September 18, 20205 yr I'll probably keep a steady supply of Yeungling in my fridge. I'm realizing that after two, maybe three of my more pricey local brews, I should probably switch to something cheaper. I need to save a few bucks here and there during these trying times.
September 19, 20205 yr Getting shit faced for no reason in particular, definitely not related to current events. All these beers are great, because fuck it
September 19, 20205 yr Patrick’s is really great. Reminds me of Ten Fidy If I have one regret, it’s that summer stout season is almost over.
September 19, 20205 yr 14 minutes ago, HenryJames said: All these Black Is Beautiful releases are in your wheelhouse. I mean, not just his wheelhouse you know...
September 19, 20205 yr Getting shit faced for no reason in particular, definitely not related to current events. All these beers are great, because fuck it How's the barrel aged Abide?
September 19, 20205 yr 27 minutes ago, Okie State said: 45 minutes ago, Dark Horse said: Getting shit faced for no reason in particular, definitely not related to current events. All these beers are great, because fuck it Read more How's the barrel aged Abide? The Dude Abides.
September 19, 20205 yr 8 hours ago, 'stache said: I'll probably keep a steady supply of Yeungling in my fridge. I'm realizing that after two, maybe three of my more pricey local brews, I should probably switch to something cheaper. I need to save a few bucks here and there during these trying times. Live Oak’s offerings are always well priced at the HEB. Don’t need to go any cheaper than that. Granted I haven’t bought macro cheap swill at a supermarket in over 10 years (other than Coors water for my MIL) so I don’t really compare pricing of macro vs craft Too often.
September 19, 20205 yr Really nice pIls as someone who really doesn’t drink them often. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
September 20, 20205 yr Every beer that I’ve had from KCBC out of Brooklyn has been quality. As an added bonus, they’ve got great can art to boot.
September 20, 20205 yr Nightcap after a few Oktoberfests.I'd be getting an annoyed look from my wife if I'd had a few and then cracked one of those. Probably right as the kids needed to be put to bed.
September 20, 20205 yr We can’t delete posts any more? that sucks. Edited September 20, 20205 yr by Dark Horse
September 20, 20205 yr Did an Oktoberfest blind tasting with a few friends last night. We had 15 different beers, separated into flights advancing through 3 rounds and Samuel Adams actually won the damned thing.
September 20, 20205 yr 29 minutes ago, patrickdrinksbeer said: Did an Oktoberfest blind tasting with a few friends last night. We had 15 different beers, separated into flights advancing through 3 rounds and Samuel Adams actually won the damned thing. Did the same thing last year and Ayinger won, but someone unexpected took second, maybe Sierra Nevada? 8 minutes ago, HenryJames said: Haven’t drank Sam Adams outside of airport bars in a decade. I never drink their flagship Boston Lager aside from airport bars, but I do enjoy some of the seasonals, especially the winter ones. Edited September 20, 20205 yr by utee94
September 20, 20205 yr Ayinger was my favorite but it didn’t advance its round. Other guys didn’t rank it highly. This year’s Sierra Nevada was included and was unanimously the worst beer of the night. Shocked me because I’ve loved their last few versions that were collaborations with German breweries. I think covid prevented that this year.
September 20, 20205 yr Did an Oktoberfest blind tasting with a few friends last night. We had 15 different beers, separated into flights advancing through 3 rounds and Samuel Adams actually won the damned thing. I had one Sam Oktoberfest this year and almost poured it out.
September 20, 20205 yr 25 minutes ago, patrickdrinksbeer said: Ayinger was my favorite but it didn’t advance its round. Other guys didn’t rank it highly. This year’s Sierra Nevada was included and was unanimously the worst beer of the night. Shocked me because I’ve loved their last few versions that were collaborations with German breweries. I think covid prevented that this year. Didn't know they'd been collaborating, might explain why our crew ranked it so highly last year. Ayinger is my favorite and I ranked it #1, as did many others. I pretty easily recognized it amongst all the others we tried, as well. I still have my "score card" somewhere, might go take a look at it and see what else I should be buying this year, along with "the usuals." Do y'all make a marzen?
