The Beer Thread

[atomic]

oh, great.  the news the beer world has been waiting for... samuel adams is finally jumping on the IPA bandwagon.  pertinent details:

"Introducing Rebel IPA, the first all-American hops, West Coast style IPA from the same brewers that started a craft beer revolution in 1984."
HOP VARIETIES: American Cascade, Simcoe®, Chinook, Centennial, and Amarillo
6.5%ABV
IBUs: 45
(http://www.samueladams.com/craft-beers/rebel-ipa)

it's holding a 82 on BA, so it can't be all bad (nor is it all good, either) http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/35/95386

I guess now that Sam Adams is making the fad will die. 

[Bagley]

Another try for Sam Adams-

Double Agent IPL?
"Full of the bold grapefruit & piney character of an American IPA, this brew also reveals its smooth lager side creating a balanced, flavorful brew."

HOP VARIETIES-
Zeus, Simcoe, Citra, Ahtanum, Cascade, Centennial, and Nelson Sauvin hops

5.0 abv

[BrettnotBritt]

Picked up two sixers of Great Lakes Xmas Ale. Between that and BCBS being released on Friday, it's going to be an expensive week.

[James Ford]

Where are you going to be getting BCBS on Friday?

Picked up two sixers of Great Lakes Xmas Ale. Between that and BCBS being released on Friday, it's going to be an expensive week.

[BrettnotBritt]

Where are you going to be getting BCBS on Friday?

Picked up two sixers of Great Lakes Xmas Ale. Between that and BCBS being released on Friday, it's going to be an expensive week.

Going to upstate NY for Thanksgiving, so the beer store by my parents place. They didn't have a bottle limit on Cherry Rye last time so I went to town.

[James Ford]

Ah nice. Totally forgot that Goose Inbev casts such a wide net!

I bought one coffee, one cherry, and one four pack last year. So far, I've only drank one 12oz bottle.
 
I really shouldn't buy any this year based on my 12 month consumption. I blame my wife for the lack of consumption. She only pretends to like imperial stouts when she's around beer geeks (besides myself).

Where are you going to be getting BCBS on Friday?

Picked up two sixers of Great Lakes Xmas Ale. Between that and BCBS being released on Friday, it's going to be an expensive week.

Going to upstate NY for Thanksgiving, so the beer store by my parents place. They didn't have a bottle limit on Cherry Rye last time so I went to town.

[stevewizzle]

Ah nice. Totally forgot that Goose Inbev casts such a wide net!

I bought one coffee, one cherry, and one four pack last year. So far, I've only drank one 12oz bottle.
 
I really shouldn't buy any this year based on my 12 month consumption. I blame my wife for the lack of consumption. She only pretends to like imperial stouts when she's around beer geeks (besides myself).

Where are you going to be getting BCBS on Friday?

Picked up two sixers of Great Lakes Xmas Ale. Between that and BCBS being released on Friday, it's going to be an expensive week.

Going to upstate NY for Thanksgiving, so the beer store by my parents place. They didn't have a bottle limit on Cherry Rye last time so I went to town.

consumption issue, eh? if only there was some other avenue to enjoy these bottles... like a forum bottle share or something.

[Yada]

James,

I suggest you get all wild and crazy and take down one of those 12 ozers yourself over this holiday weekend.

[James Ford]

That's like 420 calories of beer in one sitting. Are you kidding? I have a girlish figure to maintain.

James,

I suggest you get all wild and crazy and take down one of those 12 ozers yourself over this holiday weekend.

[sweetcell]

i'm currently in vermont. on the drive up i stopped at State Line Liquors, at the MD/DE border.  amazing beer selection.  they had a 20% off sale on all belgians so i picked up a LambickX, a Lindmans Cuvee Rene and a Oud Beersel Framboise.  i was in a sour mood

the in-laws live on a farm in the sticks.  most of vermont is nowhere, and they're on the edges of that.  a few miles up the road is a general store and a gas station.  and in this little station, middle of nowhere, i found a ridiculous beer selection.  great prices too.  i picked up a Jolly Pumpkin La Roja, a Lodgson Seizoen Bretta, a 1.5 year old Mathilda, and a Rock Art Vermonster barley wine... all for cheaper than i've seen them anywhere else.  go rural vermont.

doesn't look like i'll be snagging any heady topper or lawsons.  it would require a 3 hour round trip for either one, and a full day expedition to snag both... i got other shit to do.

Going to upstate NY for Thanksgiving, so the beer store by my parents place. They didn't have a bottle limit on Cherry Rye last time so I went to town.

dude.  grab me a few if you can.  seriously.

[Yada]

I don't have a beer cellar per se, but have extra bottles of KBS, BCBS, Parabola, etc. etc... Will it hurt to leave the beer in a refrigerator or would you suggest just leaving the beer in a cool, dark spot in the basement?

[brennser]

i picked up  a Lodgson Seizoen Bretta... for cheaper than i've seen them anywhere else.  go rural vermont.

dude.  grab me a few if you can.  seriously.

dude.  grab me a few if you can.  seriously. 

[James Ford]

My high ABV stuff like that sits in a cool, dark-ish area 12 months a year. Except it's not really that cool there in the summertime.

My wife says some of the aged stuff tastes "musty", I argue that it just tastes "mellow".

I guess I don't really have an answer for you. To be honest, I age beer because I'm a more enthusiastic buyer of beer than I am a consumer of it. Not because i'm hoping that it tastes better with age.

I don't have a beer cellar per se, but have extra bottles of KBS, BCBS, Parabola, etc. etc... Will it hurt to leave the beer in a refrigerator or would you suggest just leaving the beer in a cool, dark spot in the basement?

[James Ford]

Was that the Warren Store by any chance? Or are you saying you actually found those beers at a gas station?

the in-laws live on a farm in the sticks.  most of vermont is nowhere, and they're on the edges of that.  a few miles up the road is a general store and a gas station.  and in this little station, middle of nowhere, i found a ridiculous beer selection.  great prices too.  i picked up a Jolly Pumpkin La Roja, a Lodgson Seizoen Bretta, a 1.5 year old Mathilda, and a Rock Art Vermonster barley wine... all for cheaper than i've seen them anywhere else.  go rural vermont.

[BrettnotBritt]

Going to upstate NY for Thanksgiving, so the beer store by my parents place. They didn't have a bottle limit on Cherry Rye last time so I went to town.

dude.  grab me a few if you can.  seriously.

You mean the Backyard Rye 22oz, or any 12oz variety? Cherry Rye isn't out this year.