The official supp misc OFFICIAL BEER LOVER thread V2.0

[TheFugitive]

Not my fault your palate only likes 1% of beers ever made. I am doubting you even have a beer palate at all.

Did it arrive safe?

[spak]

Did it arrive safe?

Picking it up tomorrow at a Fedex Office. The driver refused to drop it in my apt hallway apparently.

[icetrauma]

Picking it up tomorrow at a Fedex Office. The driver refused to drop it in my apt hallway apparently.

Why would he do that?

[spak]

Why would he do that?

BRB Detroit metro. Waterford isn't bad at all, but I guess he didn't know he could give it to the Lease office. I have had packages delivered to my door during the day before, and nothing happened to them before I got home from work..

[SpeedCheeser]

INSANE RIS(original non farmhouse version). This was a year aged after Cyde sent it to me. Intense Dark chocolate, coffee, cocoa, roasted malt, char, smoke, toast, molasses, toffee, herbal, earth, light dark fruits, and light anise. Super complex. Mouthfeel is outstanding with a creamy and slick feel with super smooth sipping.

I wish this was something that just stayed as it was. All this farmhouse bull**** is stupid. This was a great beer. I'd absolutely love to have some original Wytchmaker again as well. Great beers that showed great promise, that fell to farmhouse shenanigans that I'm simply not interested in.

[icetrauma]

I wish this was something that just stayed as it was. All this farmhouse bull**** is stupid. This was a great beer. I'd absolutely love to have some original Wytchmaker again as well. Great beers that showed great promise, that fell to farmhouse shenanigans that I'm simply not interested in.

I concur! There are a couple of bottles at Spec's Holcombe of the original Black Metal.

[cyde]

I wish this was something that just stayed as it was. All this farmhouse bull**** is stupid. This was a great beer. I'd absolutely love to have some original Wytchmaker again as well. Great beers that showed great promise, that fell to farmhouse shenanigans that I'm simply not interested in.

Their beer is too damn expensive. I won't be buying anymore for myself. I'm sure JK is still good if you like those styles of beer, but it's really not for me. When they made the switch to farmhouse, the William Cannon Costco received a couple pallets of the original Wytchmaker and sold it for $6 a bottle. I miss those days.

I will go ahead and post all of my tastings tonight. Disregarding hate on the couple I know will receive it.

Damn awesome. Lots of orange zest, grapefruit, orange rind, lemon zest, pineapple, tangerine, floral, and light pine earthiness. My rating was lower than BA, so suck it haters who think I rate everything higher.
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Really tasty Brown ale. Toffee, toast, caramel, chocolate, brown sugar, and light dark fruits. Nice amount of robustness.
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Really damn good Sahti interpretation! Caramel, toast, molasses, juniper, wood, earth, raisin, floral and earthy herbal. Dense creamy mouthfeel; with zero cloying sweetness, and super smooth sipping. Really enjoyed this.
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INSANE RIS(original non farmhouse version). This was a year aged after Cyde sent it to me. Intense Dark chocolate, coffee, cocoa, roasted malt, char, smoke, toast, molasses, toffee, herbal, earth, light dark fruits, and light anise. Super complex. Mouthfeel is outstanding with a creamy and slick feel with super smooth sipping.
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Those were nice fresh too. I never had the patience to age out and ended up drinking immediately.

Yes it is! I wish those phuckers would cut out that all farmhouse **** and bring back the original Black Metal. I've got 2 bottles I'm hoarding/aging.

Jelly. I have a bottle of farmhouse Black Metal I'll probably lay down for a couple years to hopefully tame that out of control yeast.

[icetrauma]

Currently drinking FFF Pride and Joy Imperial Mild. Easy to drink. Smooth malt body with a nice touch of hops on the end.

[thefleshlight]

Not my fault your palate only likes 1% of beers ever made. I am doubting you even have a beer palate at all.

It's true I don't like a lot of beers....


