The Beer Thread

[James Ford]

$8.49/ four pack at Total Wine. $9.99 at Whole Foods.

8.7abv

That's what I said until I tried Victory DirtWolf. And Victory IS making DirtWolf a regular offering.

1)  if Flying Dog makes this a regular offering it will be my go-to. 

thanks for the heads-up.  will keep my eyes open for this one.

EDIT - no wonder this one is a winner, from Victory's webpage for Dirtwolf:
"Hops: Whole flower Citra, Chinook, Simcoe and Mosaic hops" <-- 4 excellent hops that taste excellent together.  gotta be an expensive beer to make, except for chinook those hops aren't cheap.

[James Ford]

Did anybody have a chance to try DC Brau Alpha Domina Mellis? Not saying it's as good as OTWOA, but we tried it side by side with Maine Beer Company's Zoe at Churchkey Saturday night and it was every bit as good as that beer, which itself is excellent.

[brennser]

its disgusting beyond belief

its also their biggest selling beer and they are expanding capacity to brew more of it - I guess there no accounting for taste

I tried a taste of that and found it truly repulsive.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1924/88269.  tried one last night and wasn't impressed.  the taste was ok but the aroma was off-putting.  i'll give it another chance tonight, maybe that was a bad bottle. 

[K8teebug]

I cannot bring myself to even try that beer.  People seem to really love it though.

I want my beer to taste like BEER.

Right now, I'm really loving Southern Tier Harvest and I've been in a Guinness mood recently too.

[James Ford]

The guy doing the tasting described it as "going down like a Tootsie Roll and finishing like a Reese's"

I actually just had this beer:

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/triple-digit-chickow/187696/

...which tasted like liquid Nutella, and it was actually quite good.

I cannot bring myself to even try that beer.  People seem to really love it though.

I want my beer to taste like BEER.

Right now, I'm really loving Southern Tier Harvest and I've been in a Guinness mood recently too.

[stevewizzle]

i've had it.  there were a bunch of pretty decent homebrewed variations of peanut butter porters at the national homebrew conference, so i decided to try it at churchkey when i saw it.  i digged it, but only could do a taster.  i remember really enjoying it when it was cold, and then it warmed up and wasn't so tasty.

[sweetcell]

its disgusting beyond belief

its also their biggest selling beer and they are expanding capacity to brew more of it - I guess there no accounting for taste

I tried a taste of that and found it truly repulsive.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1924/88269.  tried one last night and wasn't impressed.  the taste was ok but the aroma was off-putting.  i'll give it another chance tonight, maybe that was a bad bottle. 

well, i now i have 4 bottles that i'm not going to drink... so i'll bring them to the next bottle share

[sweetcell]

$8.49/ four pack at Total Wine. $9.99 at Whole Foods.

8.7abv

That's what I said until I tried Victory DirtWolf. And Victory IS making DirtWolf a regular offering.

1)  if Flying Dog makes this a regular offering it will be my go-to. 

thanks for the heads-up.  will keep my eyes open for this one.

EDIT - no wonder this one is a winner, from Victory's webpage for Dirtwolf:
"Hops: Whole flower Citra, Chinook, Simcoe and Mosaic hops" <-- 4 excellent hops that taste excellent together.  gotta be an expensive beer to make, except for chinook those hops aren't cheap.

according to http://flyingdogales.com/beers/the-truth/, The Truth is a year-round offering.

hops: Warrior (most likely for bittering only), Summit, CTZ, Citra, Amarillo... oh yeah.

[James Ford]

it hasn't appeared in VA yet. I got mine when it first came out in DC. Haven't seen it since then. Not that  I do that much beer shopping in DC, beyond Whole Foods.

$8.49/ four pack at Total Wine. $9.99 at Whole Foods.

8.7abv

That's what I said until I tried Victory DirtWolf. And Victory IS making DirtWolf a regular offering.

1)  if Flying Dog makes this a regular offering it will be my go-to. 

thanks for the heads-up.  will keep my eyes open for this one.

EDIT - no wonder this one is a winner, from Victory's webpage for Dirtwolf:
"Hops: Whole flower Citra, Chinook, Simcoe and Mosaic hops" <-- 4 excellent hops that taste excellent together.  gotta be an expensive beer to make, except for chinook those hops aren't cheap.

according to http://flyingdogales.com/beers/the-truth/, The Truth is a year-round offering.

hops: Warrior (most likely for bittering only), Summit, CTZ, Citra, Amarillo... oh yeah.

[Yada]

Picked up four packs of Dirt Wolf and Breakfast Stoudt last night, lookin' forward to diggin' in.

Has Harvest Ale by Founders popped up anywhere?

Disregard that question, it has landed in DC.

[James Ford]

Did anybody pick up Boulevard Bourbon Barrel Quad? I snagged one, but wish I had grabbed an extra so I could have one now and age the other.

Never had Founders Harvest Ale. Doesn't seem to be out my way in VA yet, so hope I can get some!

[BrettnotBritt]

Currently drinking a Port Brewing Mongo IPA and paired it with a homemade pizza. Great stuff.

[brennser]

Founders Harvest Ale is a huge disappointment this year - ABV is up and hops have been dialed back, at least to my palate

[Yada]

Founders Harvest Ale is a huge disappointment this year - ABV is up and hops have been dialed back, at least to my palate

And extremely overpriced, MacGruder's and Rodman's seem to have bumped the cost of a four pack up by at least $4 to $5.

[brennser]

Founders Harvest Ale is a huge disappointment this year - ABV is up and hops have been dialed back, at least to my palate

And extremely overpriced, MacGruder's and Rodman's seem to have bumped the cost of a four pack up by at least $4 to $5.

yeah $14.99 at Magruders - holy shit!