texted joe about it last night
but local bar said black butte became available in wisconsin through their distributor 5 days ago, so i had some on tap last night
i dont even like porters and that was pretty n1

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adven...Tap-Hiking.html

deschutes freshed squeezed ipa
tasty

agreed

having some home brewed honey weizen

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014...00-million.html
PBR now russian owned

donno why but ive been drinking scotch recently
currently working on some glenfiddich 12Y

need decanter

scotch is fucking amazing
whenever i feel like really treating myself, i buy a bottle of 18 year macallan
if you ever go to a great bar/lounge, fine their 25 year. could be 40 bucks a shot, but fuck me if it isnt amazing stuff

im just buying whatever is most expensive at whatever store i go to
im going to have a cabinet full of this stuff before long

well have no fear, 18 year macallan is usually the most expensive your average booze store has. look around for the 1k bottle of the 25 year. expensive as fuck.

dont forget bourbon either! scotch and bourbon are the finest imo.

the most ive spent so far is 150
i dont imagine i will spend more than that on a scotch or bourbon for now

I drink top shelf single malt whiskey mostly, ardbeg, glenfiddich 30, now and then i do JW Blue label or Jamesons though.
Lately i have been using soap stone blocks called "On the rocks" to chill my drinks, they are pretty awesome.

18 macallan isnt much more, bout 180-190.

i think their 12 year is 125 or so?

drinking beer from adam, so tasty

i tried to get into scotch...but dat pete smoke euuhh
if im gonna rock a spirit, its usually bourbon. cuz... murica

speakin of bourbon. buffalo trace released their annual antique collection yesterday in PA and it was sold out in minutes. i wanted nothing more than to rock a bottle of eagle rare 17. oh well, maybe next year

pappy release is right around the corner... cant wait to watch that shitshow unravel

pics or ...

more evidence as to why I dont understand this scotch nonsense:
local store has the following macallan

10 year - $44.99 (750ml)
10 year fine oak - $44.99 (750ml)
15 year - $94.99 (750ml)
12 year - $51.99 sale price down from 56.99 (750ml)
12 year - $119.99 (1750ml)
18 year - $189.99 sale price down from $199.99 (750ml)
20 year - $200.39 (750ml)
17 year - $188.49 (750ml)
"86 proof" - $314.29 (750ml)
10 year single malt cask finished - $91.99 (750ml)
M decanter 89 proof - $5,240.79 (750ml)

i bolded that last line because all those prices are basically MSRP except that one. Wonder why good old PA state liquor board decided to upcharge this by $500. I guess because if you have that much money to blow, whats another 5 benji's gonna matter?

Sir, this is a beer toilet.

Also, ive been sending you pics? And untappd?

I blame for starting the spirit talks
Cell phone has been acting up for weeks. I only receive 20% of incoming textual communi

its my fault
i decided scotch is my next adventure

2014 mirror mirror
i do love this beer. still available at a local dive, may stock up for the future.

Old Chub nitro cans tonight. It's a pretty good beer regularly and a very good beer on tap which I had a bad experience with, when during a delay during a five-course beer dinner, I was assigned a full extra pitcher of it. Mix that with three hours of Gubna, G'Knight, and TenFidy, and it's too much... but this stuff is awesome in nitro cans. Found four packs of pints for $8.99.

After this, a bit of rye whiskey - Old Overholt. Simple, plenty of grain taste, and clearly much wood. I like scotch too, but I generally don't find older scotch to be that much better. It's more of an essence of the flavors that mix with the spirit, but it also loses its effect faster. Glenlivet 25 is like that - intensely spicy, but it loses its edge before you're done sipping an ounce and a half of it. It's interesting when the different aged varieties are done in different casks and otherwise change the drink quite a bit, but I'm pretty satisfied without buying the most expensive bottle in the store.

pbrs tonight

bought lagavulin 16 year

also bought a 1 quart bottle of lagunitas brown sugga
and a 6 pack of lagunitas wild sumtin ale


should be an historic weekend

i have a couple left, so tasty...drinking LeBlue 2010 today...drank a 2010 dissident a few days ago

racer 5's

rochfort 10
sculpin

opened my first 2010 jubel on thanksgiving
it was so damn good
thanks joe!

shits amazing

http://www.foodandwine.com/fwx/drink/every...n-brewery-opens

what will the beer scene look like in 5 years

I see it condensing actually. I don't believe the current growth is sustainable long term (obviously). This will translate into some bigger players pushing little guys out completely or to the point where they are only competing on the local level. I also believe that some of these start up breweries that are clearly producing great beer will be had out as beer education across the country continues to progress.

TL:DR Breweries will become similar to the restaurant industry with plenty of openings and closing as used equipment should be available.

+1 to that statement
This past year within a 2 hour radius of me 6-8 places have opened or are in the finalizing stages of opening and 2 have already closed up shop after less than a year of operations.

However, what continues to amaze me is that some places create mediocre to bad beer and are booming/expanding. The craft beer scene is becoming a trendy gimmic. It seemingly doesnt even matter if you create a quality product so long as you market the fuck out of yourself and are located in a good spot.

Oh I completely agree. There are a few breweries in the area that are that way IMO. That is why I see it condensing though. so many people are so new to beer with flavor that they think all of what is produced is good when really it is just the cool factor of craft beer. I liken it to when I started homebrewing and anything I made or other made was awesome. Now I can objectively look back and while what I was drinking was decent it was in no way "good".

anyone have the westeren ny favorites of molson canadian and labatt blue?

they are basically the budweiser etc. of buffalo/rochester

ive drank many a labatt. its good for cheap lagers, though i have clearly had one for 10 years so i could just have fond memories.

tried a lot of new east coast beers past couple months, need to poop some highlights

hopslam is back
was easy

probably going to have another jubel next weekend for my birthday

!

@ spencer

Event No. Tickets
Brew at the Zoo (Saturday) - Over 21 May 23, 2015 1

yeah we have plane tix and zoo brew tix
friday to monday dawg
lets party

rochester zoo does this biweekly in the summer

Can't wait

what

holy curry in this indra kunindra by sculpin

drinking a 2011 adam from the wood
its fantastic. the smoke/wood is so nicely mild, but yet still available. this beer has aged amazingly. if only hotd wasnt a terrible brewery for quality control