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Anyone in here had the Stone RuinTen?

Good beer, but not really what I was expecting. Came across as a Barleywine to me, and overly hopped one but it was a bit of a slow sipper for me. A bomber to the head on a thursday night was a mistake...

I thought it was good but not great. Better than enjoy by imo. Worse than the regular ruination.

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07-12-2013 , 10:36 AM

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Kneel B4 Zod

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Originally Posted by Coff

was just talking about it in EDF

my thoughts were kind of similar to yours, it was overly hop bomby to me, not enough balance. I liked Enjoy By much better, and really would prob prefer the regular Ruination

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07-12-2013 , 11:07 AM

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Coff

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Enjoy By blew RuinTen out of the water for me, I absolutely loved Enjoy By only had it twice unfortunately.

I havent had regular Ruination in a couple years, I am going to run out and grab one tonight to compare but my distant memory says I liked it better then Ruin10.

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07-15-2013 , 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by bbones31

I live in Guam, but am visiting family in Minnesota.

Anyone had any Tallgrass products? A sales guy was talking it up and then I saw it the next day but went with Five Fingers Milk stout, didn't get a chance to try it tonight, but am looking forward to it.

five finger discount would have been way cooler

I had a Sierra Nevada hoptimum tonight, picked up a 4 pack and thought t was delicious. 10.4% abv

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07-15-2013 , 07:57 PM

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gsupoker

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I posted this in omg omg omg last night so I figure I might as well post it here also:

I am most excited for the barrel aged Speedway.

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07-15-2013 , 09:03 PM

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Kneel B4 Zod

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omgomgomg?

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07-16-2013 , 10:42 AM

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montman

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Wow nice. I gotta get on the trading forum on BA soon and try some Heady.

Agree on the above about RuinTen almost reminding me of a barleywine, while it was interesting, Enjoy By kills it any time.

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07-17-2013 , 12:07 AM

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give me fair warning next time and we can work **** out (I am always on the hunt for surly if it doesn't take a 7 hr car ride to minny). Working retail does have a few perks

Should be easier in a year or two. Surly has purchased the land and released some of the designs for a new brewery. I think the current one has a 20,000 barrel capacity and the new one will be over 100,000.

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07-17-2013 , 12:39 AM

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I'll believe it when I see it for Surly coming back to Chicago full-time. I know about the increased capacity, but I have a feeling it will be more than just a year or two before it comes back.

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07-17-2013 , 08:37 PM

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Had my first Russian Imperial Stout (Stone) in celebration of my last night of good beer selection...yeah, I'm really gonna miss the selection

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07-18-2013 , 10:17 AM

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Had my first Russian Imperial Stout (Stone) in celebration of my last night of good beer selection...yeah, I'm really gonna miss the selection

maybe there is hope

ISHII BREWING COMPANY

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07-18-2013 , 11:57 AM

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fold4once

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Originally Posted by Kneel B4 Zod

maybe there is hope

ISHII BREWING COMPANY

Hopefully their beer is better than their website?

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07-18-2013 , 06:37 PM

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bbones31

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I've had Minagof...nothing special, but this one is actually pretty decent:

http://www.greatdeepbrewing.com/microbrews

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07-18-2013 , 11:42 PM

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Pretty sick thread....while Guinness will always and forever be my mainstay I have been loving this recently and it's def my right now beer:

Innis & Gunn - Spiced Rum

7.4% ABV and it goes down so smooth...yummy!

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07-19-2013 , 12:39 AM

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snowmen8883

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Everyone needs to try stone sublimely self righteous. Black ipa slightly chocolatey slightly hoppy absolutely delicious

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07-19-2013 , 05:02 AM

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Pretty sick thread....while Guinness will always and forever be my mainstay I have been loving this recently and it's def my right now beer:

Innis & Gunn - Spiced Rum

7.4% ABV and it goes down so smooth...yummy!

I've bought this a couple of times, and while it's certainly interesting, I found myself really struggling to finish the bottle both times. A bit sweeter and stronger than I'd normally want from a beer, but I'm more of a bitter/golden ale drinker normally.

Adnams Spindrift is my top rated beer for the summer, if you get past the super gimmicky blue bottle, it's a really nice flavoursome golden ale. Super easy to drink, excellent for lounging in the sun of an afternoon.

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07-19-2013 , 12:54 PM

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If anyone in Boston wants to trade for A 2011 darklord or 13 darklord pm me. Ill be in Boston on aug 16th-20th. Also I'm down to swap some tastes if you have something of value to offer as these are 2 pretty rare ones

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07-21-2013 , 11:55 PM

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Michigan Brewers Guild summer beer fest is this Saturday. Luckily it's less than a 10 minute drive away from my house.

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07-23-2013 , 09:21 AM

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Had Hill Farmstead's Everett the other day, pretty fantastic beer. It really toes the line on being a Stout but I loved it, big coffee and roast aromas, smooth creamy mouth feel, smooth roasty malt flavor w/o being astringent. I am glad I have a second bottle of it.

This is the first beer Ive had from them that wasnt a funky Saison or a hoppy beer so it was a good change of pace, Sean never disappoints.

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07-23-2013 , 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by thedeezy

Michigan Brewers Guild summer beer fest is this Saturday. Luckily it's less than a 10 minute drive away from my house.

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This list is pretty insane. Are some of those breweries really bringing 40+ beers?

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07-23-2013 , 07:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Coff

I had it at Capone's in Norristown last month and it is amazing. By far the best porter I've had.

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07-26-2013 , 09:29 AM

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I had it at Capone's in Norristown last month and it is amazing. By far the best porter I've had.

Id probably have to agree.

Capones is a good spot.

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07-27-2013 , 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Coff

Id probably have to agree.

Capones is a good spot.

Brewed a saison today to get ready for college football season. But kicked the pale ale I had on tap. So need to brew a pale ale and a porter/stout in the next month.

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07-27-2013 , 07:44 PM

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lacticacid

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Originally Posted by Coff

Id probably have to agree.

Capones is a good spot.

We do a beer exchange at work and have it at a beer bar each month. Capones is a frequent pick even though it is twice as far as the other options.

My kids love their calamari.

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07-28-2013 , 06:08 PM

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A lot of barrel-aged stouts end up being limited or brewery-only releases that are fairly hard to get. I'm thinking of things like Founders KBS, Deschutes Abyss, Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (although less so since AB acquired it), and Parabola. But there are some decent ones that can be found on shelves pretty regularly. I had one of my favorites last night:

Big Bad Baptist by Epic Brewing

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