The Beer Thread

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Made a trip to Veil yesterday to stock up on beers for the holidays... this one hits it out of the park, basically drinking a raspberry smoovie gose. Never Never Again Again by Veil...

They are quickly becoming my favorite brewery other than possibly Trillium for hoppy beverages. Finished the evening off at Answer with a few delicious Andalls and a killer chicken bowl. I unfortunately didn't get the invite to sleep on Julian's couch.

Hey Yada, how long did you have to stand in line at the Veil to get cans? What time did you arrive? What's the best strategy? Was there good take home stuff left after the initial deluge of people?

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Aslin leaving Herndon

Cheers to a new year!

As the new year is quickly approaching, we wanted to let you know that Aslin Beer Co. will be leaving the Town of Herndon in 2017. This was not an easy decision to make but it's necessary in order to grow our business and fulfill our mission to create amazing beer and a great place to enjoy it.

We have not yet decided on our new location but are in the process of scoping out options and hope to confirm our new spot soon.

Until our new location is up and running, we will continue to operate as To-Go only to make our beer more easily accessible to more people. Beer will be limited through the next two weeks, but as of the second week of January it will released on a weekly basis. We will updated operating hours through the next few weeks.

2017 Mug Club members - you will be receiving a separate email shortly regarding how this affects your membership.

For this week, starting December 28, we will be making announcements each day for releases and hours.

From everyone at Aslin Beer Co. - thank you for your continued support. Feel free to stop by and chat or shoot us an email if you have any questions.

Cheers,
Andrew, Kai, & Richard

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Aslin leaving Herndon

Dang...wish they'd just take over New District's space
Please don't move out to loudoun co and stay on the bike trail at least

[StoneTheCrow]

Please DO NOT move further from the beltway. It's already a haul. Not as bad as ocelot, but bad enough.

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its kind of sucky to leave where you made your rep.. what is so bad about Herndon? I mean I don't like it but pretty much all of Northern Virginia is like it...they make it sound like a business decision

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its kind of sucky to leave where you made your rep.. what is so bad about Herndon? I mean I don't like it but pretty much all of Northern Virginia is like it...they make it sound like a business decision

location was horrible (not so much in herndon)
in the middle of a business park and looked like the entrance to a locker room at a highschool

Now that they are so popular, I'm sure they can get loans/investors to get a real nice space

Shows how good their beers were, that people kept going to venue that sucked balls

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its kind of sucky to leave where you made your rep.. what is so bad about Herndon? I mean I don't like it but pretty much all of Northern Virginia is like it...they make it sound like a business decision

Apparently the fire marshal cracked down on them. Some kind of Town of Herndon code where they can't have more customers on the place than they have actual seats. Not sure why they're treating a tap room as if it's a restaurant, since they don't serve food. Wouldn't be a problem if they were only interested in being a to-go beer destination (apparently ala Treehouse and Trillium when they first started out), but they want to have the tap room as well. Do they not have bars in Herndon?

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So beer nerds...top beers you had 2016?

actually longer than I thought, but I had some good beers this year
(love untapped for recording my alcohol abuse and wallet draining)

Aslin - Stellar Parallax
Aslin - Party of One: Mike
Prairie - Bomb!
Prairie - Funky Gold Mosaic
The Veil - Master Shredder
Big Papi - Commonwealth
Strangeways - Wake Me up before you gose (liked this before GM died)
Maui - Coconut Hiwa Porter
Wicked Weed - Freak Of Nature
Stillwater - On Fleek
Oclolet - See the Light
Ocloet - Tomorrow
Old Ox - The Oxorcist II
Boulavard - The Calling
Bluejacket - Mexican Radio
Adroit - Imagination Atrophy
Evil Genius - I'll Have what she's having
Victory - Kirsch Gose
Wynwood - Grand Pop's Imperial Porter (hanging with Pop when having it!)
J Wakefield - DFPF
J WakeField - La Nada
Odd Breed - Dry Hopped Farmhouse Ale
Cigar City -  Hunahpu Imperial Stout 2016
Evil Twin - Imperial Biscotti Break
Wardecca - 3-2-1 Gose
Other Half - Rockstar farmer
The Church Brew Works - Crack of the Bat Caramel Porter
Caboose - Vanilla Hobo Stout
Right Proper - Diamonds Fur Coat, Champagne
Goose - BCBS 2016
Cigar City - Jai Alia (Fresh on tap in the FL)
Sixpoint -Hi Res
RockBottom - Atom Smasher (2011)

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I had some great beers this year too. I can't really begin to remember them all!