September 20, 20205 yr Didn't know they'd been collaborating, might explain why our crew ranked it so highly last year. Ayinger is my favorite and I ranked it #1, as did many others. I pretty easily recognized it amongst all the others we tried, as well. I still have my "score card" somewhere, might go take a look at it and see what else I should be buying this year, along with "the usuals." Do y'all make a marzen? we do a festbier
September 21, 20205 yr 1 hour ago, HenryJames said: Grand Cru, imo. Sometimes I feel like you're just pandering...
September 21, 20205 yr oh lawd I rarely venture to 90% of the boards here. Get ready for an influx of sours being posted.
September 21, 20205 yr On 9/18/2020 at 10:38 PM, Dangit said: Live Oak’s offerings are always well priced at the HEB. Don’t need to go any cheaper than that. Granted I haven’t bought macro cheap swill at a supermarket in over 10 years (other than Coors water for my MIL) so I don’t really compare pricing of macro vs craft Too often. Ain’t nobody saying they’d take a Yuengling over a Primus. There are times however, when cheapo beer is the call of the day.
September 21, 20205 yr 5 minutes ago, slorch said: Ain’t nobody saying they’d take a Yuengling over a Primus. There are times however, when cheapo beer is the call of the day. Have I mentioned that there will be Live Oak Treehugger this year? I already have some, but even you heathens will be able to get it in a month or two.
September 21, 20205 yr What variety? With than name, it deserves to be about 120 IBU and nasty as hell.
September 21, 20205 yr Just now, slorch said: What variety? With than name, it deserves to be about 120 IBU and nasty as hell. Treehugger is barleywine.
September 21, 20205 yr No pics but I had a few Oktoberfest selections yesterday. The (512) is the only one I would pass on. My ranking: 1. Altstadt Oktoberfest 2. Ayinger Oktober Fest-Marzen 3. Live Oak Oaktoberfest 4. St Elmo Schlagen Oktoberfest 5. (512) Oktoberfest
September 25, 20205 yr All my local breweries are making an oktoberfest. All are pretty good. I couldn't rank them if you asked me to. The only oktoberfest I ever had that was terrible was from Atwater Brewery from somewhere up north. My dad bought it for me when he attended his Air Force reunion. Probably the only beer I ever poured out after the second one was also terrible.
September 25, 20205 yr God damn I wish I could get some Live Oak. Are they still not distributing in Dallas? I would consider a drive to Dallas to get some, but not Austin.
September 25, 20205 yr All my local breweries are making an oktoberfest. All are pretty good. I couldn't rank them if you asked me to. The only oktoberfest I ever had that was terrible was from Atwater Brewery from somewhere up north. My dad bought it for me when he attended his Air Force reunion. Probably the only beer I ever poured out after the second one was also terrible.I drain poured five Choctoberfests years ago. It almost had to be a bad batch because I don't know how else you fuck it up that bad. Also No Label's was awful last year. It was the hoppiest märzen ever created.
September 25, 20205 yr 25 minutes ago, Okie State said: 1 hour ago, 'stache said: All my local breweries are making an oktoberfest. All are pretty good. I couldn't rank them if you asked me to. The only oktoberfest I ever had that was terrible was from Atwater Brewery from somewhere up north. My dad bought it for me when he attended his Air Force reunion. Probably the only beer I ever poured out after the second one was also terrible. I drain poured five Choctoberfests years ago. It almost had to be a bad batch because I don't know how else you fuck it up that bad. Also No Label's was awful last year. It was the hoppiest märzen ever created. I had a local Octoberfest a few weeks ago and it tasted kinda off. The second one a few days later was definitely sour. I thought maybe my tastebuds were just off. The next day the brewery announced a recall of the batch I had bought saying there was something off with the canning. They replaced it without question. The new batch was great. I love how local breweries are so good at customer relations.
September 25, 20205 yr On 9/21/2020 at 11:44 AM, CooterBrown said: No pics but I had a few Oktoberfest selections yesterday. The (512) is the only one I would pass on. My ranking: 1. Altstadt Oktoberfest 2. Ayinger Oktober Fest-Marzen 3. Live Oak Oaktoberfest 4. St Elmo Schlagen Oktoberfest 5. (512) Oktoberfest I've never had an Alstadt beer but based on this I picked up some of their Oktoberfest (on sale at WF for $8.99). Excited to crack a few tonight. I enjoyed the Schlagen as well.
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