Let's talk good beer

RedskinMike · 03-22-2015, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by over the mountain

thats good news. glad to see the brothers are distributing outside the city lines. they sd distribution was going to be very limited. they do pint nights in the city, buy a pint of 51 keep the glass. i need to catch up to one of those.

what would you rate the 51 rye? for me its 4.5. i wonder if i am over-hyping the beer. the citra is really jumping out to me and is starting to dominate. its weird. a beer tastes a certain way but then when you drink enough of it, you start noticing all these subtle flavors that eventually your brain is now predisposed looking for and the beer now tastes different then when you first started drinking it. the citra, centennials cascades were always front and center (which I like and look for) but now it is overpowering to my taste buds.

even with 51% rye malt, that earthy nutty tone is being overpowered.

Its a solid 4 for me. I am a big hop head so the hops don't blow me away but it is a well balanced rye ipa. Alot of times with rye its one way or the other either the hops overpower the rye or the rye takes over.

over the mountain · 03-25-2015, 12:22 PM

just got 3 bottles of Pliny, 1 damnation and 2 mikkellers delivered to my office.

dob on pliny is 2/24/15! i assumed it would be 3 mos old.

thanks mike. you hooked it up with the blackwell referral. unfortunately i have to give 2 plinys to 2 of my brothers. i think im just going to order once a month, at 65 bucks total for 6 impossible-to-get beers, it is worth it.

RedskinMike · 04-10-2015, 10:49 PM

Drinking a 3 Floyds Zombie Dust. It is good but with the hype around it I am a little let down.

over the mountain · 04-13-2015, 11:21 AM

hype can alter a lot of things - good movie, beer, restaurant.

taste is like the 3rd or 4th sense we use to actually judge something (or something like that).

my first bottle of pliny I rated as a 4.5/5. i was a little let down as well. my brain unreasonably over-hyped it so when it didnt cure cancer and male pattern baldness on the first sip, i was a little let down.

now that I had a few more bottles, it is 6/5. a 10/5. there is this magical malty piney after effect that just lingers on my lips and taste buds for a few seconds after a sip. the after-sip of a pliny is amazing.

i need to find a better connect. i need to buy in volume without quantity restrictions.

mike - are you on untappd? if so, send me a friend request if you want - im "craigismyfirstname" or perhaps my full name just appears. im not sure.

RedskinMike · 05-02-2015, 09:16 PM

Lagunitas Sucks! San't get enough of this shit. One of my favorites and glad its back in 6 packs. Quarts are fun but the novelty wears off.

Schneed10 · 05-12-2015, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by RedskinMike

Lagunitas Sucks! San't get enough of this shit. One of my favorites and glad its back in 6 packs. Quarts are fun but the novelty wears off.

Love that one.

HailGreen28 · 05-12-2015, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by RedskinMike

Lagunitas Sucks! San't get enough of this shit. One of my favorites and glad its back in 6 packs. Quarts are fun but the novelty wears off.

LOL, what's the joke, does it taste different than normal Lagunitas?

over the mountain · 05-12-2015, 12:37 PM

yes, i just got my first 6er of Sucks.
makes the value buy a lot better imo.
32 oz for 7.99 = approx 24.96 per oz
72 oz for 12.99 = approx 18.04 per oz
equivalent of spending approx $5.77 per 32 oz now.
im obsessed w value buying anything and everything now.
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saucony stonefly IPA = really liking this beer for the summer time. its very drinkable. it makes you want to drink another and another. a portion of proceeds goes to preserving a stream up in PA where it is brewed. the owner is an ex-pro skateboarder and his head brew guy was from russian river.

its rated in the 80s but i think that is bc it is not a really complex beer with competing pine notes w floral and fruit notes and malt backbone and all the other cliches people use. its just a really good drinking beer. i think it was 8.99 or 9.99 a 6er as well.

it has all of my fav hops - the ones that start w C like centennial, citra, columbus, cascade ... i may have made cascade up.
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magruders on conn ave has deschutes fresh squeezed ipa. really good beer. rated in the mid 90s i think. you cant find it in md, hopefullly that changes soon.

beware their founders was dated back to sept of 2014.

RedskinMike · 05-12-2015, 07:23 PM

No you didn't make it up. Cascade is the backbone of the american craft beer movement.

