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nkotb

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« Reply #1950 on: January 31, 2013, 03:57:53 pm »
Weird...I really liked the novelty of it last year.  I mean, I'll still drink it, but it kind of loses some of the fun.

Apparently they are planning on making it a year round beer, but putting it in 32 oz bottles instead of six packs. Booo.

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« Reply #1951 on: January 31, 2013, 04:13:21 pm »
you should come out to my house . . . of course, i hope you can out run leatherface.

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« Reply #1952 on: January 31, 2013, 04:19:46 pm »
you should come out to my house . . . of course, i hope you can out run leatherface.

Will you be wearing leather as well walky?

Well, that's four for a bottle share. Shall we start a separate thread, email chain, google circle, facebook event, something else?

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« Reply #1953 on: January 31, 2013, 07:19:02 pm »
Well, that's four for a bottle share. Shall we start a separate thread, email chain, google circle, facebook event, something else?

PM's sent.  let's move to e-mail, see my message for details...

mmmmmmmmmmm, beer.
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« Reply #1954 on: February 01, 2013, 09:34:27 pm »
We had our first of the year tonight. Unfortunately, we both agree/ huge disappointment this year.

More hate for this year's batch. I hate to say it, I'm not surprised.


http://www.beergeeknation.com/admin/bells-hopslam-most-dissapointing-of-2013-beer-geek-nation-craft-beer-reviews/



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« Reply #1955 on: February 01, 2013, 09:56:30 pm »
damn . . . just bought a six pack of hopslam.  like james, i had to.  i've never had it, but now, how will i know if it is bad . . . i've never had it to compare it too.  how odd.  i did pick up some more sucks and brown shugga and 12/12/12 and banana bread beer and alcoholic ginger beer and the place i buy beer has tap lines now so i got a growler of firestone walker double jack.  niiiiiceee.

my partner and i just split the growler.  oh my . . . i'm getting some tonight!
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« Reply #1956 on: February 02, 2013, 02:28:18 pm »
http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2013/02/01/16744067-taste-test-budget-beers-for-the-super-bowl?lite

really?  actually, i've had the costco kirkland beers . . . not bad in that beast of a box.

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« Reply #1957 on: February 02, 2013, 07:00:19 pm »
More hate for this year's batch. I hate to say it, I'm not surprised.


http://www.beergeeknation.com/admin/bells-hopslam-most-dissapointing-of-2013-beer-geek-nation-craft-beer-reviews/

if people are still looking for it in DC Broad Branch Market has it for 21.99 a sixer


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« Reply #1958 on: February 03, 2013, 01:53:06 pm »
Hey folks, get your craft beer for the Big Game at Safeway!

And no, Redhook is not craft. 32% owned by ABInbev.


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« Reply #1959 on: February 03, 2013, 02:06:09 pm »
Hey folks, get your craft beer for the Big Game at Safeway!

And no, Redhook is not craft. 32% owned by ABInbev.



craft beer for the masses


there's an interesting article in today's post on the US beer industry... seems to be a duopoly... real craft beer accounts for 3% of the market apparently ( Yuengling and Sam Adams account for another 3%)

i really hope the justice dept doesnt let ABinbev finalize its purchase of Modelo Corona although the whole thing is really twisted as it is...

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Re: The Beer Thread
« Reply #1960 on: February 04, 2013, 09:57:31 am »


#hopbowl

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Re: The Beer Thread
« Reply #1961 on: February 04, 2013, 10:16:37 am »
I have only had half of those.  Embarrassing. 

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« Reply #1962 on: February 04, 2013, 10:19:21 am »
We had our first of the year tonight. Unfortunately, we both agree/ huge disappointment this year.

Great.  I said i wouldn't but I did break down and buy some.  Even after I'd heard that last year's batch (which I didn't buy) was worse than the previous one.

d-u-m-b, I am.

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« Reply #1963 on: February 04, 2013, 10:35:33 am »
We split a 12 oz bottle of Firestone Walker Double Jack and a 12 oz bottle of Green Flash Palate Wrecker last night.

And the winner, by unanimous decision, was Double Jack.

Which is cool, because the four pack of that is cheaper as well as year round.

Next matchup is Double Jack vs. 2013 Hopslam. The Hopslam is a month younger, but I still have my $$ on Double Jack.


damn . . . just bought a six pack of hopslam.  like james, i had to.  i've never had it, but now, how will i know if it is bad . . . i've never had it to compare it too.  how odd.  i did pick up some more sucks and brown shugga and 12/12/12 and banana bread beer and alcoholic ginger beer and the place i buy beer has tap lines now so i got a growler of firestone walker double jack.  niiiiiceee.

my partner and i just split the growler.  oh my . . . i'm getting some tonight!

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« Reply #1964 on: February 04, 2013, 11:22:58 am »
#hopbowl

so who won?  i hope you made allowances for freshness ("flag on the play: sipping of a two-month old IIPA...")

i got a sixer of sucks, and i can't say that i'm blown away.  quite tasty but i wouldn't raise a fuss over the stuff.
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