Epic Beer Thread v30: Pumpkin Beers in August? WTF!

[HenryFlower]

As of yet, Grimm doesn't bottle their IPAs, only their sour and Belgian style stuff. The cans will be the first time you can get package of Grimm IPAs. So if you guys get draft up there, check beer menus to get Lambo because its popping up all over town here this last week.

Tesseract will be popping up next week/wee after on draft. They will start delivering to bars and beer stores prob Tuesday or Wednesday. Usual spots here, Proletariat, Good Beer, Fools Gold, Blind Tiger, Torst, etc.

I prefer to drink from the can but always pour bottles into a glass. For me you can still get the nose from the can because your nose is attached to the top of the can where a bottle has a few inches of bottleneck that ruin the aroma.

Ah. I wish there was an easy way to figure out whether or not any place near me is getting those on draft. I'll check the menus of the few bars/beer taverns around here that usually have solid, rotating menus.

Definitely always poor bottles as well. Good to know I'm not committing some beer sin by opting to drink from the can. I've recently been loving Resin from the can. It's been my mid-to-late summer go-to beer for weekday nonsense with all this nice summer weather we've been getting.

 

[KOQ24]

Rügener Insel Saison

-wheat,lemon,herbs,honey,banana,toffee,lime
-spicy,coriander
-moderate bitterniss
-finishes dry
-medium to high carbonation
-light to medium body

Solid Saison

Löwenbräu Oktoberfestbier

-honey,floral,sulfur,grass,spicy
-sweet biscuit malt,bready,slight diacetyl,touch of hop bitterniss
-medium carbonation
-light to medium body
-no alcohol detectable

Good,authentic Oktoberfest Beer

Andechser Export Dunkel
Munich Dunkel


-bready,plums,raisins,dates,strawberries,rose hip
-medium carbonation
-light body

Great Dunkel.
Reminded me of Rose hip Tea

Smuttynose Robust Porter


-coffee,chocolate,tobacco,faint dark fruits
- mocha
-medium carbonation
-medium body

Good, but couldve popped a bit more

De Molen Heen & Weer
Tripel


-caramel,toffee,honey,white bread,candied orange,coriander,slight lemon,faintly tart
-spicy
-high bitterness for the style
-low to medium carbonation
-full body
-alcohol well hidden

Certainly a different kind of Tripel.Colour-wise it reminds me of the "Gulden Draak 9000".
And its fairly hoppy.
I really liked it.

Moosbacher Pilsener


-biscuity,sulfur,spicy,grainy,cardboard
-earthy,metallic,sweet malt,bready,slightly acidic
-medium to high bitterniss for the style
-light body
-medium to high carbonation

Rather poor Pilsener

 

[Sasquatch Smith]

Your location says Ct, do you drive to mass to get trillium? If so, what is the closest place to get it? I have to go to some BBQ thing in middle CT in a few weeks and want to make a beer run.

Well unfortunately you pretty much have to go to Boston to get it. I've only gone once myself, and this bottle a friend gave me last week.

Where in CT will you be?

 

[Boomb]

A couple of my friends just went here:http://brouwerijdemolen.nl/en/borefts-beerfestival/brewer-and-beers/


I'm a little bit jealous to be honest...

 

[Sasquatch Smith]

OK im finally on Untappd. Handle is menardma, add me as a friend so you can judge me for how often I drink!

 

[monsterxmonster]

A couple of my friends just went here:http://brouwerijdemolen.nl/en/borefts-beerfestival/brewer-and-beers/


I'm a little bit jealous to be honest...

I've got a lot of mates over there too. Already got 2 beer festivals in the next 2 weeks so couldn't really justify a 3rd.

 

[Sasquatch Smith]

hey New Englanders - tickets to Extreme Beer Fest went on sale today FYI. Several months earlier than usual for some reason...and it's on Super Bowl weekend this year!

 

[Snubnoze707]

KOQ24 STAYS drinking beer.

I feel like I'm slackin'...

 

[monsterxmonster]

OK im finally on Untappd. Handle is menardma, add me as a friend so you can judge me for how often I drink!

Sent you a friend request. I'm gomiaoki.

 

[KOQ24]

KOQ24 STAYS drinking beer.

I feel like I'm slackin'...

posting my backlog to get up-to date.
almost there

 

[Snubnoze707]

I finally gave up on updating untappt a month or so ago. It's still a cool app tho.

 

[CoolB]

What an great delivery this morning from my awesome mom.

