What beer, ale, or similar are you drinking?
Mar 3, 2019, 3:22 pm
#5266
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Last night: Lagunitas Super Cluster Ale. Love those Citra hops.
today: Highland Brewing Daycation IPA.
today: Highland Brewing Daycation IPA.
Mar 3, 2019, 6:18 pm
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Mar 4, 2019, 8:26 am
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Mar 4, 2019, 8:54 am
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Had a neighborhood party (16 adults and 11 kids), and I wasn't sure on the types of beers the adults would drink, so I bought a variety. Here is the report on the number of bottles I put into the recycling bin.
24-pack Stone IPA sampler - 1 bottle
24-pack Stella Artois - 0 bottles
12-pack O'Dell 90 Schilling - 0 bottles
12-pack Breckenridge Brewery Christmas Ale - 5 bottles (three by me)
Turns out, most everyone at the party had wine--except me.
Lesson learned: just buy the Christmas Ale. That stuff is good.
24-pack Stone IPA sampler - 1 bottle
24-pack Stella Artois - 0 bottles
12-pack O'Dell 90 Schilling - 0 bottles
12-pack Breckenridge Brewery Christmas Ale - 5 bottles (three by me)
Turns out, most everyone at the party had wine--except me.
Lesson learned: just buy the Christmas Ale. That stuff is good.
Mar 4, 2019, 9:01 am
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Tonight's treat will be Ballast Point Spruce Tip Sculpin IPA.
Made a reservation for a 6-pack of Lagunitas Undercover Shut-down Ale coming to my closest store on Friday
Made a reservation for a 6-pack of Lagunitas Undercover Shut-down Ale coming to my closest store on Friday
Mar 4, 2019, 10:53 am
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Mar 4, 2019, 10:56 am
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Used to live about 90 minutes away from AVL so visited Highland many times at the old location. BamaVol Jr #3 got married at Highland last November. It was our first visit to the new facility. Very nice. I drank a lot of beer while there but somehow missed Daycation. I can usually find one or two Highland varieties at the local Publix, which is where this came from.
Mar 4, 2019, 5:13 pm
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Aslin's "Volcano Sauce" today, which is a pastry sour heavy on blueberry and vanilla and lactose. It's been in the fridge for a couple of months now and has held up pretty well.
Mar 7, 2019, 9:45 pm
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Dos Equis
Mar 8, 2019, 4:16 am
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Before having a special delivery today of some Lagunitas goodies, we last night finished a couple or four of the Lagunitas Super Cluster Mega Ale, a full bodied DIPA very much to my taste. ABV 8.0%
Mar 8, 2019, 8:42 pm
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Had a happy hour with the office govvies today (I regularly host one for fellow contractors), and was pleasantly surprised to see how many were serious beer geeks. I had great discussions of not just local breweries but ones around the US and even into Estonia (somewhere I've yet to go) with folks.
I had a couple of Solace (local to NOVA) IPAs, and they were actually pretty nice.
I had a couple of Solace (local to NOVA) IPAs, and they were actually pretty nice.
Mar 9, 2019, 2:41 am
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Had a happy hour with the office govvies today (I regularly host one for fellow contractors), and was pleasantly surprised to see how many were serious beer geeks. I had great discussions of not just local breweries but ones around the US and even into Estonia (somewhere I've yet to go) with folks.
I had a couple of Solace (local to NOVA) IPAs, and they were actually pretty nice.
I had a couple of Solace (local to NOVA) IPAs, and they were actually pretty nice.
By coincidence I just got a mail from a friend suggesting we take a tour to a beer event in the Estonian capital:
https://www.visitestonia.com/en/tallinn-craft-beer-weekend
The Tallinn Craft Beer Festival the first weekend of May. It seems to be a yearly event. Having tasted many Craft beers in close neighbour capital Helsinki, it's comforting to see the reasonable prices in Estonia.
Search for Estonian craft beer and be surprised over what this rather small country can offer. There are lot of places in Tallinn to keep any beer-profiled visitor busy on other days than the festival runs. En route to any pub, you might catch glimpses of the very beautiful city, especially the old town center nicely restored.
Mar 10, 2019, 7:19 pm
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Jasper Brewing Co. Crisp Pils 6-pack just because it's Sunday night.
Mar 11, 2019, 7:03 am
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Was treated yesterday with Marshall Zhukov's Imperial Porter, from Cigar City Brewing. One of the most powerful tasting stouts I had in years. Lots of Ommph in ABV too, 11.8%
Mar 11, 2019, 7:45 am
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