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

[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 *****.

 

[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.

 

[nachojon]

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

#metoo #amidoingthisright?

 

[JulianB1]

I remember when this was first released...yeah I fell HARD for dat hype. Don’t even remember if I enjoyed it or not, I just had to GET it.

A truly great beer once upon a time, although like many others one a lot of southeast craft beer fans overvalued as trade bait due to the relative lack of having much around here on that front until Westbrook and others really started pumping out BA stouts. One of the best of the various "Pliny killer" DIPAs of the early 2010s era. It was unfortunately a very harsh casualty of Coast expanding and in the process messing up several of their recipes, at least for a while.

Here's a pint of Boy King being drank on-site in mid 2013 or so:

Here's what it looked like from a 12oz can in mid-2016:

I haven't had it in a long while, but more recent pics at least appear promising appearance-wise, so I should probably re-visit it sometime.

 

[JulianB1]

Speaking of very good southeastern IPAs that declined in conjunction with production scale-ups:

This was a total banger several years ago and I'd make trips to Charlotte to grab cases of it. It's another I haven't had recently so maybe in turned a corner, but the last several times I tried it, it was painfully mediocre.

 

[Stubs]

when I first got into trading I was sending out boxes packed with 64oz growlers of Boneyard Hop Venom and Notorious almost every other week. I can't remember the last time I had a pour of either.

...for crowlers of BA Ten Fidy and Death by Coconut that just sit on shelves now.

When those IPAs hit Denver I still grab pours and I hardly ever beer anymore at all.

 

[Stubs]

I remember buying SUCKS by the case when it was in seasonal 6 packs. That beer was so good.

 

[jmgrub]

when I first got into trading I was sending out boxes packed with 64oz growlers of Boneyard Hop Venom and Notorious almost every other week. I can't remember the last time I had a pour of either.

You spoiled!

 

[BigFrank]

Packaged ten days ago.

Mine was 4/24/19. Picked it up at the source last week. Have enjoyed many since then. So good.

 

[JulianB1]

The "iceman pour" before it was cool: maxing out a TB snifter for that proper Intihar tick.

Oh and Swami's ******, I'm sure it still does.

 

[Skittle34]

For me a memory I'll always have is seeing my dad put original Harpoon IPA in the fridge as a wee tyke. That and Lost Sailor IPA from Berkshire Brewing Co when New England IPAs were based on English IPAs





Trends have changed, but these memories live on

 

[JulianB1]

Remember when adding lactose to an IPA was a novel idea to add body and balance out big bitterness and booziness, rather than create a hoppy milkshake?