Beer Snobs Unite! 100+ IBU or GTFO

[Blind Melon]

Working on a Lagunitas Hop Stoopid bomber tonight. I'm thinking that's at 102 IBU. It's a go-to for me when I can drop $$$ on a beer (and it's usually all I need, 22oz of super hoppy goodness at 8% ABV... doesn't take much alcohol to get me a glow with the pills I take).

Anybody try any Alpine Brewing yet? Super hard to come by, but IMO (and I live in the craft-brew capital of the world, and used to manage the beer department at a huge liquor store, so I know a lot of the community) the best hop driven brewery on the planet. Stone... Ballast... Green Flash... all those dudes say Alpine is their favorite. And those stone employees get free beer every month and they still make the hour drive out to Alpine. If hops is yo thing you need to get your hands on this stuff.

Also, anybody here like the single-hop IPAs? My fav hop is the Nelson Sauvin hop from New Zealand, still fairly new.

 

[Neezer]

I'll probably get ran out of here for mentioning this... but has anybody checked out Great Lakes Brewery out of Cleveland? Their "Burning River" IPA is pretty fucking good.

& if you're a stout fan, they have this "oatmeal cookie" stout.. that is simply fucking amazing.

 

[bronson]

^ Yeah they distribute in my area, I've thought that most of their stuff was sub par to other brews available (mind you not bad), but the same can be said for most smaller breweries. In their defense however, I do like their originality with naming.

 

[hydroazuanacaine]

i'm very much not a fan of great lakes brewery. though i haven't had their oatmeal cookie stout.

The Black Chocolate Stout is very solid. I want to get my hands on some Black Ops again but that's more than likely not happening. Speaking of Brooklyn Brewery (hydro, you might appreciate this on some level), while watching Mike Birbiglia's film Sleepwalk With Me I noticed the beer they were drinking was Brooklyn by the label. Then later in the movie they were drinking it again which made me wonder if they were sponsors. Then 15 minutes later they blatantly show cases of Brooklyn stacked up in the background and it left no doubt.

Speaking of stouts/porters, my local brewery is tapping Last Snow this weekend. It's their coconut/caramel/coffee/milk-stout heaven in a glass. I'm so there.

cool that you're a fan of stouts and porters. it's a fine taste to have; with stouts the abv goes far in mitigating the price tag. do you get to buy last snow by the growler for take home? fuck, i just became horribly bummed realizing that the growler we used to make late night treks to the local brewery with in college is not in my possession. and likely gone. reason to see what my roommates are up to. i've seen Sleepwalk With Me. i wouldn't be able to remember what it's about without searching the last film thread.

hydro: How's the 10, have you had it before? I've had the 8 and loved it, passed on the 10 because of $ difference. I think the Rocheforts are similar to St. Bernardus abt 12 --also bombdiggity.

i've only had the 10. i bought it randomly. i knew about trappistes ales, but nothing specific about the quality of the specific monasteries. or the significance of the number. i picked the rochefort 10 because it looked really, really good. and that first glass of it is one of the best glasses of beer i've ever had. in taste, not setting. so given the price, i don't wander and when i treat myself it's the 10. what's the number mean? i feel like i used to know.

anyway, i made a few pitstops after work and am currently drinking more of the brooklyn stout.

 

[SirTophamHat]

the rocheforts are all the same style of beer pretty much, the flavor complexity/intensity and strength (abv) of the beer go up in correspondence with the #s. 7.5, 9.2, and 11.3 to be exact. so delicious.

had some craft lager (mmm) and sculpin last night. still can't get cans of it, fuarck. i have been slacking on the exploration side of things lately. a lot of the time i will go to the store with stuff in mind and when it's not there i get pissy and out of the drinking mood. such fail. also, sometimes i can't justify spending upwards of 10 dollars on an unproven bomber when there's good stuff out there for 3 bucks a pint if you look hard enough.

blind melon: stoopid ftw. it's lagunitas' best imo.

 

[ebola?]

I had this the other night (Deschutes Abyss Imperial Stout):

(additional info, including flowery but dubiously useful wine-snobbish descriptors)

Barrel aged and with a potency approaching barleywine....insanely delicious.

ebola

 

[Blind Melon]

^ I really dig the barrel aged stouts, but I'm not into hard alcohol at all, so if it's a brandy, whiskey, wine etc barrel then I probably won't enjoy the beer at all. And Deschutes is so legit. I always look forward to their Hop Trip (it's their seasonal celebration of the hop harvest). It's a pale ale made with hops that are less than a day from the vine at the farm. A lot of beer snobs like me think that Pale Ales are boring, but this is the perfect beer if you could only have one for the rest of your life. I actually enjoy Hop Trip much more than their Experimental IPA the Hop Henge (which is for sure 100+ IBUs, and a very nice brew).

Yeah, SirTophamHat, Lagunitas is the shit. Stoopid is defo their best, but I also quite like their Imperial Stout (strong, quality, affordable), and 2nd fav from them would be the Cappuccino Stout, which is also priced very low, for the quality.

My favorite Stout hands down is Mikkeller's Beer Geek Breakfast. It is the perfect coffee oatmeal stout. Anybody tried the Beer Geek Brunch yet? with the hops made from scat? Supposed to be insanely delicious (no, I'm not bullshitting).

 

[amanda_eats_pandas]

I had this the other night (Deschutes Abyss Imperial Stout):

(additional info, including flowery but dubiously useful wine-snobbish descriptors)

Barrel aged and with a potency approaching barleywine....insanely delicious.

ebola

Deschutes is pretty much always on point.
Some of their more limited releases like this make me wish I was better at finding beer.

Yeah, SirTophamHat, Lagunitas is the shit. Stoopid is defo their best, but I also quite like their Imperial Stout (strong, quality, affordable), and 2nd fav from them would be the Cappuccino Stout, which is also priced very low, for the quality.

