I keep looking for the "dislike" button and cannot find it. Ok, just kidding. If you are in town again let me know and I will take you on a brewery crawl. Although without setting foot in a wicked weed tasting room, I am not sure I will be able to change your opinion as the three breweries you mention are certainly good ones and hard to beat.
OT: Post different types of beer you've tried, and how it was.
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I keep looking for the "dislike" button and cannot find it. Ok, just kidding. If you are in town again let me know and I will take you on a brewery crawl. Although without setting foot in a wicked weed tasting room, I am not sure I will be able to change your opinion as the three breweries you mention are certainly good ones and hard to beat.
Belgian Monastery Will Brew Beer Again, After A 220-Year Pause
The last time Belgium's Grimbergen Abbey brewed beer, the United States was only about 20 years old. But the abbey now plans to make beer again, and for inspiration, it will turn to the original recipes and brewing instructions in its archive of medieval texts.
After it was founded in 1128, the Norbertine abbey's clerics spent centuries making beer. But they were forced to stop when the abbey was destroyed in 1798. Now they want to get back into brewing — and to do it, they're hoping to use secrets they've gleaned from ancient books the abbey managed to preserve.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesal...amPoTilxP6qt-w-jk10gWi4mvV0pqyEtvFC5rN5NzGVW4
The last time Belgium's Grimbergen Abbey brewed beer, the United States was only about 20 years old. But the abbey now plans to make beer again, and for inspiration, it will turn to the original recipes and brewing instructions in its archive of medieval texts.
After it was founded in 1128, the Norbertine abbey's clerics spent centuries making beer. But they were forced to stop when the abbey was destroyed in 1798. Now they want to get back into brewing — and to do it, they're hoping to use secrets they've gleaned from ancient books the abbey managed to preserve.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesal...amPoTilxP6qt-w-jk10gWi4mvV0pqyEtvFC5rN5NzGVW4
Picked up Icarus Neon Delight and Pineapple Hindenburg. Both NE style IPAs, both fantastic. Icarus knows their shit when it comes to this style.
Perennial Sump 2018 is awesome, as always. Thick and rich coffee. Perennial and Kane make the best dark coffee beers.
Had a a couple pints of Maine Beer Company Spring IPA and really enjoyed them. It had been about a month and a half since I had an IPA.
Boiler Brewing Heaven Hill Barrel Aged White Stout 2019 was awesome again. Super thick and great flavors.
3 Floyd's Dark Lord 2018 was awesome. Very underrated. Like a barley wine.
Westbrook Mexican Cake 2018 was excellent. Sweet, liquid chocolate and spice. Nice and thick. So much better than prior years.
3 Floyd's Dark Lord 2018 was awesome. Very underrated. Like a barley wine.
Westbrook Mexican Cake 2018 was excellent. Sweet, liquid chocolate and spice. Nice and thick. So much better than prior years.
Made a trip to Jersey Cyclone this weekend. They had 8 beers on tap, tried all of em, the best being Snowtober with Vanilla, an Imperial Porter and their Franklin Double a tasty IPA. They had 3 different Kolsch beers on tap which is probably too many if you have 8 beers total on tap. I would go again, the beers were good, the service was not so great but figure they will both improve over time.
Carton MIA-EWR: The sequel to the awful EWR-MIA, this subs out spruce for coconut and orange and is sooooooo much better. 8/10
Flying Fish Salt and Sea: Out of no where we have the beer of the summer. Buy this if you like low ABV sours. 9/10.
Bolero Snort Kowabunga: Love the original version of this back in 2017. This new version is just not good. 4/10.
Dogfish Head Slightly Mighty: Not great but for 95 calories I'll drink this all day. The craft Michelob Ultra. 7/10, graded on a curve because of the calorie and carb count.
Flying Fish Salt and Sea: Out of no where we have the beer of the summer. Buy this if you like low ABV sours. 9/10.
Bolero Snort Kowabunga: Love the original version of this back in 2017. This new version is just not good. 4/10.
Dogfish Head Slightly Mighty: Not great but for 95 calories I'll drink this all day. The craft Michelob Ultra. 7/10, graded on a curve because of the calorie and carb count.
Drank Flying Fish Salt and Sea this past weekend. Good session beer. I'm with you on the beer of the summer.
