Like this thread. Im a craft beer head, and im so sad i missed on the chance to see lagunitas brewery last year when i was in Petaluma. Been drinking their friday the 13th 22oz bottles and my favorite pale ale right now, Yards Pale Ale.



Coff,
I see your from my neck of the woods, any local beers i need to try dude?

Hmm, where to begin. I dont want to offend you by listing some of the more obvious good local pints but here is what I drank this weekend, for some reason it was all local stuff oddly enough. Well except my home brewed Oktoberfest (turned out fantastic) and Weizenbier a decent session beer but I probably wont brew again.

Weybacher Blithering Idiot Its a decent barleywine not anything to write home about, pretty boozy.

DFH 60 minute I know alot of people itt agree with me on this one, but love love love this beer just fantastic. Easily in my top 5, I like em the hoppy.

Vitory Golden Monkey This beer doesnt get rave reviews but I enjoy it quite a bit, first tastes of cloves and then some spice on the back end.

Victory Storm King I usually only drink this beer in the winter, I love stouts in the winter, but I couldnt resist after my Phils got bounced from the playoffs I had to drink myself into oblivion. Smells of coffee and chocolate very full mouthfeel which i love.

yes, yes. I know what you mean.

I love Golden Monkey, I don't know why it gets a bad rap. It's strong and taste without being overbearing.

so weird seeing some of my posts from 4 years ago

Planning on picking up a Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere Harvest Wet hopped ale, pretty excited to try it tonight while I bottle my brown ale.

Possibly even the Estate Homegrown Ale.

Really interested to try the Sierra Nevada Northern Hemisphere and Estate ales. Kind of curious how they compare to the Southern Hemisphere this year, which I really liked.

I had this yesterday, it was very good I enjoyed it. But I was too drunk to take any good notes on it, oh well maybe next time.

FYI, Brewmasters with Sam Caligione on Discovery to air Nov 21st.

I tried the Northern Harvest & Organic estate from SN. Enjoyed both. No tasting notes but I remember they were both fine; good old SN stuff, but nothing spectacular.
Def wouldn't bother pay the extra for the Organic estate again, unless you're some kinda super crunchy granola type.

Whipped up a 1.5 L starter last night for a 2 Hearted Ale Clone Im going to brew up this afternoon. Heading to the liquor store in NJ to pick up a few 22oz to get me through the afternoon, I'll report back what I find.

Oh and my local beer store sells a case of Northern Harvest 22oz for $42, I might have to snag it.

Those wet hops fade quite fast. Dont think Id wanna invest in 12 bottles at this point unless maybe you plan on drinking one every night.

Heck of a price though.

Went to a homebrewer meeting today. There were a couple kegs, lots of growlers, bombers, 750ml bottles, and much critiquing. It was great. Some highlights included a peach ale, a rosemary ale, a fruitcake barleywine, and - surprisingly - a kit brown ale from Northern Brewer.

We also had a Firestone Parabola Imperial Stout, the first time I've had it. Very impressive. Chocolate, molasses, and vanilla were prominent. There is a subtle oak flavor as well. It is dangerously drinkable for its 13% ABV. Snap it up if you see it.

A co-worker is having an xmas party later in the month, and they want to do a beer exchange for it. I'm in charge of getting a list together that people pick from. She wants it to be winter beers of course. Here is what I have, let me know if I should add anything...

Anderson Valley – Winter Solstice
Rogue – Santa’s Private Reserve
Great Lakes – Christmas Ale
Trogues – Mad Elf
Sierra Nevada – Christmas IPA
Penn Brewery – St. Nikolaus Bock Bier
Harpoon – Winter Warmer
Samuel Smith – Winter Welcome
Sam Adams – Winter Lager
Sam Adams – Old Fezziwig Ale
Dogfish head – chicory stout
O’Fallon – Cherry Chocolate
Bell’s – Winter White Ale
Yard’s – Love Stout
Anchor – Special Ale aka Christmas Ale
Boulder – Never Summer Ale
Weyerbacher – Winter Ale

Thanks all!

The gal gave us pints of Sierra Nevada Brewer's Reserve instead of 12 oz snifters.



we didn't complain. REALLY good stuff.