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I had one of those on Christmas eve. I must say that I was impressed and surprised. I heard them reviewing it on NPR.

Try for Pliny the Elder, I'm near LAX and I can get it probably 1 out of 3 tries; but they usually either have it out in limited quantites (with the rest in the back) or won't even put it on the shelf. Most places will only give you 1 bottle, sometimes I can get two. +1 for Green Flash Stone...

I picked out a Firestone 14 for one of my holiday celebrations, and I brewed a trippel for my second gathering. The question is, what will you be enjoying?

I'm in California and I have coworkers who are located in India. I would love to somehow get them my brew. Are there any decent ways of flying/shipping homebrew there? What considerations do I need to go through? Every couple weeks there's always someone flying out there so if its possible...

Does the bottle size change the rate of carbonation for bottle conditioning? I know from the famous post that I need more time, but I'm considering giving some bottles as Christmas gifts and this is what I experienced I bottled my Trippel (OG around 1.092) about 3-4 weeks ago and opened a...

That's really cool, and very generous. I've been working on my holiday beer. I brewed a Trippel for friends and family and decided to get into the trappist/abbey theme. (I just finished "Brew Like A Monk") These are my prototypes.

My Belgian Trippel in monks outfits

Christmas/Holiday Gifts for my friends and coworkers.

Clarification, the IPA was brought in for a larger group and he ended up trying some. My ipa is on the mellow-side of ipas. I'm all on board for belgians, I think that'll be a great idea. Goose Island + Ommegang I hadn't thought of but great ideas. I think I have a small bottle of Three...

Is this the same guy from conical-fermenter.com http://conical-fermenter.com/products/conical-fermenters/ I just bought one and I have my first brew in there; I love it but paid more for the one with the thermowell than that price.

Or transfer to another keg.

I have a friend at work that currently collects and drinks fine red wines, his favorite being french wines (not sure on style). He has a cellar with 2k bottles and such yadda yadda, etc. After trying some of my IPA that I brought to work in Stone Brewing Company growlers he decided to go...

My local beer warehouse, whole foods, and najas (an awesome bar) all have rochefort 10 available. Oddly enough whole foods here is the cheapest (at 8/bottle)

What you describe has happened to me many times, and I continue sampling more beers in hopes that it will happen many more times. I went to my lhbs-sponsored club for my first time and threw in 10 bucks for the raffle, I walked out with a few things plus 'Brew Like a Monk' a wonderful book...