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[quote=punch it in;1150142]Pumpkin time.
New Belgium Pumpkick and UFO Pumpkin to start.
Love the Pumpkick. Love anything New Belgium.[/quote]

Favorite pumpkin beer out there: Schlafly Pumpkin Ale

[IMG]http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/Schlafly%20Pumpkin%20Ale%20(Custom).jpg[/IMG]

I usually don't get too into the pumpkin craze in fall, but I make an exception for this one.

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[QUOTE=TheMalcolmConnection;1150834]Favorite pumpkin beer out there: Schlafly Pumpkin Ale



[IMG]http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/Schlafly%20Pumpkin%20Ale%20(Custom).jpg[/IMG]



I usually don't get too into the pumpkin craze in fall, but I make an exception for this one.[/QUOTE]



I saw that. Thanks!

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I finally picked up a 12 pack of Lagunitas 12th of Never ale. Lagunitas founder Tony Magee swore up and down they'd be the last brewery to use cans ([url=http://www.beerpulse.com/2012/04/lagunitas-brewing-well-be-the-last-brewery-in-the-us-to-use-aluminum-cans/]Lagunitas Brewing: “We’ll be the last brewery in the US to use aluminum cans” | BeerPulse[/url]). This is a solid session beer. Easy to crush several at a time. I poured the first couple then drank the next couple out of the can and it's nice either way. Makes it easy to tailgate or beach with.

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i drank 16 pacificos today.

one for each point.

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Tried "two brothers" beers last night...little disappointing.

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[quote=Chico23231;1151630]Tried "two brothers" beers last night...little disappointing.[/quote]

Ive been wanting to try some 2 brothers as well. Sometimes, expectations are too high and no matter how good the beer (or movie) is, it cant compete with your expectation. or it wasnt stored properly?

Where did you get it from?

Rodmans is DC has praire bomb and a hill farmstead farmhouse/saison collab they did with brasserie de blaugies. bomb is probably my favorite stout.

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[quote=over the mountain;1151728]Ive been wanting to try some 2 brothers as well. Sometimes, expectations are too high and no matter how good the beer (or movie) is, it cant compete with your expectation. or it wasnt stored properly?

Where did you get it from?

Rodmans is DC has praire bomb and a hill farmstead farmhouse/saison collab they did with brasserie de blaugies. bomb is probably my favorite stout.[/quote]

Outlaw 2.0 and another which was forgettable...Whole Foods, good dates in Connecticut

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[quote=over the mountain;1150073]What the hell is going on w RAR and Manor Hill? For the past year, every time you stepped into any beer store you could count on these 2 local brewers to have super fresh beer. Consistently, every single time. Canned within 15 days fresh. Those 2 became my go to, easy drinker IPAs.

I havent seen Manor Hills IPA on the shelves in over a month and every RAR Nanticoke either doesnt have a dob date or has a 7/11/16 date.

Got some more wicked weed (gose and golden ale), disappointed i havent seen Pernicious yet.

Yet again, only real fresh IPA beer I could find was grapefruit sculpin.[/quote]

Manor Hill has had some reopening issues and their reopen got pushed back till October-November due to the flood in July. I read that in Mid Atlantic Brewing News. http://mabnonline.brewingnews.com/publication/?i=346275#{"issue_id":346275,"numpages":1,"page":1}

Hopefully when they get back on track quality improves.

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[quote=BaltimoreSkins;1151775]Manor Hill has had some reopening issues and their reopen got pushed back till October-November due to the flood in July. I read that in Mid Atlantic Brewing News. http://mabnonline.brewingnews.com/publication/?i=346275#{"issue_id":346275,"numpages":1,"page":1}

Hopefully when they get back on track quality improves.[/quote]

Thats interesting, thanks for the share.

Bells Expedition stout is available at perfect pour. Expensive at 19.99 a sixer but they had about 4 cases. I think I am going to drink a sixer then put a sixer in the coldest part of my basement to try next year. I tried a 2014 and it was really really really good.

is expedition a one time release or seasonal? I couldnt find the answer on line.

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[quote=over the mountain;1151781]Thats interesting, thanks for the share.

Bells Expedition stout is available at perfect pour. Expensive at 19.99 a sixer but they had about 4 cases. I think I am going to drink a sixer then put a sixer in the coldest part of my basement to try next year. I tried a 2014 and it was really really really good.

is expedition a one time release or seasonal? I couldnt find the answer on line.[/quote] It's a once a year release. Not a seasonal.

