The Beer Thread

[Yada]

I had a beer at World of Beer in Reston today for lunch... Kind of a bright spot in burb' hell.

[Space Freely]

I'm going to Portland three weeks too late. Check out this draft list from Belmont Station the other day.

Today's list is live, and everything is pouring.

    Russian River 2010 Consecration
    Russian River 2010 Supplication
    Russian River 2010 Sanctification
    Russian River 2011 Temptation
    Crooked Stave Progenitor #2
    Crooked Stave Petite Sour Blueberry
    Crooked Stave Petite Sour Grapefruit Radler
    Crooked Stave Flor d'Lees
    Firestone Walker Bretta Weisse
    Firestone Walker Feral One
    Firestone Walker SLO-ambic
    Bend MC Session IPA
    New Belgium La Folie
    New Belgium Le Terroir
    Bell's Wild One
    Almanac Dogpatch Sour
    Bayerischer Bahnhof Goseator Tequila Barrel-aged Imperial Gose
    Dogfish Head Olde School Barleywine
    Maui Kilhei Kolsch
    Knee Deep Hop Shortage IIIPA
    Fort George 3-Way IPA
    Finnriver Barrel Berry Sour Cider
    Holy Mountain Pyrokinesis Dry-Hopped DIPA (Cask)

[Yada]

Hill Farmstead serving beer at Magna Ball!

https://twitter.com/HillFarmstead/status/623247533897326592

[sweetcell]

Hill Farmstead serving beer at Magna Ball!

https://twitter.com/HillFarmstead/status/623247533897326592

is HF worth a weekend of Phish?  ouch.  what a choice.

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

is HF worth a weekend of Phish?  ouch.  what a choice.

Virtually nothing is worth a weekend of Phish.

[Yada]

[sweetcell]

hopefully they will be serving some of these, also

[Yada]

Toppling Goliath porch bomb... New and improved Sue 12oz bottles!

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Toppling Goliath porch bomb... New and improved Sue 12oz bottles!

Nice. Maybe the best hoppy beer I've had all year (Sue). I got a four pack and have one left. Broke one bottle before I even got it home. Almost think I should have brought home less New Glarus and more Sue. Though that's a tough call.

[Yada]

I prefer the New Glarus fruit beers over Sue (two totally different options, but still my preference).

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This Virginia brewery is owned by former Oriole closer Chris Ray.

http://www.cotubrewing.com/our-beers/

[sweetcell]

This Virginia brewery is owned by former Oriole closer Chris Ray.

http://www.cotubrewing.com/our-beers/

based solely on the beers' names, i'm not impressed.  Pocahoptas?  and "Slingshot" has been used a million times...

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

This Virginia brewery is owned by former Oriole closer Chris Ray.

http://www.cotubrewing.com/our-beers/

based solely on the beers' names, i'm not impressed.  Pocahoptas?  and "Slingshot" has been used a million times...

My friends in the area who frequent the Richmond-area craft breweries and stand in line for special releases hold this one in extremely low regard.

Supposedly if you want a (currently operable) RVA-area brewery to check out aside from Hardywood, which I assume you all know, Lickinghole Creek is what the beer aficionados are raving about. (Strangeways and Ardent are worth checking out too.)

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This Virginia brewery is owned by former Oriole closer Chris Ray.

http://www.cotubrewing.com/our-beers/

based solely on the beers' names, i'm not impressed.  Pocahoptas?  and "Slingshot" has been used a million times...

My friends in the area who frequent the Richmond-area craft breweries and stand in line for special releases hold this one in extremely low regard.

Supposedly if you want a (currently operable) RVA-area brewery to check out aside from Hardywood, which I assume you all know, Lickinghole Creek is what the beer aficionados are raving about. (Strangeways and Ardent are worth checking out too.)

I haven't been to Lickinghole Creek or tasted any of their beers, but I can say that they are great....just kidding. I'm hoping to make a trek there at some point, maybe this fall.

I hadn't heard anything about the COTU place, just though the Chris Ray connection was slightly interesting. Seems like the brewery itself may join the long list of not worth bothering with....

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had a few  Lickinghole Creek's and they were decent at Copperwood Tavern
who carrys a surprisingly good list of only VA brews on tap

Drafts


 Champion, Killer Kolsch (VA)
 Devil's Backbone, Schwartz Bier (VA)
 Starr Hill, Jomo Lager (VA)
 Devil's Backbone, Gold Leaf (VA)
 Heritage, American Expedition (VA)
 Fair Winds, Howling Gale IPA (VA)
 Old Bust Head, Wildcat IPA (VA)
 Hoppocalypse, Imperial Red Ale (VA)
 3 Brothers, Hoptimization IPA (VA)
 3 Brothers, Great Outdoor Pale Ale (VA)
 Wild Wolf, Blonde Hunny Golden Ale (VA)
 Hardywood, Singel Belgian Ale (VA)
 Three Notch'd, No Veto English Brown (VA)
 Three Notch'd Hydraulion Irish Red (VA)
 Heritage, King's Mountain Scotch Ale (VA)
 Port City, Porter (VA)
 Old Ox, Seasonal (VA)
 Lickinghole Creek, Seasonal (VA)
 Hardywood, Seasonal (VA)