glass of Weiss, a glass of Blast double IPA, and two Black Chocolate Stouts later I was feeling pretty damn good. We left the party and stopped in a bar on the way back to the subway and had a round of Rodenbach Vintage (sour belgian amber/brown ale) before finally heading home. I wasn't in the best shape the next morning, but it was definitely worth it

Homebrewed DIPA went into bottles last weekend and should be good to go soon, and I've got some awesome hoppy beers and sours in the fridge

Also, booked a hotel room for Extreme Beer Fest in Boston next month, should be a fairly epic weekend.

Sigz · « **Reply #624 on:** February 20, 2011, 07:58:35 AM »

Had a Chimay the other night, probably the best beer I've had so far. SO GOOD I NEED TO FIND MORE

King Postwhore · « **Reply #625 on:** February 20, 2011, 08:03:35 AM »

Sigz, you can never go wrong will any Chimay.

Bill. My brother waited too long and we couldn't get tickets for March. We'll go to the one in June.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #626 on:** February 20, 2011, 08:27:32 AM »

Red, White, or Blue label Chimay Sigz?

king: Yeah, the tickets actually sold out in about 8 hours (whereas for every previous festival they had lasted at least a couple weeks). ACBF tickets for June are now on sale.

Sigz · « **Reply #627 on:** February 20, 2011, 08:28:21 AM »

axeman90210 · « **Reply #628 on:** February 20, 2011, 08:34:17 PM »

The Red is very good, you should try a Blue sometime soon. It's basically an amped up version of Red. White, on the otherhand is a very different kind of beer (as a tripel it's much lighter in color and more about hop/yeast flavors). Tonight I had a super fresh Troeg's Nugget Nectar (tasty) and just now finished a bomber of Firestone Walker's Double Jack Double IPAs. It's up there with Pliny the Elder as one of the best of its kind.

Sigz · « **Reply #629 on:** February 20, 2011, 08:35:27 PM »

Yeah I'd definitely like to, the only problem is trying to find it. I'd heard of it before I even came here, but thus far the only place I've seen it was at the club I saw Kayo Dot at

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Author Topic: The Beer Thread: Mach 2 (Read 99357 times)