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Had a few beers over the holiday weekend:
[url=http://www.fordhamanddominion.com/#!dominionbrews/c22j5]Dominion Brewing Morning Glory Espresso Stout[/url] - Decent coffee stout but not better than Flying Dog's or Evo's [url=http://lagunitas.com/beers/dogtown-pale/]Lagunitas New Dogtown Pale Ale[/url] - quality pale ale. have loved everything these guys do [url=http://schlafly.com/beers/styles/kolsch/]Schlafly Kolsch[/url] - Great drinking beer. Smooth, goes down easy. Would be a good beer to introduce craftbrews to that one guy who still only drinks macrobrew. |
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[quote=Schneed10;1095811]I'm a huge fan of Celebration Ale. Great beer, picked up a case of it.
I also discovered a terrific craft brewer out of Quebec while I was in Disney. The Canada section at Epcot's world showcase was featuring beers from Unibroue. I tried these and LOVE them: [B]Unibroue Trois Pistoles[/B] [url=http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/22/30/]Trois Pistoles | Unibroue | Chambly, QC, Canada | BeerAdvocate[/url] If you like Troegs' Mad Elf, you'll love this one. [B]Unibroue La Fin du Monde[/B] [url=http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/22/34/]La Fin Du Monde | Unibroue | Chambly, QC, Canada | BeerAdvocate[/url] And if you like Victory's Golden Monkey, you'll love this one. It beats Golden Monkey.[/quote] i tried the la fin du monde - belgian style, i just cant get into them. i think this beer was too complex for me to appreciate or something. im not the most sophisticated beer drinker. i liked it, i would order and drink it but i wouldnt buy a sixer. i got a variety sixer of unibroue. its good until the year 2016 lol. i literally bought the sixer bc i never tried a self fomenting beer bottle before. not sure if fomenting is the right word. beer tasted lively for sure. |
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celebration ale is pretty good.
i just cant dig these beers from unibroue. not bad but i just hate that wheatty taste. |
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Drinking a Lagunitas Brown Shugga. Good stuff!
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sculpin is so hit or miss with me. BD you must be right about the shelf life.
i dont get it. the last 2 six packs have tasted off but the sixer before that was awesome. at 14.99 a sixer, i dont think i can continue to gamble on them. |
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definitely looking forward to this one
[url=http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/sierra-nevada-hops-hunter-ipa]Sierra Nevada Hops Hunter IPA Announcement - Sierra Nevada Wet Hops Beer - Esquire[/url] |
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[quote=RedskinMike;1097845]Drinking a Lagunitas Brown Shugga. Good stuff![/quote]
Grabbed a 6er of this for New Years, but ended up drinking it yesterday. Had 4 of them. Since they are 9.9%, I felt very, very good. Helps that it is an awesome beer. I have yet to have a bad beer by Lagunitas. Had a 6er of Uinta's Baba Black Lager, which I've had before. Very good lager. And a 6er of Pub Dog Chocolate Oatmeal Stout, which was just ok. A lot better chocolate stouts out there, but these guys are from MD so I gave it a whirl. |
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[quote=Mattyk;1102965]definitely looking forward to this one
[url=http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/sierra-nevada-hops-hunter-ipa]Sierra Nevada Hops Hunter IPA Announcement - Sierra Nevada Wet Hops Beer - Esquire[/url][/quote] thats nuts, i cant wait to try it. I see these 22 oz bottles from sierra nevada that i have never heard of but never pull the trigger bc they are $6-10 a piece. i will pull the trigger on this one. i also grabbed a 6er of brown shugga, it was good. i liked it. i need to get off west coast IPAs every now and then. def a strong ale. i dont have the article in front of me but did a flood ruin a large portion of the market's barley? beer prices are soaring like gas prices in the mid 2000s. unionjack went from 12.49 to 12.99. telltale heart ipa and a lot of others went from 8.99 or 9.99 to 10.99. |
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[quote=over the mountain;1103259]i dont have the article in front of me but did a flood ruin a large portion of the market's barley?