Any opinions on these beers?

 

[Oblivian]

Just had this and I think it was the best beer that I've ever had.

 

[Sasquatch Smith]

Just got back from a week in Ireland. Amazing vacation! Lots of Guinness was consumed...but i'm very much looking forward to reuniting with the New England IPA tonight.

 

[Jebus Korea]

Holy shit! ^^^^


untappd, zerocrew1984

 

[Shokushu Goukan]

Drove down to Other Half again and bought a case of Citra. Missed out on Cascade

Citra is the MOST INTENSE ipa I have ever had. Damn good. Imagine the amount of grapefruit and orange bitterness your mouth could handle. Now cube this and square that. Damn. I wasn't paying attention on one sip and damn near choked myself.
Citra is a hop that can stand on its own, which Simco can not (and messed up my IPA appreciation for a week).

I had hill farmstead's double citra last week and no where near this intense.

This is just good grapefruit orange bitterness.

 

[Gorack]

Just had this and I think it was the best beer that I've ever had.

Nice. I had that same glass until about a month ago when my wife broke it. Still have one with the green writing. Hoping to pick up a bunch of ZD while I'm home next week.

 

[Cheese]

Fresh hop beers abound this week. Probably the only time I get excited for IPAs.

Anything outstanding in your area(s)?

This is pretty outstanding. and it won Gold today at GABF.

 

[Shokushu Goukan]

Well unfortunately you pretty much have to go to Boston to get it. I've only gone once myself, and this bottle a friend gave me last week.

Where in CT will you be?

Shit, thought that would be the case. Somewhere north of Danbury CT to where the owner of my company lives. Forget the name of the town.

 

[MASShole]

GABF is always amazing.

I'm exhausted.

 

[Centaur]

Drinking this while watching the fights.
really good. Can taste the chilli's up front and the sea salt at the end. Chocolate is there too, but quite subtle.

The label says there is smoked malts in there as well, but I don't really notice it.

 

[Shokushu Goukan]

GABF is always amazing.

I'm exhausted.

All that drunk groping will do that to you. Like a family reunion.

 

[MASShole]

Just had this and I think it was the best beer that I've ever had.

Great beer!

 

[Te Huna Matata]

Had my 1st Black Butte Porter this weekend. There is always a debate over Black Butte vs. Edmund Fitzgerald. Black Butte is a great porter but I think it's a clear half-step behind Eddy Fitz. Both great but I like Eddy more.

 

[Boomb]

Drinking this while watching the fights.
really good. Can taste the chilli's up front and the sea salt at the end. Chocolate is there too, but quite subtle.

The label says there is smoked malts in there as well, but I don't really notice it.

I liked this beer a lot, too.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

Going to try and pick up some Captains Daughter from grey sail this week most of their stuff is meh. But have heard good things

 

[milkmandanl]

First evening of vacation

 

[Te Huna Matata]

Going to try and pick up some Captains Daughter from grey sail this week most of their stuff is meh. But have heard good things

You won't be disappointed. It's exceptional.

 

[Te Huna Matata]

OK im finally on Untappd. Handle is menardma, add me as a friend so you can judge me for how often I drink!

Sent as well. It's my first and last name so I won't be posting it here.

 

[Te Huna Matata]

Fat Head's smoked it at the GABF. Placed in 5 categories, winning 4 and 2nd in the other.

Midnight Moonlight (Gold) - American-style Black Ale
Bone Head Imperial Red (Gold) - Double Red Ale
Black Knight (Silver) - Schwarzbier
Hop JuJu (Gold) - Imperial India Pale Ale
Blitzkrieg Bock (Gold) - Rye Beer

I've only had Hop JuJu and Bone Head. Bone Head is far and away the best Red I've ever had. JuJu is the best DIPA I've ever had as well and the 2nd best IPA overall (a step behind Todd the Axeman from Surly which is a fucking revelation). They are my 2nd favorite brewery and crush hoppy beers. When JuJu hits, I'll gladly take care of anyone interested.

 

[Sasquatch Smith]

Cool. Accepted all the Untappd requests.

Has anyone had the almanac farmer's reserve pluot? Holy shit, so good. Ive never eaten a plum apricot hybrid...but dammit, now I want to.

 

[Centaur]

^^^
Sounds awesome. I guess they're East Coast because I have not heard or seen them around the PNW.

