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Beer |OT2| Can't stop won't stop the fresh hop
- Thread starter distantmantra
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On my honeymoon in Honolulu and my amazing wife sends me this:
Great Waikiki Beer Festival
Any way to find more information? Like, if the breweries bring interesting beers or just their staples? And whether or not we have to pay for beer or if it's included in the ticket cost?
Great Waikiki Beer Festival
Any way to find more information? Like, if the breweries bring interesting beers or just their staples? And whether or not we have to pay for beer or if it's included in the ticket cost?
Mitch
Banned
That's good to know! I'm just getting fat, so that's my main reason for trying not to drink as much during the week. Being somewhat broke helps a little, but damn it, it's Cleveland Beer Week!
Stress is my trigger. Sometimes I just get home and crack open something.
distantmantra
Member
I was trying to cut back on drinking during the week prior to my unexpected surgery, so this is just helping. Beer also tasted absolutely terrible for about a week after I got home from the hospital. I understood people who dont like hops, everything was just bitter and tatsted like burning.
Spuck-uk
Banned
Hope for beer by Kernel, Brew by Numbers, Fourpure in particular.
Fullers London Porter basically defines the style.
Pray there's nothing by Greene King
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Store got 3Floyds BrewDoo today. Hmm. For $3 less than that bomber I can get a 4 pack of Harvest Ale.
*grabs Harvest Ale*
*grabs Harvest Ale*
distantmantra
Member
I thought Founders Harvest was really boring this year.
Mitch
Banned
I bought one bomber of BrewDoo and it wasn't as good as last year's release. My tastebuds could've been shocked from drinking earlier that day, though.
Haven't had a chance to grab Harvest Ale, but I've had a few other local wet/fresh hops and they have been damn good. Fat Head's Hop Stalker has been stellar this year. Probably going to get more of that this weekend.
Also hitting up a big celebration of the hop IPA fest tomorrow. Should be fun.
Haven't had a chance to grab Harvest Ale, but I've had a few other local wet/fresh hops and they have been damn good. Fat Head's Hop Stalker has been stellar this year. Probably going to get more of that this weekend.
Also hitting up a big celebration of the hop IPA fest tomorrow. Should be fun.
eyeball_kid
Member
My local got some BBA Fremont Dark Stars in, the regular and the coffee versions. Are these worth the price?
distantmantra
Member
Yep. Bummer you didnt get Spice Wars.
I missed them by 15 minutes. Pretty bummed but at least I was able to pick up Rusty Nail.
distantmantra
Member
Anyone still alive?
sharkmuncher
Member
Haven't burned my account to the ground, but probably won't be sticking around.
ChimpBottle
Member
This is actually the first time I'm seeing this thread, and I hope it survives the GAF drama.
Can we talk about homebrew here or are we sticking to actual licensed beer? Cause I have a citrus what ale fermenting that I'm pretty stoked about.
Can we talk about homebrew here or are we sticking to actual licensed beer? Cause I have a citrus what ale fermenting that I'm pretty stoked about.
lunarworks
Member
Have a good drink. You're allowed.
distantmantra
Member
Dont plan on nuking my account, but definitely taking a step back to see what goes down. Some of the juniors coming out of the woodwork and defending questionable behavior make me sad.
I also post at Beer Advocate and TalkBeer, so Discord doesnt do much for me.
SeattleBeerPenguin on Untappd if were not already friends.
I also post at Beer Advocate and TalkBeer, so Discord doesnt do much for me.
SeattleBeerPenguin on Untappd if were not already friends.
distantmantra
Member
The only real bummer about BA and TalkBeer is that there aren't a lot of general forums, mostly broken up by region.
Temeculan3000
Member
I mostly post on TB, much better than those try-hards at BA.
Although I have found the most active beer groups these days are on Facebook, broken up by region of course.
reddit is the worst though, I can't read the beer subreddit for more than 5 minutes without getting frustrated by some stupid comments
Although I have found the most active beer groups these days are on Facebook, broken up by region of course.
reddit is the worst though, I can't read the beer subreddit for more than 5 minutes without getting frustrated by some stupid comments
distantmantra
Member
That's how I feel about Facebook beer groups.
I think pretty much everyone has moved on from GAF, btw.
Temeculan3000
Member
Yeah, I have been in a few good ones, but eventually they turn to crap as more and more people join.
I'll probably just be over at TB
A new microbrew just opened up in my town. Has some really great beers (i.e. not overrun with IPAs 
. Does really small runs though, like 5 gallon batches, makes it hard to get in before the new stuff is out. He just did a chocolate framboise, basically a raspberry stout with some chocolate pushed with nitro. Really nice.
Another microbrewery here did a scotch ale aged in bourbon barrels. Sooo good.
. Does really small runs though, like 5 gallon batches, makes it hard to get in before the new stuff is out. He just did a chocolate framboise, basically a raspberry stout with some chocolate pushed with nitro. Really nice.Another microbrewery here did a scotch ale aged in bourbon barrels. Sooo good.