The Beer Thread • Page 138

Nice! Glad to hear it's good.

 

I'm very meh on Lord Hobo as the owner is kind of a loudmouth jackass and the beers I've had have ranged from bad to decent but rarely beyond that. He talked a big game about making a mass produced answer to the VT IPA long before they came out, debuted at ACBF with terrible contract brewed stuff*, and then launched the brewery with self admitted mediocre stuff they were already charging full price for. Their slogan was something like 'it'll wrap you in a juice blanket' but supposedly they had no access to citra, galaxy, mosaic, etc until months after they opened. The stuff I've had recently is fine, but around here there's better stuff that's 90% as readily available and isn't made by someone who proclaimed "if you don't like what I'm doing, go open your own fucking brewery." I'll still go to his bar though, it really is a great place.

*not anti contract brewing in the slightest but this stuff was baaaaaaaaad

 

Sounds lame as hell.

 

Sounds like a winner, haha. I'm in Florida so I was a little surprised to see it and figured I'd check it out. They had 3 varieties and 1 was pretty good while the other 2 were pretty forgettable.

 

I hate the name "Lord Hobo" so it would take a fuck ton of Hill Farm-level reviews for me to ever go to a place called that.

 

Came on here to write about a "ginned pilsner" I was drinking (juniper + orange peel) and how much I hated it and was considering pouring out, but when I reached out to my keyboard I knocked the beer over and while I caught it before it made a huge mess, it started foaming out the top and I had to put it to my mouth and ended up being forced to drink way more of it than I ever would have wanted.

but now I'm drinking a Notch Left of the Dial, which is probably the most enjoyable session IPA I've had.

 

Anyone ever hear of Crafty Bastard Brewing in Knoxville? I'm here now and this place is awesome.

 

I'm so very happy Mikkeller Bar opened her in L.A. Here for my second time today and the beer is fantastic again. Also got Cigar City's Trousseau on tap and wow is it tasty

 

Trying to decide whether I should buy the Across the World Beer Camp pack...

 

I'm stoked that they are because I got their most recent NEIPA at two weeks fresh since it was brewed in California. That's been my gripe with them; it's never been fresh for things like their pilsners and hoppy beers (not their fault, obviously) so I've always avoided them. Now I don't have to.

 

What are everyone's opinions on this trend of beer with wine in it? I am reluctant to try it

 

I've had a ton of beer/wine hybrids and honestly have been a fan of almost all of them. Granted they have been from impressive breweries like The Bruery and Modern Times, so it's not surprising they did it well.

 

Trend hasn't reached Michigan, I guess. I haven't heard of a beer with wine in it.

 

"The “wineification” of beer has been a constant topic of discussion these days, so why not just take a step further and blend the two? We took our Black Tuesday Imperial Stout and fermented it along with late harvest Syrah grapes from the vineyards of Los Olivos, from our good friends at both Fess Parker and Saarloos & Sons. We then aged this wine/beer hybrid in French Oak barrels, waiting for the perfect time to bottle it up. The flavor profile is remarkable. Notes of black cherry, vanilla, cinnamon, oak, aged balsamic, port wine and a sherry-like oxidation from the barrels. This beer is like nothing that you have ever tried before."



"Confession is a true collaborative effort between the wine and beer world. This variation of our oak-aged sour blonde ale was blended and fermented with Riesling grapes from Fess Parker Winery. The result is remarkable. Not quite beer, not quite wine. Fragrant fruit flavors warm the nose, infiltrated by a slight funk from the wild yeast. The first sip is reminiscent of a dry, white wine, but everything changes upon further examination as the flavors unfold and reveal themselves with each sip."

 

I haven't had anything like that but I have had Trillium's IPA brewed with Pinot Gris juice and it's delicious.

That Confession beer sounds like something I've been wanting to brew for a while, just don't have the resources right now. I've been wanting to make a Brett IPA that's aged in white wine barrels.

 

Hm, quite interesting. The stout sounds good.

 

Ive had that one, and another similar (http://www.thebruery.com/beer/vindictive) and quite enjoyed both. Definitely a unique flavor that really makes them stand out from other stouts

 

Anyone tried the new Brewery Ommegang year-round beer Pale Sour? Just cracked one tonight and it's pretty darn good for being so affordable.

 

I'll have to give them a try then!

 

Any of my New England Chorus-ers going to be at Beer Camp in Maine tomorrow?

I need to keep up with this thread/have been drinking so little lately

 

Tried the Tree House and Boneyard collabs in this year's Sierra Nevada collab pack. They were solid, about what I expected.

 

I feel like a jerk for complaining about it sine people pay good money to go to beer fests, but god damn working them is draining.

 

Today I realized I'm really starting to like barleywines

 

Went to my local's beer fest today and it was decent. They had an assortment of rotating guest taps which was cool. Was also a brewery giving our free samples and they had M-16 and other gun/military logos in their designs and on display which was...interesting...

 

What I'm working with these days.