Quote:

Originally Posted by over the mountain

yes, i just got my first 6er of Sucks.
makes the value buy a lot better imo.
32 oz for 7.99 = approx 24.96 per oz
72 oz for 12.99 = approx 18.04 per oz
equivalent of spending approx $5.77 per 32 oz now.
im obsessed w value buying anything and everything now.
----------------------------------

saucony stonefly IPA = really liking this beer for the summer time. its very drinkable. it makes you want to drink another and another. a portion of proceeds goes to preserving a stream up in PA where it is brewed. the owner is an ex-pro skateboarder and his head brew guy was from russian river.

its rated in the 80s but i think that is bc it is not a really complex beer with competing pine notes w floral and fruit notes and malt backbone and all the other cliches people use. its just a really good drinking beer. i think it was 8.99 or 9.99 a 6er as well.

it has all of my fav hops - the ones that start w C like centennial, citra, columbus, cascade ... i may have made cascade up.
------------------------------------------------------

magruders on conn ave has deschutes fresh squeezed ipa. really good beer. rated in the mid 90s i think. you cant find it in md, hopefullly that changes soon.

beware their founders was dated back to sept of 2014.

RedskinMike · 05-12-2015, 07:26 PM

They replaced Brown Shugga with it years ago and people were pissed so they changed the name to Lagunitas Sucks.

RedskinMike · 05-12-2015, 07:27 PM

Sipping on a Double Cannon from Heavy Seas. Nice offering from a local establishment. At 9.4% its a sipper.

Chico23231 · 05-24-2015, 09:56 PM

This is the amazing beer I've been crushing:

Green flash: pallet wrecker, double ipa

Avery: daguna...limited ipa

Firestone: double jack...double ipa

It's gettin hoppy up in this bitch

Chico23231 · 06-09-2015, 09:51 PM

Camping at stone mountain Georgia after a weekend in downtown Atlanta sipping on balast point big eye ipa...damn it feels good to get away from the corporate bullshit life of home. I wanna toast everybody to say stop, relax, and enjoy the small things in life this summer. Lift a good beer with me on that!

over the mountain · 06-10-2015, 05:26 PM

cheers chico!

edit - i came up with my own original pick up line.

(you are sitting in a swanky hotel bar you are staying at for business. you've had a couple too many to drink as you try to drink enough to fall asleep in a new bed. you decide to walk up to a tall woman in a short curve-hugging red slip on dress as she sits at the end of the bar smoking a virginia slim leaving cherry red lipstick on the butt of the stick)

"excuse me, it looks like you got something in your eye." - you

(you hand gesture to the inner crow of her eye)

(she starts trying to brush what ever it is away)

"did i get it?" - she asks

"no, its still there" - you

"what is it?" - she asks as she more vigorously wipes at her eye ball

(you lean in a little closer for a better look)

"It .. looks like ... love at first sight." - you

BOOM you just picked up a woman who is most likely a really expensive hooker and after she takes you up to her hotel room and you are done, she demands 2k to which you look astonished. Big Toni who was sitting in the bathroom busts open the door and beats the ever living shit out of you as she goes through your wallet. she only finds a couple 20s. she tosses your wallet to toni who grabs your Id. he ahd already pulled your webbing ring off your finger. Toni tells you that if you dont pay him 1k every month for the next 6 months he is going to show pictures to your wife. You pay toni every month for 6 months. but toni keeps coming. sometimes at your work. sometimes he waits for you in the parking garage of your office building. fucjing toni. when will he stop ...

FRPLG · 06-11-2015, 04:52 PM

That's just hypothetical right? Not like that actually ever happened to anyone whose name rhymed with rover be countin' right?

03-25-2015, 12:22 PM	#2
over the mountain Playmaker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: close to the edge Posts: 4,926	Re: Let's talk good beer just got 3 bottles of Pliny, 1 damnation and 2 mikkellers delivered to my office. dob on pliny is 2/24/15! i assumed it would be 3 mos old. thanks mike. you hooked it up with the blackwell referral. unfortunately i have to give 2 plinys to 2 of my brothers. i think im just going to order once a month, at 65 bucks total for 6 impossible-to-get beers, it is worth it.

04-10-2015, 10:49 PM	#3
RedskinMike Special Teams Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Odenton, MD Age: 45 Posts: 413	Re: Let's talk good beer Drinking a 3 Floyds Zombie Dust. It is good but with the hype around it I am a little let down.

04-13-2015, 11:21 AM	#4
over the mountain Playmaker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: close to the edge Posts: 4,926	Re: Let's talk good beer hype can alter a lot of things - good movie, beer, restaurant. taste is like the 3rd or 4th sense we use to actually judge something (or something like that). my first bottle of pliny I rated as a 4.5/5. i was a little let down as well. my brain unreasonably over-hyped it so when it didnt cure cancer and male pattern baldness on the first sip, i was a little let down. now that I had a few more bottles, it is 6/5. a 10/5. there is this magical malty piney after effect that just lingers on my lips and taste buds for a few seconds after a sip. the after-sip of a pliny is amazing. i need to find a better connect. i need to buy in volume without quantity restrictions. mike - are you on untappd? if so, send me a friend request if you want - im "craigismyfirstname" or perhaps my full name just appears. im not sure.