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[quote=RedskinMike;1151832]It's a once a year release. Not a seasonal.[/quote]

Well I need to load up then, thanks mike. Had a bottle last night and this is my kind of stout. Having tried a 2014 cellar one and now a fresh one, letting this stout sit for a few years really makes a huge difference, much more mealy and bodied. fresh is really good too.

Tried a farmhouse/saison bottle from Hill Farmstead/braisserie last night and it was really good. Like beer champaigne but much more mellow and smoother than any saisaon/farm i have ever tried. Going to save the second bottle for a special moment, might have to try and get a few more bottles for the holidays coming up. if they are still there. this is a beer that non beer drinkers would enjoy. light, crisp, subtle flavors, nothing overpowering or off putting.

praire bomb - had a bottle last night, not as good as i remember but that was after splitting a bottle of the saison above. def not worth the 12.99 i paid for one 12 oz.

its like a beer explosion around the DMV with all these new breweries suddenly on the shelves.

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Expedition Stout is available now until February.

At the beach this weekend. Hitting up a bottle shop I heard had an excellent selection. Wish me luck. Tomorrow Berlin MD's Oktoberfest (Burley Oak is running the beer garden) and other debauchery and then Sunday Funday watching football in West OC, with at stop at RAR on my way home.

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[quote=BDBohnzie;1151891]Expedition Stout is available now until February.

At the beach this weekend. Hitting up a bottle shop I heard had an excellent selection. Wish me luck. Tomorrow Berlin MD's Oktoberfest (Burley Oak is running the beer garden) and other debauchery and then Sunday Funday watching football in West OC, with at stop at RAR on my way home.[/quote]

A guy at perfect pour said they get one big batch that they spread out to last them 2-3 months.

You love those beach beer trips, jealous. I dont know how you do it with your kids, I got 1 and I cant take a shit without having her kick down the door.

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Over the summer I really got into some craft pilsners. Love having something light (with flavor) that I could pound 6-7 of without a) wrecking my palette or b) getting me trashed with high ABV. Any recommendations that are still fresh right now?

Champion Shower Beer was my beer of choice all summer.

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[quote=over the mountain;1151902]You love those beach beer trips, jealous. I dont know how you do it with your kids, I got 1 and I cant take a shit without having her kick down the door.[/quote]
My folks have a place and I have friends down here. I'm working today with a partial view of Rehoboth Bay. Not complaining whatsoever. It's hard, but my wife and I make it work. Usually the kids are up her ass, so I can take my deuces in peace :D

@TMC - I don't slide into too many pilsners. I tend to gravitate towards lower IBU IPAs for my sessions. But I have had a few. Check out Sixpoint's The Crisp and Oskar Blues Mama's Little Yellow Pils. Not sure you get Evo down in your neck of the woods, but their Pure Pils was pretty good. And Burley Oak's Bilsner was delicious.

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[quote=BDBohnzie;1151910]My folks have a place and I have friends down here. I'm working today with a partial view of Rehoboth Bay. Not complaining whatsoever. It's hard, but my wife and I make it work. Usually the kids are up her ass, so I can take my deuces in peace :D

@TMC - I don't slide into too many pilsners. I tend to gravitate towards lower IBU IPAs for my sessions. But I have had a few. [B]Check out Sixpoint's The Crisp and Oskar Blues Mama's Little Yellow Pils.[/B] Not sure you get Evo down in your neck of the woods, but their Pure Pils was pretty good. And Burley Oak's Bilsner was delicious.[/quote]

LOVE Little Yellow Pils. Will look for the Sixpoint option. Thanks!

I love me a good IPA/Stout/etc., but some of those just fill me up or destroy my palette in the case of IPAs. I won't lie, I do enjoy having quite a few beers at once, lol. Right now, been loving the Oktoberfest options out.

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that reminds me, i love this beer called "little bo pils". i've never seen it in any stores, just at this sports bar in redondo beach.

they also had this, french fries topped with cheese curds, gravy, and filet mignon. fucking fire!

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sFC3tnm.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=los panda;1151917]that reminds me, i love this beer called "little bo pils". i've never seen it in any stores, just at this sports bar in redondo beach.

they also had this, french fries topped with cheese curds, gravy, and filet mignon. fucking fire!