beer prices are soaring like gas prices in the mid 2000s. unionjack went from 12.49 to 12.99. telltale heart ipa and a lot of others went from 8.99 or 9.99 to 10.99.[/quote] The articles I saw on the flooding of the barley crop said it won't affect beer prices in 2015... |
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BD - have you seen anything from farmstead hill in MD?
edit - no, farmstead brews a very little amount and want to keep their product quality control at its highest level. it is only avail in New Hampshire where it is brewed. interesting article - apparently DC, unlike the 50 states, does not have a law that restricts alcohol sales across the line ... meaning if a DC distributor isnt selling enough of a product, a DC bar can go buy the beer and bring it back across DC lines for sale. wish someone would go drive up to philly and buy some russian river. [url=http://beergraphs.com/bg/377-the-business-of-beer-the-dc-import-loophole/]The Business of Beer: The D.C. Import Loophole - BeerGraphs[/url] stumbled upon this as well ... beer distribution map for all states [url=http://www.seekabrew.com/distro/index.html]SeekABrew US Distribution Map[/url] 21st Amendment Abita Against the Grain Allagash Anchor Anderson Valley Appalachian Arcadia Atlantic Brewing Atwater Avery Ballast Point Bard's Tale Bear Republic Black Diamond Blue Point Boston Beer Co. (Sam Adams) Boulder Boulevard Breckenridge Brewers Alley Brewers Art Brooklyn Buffalo Bill's Butternuts Caldera Cape Ann Cisco Clown Shoes [Limited] D.L. Geary's DC Brau [Limited] Devils Backbone Dixie DOG (Pub Dog) Dogfish Head DuClaw Elysian Erie Evil Twin Evolution FiftyFifty [Limited] Firestone Walker [Limited] Flying Dog Flying Fish Fordham Full Sail Goose Island Gordon Biersch Great Divide Green Flash Harpoon Heavy Seas - see Clipper City Hook & Ladder Iron City Jolly Pumpkin Kona Lagunitas Lake Placid Lakefront Lancaster Laughing Dog Legacy - CLOSED Leinenkugel Lion Brewery Long Trail Mad River (Steelhead) Magic Hat Maine [Limited] Matt (Saranac) Maui McSorley's (Pabst brand) Mendocino Mountaineer Moylan's Napa Smith New Belgium North Coast Old Dominion Old Schoolhouse Ommegang Oskar Blues Otter Creek Oxbow [Limited] Peak Organic Penn Perennial [Limited] Pike Port City Prairie Artisan Ales Pyramid Rahr & Sons Redhook River Horse RJ Rockers Rogue Saint Somewhere Schlafly [Limited] Sea Dog Shelton Brothers (importers) Shipyard Shmaltz (He'Brew) Sierra Nevada Sixpoint Slumbrew Sly Fox Smuttynose Southampton Southern Tier Spoetzl (Shiner) St. George Starr Hill Stevens Point Stillwater Stone Stoudt's Terrapin The Bruery Thirsty Dog Thomas Hooker Tommyknocker Troegs Uinta Union Brewing Victory Weyerbacher White Birch Widmer Bros. Williamsburg AleWerks Yards Yuengling ^^^ MD distribution kinda sucks imo. im sure its better than half the states but i thought we would be a lot better. if a mod thinks the list is too long, let me know and i will cut it out. kinda cool game if everyone bolds the beers they have tried. BD - you can just bold the beers you havent tried. |
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Good read on Jim Koch's empire and how it's hard to stay on top:
