Anyone looking forward to The Dissident?

[carnevoodoo]

I am so jealous right now.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

Real quick....sourness totally comes out more as this warms up, but the beer seems very well balanced to me. Different flavors popping out at different times. This is getting me excited about the Oud Bruin a group of us up here in the PacNW are doing!

 

[carnevoodoo]

I've got an oud bruin in my garage right now. I can't wait. But I have to. Another 16 months.

 

[Warped04]

I was lucky to try this beer. I thought it was a fantastic beer.

 

[Brewtopia]

I was lucky enough to find a keg in Eastern WA. It is now sitting quietly in the cooler at Naked City. All you NW HBT'ers, I'll be sure and let you know when we plan to tap it!!!

 

[carnevoodoo]

I was lucky enough to find a keg in Eastern WA. It is now sitting quietly in the cooler at Naked City. All you NW HBT'ers, I'll be sure and let you know when we plan to tap it!!!

It is a fantastic keg and it is good in bottles too. I have three bottles left and I want to hold on to them because this beer is great.

 

[McKBrew]

I drank my first one this evening. I think as much as I've wanted to like sour beers, I have finally found a style that doesn't appeal to me. I don't mind a little sourness, but when it is the dominant factor in the beer I can't stomach it much. It's taken me awhile to come to this realization. A sample glass of a sour beer is OK once in awhile, and I'll try anything once.

I'm not going to say this is a bad beer, it's just not for me. I'll be gifting/trading my other bottle to someone else.

 

[ChshreCat]

I'd been really looking forward to this, then the more I read about it, the less interested I was. I'm really not big on sour beers either. I'm waiting with baited breath for The Abyss in a couple weeks though.

 

[Bokonon]

I'd been really looking forward to this, then the more I read about it, the less interested I was. I'm really not big on sour beers either. I'm waiting with baited breath for The Abyss in a couple weeks though.

Ooooh are we getting to Abyss season again? I still have a few bottles. I'll have to crack one of them when I get some of the new batch to compare.

 

[carnevoodoo]

I'd been really looking forward to this, then the more I read about it, the less interested I was. I'm really not big on sour beers either. I'm waiting with baited breath for The Abyss in a couple weeks though.

Abyss is great. I think the Black Butte XX was a bit better.

And it is really too bad you don't like sours. The Dissident is a really great beer.

 

[ShortSnoutBrewing]

McKBrew...Oh no...man, I'm so sorry you're not enjoying this one. Especially because it's basically the style of the barrel brew we're doing. Maybe in a year your taste buds will expand to the sour side.

Abyss comes out next week I believe...or at least that's when they are doing the release parties in Bend and Portland. I only purchased one bottle last year and have not opened it.

 

[farmbrewernw]

I'd been really looking forward to this, then the more I read about it, the less interested I was. I'm really not big on sour beers either. I'm waiting with baited breath for The Abyss in a couple weeks though.

I bought a couple of bottles at the brewery in Bend a couple of months back and yeah it's one sour mother. It's good but trying to drink 22oz by yourself makes you really get tired of it quick. At first I was thinking it was a great beer but by the end of the bottle I felt like I was drinking cherry flavored throw up. It meets style but I wish they would have put it in 12oz bottles instead because it's nearly impossible to drink 22oz. I too have been trying to get into sour beers but I find myself, with the exceptions of a few, just not getting into them. I keep thinking they will grow on me but so far they haven't.

 

[ChshreCat]

Abyss is great. I think the Black Butte XX was a bit better.

And it is really too bad you don't like sours. The Dissident is a really great beer.

Well, I'm still learning. I actually bought my first dubbel a few days ago. It's sitting in my fridge right now.

 

[ChshreCat]

I bought a couple of bottles at the brewery in Bend a couple of months back and yeah it's one sour mother. It's good but trying to drink 22oz by yourself makes you really get tired of it quick. At first I was thinking it was a great beer but by the end of the bottle I felt like I was drinking cherry flavored throw up. It meets style but I wish they would have put it in 12oz bottles instead because it's nearly impossible to drink 22oz. I too have been trying to get into sour beers but I find myself, with the exceptions of a few, just not getting into them. I keep thinking they will grow on me but so far they haven't.

That's just it. I didn't want to buy a bit $10 bottle of it. I'd have loved to find it on draft. I'd have been happy to give a pint a try. Just didn't want to get a big bomber of it if I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy it.

 

[McKBrew]

McKBrew...Oh no...man, I'm so sorry you're not enjoying this one. Especially because it's basically the style of the barrel brew we're doing. Maybe in a year your taste buds will expand to the sour side.

I'm not too upset about it, regardless of my impression of sour beer, I'm glad I had the opportunity to contribute something to this. I'll be than satisified to try a little bit of it, and maybe bottle a few for people on the forum who like it.

I definately hope to get ahold of the Abyss this year, I only was able to have it on tap once last year.

 

[carnevoodoo]

Well, I'm still learning. I actually bought my first dubbel a few days ago. It's sitting in my fridge right now.

Which dubbel did you get?

 

[ChshreCat]

Which dubbel did you get?

