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Luponic Distortion: Revolution No. 003


been rocking that a lil bit lately.



Also...this is pretty banging from Terrapin Beer Company:

Luau Krunkles | Terrapin Beer Company


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Luponic Distortion: Revolution No. 003


been rocking that a lil bit lately.



Also...this is pretty banging from Terrapin Beer Company:

Luau Krunkles | Terrapin Beer Company


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All the Luponics have been awesome. Have yet to see Luau Krunkles. If you can find it grab some Lagunitas Born Yesterday, it is phenomenal.

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[quote=RedskinMike;1153569]All the Luponics have been awesome. Have yet to see Luau Krunkles. If you can find it grab some Lagunitas Born Yesterday, it is phenomenal.[/quote]

[url=http://terrapinbeer.com/brew/year-round/ipa-survival-kit/]IPA Survival Kit - Terrapin Beer Company[/url]

I usually don't buy these type of multi-packs, but early Spring my local Kroger started supplying these and becuase I'm a fan of the hopsecutioner and couldn't find the sixers near me I got this....good choice

This survival kit is fuckin awesome...even the session is tasty. I gotten a couple cases and starting this October they started packing these with a krunkles with A Hawaiian twist. I've gotten it twice this month and it's tasty.

The other multi pack IPA i roll with is the Stone brewery kind...which needless to say is heady.

I'll keep my eye open for that laganitas

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Born Yesterday is awesome. Haven't had this year's yet, but a buddy of mine has a bottle waiting for me.

Haven't have No 003 yet, but Luponics 001 and 002 were quite good (I believe another buddy has a can of 003 waiting for me). I talked to a FW rep about 001, and he wouldn't give me the hop bill...they are keeping it close to vest.

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[quote=BDBohnzie;1153622]Born Yesterday is awesome. Haven't had this year's yet, but a buddy of mine has a bottle waiting for me.

Haven't have No 003 yet, but Luponics 001 and 002 were quite good (I believe another buddy has a can of 003 waiting for me). I talked to a FW rep about 001, and he wouldn't give me the hop bill...they are keeping it close to vest.[/quote]

Go out and get some Born Yesterday. Its all over and easy to find. I've already gone through a case and a half. Its one of the only beers I buy by the case.

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This current batch of Born Yesterday is fresh hopped -- were all the past Born Yesterday's also fresh/wet hopped? I dont remember but i thought they did a release during the non-harvest season.
This batch is good, drank 2 sixers this weekend, dob of 10-17-16. Also had some Founders Harvest Ale, it was a month old but still good.

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Born Yesterday - Fresh Hopped
Born Again Yesterday - Wet Hopped

I had a bottle share last night with some friends for WWE Hell in a Cell, and got 2 bottles of Born Yesterday.

Since Burley Oak is no longer canning Secret Sauce, they are going to play with different beers for distro. Bilsner and Homegrown are 2 of their current 12oz 6 packs. Both are crushable session beers. Homegrown is close to Lagunitas' 12 of Never, but at 4%, much easier to drink 12 :D

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[quote=BDBohnzie;1154389]Born Yesterday - Fresh Hopped
Born Again Yesterday - Wet Hopped

I had a bottle share last night with some friends for WWE Hell in a Cell, and got 2 bottles of Born Yesterday.

Since Burley Oak is no longer canning Secret Sauce, they are going to play with different beers for distro. Bilsner and Homegrown are 2 of their current 12oz 6 packs. Both are crushable session beers. Homegrown is close to Lagunitas' 12 of Never, but at 4%, much easier to drink 12 :D[/quote]

I could just google this (and have several times) .. but what is the diff btw "wet hop" and "fresh hop"? I thought they were the same, throwing in whole cone freshly harvested (not-freezer dried pellet) hops.

burley oak secret sauce - i just didnt like that beer despite ppl constantly saying good things about it and recommending it.

Every year i get a sixer of Troegs mad elf .. and every year I dont like it. When will I learn.

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[url=http://www.washingtonbeerblog.com/fresh-hop-wet-hop-whats-difference/]Fresh Hop, Wet Hop, What’s the Difference? – Washington Beer Blog[/url]

I had never looked it up before, but yeah seems like it's essentially the same thing (learn something new every day and all). They describe their "wet" hop process on the Born Again Yesterday page: [url]https://lagunitas.com/beers/bornagainyesterday[/url]. Seems like they figured out how to "preserve" some of the hops they get for Born Yesterday (maybe quick freeze?) and use the same process on them 6 months later for Born Again? Who knows...all I know is both beers are ridiculously good.

Grabbed a mixed 6er of stouts yesterday at my local shop, and found they had both Burley Oak Bilsner and Homegrown. So I'm happy about that...both are great beers to crush during a session and are cheaper than Secret Sauce and Sorry Chicky (which is by far my favorite Burley beer). Yeah, Secret Sauce was always a bit off for me. It's a decent beer, but wouldn't be my first reach for a MD IPA.

I like Mad Elf ok. I can't have a 6er of it, so I'll grab a pint while I'm out. Definitely a different bird.