[url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/article/2015/01/05/jim-koch-sam-adams-beer/]Wasted: How the Craft-Beer Movement Abandoned Jim Koch[/url] There are actually a good amount of breweries on that list I haven't tried, so I'll stick with bolding what I've had... [B]21st Amendment, Abita, [/B]Against the Grain, [B]Allagash, Anchor[/B], Anderson Valley, Appalachian, Arcadia, Atlantic Brewing, [B]Atwater, Avery[/B], Ballast Point, Bard's Tale, Bear Republic, Black Diamond, Blue Point, [B]Boston Beer Co. (Sam Adams)[/B], Boulder, Boulevard, Breckenridge, [B]Brewers Alley, Brewers Art, Brooklyn[/B], Buffalo Bill's, Butternuts, Caldera, Cape Ann, [B]Cisco[/B], Clown Shoes [Limited], D.L. Geary's, [B]DC Brau [Limited][/B], Devils Backbone, Dixie, [B]DOG (Pub Dog), Dogfish Head, DuClaw, Elysian[/B], Erie, Evil Twin, [B]Evolution[/B], FiftyFifty [Limited], [B]Firestone Walker [Limited], Flying Dog, Flying Fish, Fordham, Full Sail, Goose Island, Gordon Biersch, Great Divide[/B], Green Flash, [B]Harpoon, Heavy Seas - see Clipper City[/B], Hook & Ladder, [B]Iron City[/B], Jolly Pumpkin, [B]Kona, Lagunitas[/B], Lake Placid, Lakefront, [B]Lancaster[/B], Laughing Dog, Legacy - CLOSED, [B]Leinenkugel[/B], Lion Brewery, [B]Long Trail, Mad River (Steelhead), Magic Hat, Maine [Limited], Matt (Saranac), Maui, McSorley's (Pabst brand)[/B], Mendocino, Mountaineer, [B]Moylan's[/B], Napa Smith, [B]New Belgium[/B], North Coast, [B]Old Dominion[/B], Old Schoolhouse, [B]Ommegang, Oskar Blues[/B], Otter Creek, Oxbow [Limited], Peak Organic, Penn, Perennial [Limited], Pike, Port City, Prairie Artisan Ales, Pyramid, Rahr & Sons, [B]Redhook[/B], River Horse, RJ Rockers, [B]Rogue[/B], Saint Somewhere, [B]Schlafly [Limited], Sea Dog[/B], Shelton Brothers (importers), [B]Shipyard, Shmaltz (He'Brew), Sierra Nevada, Sixpoint[/B], Slumbrew, Sly Fox, [B]Smuttynose, Southampton, Southern Tier, Spoetzl (Shiner)[/B], St. George, [B]Starr Hill[/B], Stevens Point, [B]Stillwater, Stone[/B], Stoudt's, Terrapin, The Bruery, Thirsty Dog, Thomas Hooker, Tommyknocker, [B]Troegs, Uinta, Union Brewing, Victory, Weyerbacher[/B], White Birch, [B]Widmer Bros.[/B], Williamsburg AleWerks, [B]Yards, Yuengling[/B] |
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Over the Mountain,
I was in Ashville, NC two summers ago a small town with over 65 breweries many distribute to VA, DC, DE, PA, WV and not Maryland. I emailed them (I did this with New Belgium five years ago and they gave me the same answer but now distribute in MD), that said the distribution fees for out of state craft brews is too step in MD. |
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[quote=BDBohnzie;1103347]Good read on Jim Koch's empire and how it's hard to stay on top:
[url=http://www.bostonmagazine.com/restaurants/article/2015/01/05/jim-koch-sam-adams-beer/]Wasted: How the Craft-Beer Movement Abandoned Jim Koch[/url] There are actually a good amount of breweries on that list I haven't tried, so I'll stick with bolding what I've had... [B]21st Amendment, Abita, [/B]Against the Grain, [B]Allagash, Anchor[/B], Anderson Valley, Appalachian, Arcadia, Atlantic Brewing, [B]Atwater, Avery[/B], Ballast Point, Bard's Tale, Bear Republic, Black Diamond, Blue Point, [B]Boston Beer Co. (Sam Adams)[/B], Boulder, Boulevard, Breckenridge, [B]Brewers Alley, Brewers Art, Brooklyn[/B], Buffalo Bill's, Butternuts, Caldera, Cape Ann, [B]Cisco[/B], Clown Shoes [Limited], D.L. Geary's, [B]DC Brau [Limited][/B], Devils Backbone, Dixie, [B]DOG (Pub Dog), Dogfish Head, DuClaw, Elysian[/B], Erie, Evil Twin, [B]Evolution[/B], FiftyFifty [Limited], [B]Firestone Walker [Limited], Flying Dog, Flying Fish, Fordham, Full Sail, Goose Island, Gordon