The Beer Thread

[James Ford]

Stopped into Perfect Pour on the way to Baltimore yesyterday. Agree with Brennser. Great selection, high prices. Compared to my most usual place...Total Wine and Whole Foods.

Also went on the Heavy Seas Brewery tour. Nice tour with pint glass and five 5 oz pours for $5.

[StoneTheCrow]

I have not been to PPour since the liquor tax went into effect - definitely higher than places in DC or NOVA.  Unfortunately there are no Total Wine or Whole Foods (with liquor) up here that I know of.

[K8teebug]

I don't mind paying a higher price there when I'm looking for something special. Especially since it's a short drive from my house (unlike every store in VA).  They stock everything.  (like all those Hitachinos).  I'll pay an extra dollar or two for that.

[i am gay and i like cats]

i just found the holy grail.

repeat . . . the holy fucking grail.

at wegman's in gainsville, va.  it has redeemed itself.  should i drink it, or just stare at it?

[Venerable Bede]

Darth Ed,

Have you tried Hennepin? As good as Saison Dupont (which is indeed very good), but cheaper.

had the Hennepin last weekend- i was wary at first because i had the Saison Rue, and basically poured that out as undrinkable, but the Hennepin was very nice.  (there is a restaurant in Oakland that has it on draft)

coronado idiot ipa- wonderful, although perhaps a bit too bitter on the finish

anderson valley imperial double IPA- very nice double IPA, but not on the Pliny or Tricerhops level.

will have to think about the rest that i had....

[Lazer Guided Melodies]

Cluth get a beer named after them by New Belgium http://blogs.westword.com/backbeat/2011/07/clutch_the_band_jams_with_clut.php

[K8teebug]

And only a few more weeks until we can buy it here!

[hutch]

so how is dc brau? is it available at bars around town? can i buy a six pack ? where? what type of beer is it?

[James Ford]

Half price draft at Pizza Paradiso tonight.



Dupont:
Rogue Imperial IPA (I2PA)
Black Diamond Jagged Edge
Mikkeller Single Hop series: Warrior
Anderson Valley Hop Ottin? IPA
Southern Tier Unearthly
Sierra Nevada Torpedo
Loup Rouge Antidote
Schlafly American IPA (AIPA)
Mikkeller Single Hop series: Columbus
Stone/Brewdog Bashah
Smuttynose Big A IPA
Firestone Walker Double Jack
Cask Ale: DC Brau Corruption, ?dry-hopped? w/ apricots!Georgetown:
Long Trail IPA
Blue Point Hoptical Illusion
Avery Maharaja
Weyerbacher Double Simcoe
Mikkeller Single Hop Galena
Oskar Blues G?Knight
Dieu Du Ciel Corne Du Diable
Belhaven Twisted Thistle
Tupper?s Hop Pocket
Otter Creek Alpine Black
Mikkeller Single Hop Magnum
Southern Tier 2xIPA
Breckenridge 471 Small Batch IPA
Moylans IPA
Nectar Ales Nectar IPA
Schlafly Export IPA
Cask Ale: DC Brau Corruption, ?dry-hopped? w/ apricots!

so how is dc brau? is it available at bars around town? can i buy a six pack ? where? what type of beer is it?

[James Ford]

i haven't had it myself

http://www.dcbrau.com/our_brau.cfm

[radley17]

so how is dc brau? is it available at bars around town? can i buy a six pack ? where? what type of beer is it?

I have been pleasantly surprised by all their beers but the Corruption(an IPA) is the real standout so far for me. If you like em hoppy this one is well worth trying. It's kinda cool to have a DC brewery that is turning out really decent beer, hopefully 3 Stars and Chocolate City (two more soon to be in production DC breweries) will follow suit with some solid offerings.

[Unsanity]

That Founder's Dirty Bastard is amazing. Its a mean beer.

[James Ford]

Have one in the fridge to go with dinner tonight. Nice session beer.

For true meanness, try the Backwoods Bastard. 

That Founder's Dirty Bastard is amazing. Its a mean beer.

[i am gay and i like cats]

when i think dirty bastard . . . i get all knee wobbily

when i think backwoods bastard . . . i just came.

and when i think james ford . . . i realize i said an awful thing to him the other day, and am sorry, and feel we should have a beer together sometime.  a good beer.  a beer that will make us come.

[James Ford]

Haha, don't worry about it. I've said plenty of awful things on here I didn't mean to say too.

I'll have to think of what beers make me come...

when i think dirty bastard . . . i get all knee wobbily

when i think backwoods bastard . . . i just came.

and when i think james ford . . . i realize i said an awful thing to him the other day, and am sorry, and feel we should have a beer together sometime.  a good beer.  a beer that will make us come.