Beer (and beer pics!)

[kiddiedoc]

How's this for a six-pack?

 

[apevol]

Pabst blue Ribbon!!!!1

 

[NorCalVol67]

How's this for a six-pack?

I am a big fan of Arrogant Bastard but have not had Double Bastard, I need to try that one. I am enjoying a DIPA made by a former brewer at Ballast Point.

 

[kiddiedoc]

I am a big fan of Arrogant Bastard but have not had Double Bastard, I need to try that one. I am enjoying a DIPA made by a former brewer at Ballast Point.

That one is aged in Islay scotch barrels. I may put it up for a year or two.

 

[9296potsguy]

Were you at MC Indoor Carting recently?

I wish.

 

[9296potsguy]

It's not the worst I've had by any means. Just not something I'd want to drink a 6 pack of (which is what it came in).

No, a six pack of that beer is a bad idea. But hey, 5 free beers for your friends (or enemies).

 

[Big Gucci Sosa]

Big Bad Baptist by Epic is a 4/5
Had a few Modern Times IPAs and the porter. IPAs are average but the porter was very nice.

 

[VolGee4]

Went to a party Saturday night. We opened a 2016 Bourbon County, a 2015 Wiseacre Astronaught Status, a Death by Coconut, a Bible Belt, and a Prairie Ales Bomb. Good stuff.

 

[9296potsguy]

Went to a party Saturday night. We opened a 2016 Bourbon County, a 2015 Wiseacre Astronaught Status, a Death by Coconut, a Bible Belt, and a Prairie Ales Bomb. Good stuff.

Wow, really nice stuff. I know a lot of people love Death by Coconut, but it seemed very artificial in flavor to me. Haven't had Bible Belt, but all the other beers are top notch, 2016 Astronaut Status gets released this Friday, btw.

 

[VolGee4]

Wow, really nice stuff. I know a lot of people love Death by Coconut, but it seemed very artificial in flavor to me. Haven't had Bible Belt, but all the other beers are top notch, 2016 Astronaut Status gets released this Friday, btw.

I like coconut and thought it was decent. All of the others were better though. Because Bible Belt is a Prairie collaboration with Evil Twin, I thought it tasted similarly to Bomb. Bomb was probably a little sweeter. I enjoyed both. I might try to make it by Wiseacre on Friday to grab a couple.

 

[9296potsguy]

I like coconut and thought it was decent. All of the others were better though. Because Bible Belt is a Prairie collaboration with Evil Twin, I thought it tasted similarly to Bomb. Bomb was probably a little sweeter. I enjoyed both. I might try to make it by Wiseacre on Friday to grab a couple.

I'll be there. Not sure on the time though.

 

[VolGee4]

I'll be there. Not sure on the time though.

Their website says 1:00.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Suttrees had a Ballast Point tap takeover. Their Belgian Triple and Peppermint Victory at Sea were notable limited releases. I still think they have the best IPA around.

 

[Big Gucci Sosa]

Finally had 2016 goose island bourbon county. Not bad 3/5

 

[kiddiedoc]

3/5??? That had to be disappointing! I've got a '14 and '15 stored away. May crack into the older one over the holidays.

 

[VolGee4]

There wasn't really a line at Wiseacre. Grabbed 4 of Astronaught Status.

 

[9296potsguy]

3/5??? That had to be disappointing! I've got a '14 and '15 stored away. May crack into the older one over the holidays.

The vast majority of the 2015s were infected. Drink it now as the longer you wait, the greater the odds of the infection taking place. I saw where someone was playing '15 BCBS roulette. 5 out of 6 were infected.

 

[9296potsguy]

There wasn't really a line at Wiseacre. Grabbed 4 of Astronaught Status.

That's how many I got. May go back and grab more sometime later.

 

[kiddiedoc]

The vast majority of the 2015s were infected. Drink it now as the longer you wait, the greater the odds of the infection taking place. I saw where someone was playing '15 BCBS roulette. 5 out of 6 were infected.

$*@&! I hadn't heard, but just read up online. My bottle is in the affected dates. I've emailed GI to see if they will still offer to make things right. I wonder if I should still chill it and give it a try?

 

[9296potsguy]

$*@&! I hadn't heard, but just read up online. My bottle is in the affected dates. I've emailed GI to see if they will still offer to make things right. I wonder if I should still chill it and give it a try?

Can't hurt to try and you have already passed the deadline. I still have a bottle or two to open up myself.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Yep, definitely spoiled. Tastes like a sour Stout.

 

[kiddiedoc]

Founders Backwoods Bastard -- about as good as a Bourbon barrel ale can be.

 

[9296potsguy]

This thread needs a bump. So here's my haul from my last two weeks in Iowa, Boston and Vermont.

 

[NorCalVol67]

Having a flight at Gilman Brewing Company, a new brewery in Berkeley. Three Saisons, IPA, Porter and a Stout. Not a bad one in the bunch, but the saisons stood out.

 

[VolGee4]

This thread needs a bump. So here's my haul from my last two weeks in Iowa, Boston and Vermont.

I can't see much of that. What all did you get? I was in Iowa last summer, and the only big one there is Toppling Goliath. Also sell Surly there. I know there are some highly rated breweries in New England.