2018 Beer

[mdleast 8307]

[CooterBrown 18028]

Had a few people over yesterday.

I provided:

• NXNW Zombie Dragon 
• Flying Man Air Racer IPA - I'd never heard of this local brewery but this was a solid west coast IPA
• Austin East Ciders - a sixer of each (Honey, Dry, Grapefruit, Pineapple)

Each couple also brought some beer...

• Zilker Third Base - this had to have been the last in existence
• Zilker Marco IPA
• ABW Flavor Country
• 2 growlers of Electric Jelly Fish

It was a most excellent selection. My head hurt like a mother fucker this morning.

 

[HenryJames 66171]

Pumping again, friend of the program, but I just finished a crowler at home and thoroughly enjoyed it. Also did a crowler of the 2.6% peach Berliner a couple days ago and it’s a damn fine summer beer  
 

Pretty good stuff at 10am.

[Buzzrock 14941]

Most of my wife's family will drink water or Coke before they'll drink any of my beers. I like to watch them open the cooler, dig around, and then walk off disappointed when there are no Bud Lights to be found.

Heh, like the lady I saw in the Asheville, NC in the beer section yesterday at the store. Monster selection of local stuff. She asked me where the Bud Light was.

Btw, I’m in Asheville for a week. The selection is overwhelming. Started with Green Man, Highland, ABC, and Catawba. BIL brought some Moon Man and Spotted Cow.

[captained 57]

5 hours ago, HenryJames said:

 

Pretty good stuff at 10am.

 

¿Donde esta?

[HenryJames 66171]

Sourduck Market.

[El Guapo 16]

On 6/27/2018 at 3:31 PM, utee94 said:

 

 

 

 

Finally tried it.  It's serviceable, not great but certainly drinkable.  Seems a little thin or one-note, compared to the other local options.

So I won't be walking past Gold, Pilz, Pearl Snap, or Hans Pils to get it, but if none of those options are available, I'd buy this again.

Edit:  Oh, and it doesn't suck, so deft is off the hook.

I had a Native Texan side-by-side with  Brazos Valley's Pilsner, which I think they call Two Step, and thin was exactly the description that came to mind. 

BVB's was pretty good. It's not quite in Live Oak's league but it was pretty good. 

[El Guapo 16]

On 6/28/2018 at 9:12 PM, utee94 said:

I did notice that Big Bend had changed the name and branding of its Hefe.  I liked the original version ok, but honestly thought Steve would have made it more like LO, which he didn't.  I'm sure he wanted to make his own mark, but it was always just ok for me.

I'll give it a try though, always up for another good hefe.

fwiw, I thought the original was better than this current version. When it first came out I had one side-by-side with Live Oak's hefe and could not discern any difference. I was told by one of their rep's at an HEB sampling that the recipe didn't change, only the packaging but I'm not buying that. It tastes different to me. 

Edited July 2, 2018 by El Guapo

[El Guapo 16]

On 6/28/2018 at 9:58 PM, RD3 said:

Not a beer snob but Alstadt was sampling at HEB and I enjoyed all 3 of them. I bought a sixer of the Kolsch and it's a great summer beer.

I don't get the hate for Alstadt. Their lager is fine - it could use a tad more hops for my taste but I suspect it's more true to a German style than my NEIPA corrupted palette is looking for these days.

It takes a lot for a Kolsch to get me excited so I'll just comment that there wasn't anything disqualifyingly bad with it that I could tell. I'd drink it before Fireman's 4 if those were my choices.

I saw that they recently came out with an Alt but I haven't had that one yet.

[HenryJames 66171]

11 minutes ago, El Guapo said:

fwiw, I thought the original was better than this current version. When it first came out I had one side-by-side with Live Oak's hefe and could not discern any difference. I was told by one of their rep's at an HEB sampling that the recipe didn't change, only the packaging but I'm not buying that. It tastes different to me. 

It's definitely different, and their head brewer has said as much. He's a native German.

[Zepol87 9191]

At Stone in Napa. Pretty cool spot

[mdleast 8307]

Name of beer vs related theme beer glass bits are fun.

[DDD Dad 14351]

I’m going to be in Boston-Portland-Lake Winnipesaukee next week.

Any suggestions on breweries/pubs to visit or beers to try/bring home?

Stowe is too far away.

[mdleast 8307]

Coincidentally given my last post, definitely visit/look for Trillium.

