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

[BadJustin]

i swear saranac released a white ipa people we’re flipping for, i clearly remember how absurd it sounded but people were hitting the trade boards hard for it

**** was foul

 

[flexabull]

Not a hoppy brown but now I miss Sierra Nevada Tumbler.

It still shows up in their mixed packs. But ya, I wish it was still released in sixers.

 

[PHBoiler]

I saw someone say Fremont. Is Fremont Summer Ale still a banger? I think that applies to this thread.

 

[Corruptor]

I used to love this one.

 

[smithj21541]

I traded this **** for Guave Grove. That's about as 2013 a story as I'll ever have.

I miss that YouTube channel. I devoured all of their videos.

 

[smithj21541]

Just not a fan. Most of them taste very metallic to me. Only posted it in this thread because most American barleywines taste like over-hopped and overly bitter West Coast TIPAs.

Stone did a double dry hopped old guardian that embraced the fuzzy line between the two. I drank one fresh and was actually somewhat impressed.

 

[FoudreGuy]

I saw someone say Fremont. Is Fremont Summer Ale still a banger? I think that applies to this thread.

Fremont Summer Ale is still a killer beer. That and their Session Pale (formerly known as Seattle Beer Week Pale) are fantastic sub 5% ABV beers.

 

[thebandit1]

Was this mentioned?

I remember getting it as an extra years ago and thinking it was fantastic.

 

[coach1]

Was this mentioned?

I remember getting it as an extra years ago and thinking it was fantastic.

Or this one...

I remember feverishly hunting it down & then being slightly disappointed. It was still good, but the hype really had my expectations way up there. I haven't seen it around Oregon in a few years. Apparently it's in six packs now.

Edit: untappd tells me I had it in Bend last March. I was not impressed. Guess that explains why I thought it had been several years...

 

[Jacco Macacco]

Was this mentioned?

I remember getting it as an extra years ago and thinking it was fantastic.

The only time I've ever gotten it was as an extra as well, and loved it. Maybe more than whatever I was actually trading for.

 

[KevSal]

Was this mentioned?

I remember getting it as an extra years ago and thinking it was fantastic.

it’s still baller, drakes is a strange brewery that doesn’t get the love it deserves. they have a bunch of tap room only stuff that’s excellent.

highly recommend checking them out if your in the bay area

 

[stupac2]

it’s still baller, drakes is a strange brewery that doesn’t get the love it deserves. they have a bunch of tap only stuff that’s excellent

Drake's is really hit or miss. Sometimes their beer is great, sometimes it's terrible. Usually it's mediocre. I think its reputation is pretty spot on.

 

[KevSal]

Drake's is really hit or miss. Sometimes their beer is great, sometimes it's terrible. Usually it's mediocre. I think its reputation is pretty spot on.

well if your talking about their sours yea. but their stouts and hoppy offerings are usually better then average

they released a beer called The Void that was one of the best stouts i had in 2017, super smooth, not a peep from anyone about it, if they had a better reputation it would have been different. ba barleywines and stouts are mostly pretty good, tho somewhat pricey. santa’s brass the past few years has been excellent! strong ales like headzo and quint have also been stellar. if they were a bit less expensive through distro i would pick up more

there’s a new ba porter out that’s supposed to be really good too

 

[iong516]

Or this one...

I remember feverishly hunting it down & then being slightly disappointed. It was still good, but the hype really had my expectations way up there. I haven't seen it around Oregon in a few years. Apparently it's in six packs now.

Edit: untappd tells me I had it in Bend last March. I was not impressed. Guess that explains why I thought it had been several years...

First beer I tried to trade for. Sent a skate friend some Jai Alai when it was still in bottles and probably only distro'd in Tampa if at all, and he said he looked for it and didn't find it so he sent me a Coronita, a Rogue Juniper IPA, and something else that also distro'd to FL. Was rad

 

[stupac2]

well if your talking about their sours yea. but their stouts and hoppy offerings are usually better then average

they released a beer called The Void that was one of the best stouts i had in 2017, super smooth, not a peep from anyone about it, if they had a better reputation it would have been different. ba barleywines and stouts are mostly pretty good, tho somewhat pricey. santa’s brass the past few years has been excellent! strong ales like headzo and quint have also been stellar. if they were a bit less expensive through distro i would pick up more

there’s a new ba porter out that’s supposed to be really good too

I'm talking about all of it. Like, 1500 is a solid beer but it's nothing to brag about. The miscellaneous hoppy stuff is sometimes good and sometimes bad but usually just fine. They can pull off random styles but there's usually a ceiling of "pretty good". Their BA stuff (sour and otherwise) is occasionally pretty good and mostly mediocre-to-awful (though I may be an outlier on this, they have a similar house style to Ballast Point where it has a ton of acetone to me but no one else gets it). I can't remember the last time I had a beer from them that was actually impressive (though I haven't had the void).

That said, it seems like every other post in this thread is someone praising a beer I thought was garbage so what do I know? We should get Arbitrator in here, compared to him I'm a ******* easy grader...

 

[KevSal]

We should get Arbitrator in here, compared to him I'm a ******* easy grader...

and maybe he can share more hoppy puns with us

 

[gregkoko]

Indian Brown RULED

 

[mikehblack]

santa’s brass the past few years has been excellent!

Huge fan of that beer. Wish I found some bottles. I don't know any other Bay Area breweries making BA barleywine like that.

 

[KevSal]

Huge fan of that beer. Wish I found some bottles. I don't know any other Bay Area breweries making BA barleywine like that.

agreed, they’ve dialed it in. they’ve been tooling around with a string of tasty barleywines, brandy barrels and port barrels, even aged one in utopias barrels (i think i might still have one) and with santa’s brass they really hit that magic spot.

 

[boogercrack]

I remember really liking this ages ago. Traded for some in... 2012?

 

[coach1]

So I guess we can add "Decocted IPA" to the list style variations I'm to lazy to find.

 

[Beerontwowheels]

So I guess we can add "Decocted IPA" to the list style variations I'm to lazy to find.

*too

 

[coach1]

*too

Two?

 

[BigFrank]

*too

Two?

 

[floccboi]

 

[smithj21541]

Can confirm, this still *****...

Xposted in proper glassware

 

[boogercrack]

I found out yesterday that St. Arnold has discontinued Endeavour.

In like 2011 or 12 or whenever it debuted, noone in Texas could make a decent DIPA to save their life. It fundamentally changed the way I tried to drink locally, mostly due to the fact that all the IPA I could source here in 2012 was ******* garbage. I guess it's not a phenomenal beer, and doesn't fit into today's IPA market at all, but dammit, it mattered to me.

RIP.

 

[matedog]

Ska Modus Hoperandi was a favorite in my early days.

Found this picture I took of Falling Rock's menu back in 2009. Most of the ones already posted in here.

I love Izzy and the Cantillon seasonals just chilling on the menu.

 

[bramsdell]

I found out yesterday that St. Arnold has discontinued Endeavour.

In like 2011 or 12 or whenever it debuted, noone in Texas could make a decent DIPA to save their life. It fundamentally changed the way I tried to drink locally, mostly due to the fact that all the IPA I could source here in 2012 was ******* garbage. I guess it's not a phenomenal beer, and doesn't fit into today's IPA market at all, but dammit, it mattered to me.

RIP.

Lived in Alabama in 2011-2012. This was Good People's Snake Handler 100%.

 

[floccboi]