Beer

[katie]

They had your favorite beer at one of the liquor stores we went to

[eaterfan]

Went to the Bruery after work on Friday. Had the White Chocolate for the first time. It was very good but I think it's over hyped due to its scarcity. It had a bit of the flavor of the Melange 3 and I thought that was the best part. I guess the fact that I'm not a fan of white chocolate (the food) may be why I wasn't the biggest fan. I think a lot of the Bruery's beers are better.

 

I also tried some of the Or Xata. After having the white chocolate I didn't really get much flavor from the Or Xata. The aroma was nice but the beer was too subtle for me. 

 

Tried their pumpkin stout. That was quite good. I'm a sucker for pumpkin and stouts though.

[St1ck]

They had your favorite beer at one of the liquor stores we went to

 

 

I would have bought them all.

[Tank]

That doesn't look very mountain dewish, but at least it's a great name.

[tdawg87]

st1ck you sexy beast did you send that package overnight? My dad's like "your beer is here" and I'm like "what".

[St1ck]

No, it probably wont arrive until next Monday. 

[St1ck]

I sent you the tracking number, but for some reason it doesn't pull anything up on their website yet. 

[katie]

I think he's saying he got it already

[Hot Damn!]

Tdawg that's my package.

[St1ck]

Considering I just sent it from a UPS store yesterday, i find that hard to believe. 

[Tank]

you guys need to stop arguing about your packages.

[eaterfan]

you guys need to stop arguing about your packages.

 

Or post pics.... It's what Carlos Danger would do.

[tdawg87]

Tdawg that's my package.

That was fast as shit. Thanks for the Redemption too man. Hopefully yours gets there in the next couple days.

[Hot Damn!]

That was fast as shit. Thanks for the Redemption too man. Hopefully yours gets there in the next couple days.

My brother printed me a label from his work. It was only $2 more to overnight so said what the hell.

Been tracking it. Looks like Thursday!

[tdawg87]

Damn. When I checked the overnight it quoted me $150. UPS sucks apparently.

[tdawg87]

The Temptation is excellent. It reminds me of a well aged saison but more complex.

[tdawg87]

Just had a Newcastle Werewolf and was pleasantly surprised. Newcastle has always been meh to me but this is definitely a solid beer and not at all pricey.

[Hot Damn!]

Tried Tart of Darkness over the weekend. Only the 3rd sour I've had. Other 2 being Supplication and Oude Tart. Still not sure about them but trying to expand my horizons.

[Brandon]

Ahhhhh, HD!!! Outside of the Cascade stuff I love those.

Did the beer fest on Sunday which consisted of Bootleggers and The Breury, vaguely remember what I drank, I think:

Bootleggers: Tropical Thunder, Black Phoenix on nitro (fantastic), one other I don't remember.

Breury: Or Xata w/cinnamon, pumpkin beer, and one of their heavy hitters I can't remember.

I just remember destroying it at Connect Four.

[James]

B, You had a Melange.

 

Got to try Timeless Pints this afternoon. New brewery that just opened in Lakewood. Pretty damn good beer, like the ipa most of course. 

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Russian River Brewery ran out of beer last week.

http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20130820/business/130829962?title=Russian-River-Brewing-maxes-out

 

Going camping up there tomorrow, and I'm hoping to fill up my growler for the trip.

[James]

Running out of beer has become an issue for many craft breweries. They distributed a lot of bottles a couple weeks back which I am sure is why they ran out. My local store had their whole lineup on the shelves at one point a week back. Pretty amazing what Vinnie has created since launching Blind Pig Brewery in San Diego years ago. 

 

So dire is the supply situation that Russian River pulled out of a fourth state completely late last year, abandoning the Washington market and sparking an uproar in the state's vigorous beer community.

“I'm pretty sure we won't be going back to Washington anytime soon,” Natalie Cilurzo said. “We're not very welcome in Washington.”

Chuck, this is a big reason why SoCal is better than Seattle! No worries though, after our convo the other day I was able to grab some for you. The issue is how to ship Elder since it really does need to stay cold. 

[katie]

It's funny when people stand in a long line for Pliny the Elder at a beer festival.

[Tank]

you know what no one ever runs out of? that's right, baby, mountain dew.

 

i laugh at your craft breweries!

[tdawg87]

you know what no one ever runs out of? that's right, baby, mountain dew.

i laugh at your craft breweries!

Pretty sure Costco ran out of Dew on the day Halo 4 was released. They also ran out of doritos but still had plenty of condoms left.