[Smax 3800]

7 hours ago, Zepol87 said:

At Stone in Napa. Pretty cool spot

 

 

If you haven't yet, you need to try this one

 

 

[HenryJames 66171]

6 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

I’m going to be in Boston-Portland-Lake Winnipesaukee next week.

Any suggestions on breweries/pubs to visit or beers to try/bring home?

Stowe is too far away.

Sam Adams

[Jimbaround 975]

 
 
If you haven't yet, you need to try this one
 

 

Seconded

[Larry T. Spider 1747]

I liked Falkor wit at circle a lot. Or it could be that they have no AC and it was like drinking in an oven so anything would have tasted good. 

 

[mdleast 8307]

Seconded

I celebrate Drake’s entire catalog.

[Larry T. Spider 1747]

Any New Orleans breweries worth visiting? Looking at urban south, NOLA, and courtyard. Would be a weekday afternoon visit for a couple of hours.

[4th&Five 41590]

i've heard good things about courtyard.

[captained 57]

1 hour ago, 4th&Five said:

i've heard good things about courtyard.

A friend of mine had a keg of Courtyard (and a keg of Other Half) at his wedding in New Orleans in April. Was very good stuff. 

[Okie State 3847]

Ordered a new umbrella for my back patio. Ready to drink some triple hopped, vortex bottled pilsners under it.

[dingleberryswitzer 2724]

9 hours ago, Larry T. Spider said:

Any New Orleans breweries worth visiting? Looking at urban south, NOLA, and courtyard. Would be a weekday afternoon visit for a couple of hours.

If you go across the lake to abita, they just give you a cup and free  reign on a wall of taps for like 45 minutes.   Try NOT to get drunk.

[patrickdrinksbeer 793]

Anyone know much about the soon to open Oak Cliff Brewing in Dallas? I was just looking at their fb page, and holy shit those guys are spending some serious money.

[Okie State 3847]

Founders Double Trouble for me tonight.

[Larry T. Spider 1747]

Picked up a 6er of brazos valley’s millions of peaches witbier. I like most of their stuff. I’m guessing this one will be polarizing.

Edit: it’s decent. Should be called “a few peaches” but I guess that doesn’t market as well.

Edited July 4, 2018 by Larry T. Spider

[mdleast 8307]

Any New Orleans breweries worth visiting? Looking at urban south, NOLA, and courtyard. Would be a weekday afternoon visit for a couple of hours.

Be on the lookout for Parish Brewing and their Ghost in the Machine in particular. Last time I was in NO, I found a fresh four pack at that liquor store just across and down the street from the famous beignet place. Glorious.

[DDD Dad 14351]

If you go across the lake to abita, they just give you a cup and free  reign on a wall of taps for like 45 minutes.   Try NOT to get drunk.

Rein

[shnsajax 3591]

One of my favorite places

[Dutchrudder 11151]

More Americans are putting down Buds and Coors, instead grabbing wine, liquor, Corona and Michelob.

Americans' changing drinking habits have been taking shape for years, but the trend accelerated in 2018. Beer shipments from US breweries are down 3.5% so far this year, according to The Beer Institute, an industry trade group.

The big four US brands — Bud Light, Miller Lite, Coors Light, and Budweiser — have been hit particularly hard.

What's wrong with Big American Beer? Drinkers think it's stale, compared to the innovative new brands and creative concepts emerging from craft breweries, vineyards and distilleries.

Related: Budweiser falls off the list of America's three favorite beers

"Well-established category leaders are finding it challenging to maintain their relevance against a backdrop with so much innovation and new brand activity," said Cowen analyst Vivien Azer. "You now see a much more promiscuous alcohol consumer."

 

http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/29/news/companies/bud-light-miller-lite-budweiser-coors-light/index.html

[Bozo_Casanova 26553]

"You now see a much more promiscuous alcohol consumer."

Sorry for partying

[rage-a-holic 4469]

I cleaned out Brodie and the Milf C HEBs

 

Edited July 5, 2018 by rage-a-holic

[HenryJames 66171]

They only had two bottles of Chimay hot sauce?

[rage-a-holic 4469]

4 hours ago, HenryJames said:

They only had two bottles of Chimay hot sauce?

I'm shocked that a cum gargling shiteater like yourself doesn't know where Chimay is sold.