[StoneTheCrow]

Hard to pick the very best. Best of the beers I had for the first time would probably include these:

Oclolet - See the Light
The Veil - Lord Shredder
Trillium - Stillings Street
RaR - Grapefruit Nectar
Alchemist - Focal Banger
Ocelot - Planets Align
Aslin - Stellar Parallax
Aslin - Small Town in Ontario
Lagunitas - Born Yesterday
Founders - Backwards Bastard
Foam - Pavement
SingleCut - Softly Spoken Magic Spells

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its tough....

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It sounds like someone needs to organize 9:30 Forum Bottleshare Group V.2.0.

[Yada]

So beer nerds...top beers you had 2016?

actually longer than I thought, but I had some good beers this year
(love untapped for recording my alcohol abuse and wallet draining)

Aslin - Stellar Parallax
Aslin - Party of One: Mike
Prairie - Bomb!
Prairie - Funky Gold Mosaic
The Veil - Master Shredder
Big Papi - Commonwealth
Strangeways - Wake Me up before you gose (liked this before GM died)
Maui - Coconut Hiwa Porter
Wicked Weed - Freak Of Nature
Stillwater - On Fleek
Oclolet - See the Light
Ocloet - Tomorrow
Old Ox - The Oxorcist II
Boulavard - The Calling
Bluejacket - Mexican Radio
Adroit - Imagination Atrophy
Evil Genius - I'll Have what she's having
Victory - Kirsch Gose
Wynwood - Grand Pop's Imperial Porter (hanging with Pop when having it!)
J Wakefield - DFPF
J WakeField - La Nada
Odd Breed - Dry Hopped Farmhouse Ale
Cigar City -  Hunahpu Imperial Stout 2016
Evil Twin - Imperial Biscotti Break
Wardecca - 3-2-1 Gose
Other Half - Rockstar farmer
The Church Brew Works - Crack of the Bat Caramel Porter
Caboose - Vanilla Hobo Stout
Right Proper - Diamonds Fur Coat, Champagne
Goose - BCBS 2016
Cigar City - Jai Alia (Fresh on tap in the FL)
Sixpoint -Hi Res
RockBottom - Atom Smasher (2011)

This looks like a killsally curated top list... I'd probably have to break beers down to a top 10 by style. I'll report back in the new year!

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The search for a better cheap beer continues over here..

Boatswain Double IPA Twin Screw Steamer 8.4% abv.. .$4.99 for a six pack at Trader Joes...


I think the first one gave me a pounding headache.. I'll report back after I've had a few more (if they don't kill me)...

[Yada]

Without further ado...

Top 30 beers that I tried for the first time in 2016 in no particular order

Hops
1.   Tree House (Green, Julius, JJJulius, Juice Machine, Haze, Alter Ego)
2.   Trillium (too many to name)
3.   Veil (too many to name)
4.   Aslin (too many to name)
5.   Sloop - Citra Bomb
6.   Even Mo Mofo - Sand City Brewing Co
7.   General Braddock's IPA - Brew Gentlemen
8.   Peach Punch (You In the Eye) - Block 15 Brewing Company
9.   Ghost In The Machine - Parish Brewing Co.

Sours
1.   De Garde ? Too many to name
2.   Oude Geuze (2015)
3.   Framboise de Amorosa - The Lost Abbey
4.   Never Never Again Again - The Veil Brewing Co.
5.   Alexander (2016) - Brouwerij Rodenbach
6.   Tart Cherry Petite Sour - Crooked Stave
7.   Farm To Face (2016) - Allagash Brewing Company
8.   Grand Cru Bruocsella Lambic Bio (2011) - Brasserie Cantillon
9.   Central Valley Breakfast Sour - High Water Brewing
10.   Garçon de Ferme - Wicked Weed Brewing
11.   Cask Strawberry (Batch 1) - Sante Adairius Rustic Ales
12.   Saint Lamvinus (2014) - Brasserie Cantillon
13.   Snozzberry - Green Man Brewery (NC)
14.   Map of the Sun (Batch 2) - The Rare Barrel
15.   Raspberry Soak - Trillium Brewing Company
16.   Ad Idem - The Lost Abbey/Wicked Weed

Stouts
1.   Kelci Gryphon(Andall) by The Answer at The Answer Brewpub
2.   Double Barrel Hunahpu's by Cigar City Brewing
3.   Rare Scooop by Cycle Brewing Company
4.   Cassian Sunset (2016) by Central Waters Brewing Company
5.   Expedition Stout (Bourbon Barrel Aged) by Bell's Brewery