Biersch, Great Divide[/B], Green Flash, [B]Harpoon, Heavy Seas - see Clipper City[/B], Hook & Ladder, [B]Iron City[/B], Jolly Pumpkin, [B]Kona, Lagunitas[/B], Lake Placid, Lakefront, [B]Lancaster[/B], Laughing Dog, Legacy - CLOSED, [B]Leinenkugel[/B], Lion Brewery, [B]Long Trail, Mad River (Steelhead), Magic Hat, Maine [Limited], Matt (Saranac), Maui, McSorley's (Pabst brand)[/B], Mendocino, Mountaineer, [B]Moylan's[/B], Napa Smith, [B]New Belgium[/B], North Coast, [B]Old Dominion[/B], Old Schoolhouse, [B]Ommegang, Oskar Blues[/B], Otter Creek, Oxbow [Limited], Peak Organic, Penn, Perennial [Limited], Pike, Port City, Prairie Artisan Ales, Pyramid, Rahr & Sons, [B]Redhook[/B], River Horse, RJ Rockers, [B]Rogue[/B], Saint Somewhere, [B]Schlafly [Limited], Sea Dog[/B], Shelton Brothers (importers), [B]Shipyard, Shmaltz (He'Brew), Sierra Nevada, Sixpoint[/B], Slumbrew, Sly Fox, [B]Smuttynose, Southampton, Southern Tier, Spoetzl (Shiner)[/B], St. George, [B]Starr Hill[/B], Stevens Point, [B]Stillwater, Stone[/B], Stoudt's, Terrapin, The Bruery, Thirsty Dog, Thomas Hooker, Tommyknocker, [B]Troegs, Uinta, Union Brewing, Victory, Weyerbacher[/B], White Birch, [B]Widmer Bros.[/B], Williamsburg AleWerks, [B]Yards, Yuengling[/B][/quote] Man, you need to knock out Anderson Valley, Ballast Point, Bear Republic, Breckenridge next chance yah get. |
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[quote=over the mountain;1103269]BD - have you seen anything from farmstead hill in MD?
edit - no, farmstead brews a very little amount and want to keep their product quality control at its highest level. it is only avail in New Hampshire where it is brewed. interesting article - apparently DC, unlike the 50 states, does not have a law that restricts alcohol sales across the line ... meaning if a DC distributor isnt selling enough of a product, a DC bar can go buy the beer and bring it back across DC lines for sale. wish someone would go drive up to philly and buy some russian river. [url=http://beergraphs.com/bg/377-the-business-of-beer-the-dc-import-loophole/]The Business of Beer: The D.C. Import Loophole - BeerGraphs[/url] stumbled upon this as well ... beer distribution map for all states [url=http://www.seekabrew.com/distro/index.html]SeekABrew US Distribution Map[/url] 21st Amendment Abita Against the Grain Allagash Anchor Anderson Valley Appalachian Arcadia Atlantic Brewing Atwater Avery Ballast Point Bard's Tale Bear Republic Black Diamond Blue Point Boston Beer Co. (Sam Adams) Boulder Boulevard Breckenridge Brewers Alley Brewers Art Brooklyn Buffalo Bill's Butternuts Caldera Cape Ann Cisco Clown Shoes [Limited] D.L. Geary's DC Brau [Limited] Devils Backbone Dixie DOG (Pub Dog) Dogfish Head DuClaw Elysian Erie Evil Twin Evolution FiftyFifty [Limited] Firestone Walker [Limited] Flying Dog Flying Fish Fordham Full Sail Goose Island Gordon Biersch Great Divide Green Flash Harpoon Heavy Seas - see Clipper City Hook & Ladder Iron City Jolly Pumpkin Kona Lagunitas Lake Placid Lakefront Lancaster Laughing Dog Legacy - CLOSED Leinenkugel Lion Brewery Long Trail Mad River (Steelhead) Magic Hat Maine [Limited] Matt (Saranac) Maui McSorley's (Pabst brand) Mendocino Mountaineer Moylan's Napa Smith New Belgium North Coast Old Dominion Old Schoolhouse Ommegang Oskar Blues Otter Creek Oxbow [Limited] Peak Organic Penn Perennial [Limited] Pike Port City Prairie Artisan Ales Pyramid Rahr & Sons Redhook River Horse RJ Rockers