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http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/02/0...reweries-on-tap

Joe,

Have you heard of the Ale apothecary? If so, why havent you told me about it.

Bend, Oregon. Makers of wild oak aged beers... FML

hadnt heard, have clearly seen
its breweries like this that will never hit salem, and unless im in portland on that magical special day id never see it. and i hadnt seen anyone in the nw forum talk about them either.
sounds interesting to say the least

Christ on a cracker. Belmont has some.

Ive never heard of this brewery until today and just wasted an hour reading about their brewery philosophy and i am uber interested to say the least. Its like a glorified homebrewer. He goes out and handpicks fruit from the wild and when they bottle the beer, they use hemp twine to hold the cork in, instead of a wire cage.

This dude is dirty hippie to the extreme. I think a big reason why noone is talking about them is because how low key it is. Just wait until the name catches on or until one of their beers makes a "top 10 list" then the beer will be gn8 before hitting the shelves.

anyone who uses hemp to cage the cork is okay in my book
maybe ill take a trip up this weekend, i could use some workhorse ipa anyway

where are you seeing belmont has this?

bottle list:


Apothecary TBFKA LaTache 25.4o Oregon Ale - Sour/Wild Ale

i looked up ale apothecary, didnt look down the list for that

if its there this weekend i proal pick you up one

i would greatly appreciate that

Drinking a hopslam from the bottle. It is surprisingly better than the draft I had last week. Wonder how old the keg was verse this bottle which was filled 16 days ago.

Good 'ol Columbus Ohio. If you wanted to plan something that could be arranged. You'd also be the first person I'd have met in person from the internet, unless you count Craigslist casual encounters.

Wait...what?

Ok, its prob farther than you would want to travel considering drinking is involved. Friday ill be in meadville, pa and saturday ill be in that same general area to visit other breweries. I was considering going to cleveland but there is plenty between meadville and Pittsburgh that I am yet to see which makes another 2 hour drive west hard to talk myself into.

Unfortunately yeah, with the drinking involved I have to say no for this one.

Soon though. It's about time I start meeting up with you people.

If you ever stop into Cbus -lunch or dinner date at Barley's. I think you'd like it.

Conway's Irish Ale 1 down the hatch, and I feel like gn8'ing.

This is probably due to having nothing but half a protein bar and 2 energy drinks during the day.

cascade lakes project x apa/nwpa
6.5/10. decent easy drinker.

one beer shy of a box for you adam, couple additions i found today. i could just throw in something locally accessible, like full sail -bal? or maybe the commons urban farmhouse ale?

This post has been edited by blind_chief on Sat - Feb 9 2013 - 18:59:40

saison sounds like a winner.

do you have a shipper or can you wait until i send you a box filled with some goodies

yea, ive got 2. one is the one you sent me and the other is the one from uline.

ok then. the only certainty i have for your box is a bottle of black tuesday. please give me some requests and ideas to fill the other 11 spots

do you have a place like belmont that has an online list of current beers? i just dont know what you easily have access to, ya know?

the only place i go to that has a website they keep relatively current is Als. And what he keeps current is whats on tap. Which I guess I could show you if you wanted growlers but I currently dont have anything but 2-liter growlers and of course they dont fit in a shipper without making modifications.

He does have bottles though of nearly everything on tap. So maybe if there is a brewery that interests you from this list, i could tell you what all is in stock in bottles or cans

http://www.alsofhampden.com/beerlist.php

here is another place, should give you a rough idea of what i can find in the area. i havent used this new website yet so i dont know how difficult it is to navigate:
http://www.abescoldbeer.com/country/

is sunny-side up little amps bottled, or cask only?
or any other pizza boy beers you feel are worth trying.
can you get/how fresh is the two hearted?
idk what seasonals are available from bells, but ive generally liked what ive had from them.
is founders imperial stout out yet? ive never had the base stout.
ive noticed a huge circlejerk over vermont beers. any accessible that are worth trying?
two brothers: if cane and able is fresh-ish id take one of those. i love that beer.
and anything else you can easily get. as long as its clearly overly smoky or tart/sour ill proal like it.

