What BEER are you drinking?

Russian River Damnation.

Taking several days off work, thanks to a bulging disc/pinched nerve and a broken toe (!)

Upside is I'm sitting under the tropical sun sipping a Adnams Tally-Ho Reserve (like a barley wine). Damn tasty.

Amsterdam 416

- Ayinger Bräu Weisse

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Originally posted by Shane T.:
- Ayinger Bräu Weisse

Love it

Pelican Brewing Silverspot IPA. A souvenir of my recent trip to the Oregon coast.

St. Bernardus Abt. 12 last night with a Roast Chicken in onion and ale sauce.

Heady Topper IPA

Goose Island Gillian. Definitely better than the last couple GI specialty beers I had.

FFF Zombie Dust and Gumballhead

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Originally posted by EB Wine:
FFF Zombie Dust and Gumballhead

I love Zombie Dust. Have some at home now and had one on tap at Kuma's on Monday. And Gumballhead has been a favorite for years.

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Originally posted by Wine Sparty:

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Originally posted by EB Wine:
FFF Zombie Dust and Gumballhead

I love Zombie Dust. Have some at home now and had one on tap at Kuma's on Monday. And Gumballhead has been a favorite for years.

Is it me or is production increasing? I'm seeing more and more of this stuff on store shelves, though Zombie Dust is still pretty rare. Whole Foods Lincoln Park had about 14 cases of Gumballhead ~2-3 weeks ago...had never seen anything like it outside of the brewery.

Had some 3 Floyds Zombie's Dust at Kuma's Corner yesterday. First experience with this one but it was awesome.

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Originally posted by CSM:
Had some 3 Floyds Zombie's Dust at Kuma's Corner yesterday. First experience with this one but it was awesome.

Back to Kuma's!? Can't blame you...great spot.

Ready for your thrashing from the Blackhawks??

I don't know, Jets are playing well these days

DIPA Showdown last night

Pliny
Lagunitas Sucks
HopSlam

Finished off with some Goose Island 312

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Originally posted by EB Wine:

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Originally posted by CSM:
Had some 3 Floyds Zombie's Dust at Kuma's Corner yesterday. First experience with this one but it was awesome.

Back to Kuma's!? Can't blame you...great spot.

Ready for your thrashing from the Blackhawks??

Should have been 5-0 Hawks by the end of the first. No idea how we pulled that out! Hearing the anthem there literally is something I won't ever forget. Simply unreal.

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Originally posted by CSM:

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Originally posted by EB Wine:

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Originally posted by CSM:
Had some 3 Floyds Zombie's Dust at Kuma's Corner yesterday. First experience with this one but it was awesome.

Back to Kuma's!? Can't blame you...great spot.

Ready for your thrashing from the Blackhawks??

Should have been 5-0 Hawks by the end of the first. No idea how we pulled that out! Hearing the anthem there literally is something I won't ever forget. Simply unreal.

Nice win by a resilient team.

The anthem is a great tradition- my favorite in Chicago.

Schell's Snowstorm.

Lagunitas A Little Sumpin'
Hangar 24 Orange Wheat

Chicken Killer Barley Beer

w+a - great name!

Tonight: Green Flash Brewing Le Freak .

Lost Abbey Devotion Ale.

Now at Lola Gaspar in downtown Santa Ana.
Witterkerke Belgian Wit

No 12th Man brew for us.

Rahr & Sons Buffalo Butt - according to the label, a beer that's all it's cracked up to be..."

Not quite...not terrible, but nothing special.

Ommegang Hennepin. Good stuff.

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Originally posted by T Dub:
DIPA Showdown last night

Pliny
Lagunitas Sucks
HopSlam

Finished off with some Goose Island 312

T Dub, which turned out to be your favorite?

Revolution Brewing Double Fist - good stuff
Dogfish Head My Antonia - decent, but a bit boring after the prior two beers I had tonight. Would've been better off starting with this one.

Ninkasa Renewale
Stiegl Grapefruit Radler

Some good locals this weekend, but my favs were....

Blue Mountain Local Species
Blue Mountain Dark Hollow
Bridge Brew Dubbel
Bridge Brew Baltic Porter
Bridge Brew Coffee Stout
Mountain State Rumsey Rock Porter
Mountain State Miner's Daughter

Thanks to Eb56, a Spencer Trappist Ale. Pretty good. I'd buy it if it ever makes it to this market.

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Originally posted by max:

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Originally posted by T Dub:
DIPA Showdown last night

Pliny
Lagunitas Sucks
HopSlam

Finished off with some Goose Island 312

T Dub, which turned out to be your favorite?

Did a second round during the superbowl and added Stone Enjoy By 2.14.14

They are all unique in their expressions but for me there was/is just no beating the balance and freshness of Pliny

Hopslam is to me a different animal as it is more intense with huge notes of grapefruit and not as clean of a finish.

The Stone Enjoy By really suprised me. I've not had this until yesterday and really enjoyed the bitter hopiness of it. It was not as disjointed as the Stone Ruination in my opinion which I enjoy but it a bit over the top for me.

Lagunitas Sucks brings up the rear out of those four. Nice beer but nothing really stood out about it compared to the other DIPA's

One note the Pliny, Hopslam, and Lagunitas Sucks were all from bottle.

Stone Enjoy By was from a freshly filled growler.

Thanks for the info. Had a St. Bernardus 12 last night that really impressed me.

Kern River 5th Anniversary ale, now called Kern River Winter Ale. High ABV double IPA. Resiny citrus hop bomb. A+ beer.

Red Truck Ale
Phillips Blue Buck

Tried Valley Trail Chestnut Ale. Aack.

IPA Tasting tonight about to kick off in 30 mins:

Bells HopSlam
NoDa Brewing Hop Drop n Roll
Southern Tier 2XIPA
Foothills Jade IPA
Ballast Point Scuplin
Green Flash Green Bullet
Lagunitas Sucks
Brew Kettle White Rajah

I am certain another one or two will show up from the other 2 guys coming over.

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Originally posted by DirtySouth:
IPA Tasting tonight about to kick off in 30 mins:

Bells HopSlam
NoDa Brewing Hop Drop n Roll
Southern Tier 2XIPA
Foothills Jade IPA
Ballast Point Scuplin
Green Flash Green Bullet
Lagunitas Sucks
Brew Kettle White Rajah

I am certain another one or two will show up from the other 2 guys coming over.

What was the outcome? What were the favorites?

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Originally posted by DirtySouth:
IPA Tasting tonight about to kick off in 30 mins:

Bells HopSlam
NoDa Brewing Hop Drop n Roll
Southern Tier 2XIPA
Foothills Jade IPA
Ballast Point Scuplin
Green Flash Green Bullet
Lagunitas Sucks
Brew Kettle White Rajah

I am certain another one or two will show up from the other 2 guys coming over.

I'm a fan of Green Flash- how did the Green Bullet compare?

Great Lakes Brewing yearly Porter launch.

Harry Porter & the Bourbon Soaked Vanilla Bean (on cask)

None Cask:
Cherry Porter
Vanilla Porter
Bourbon Porter
Coffee Porter

As they were all one off kegs they were a little over the top (the non-cask ones) though thankfully quite dry. The cask Harry Porter will be bottled with 10k sold. It was quite good, dry with sweetish back-end, not over bourboned or vanillaed, subtle (ish) and pleasantly bitter.

Also had a Hopback APORKALYPSE NOW Oatmeal Bacon Stout. Heavy and creamy mouthfeel from the oatmeal, bacon comes through as mostly a smoky element.