Beer Time

jaobrien6 said:
Victory popped up in my hometown, Downingtown, but unfortunately not until after I'd left. I make sure to pick some up whenever I head back for a visit, though. Living in Portland, OR now, so I get plenty of microbrews out here. :)



If you like hoppy beers, check out some of the various offering from Elysian out of Seattle, if you can find it. Every single one of their beers I've had has been great, but their distribution isn't the greatest. Their winter beer, the Bifrost, is particularly good. Strong, hoppy, but not too heavy, like some winter beers can be.
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Did someone say hops?



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also some bells off to the corner there. Beer guys can't help but drool when they're in my kitchen.



Believe it or not, Sly Fox makes an IPA that rivals the Stone.



In my fridge right now are various samplings from dogfish, victory, three floyds, stone....
 
John Styrnol said:
You should be checking some Rogue or Deschutes out also.
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Oh yes, big fan of both Rogue and Deschutes... Most of what I buy is usually Deschutes, actually. Bachelor ESB on a nice summer day, Mirror Pond or Black Butte Porter pretty much any time of year, and Jubelale in the winter. The rogue beers are great, but the 22oz. bombers are so expensive. Although the Rogue Pub has a case sale every major holiday, and that's usually a good time to pick up a case of 22oz bottles at more reasonable prices.



John, I saw in the other beer thread that you had tried or planned to try Terminal Gravity IPA. That's very good stuff, too. They've recently expanded their distribution and you can get it on tap at a lot of places in town now. It used to be pretty hard to find, even though it's from Oregon.



There are lots of good small brewpubs here in town that don't bottle, or have very limited bottling. I like to pick of a growler of whatever I'm in the mood for, from time to time.



Anyone ever winds up in Portland and wants to hit some of our local brewpubs, let me know. Better yet, the last full weekend in July every year is the Oregon Brew Fest in downtown Portland. 72 microbreweries bring 1 beer each, some even brew a special beer just for the Brew Fest. Always a good time.



:D
 
gmblack3a said:
Then this ought to make you very thirsty:



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A few others:



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Are those unopened?



I noticed that you have Pete's Wicked Winter Ale up there, I love that stuff.



Are they still in business?
 
victory said:
also some bells off to the corner there. Beer guys can't help but drool when they're in my kitchen.



Believe it or not, Sly Fox makes an IPA that rivals the Stone.



In my fridge right now are various samplings from dogfish, victory, three floyds, stone....
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I have never had any Bell's, so that's why I missed them, LOL I'll have to look into the Sly Fox.
 
jaobrien6 said:
Oh yes, big fan of both Rogue and Deschutes... Most of what I buy is usually Deschutes, actually. Bachelor ESB on a nice summer day, Mirror Pond or Black Butte Porter pretty much any time of year, and Jubelale in the winter. The rogue beers are great, but the 22oz. bombers are so expensive. Although the Rogue Pub has a case sale every major holiday, and that's usually a good time to pick up a case of 22oz bottles at more reasonable prices.



John, I saw in the other beer thread that you had tried or planned to try Terminal Gravity IPA. That's very good stuff, too. They've recently expanded their distribution and you can get it on tap at a lot of places in town now. It used to be pretty hard to find, even though it's from Oregon.



There are lots of good small brewpubs here in town that don't bottle, or have very limited bottling. I like to pick of a growler of whatever I'm in the mood for, from time to time.



Anyone ever winds up in Portland and wants to hit some of our local brewpubs, let me know. Better yet, the last full weekend in July every year is the Oregon Brew Fest in downtown Portland. 72 microbreweries bring 1 beer each, some even brew a special beer just for the Brew Fest. Always a good time.



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I usually get the Rogue for 2.99 a bomber I believe. Yes, I've had the Terminal Gravity already, very tasty, will be getting some more in the near future. I know about the Brew Fest, one of these days I will have to attend one. This Saturday there's one in ID.
 
victory said:
Did someone say hops?



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MMMMMmmmm..... Hop Devil!!!



For the past few weeks I've just been finishing off a mix of Sam Adams (Winter Ale, Boston Ale and Boston Lager). I also picked up a mixer case of Saranac summer beers, there are a few tasty brews in there.



Ahhh Rogue, haven’t had that since 2 summers ago when I passed out on the back deck and continued to drink 6 more Rogue Ales.... Good times :hifive:



This is what I hope to be drinking soon:

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5 gallons of a home brew hodge-podge, should be ready to bottle in a few days, it smells awesome, nice and hoppy.
 
Are you fermenting in a plastic bucket? Only time I used mine was for bottling. Personal preference, I guess, but I always fermented in a glass carboy with a blowoff tube into a container of water. Then I usually racked it to a second carboy (with an airlock on top) to pull it off the sediment & help clearing.



Kinda makes me wish I hadn't tossed all my homebrew equipment last year but, alas, I never have the time any more.



Best batch I ever did was an IPA with an alcohol content somewhere in the 6's. Although... now that I think of it, I made a sweet porter that was absolutely incredible.



Cheers-
 
Yeah I like the plastic, broke far to much glass while drinking and brewing :) I'm still new to the homebrew thing, but it's a good time. Gotta run to the brew store today and get a few more fermenters, gotta brew a few more beer types. Did you extract brew or steep? Tossed all the equiptment? What a shame :( But I guess it is much much easier to buy beer, and with all the good stuff out there nowadays it's good times for sure.
 
