time to play the "can you name this style by the pictures" game.

Stone Arrogant Bastard....sorry double posted

 

No worries about the double post! Again, it's a good guess, but not the one we're looking for.

 

That makes me think Sierra Nevada. Your 9.5 million mile clue is throwing me off. That's a light year.

 

Tater ridge

 

No, it's not. It's roughly 0.1 AU (astronomical units, the distance from Earth to sun, around 92 million miles). A light year is tens of thousands of AU.

I'm guessing JK intended for the hint to reflect 1 AU.

 

Google has betrayed me

 

SN Bigfoot?

 

A light year is MUCH larger (5.8x10^12 miles). 93 million is 1 AU (distance from earth to sun). Moon is 230K miles away. Cruithne, the closest asteriod, comes in around 7.8 million miles. Mars is ~225 million miles.

Yeah, not quite finding that 9.5 million sweet spot.

 

brown sugar

im thinking the hint was ABV

 

Oh my gosh, guys! I'm sorry, I typed the wrong number! That's what I get for using the touchscreen on my phone...it should have been "nearly 91 1/2 million." Ummm...mulligan? Anyway, you guys are still doing a decent job at deciphering the hint, despite the fact that I gave it to you wrong! None of the specific guesses are right yet, however.

 

Mars the bringer of war from Bells brewery

 

Well that would be the sun...hmmmm

 

I'm pretty stumped on this one.

Sun King Wee Mac?

 

No.

I will post another hint later, but I want to see if anyone can sleuth it out in the meantime now that I've corrected my dumb self.

 

But what the heck, I'll drop another small hint now. The previous hint has absolutely nothing to do with the *name* of the beer.

 

your hints are sick and twisted.

 

I'll tell you this: if you can suss out what I am describing with my hint, then figure out what it is called (specifically), you are within a simple Google search of getting the exact beer.

 

Midnight Sun brewing- Sockeye Red IPA

 

I know the answer. Should I say it?

 

I love your hints so much. So misleading, yet so leading.

 

Since I'm really totally retired, I'll give some hints instead.

I mentioned before that 1 astronomical unit is 92 point something million miles. So why is he talking about 91.5 million? That's juuuust short of an astronomical unit and the difference is important.

The other hint is a bigger giveaway. How can a brewery be both West coast, and not West coast?

 

DarthCitra - not that one

Chocotaco, I want to hear what you've got!

 

JK, I edited my teasy post to give my own hints. Confirm / deny.

 

Only think I've got is Cigar City... Hotter than Helles Lager?

 

Another hint: The distance hint is related to something that happened recently.

 

edroberts - no to both brewery and beer.

chocotaco - I'm good with those hints!

 

Also, this is very accurate.

 

Phobos
Ecliptic Brewing

 

DarthCitra, you're thinking along the right lines, but the specifics aren't quite right.

 

Also, I'm going to summarize the hints thus far.

1. Brewery is on the West Coast, but ALSO not on the West Coast.

2. Something vague about the number 91.4 million (I'm just giving you the actual number now).

3. The number, we have established, is a bit less than 1 astronomical unit. If you know what an astronomical unit is, then you can make an informed supposition about what it means to be at slightly less than 1 AU.

4. The supposition made in number three has a specific name. Using the adjective form of that name, along with the google, you will find what you seek.

 

And to confirm, I just went through all the google steps necessary to complete the puzzle with the above information. No other special information needed, but a keen eye is helpful.

 

I wanted to say the Perihelion but that is much to light compared to your pic.

 

You are agonizingly close. Carefully review number 4 in the list above, then come back when you've gone to google.

 

Side step. You almost got there from the right interpretation of the hint. The rest is just (literally) semantics.

 

LOL well damn ...Aphelion- Lucette Brewing Company?

 

If a brewery is ON the West coast, but also NOT ON the West coast, what are the possibilities for that brewery?

1. West coast... of Florida (already debunked)
2. West coast... of another country.
3. West coast... in Alaska (not really considered a West coast state)
4. West coast... and then another location that's not in the west coast.

Occam's razor applies here. Which one of these is the most simple explanation for the hint?

 

Is it, Winter Solstice Seasonal Ale - Anderson Valley Brewing Company

 

Still no. Perihelion is a noun. Review #4 in my summary above (post 11951). You are SO close.

 

Nope