Beer Archaeologists Are Reviving Ancient Ales — With Some Strange Results
The closest that Travis Rupp came to getting fired from Avery Brewing Co. in Boulder, Colo., he says, was the time he tried to make chicha. The recipe for the Peruvian corn-based beer, cobbled together from bits of pre-Incan archaeological evidence, called for chewed corn partially fermented in spit. So, Rupp's first task had been to persuade his colleagues to gather round a bucket and offer up their chompers for the cause.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/26/723983713/beer-archaeologists-are-reviving-ancient-ales-with-some-strange-results
The closest that Travis Rupp came to getting fired from Avery Brewing Co. in Boulder, Colo., he says, was the time he tried to make chicha. The recipe for the Peruvian corn-based beer, cobbled together from bits of pre-Incan archaeological evidence, called for chewed corn partially fermented in spit. So, Rupp's first task had been to persuade his colleagues to gather round a bucket and offer up their chompers for the cause.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/26/723983713/beer-archaeologists-are-reviving-ancient-ales-with-some-strange-results
I made it to the Grimm brewery this weekend. Nice spot and if you do growlers their prices are very reasonable.
The owners have a pretty interesting story. I met them randomly at a beer/cheese shop back in 2013 and they explained to me that they were gypsy brewers. I wasn’t familiar with the term at the time. Their beers are very popular and given their now 1 year old brewery in East Williamsburg, seems like their effort was well worth it.
The owners have a pretty interesting story. I met them randomly at a beer/cheese shop back in 2013 and they explained to me that they were gypsy brewers. I wasn’t familiar with the term at the time. Their beers are very popular and given their now 1 year old brewery in East Williamsburg, seems like their effort was well worth it.
Founders Mas Agave: Imperial gose brewed with agave, lime and sea salt, then aged in tequila barrels.
Really enjoyed this one. Strong lime on the nose, some sweetness from the agave, the barrel flavor comes through, and a slightly salty finish. Lots going on. Very well balanced. This one clocks in at 10%, but you'd never guess it. If someone did a blind taste test on me, I probably wouldn't have guessed it was a beer. If you like margaritas you should definitely check this one out.
Really enjoyed this one. Strong lime on the nose, some sweetness from the agave, the barrel flavor comes through, and a slightly salty finish. Lots going on. Very well balanced. This one clocks in at 10%, but you'd never guess it. If someone did a blind taste test on me, I probably wouldn't have guessed it was a beer. If you like margaritas you should definitely check this one out.
NJ brewery rules updated again.
https://www.nj.com/news/2019/05/no-...nj-now-have-a-new-set-of-rules-to-follow.html
https://www.nj.com/news/2019/05/no-...nj-now-have-a-new-set-of-rules-to-follow.html
- As proposed under the initial regulations, breweries will be limited to hosting 25 on-premises special events. The new rules, however, refined the definition of “special events” to those that are promoted by the media or include entertainment like live music, DJ’s, or live-televised championship sporting events, trivia, paint and sip, animal adoption events, and yoga.
- Breweries are still limited to 52 private events per year, but now those hosting the parties can bring their own wine and beer to the events.
- State law requires breweries to give patrons tours of their facilities before serving them. But under the new regulations, repeat brewery customers will only be required to take a tour once a year, so long as the brewery maintains a record of previous customer participation in tours. The new rules also aim to make the tours more “substantive and meaningful.”
- Craft breweries will not be allowed to sell food, have a restaurant, or work with food trucks or vendors to provide food at the location. However, menus from restaurants can be left, as long as there is not an exclusive partnership between the two businesses. Food can be delivered to patrons inside the breweries.
- The breweries would be allowed to apply for a newly-created permit that would allow 12 off-premises events a year, at which they can sell four or six-packs of beer, as as well as beer in open containers.
This restaurant holds the Guinness World Record for the most beers on tap! At 397 beers, Raleigh Beer Garden offers an impressive selection of local NC beers and international beers.
https://abc.go.com/shows/my-go-to/episode-guide/season-01/36-raleigh-beer-garden-record-for-most-beers-on-tap
https://abc.go.com/shows/my-go-to/episode-guide/season-01/36-raleigh-beer-garden-record-for-most-beers-on-tap
Magnify 4th Anniversary Bourbon Barrel Aged Coffee Cake Born Day was good, if you like cinnamon, but not great. Much better than last year's regular Born Day, which was way too sweet. Nice coffee cinnamon flavor, but can't drink more than a pint.
Bourbon Barrel Aged Coffee Cake Born Day (12.5%) is the second variant of our 4th Anniversary Imperial Stout. We took our 3rd Anniversary Imperial Stout - the original birthday cake Imperial Stout, and the only one we know of actually brewed with hundreds of pounds of cake batter, and aged it in freshly dumped bourbon barrels. We conditioned it on coffee, cinnamon and vanilla.
Bourbon Barrel Aged Coffee Cake Born Day (12.5%) is the second variant of our 4th Anniversary Imperial Stout. We took our 3rd Anniversary Imperial Stout - the original birthday cake Imperial Stout, and the only one we know of actually brewed with hundreds of pounds of cake batter, and aged it in freshly dumped bourbon barrels. We conditioned it on coffee, cinnamon and vanilla.
If one were cynical, one might say they read as if written by representatives of current holders of liquor licenses in the state who want to give in just enough to be able to publicly say they support the craft brewery industry while they vigorously defend their own entrenched interests.
