Beer

[Dwight]

Local store is running a 2 week Octoberfest sale. Nice thing, they have a pick and choose 6 pack cooler.

 

[nay]

In Saratoga Springs, CA of all places. I partook.

 

[nay]

My Rolling Rock pic killed this thread .

Back to good beer. These three excellent selections are currently available in an 8 pack with Tank 7, which is excellent in its own right.



Boulevard is killing it.

 

[Blue Streak]

One word: Pliney the Elder.
OK, that's three words. Sue me.

 

[Read Blinn]

I've heard that's good, if you can get it. My old stomping grounds (or should I say, elder stomping grounds?).

 

[Blue Streak]

They tapped a fresh keg of Pliney the Elder at BARley last night in Steamboat, which I was privileged to enjoy with @Ron.

 

[surfsnowgirl]

One word: Pliney the Elder.
OK, that's three words. Sue me.

I LOVE piney the elder. My buddy in Socal sent me some

 

[surfsnowgirl]

Went to a brewfest this afternoon and I'm not normally a cider person but found one I love. I don't normally like drinks with spices in them but OMG

 

[luliski]

So funny, all you east coast (or Colorado) people pining for Pliny the Elder. I can get that pretty much whenever, but my thing right now is New England style IPAs. Luckily they're getting really popular on the west coast, and I've had a number of delicious juicy IPAs brewed in California recently.

 

[nay]

Having spent some time sampling locals in San Jose over the past couple of years on business trips, I think Pliny is really good, but I think some others I've had are better.

Although I think NorCal IPAs can often be too heavy on the pine notes, and that's a palate preference for sure. But I want the second one to go easy like the first, even at higher ABV, and a lot of IPAs generally are willing to hit you too hard in being citrus/pine forward.

I'd agree that despite my western beer snobbery, I've had some more nuanced east coast beers recently that I have thought were outstanding. When I was in CA in August I had a couple of Space Cake IPAs from Clown Shoes out of MA. Excellent, and did not leave me wanting a more local selection.

 

[Dwight]

New Amber Ale, infused with coffee. The can is cool.

 

[Read Blinn]

Having spent some time sampling locals in San Jose over the past couple of years on business trips, I think Pliny is really good, but I think some others I've had are better.

Although I think NorCal IPAs can often be too heavy on the pine notes, and that's a palate preference for sure. But I want the second one to go easy like the first, even at higher ABV, and a lot of IPAs generally are willing to hit you too hard in being citrus/pine forward.

I'd agree that despite my western beer snobbery, I've had some more nuanced east coast beers recently that I have thought were outstanding. When I was in CA in August I had a couple of Space Cake IPAs from Clown Shoes out of MA. Excellent, and did not leave me wanting a more local selection.

I love Space Cake, and it's readily available around here. A more local selection for you — if you haven't already tried it — is Toppling Goliath Brewery's King Sue or Pseudo Sue. I posted pictures of those beers earlier in this thread. (Maybe they amaze me only because they're brewed in Iowa, of all places.) They're that hazy New England style IPA.

 

[luliski]

Both the Sacramento Bee and Sonoma Magazine recently had articles on local (Northern California) breweries brewing New England style IPA. Heretic Brewing (in Fairfield, CA) makes a good one called Make America Juicy Again. Moonraker in Auburn brews both styles, but I haven't made it there.

 

[Prickly Jones]

Nothing particularly special, but not half-bad:

 

[djetok]

Love me some Belgians. Was on a ommegang kick.

 

[LKLA]

A Beer Buoyed by Dead Sea Salt Is Taking the Craft World by Storm

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...d-sea-salt-is-taking-the-craft-world-by-storm

 

[John Webb]

More stuff you can't make up !

A man was just locked into the beer cooler in a Wisconsin convenience store at quitting time.

Did he panic, No. He kicked back and enjoyed one beer after another all night. Knocked a
few cases over -impaired walking ! When the store opened at 5:50 am he simply walked
out without paying anything LOL
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/10/27/trapped-beer-cooler/806053001/

 

[Dwight]

More stuff you can't make up !

A man was just locked into the beer cooler in a Wisconsin convenience store at quitting time.

Did he panic, No. He kicked back and enjoyed one beer after another all night. Knocked a
few cases over -impaired walking ! When the store opened at 5:50 am he simply walked
out without paying anything LOL
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/10/27/trapped-beer-cooler/806053001/

Only in Rapids and I call on bull on being locked in and couldn't get out. It's 24/hr station with glass everywhere. I would say he hid very well.

 

[surfsnowgirl]

I dream of such a thing happening to me during our humid/icky summers. When it's 95 degrees and humid and gross, all I need is to be "locked" in one of these beer fridges. I'll just bring along a double high air mattress, my surface tablet and a cell phone, oh yeah maybe some food too.

 

[LKLA]