Let's talk good beer

[over the mountain]

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.
Electric Ray: India Pale Lager (Beer Camp Across America) | Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. | Chico, CA | BeerAdvocate
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.

Sierra Nevada Goes Hop Heavy with First Variety Pack | Community | BeerAdvocate

ill be getting a 12er of this as well.