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Beer|OT| Crazy for the hazy
- Thread starter ErnieMcCracken
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I have. It's good but not even close to my favorite. The cool thing about the PNW is our proximity to the hop farms in Yakima and Willamete valleys that have all the proprietary hops (Citra, Mosaic, Amarillo, Simcoe, Loral, Denali, etc.) so almost every single local brewery drives over and makes at least one fresh hop beer.
IT IS!
Cheers everyone
NOT A FRESH HOP
Not a bad beer, just not a fresh hop. Stupid Sierra Nevada...
Small get together to do a World Wide Stout / Vanilla Oak World Wide Stout side by side turned into quite the Thursday night bottle share.
Still convinced that even at their best, NEIPAs are pretty solid IPAs, but nothing to go crazy over.
#HOTTAKES - the best Tree House beer of the night wasn't an IPA...
##DOUBLEHOTTAKES - Born Yesterday (#Heineken) was as good or better than either of the Tree House, the Alchemist or the Dry Hopped Pseudo Sue as far as IPAs go...
Still convinced that even at their best, NEIPAs are pretty solid IPAs, but nothing to go crazy over.
#HOTTAKES - the best Tree House beer of the night wasn't an IPA...
##DOUBLEHOTTAKES - Born Yesterday (#Heineken) was as good or better than either of the Tree House, the Alchemist or the Dry Hopped Pseudo Sue as far as IPAs go...
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Ah damn, it's nice to see y'all, thanks for putting up an OT. Currently having an Oskar Blues Death by Coconut porter. A bit on the sweet side, but pretty good.
Blend that about 75:25 with Ten Fidy : Coconut. Awesome coconut beer.
Forgot about Lunch. Lunch was the best IPA there.
Have you tried:
The best Coconut porter
My man! Yeah I love coconut too. But yeah, many coconut beers go too sweet, but I can't help myself from trying every one I see. I like Maui Brewing's Coconut Porter quite a bit. And there's a brewery from Costa Mesa that makes a good one, more of a coconut husk flavor. I haven't had the Pirate Bomb.
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Ah man I didn't realize you made it in here, glad to see you.
Coconut Midnight Still by Holy Mountain is the best ive had, and im a huge coconut fan that is disappointed by a lot of coconut beers.
Never had Pirate Bomb, Prairie limits their distribution here and we barely get their BA stuff much to my chagrin.
Yeah not impressed taste exactly like the imitation coconut extract I have in my pantry, wack imoHave you tried:
The best Coconut porter
Hah, yeah I know what you're talking about...I think it's the chemically chocolate flavor stomping on it though. There's really not that much coconut punching through in this. Most of it's just on the nose. Wouldn't get it again for sure.
I've seen the Pirate Bomb here very rarely, but too expensive. Something like $16 for the 12oz? I'd rather pick up an Older Viscosity for that price.
Harvest Ale is a pretty good wet hop when it's fresh! I've seen singles sitting on shelves in like December and had one past its prime and it's no bueno. Those fresh hops fall fast, unfortunately.
I see. So it could be better.
I guess I just won't know until next year. Thanks for the heads up.
There's a nano-brewery in South Jersey (Eclipse Brewing in Merchantville for anyone local-ish) that has about as good of a handle on coconut as I've seen-- they did an Almond Joy porter but was outclassed by a coconut cream ale. Admittedly, it's a bit of apples and oranges comparing styles, but from just an enjoyment standpoint, they were both definitely noteworthy, with the cream ale even more so.
That said, they just tapped a jalapeno apple pie IPA on nitro which sounds both like word vomit and literal vomit simultaneously. Will be heading there after work out of morbid curiosity.
I was really unimpressed with Harvest Ale this year, but found it to be pretty good in the past.
My favorite non-PNW fresh hop I've had is the Mosaic Fresh Hop from Castle Danger in Minnesota. Daaaaamn good.
I didn't have Harvest Ale this year, so I'm kinda glad I haven't picked it up.
