Seamus Campbell
Portland, Oregon
Grape Sorter
Posts:384
 | | 03/26/2008 12:05 AM |
| | Amen to that! | | | |
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jason
Napa Valley
Wine Addict
Posts:6853
| | 03/26/2008 3:47 AM |
| Rochefort 8 - as Juggs said, god bless those Trappiste monks
Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale
Bear Republic Red Rocket Ale
Lost Coast Great White Ale
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Drew
Sammamish, WA
Wine Bottler
Posts:3113
| | 03/27/2008 8:42 PM |
| | Just killed off the last bottle of a Pyramid Thunderhead IPA 12 pack. "Bursting with Hops." Understatement of the year... | | | |
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hynds
Grape Stomper
Posts:145
| | 03/29/2008 8:05 PM |
| Fuller's London Pride Samuel Smith's Taddy Porter
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DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Racker
Posts:1990
| | 04/01/2008 4:14 PM |
| Brooklyner-Schneider Hopfen-Weisse
Brooklyn Local 1 | |
Heater Allen Brewing
www.heaterallen.com | |
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ttepper
Barrel Filler
Posts:1310
| | 04/05/2008 6:42 PM |
| A bbq with the brew master from Blue Frog in Fairfield CA. Blue Frog Heff Blue Frog IPA Dogfish Head Fort Dogfish Head Raison D'extra Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA Ommegang Abby Ale bottled in 4/2000 Pranqster Ale 87 Samichlaus 88 Samichlaus 92 Samichlaus 93 Samichlaus 94 Samichlaus 95 Samichlaus 96 Samichlaus 97 Samichlaus | | | |
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Seamus Campbell
Portland, Oregon
Grape Sorter
Posts:384
| | 04/07/2008 1:44 AM |
| After a 20-gallon brew day:
Deschutes Abyss
Stone Double Bastard | | | |
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Drew
Sammamish, WA
Wine Bottler
Posts:3113
| | 04/09/2008 2:15 PM |
| Hit 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall in Santa Cruz. Great place!!! 5 pints and 2 soccer games in, we started talking to the owner (Jahan) and it turns out he's a huge soccer fan. Offered to send a bunch of soccer balls back to Iraq with my younger brother so the kids would have something to play with. Needless to say, I had to post some love here. We went through:
Rogue Dead Guy
Prohibition IPA (wow this was some good stuff)
Moose Drool
Boddingtons
Kona Longboard Lager
FireStone (made by a winery?)
and a couple more. Luckily, it's a straight shot back to San Jose over 17 *stare* | | | |
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Seamus Campbell
Portland, Oregon
Grape Sorter
Posts:384
| | 04/09/2008 3:14 PM |
| | Highway 17 is one of my least favorite roads in the entire universe. | | | |
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Drew
Sammamish, WA
Wine Bottler
Posts:3113
| | 04/09/2008 6:15 PM |
| | Yeahhh. I lived in Boulder Creek for a while... Bear Creek Road would get my nomination for least favorite road ever. The bonus? I still got to drive part of 17 :-D | | | |
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jaimetown
DC area
Wine Bottler
Posts:3436
| | 04/17/2008 11:28 AM |
| Recently:
UFO Hefeweizen - goes down very easy as the weather warms
ABITA Restoration Ale - good with Cajun food | | | |
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jaimetown
DC area
Wine Bottler
Posts:3436
| | 04/26/2008 12:35 AM |
| | Small Craft Warning - uber Pils | | | |
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Drew
Sammamish, WA
Wine Bottler
Posts:3113
| | 05/07/2008 4:44 PM |
| | Picked up a 24 pack of Bridgeport IPA at Costco. Haven't been all that excited with it and I seem to remember it being A LOT better. | | | |
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DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Racker
Posts:1990
| | 05/07/2008 7:19 PM |
| | Drew, I think that a lot of the IPAs out there are suffering from the hop shortage. It's very hard to get the more popular varieties, so lots of substitutions go on. Barley prices are up a ton too, so they may be using cheaper malt. | |
Heater Allen Brewing
www.heaterallen.com | |
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kpak
Alaska
Wine Thief
Posts:2922
| | 05/08/2008 12:07 AM |
| Lagunitas Maximus IPA
Elysian Immortal IPA
Midnight Sun Sockeye Red IP Meltdown Double IPA | |
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits...
ps - friends don't let friends eat farmed salmon. | |
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Drew
Sammamish, WA
Wine Bottler
Posts:3113
| | 05/08/2008 1:21 PM |
| | Duke, that stinks. I used to love sitting outside at Bridgeport and drinking their stuff. Do you think the Alaskan Amber is in the same boat, or do they source up there? | | | |
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jason
Napa Valley
Wine Addict
Posts:6853
| | 05/08/2008 10:28 PM |
| Quite a bit of beer lately since I haven't worked in almost a month, and a great beer is better than all the mediocre wines of late, far cheaper too:
Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA
Lagunitas IPA
Stone IPA
Blue Apron (Brooklyn Brewing Bottle Fermented Ale for TKRG) | | | |
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DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Racker
Posts:1990
| | 05/09/2008 10:55 AM |
| Drew, the malt issue is world-wide. Barley is a substitute feedstock for corn, just like wheat and rice. I think it really comes down to how the brewer deals with the issue. Do you a) use cheaper malt and maintain margins, b) don't change anything and accept narrower margins, or c) don't change ingredients and raise prices. Many of these regional breweries (Deschutes, Bridgeport, etc) are really reaching for sales, and I suspect their profit margins "at the margin" are getting pretty narrow, both from incentives to distributors and transportation costs. Expanding a brewing business is a real challenge because of the heavy capital requirements. Expand = must increase production & sales to cover bigger overhead/capital costs = reaching for more marginal customers...
So far I'm accepting narrower margins, and I don't view using cheaper malt as an option. I did some trials with less expensive malt before I started the business, and the results were unacceptable. | |
Heater Allen Brewing
www.heaterallen.com | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5185
| | 05/09/2008 7:18 PM |
| went to a sly fox event on wednesday and tasted thru:
saison vos(belgian style except slightly spicy)
sterling ipa project(orange & more spice)
royal weisse(wheat, unfiltered and fruity)
ichor quad(abbot quadruple brewed with belgin candi sugar)
cascade ipa project(sweet pine)
everything was good across the board. | | | |
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Drew
Sammamish, WA
Wine Bottler
Posts:3113
| | 05/11/2008 9:54 AM |
| | Thx for the explanation... I'm really going to have to man up and get down to PDX soon so I can come visit. Aiming for mid-June, when the family is down in the Bay Area. I figure with visiting you, his greatness the Marshall and my buddies over at Jake's/Heathman, I'm better off leaving the kids at home (vs. leaving them somewhere in Portland by accident and not remembering quite where) :-D | | | |
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