Pittsburgh

[Clerkp]

If anyone intends to grab some Infinite Highway Saturday and would like to trade for some Astroid, PM me please. I have some other mostly hoppy stuff I can offer up with or in the alternative as well.

 

[kbuzz1]

Pretty sure I just won a trade with dadavat

Thanks for the tasty new pgh ticks (except BOC)!!

Also a bottle of homebrew not pictured. And I hear this guy can brew a little bit. Excited for everything.

 

[kbuzz1]

Drank Jam and B1o2 side by side.

Jam - good, not great. Not my favorite version of this style. But certainly enjoyable. Really nice nose...taste didn't quite match up. Chuggable as ****. But too expensive to be chugging.

Better One or Two - better. Maybe even much better. Nose matched up to the taste a bit more. And both were significantly better than they were with Jam. If I were still in town I would be buying this one every time it was released...regardless of price.

Honestly not quite sure why I enjoyed B1o2 so much more as I sit here...cause I can't pinpoint where the two were that different...but that's my conclusion. I think in the end probably just cause IPA vs DIPA. There's certainly a vegetal thing going on with both...that I think most people have been calling garlic/onion. But to me it's more so just a general bitterness. Like these are somehow the first NEIPAs I've had that demonstrate the desirable hazy/juicy blah blah blah, but are still ******* bitter. It's kinda cool.

Swear to god they gave me FH burps too...so majors props for that.

 

[OneDropSoup]

Drank Jam and B1o2 side by side.

Jam - good, not great. Not my favorite version of this style. But certainly enjoyable. Really nice nose...taste didn't quite match up. Chuggable as ****. But too expensive to be chugging.

Better One or Two - better. Maybe even much better. Nose matched up to the taste a bit more. And both were significantly better than they were with Jam. If I were still in town I would be buying this one every time it was released...regardless of price.

Honestly not quite sure why I enjoyed B1o2 so much more as I sit here...cause I can't pinpoint where the two were that different...but that's my conclusion. I think in the end probably just cause IPA vs DIPA. There's certainly a vegetal thing going on with both...that I think most people have been calling garlic/onion. But to me it's more so just a general bitterness. Like these are somehow the first NEIPAs I've had that demonstrate the desirable hazy/juicy blah blah blah, but are still ******* bitter. It's kinda cool.

Swear to god they gave me FH burps too...so majors props for that.

I was drinking Jam & Better side by side for a clip, & to me they're really different. Jam's got the rye/melon hops thing going on, Better's got the tropical/dank thing. And yeah, juicy but still bitter enough to make you feel like you drank a beer.

Me discussing DG --

 

[preluderl]

Drank Jam and B1o2 side by side.

Jam - good, not great. Not my favorite version of this style. But certainly enjoyable. Really nice nose...taste didn't quite match up. Chuggable as ****. But too expensive to be chugging.

Better One or Two - better. Maybe even much better. Nose matched up to the taste a bit more. And both were significantly better than they were with Jam. If I were still in town I would be buying this one every time it was released...regardless of price.

Honestly not quite sure why I enjoyed B1o2 so much more as I sit here...cause I can't pinpoint where the two were that different...but that's my conclusion. I think in the end probably just cause IPA vs DIPA. There's certainly a vegetal thing going on with both...that I think most people have been calling garlic/onion. But to me it's more so just a general bitterness. Like these are somehow the first NEIPAs I've had that demonstrate the desirable hazy/juicy blah blah blah, but are still ******* bitter. It's kinda cool.

Swear to god they gave me FH burps too...so majors props for that.

One man's uneducated el stupido opinion, but I think Better One or Two is infinitely better than Jam. I don't get the vegetal garlic/onion thing at all from B1o2 at all and with Jam it hit me pretty hard.

 

[dadavat]

i haven't been crazy about their pale ales and regular ipas. i feel like they're missing something in the taste department. quite a few of them have had a watery finish. maybe i've been drinking them too fresh, but i totally agree that aroma and taste don't particularly match up. the double ipas have been overall pretty great because there's some body and sweetness to back it up. i still don't think i'll be buying them as regular drinkers though for the price but i'll pick them up every once in a while.

 

[preluderl]

i haven't been crazy about their pale ales and regular ipas. i feel like they're missing something in the taste department. quite a few of them have had a watery finish. maybe i've been drinking them too fresh, but i totally agree that aroma and taste don't particularly match up. the double ipas have been overall pretty great because there's some body and sweetness to back it up. i still don't think i'll be buying them as regular drinkers though for the price but i'll pick them up every once in a while.

Agree RE their DIPAs being a lot better than their pales. I didn't love Exquisite Beast but I thought it was better than all of the pales I've tried and I think Better One or Two is actually really tasty. Going to hit the Infinite Highway release on Saturday so I'm curious to try that one out to see how it compares to the other two DIPAs I've had. The hop bill on Infinite Highway ticks the boxes for a DIPA that I normally really enjoy.

