Random Beer Thoughts

[hornydevil]

Because BA IPAs are the worst and at least a stout barrel doesn't sound completely terrible. Do you always have to ask ******* rehotical questions?

If that was *rhetorical, then, yes.

Also, all the beer barrels in the Caskmates series weren't just stout barrels.

 

[BadJustin]

If that was *rhetorical, then, yes.

Also, all the beer barrels in the Caskmates series weren't just stout barrels.

Please shut up, "doc".

 

[Lutter]

Glenfiddich just trolled beer. I like it.

I wonder what barrels these guys are using?

Founders Doom makes the most sense to me if they made any type of scale.

EDIT: They brewed an IPA specifically for the barrels at a local brewery (who then probably served the beer).

http://www.glenfiddich.com/us/explore/india-pale-ale-experiment

 

[hornydevil]

Please shut up, "doc".

Eat a dick, Justin.

 

[GoGators1]

Some solid debate going on in a thread on BA about Heady Topper arriving in NYC...

They should listen to GoGators ... he's a SUBSCRIBER.

And the funniest thing is how he tries to come across like he is defending other guys who sell in line when we all know it's him and his post is basically a running ad that I'll be in line selling if anyone needs any. Sort of like the a guy who calls Dr. Drew and say I have a "friend" who has ED, what can he do?

 

[GoGators1]

They should listen to GoGators ... he's a SUBSCRIBER.

Is there any point to trolling someone from a comment on another website?

 

[beerindex]

I started out pretty skeptical of sour IPAs, though I started to see their merits after trying Buxton/Lerving Trolltunga. I just finished drinking a bottle of Buxton/Stillwater Superluminal, and it is the best beer I've had so far this year. So either sour IPAs have much more potential than I've been giving them credit for, or Buxton is far more talented than my limited prior sampling evidences.

 

[hornydevil]

I started out pretty skeptical of sour IPAs, though I started to see their merits after trying Buxton/Lerving Trolltunga. I just finished drinking a bottle of Buxton/Stillwater Superluminal, and it is the best beer I've had so far this year. So either sour IPAs have much more potential than I've been giving them credit for, or Buxton is far more talented than my limited prior sampling evidences.

^^^^ This.

 

[Lutter]

Is there any point to trolling someone from a comment on another website?

I didn't exactly realize you were a member here at the time. Heh.

I'm a dick who hates Soundgarden. Keep up.

Hi!

 

[Stubs]

Please don't summon the spirit of Ding

Please do this. I'm bored.

 

[JulianB1]

Here's a fun one: the "owner" of Golden Road is trying to pretend they are not owned by ABInbev, even going so far as to misuse the term "fake news" to describe claims to that effect:

https://vinepair.com/articles/beer-news-is-fake-news/

We’ve only been living in this post-craft beer world for a week and it’s already devolving into accusations of fake news and alternative facts.

Golden Road Brewing, an L.A. brewery that was purchased in 2015 by AB InBev as part of the company’s “High End” line, announced plans to open a brewery in Oakland in March. More recently, the president of Golden Road, Meg Gill, spoke with Oakland residents — including people who are against letting a company like AB InBev into a community that focuses on local business.

According to Nick Miller at the East Bay Express, “she suggested more than once that Golden Road wasn’t really even associated with Anheuser-Busch, even telling a group of residents on Wednesday that “non-factual opinion columns” are trying to paint Golden Road as part of Anheuser-Busch, and that such reports are — her words — “fake news.””

Fake news. So here we are beer lovers. Truly, nothing is sacred from the tricky language used in politics.

Fact: Golden Road is indeed owned by AB InBev. Also fact: It will most definitely be encroaching on two independent breweries, Temescal Brewing and Drakes Dealership, in the nearby area. Also fact: Golden Road has the money to make a blow-out beer garden extravaganza that will take business away from the independent breweries.

According to permits dug up by Nick Miller at the East Bay Express, Golden Road plans to open a 7,000-square-foot brewery and beer garden with beer, food, fire pits, and structures built out of shipping containers.

If a craft brewery owner wants to take a big paycheck from a hug company, well, that’s their decision. Money is nice. Just don’t try and say it’s fake news that you’re owned by AB InBev after selling.

 

[RedCoffee]

Here's a fun one: the "owner" of Golden Road is trying to pretend they are not owned by ABInbev, even going so far as to misuse the term "fake news" to describe claims to that effect:

https://vinepair.com/articles/beer-news-is-fake-news/

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[pen15clubmember]

You know what I'd prefer over Live Oak Hefe? Just about every German example of the style I've tried. I feel like this has become a very unpopular opinion.

I think that's fair HOWEVER 2 things:
A. Almost all of those German ones (not **** like Beck's) are at minimum six months old by the time they show up stateside.
2. I've always felt there was a caveat with great US examples of German styles that they can be great, but are never viewed to be as good as the best versions from Germany. Maybe that's just a personal thing, tho.

Edit: to be clear, I think Live Oak is awesome. Traded for some growlers of Hefe and Pils back in the day and thought they were great

 

[MooseLang]

Is Thomas Hooker Liberator Doppelbock still a thing? I remember it being a pretty desirable beer to trade for back in the day. I only had one bottle a long time ago, but remember it being pretty damn close to the better German-brewed Doppelbocks I'd had.

 

[JulianB1]

A. Almost all of those German ones (not **** like Beck's) are at minimum six months old by the time they show up stateside.