My favorite Stout hands down is Mikkeller's Beer Geek Breakfast. It is the perfect coffee oatmeal stout. Anybody tried the Beer Geek Brunch yet? with the hops made from scat? Supposed to be insanely delicious (no, I'm not bullshitting).

But Sucks though.
I'm kinda curious how the whole weasel thing works, do they have a bunch of them in an area? Is someone assigned to each weasel? So many questions so little time.

On the topic of unusual brewing methods or ingredients, DFH's Chicha involves chewing on and then spitting out the maize used in it.

 

[Bob Loblaw]

I liked Ruination more than By 11.12.13 but I'm not huge into IPAs & I have weird tastes for them. I just tried Molotov Cocktail by Evil Twin & I was blown away. Sweet like candy, but 13% does not fuck around.

Any of you bastards tried Brooklyn's Local 1 or 2? I loved Local 1 (refermented ale, reminded me of La Chouffe but darker), Local 2 seems more fruity & innaresting. I've been wanting to try their Brown for a while, but I'm having trouble finding it.

Also, anyone who lives in a cool state with lax ABV beer laws looking forward to DFH World Wide Stout in a few weeks? I want to find someone who can acquire it...

 

[SirTophamHat]

I might be able to source it, bob. Just guessing tho, don't hold me to it.

Got a nice surprise tonight. Sister visiting for tnxgiving and brought me an early xmas present of Daisy Cutter pale ale! w00t.

 

[Max Power]

Anybody try any Alpine Brewing yet?

On my short-list of breweries I'd love to try along with Hill Farmstead, Lawson's Finest, and AleSmith.

Also, anybody here like the single-hop IPAs? My fav hop is the Nelson Sauvin hop from New Zealand, still fairly new.

Yeah, single-hopped beers are a great way to really familiarize yourself with the flavor profile of one hop. My personal favorite are citra session IPAs. Fucking yum.

Also, I posted in one of these beer threads how New Zealand hops were the next big thing. Yeah, Nelson Sauvin for sure. Check out Green Flash's Green Bullet, eponymously named after the hop.

do you get to buy last snow by the growler for take home?

I wish! No, the growlers I've taken home recently include their Maple Bacon Coffee Porter, Sweet Potato Casserole, French Oak IPA.

what's the number mean? i feel like i used to know.

Each number corresponds to the original gravity of the beer. I'd go into it but it's too nerdy (read: I'm too lazy) to do it.

the rocheforts are all the same style of beer pretty much

Um, no.

^ I really dig the barrel aged stouts

My favorite Stout hands down is Mikkeller's

You liked BA stouts and your favorite is from Mikkeller. Buddy, do I have a beer for you (Cigar City/Mikkeller collab):

 

[Bob Loblaw]

http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirit...in Ale&location_type=0&miles=10&zipcode=28804


^^Edit that as you see fit.

 

[SirTophamHat]

Max: I haven't tried the 6, but 8 and 10 seemed pretty damn similar to me. Please let me know how they differ so I can learn.

For the record, I do recognize their differences in taste, but the only difference in recipe is more malt and brown sugar if I recall correctly. Which would make their style pretty damn similar, no?

 

[stormcharger]

I mainly just drink beer that made at a bar thats a 5min walk from me, deep creek brewery.

My favourite beer that they make is pontoon in a monsoon, 6.9 percent as well so it really gets to you fast

 

[Max Power]

Max: I haven't tried the 6, but 8 and 10 seemed pretty damn similar to me. Please let me know how they differ so I can learn.

For the record, I do recognize their differences in taste, but the only difference in recipe is more malt and brown sugar if I recall correctly. Which would make their style pretty damn similar, no?

Fuck, now I'm not able to recall it. In any event, the difference is so miniscule it bears little to no significance. (Categories are shite, anyway --- in any realm, really, not just beer.)

If I remember, I'll pop back in here.

 

[Finder]

Whoever asked about Alpine...yes, they are great. Pure Hoppiness, Duet, etc. Some of the best IPA in the country. I was near the brewery last summer and was, regretfully, unable to stop.

 

[Max Power]

Whoever asked about Alpine...yes, they are great. Pure Hoppiness, Duet, etc. Some of the best IPA in the country. I was near the brewery last summer and was, regretfully, unable to stop.

That was me asking about them! Yeah, can't wait to try them out. I'm just getting into the online beer trade thing so hopefully I will have my chance soon. Speaking of which, this is what I am/was offering:

The CCB Life is Like is like gold. So many offers for it its ridiculous. Also pictured are Funky Buddha's Maple Bacon Coffee Porter, Terrapin/CCB Southern Slice, Terrapin Cinnamon Roll'd Wake n Bake, Terrapin White Chocolate Moohoo, Goose Island BCBS and Coffee BCBS.

Some other random stuff I picked up at the store to drink whenever:

 

[plmar]

Just found this image on google, every single one of these is my favourite

 

[Roger&Me]

if i had 1 single wish it might just be to have terrapin distributed where i live

 

[Max Power]

Traded a Life is Like & Maple Bacon Coffee Porter foooor:

Barrel-aged AleSmith Speedway Stout, Double Sunshine from Lawson's Finest Liquids, Hill Farmstead Everett, Maine Lunch, two Heady Toppers, Troegs Nugget Nectar, bourbon barrel-aged Plead the Fifth from Dark Horse Brewing, and Supplication Consecration & Temptation from Russian River!

as well as these surprise goodies!

2009 Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout, Port Brewing Santa's Little Helper, brandy barrel-aged 4 Elf from Dark Horse, and finally a 2010 Founders Imperial Stout.

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Finger, d-did I make you p-proud? :'(