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torpedo extra ipa got me walking thru walls.

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Went to Troegs brewery in Hershey 2 weekends ago. My son had a hockey tournament that day. Great place, obviously good beer but also really good "different" food. I suggest if u are in the area to hit it up.

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Straight outta Asheville!
One of the better tasting beers Ive ever had....

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I'm not a craft beer snob but I was drinking Modelo's Negra while I was tailgating for the Vikings game and it went down very smooth.

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I can tear down some Mexican beers. Skunky and delicious.

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Straight outta Asheville!
One of the better tasting beers Ive ever had....[/quote]

Yes, really liked it. Have only seen it once but will buy it every time i see it from here on out.

Beer explosion lately.

Picked up a bottle of Founder Lizard of Koz - imperial stout bourbon barrel aged with blueberry, chocolate and vanilla. Ive never heard of it or seen it before, seems pretty limited. $19.99 for 750 ml (25.3 oz) isnt that bad compared to other BA imperial stouts. Should have gotten 2 but money is kinda tight.

Fresh double duckpin (11.9.16), fresh brown sugga (302 6), fresh pure hoppiness (best by april 2017).

Very DIPA heavy this week ... need to add a nice gose or saison.
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Dc Brau tripling their production, going from 15 barrel production to 45. . Thats good, sometimes they do some really good one time beers like space reaper that you never see again.

[url=http://wtop.com/money/2016/11/dc-brau-plans-to-nearly-triple-beer-production/]DC Brau plans to nearly triple beer production | WTOP[/url]

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I tease my brother in law, who's go-to is Yuengling, that Negra Modelo is the Mexican Yuengling. Both are good by their own right.

If you're in NoVA and want to grab a festive beer, seek out [url="http://hardywood.com/beers/gingerbread-stout/"]GBS[/url] by Hardywood. So delicious.

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Nothing wrong w Negra Modelo, that and Stone were the fancy beers in So Cal before the craft beer explosion.

Grabbed a can of BA ten fidy, pretty excited about that, never had.

Firesotne's Luptonic no. 004 is a tasty crushable beer 5.5 abv ipa, and at 10.99 a sixer, easy on the wallet. Tastes like a tastier SN hop hunter imo. I will be drinking these tomorrow so I can pace myself.

2 questions:

1. what is everyones favorite premixed alcohol egg nog? I love this stuff on ice for the holidays. I usually just grab an Old New England or Evan Williams but want to try something top shelf this time.

2. Laguinitas born yesterday - just saw 4 new cases being delivered yesterday w bottle date of 10-17-16. I thought this beer had to be drank within 10 days or so. Am I wrong? Why would laguinitas have a delivery lag on this beer they pride on getting on shelves within 24 hours?

happy holidays, cheers

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[quote=over the mountain;1156560]Nothing wrong w Negra Modelo, that and Stone were the fancy beers in So Cal before the craft beer explosion.

Grabbed a can of BA ten fidy, pretty excited about that, never had.

Firesotne's Luptonic no. 004 is a tasty crushable beer 5.5 abv ipa, and at 10.99 a sixer, easy on the wallet. Tastes like a tastier SN hop hunter imo. I will be drinking these tomorrow so I can pace myself.

2 questions:

1. what is everyones favorite premixed alcohol egg nog? I love this stuff on ice for the holidays. I usually just grab an Old New England or Evan Williams but want to try something top shelf this time.

2. Laguinitas born yesterday - just saw 4 new cases being delivered yesterday w bottle date of 10-17-16. I thought this beer had to be drank within 10 days or so. Am I wrong? Why would laguinitas have a delivery lag on this beer they pride on getting on shelves within 24 hours?

happy holidays, cheers[/quote]
Its more on the distributors. It will still be tasty but a little faded. If I recall though it went downhill fast after about 50 days from bottling.

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[quote=RedskinMike;1156571]Its more on the distributors. It will still be tasty but a little faded. If I recall though it went downhill fast after about 50 days from bottling.[/quote]


Just asking , is the beer pasteurized? If so it should have a least a 90/120 day range on it.

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Rodmans must have made an error with their sale - $8.99 for a 12 pack cans two hearted (dob 11-21-16). I grabbed 2 of them.

got a bottle of Hardywood gingerman stout, hearing a lot about it so im pretty excited to try it. also wicked weeds freak of nature and a gose.

should be a good weekend.

giant - i think most craft beers are unpastuerized as there is no real need to do so, i think new belgium (fat tire) pasteurizes their beer.

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[quote=over the mountain;1157389]

giant - i think most craft beers are unpastuerized as there is no real need to do so, i think new belgium (fat tire) pasteurizes their beer.[/quote]

I just wanted to point out that that cuts down on the availability to a larger distribution area.

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I had Guinness blonde a couple weeks ago when I had to go to a business conference and it was really good! Only time I had ever had Guinness was the extra stout stuff that we used for Irish Car Bombs, but I didn't know they made that beer in a blonde. It is very tasty - but then again, I hear a lot of blondes can be very tasty! Brunettes and red heads as well! :)

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Finally got my hands on some death by coconut... super delish

I also grabbed a couple of bottles of this year's Bourbon County, $14.99 a pop, I swear I got it for $9.99 last year, either way I'm not complaining

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@otm - Helluva grab at Rodman's. Hardywood GBS is good stuff. From this year's stash, I got a one to drink and one to age.