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sFC3tnm.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

In Canada it's called Poutine



[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine[/url]

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[QUOTE=TheMalcolmConnection;1150834]Favorite pumpkin beer out there: Schlafly Pumpkin Ale



[IMG]http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/Schlafly%20Pumpkin%20Ale%20(Custom).jpg[/IMG]



I usually don't get too into the pumpkin craze in fall, but I make an exception for this one.[/QUOTE]



Good call!

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[quote=Giantone;1151918]In Canada it's called Poutine



[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poutine[/url][/quote]

it's called poutine there, as well. looks like the filet mignon was a bonus!

son of a bitch, that restaurant is now closed. i was there only a few months ago.

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Oooof. I had a head-spinning Saturday at Berlin's Oktoberfest. $5 Burley Oak 16oz stein and $5 pours. Had 3 creamsicles (Secret Sauce DIPA with orange sherbert and vanilla), a Rude Boy (strong red), and 2 oktoberfests. And then I threw in some other beers and some shots and it was all down hill from there. I rallied and went out later, but it was a rough several hours. Spent yesterday drinking Miller Lite so I didn't have a repeat of Saturday

Managed to bring home a 6er of Homegrown (Burley Oak's new Session IPA) and a crowler of Rar's 10 Layers (Dessert Stout).

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[quote=los panda;1151917]that reminds me, i love this beer called "little bo pils". i've never seen it in any stores, just at this sports bar in redondo beach.

they also had this, french fries topped with cheese curds, gravy, and filet mignon. fucking fire!

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/sFC3tnm.jpg[/IMG][/quote]

Ermagod, that looks so amazing.

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Solid fall offering:

[url]https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2137/6515/[/url]

[IMG]http://goodtaste.tv/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/breckenridge-autumn-ale_preview.jpg[/IMG]

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[quote=TheMalcolmConnection;1152564]Ermagod, that looks so amazing.[/quote]

i'm thankful for the people who can photograph their food before they eat it. i am not one of those people.

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Lately, I've been tasting more porter and stout beers. Sam Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout is pretty, darn smooth.

[IMG]https://65.media.tumblr.com/2f19b0a2241ab74382b3e95aaea1452a/tumblr_inline_mked87KZO41qz4rgp.jpg[/IMG]

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Sammy Smiths taddy porter .. been 20 years since I used to drink that. One of the original craft beers for me. Gesus, a lot of things nowadays makes me feel old. Never had the Choc stout, will keep an eye out.

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Very very fond memories of buying the big bottles of Oatmeal Stout in the parking lots at dead shows back in the day. Nothing like one of those to warm the cockles of your heart in the cold winter air. Yeah 25 years ago it was Sam Smiths or Sierra Nevada for the most part.

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Rodmans comes through again. Wasnt even trying to spend big money but spent just under $100. Got allagash farm to face, wicked weed pernicious and napolean complex, fresh sculpin, fresh dc brau wings of armagedeon and another bottle of the hill farmstead saison collab. Was hoping for WW freak of nature but they ran out.

[url]https://twitter.com/RodmansDC?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor[/url]

rodmans twitter feed. nolan does a good job updating the feed and searching for the limited release stuff.

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Just got back from the Berkshires of Mass and found some new favorites! This brewer up their really doing some nice things.
[url=http://www.bigelmbeer.com/]Big Elm Brewing Big Elm Brewing[/url]

The Lion's Ale is great for a cold night!

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Picked up some Peak Organic Super Fresh today, been hearing good things about it.

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[QUOTE=Giantone;1152782]Just got back from the Berkshires of Mass and found some new favorites! This brewer up their really doing some nice things.

[url=http://www.bigelmbeer.com/]Big Elm Brewing Big Elm Brewing[/url]



The Lion's Ale is great for a cold night![/QUOTE]



Really? Lions ale? Feck Lions ale and the lions!
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[quote=punch it in;1152794]Really? Lions ale? Feck Lions ale and the lions!
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LOL, sorry. I honestly didn't realize.Hell I'm not even safe in a thread about beer!:food-smil

I was referring to this .


Lion's Ale - "We brew this smooth English-style amber ale with our good friends at The Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, MA. This beer has been crafted to pair greatly with most every meal and works well during any season, it is most often enjoyed at the historic inn with food and friends. " 5.3% ABV

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[QUOTE=Giantone;1152811]LOL, sorry. I honestly didn't realize.Hell I'm not even safe in a thread about beer!:food-smil



I was referring to this .