Rogue Saint Somewhere Schlafly [Limited] Sea Dog Shelton Brothers (importers) Shipyard Shmaltz (He'Brew) Sierra Nevada Sixpoint Slumbrew Sly Fox Smuttynose Southampton Southern Tier Spoetzl (Shiner) St. George Starr Hill Stevens Point Stillwater Stone Stoudt's Terrapin The Bruery Thirsty Dog Thomas Hooker Tommyknocker Troegs Uinta Union Brewing Victory Weyerbacher White Birch Widmer Bros. Williamsburg AleWerks Yards Yuengling ^^^ MD distribution kinda sucks imo. im sure its better than half the states but i thought we would be a lot better. if a mod thinks the list is too long, let me know and i will cut it out. kinda cool game if everyone bolds the beers they have tried. BD - you can just bold the beers you havent tried.[/quote] There is actually a place on P St. right at Dupont circle that sells Russian River. They have Pliney the Elder and some of the others but are extremely overpriced. A bottle of Pliney is $20+. If you want Russian River look around at online stores and you can get it shipped. Its not cheap but still cheaper than $20+ a bottle. I have gotten quite a few "unatainable" beers through the mail. |
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[quote=over the mountain;1103269]
stumbled upon this as well ... beer distribution map for all states [url=http://www.seekabrew.com/distro/index.html]SeekABrew US Distribution Map[/url] [B]21st Amendment Abita[/B] Against the Grain [B]Allagash Anchor[/B] Anderson Valley Appalachian Arcadia Atlantic Brewing Atwater Avery [B]Ballast Point[/B] Bard's Tale Bear Republic Black Diamond Blue Point [B]Boston Beer Co. (Sam Adams)[/B] Boulder Boulevard Breckenridge Brewers Alley [B]Brewers Art Brooklyn[/B] Buffalo Bill's Butternuts Caldera Cape Ann Cisco Clown Shoes [Limited] D.L. Geary's [B]DC Brau [Limited][/B] [B]Devils Backbone Dixie DOG (Pub Dog) Dogfish Head DuClaw[/B] Elysian Erie [B]Evil Twin[/B] [B]Evolution[/B] FiftyFifty [Limited] [B]Firestone Walker [Limited] Flying Dog[/B] Flying Fish [B]Fordham[/B] Full Sail [B]Goose Island Gordon Biersch Great Divide Green Flash Harpoon Heavy Seas - see Clipper City Hook & Ladder Iron City[/B] Jolly Pumpkin [B]Kona[/B] Lagunitas Lake Placid Lakefront Lancaster Laughing Dog Legacy - CLOSED [B]Leinenkugel[/B] Lion Brewery [B]Long Trail[/B] Mad River (Steelhead) [B]Magic Hat[/B] Maine [Limited] [B]Matt (Saranac)[/B] Maui [B]McSorley's (Pabst brand)[/B] Mendocino Mountaineer Moylan's Napa Smith [B]New Belgium[/B] North Coast [B]Old Dominion[/B] Old Schoolhouse Ommegang [B]Oskar Blues[/B] Otter Creek Oxbow [Limited] [B]Peak Organic Penn[/B] Perennial [Limited] Pike Port City Prairie Artisan Ales [B]Pyramid[/B] Rahr & Sons Redhook River Horse RJ Rockers [B]Rogue[/B] Saint Somewhere [B]Schlafly [Limited][/B] Sea Dog Shelton Brothers (importers) [B]Shipyard[/B] Shmaltz (He'Brew) [B]Sierra Nevada[/B] Sixpoint Slumbrew [B]Sly Fox[/B] Smuttynose Southampton [B]Southern Tier[/B] Spoetzl (Shiner) St. George [B]Starr Hill[/B] Stevens Point [B]Stillwater Stone Stoudt's Terrapin[/B] The Bruery Thirsty Dog Thomas Hooker Tommyknocker [B]Troegs Uinta[/B] Union Brewing [B]Victory[/B] [B]Weyerbacher[/B] White Birch [B]Widmer Bros.[/B] Williamsburg AleWerks [B]Yards Yuengling[/B] [/quote] i bolded my list. redskins mike - i went to 3 sites so far .. but none will sell any of the hard to get beers in MD - russian river, bells, cigar city, etc. can you tell me what site you used please? |