But Turbodog is the WORST beer I've ever had.... including a bad homebrew smoked porter someone made that tasted like campfire.

[IrishPilot]

Had Hopslam last night. Awesome beer, but again not necessarily worth the cost. The sixer will do me just fine. A lot boozier than I ever remember. For some reason it really made me think of SN Bigfoot. Easily would say Surly Abrasive>Lagunitas Sucks>Hopslam in trying all of them both on tap and bottle/can. Of course Im a homer, but I have yet to have a beer that I thought topped fresh Abrasive...even Pliny, Dreadnaught, Sculpin, etc. Lagunitas Sucks would beat it just for price point ($10 for six vs $16 for 4 16oz) but not flavor.

[TerpMuscle]

its delicious. very unfortunate if u missed it.


sry too tired to post reviews right now just wanted to brag

Doubt I can get the Enjoy By IPA or the 14th in MD. Sad now

[Ben6485]

Saved room in my macros for desert tonight. My last Ten Fidy

[whiskeyboarder]

Had Hopslam last night. Awesome beer, but again not necessarily worth the cost. The sixer will do me just fine. A lot boozier than I ever remember. For some reason it really made me think of SN Bigfoot. Easily would say Surly Abrasive>Lagunitas Sucks>Hopslam in trying all of them both on tap and bottle/can. Of course Im a homer, but I have yet to have a beer that I thought topped fresh Abrasive...even Pliny, Dreadnaught, Sculpin, etc. Lagunitas Sucks would beat it just for price point ($10 for six vs $16 for 4 16oz) but not flavor.

Got my hands on some too.



Enjoying one now.

Quoted you Pilot because I mostly agree. I LOVE Surly. This year's Hopslam and, forgive me, I've only had a few sips does have a really delicious "pop" to it. Its more citrus and tasty to me than Sucks, which I also love. I can't really compare Hopslam, Sucks, and Surly Furious (never had Abrasive); I think they all deliver differently. Spicyness vs piney vs citrus. All damn good.

You mentioned Sculpin. And I think it is the best balanced of all mentioned. Perhaps not the best, but best balanced. All four are on a level of greatness.

I have so many beers in my fridge.

[thefleshlight]

Was feeling fat tonight so I ordered some bdubbs boneless. I pass the best beer store in the area on the way there so I thought I should at least go window shopping. Then I saw NY now has Ballast Point... Was pissed I forgot to throw the growler in my truck post Southern Tier visit last week as they have Sculpin on draft. Anyway, just a mini purchase:





**IDK wtf is going on with my phone cam

[icetrauma]

Was feeling fat tonight so I ordered some bdubbs boneless. I pass the best beer store in the area on the way there so I thought I should at least go window shopping. Then I saw NY now has Ballast Point... Was pissed I forgot to throw the growler in my truck post Southern Tier visit last week as they have Sculpin on draft. Anyway, just a mini purchase:





**IDK wtf is going on with my phone cam

You still want me to send ya that Sculpin and V@S or a bottle of the original Jester King Black Metal Stout.

[OmniscientCause]

Package from Chi landed at my door. 6 Hopslams/some other fresh IPAs/Black Note/Collage Batch #1/few veggie brews from new garlus.

Im kind of annoyed because he said he would be giving me hoppy ales and stouts from the area...wtf are the veggie brews doing in there. I mean I like them and they are pretty refreshing but I specifically asked for stouts and he said yea no problem.

This kid is killing me its our 4th trade too. But in his defense he did get me a bottle of double daisy...which actually might be the closest beer to heady I have had in terms of taste profile.

[thefleshlight]

You still want me to send ya that Sculpin and V@S or a bottle of the original Jester King Black Metal Stout.

Surprise me. I thought you had already sent it so that's why I didn't buy so much. Either way, can't get enough VAS or sculpin, imo.

[icetrauma]

Surprise me. I thought you had already sent it so that's why I didn't buy so much. Either way, can't get enough VAS or sculpin, imo.