Allagash. I found a bottle of it in the clearance bin at the grocery store for 4 bucks! I'm thinking about saving it until I want to brew something similar and seeing if I can harvest the yeast from it.

 

[carnevoodoo]

Allagash. I found a bottle of it in the clearance bin at the grocery store for 4 bucks! I'm thinking about saving it until I want to brew something similar and seeing if I can harvest the yeast from it.

Oh, that's a pretty good one. If you like it, you should get the Rochefort 8. Probably my favorite right now for the style.

I know Allagash adds yeast back into their bottles, so I'm not sure if they use the same strain as when they ferment.

 

[ChshreCat]

Oh, that's a pretty good one. If you like it, you should get the Rochefort 8. Probably my favorite right now for the style.

I know Allagash adds yeast back into their bottles, so I'm not sure if they use the same strain as when they ferment.

Yeah, I'm not sure either. But I figure that either way, it should come out as drinkable beer, and I'll get a chance to try culturing yeast. I'm easy that way.

 

[carnevoodoo]

Yeah, I'm not sure either. But I figure that either way, it should come out as drinkable beer, and I'll get a chance to try culturing yeast. I'm easy that way.

Unless they use champagne yeast... bleh.

 

[talleymonster]

I never did get my hands on the Dissedent. My shop out here (Khoury's) passed on it. Bummer.
I did get 4 bottles of the Black Butte XX and a whole case of Hop Trip.

Is this beer still available anywhere? Perhaps somebody can ship me a bottle or two.

 

[carnevoodoo]

I never did get my hands on the Dissedent. My shop out here (Khoury's) passed on it. Bummer.
I did get 4 bottles of the Black Butte XX and a whole case of Hop Trip.

Is this beer still available anywhere? Perhaps somebody can ship me a bottle or two.

I think San Diego got a total of 10 cases. It wasn't easy to come by at all.

 

[Warped04]

I think San Diego got a total of 10 cases. It wasn't easy to come by at all.

Wow...I just told my sister to pick me up a bottle if she sees it because she is down there. I guess it was pretty amazing that we got a bottle to come through our town.

 

[carnevoodoo]

Wow...I just told my sister to pick me up a bottle if she sees it because she is down there. I guess it was pretty amazing that we got a bottle to come through our town.

Encinitas and Solana Beach Bev Mo got it. I think that's it.

 

[ColoradoXJ13]

I got two bottles in Boulder, CO. Drank the first of them on saturday night (well, I tasted it at GABF, which is why I had no problem buying two bottles) with my roommates (I had a pint, they had 5 oz tasters). I love this beer, and I wish I could get more to cellar it, unfortunately it is sold out now.

Pours a beautiful deep rich amber/red, aroma is sour with notes of cherry after fighting with the wax for a while, it is double dipped and hard to open cleanly. It is a bit overcarbonated, and served refrigerator temp, it hides a lot of the complexity, and you mostly get sweet and sour. As it warms, the alcohol comes out, the sourness rounds, and the cherry, oak, and vanilla flavors come to the front. I truly think this is one of the best balanced american sours out there now (along with Avery Fifteen, as I have opined elsewhere), I hope more breweries start making beers like this, and I wish I had the ability to make a beer like this (saving my pouch of Roseleare for a rainy day...)

 

[thataintchicken]

Is this beer still available anywhere? Perhaps somebody can ship me a bottle or two.

I'll be searching for beer on Thursday. If I come across a source of Dissident, I shall pick one or two up for you Talley.

But it'll cost ya.

muhahahaaaaaaaaaa

 

[Pabst Blue Robot]

I picked up a bottle from the Top Foods in Puyallup, WA last week. I don't have my notes with me, but if memory serves the sourness in this beer was distinct. About as sour as a typical Flanders red, more so than an oud bruin, and the sourness was "prickly" on the toungue. The taste and the aroma actually reminded me distinctly of pineapple. Also present was some of the typical brett funk and some sherry flavors. This beer concealed the alcohol very effectively and for me at least the drinkability was superior to many of the other American brett beers starting to pop out of the woodwork. It has a long way to go to match the complexity and the smooth flavor of a Rodenbach but it is by far the best Deschutes brew that I've sampled. I'm probably in the vast minority but most all Deschutes brews that I've tasted share a hop profile that just doesn't do it for me.

 

[talleymonster]

I'll be searching for beer on Thursday. If I come across a source of Dissident, I shall pick one or two up for you Talley.

But it'll cost ya.

muhahahaaaaaaaaaa

I appreciate the offer 'taintchicken. Very nice of you....

But somebody has already beat you to it.

 

[Warped04]

I'm probably in the vast minority but most all Deschutes brews that I've tasted share a hop profile that just doesn't do it for me.

Wow, that's totally different than what I thought. I had a Reinaert Flemish Wild Ale Special Reserve as my first sour. I think if the Dissident would have been my first sour beer, I would have searched more out faster. To Each There Own.

 

[thataintchicken]

I appreciate the offer 'taintchicken. Very nice of you....

But somebody has already beat you to it.

fine then.
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