And I thought I spent too much on beer

[shortylickens]

My local wine store has a phenomenal selection of beer. More than any other place I've found in virginia.

 

[gorb]

I recently purchased an 18-bottle wine fridge. Once I make a shelf, I should be able to fit around 40 standard bottles inside

 

[KLin]

Just got into Minneapolis, picked up 3 four-packs tonight: Toppling Goliath Pseudo Sue, Surly Todd the Axe Man, Surly Abrasive.

Going to drink half of it while I'm here and the other half will go home with me for my usual beer tasting friends. Oddly enough, Pseudo Sue trades pretty well around Detroit but the lady at the store said that TG doesn't sell well in general here. Good news for me, I suppose.

I hate you

 

[-slash-]

The local joint has some of these in, going to grab a few and follow the instructions
http://www.stonebrewing.com/beer/stone-enjoy-after-brett-ipa/stone-enjoy-after-103116-brett-ipa

 

[gorb]

meh

this is one of my favorites

 

[nakedfrog]

Black Butte Porter isn't bad, but I think the Obsidian Stout is great

Yep, after having grabbed a six of the porter this weekend, I concur. The stout is great, the porter is serviceable.

 

[gorb]

Anchor Porter is one of my favorites although I've not had it in a really long time. I should pick some up soon.

 

[-slash-]

Anchor Porter is one of my favorites although I've not had it in a really long time. I should pick some up soon.

I'll have to see if my local place has it. I really like the Anchor Steam. I'll have to jump in and agree on Black Butte. Not terrible, not my first pick.

 

[gorb]

A couple of these were purchased a few days ago, but most I bought today

 

[-slash-]

Let me know how you like that Stone stout, I've been eyeballing it.

 

[gorb]

Will do.

 

[gorb]

 

[EvilYoda]

A couple of these were purchased a few days ago, but most I bought today

Ummm, no one's wondering about the BCBS? Everything else in there is readily available or close to it. How is it that you have a store that even still has BCBS for sale?

 

[EvilYoda]

I hate you

Why? I'm happy to start another beer trade partnership if there's anything you'd like.

I also stopped into North Loop Wine & Spirits and wow they carry a lot of stuff. I picked up another 4-pack of Pseudo Sue along with Avery Mephistopheles, Vanilla Bean, and The Beast.

I now have 6 tallboys, 2 bottles, and 1 bomber to pack in my suitcase...oh my.

 

[BoberFett]

So are you FROM Minneapolis EvilYoda or just passing through?

 

[gorb]

Ummm, no one's wondering about the BCBS? Everything else in there is readily available or close to it. How is it that you have a store that even still has BCBS for sale?

A nice guy in the beer/wine department at Central Market hooked me up

 

[gorb]

 

[gorb]

 

[gorb]

Visited my grandparents earlier and brought this (and a few others) to share

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

A couple of these were purchased a few days ago, but most I bought today

I see a few good choices. 2015 Bourbon County Stout, although much better on draft, is very good.

You should see what batch that Big Bad Baptist is from - if it's part of the 2015 release, they have 4 different coffee roasts that they used and they printed the roaster with the batch information. I can only find the Blue Copper version locally, but it's EXTREMELY good. Definitely good enough to warrant a second, or a third.

I've never tried the Dragon's Milk stout, but I have had the Beer Barrel Bourbon they make that they put back in the barrels after they take the stout out, and it was very interesting.

Looks like the oatmeal version of Yeti - I was disappointed in that one.


I'm sitting on a bunch of beer, but I think the most expensive bottle I have right now is one of the Rare 2015 Bourbon County Stouts. I picked up two at the bargain price of $60 a bottle, and had one after the holidays. Definitely worth the $60, but I feel like it will be way better after 2-3 years.

 

[jaha2000]

Interesting to see what used to be very local beers show up here. New Holland is about 30 miles from my house. used to be a tiny place, and is still pretty small compared to Bells which is in my town.
THere are variants of dragons milk that are fantastic, tripple mash and coffee are fantastic.
I just scored a case of Kentucky Breakfast Stout from Founders in the last week. Drank 2 and will get to the rest of them next year after it has time to cool off!

 

[NesuD]

Oh man those reviews are so pretentious. I'm sure it's a decent beer but I'll be damned if those reviews don't remind me of what would happen if I asked ATOT how to cook a steak.

Gotta love beer snobs. All real beer lovers just roll our theireyes at pretentious crap like that.

 

[SNC]

Ummm, no one's wondering about the BCBS? Everything else in there is readily available or close to it. How is it that you have a store that even still has BCBS for sale?

Because of the IN-Bev affect. There is a fair amount of disdain for inbev from longtime lovers of GI. An acquaintance of mine in NY took some pics of places - 3 or 4 I cant remember - with cases upon cases of BCBS sitting around without a purchaser in site. There are to many great brews out there to be wasting money on inbev products.

 

[Myg0t]

Meh, I'll stick with Coronas and a wedge of home grown key lime

 

[Hail The Brain Slug]

Because of the IN-Bev affect. There is a fair amount of disdain for inbev from longtime lovers of GI. An acquaintance of mine in NY took some pics of places - 3 or 4 I cant remember - with cases upon cases of BCBS sitting around without a purchaser in site. There are to many great brews out there to be wasting money on inbev products.

That's great and all, but passing up one of the best and most anticipated beers of the year because you (they) don't like the company that owns the brewery is an idiot move. It's all about the beer, and if you make it about the company then you're saying the beer doesn't matter.

At that point, why do you (they) even drink beer?

If I could get my hands on more Bourbon County Brand beer, especially the barleywine, I'd buy as many as I could get my hands on. That's what I did already, and I only have 3 BCBS left.