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[URL="http://onlinebeerstores.homestead.com/"]http://onlinebeerstores.homestead.com/[/URL]
Here is a list. Look through them and see what you can find. Stores carry different things at different times so if it doesnt have it now it might later. |
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[quote=Chico23231;1103417]Man, you need to knock out Anderson Valley, Ballast Point, Bear Republic, Breckenridge next chance yah get.[/quote]
Definitely on the list. I usually go to a small store that carries some great stuff, they just don't have the room to carry more. I need to branch out to the other shops in Frederick. There are a few really good ones. |
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i want to try something diff this week. gonna take chico up on his recommendation of Anderson Valley, Bear Republic or Breckenridge.
mike - i went to a few of those sites, unfortunately MD is on a lot of the "cant ship" lists. bd - my craft beer store lets me special order a case of any beer that can distribute in MD and then keeps it in the back walk in and lets me buy sixers at a time. 10% off if i buy the case. i found that when they special order a beer, it ends up getting in their normal rotation. |
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[quote=over the mountain;1103952]i want to try something diff this week. gonna take chico up on his recommendation of Anderson Valley, Bear Republic or Breckenridge.
mike - i went to a few of those sites, unfortunately MD is on a lot of the "cant ship" lists. bd - my craft beer store lets me special order a case of any beer that can distribute in MD and then keeps it in the back walk in and lets me buy sixers at a time. 10% off if i buy the case. i found that when they special order a beer, it ends up getting in their normal rotation.[/quote] Don't just look at whats listed on the list. Go to individual sites and check. The shipping laws in Maryland have changed and alot that say they won't ship on the main list will. |
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[quote=over the mountain;1103952]i want to try something diff this week. gonna take chico up on his recommendation of Anderson Valley, Bear Republic or Breckenridge.
mike - i went to a few of those sites, unfortunately MD is on a lot of the "cant ship" lists. bd - my craft beer store lets me special order a case of any beer that can distribute in MD and then keeps it in the back walk in and lets me buy sixers at a time. 10% off if i buy the case. i found that when they special order a beer, it ends up getting in their normal rotation.[/quote] Bring On The Beer carries Pliney. They are out of stock right now but has a place to put your email in for notification when its in. There are also a lot of good beers you can get that are not available here at a lot of those stores. You can get Surly from France 44, Three Floyds from The Beer Temple, and Alesmith from any of the California shops. Some beers you just can't get. Like Heady Topper is not available anywhere outside a small area in Vermont and even there its difficult. I had to pay someone $50 bucks to drive around and stop at stores and grab enough for a case. I ended up spending $130 to get it . |
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[quote=over the mountain;1103952]i want to try something diff this week. gonna take chico up on his recommendation of Anderson Valley, Bear Republic or Breckenridge.
