The Beer Thread

[sweetcell]

Hey Baltimore people, Max's Begian Beer Fest is this weekend.
MAX'S 10TH ANNUAL BELGIAN BEER FEST

FEB 14-17, 2014
11am-2am each day

Yes, it our 10th Anniversary of the Belgian this year. So we will be pulling out all the stops for this one.
Feb 14-16 will be our traditional Belgian beer fest and Feb 17 will be our 2nd Annual Sour/Wild Ale Day

We will have over 160 Belgian beers on draft, over 200 Belgian beers in Bottles and a full Belgian inspired food menu
NO ENTRANCE FEE

wow.  some amazing stuff on offer there.  cantillon fou foune & iris on tap!

[stevewizzle]

Hey DC people, Mad Fox's Barleywine FEstival is next weekend.

http://madfoxbrewing.com/4th-annual-barleywine-festival

can't wait for seattle's barleywine fest

http://craftbeermonger.com/2014/01/09/brouwers-cafes-12th-annual-hard-liver-barleywine-festival-starts-march-15th/

[sweetcell]

Hey DC people, Mad Fox's Barleywine FEstival is next weekend.

http://madfoxbrewing.com/4th-annual-barleywine-festival

can't wait for seattle's barleywine fest

http://craftbeermonger.com/2014/01/09/brouwers-cafes-12th-annual-hard-liver-barleywine-festival-starts-march-15th/

seattle wins by a landslide (again...)

[stevewizzle]

Hey DC people, Mad Fox's Barleywine FEstival is next weekend.

http://madfoxbrewing.com/4th-annual-barleywine-festival

can't wait for seattle's barleywine fest

http://craftbeermonger.com/2014/01/09/brouwers-cafes-12th-annual-hard-liver-barleywine-festival-starts-march-15th/

seattle wins by a landslide (again...)

fwiw, this and big wood (also hosted by brouwers, all barrel-aged beer tap takeover) pretty much are the best events of the year for seattle.

i'll be in line at brouwers at 10am for hard liver.

[shemptiness]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbn9-0WuvFI

[stevewizzle]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbn9-0WuvFI

love the youtube comments on this one

[Yada]

Victory Hop Ranch... not worth drinking again.

[James Ford]

It's good enough to drink the three I have left, but agree, won't be buying it again. Definitely prefer Dirt Wolf.

Victory Hop Ranch... not worth drinking again.

[Yada]

It's good enough to drink the three I have left, but agree, won't be buying it again. Definitely prefer Dirt Wolf.

Victory Hop Ranch... not worth drinking again.

I bought a single for the James Ford approved price of $2.99, did not enjoy.

I will say the 2.14.14 Enjoy By IPA is the best of that bunch that I've had.

[James Ford]

Great! Having the 2.14.14 with dinner tonight! 11 ozs of 9.4 abv beer on a Friday night, getting a little wild.

It's good enough to drink the three I have left, but agree, won't be buying it again. Definitely prefer Dirt Wolf.

Victory Hop Ranch... not worth drinking again.

I bought a single for the James Ford approved price of $2.99, did not enjoy.

I will say the 2.14.14 Enjoy By IPA is the best of that bunch that I've had.

[Yada]

Great! Having the 2.14.14 with dinner tonight! 11 ozs of 9.4 abv beer on a Friday night, getting a little wild.

It's good enough to drink the three I have left, but agree, won't be buying it again. Definitely prefer Dirt Wolf.

Victory Hop Ranch... not worth drinking again.

I bought a single for the James Ford approved price of $2.99, did not enjoy.

I will say the 2.14.14 Enjoy By IPA is the best of that bunch that I've had.

Had one of these yesterday, pretty tasty... A little light bit of a light mouth feel, but a good snowday beer.

[James Ford]

We split a barrel aged stout yesterday brewed by one of our own 9:30 forum members. Not quite BCBS quality, but a nice effort nonetheless. My wife commented that it didn't have too much of a certain taste component that she dislikes about some stouts, so the brewer didn't quite live up to his board screen name (a good thing in her book).

[sweetcell]

I will say the 2.14.14 Enjoy By IPA is the best of that bunch that I've had.

had a growler of that during the Sub-par Bowl, essentially split it with a buddy.  one might say it was too delicious... at least i sure did the next morning, didn't need to plow through that thing as fast as we did   tasty indeed!

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

I had a Hopslam on Wednesday as my bi-annually consumed beer. It was less hoppy than I recall.

[sweetcell]

I had a Hopslam on Wednesday as my bi-annually consumed beer. It was less hoppy than I recall.

i haven't tried this year's batch, and i'm not sure that i will.  there are too many other amazing super-hoppy beers out there to justify hopslam's high price.  the whole foods by my office just tweeted that they have 'slam for sale today.  at twice the price of other craft sixers, imma gunna pass.  i might splurge for a glass if i see it at a bar. 

i'm also IPA'ed out these days.  i have a basement full of really hoppy homebrew that i'm plowing through.  a buddy has been gifting me OTWOA and a few other hop bombs, had a growler of Enjoy By, went through a lot of The Truth over the holidays... time to go on a belgian kick