[shnsajax 3591]

Washington Coast. Sticky Hands IMO

[Buzzrock 14941]

It would probably help Bud if they weren’t owned by a European conglomerate.

[tokamak 6441]

18 hours ago, Dutchrudder said:

More Americans are putting down Buds and Coors, instead grabbing wine, liquor, Corona and Michelob.

Americans' changing drinking habits have been taking shape for years, but the trend accelerated in 2018. Beer shipments from US breweries are down 3.5% so far this year, according to The Beer Institute, an industry trade group.

The big four US brands — Bud Light, Miller Lite, Coors Light, and Budweiser — have been hit particularly hard.

What's wrong with Big American Beer? Drinkers think it's stale, compared to the innovative new brands and creative concepts emerging from craft breweries, vineyards and distilleries.

Related: Budweiser falls off the list of America's three favorite beers

"Well-established category leaders are finding it challenging to maintain their relevance against a backdrop with so much innovation and new brand activity," said Cowen analyst Vivien Azer. "You now see a much more promiscuous alcohol consumer."

 

http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/29/news/companies/bud-light-miller-lite-budweiser-coors-light/index.html

"Americans are still drinking beer -- just better beer." Then they list Corona and Michelob Ultra. Lulz

[Brew 3049]

On 7/2/2018 at 10:28 PM, DDD Dad said:

I’m going to be in Boston-Portland-Lake Winnipesaukee next week.

Any suggestions on breweries/pubs to visit or beers to try/bring home?

Stowe is too far away.

That’s easy, Allagash. I support their whole catalog of beer and so far have found zero varieties that I wish I had skipped. I keep a steady supply of their White on hand.

[Jerry Callo 8727]

Picked this up over lunch. There was an anti-theft device on it, so it must be good.

(512) Pecan Porter is one of my favorite Austin beers. I had this on tap a while ago. The bourbon barrel takes away from the uniqueness of the pecan porter. Unfortunately, I didn't remember that until I was composing this post.

[CooterBrown 18028]

This was a solid IPA.

[CooterBrown 18028]

Tomorrow at Pinthouse...

We took this year’s Peach of a Pale -5.5% ABV, our collaboration with Hops & Grain, and will serve it from a frozen margarita machine! The Simcoe, El Dorado, and Mosaic hops, and plenty of peaches still shine through with notes of peach, fruit, and a comforting fluffy finish. This will be available tomorrow at 11AM alongside its non-frozen counterpart, Peach of A Pale. This Fruited Milkshake American Pale Ale concoction is destined to cool you off from the summer heat.

[CooterBrown 18028]

Tomorrow at Pinthouse...

We took this year’s Peach of a Pale -5.5% ABV, our collaboration with Hops & Grain, and will serve it from a frozen margarita machine! The Simcoe, El Dorado, and Mosaic hops, and plenty of peaches still shine through with notes of peach, fruit, and a comforting fluffy finish. This will be available tomorrow at 11AM alongside its non-frozen counterpart, Peach of A Pale. This Fruited Milkshake American Pale Ale concoction is destined to cool you off from the summer heat.

[deft 6879]

Atrial release with a 6 bottle limit. They’ve also still got MvB bottles.

[shnsajax 3591]

That’s easy, Allagash. I support their whole catalog of beer and so far have found zero varieties that I wish I had skipped. I keep a steady supply of their White on hand.

I would add Trillium to the list.

[captained 57]

On 7/2/2018 at 10:28 PM, DDD Dad said:

I’m going to be in Boston-Portland-Lake Winnipesaukee next week.

Any suggestions on breweries/pubs to visit or beers to try/bring home?

Stowe is too far away.

If you’re in Portland, Bissell Brothers and Maine Beer Company for sure. 

[HenryJames 66171]

Hi! Sign, imo.

[mdmost 43050]

So this may be a terrible question that opens me up to ridicule but are there any good breweries in Las Vegas to check out? I'll be there Monday evening flying solo so other than going to a casino, I can't think of much else to do. All the shows are dark. 

Edited July 7, 2018 by mdmost

[deft 6879]

Imo

Sister sent this from php

[GreenspointTexas 9664]

1 hour ago, mdmost said:

So this may be a terrible question that opens me up to ridicule but are there any good breweries in Las Vegas to check out? I'll be there Monday evening flying solo so other than going to a casino, I can't think of much else to do. All the shows are dark. 

Joseph james is the only one that is passable