sunny side up is cask and draft. however, some is currently aging in bourbon barrels and will be bottled in a couple months when ready. sunny side up is currently one of my favorite beers (overall, clearly just by them) All their other beers pale in comparison.

ill check on the 2 hearted what you think about hopslam?

clearly sure on the founders, ill check

if by vermont you mean hill farmstead, no

i also like hopslam, though ive only had each once and both were over a year ago

i am a horrible person and didnt look for these brews today. I arrived at the brewery late because of work going overtime. Got right to bottling another sour beer and 3 hours later we finished. Started bullshitting and drinking and before shit got crazy I pulled the plug and ran since i gotta get up early for work. i made a slight attempt to get into the bottle shop but the place was fucking packed so i dodged. i will investigate later this week

We (and by we I mean he) now has 4 different bottled offerings to be sold when the new building opens in april/may.
a peach/apricot sour, a tangerine sour, a bourbon barrel aged barleywine and a barrel aged triple with cocoa nibs. there is a porter and a coffee stout also aging in bourbon barrels along with a blueberry and cherry wild ale and then the rye lambic we brewed. that brew is still actively fermenting...probably wont get around to bottling that one for quite a few months

its ok, just ship whatever whenever. im just happy to share beer.
/beer geek, happy happy beer beer

2012 demons farm
clearly bad at all!

had this guy last night

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/435/19529

i honestly have never had something that i imagine mimics the taste of piss. ive never tasted piss, but i feel like this is what it would taste like

im surprised you broke from your pbr routine

im white trash and im in trouble

Just looking at the can makes me think of piss.

http://bostonglobe.com/business/2013/02/17...tm5H/story.html
sam adams in a can

1 million, 1 year, sam adams has to have its own can model and patent it, otherwise it wouldnt be sam adams

meeting up with some people tomorrow from beer advocate who have been pesting to meet me for the past 2-3 years
planning on opening up a couple vintage bottles of saison which are 12-17 years old. i dont have big expectations for them being awesome but you never know.. will update tomorrow or sunday ofc

currently doing fridge cleanup and drinking plenty of beers that have been in the fridge since the summer

$9.10 20oz green flash ipa. Best $10 ever spent at an airport.

I once got a handjob for 10 bucks at an airport*


*clearly really.

Pliny the Younger Tappings in Philly:

Saturday, March 2, tickets go on sale at 4pm for 5pm tapping: City Tap House ($10 for 8oz pour, one ticket per person, must be present to purchase, 65 tickets for sale)

Sunday, March 3, 11:00am: Bishops Collar (first come, first served)

Monday, March 4, 10:00am: Local 44 (first 50 to respond to Local 44 email get in at 10:00am; doors open to rest at 11:00am to finish half barrel)

Monday, March 11, 11:30am: Monk’s, Monday (cash only - 100% goes to Alex’s Lemonade Stand)

Monday, March 18, 11am: Side Bar (West Chester) (first come, first served)

65 8oz pours
i shit my pan­ts lol

nothing says money money money like $650 for a sixtel of beer
65x 8oz pours is a smart move by whomever is in charge verse the fucking idiots who tried to sell first come first serve tickets to 64 people for 10 ounce pours back in the day or the dick fucks who did 100 people 6oz pours and drank so much of it before opening time that only 8o people got some

considering a sixtel is what? roughly 640oz that means zero, fucking ZERO spillage or someone gets fucked no lube

This post has been edited by xstakemx on Tue - Feb 26 2013 - 22:13:09

you interested in trying it? I will meet you at any event that takes place on a date before monks

just saw hellshire 3 was released. -bal export stout. hmmm, to waste the gas or clearly...

third time has got to be a charm....right?

only one review, and that one gives me mixed reviews.

out of curiosity. did you ever return the bottles of Hellshire 2 ?

no, i never wanted to drive back there. i figure if i really do go to their place ill see if that offer still stands.

sure, if i can get evan to drive