Let's talk good beer

[RedskinMike]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Some good selection here, but no Pete's

Liquid Solutions: Purveyors of World Class Beer, Tea and Coffee

Have you tried contacting them directly?

Great selections but shipping costs are very high. Unless you are buying 5 or more cases the shipping is as much as the beer itself.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by RedskinMike

Great selections but shipping costs are very high. Unless you are buying 5 or more cases the shipping is as much as the beer itself.

Check them out around the holidays when they have deals on the shipping

[RedskinMike]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Check them out around the holidays when they have deals on the shipping

Thanks I'll do that. When I first tried they had the 2 day shipping and the cost was $182 on a $28 order. When I changed it to standard the cost dropped to $40 for shipping.

[BringBackJoeT]

For those of you in the DC-VA-MD area, you might remember Tupper's Hop Pocket Ale. Bob and Ellie Tupper, from Bethesda, are beer aficianados, and they came up with a recipe for an absolutely delicious IPA that they called Tupper's Hop Pocket Ale. They had the Dominion Brewing Company, a Virginia-based brewer, brew the Hop Pocket. However, a couple of years ago, the Dominion owners sold their brewery (the Dominion name and beers still exist, but are simply being brewed and sold by another brewer), and Bob and Ellie went looking for another brewer. Two years later, they've found another brewer, and Tupper's will officially be back on the market. They are having parties in the area to celebrate its return in the next few weeks. The first is at Hard Times in Bethesda on Jan. 19th, and then the DC Brickskellar bar on the 20th. I'm going to the latter event.

If you live in the area and haven't tried Tupper's, I recommend its purchase when its finally back on area beer shelves. More info about the upcoming events through the link below.

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[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by BringBackJoeT

For those of you in the DC-VA-MD area, you might remember Tupper's Hop Pocket Ale. Bob and Ellie Tupper, from Bethesda, are beer aficianados, and they came up with a recipe for an absolutely delicious IPA that they called Tupper's Hop Pocket Ale. They had the Dominion Brewing Company, a Virginia-based brewer, brew the Hop Pocket. However, a couple of years ago, the Dominion owners sold their brewery (the Dominion name and beers still exist, but are simply being brewed and sold by another brewer), and Bob and Ellie went looking for another brewer. Two years later, they've found another brewer, and Tupper's will officially be back on the market. They are having parties in the area to celebrate its return in the next few weeks. The first is at Hard Times in Bethesda on Jan. 19th, and then the DC Brickskellar bar on the 20th. I'm going to the latter event.

If you live in the area and haven't tried Tupper's, I recommend its purchase when its finally back on area beer shelves. More info about the upcoming events through the link below.

News

F*ing Sweet...met Bob at beer festival in Richmond bout 7-8 years ago and I was already a big fan...really nice guy and was shocked to see him pouring his own beers at his booth, it was a cool thrill. When Tuppers went away I was pissed, this is great news...over the holidays me and this guy were talking bout when he might comeback or if gone forever...great news. Anyone who likes good beers, this is one you have to try, it was a staple for years and will be again.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by BringBackJoeT

For those of you in the DC-VA-MD area, you might remember Tupper's Hop Pocket Ale. Bob and Ellie Tupper, from Bethesda, are beer aficianados, and they came up with a recipe for an absolutely delicious IPA that they called Tupper's Hop Pocket Ale. They had the Dominion Brewing Company, a Virginia-based brewer, brew the Hop Pocket. However, a couple of years ago, the Dominion owners sold their brewery (the Dominion name and beers still exist, but are simply being brewed and sold by another brewer), and Bob and Ellie went looking for another brewer. Two years later, they've found another brewer, and Tupper's will officially be back on the market. They are having parties in the area to celebrate its return in the next few weeks. The first is at Hard Times in Bethesda on Jan. 19th, and then the DC Brickskellar bar on the 20th. I'm going to the latter event.

If you live in the area and haven't tried Tupper's, I recommend its purchase when its finally back on area beer shelves. More info about the upcoming events through the link below.