mike - i went to a few of those sites, unfortunately MD is on a lot of the "cant ship" lists. bd - my craft beer store lets me special order a case of any beer that can distribute in MD and then keeps it in the back walk in and lets me buy sixers at a time. 10% off if i buy the case. i found that when they special order a beer, it ends up getting in their normal rotation.[/quote] If you go with Breckenridge, their oatmeal stout and vanilla porter are realllly top of the line. Breckenridge kinda pissed me off when they discontinued their basic Pale Ale about 3 years ago. It was perfection. Breckenridge is one of those old skool original micro breweries (started sometime in the 80s)...they aint newbies. Another from Colorado that gets constantly overlooked is [B]Avery Brewery[/B]...top notch IPA. I mean top effing notch. |
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[url=http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/11036/26788/]People's Porter | Foothills Brewing Company | Winston-Salem, NC | BeerAdvocate[/url]
Foothill brewery, the people porter, not bad. I'm not a big porter/stout guy, but cold winter nights seems to my these beers taste better. Not a bad beer |
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I've been on a serious IPA kick lately, picked up a 6er of this today
[url=http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/141/16403/]Smuttynose IPA "Finest Kind" | Smuttynose Brewing Company | Hampton, NH | BeerAdvocate[/url] |
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[quote=Mattyk;1104163]I've been on a serious IPA kick lately, picked up a 6er of this today
[url=http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/141/16403/]Smuttynose IPA "Finest Kind" | Smuttynose Brewing Company | Hampton, NH | BeerAdvocate[/url][/quote] Not a bad ipa, they are better.kinda similar to heavy seas loose cannon, which I would favor over this one. |
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[quote=Chico23231;1104043]If you go with Breckenridge, their oatmeal stout and vanilla porter are realllly top of the line. Breckenridge kinda pissed me off when they discontinued their basic Pale Ale about 3 years ago. It was perfection.
Breckenridge is one of those old skool original micro breweries (started sometime in the 80s)...they aint newbies. Another from Colorado that gets constantly overlooked is [B]Avery Brewery[/B]...top notch IPA. I mean top effing notch.[/quote] Avery is top notch. They are the kings are barrel aged high gravity stouts. They are ridiculously expensive but the best around. |
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i havent been able to find Avery, ive been looking.
i decided to play it safe this weekend and did a 6er of ballast point big eye and firestone union jack. i cant find smuttynose either, ive been looking for that brewer as well. |
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Great thread - just a story I saw on the news here in Colorado Sunday morning before the Broncos played the Colts.
The brewery Dad and Dude was on showing a tailgate spread that Dad was talking about. Then they turned to young Dude about the beer, and they have a new one called Outta Luck. Dude says it has orange crush in it and is great for [COLOR="Red"]pounding[/COLOR]. btw their Dank beer is a top notch IPA |
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i dont want to cause panic but .... i have confirmed through my sources with direct knowledge that there is a Great Divide "brewers picks" shortage as the MD distributor has not been re-supplied by GD for almost 3 weeks now. The distributor's shelves are literally empty.
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[url=http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1199/16115/]Founders Black Rye | Founders Brewing Company | Grand Rapids, MI | BeerAdvocate[/url]Had this tonight. Great beer and very different.
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[quote=Mattyk;1102965]definitely looking forward to this one
[url=http://www.esquire.com/blogs/food-for-men/sierra-nevada-hops-hunter-ipa]Sierra Nevada Hops Hunter IPA Announcement - Sierra Nevada Wet Hops Beer - Esquire[/url][/quote] [url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Beer-lovers-torpedo-Lagunitas-IPA-lawsuit-6015913.php]Beer lovers torpedo Lagunitas lawsuit against Sierra Nevada - SFGate[/url] |
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[quote=over the mountain;1105112][url=http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Beer-lovers-torpedo-Lagunitas-IPA-lawsuit-6015913.php]Beer lovers torpedo Lagunitas lawsuit against Sierra Nevada - SFGate[/url][/quote]
When craft beer makers start worrying about labels...time to sell to the big boys. Shame on Laganitas. |
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[QUOTE=Chico23231;1105117]When craft beer makers start worrying about labels...time to sell to the big boys. Shame on Laganitas.[/QUOTE]
Dude that runs that company is a little out there. |
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[quote=Mattyk;1105125]Dude that runs that company is a little out there.[/quote]
Yeah, how serious was his complaint if he got internet shamed over it and dropped it within 24 hours? Oh god if this would only work with Dan Snyder... This type of thing isnt the spirit of the micro/craft beer movement... |
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[QUOTE=Chico23231;1105127]Yeah, how serious was his complaint if he got internet shamed over it and dropped it within 24 hours? Oh god if this would only work with Dan Snyder...
