I actually had an Old Rasputin the other night. Hell of a beer! Maybe I'll try the Monk.

Everything North Coast makes is good, imo. On the lighter side, their ACME IPA is definitely worth a try.

Superbowl sunday mutha fakas

7.5% goodness

Looks like the start to a good day!


I had an Anderson Valley IPA (or called something like that) the other day; was v good. Strong 4/5, I'll be getting it again.

And Old Rasputin gets a regular rotation in my fridge; it's what I judge all other Imp porters by...gotta have a couple to make a comparison ya know

I've also had a few Flying Dog double IPA's recently. It's like a barley wine Kinda strong at first but I've got used to them. prolly a good 4/5 also, for me.

Just had some of this blueberry stout i made. Wish you guys could try it, i think its my best so far.

Also, that beer looks nice in the fridge, but i think the brisket ( i think its brisket) looks better. U smoking that beauty?

I liked their Raging Bitch IPA a lot. I don't remember how I felt about the Snake IPA.

I've never been into Porters very much but I really liked the Old Rasputin Imperial Porter.

What else can you recommend that tastes something like that?

We should do some homebrew trading and post tasting notes itt, no?

I opened my porter last week, bought a bottle of Sam Smith's Taddy Porter to have alongside it for comparison purposes, and I have to say I think we nailed it. My first drink of my made me think it had too much of an alcoholic finish on the first taste, but Sam's did too.

Starting a Belgian Trippel this Saturday. Wish me luck!

agreed

If we could get like 4-5 people itt that would be fun, then everyone can post a photo and write up on each pint. Reply if youre interested, as of now weve got obviously.

I'd be interested but won't be brewing for at least another month ...

Well if it goes well, I dont know why it wouldnt, Im sure we would do another round of it. This might be a little obvious but this is something we will probably keep in the lower 48 due to shipping costs.

The first round we could just swap whatever we have bottled currently, then have a little competition where we pick a style and all brew up batches.

Something like that might even warrant its own thread so...

Yeah this could be awesome. How ship tho? Wouldnt it just get shaken terribly?

itll definitely get shook up, but beer is shipped all the time.

You just gotta pack it nice and securely with newspaper bubble wrap whatever. Its technically illegal, you deff cant send it USPS but FedEx would be fine. If anyone asks what it is, which they wont, tell em its live yeast samples.

I'm actually sending some of my homebrew to TX (trading for cigars )today. I've got a Scottish Export and Steam Beer I'd be willing to swap.

PM me when this goes down as I don't check this thread too often.