Roger that

[Lethal04]

Package from Chi landed at my door. 6 Hopslams/some other fresh IPAs/Black Note/Collage Batch #1/few veggie brews from new garlus.

Im kind of annoyed because he said he would be giving me hoppy ales and stouts from the area...wtf are the veggie brews doing in there. I mean I like them and they are pretty refreshing but I specifically asked for stouts and he said yea no problem.

This kid is killing me its our 4th trade too. But in his defense he did get me a bottle of double daisy...which actually might be the closest beer to heady I have had in terms of taste profile.

you mad brah? you talkin about someone on here or BA?

[swingracex]

do you guys estimate weight for shipping? have a scale? i know some of you print your own labels...

[spak]

do you guys estimate weight for shipping? have a scale? i know some of you print your own labels...

My boxes are usually over 10 lbs so I can just use my bodyweight digital scale because it will read anything over 10 lbs. Fedex adjusts it to a more accurate weight when you walk in and ship it. Charges it off your credit card so its always off of their weighing anyways.

[OmniscientCause]

you mad brah? you talkin about someone on here or BA?

BA...I wouldnt post it on there and complain. He sends good boxes but when he said stouts I expected stouts.

[icetrauma]

BA...I wouldnt post it on there and complain. He sends good boxes but when he said stouts I expected stouts.

Shoot'em a msg. Maybe he got 2 boxes mislabeled.

[thefleshlight]

do you guys estimate weight for shipping? have a scale? i know some of you print your own labels...

You have two options; but it is in your best interest to pre-pay shipping through USPS, if that's your chosen path, as you save a bit of money...
1. Use a food scale. This is what I do for small shyt. Not recommended for beers though.
2. Bathroom scale. I've found that if you have a digital one, it's not even remotely accurate by placing the box on it, so you will need to climb on it, solo, then climb on after (or before) with the box. Simple subtraction.

[Lethal04]

Drinking Expedition, Founders RIS, FBS, Wake-n-Bake, etc. have spoiled me and its hard to drink and appreciate the lighter stouts and porters now. Had 4 or 5 different stouts with lower ABV the past few nights and they all seemed too thin & watery. Had a Left Hand Milk Stout tonight and remember liking it in the past but it was pretty meh.

do you guys estimate weight for shipping? have a scale? i know some of you print your own labels...

I opened an account with FedEx and used the prepaid label option. Didn't have a scale in my apartment so just guessed the weight. My credit card is tied to the account and they weigh it again before the package goes out anyways so it doesn't really matter what weight you put.

BA...I wouldnt post it on there and complain. He sends good boxes but when he said stouts I expected stouts.

Thats what I figured. I remembered seeing a post by Fugitive asking if a package arrived safely yesterday and he is from that area. Didn't think you would complain if it was someone on here though and be that much of a dick, haha.

[OmniscientCause]

Shoot'em a msg. Maybe he got 2 boxes mislabeled.

I think ill just take a break from trading with him for awhile. Well I want to take a break in general I really only want 1 thing between now and the summer when apocalypse cow comes out and that's abyss. So that's the only trade I see myself doing other then hooking up people here with heady when I get it.


Speaking of which has anyone in Texas seen abyss I read it just landed there.

[whiskeyboarder]

Really surprised by how much am enjoying the beer I am currently drinking.

Kujo by Flying Dog.

Flying Dog is relatively local, and I have found their beers to be good, but not special. And coffee stouts are so damn trendy and ubiquitous.

But this is solid. Nice bourbon scent. Thick and chewy with a real nice sweetness that balances out the coffee. I prefer regular RIS over coffee stouts, but this is as good a coffee stout as I've tried.

[spak]

I gots it. Also found Right Brain today, looking forward to these.

[thefleshlight]

Naughty girl scout? Awesome name.

[Vibrio]

Cracked open my bottle of La Terrible. FFFUU, I missed this beer.