Philly Beer Week starts tomorrow. The biggest and oldest beer week in the US. At 6 am, The Hammer of Glory begins its journey at the Preston and Steve Show on WMMR and makes its journey throughout the city to the Opening Tap Festival that night. Wonder who will tap the first leg to signal the start of Philly Beer Week. I have a strange feeling it'll be Gritty.
I wonder how fresh some of those kegs can be.... my fave beer season is about here.. summer wheats.. hefeweissen, blondes, etc. sometimes a lambic.. rarely a shandy
edit: I should add.. to this day, my favorite beer was had right at a brewery.. extremely fresh.. the heineken brewery in Amsterdam. Maybe I was just ready for it after the tour... but damn that was good for lager... and on that trip I had hit most bierhaus and biergarten in Munchen... and a few monastery along the way.
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Pretty impressive. Maloney’s Pub in Matawan had > 100 on tap last I checked. 397 is way out there. But with no menu how do patrons know what’s available? Read the tap handles?
Can anyone recommend a quality summer beer? Not necessarily a summer ale but a low- ish alcohol content good for day drinking? Preferably not an ipa.
Tough to find quality low alcohol beers that aren’t session ipas.
Tough to find quality low alcohol beers that aren’t session ipas.
Allagash White.
Haven't tried but maybe Perennial Hopfentea, Schöfferhofer Grapefruit or Night Shift Whirlpool?
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Make yourself a shandy. 1/2 your favorite lager, or wheat beer, and 1/2 lemon/lime soda
Kane/Horus collab A Bird to Explore All Shores (black label) is good but none of the 3 collabs lived up to the hype. This is similar to Pohjala Öö XO with the dominant cognac barrel...
A Bird to Explore All Shores is a Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout that we brewed in October of 2017 with our friend Kyle from Horus Aged Ales that had been aging in barrels until earlier this year. We started with a complex malt bill that blended our two recipes for Imperial Stouts that we brew for barrel-aging. We then aged a portion of that base into three different barrels - Cognac, Bourbon Maple, and Rum Maple. From these three different types of barrels, we created three distinctly different beers that we bottled for release.
This variant is a blend of all three barrels. The predominant component of this blend is the Cognac barrel aged stout. To that we added smaller proportions of the both the Rum Maple and the Bourbon Maple Barrel-Aged Stouts.
A Bird to Explore All Shores is a Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout that we brewed in October of 2017 with our friend Kyle from Horus Aged Ales that had been aging in barrels until earlier this year. We started with a complex malt bill that blended our two recipes for Imperial Stouts that we brew for barrel-aging. We then aged a portion of that base into three different barrels - Cognac, Bourbon Maple, and Rum Maple. From these three different types of barrels, we created three distinctly different beers that we bottled for release.
This variant is a blend of all three barrels. The predominant component of this blend is the Cognac barrel aged stout. To that we added smaller proportions of the both the Rum Maple and the Bourbon Maple Barrel-Aged Stouts.
Bells Two Hearted named beer of the year for third time:
https://www.freep.com/story/enterta...6/19/bells-two-hearted-ale-rating/1501551001/
Never had it but heard of it, curious about it I look it up on Untapped and expect to see it have a rating up there with the Sip of Sunshines and Very Hazys of the beer universe only to see it has a 3.97.
What the heck am I missing here? The scores of my friends avg rating for it was even lower.
https://www.freep.com/story/enterta...6/19/bells-two-hearted-ale-rating/1501551001/
Never had it but heard of it, curious about it I look it up on Untapped and expect to see it have a rating up there with the Sip of Sunshines and Very Hazys of the beer universe only to see it has a 3.97.
What the heck am I missing here? The scores of my friends avg rating for it was even lower.
Really like Two Hearted but beer of the year?? No way.
New Belgium's Passion Fruit Kolsch. Pretty heavy on the passion fruit, especially the aroma, so factor that in, but man, I was in heaven.
I had found it in a Variety pack, which had the Voodoo Ranger IPA in it, which was just too dank for my liking, as well as the Ctiradelic IPA and some sort of Agave beer, which was interesting, but just paled in comparison to the passion fruit.
I've been leaning towards the fruity lower abv's of late, especially now in the summer months.
In the days of yore, back when there wasn't a brewery in every other town and you had to go to a store to buy beer that was shipped in from other parts of the country, people weren't yet seeking IPAs that tasted like orange juice. Thus, IPAs like Two Hearted represented what people desired.
Since this is the football board, I’d describe Two Hearted as having stain.
All these other fly by night beers will be long forgotten while Two Hearted will remain a top go to for true IPA fans for years to come.
All these other fly by night beers will be long forgotten while Two Hearted will remain a top go to for true IPA fans for years to come.
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