i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

[Jenks]

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An interesting note:

A few months ago we went to the Boulevard Brewery in KC and did the tour and tried all their beers. In the presentation, they were talking about how they got off the ground, and what direction they're headed etc etc. When they started their goal was something like 1500 barrels for the year. The first year, they sold 6000+. And then he said, just to put that into perspective...our friends across the state in STL, anheuser busch, brewed that amount by 8am on January 1st. 1 Hour. LOL!!

[peloquin]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

fucking budweiser

[Jenks]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

yeah, i know. but really, that's number is impressive no matter how you look at it.

[diggler20]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

Harpoon IPA is my favorite. Boston brewery...

[picklemonkey]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

An interesting note:

A few months ago we went to the Boulevard Brewery in KC and did the tour and tried all their beers. In the presentation, they were talking about how they got off the ground, and what direction they're headed etc etc. When they started their goal was something like 1500 barrels for the year. The first year, they sold 6000+. And then he said, just to put that into perspective...our friends across the state in STL, anheuser busch, brewed that amount by 8am on January 1st. 1 Hour. LOL!!

Boulevard Wheat is my favorite. by far.

[saucercrab]

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i just stumbled upon a sweet, dark dopplebock dubbed "Spaten Optimator" - like 7.5%
local tiki bar serves it in bottles & i had never seen it b4 - i love it.
anyone else had this stuff?

[peloquin]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

ive had spaten... not sure if it was spaten optimizer... i doubt it was. spaten tastes very much like stella.

[hulkhuss]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

i love micro brews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[srbbnd]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

Natty ICE and Mickeys...

[hulkhuss]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

Natty ICE and Mickeys...

try Lazer or Mt. Everest

actually drink two 40's of St. Ides and you will be smashed

[neoee]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

current top beers, no particular order

salmon creek brewpub (vancouver, wa) belgian ale
amnesia brewing (portland, or) esb
rogue dead guy ale (rogueales.com, portland, or)
mac and jacks african amber (somewhere in washington)
alaskan amber
im also a massive fan of any stouts and porters, and i love a stella too

Shame on you, where's the Widmer stuff? They put out some great brews and its from your neck of the woods.

[Balanc3]

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The best and most common IPA we get in FL is Great Divide, Flying Dog else Sierra Nevada.

Although I'm more of a stout, porter guy. I really like tabernash and odell. And anything from New Belgiam Brewery (ie Fat Tire & Frambosen). From what I hear, they are building an eastern brewery and soon everyone east of the mississippi will able to get Fat Tire!

From Louisianna... I like Dixie Crimson Voodoo... Blackened Voodoo - or any Abita Brew would be a top choice.

[Jenks]

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I was just @ the New Belgium Brewery last month. They have some good beers. Love their Belgium Tripel, and the 1554 Black Ale. The Blue Paddle Pilsner is good too. Sunshine Wheat, can't comment, don't like wheat beers. Something about putting fruit in beer i just can't deal with. Fat Tire...meh....i'll live fine if i don't ever have one of those again tho.

They have one called La Folie, aged 3 years. It's shocking. Tastes like vinegar, but somehow, i can't decide if i like it or not...but keep drinking it, and actually, just bought another bottle of it today.

[chemicalbeavis]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

Cobra with a curry, there's no substitute


otherwise there's an Italian lager i like called Nastro Azurro. Champion!

[bananapeel]

Re: i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

My experience is limited with IPA's, but here in Canada we get Alexander Keith's IPA brewed only in Nova Scotia the last 210 years.

It's the most popular IPA in Canada.