Drinking my own IPA right now. Lots of Centennial, Citra as Mosaic in the late and dry hop additions.
Changed it up and used Carastan with a wee bit of roasted barley in the malt bill. Also fermented with US-04 (English Ale Strain) as opposed to US-05 (Chico/Cali strain).
Turned out really, really well.

 

[PUO3]

Just had this and I think it was the best beer that I've ever had.

Nice man! Still never had one.

 

[KOQ24]

Wilderen Tripel Kanunnik

-banana,coriander burst,lemon,caramel,toffee,white bread
-spice,pepper,diacetyl,pears
-medium to high carbonation
-medium to full body
-alcohol warmth

One of the lesser Tripels ive had so far

Hövels Original
Altbier

-grassy,caramel,bready,spicy,elderberries,raisins,slight chocolate
-nutty,metallic
-long-lingering light to medium carbonation
-medium carbonation
-light to medium body
-faint alcohol warmth

Hövel's refuses to call this an Altbier, but it is one.
o.k. overall

Arcobräu Weissbier Hell
Hefeweizen


-tart,lemon,wheaty,pickles,perfumy,clove
-pepper,slight banana
-finishes dry
-medium to high carbonation
-light body

Barely average

Andechser Weissbier Dunkel
Dunkelweizen

-nutty,clove,chocolate,wheaty,burnt toffee
-roasty,caramel,licorice,wheaty,bready
-medium to high carbonation
-light to medium body

Very Pleasant

Kilkenny
Red Ale


-plums,raisins,metallic,nutty
-faint coffee,bready
-medium to high carbonation
-light, watery body

o.k. but nothing more

Paulaner Oktoberfest Bier

-sulfur,apple,honey,pears,spicy
-lemon,sweet malt,biscuity
-medium bitterniss for the style
-medium to high carbonation
-light to medium body

Noticeably more hoppy than the other Oktoberfest Beers

 

[MASShole]

Nice man! Still never had one.

We can get them on trades regularly so I'll save one for you.

 

[Te Huna Matata]

^^^
Sounds awesome. I guess they're East Coast because I have not heard or seen them around the PNW.

Drinking my own IPA right now. Lots of Centennial, Citra as Mosaic in the late and dry hop additions.
Changed it up and used Carastan with a wee bit of roasted barley in the malt bill. Also fermented with US-04 (English Ale Strain) as opposed to US-05 (Chico/Cali strain).
Turned out really, really well.

Fat Head's started as a beer bar in Pittsburgh. That morphed into a partnership with a brewer based out of Cleveland to start brewing their own beer. They just opened a brewpub in Portland, OR back in March or so. They distribute to Western PA, Ohio, Indiana, some parts of FL, and locally in Portland. PUO3 always gets some Fat Head's in his box whenever we trade and is always very pleased. They are very west-coast in style with a big, assertive bitterness behind a huge hop front. I love their stuff but it's very in-tune with my preferences. If you are more into the orange juice coming from your Tired Hands or Trillium, then it may be too bitter for your tastes.

 

[dc007]

Ah. I wish there was an easy way to figure out whether or not any place near me is getting those on draft. I'll check the menus of the few bars/beer taverns around here that usually have solid, rotating menus.

Definitely always poor bottles as well. Good to know I'm not committing some beer sin by opting to drink from the can. I've recently been loving Resin from the can. It's been my mid-to-late summer go-to beer for weekday nonsense with all this nice summer weather we've been getting.

I just did a beer menus search and nothing outside NY came up for Grimm kegs so you may be out of luck. Closest was 150 miles from Boston.

Damn a 9% beer is your go to? Haha. Here I am digging on Sidekick, Lilikoi and Easy Jack all summer.

 

[Gorack]

Going to try and pick up some Captains Daughter from grey sail this week most of their stuff is meh. But have heard good things

Did you try Jack's Abby's TrIPL? The flavor profile on that is very similar to Captains Daughter. I think both are fantastic. But yeah, every other grey sail I've tried has been mediocre at best.

 

[Centaur]

First evening of vacation

Had this a few days ago, very good. The Eisbock version is even better, imo. If you like this one I def recommend trying it out.

 

[Zookeeper Gabe]

Did you try Jack's Abby's TrIPL? The flavor profile on that is very similar to Captains Daughter. I think both are fantastic. But yeah, every other grey sail I've tried has been mediocre at best.

Yeah. You gave me a TrIPL a while back. I had the caps daughter tonight and wasn't all that impressed. It wasn't bad, will try again tomorrow.