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gladly swap some homebrews

ZOMGGGGG

6 can pack of dales pale ale acquired

that shit was much better than expected

the stoic

http://beeradvocate.com/forum/read/4098330

had no idea people considered hellshire I a failure

The only reason people bash the reviews is because the brewer who made Hellshire is also responsible for creating the single most sought after barleywine that has ever existed. Beer nerds across the world expected Hellshire 1 to be the second coming of Wooden Hell.

When Hellshire was released and it tasted like a standard, well crafted american barleywine that was aged in bourbon barrels people got upset because it didnt taste like Jesus' tears.

I looked through the reviews and of course it is the usual suspects being a bunch of assholes and crushing their scores as F's when that brew is fucking far from even a C rated beer. Half of these people who reviewed the beer probably only had a thimble sized pour shared from 1 bottle that was split between 50 people. Behold the power of tickers and hypers.

agreed on all points. i had one a few nights ago. thought it had great balance, wasnt just over the top bourbon etc.

aka most recent review, Arbitrator. everything ive ever read from him is awesome or terrible. nothing is just "man, this is very good, clearly the second coming but good".

in fact, an f is ridiculous. onion/garlic hops? i dont know what hes talking about.

http://beeradvocate.com/forum/read/4106200
the dude drainpoors 30% of his beers? wtf. i havnt paid much attention to their forums for a few months, but has shit changed? who the fuck drainpoors 30% of their beer?

are the people that just like beer and enjoy trying different things that small of a percentage, or just the vocal minority? the only real thing i have is no ipas without a date or knowing how quickly things move at a given place. reading through that toilet makes me sad.

beer advocate, a place that gives craft beer lovers a bad name

I am having a hard time seeing someone pour away nearly 1 out of every 3 beers purchased. My last drainpour was scotch barrel aged mikkeller black hole. It tasted like straight alcohol mixed with bandaids, smoke and plastic. It was pretty bad but I still drank 5 or so ounces of it and tried to like it or find some enjoyment out of it other than laughing and seeing someone else's facial expression when they tried it.

Prior to that, I had one weekend where I drank about 7 different things and 2 of them got dumped because the dickbag who sent me the beer sent me pale ales that were clearly only infected but 5 months past their best by date.

I would never dump out a beer unless I was clearly to drunk to finish it and pass out

its more of a "look how big my dick is" contest if you ask me. thats why i generally dont pay attention to the forums or the reviews that are sensationalist. still better than ratebeer imo.

the best advocates i know are rarely seen pooping or have never pooped. its a shame because the most attention gets drawn to the biggest retards.. kinda like this site too!

agreed, hes being an internet superstar.

and i had that mikkeller. thought it tasted of bad scotch and smoke. didnt notice the bandaids. i still drank it all, though it was the only beer of the night due to just how long it took me to drink it.

if that was the only beer to be drank in an evening I might have tried to drink it all...
however, being the idiots we were, we decided to drink all of the barrel aged mikkeller black hole variations side by side that night in a matter of like 45 minutes

to date ive poored an abyss, a rochefort 10 that nearly exploded upon opening and upon poring the remaining half bottle it turned to strait foam. after 20 minutes i had an inch of beer and still a full glass of head. was clearly infected.

pored the first imperial stout trooper dan sent me, similar circumstances. i think those 3 are my only real drain pores, and all due to infection. i cant remember any others.

This post has been edited by blind_chief on Wed - Sep 28 2011 - 20:59:40

BOLD MOVE

was the stout trooper drain pour the barrel aged version? I just opened one the other day and thought it was way over carbed but overall very well made and clearly infected

you are the only person I know of who had an exploding bottle of rochefort... that boggles my mind

yes, barrel aged from dan, first one he sent me. the taste was literally 90% carb. maybe a touch of barrel and nothing else. was really undrinkable. though in hindsight i question if it was drinkable or if it was just clearly good at all and i didnt want to have to drink carb. that could just be me clearly liking when carb is the #1 flavor. i likened it to when you would get a fountain soda and the syrup runs out.

the rochefort... to date the most lol wtf moment. there was so much yeast. is it possible i got like a case worth of yeast in one bottle? there was a layer coated to the bottom and then the shit i could see floating.

