June 7Jun 7 I am seriously giving IPAs a real try, and they are growing on me. I just can't handle the super 75 IBUs and stuff like that yet. The other thing about beers that I don't like, is that somebody still likes them and it drives cash flow for Brewers to make other good stuff. I don't have to like everything they make.
June 7Jun 7 Saint Arnold Art Car in my throwback glass. Saint Arnold Brown Ale used to give $.50( I think) for every 12pk to SPCA or whatever charity to help doggies. Have always liked this glass. My hoppy conversion continues. Edited June 7Jun 7 by Iceman
June 7Jun 7 3 hours ago, Hayduke said: Did a doubletake on viewing that flight and googled Jellyfish Day (never been to Pinthouse either, but I've seen previous EJ discussion on this thread). Assume this is one of the guided flights ... @hacker, that flight probably won't bring either @Iceman or @sith_horn into the IPA fold, but what did you think? I love IPAs. Certainly not the old traditional pine cone versions but the hazy stuff fits my palate
June 8Jun 8 I’ve been up for 24 hours but had to have a beer and egg salad sandwich from 7-11 before crashing.
June 8Jun 8 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Just missing the wasabi peas for the perfectly lethal church farts on Sunday morning. ( I had no idea 7-11 had private label beers( No 7-11's in my area.) Edited June 8Jun 8 by Iceman
June 8Jun 8 59 minutes ago, 4th&Five said: I’ve been up for 24 hours but had to have a beer and egg salad sandwich from 7-11 before crashing. how are you buying beer on sunday before 10?
June 8Jun 8 2 hours ago, HenryJames said: Kunstler Puro Southtown, imo. How was it? I havent been there in almost 8 years but i’d still stay they are the best brewery in SA
June 9Jun 9 Couple of IPAs that guys brought back from their travels -- Devil Anse (Greenbrier Valley Brewing Co., Maxwelton, WV; 6.9 ABV, 71 IBU) and Slow Train (Marshall Brewing, Tulsa; 7.0 ABV, no IBU listed). I thought both were a little less hoppy and aromatic, but my taster may be off a bit after too many days of being irritated by wildfire smoke coming down from Canada.
June 11Jun 11 Author 12 hours ago, Iceman said: I've never seen an IPA claim "Pine" as a positive attribute.
June 11Jun 11 19 hours ago, Iceman said: I've never seen an IPA claim "Pine" as a positive attribute.
June 12Jun 12 23 hours ago, Iceman said: I've never seen an IPA claim "Pine" as a positive attribute. This comment inspired me to read a little about hops that impart pine notes. I get why some earthy-herbaceous taste can be too much in a beer -- and how difficult it is to pull off the right combinations in brewing. I've had three or four beers that incorporated spruce tips and generally was not impressed. I recall there was one decent one, but I ain't gonna track it down in my untappd history. It wasn't that good. Sometimes there's a fine line between a subtle reminder of a great camping trip in the mountains and being smacked in the face with a hospital-bathroom mop.
June 12Jun 12 9 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said: Did this thread go back in time 15 years? Maybe? But is that a bad thing?
June 13Jun 13 batch was a lot better when they had guest beers. keep giving them a try and they continue to be below average. the 3's and 7's anniversary ipa at oddwood was really good though.
June 13Jun 13 trying to wrap my head around a "belgian session IPA" Are we just jamming words together?
June 13Jun 13 Author 40 minutes ago, Incredulity said: trying to wrap my head around a "belgian session IPA" Are we just jamming words together? That was North Shepherd Brewing's specialty.
June 13Jun 13 14 minutes ago, HenryJames said: That was North Shepherd Brewing's specialty. Or was it Diseased Iguana Brewing’s specialty?
June 13Jun 13 3 hours ago, mdleast said: Dilly dilly! Had forgotten about that. Giving you a ha-ha instead of the next option over, but it was a close one. 😁
June 14Jun 14 53 and rainy here, which makes it feel more chilly. Good time to clean out some of the heavier stuff left hanging around from the winter. O'so Narcissist barrel-aged cherry imperial stout. 12.0 ABV and part of a line with one of the better cans out there.
June 14Jun 14 1 hour ago, utee94 said: Live Oak Schwarz imo Looks like you are all about dark lagers today. Love the style. I'll be going to my grave angry that Austin Beerworks made Black Thunder a seasonal only.
June 15Jun 15 7 hours ago, 4th&Five said: Asahi Sky Room My vote for beer-post picture of the year so far. All of your pictures from Japan, @4th&Five, are making me wish we had rolling 24-hour-a-day posts from every time zone.
June 15Jun 15 Flying home from a weekend in San Francisco. Needless to say to say, always a great weekend and particularly good beer weekend. After lunch at House of Nanking (sesame chicken ftw), had multiple drinks at Toronado (my favorite beer bar). Extra added bonus: got to catch up with AnotherUTFan! As we were in town for a party north of SF, stayed in Sausalito and checked out places north of there includingHenhouse Record Room in Novatoand nearby Adobe Creek Brewing Next day checked out the Fieldwork taproom in Corte Madera before the partyand later dinner and drinks (all of them) at Russian River’s original Santa Rosa brewpub (and AUTF was right - no wait for a table!)On Sunday, had a little time before the flight and headed over to Humble Sea’s taproom in Pacifica (opens at 11am and only 20 minutes from SFO)Finally, if you are flying out of Terminal 1 or SFO (American Airlines), the Drake’s Flyaway there has Pliny and Blind Pig on tap
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