05-02-2015, 09:16 PM	#5
RedskinMike Special Teams Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Odenton, MD Age: 45 Posts: 413	Re: Let's talk good beer Lagunitas Sucks! San't get enough of this shit. One of my favorites and glad its back in 6 packs. Quarts are fun but the novelty wears off.

05-12-2015, 12:37 PM	#8
over the mountain Playmaker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: close to the edge Posts: 4,926	Re: Let's talk good beer yes, i just got my first 6er of Sucks. makes the value buy a lot better imo. 32 oz for 7.99 = approx 24.96 per oz 72 oz for 12.99 = approx 18.04 per oz equivalent of spending approx $5.77 per 32 oz now. im obsessed w value buying anything and everything now. ---------------------------------- saucony stonefly IPA = really liking this beer for the summer time. its very drinkable. it makes you want to drink another and another. a portion of proceeds goes to preserving a stream up in PA where it is brewed. the owner is an ex-pro skateboarder and his head brew guy was from russian river. its rated in the 80s but i think that is bc it is not a really complex beer with competing pine notes w floral and fruit notes and malt backbone and all the other cliches people use. its just a really good drinking beer. i think it was 8.99 or 9.99 a 6er as well. it has all of my fav hops - the ones that start w C like centennial, citra, columbus, cascade ... i may have made cascade up. ------------------------------------------------------ magruders on conn ave has deschutes fresh squeezed ipa. really good beer. rated in the mid 90s i think. you cant find it in md, hopefullly that changes soon. beware their founders was dated back to sept of 2014. Last edited by over the mountain; 05-12-2015 at 04:56 PM.

05-12-2015, 07:26 PM	#10
RedskinMike Special Teams Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Odenton, MD Age: 45 Posts: 413	Re: Let's talk good beer They replaced Brown Shugga with it years ago and people were pissed so they changed the name to Lagunitas Sucks.

05-12-2015, 07:27 PM	#11
RedskinMike Special Teams Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Odenton, MD Age: 45 Posts: 413	Re: Let's talk good beer Sipping on a Double Cannon from Heavy Seas. Nice offering from a local establishment. At 9.4% its a sipper.

05-24-2015, 09:56 PM	#12
Chico23231 Warpath Hall of Fame Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 33,996	Re: Let's talk good beer This is the amazing beer I've been crushing: Green flash: pallet wrecker, double ipa Avery: daguna...limited ipa Firestone: double jack...double ipa It's gettin hoppy up in this bitch __________________ My pronouns: King/Your ruler He Gets Us Last edited by Chico23231; 05-25-2015 at 07:39 AM.

06-09-2015, 09:51 PM	#13
Chico23231 Warpath Hall of Fame Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 33,996	Re: Let's talk good beer Camping at stone mountain Georgia after a weekend in downtown Atlanta sipping on balast point big eye ipa...damn it feels good to get away from the corporate bullshit life of home. I wanna toast everybody to say stop, relax, and enjoy the small things in life this summer. Lift a good beer with me on that! __________________ My pronouns: King/Your ruler He Gets Us

06-10-2015, 05:26 PM	#14
over the mountain Playmaker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: close to the edge Posts: 4,926	Re: Let's talk good beer cheers chico! edit - i came up with my own original pick up line. (you are sitting in a swanky hotel bar you are staying at for business. you've had a couple too many to drink as you try to drink enough to fall asleep in a new bed. you decide to walk up to a tall woman in a short curve-hugging red slip on dress as she sits at the end of the bar smoking a virginia slim leaving cherry red lipstick on the butt of the stick) "excuse me, it looks like you got something in your eye." - you (you hand gesture to the inner crow of her eye) (she starts trying to brush what ever it is away) "did i get it?" - she asks "no, its still there" - you "what is it?" - she asks as she more vigorously wipes at her eye ball (you lean in a little closer for a better look) "It .. looks like ... love at first sight." - you BOOM you just picked up a woman who is most likely a really expensive hooker and after she takes you up to her hotel room and you are done, she demands 2k to which you look astonished. Big Toni who was sitting in the bathroom busts open the door and beats the ever living shit out of you as she goes through your wallet. she only finds a couple 20s. she tosses your wallet to toni who grabs your Id. he ahd already pulled your webbing ring off your finger. Toni tells you that if you dont pay him 1k every month for the next 6 months he is going to show pictures to your wife. You pay toni every month for 6 months. but toni keeps coming. sometimes at your work. sometimes he waits for you in the parking garage of your office building. fucjing toni. when will he stop ...

06-11-2015, 04:52 PM	#15
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 45 Posts: 10,164	Re: Let's talk good beer That's just hypothetical right? Not like that actually ever happened to anyone whose name rhymed with rover be countin' right?

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