Ok, Just came back from a beer run. This is what I picked up:



1 - Rogue Half-E-Weizen 22oz.

1 - Rogue Juniper Pale Ale 22oz.

1 - Rogue Kells Irish Style Lager 22oz.

1 - Rogue Chocolate Stout 22oz.

1 - Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar 22oz.

1 - Rogue Shakespeare Stout 22oz.

1 - Rogue Dad's Little Helper Malt Liquor 22oz.

1 - Grand Teton Black Cauldron Imperial Stout 2005 750ml

6 Pack Alaskan ESB

6 Pack Alaskan Stout

6 Pack Alaskan Summer Ale

6 Pack Snake River Zonker Stout

6 Pack Deschutes Black Butte Porter

6 Pack Deschutes Obsidian Stout

6 Pack Full Sail Pale Ale

6 Pack Samuel Adams Brown Ale

6 Pack Grand Teton Workhorse

6 Pack Grand Teton Old Faithful Ale

4 - Full Sail Amber Ale

4 - Alaskan Pale Ale

2 - Alaskan Amber Ale

2 - Snake River Pale Ale

2 - New Belgium Skinny Dip

2 - New Belgium Blue Paddle

2 - New Belgium Sunshine

1 - New Belgium Trippel

1 - Moose Drool Brown Ale

2 - Rogue Mocha Porter

2 - Deschutes Mirror Pond Pale Ale



What do ya think? LOL
 
Hi John, well you latest purchase looks very interesting. I've never had any of the beers on your list. Wish I could help you down a few.

I finally received my mixed case. It contains:



Troegs.. Sunshine Pils

Heavyweight Brewing.. Lunacy- Belgian golden ale

Doghead Fish.. Aprilhop IPA with Apricots

Sam Adams.. Hefeweizen

Grolsch.. Blonde Lager

Yards Brewing.. Saison- Belgian ale

Pete's Brewing.. Wicked Rally Cap Ale

Erdinger.. Hefe-Weizen

Stoudt's.. Weizen

Harpoon Brewery.. UFO Hefeweizen

Red Hook.. Blonde Ale

Spoetzl Brewery.. Shiner Blonde

Victory.. Whirlwind- Wheat ale

Boulder Beer.. MoJo IPA

Sierra Nevada.. Summerfest

Lancaster Brewing.. Strawberry Wheat Beer

Zywiec.. - Polish Beer with a cool thermometer built into the label

Bell's.. Oberon - wheat ale

Weisse.. Hacker-Pschorr- German beer

Leinenkugels.. Honey Weiss

Hoegaarden.. Belgian white

Penn Brewery.. Marzen

Pyramid.. Hefe Weizen Ale

Great Lakes.. Holy Moses White Ale
 
Gears said:
Hi John, well you latest purchase looks very interesting. I've never had any of the beers on your list. Wish I could help you down a few.

I finally received my mixed case. It contains:



Troegs.. Sunshine Pils

Heavyweight Brewing.. Lunacy- Belgian golden ale

Doghead Fish.. Aprilhop IPA with Apricots

Sam Adams.. Hefeweizen

Grolsch.. Blonde Lager

Yards Brewing.. Saison- Belgian ale

Pete's Brewing.. Wicked Rally Cap Ale

Erdinger.. Hefe-Weizen

Stoudt's.. Weizen

Harpoon Brewery.. UFO Hefeweizen

Red Hook.. Blonde Ale

Spoetzl Brewery.. Shiner Blonde

Victory.. Whirlwind- Wheat ale

Boulder Beer.. MoJo IPA

Sierra Nevada.. Summerfest

Lancaster Brewing.. Strawberry Wheat Beer

Zywiec.. - Polish Beer with a cool thermometer built into the label

Bell's.. Oberon - wheat ale

Weisse.. Hacker-Pschorr- German beer

Leinenkugels.. Honey Weiss

Hoegaarden.. Belgian white

Penn Brewery.. Marzen

Pyramid.. Hefe Weizen Ale

Great Lakes.. Holy Moses White Ale
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Well, I've had a few from your list, lol



Red Hook Blonde Ale

Sierra Nevada Summerfest

Pyramid Hefe Weizen Ale

Hoegaarden Belgian White

Samuel Adams Hefeweizen

Spoetzl Brewery Shiner Bock

Boulder MOJO IPA



All are very tasty



I'm sure these will also be pretty good:



Great Lakes Holy Moses White Ale

Dogfish Head Aprilhop

Victory Whirlwind

Bell's Oberon



The other's I've never heard off, sorry
 
John Styrnol said:
Don't know about shrinking the pics, maybe someone else can chime in. I want to see both, LOL Glad to hear you had some good brew's at your wedding, not the typical crap going around.
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Finally got around to it, pic of My new bride, the King and I....



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Taps at the bar, For John



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View from our room at the Bellagio

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Last one, the bride without the drunk guy in a suit fuming over spending $500 for Limos that took us all of 5 blocks......



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I've had and really enjoyed the Deschutes Obsidian Stout, nice smooth and dark. Much like Guinness it's great cool not cold. Drank a whole lot of Bass :brit tonight (last night? whatever time it is?!?), I forgot how good some of the bigger brews really are.
 
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