Let's Remember Some Beers (In Memoriam: Old IPAs)

[FoudreGuy]

RPM and Pallet Jack are super solid and I never turn them down if on tap. We don't see PJ up here in the Seattle area much.

Still around but I def remember getting some of these bad boys in trades and from Liquid Solutions

Blue Dot was juice before there was juice. Too bad the quality has gone downhill over the last five or six years and now it's just a mess. I know they can it now, but I'm afraid to see how bad it is.

 

[stupac2]

Are Boneyard and Barley Brown's still cranking out West Coast IPAs at the same quality as several years ago?

RPM is my go-to keg for my kegerator.

 

[mjohnson171]

Hop Stoopid bombers used to be $4.50. Crazy cheap in the days when newer breweries were cranking out $15 hoppy bombers circa 2011-2014. Only issue was finding Hop Stoopid fresh.

 

[litheum94]

Are Boneyard and Barley Brown's still cranking out West Coast IPAs at the same quality as several years ago?

I still find RPM to be hit or miss sometimes....though I think that has improved recently. But yeah, they're still really good.

 

[litheum94]

RPM and Pallet Jack are super solid and I never turn them down if on tap. We don't see PJ up here in the Seattle area much.



Blue Dot was juice before there was juice. Too bad the quality has gone downhill over the last five or six years and now it's just a mess. I know they can it now, but I'm afraid to see how bad it is.

If it's anything like the draft version Belmont Station had on during the can release, it's trash.

 

[FoudreGuy]

I still find RPM to be hit or miss sometimes....though I think that has improved recently. But yeah, they're still really good.

Boneyard doesn't have a consistent recipe for RPM, so there has always been some variance.

 

[gregkoko]

also RIP to the black IPA

Wookey Jack was the only drinkable one of the bunch. **** I hated that trend

 

[FoudreGuy]

Deschutes' Hop in the Dark wasn't bad. Funny enough Hill Farmstead still makes one, had a can of it about a year ago and thought it was outstanding.

 

[davey101]

 

[steimie]

God, I used to go apeshit for Hoptimum and Celebration both. Would buy each by the case.

 

[Lutter]

I'm going to need to find some Palate Wrecker this week now that you guys keep bringing it up.

It's still a thing, I think? Texas was spared when they pulled out from like 80% of their distro.

 

[KevSal]

used to love me some hop rod rye and red rocket. when i first got into craft bear republic was the **** for IPAs in my area, they still have some beers on the beers of fame list

anyone know if these guys are still any good?


oh damn i remember trading for this guy years ago too

 

[Lutter]

I still love Resin but it's been IMPOSSIBLE to find fresh here since right when they started distro about 5 years ago. Constantly run into 9-12 month old cans. Gag.

 

[mikehblack]

Are Boneyard and Barley Brown's still cranking out West Coast IPAs at the same quality as several years ago?

My buddy brought me a growler of Hop Venom around 2012 or so and it blew my mind. Wish I'd see that around the Bay Area more often. I love how it's not uncommon to see $4-5 pints of it in Portland dive bars.

 

[litheum94]

God, I used to go apeshit for Hoptimum and Celebration both. Would buy each by the case.

I still buy a case of Celebration every year. One of my favorite beers.

 

[FoudreGuy]

My buddy brought me a growler of Hop Venom around 2012 or so and it blew my mind. Wish I'd see that around the Bay Area more often. I love how it's not uncommon to see $4-5 pints of it in Portland dive bars.

They serve RPM at strip clubs in Portland, so there's that.

 

[ripps1]

used to love me some hop rod rye and red rocket. when i first got into craft bear republic was the **** for IPAs in my area, they still have some beers on the beers of fame list

anyone know if these guys are still any good?


oh damn i remember trading for this guy years ago too

I still buy myrcenary love that beer

 

[sourmango]

Bought some Duet cans on a whim since it was only three weeks old or so but it is not the same. I thought the draft Nelson they did right after Green Flash purchased them was pretty good but once it hit six packs it was meh. I've had some good Windows Up on draft and one good sixer of Duet in bottles but I've been pretty consistently let down by "Alpine" beers. Growlers and bombers from the old brewery used to be so good.