News

Thanks for the tip man, I'll keep my eyes out.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by BringBackJoeT

For those of you in the DC-VA-MD area, you might remember Tupper's Hop Pocket Ale. Bob and Ellie Tupper, from Bethesda, are beer aficianados, and they came up with a recipe for an absolutely delicious IPA that they called Tupper's Hop Pocket Ale. They had the Dominion Brewing Company, a Virginia-based brewer, brew the Hop Pocket. However, a couple of years ago, the Dominion owners sold their brewery (the Dominion name and beers still exist, but are simply being brewed and sold by another brewer), and Bob and Ellie went looking for another brewer. Two years later, they've found another brewer, and Tupper's will officially be back on the market. They are having parties in the area to celebrate its return in the next few weeks. The first is at Hard Times in Bethesda on Jan. 19th, and then the DC Brickskellar bar on the 20th. I'm going to the latter event.

If you live in the area and haven't tried Tupper's, I recommend its purchase when its finally back on area beer shelves. More info about the upcoming events through the link below.

News

Finally found Tuppers Hop Pocket Ale in the city over the weekend. Im so thrilled that got this shit brewing again. Wow, its like seeing an old girlfriend and hitting it for old times sake...If you want to try one of the original hoppy beers that did it well and continues to do it well, pick it up.

Also want to give props to Lagunitas Hop Stoopid Ale. Most of these "double hop, trippled hop, super duper hop" ales and IPAs are garbage because the taste is unbalance. But Lagunitas is one of the very very few with very high IBUs get it right. Picked up another 22 of this over the weekend and its awesome. Try it out.

[GMScud]

When I was in Aruba on my honeymoon I had several Balashi, a pilnser they brew right on the island. Totally decent. Not spectacular, but pretty good.

Aruba's Beer

[GhettoDogAllStars]

I recently tried the Alaskan Winter Ale, and it's pretty good. It's brewed with spruce tips, which sounds kinda funny, but you can taste the pine a little and it adds to the "winterness". I'd recommend it.

[tryfuhl]

Originally Posted by GhettoDogAllStars

I recently tried the Alaskan Winter Ale, and it's pretty good. It's brewed with spruce tips, which sounds kinda funny, but you can taste the pine a little and it adds to the "winterness". I'd recommend it.

I like the sound of that.

[RedskinMike]

For those who live in the Balt/Dc area Corridor Fine Wines in Laurel has an exellent selection. By far the best I've seen in a while and their prices are quite good because they buy in bulk.

[ArtMonkDrillz]

I have Bohnzie and a few of my older fraternity brothers to thank for making me like real beer.
It started with Yuengling as a freshman in college, but Import Night helped a lot. On either Monday or Tuesday (can't remember which) we'd usually have a theme like English/Irish beer night, or German beers. It took some time to get used to the bitterness and the hoppiness, but I'm glad I did.

[BDBohnzie]

Originally Posted by ArtMonkDrillz

I have Bohnzie and a few of my older fraternity brothers to thank for making me like real beer.
It started with Yuengling as a freshman in college, but Import Night helped a lot. On either Monday or Tuesday (can't remember which) we'd usually have a theme like English/Irish beer night, or German beers. It took some time to get used to the bitterness and the hoppiness, but I'm glad I did.

Yuengling was the excitement that year, with them opening their Tampa and 2nd PA facilities, they started distributing outside PA. I o'd on it real quick...

I started Import Night in order to create an atmosphere where we could drink and have a good time and not get wasted (besides, we could get wasted on Friday and Saturday). Since a 6 pack of an import was as/or more expensive as a 12 or case of cheap stuff, it was an easy target to pick a country and run with it. Luckily we had an awesome beer store that had a ton of imports/crafts to choose from. Of course, most of the guys wanted Mexico or Canada since they tended to be cheaper, but it worked out pretty good. So this made it easy to try different things.

I think the beer that started me towards liking real beer was Bass Ale...

[TheMalcolmConnection]

This is going to sound backwards, but honestly I grew a liking for King Cobra. Basically I was drinking the hell out of Bud Light and then I went on a King Cobra kick during a particularly poor semester of college.

After I drank that I knew I could drink more than just that or Bud Light and I went on to Heineken and now I can appreciate all the quality craft beers.

[WaldSkins]

I'm really into Yuengling Bocks and the new Sam Adams beer right now