 

[jagoffbrewer1]

Pretty sure I just won a trade with dadavat

Thanks for the tasty new pgh ticks (except BOC)!!

Also a bottle of homebrew not pictured. And I hear this guy can brew a little bit. Excited for everything.

Sorry in advance.

 

[greg4579]

Pretty sure I just won a trade with dadavat

Thanks for the tasty new pgh ticks (except BOC)!!

Also a bottle of homebrew not pictured. And I hear this guy can brew a little bit. Excited for everything.

You try more of these than I do...and I live in this city!

 

[greg4579]

This past week I hit up Roundabout on Sunday and made a stop at BG last night.

At Roundabout I really enjoyed their Hy-n-DryPA and they also had a killer Raspberry Berliner that had just been put on tap. Driftwood also was killing it with the pizzas. I really liked that they have a good amount of outdoor seating.

This batch of Lou and the new batch of Legendary Weapons at BG were top notch. I also like Hawain Mayan, but would love it if they did a brett version. As a "clean" version I'd call it a really good belgian IPA.

 

[McMatt7]

At Roundabout I really enjoyed their Hy-n-DryPA

Had one of those last night at Pipers and ****** loved it.

 

[Matthouse3]

This past week I hit up Roundabout on Sunday and made a stop at BG last night.

At Roundabout I really enjoyed their Hy-n-DryPA and they also had a killer Raspberry Berliner that had just been put on tap. Driftwood also was killing it with the pizzas. I really liked that they have a good amount of outdoor seating.

This batch of Lou and the new batch of Legendary Weapons at BG were top notch. I also like Hawain Mayan, but would love it if they did a brett version. As a "clean" version I'd call it a really good belgian IPA.

They have crowlers of this?

 

[greg4579]

They have crowlers of this?

No crowlers or growlers on his fruit berliners. I heard the blackberry one that was on prior to this was stupidly good.

 

[moarhops1]

Had one of those last night at Pipers and ****** loved it.

I swear I could've drank about fifty of those hyndries.

 

[McMatt7]

If any of yunz are fans of Belgian Pale Ales i recommend the Brixton Roland, on tap at Pipers right now, it's god damn good god dammit.

 

[Matthouse3]

No crowlers or growlers on his fruit berliners. I heard the blackberry one that was on prior to this was stupidly good.

****, that sounds incredible.

 

[dtx00]

Roundabout has been doing a sneaky good job with the goses and berliners since pcbw

 

[kbuzz1]

Sorry in advance.

I wouldn't have asked for them if I wasn't excited to try them.

(apology accepted)

 

[greg4579]

Oh, and after drinking a Casey Family Preserves Laredo Plum last night I would like to kindly switch my vote in the great fruit beer debate from Jester King to Casey. Thanks.

 

[london1o11]

If any of yunz are fans of Belgian Pale Ales i recommend the Brixton Roland, on tap at Pipers right now, it's god damn good god dammit.

Finally, more Brixton stuff. Here's hoping it's still on when I get back in town next week. Or that it kicks immediately - whichever results in me getting to try more of their stuff locally in the future.

 

[london1o11]

Oh, and after drinking a Casey Family Preserves Laredo Plum last night I would like to kindly switch my vote in the great fruit beer debate from Jester King to Casey. Thanks.

Has new glarus been completely forgotten on the fruit front with all these new-fangled breweries popping up?

 

[greg4579]

Has new glarus been completely forgotten on the fruit front with all these new-fangled breweries popping up?

Gone but not forgotten.

I actually talked about that last night with Cazlo. I love me some New Glarus fruits. For me they are not "American Wilds" like the Casey and Jester King beers we were talking about. What they are is delicious fruit beers that do a stellar job of showcasing the fruit they used.

 

[moarhops1]

Finally, more Brixton stuff. Here's hoping it's still on when I get back in town next week. Or that it kicks immediately - whichever results in me getting to try more of their stuff locally in the future.

Should still be on, they're under the radar enough & it's a Belgian Pale which ain't nobody care about in this town.

 

[beerman6686]

Speaking of fruit beers, finally a Draai Laag release I can get down with:

 

[Matthouse3]

Speaking of fruit beers, finally a Draai Laag release I can get down with:

I'd rim my (gl)ass with white pepper for those Gillian 'tones.

 

[McMatt7]

Speaking of fruit beers, finally a Draai Laag release I can get down with:

 

[OneDropSoup]

What does indigenous funk taste like? Have I been oblivious to this flavor all my life, like how people can't smell their own body odor?

 

[McMatt7]

What does indigenous funk taste like?

Flooded basements.

 

[chekyo4]

Anyone able to heading to DG tonight for Aevum or Saturday for Infinite Highway that can spare 2-4 cans of one or both? Cash plus thank you beers in return.

 

[kbuzz1]

Oh, and after drinking a Casey Family Preserves Laredo Plum last night I would like to kindly switch my vote in the great fruit beer debate from Jester King to Casey. Thanks.