I think that stuff which is still brewed in Alpine at the original brewery is still really good, and that's why at Toronado in San Francisco you will never see "Alpine" on draft, but you will occasionally see "Alpine from Alpine" on draft, and if I see that I pretty much order it and am never disappointed.

I like this thread as I was chasing many of these beers 5 to 10 years ago, but many of the beers still taste great (Alpine brewed by Green Flash not so much) they just don't have the rarity or the newness on their side.

 

[thebandit1]

This thread just reminds me how awful hazy beer actually is.

 

[oldp0rt]

two ipas I traded for back in the days.

Times have changed

 

[thebandit1]

Packaged ten days ago.

 

[mjohnson171]

God, I used to go apeshit for Hoptimum and Celebration both. Would buy each by the case.

Celebration is still tasty AF.

They serve RPM at strip clubs in Portland, so there's that.

 

[Beerontwowheels]

Loved this one way back when...

 

[KevSal]

Loved this one way back when...View attachment 7316

yea this was great! for some reason it never made it here and i had to trade for it... zero ragrets

 

[libbey]

They serve RPM at strip clubs in Portland, so there's that.

You can make a strong argument Sassy’s has the freshest RPM and Pallet Jack in the city.

 

[FTowne1]

I still buy myrcenary love that beer

Same here, as long as I can find it fresh.

 

[FTowne1]

This thread just reminds me how awful hazy beer actually is.

Word

 

[yeahnatenelson]

This thread gettin' me thirsty. Had to dip out for some Jai Alai.

 

[JonathanAmes]

Even got a Sassy’s reference now. This thread ****s.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

This was also a fave of mine roughly a decade ago:

 

[libbey]

This was also a fave of mine roughly a decade ago:

I still enjoy this one when I come across it on draft. Old school PNW hop profile.

 

[JonathanAmes]

I used to drink a lot of these. They jumped the shark when they came out with the 32 ouncers.

 

[thebandit1]

I used to drink a lot of these. They jumped the shark when they came out with the 32 ouncers.

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Pliny for midwesterns.

 

[JonathanAmes]

The first time I had this I thought it was the best IPA I had ever had. I’ve had it since and never been close to as impressed. I’ve still got that first empty.

 

[SeaWatchman]

Have we talked old Flossmoor Station 22s yet?

 

[furley]

Hop Stoopid bombers used to be $4.50. Crazy cheap in the days when newer breweries were cranking out $15 hoppy bombers circa 2011-2014. Only issue was finding Hop Stoopid fresh.

they're still that price around here

 

[JulianB1]

Great thread, thanks for starting it yeahnatenelson.

Anyone remember when this one was a big deal? Back before "IPAs from New England" became "NEIPAs".

Maine has always suffered a bit from being 1. expensive relative to other options 2. hard to find fresh (we've periodically gotten drops of bottles down here over the years, but rarely less than a month old).

 

[JulianB1]

Must have been drunk when I took this potato pic. But all three of these were so good (late 2013/early 2014 or so):

 

[nachojon]

Are Boneyard and Barley Brown's still cranking out West Coast IPAs at the same quality as several years ago?

Yes.

 

[yeahnatenelson]

Great thread, thanks for starting it yeahnatenelson.

Anyone remember when this one was a big deal? Back before "IPAs from New England" became "NEIPAs".

Maine has always suffered a bit from being 1. expensive relative to other options 2. hard to find fresh (we've periodically gotten drops of bottles down here over the years, but rarely less than a month old).

That was definitel the case here shortly after the launch but the distributor eventually made good. Now there's a fresh keg of Lunch on at my local every two months or so.