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Joe,
did you drink collage that deschutes/hotd collab? thoughts?

yea, i actually liked it. i thought it was odd though, as i could taste definite flavors of all 4 base beers.

like they just didnt fully blend into one cohesive flavor yet

i just finished my review and here is my tl;dr version:
it screams dissident's tartness and fruity quality of cherry and vinegar
it also is ravaged by this awkward spicy incense-like barrel flavor i wasnt thrilled about in stoic
adam and fred are MIA only contributing to a huge alcohol presence

super appreciative of the opportunity to try it but im clearly in a hurry to have it again

SHUTUP YOU LOVE STOIC

Samed.

Just noticed what you did there, hadn't logged in a few.

Next three reviews will be old rasputin, SA Winter Lager, and because my wife thought it'd be cool to buy, Lennys vanilla porter.

clearly in that order though, just realized no Old Rasputin was in fridge. I can go by memory but I'd feel like a cheater.

Also your reviews shame me into never wanting to do another one. Yes I'm a virgin to this, but yours read like poetry, while mine read like the fun facts you get on the back of a kids cereal box.

ipa's under 30 dollars a case, what are they?

for me i have to find whatever the store has on sale. usually either full sale/deschutes/sierra nevada is on sale for $11-12 12-packs. clearly daily but at least weakly.

Dont let my long-winded, redudant rants and all out geek douchery deter you. In the beginning I used only a word or 2 to describe aroma and taste. At this point, drinking/reviewing is almost like a job. Seriously, it takes work and time to be thorough and takes a lot of the fun out of just enjoying a beer. I often concentrate way too much on what I dont like about a beer instead of what i like. I try desperately to simplify my reviews but it gets longer than necessary a lot.

I tried to quit reviewing a couple times but out of the blue i get messages from people thanking me for my opinions and how my reviews helped them with purchases. Ive also been contacted by owners of breweries and brewers themselves. They often are thankful for an unadultrated opinion whether positive or negative. Ive met a lot of awesome people because of that site and have been given more free beer than I can remember. During Philly beer week this year a brewer from Florida introduced himself to me. When I told him my name, he knew immediately who i was and bought me a beer. Its the stupid stuff like that which keeps me motivated i guess.

That, and you forgot to mention by reviewing beers and shit like that you are making sure nobody who ever meets you and bryan would ever associate bryan with you based upon your beer reviews and knowledge.

maine beer company...

mo pale ale @ 3 months in the bottle was better than their ipa called lunch that was less than a month in the bottle

no thanks on ever buying anything from them again

being a faggot and making my glass match my beer. dan, we must open the aged bottles of this that you picked up...

This post has been edited by xstakemx on Mon - Nov 5 2012 - 22:31:14

surprised the label isnt crossed out with a different name written in marker

oh you

now have access to good beer

bought some weinstephaner last night

most unique/complex brew i have tried this year

I think I snookered myself the other night. Was fiddling around in Kroger and came across a Luna Kombucha Cranberry. Was supposed to be some sort of tea/cranberry beer. (Figured it would be something the wife might like?) Can't seem to even find it online, I'll have to double check later, maybe just too new. But right now I feel like I just got raped and it was totally fake. Also usually a bomber of something at least has some sort of relaxing effect, at the least, this had nothing. Course it was also nursed due to clearly being anything I'd normally drink.

Also you sound like a beer legend tbh.

adam is my ace in the hole
cant buy beer for limited release?
"hey bro, you know im picking up for stakem"
leave with free beer, never tell stakem

dude... kombucha is fermented tea

you probably wont find it online anywhere as it was removed from "normal" store shelves quite a long time ago since it contains "trace" alcohol via an regulated status usually less than 2-3% abv.

kombucha is fucking awesome if you enjoy sour/tart beer. it is the closest thing in the world you will ever find to my favorite style of beer: berliner weisse

some kombucha tastes mildly like sour lemony tea. some tastes like intensified yogurt. others still (usually the older ones) taste a bit like vinegar mixed with either/or the previously 2 described

i found a bunch of beers that I feel guilty about clearly having drank by now. the best by expired over a year ago and i know these were lost in my cellar for at least 2 years

again, im being a faggot and using the appropriate glassware but for being "out of date" it is pretty good

Ah congrats to Ohio being behind the game. I had honestly never seen it before and thought it would be something new to try.
Also if you want to check out my lenny's review it's up. clearly sure if I'm even doing a SA Winter Ale review right now because I was so disappointed by this sixer I feel I have to give it a second run.

Are these ones you aren't supposed to cellar and just kinda lost? OR were the cellar limits far less?

I'm assuming you're on BA as well?

there are certain styles of beer that lend themselves to aging MUCH better than others. usually when a brewery states that you should drink a certain offering "before" a date, i try my best to do that. in this case, I was given a gift pack that included 4 different beers and the matching glass. none of them immediately struck my interest so i tucked them away and got distracted/forgot about them. fortunately, the styles of each are conducive to being aged and from my experience they did clearly deteriorate from being "over aged."

please understand that this isnt always the case. i have aged some beer that i knew to be decent to be aged and after only a year the beer went to shit. having said that, anything that has coffee added to it or is hoppy goes directly in the fridge for immediate consumption.

if you go on saturday to hotd...

while standing in line, mumble to yourself or someone close to you that Dave is over-rated and anyone who pays over 1400 for a bottle is fucking retarded since you have a pair of bottles still at your place and only had to pay $80 last time they were sold.

with 100% certainty i can state that you will either be murdered where you stand or people will bring their wives/girlfriends over to blow you while you wait in line

prove me wrong?

can i get a fucking beer weekend update/agenda

im still trying to decide
wake 3
head out 4
arrive 5
stand in 38 degree line for 4 hours

thoughts? how many are you wanting of each?

ill send you a shipper back with some goodies

i honestly only want 6x each of michael and cherry adam
if Dan wants any we can split or i can share. unless he wants a significant amount than i say fuck it, lets go for the case discount

i am going to Dans place tomorrow morning. We are going to embrace each other until we hear what your status is whether it be go and strike out, go and be successful or clearly go at all

things recently purchased
troegs perpetual ipa

nicely done, i approve

Bubbajew

remind me again. what was the reason u gave for clearly liking jackie o's beer?

did you say its because they dont get a full boil of their wort?

yes, that was how it was through my Junior year but they seemed to have straightened things out when they did the remodel and expansion.

I need to be making a trip back soon now that they are putting out awesome stuff

I mean I know one of the former brewers at the place and his knowledge is surprisingly low

smells and tastes fruitier than any beer ive ever had

who was this dude? know his name? im friends with the guy who built their system and he was surprised by my inquiry if boiling was ever an issue with that system

when did he build it? maybe they upgraded a few years back? Yes I know his name but I am clearly going to poop it here

becausing pooping a name here means he will be tarnished for life
give me initials or a last name mr. secret secret

also a confession, i only bought it because of the name

go to bed bout 9:30
set alarm at 3
wow nope, feel like shit
wake up 5:30 feed cat
immediately go back to sleep
wake up 8:30, eat some breakfast
fall back asleep 9:00
wake back up at noon

sorry adam, felt like shit and couldnt make it

#8 in line was there at 2 am

madness

no worries m8!

newest additions to the poop brewery


lairds apple brandy and a yet to be identified bourbon 55 gals each

awesome, do want

abyss released ton8
mom on saturday
gonna be expensive weekend

the pint of no return

I give it 5 years before Adam has is own real microbrew and leaves the world behind in the pursuit of awesomeness.