This post has been edited by blind_chief on Wed - Sep 28 2011 - 21:57:11

I was there, it was bold, also more bold was me finishing the bottles at like midnight apart from the scotch one which was drainpoured for being all the worst parts of scotch

Founders CBS released in NY before it's even available at Founders... Lol

http://beeradvocate.com/forum/read/4105840#4105840

Prime example of people flipping out because a beer store didn't wait until October 3rd to sell it. I'm anxious to see people say that they are going to boycot this store. Heaven forbid a store simply tries to sell beer and isn't "in the know" about holding it until the release day next week.

poop boycot
check store every week for early release

sierra nevada tumbler autum brown
im honestly underwhelmed for the first time from sn. but its the style, i dont find browns to be the most flavorful beers in general, but i had wanted to try this for some time.

i want to drink dales pale ale every day

I know exactly what you mean but I wasn't underwhelmed by it. I thought it was a solid brown ale. Granted, I haven't had this years yet but I purchased a case last year and to me, it tasted like autumn in a glass. There was a certain almost vegetative flavor to it like leaves and caramel.

It is something that I used to cook quite a bit with. Proelbay the best thing I made with it was a 4 cheese soup, outstanding stuff.

what does that run per 4 or 6 pack or whatever it comes in? ive had it on tap and know it comes in cans but never bought cans of it myself

ohh, its clearly bad by any means, its a good brown. i guess if i was raking leaves after lunch on a sunday i would love this. i just got it at the wrong time.

i think for me a sixer is 9 bucks

same (cans ofc, unless "sixer" implies cans, in which case i shallst chastise myself for such ignorance)

no implied at all, i just failed to mention which. cans ofc.

on number 3 now, and its growing on me. ive been on a total ipa craze for the last 1-2 months and this is the first subtle beer ive really had, but its certainly growing on me.

What do you currently have bottled or in the works?

I'm brewing a pumpkin ale tomorrow that probably won't be drinkable until close to thanksgiving

Current bottled offerings are:
Imperial stout
Belgian quad
Farmhouse blend saison
Tripel aged in apple brandy barrel

I have another imperial stout and an old ale that's aging in apple brandy barrels that will get bottled in the next couple of weeks.

On draft/kegged I have many differed versions of Berliner weisse, imperial black ipa and some other things that probably will kick upon the next tapping of a pint. I could send a growler of something I have on tap if that interests you.

I'm torn about what to do with several sours/wilds I have made that are ready. In a way I'd like to bottle them to see how they develop with age but I'm out of bottles since I bottled 6 cases last weekend. Also, if probably have to pitch fresh yeast to bottle since some of these sours are a couple years on the making

New holland pumpkin beer was horrible

Most of my bottled stuff is mead other than my RIS

Still need to rack 3 gallons onto vanilla beans for additional aging

Also bottled:
Blueberry Mead
Cinnamon Vanilla Mead
Orange Mead
Caramel Apple Mead

Can be bottle at any time:
Watermelon Mead(probably horrible still, we will see)
Burnt Mead
Burnt Mead aged on vanilla beans
Caramel Apple Wine (Two slightly different versions)

Also gotta find out the status of a triple and porter I brewed with a guy at the home brew club. Will check if there is more that I am forgetting.

9.49 to be exact

same here

i know because i bought another 6 pack today

Id be interested in your RIS, tripel and porter.

No offense to your mead or melomel, im sure it is good. It just isnt my thing.

same

I would still send a bottle of the cinn vanilla, easy one of my top brews ever, loved by all etc

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/21554/69451
snagged a fresh one, p good. i love when the citrus profiles have clearly fallen off and you are only left with the flavorless bitter.

aka fresh ipa

first brewski of the night

i actually looked at this beer for the past few weeks, how is it?

its like an american adjunct lager meets pale ale/mild ipa
its kinda freaking crazy and totally unexpected

my friend who visited your neck of the woods for a week and a half gave me a 4 pack of random stuff that I am sure you are familiar with which I will be consuming tonight/tomorrow