Lion's Ale - "We brew this smooth English-style amber ale with our good friends at The Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, MA. This beer has been crafted to pair greatly with most every meal and works well during any season, it is most often enjoyed at the historic inn with food and friends. " 5.3% ABV[/QUOTE]



Sounds delicious. I would glady celebrate our win with one! Sort of a tribute to a fallen foe!
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i made this w samuel adams boston lager and it was pretty damn good. perfect for a fall sunday, toast some sliced french bread for dipping, i also added some broccoli and sliced hot links. it took about 90 minutes from start to finish, well worth it.

[url=http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/beer-and-cheddar-soup]Beer-and-Cheddar Soup Recipe - Jonathon Erdeljac | Food & Wine[/url]

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Had my first bottle of allagash's farm to face this weekend. Good but for $15 for a 12.6 oz bottle is way too much. Surprised it is classified as a "pale ale". Tasted like a sour/saison. Wish this beer was cheaper bc I would like to drink more of it but there are comparables for less money sitting on the shelves.

Manor Hill - finally found a fresh six pack of their standard IPA. This beer used to always be on the shelf and always fresh but now I just dont see it around anymore. Bummed bc this last 6 pack I got had a huge trub problem. I poured my first can and it came out real cloudy so I poured it out and grabbed another can. This time I poured to see what was going on and the first 90% of the beer looks normal but the last 10% is thick cloudy gray trub. I poured the trub into another pint glass and it was easily more than 2 fingers tall. (I didnt know what "trub" was until I googled why my beer came out cloudy)

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[quote=los panda;1152830]i made this w samuel adams boston lager and it was pretty damn good. perfect for a fall sunday, toast some sliced french bread for dipping, i also added some broccoli and sliced hot links. it took about 90 minutes from start to finish, well worth it.

[url=http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/beer-and-cheddar-soup]Beer-and-Cheddar Soup Recipe - Jonathon Erdeljac | Food & Wine[/url][/quote]

Don't know why but Sam Adams just crushes it when you need to use a beer in a recipe. Our go-to as well when a recipe calls for a lager.

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[quote=TheMalcolmConnection;1153401]Don't know why but Sam Adams just crushes it when you need to use a beer in a recipe. Our go-to as well when a recipe calls for a lager.[/quote]

the first time i made it, i used pacifico and it was also fire.

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I tend to use Yuengling in as my beer in recipes, especially chili. I've used it in pulled pork too.

@OTM - Thanks for the #FF on Tuesday with Rodman's Twitter feed. I haven't had any Manor HIll IPA lately, but trying to get my hands on the Hidden Hopyard 2/Taylor's Row IPA. I've been lazy in my beer gettings lately.

A buddy of mine just did a Boston/Monson run, so I got some new (to me) Trillium beers and RAR Walk of Shame from last month's release. And another buddy got back from Austin and brought back some Austin Beerworks (head brewer is a guy I knew growing up) and St. Arnold.

Speaking of RAR, they are doing a can release this Saturday at 5pm. Four beers, including their crushable blond ale Marylan, their juice bomb IPA Pulp, and two new beers (Lecter's Nectar IPA and Country Road Pale Ale). If you've never been to a can release at RAR it's a fun time. Usually a bottle share in line and fun, friendly people.

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[quote=BDBohnzie;1153472][B]I tend to use Yuengling in as my beer in recipes, especially chili. I've used it in pulled pork too.[/B]

@OTM - Thanks for the #FF on Tuesday with Rodman's Twitter feed. I haven't had any Manor HIll IPA lately, but trying to get my hands on the Hidden Hopyard 2/Taylor's Row IPA. I've been lazy in my beer gettings lately.

A buddy of mine just did a Boston/Monson run, so I got some new (to me) Trillium beers and RAR Walk of Shame from last month's release. And another buddy got back from Austin and brought back some Austin Beerworks (head brewer is a guy I knew growing up) and St. Arnold.

Speaking of RAR, they are doing a can release this Saturday at 5pm. Four beers, including their crushable blond ale Marylan, their juice bomb IPA Pulp, and two new beers (Lecter's Nectar IPA and Country Road Pale Ale). If you've never been to a can release at RAR it's a fun time. Usually a bottle share in line and fun, friendly people.[/quote]

i wish i still could :( not available out here.

i just got guinness nitro ipa to try for the first time. i'll probably crack one open when i get home from class tonight.

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too smooth, doesn't even taste like an ipa. not bad but not ipa.