This is my biggest issue with German hefes, at least around here. My particular market isn't exactly high on the delivery priorities list either.

 

[purephase]

Is Thomas Hooker Liberator Doppelbock still a thing? I remember it being a pretty desirable beer to trade for back in the day. I only had one bottle a long time ago, but remember it being pretty damn close to the better German-brewed Doppelbocks I'd had.

Not really unfortunately. I haven't seen newly packaged Liberator in ages and I'm not even sure the kegs that sometimes get put on at bars in Connecticut are necessarily new either. These days Hooker seems most focused on the production of their canned New England IPA called #nofilter.

 

[user 312341]

Here's a fun one: the "owner" of Golden Road is trying to pretend they are not owned by ABInbev, even going so far as to misuse the term "fake news" to describe claims to that effect:

https://vinepair.com/articles/beer-news-is-fake-news/

Ugh.

I liked the line below that blurb, though: "You don't get meaner the more beer you drink, you're just a mean person."

#crabostabo before, during, and after. Sounds about right.

Vodka sprites for $10/hr though... eep.

 

[trickytunadicky]

Ugh.

I liked the line below that blurb, though: "You don't get meaner the more beer you drink, you're just a mean person."

#crabostabo before, during, and after. Sounds about right.

Vodka sprites for $10/hr though... eep.

Beer news is fake news, though I will say that wine triggers migraines for me, which make me noticeably crabby, even before the pain kicks in. It's the closest symptom I get to any kind of aura or other warning it is coming, so when I used to get cheap drunk on Asti Spumoni at parties in college and then turn into a heinous bitch... that was a migraine coming. Baseline me is only kind of a bitch.

 

[user 312341]

cheap drunk on Asti Spumoni at parties in college

You were way classier than I was.

I'd just either buy Boone's Farm or push the cork of something all the way in so I'd "have" to drink the whole bottle. But I always preferred beer, in part because I threw up blue Everclear punch all over the place freshman year. I vowed to never touch that **** ever again.

Imagine if we still drank what we drank in college? I'd have so much more extra cash. Maybe.

 

[JCastle1]

Imagine if we still drank what we drank in college?

I still drink **** rum all the time. Haven't seen one of these in a long time though, thankfully:

 

[jeevo]

Imagine if we still drank what we drank in college? I'd have so much more extra cash. Maybe.

If I was still drinking 30 packs of Milwaukee's Best Ice at this age, I would think that something went wrong in life.

 

[quirk6]

Imagine if we still drank what we drank in college?

Do they still make Bartles and Jaymes?

 

[trickytunadicky]

You were way classier than I was.

I'd just either buy Boone's Farm or push the cork of something all the way in so I'd "have" to drink the whole bottle. But I always preferred beer, in part because I threw up blue Everclear punch all over the place freshman year. I vowed to never touch that **** ever again.

Imagine if we still drank what we drank in college? I'd have so much more extra cash. Maybe.

I had expensive tastes even for a broke ass college student. I made "fancy" Jello shots (I got pretty creative with my recipes), and for beer we always had Molson, Labatt or if we had extra cash, Bell's. None of that domestic macro ****. We had some A+ jobs to stock the house with food, though. One roommate worked at Cold Stone, I started out the year at a bagel shop before classes got too intense to support 2 jobs. Man now I want some Jello shots and toaster strudels.

 

[juliolugo]

Do they still make Bartles and Jaymes?

 

[tikk]

If I was still drinking 30 packs of Milwaukee's Best Ice at this age, I would think that something went wrong in life.

I had some of the Iced Beast a few months back, oh god no. No wonder I chugged them ice cold after a shot of cheap whisky back in the day. Stuff tasted like canned corn.

 

[user 312341]

If I was still drinking 30 packs of Milwaukee's Best Ice at this age, I would think that something went wrong in life.

Most people I went to college with are probably still drinking ****** beer. Though, hopefully not Beast Ice.

There are a few who share our interests, but I'd be shocked if I ever saw them at "my" bars.

I had expensive tastes even for a broke ass college student. I made "fancy" Jello shots (I got pretty creative with my recipes), and for beer we always had Molson, Labatt or if we had extra cash, Bell's. None of that domestic macro ****. We had some A+ jobs to stock the house with food, though. One roommate worked at Cold Stone, I started out the year at a bagel shop before classes got too intense to support 2 jobs. Man now I want some Jello shots and toaster strudels.

I drank whatever came out of the keg at the TKE house and then "upgraded" to playing beer pong with Yuengling Black and Tan. And that's probably (one of the reasons) why I came out of college 25-30 lbs heavier than I am now. Oops.

Make the Jello shots and toaster strudels! ...What about toaster strudel flavored Jello shots?!

 

[JCastle1]

What about toaster strudel flavored Jello shots?!

 

[trickytunadicky]

Make the Jello shots and toaster strudels! ...What about toaster strudel flavored Jello shots?!

I've done pumpkin pie, so sure, why not.

 

[WhalezB4Rarez]

What about toaster strudel flavored Jello shots?!

I smell a new Tired Hands beer on the horizon.

 

[NAD1983]

"ISO: Fremont and other locals that are worthy trade for Northeast Elite hazy IPAs."

I've read some stupid **** in trade posts. But using the word Elite (especially the fact that it's capitalized) to describe a hazy IPA has the potential to be the wurstest. Runner up goes to "worthy for trade."

Does anywhere know where Elite falls on the BIG, HUGE, rare, and whalezbro scale?