@mtk - Death by Coconut is a nice beer. I split a case with some friends last year.

Yeah, Born Yesterday falls off pretty quickly. 6 weeks is a bit long in the tooth.

Speaking of pasteurizing, BCBS is pasteurized this year to avoid last year's debauchery. Went to a bottle share last weekend and had this year's BCBS, and it was quite good. I have a bottle of last year's, hoping it's not a bad one.

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[quote=MTK;1157521]Finally got my hands on some death by coconut... super delish

I[B] also grabbed a couple of bottles of this year's Bourbon County, $14.99 a pop, I swear I got it for $9.99 last year, either way I'm not complainin[/B]g[/quote]

Last year I was able to get unlimited bottles of BCBS so i didnt bother waiting in lines bc I figured ppl were just waiting in lines for the limited variations of BCBS .. now Im thinking the bottles sat around last year bc of the "infection". I cant find a bottle of regular BCBS anywhere.

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[quote=metalskins;1157496]I had Guinness blonde a couple weeks ago when I had to go to a business conference and it was really good! Only time I had ever had Guinness was the extra stout stuff that we used for Irish Car Bombs, but I didn't know they made that beer in a blonde. It is very tasty - but then again, I hear a lot of blondes can be very tasty! Brunettes and red heads as well! :)[/quote]


I been thinking of trying that, regular Guinness is just to heavy for me ,is this a lighter beer?

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I never get the Guinness is heavy deal, it's actually pretty light as far as alcohol and calories go.

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It's a mind perception thing. You look at this dark beer that you can't see through and you think "oh man, that's just a gut buster". So the drinker allows their mind to think they can only drink one or two.

I can drink Guinness all day. Such a lovely beer. Light as Matty referred.

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[QUOTE=BDBohnzie;1158015]It's a mind perception thing. You look at this dark beer that you can't see through and you think "oh man, that's just a gut buster". So the drinker allows their mind to think they can only drink one or two.



I can drink Guinness all day. Such a lovely beer. Light as Matty referred.[/QUOTE]



It's a go to of mine on Sundays when I'm out watching the games. Perfect session beer.

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The blonde is definitely not a heavy beer to me. It's not a "lite" beer either. Great Guinness taste to it.

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[QUOTE=BDBohnzie;1158015]It's a mind perception thing. You look at this dark beer that you can't see through and you think "oh man, that's just a gut buster". So the drinker allows their mind to think they can only drink one or two.



I can drink Guinness all day. Such a lovely beer. Light as Matty referred.[/QUOTE]



Definitely my go to beer.

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I have some Toppling Goliath Pseudo Sue and Surly abbrassive and axeman coming my way from france 44. IPA heavy but I couldnt pass up. Its not bad prices either.
If you get 24 beers total, shipping is $24.

3x 4 packs of Pseudo Sue (16 oz cans) @ $9.99
2x abbrassive (16 oz) @ 14.99
1x todd the axeman @ 14.99

Its like $4 extra per 4 pack of 16 oz cans. Psuedo sue for $14? fuck yeah!

MTK - do you toppling goliath and surly in michigan?

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Is it ok to drink a beer that expired a month ago? My friend bought over a couple of six point jammers i left there this past summer?

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I would normally just buy some more, but i do not think i can get it out of season. Summer beer. And i love it.

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Well thanks for the speedy response. If i get the runs im blaming the WP. Bottoms up!

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Lol, well done Punch.

Gose already have a sweaty sock aspect to them ... I didnt even know they put expiration dates on goses.

I say you chug one and put it on youtube for us to see what happens.

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[QUOTE=over the mountain;1158287]Lol, well done Punch.



Gose already have a sweaty sock aspect to them ... I didnt even know they put expiration dates on goses.



I say you chug one and put it on youtube for us to see what happens.[/QUOTE]



I chugged half of it , like you do with bad tasting medicine, and it tasted a little off so i dumped it. Lol. I got some fresh new belgium accumulation white.

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I've spent the last 2 Thursdays at [URL="http://www.aslinbeer.com/"]Aslin Beer Co[/URL] in Herndon. If you're a fan of the TreeHouse/Trillium/Alchemist style beers, look no further. Dank Hop Juice Bombs aplenty. Master of Karate might be my favorite beer they do, and it reminds me of Tree House's Alter Ego, which is my favorite TH beer.

Last Thursday, played hooky to checkout NoVA beers. Ended up at WoB in Reston, checked out the selections at Whole Foods in Fair Lakes, Total Wine Fair Lakes, Wegmans Dulles, had some flights at Aslin Beer Co, Old Ox Brewing, more selection hunting at Craft BeerCo in Leesburg and Total Wine Leesburg, before ending the day at Barley & Hops in Frederick. Fun times for sure.

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You guys make me jealous.
Lotsa good brews I havent had yet.
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