Agreed. Thought it was junk.Originally Posted by red
And, and don't think AB bought it, was there creation from the start.
Agreed. Thought it was junk.Originally Posted by red
And, and don't think AB bought it, was there creation from the start.
Yeah, I've actually had that.
Was it drinkable?
"Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg Jennings
Yes.....it actually tasted like pizza. :POriginally Posted by MJZiggy
I don't know how I missed your post : (Originally Posted by red
Founder's is pretty close to GVSU - near the new bus station downtown. They used to be on Monroe NW, but they relocated a few years back. I have such a craving for their IPA right now!
Every good local joint should be carrying their product too.
I haven't had much in my life that beats hopslam. It's not the sixpack that you want to buy at the end of the night though. "Holy shit, I spent $20 on a six pack" is not what you want to be saying the next day when you look at your wallet.Originally Posted by pasquale
As good as bell's can be, i have noticed a lot of inconsistency keg to keg. I've had it here in DC a couple times now and noticed it's a thinned down version, almost filtered.
I'm a big fan of the Nosferatu as well.Originally Posted by Patler
Now that you're here, we need to go to Dogfish.Originally Posted by MichiganPackerFan
"Greatness is not an act... but a habit.Greatness is not an act... but a habit." -Greg Jennings
I do need to check that out. I got to have their 60 & 90 minute on draft back at my home pub in MI and also their 120 and a few other bottled varieties as well. Pretty solid brewery for sure!Originally Posted by MJZiggy
Anyone available to go to Surly on Darkness Day and load up on this years release? I'll pay for the six they sell to the individual and give you two? At least I think it's six...? I know it's $20 a bottle.
All my fave's have been mentioned already:
Dinkel Acker
Chimay
Fat Tire
Sprecher
etc.
A note on Sprecher:
I miss all of their beers. Can't get 'em where I'm at. A friend of mine brought me an 8 pack variety deal for xmas 2 years ago. He was dumbstruck at how thankful I was for what I was calling "the best present of all time".
I do want to nominate this particular thread for "thread of the year".
Now I am very thirsty and must go and find beer.
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"Everyone's born anarchist and atheist until people start lying to them" ~ wise philosopher
Remind me and I will go down there. But you have to remind me!!! I have two monkeys running around the house humming Wilco songs all day that make me lose my mind a little.Originally Posted by Freak Out
Maybe we can make a trade for some of that Berserker Stout.
After lunch the players lounged about the hotel patio watching the surf fling white plumes high against the darkening sky. Clouds were piling up in the west… Vince Lombardi frowned.
Fat Tire is not a Miller product.Originally Posted by HowardRoark
Miller bought Coors out here, not New Belgium.
I've been to the New Belgium Brewery several times. Their tasting room is a blast and you usually have to wait an hour or more in the summer to get in. That's why I go off peak . In fact, if you go to Ft. Collins, you can spend a nice day going to the local breweries -- New Belgium, Ft. Collins Brewing, and O'Dell. In addition to the brews they ship, they all have some really nice seasonals fresh on tap. Ft. Collins Doppel Bock is one of my favorite beers. O'Dell's 90 Shilling is also a very nice beer. Biere de Mars (New Belgium) is probably my favorite New Belgium offering-- an awesome spring seasonal Belgian-style amber.
Then you can head 25 miles down I-25 and hit Left Hand in Ft. Collins.2 From there you can go another 15 miles to Boulder for Avery, Boulder Brewing Company, Mountain Sun (XXX IPA is killer if you're into IPAs). I lived by the Southern Sun (Mountain Sun) for a couple of years and they had an evening happy hour from 10-close. $2 a pint for strong beers and scrabble, probably my favorite way to get sideways on a Thursday night back in the day.
Boulder Brewing always has a new brew party when they roll out a seasonal with music and specials on whatever they were tappin'. IIRC, Avery used to have an all-you-can drink for an hour in their tasting room.
Denver's mayor owns Wynkoop right in the heart of downtown. They've got some pretty stellar pours too, but I don't think they distribute outside of the pub. They make a Chile ale that's pretty popular. I never really got into it though.
There are several other places around here too. These are just the ones that stirred up some memories.
I'm buying two cases this Friday so I could do that. The Berserker should be around $10 bones and is one of the best Imperial Stouts I have ever had. I will probably come that way for a game at some point this winter so we could trade then and share a few.Originally Posted by HowardRoark
Anyone up for a Packerrats tasting?
What? Not a mention of Great Divide? Blasphemer.Originally Posted by denverYooper
http://www.greatdivide.com/
I got musta got so drunk just thinking about all of that beer that I forgotOriginally Posted by Freak Out
lolOriginally Posted by denverYooper
i think you must be drunk right now
A few years ago, I was skiing in Summit County over Thanksgiving. An acquaintance at the time ran the local bakery....he cooked a turkey and put together a very good meal one of the nights. He had a fresh keg of Breckenridge Brewery Oatmeal Stout. I recall that as being a very good beer.
After lunch the players lounged about the hotel patio watching the surf fling white plumes high against the darkening sky. Clouds were piling up in the west… Vince Lombardi frowned.
Well I just had anouther Shock top thinking maybe I had missed something or was drunk already the last time I had one. I still think it was a pretty good beer.Originally Posted by Tyrone Bigguns
I am a fan of wheat beers and I have yet to find anything that is anywhere close in overall taste, aroma, consistency and quality as Hacker-Pschorr Hefe Weisse.
No one makes beer as good as they do in Germany!
http://hacker-pschorrusa.com/products