This type of thing isnt the spirit of the micro/craft beer movement...[/QUOTE] Almost makes me want to stop drinking their beer, but shits too damn tasty. There's more than enough room for both in my fridge. |
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[url=http://www.statelineliquors.com/beer2.php?id=IPA&page=2&page=2&page=2&page=2&page=3&page=4&page=5&page=6&page=7&page=8&page=9&page=8]Specialty Beers | State Line Liquors Elkton Maryland | Liquor Stores Elkton Maryland[/url]
^^^ this craft beer store in Elkton looks to be very promising. i feel like ive been there before. ive def gotten off I 95 to look for a bar around Elkton a few times before. their website lists a ton of beers ive never seen in MD. fair prices as well, equal to what i pay at my store in the city. ------------------------------- [url]http://theperfectpour.com/Pages/ContactUs.asp[/url] ^^ this is in elkridge (columbia, right off 95) .. looks like they have a great selection |
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[quote=Mattyk;1105128]Almost makes me want to stop drinking their beer, but shits too damn tasty.
There's more than enough room for both in my fridge.[/quote] I just got a lagnitas hop stoopid bomber. Shame on you laganitas (but I love u too) |
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perfect pour in ellicott city/columbia area has the best variety and selection i have seen in any MD craft beer store. everything seems overpriced by a dollar. titan ipa is 12.99 instead of 11.99, etc. (MD dist still completely out of great divides brewers pick)
tried the smuttynose, pretty good. w sculpin, my brain is really zeroing in on the grapefruit aspect and it is starting to become a distraction. some new beer developments ive noticed: 1. beer camp is back!!! - sorta. ballast point's indian pale lager won the contest so they are doing a six pack release of ballast points contribution for only $8.99 a sixer. that is a good discount from the 11 to 15 bucks ballast point beers usually cost. [url=http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/140/127725/]Electric Ray: India Pale Lager (Beer Camp Across America) | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. | Chico, CA | BeerAdvocate[/url] im def picking up a few 6ers tonight. 2. sierra nevada has a new 12 pack out called "4 way ipa". at 18.99 its a fair price. Ive never seen a "black ipa" but there is one in the SN variety pack as well as ive noticed other brewers coming out with black ipas. im hesitant to buy a variety pack without knowing i will like each beer. i still have 2 SN porters and coffee stouts from a winter pack months ago. [url=http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/sierra-nevada-goes-hop-heavy-with-first-variety-pack.152760/]Sierra Nevada Goes Hop Heavy with First Variety Pack | Community | BeerAdvocate[/url] ill be getting a 12er of this as well. |
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Drinking a [url=http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/10607/110895/]Hi-Res | Sixpoint Brewery | Brooklyn, NY | BeerAdvocate[/url] after drinking a [url=http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/147/84596/]Stone Enjoy By IPA | Stone Brewing Co. | Escondido, CA | BeerAdvocate[/url]. I also have a 12er of the hoppy lager in the fridge. I tried the 4 way last year and enjoyed it. I believe the black ipa was my favorite.
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tried a sixer of Goose island IPA. it is an english style IPA so its like an english bitter meets american IPA, with the english bitter being the dominant party.
it grew on me as i drank it. a cleaner crisp finish which is kinda the opposite of hop heavy american IPAs that leave your breath killer. i will probably just buy great divide's english bitter over this, but i liked it. SN's 4 way IPA 12 pack is next. |
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i dont like to drink during the work week but sometimes when the terps play on a weeknight it has a football sunday feel and i like to drink a couple.
problem is most beers are 7% and up, you drink 4 or 5 and your groggy the next day. tried new belgium's session ipa. at 4.5% it was tasty and after drinking 4 last night, im good to go today. |
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