As for Mosaic Fresh Hop from Castle Danger being in Minnesota and you're in the PNW, I take it you trade a shit ton?
Nah, I don't trade much at all. Too much good stuff locally available and shipping costs are horrendous. After seeing positive comments from locals on BA, I bit the bullet and ordered a bomber from France44 a couple years ago along with a 6-pack of Schell's Fresh Hop pilsner, which is also fantastic. I used to get a 6-pack around Thanksgiving when going to Omaha to visit my wife's family, but Schell's no longer distributes to Nebraska.
The majority of my out of region beers are from personal traveling, friends, when my parents go places or my wife goes to Boston for work. My parents just brought me back a crowler of Greenpoint Harbor's Facing East IPA from NYC last weekend.
Another day, another fresh hop...
Three Magnets' Little Juice Smoothie Freshie Edition (Mosaic and Citra FH). Tastes like a mimosa.
Three Magnets' Little Juice Smoothie Freshie Edition (Mosaic and Citra FH). Tastes like a mimosa.
Hoppy Day
Pizza Port - Raceway IPA and Mikkeller X Twin Peaks Collab - Log Lady Lager. The Raceway was canned just 2 weeks ago, so hops are pretty fresh and a nice clean IPA in general. The Log Lady Lager is a hopped up Lager, which is a style we need to see more of.
Pizza Port - Raceway IPA and Mikkeller X Twin Peaks Collab - Log Lady Lager. The Raceway was canned just 2 weeks ago, so hops are pretty fresh and a nice clean IPA in general. The Log Lady Lager is a hopped up Lager, which is a style we need to see more of.
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Lots of people from the Seattle Facebook beer group flew up for it.
Fucking insane.
lol I might not even go over then. Probably going to be 500+ people camping for 430ish boxes.
Fucking sucks because I'd love a box, don't know if I can even buy one of their beers again with how poorly this was handled. Plenty of other breweries in the area that I can support.
Fucking sucks because I'd love a box, don't know if I can even buy one of their beers again with how poorly this was handled. Plenty of other breweries in the area that I can support.
An always apt quote: "The craft beer industry, where rarity has no price and stupidity has no boundaries" - Justin Evelyn currently at Bagby Beer Co.
My beer from last night. Peabody Heights - Flick. Maryland Brewery, and this was an excellent DIPA. Going to Cushwa Brewing today for the first time. I'll post some pics later of the flights.
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I'll be in Omaha for Christmas this year. Will probably stop in.
Distantmantra - The hops, they are so, so wet.
Actually, pretty solid, really big on the dank / piney end of the spectrum.
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Sounds like there are at least 100 bracelets left. Get over there and claim your goddamn local beer man.
Distantmantra - The hops, they are so, so wet.
Actually, pretty solid, really big on the dank / piney end of the spectrum.
At least it's a real fresh hop!
Had a trip to Denver recently, and stopped by about 12 breweries in a few days. Big standouts for me were TRVE and Denver Brewing Co (for their Guavapalooza specifically).
I really want a good guava beer in the bay area. I thought it was going to be gimmicky but my god it was tasty.
Also: I've gotten into drinking way more lighter/cheaper beers recently. Cheap lagers/pilsners are so satisfying in their own right.
I really want a good guava beer in the bay area. I thought it was going to be gimmicky but my god it was tasty.
Also: I've gotten into drinking way more lighter/cheaper beers recently. Cheap lagers/pilsners are so satisfying in their own right.
Holy Mountain's Guava Table and Guava Gin Table are amazing. Probably shouldn't bother mentioning them because they'd be impossible to get now.
Urban Family's Guava Dawn, however, is still available in bottles and easy to find. Good stuff.
Urban Family's Guava Dawn, however, is still available in bottles and easy to find. Good stuff.
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Where exactly? Not available at bevmo.
However I did find Kona's "Hanalei Island Style IPA" which has passion fruit, orange, and guava which I may try. I like Kona's coffee porter a lot and think their lager is decent.