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I'm traveling to Jacksonville tomorrow for the bowl game - any beers I should be on the lookout for?

That's cool, thanks for sharing.

Jason_Ag98 said:

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I'm traveling to Jacksonville tomorrow for the bowl game - any beers I should be on the lookout for?

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Are you driving? There's a shop in Mobile that has a tremendous selection.

We're going to be in Denver in May. I'll check them out as that sounds right up my alley.

I am driving but coming from Auburn, AL so I won't be passing through Mobile. Planning to drive back to Austin on Jan 1 and I'm guessing they'll be closed then.

Jason_Ag98 said:

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I am driving but coming from Auburn, AL so I won't be passing through Mobile. Planning to drive back to Austin on Jan 1 and I'm guessing they'll be closed then.

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Might be worth calling. It's called Cottage Hill. I was blown away by their selection when we drove to FL a few years ago.

Is Spindletap open on sundays?

Yeah, I think till 6 or 7

Cool, yeah checked FB and looks like taproom is open ... kinda bored, may swing up for a brew and see if they have anything in cans for New Years

Thanks for the tip, I'll give it a try!

This is like drinking a juicy Christmas tree ... a little off putting up front with the spruce flavor but drinks well after a bit and you get used to it

Headed out to jester king for the first time in a few years hope they have some good **** on tap and to take home with me

Jock 07 said:

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Headed out to jester king for the first time in a few years hope they have some good **** on tap and to take home with me

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They've pulled out several things from their cellar to sell to go this weekend, so you should be able to have a pretty good haul. Don't know if it is still on, but they had Atrial on tap last weekend when I was there.

It looks like they've got a few of the wine grape sours, several Spons, CRU-55, and Foudreweizen available to go with a lot of good stuff on tap as well.

https://static.spacecrafted.com/eae6599fef4c4b5d9569bac99e44241e/r/b902c2b24c644b09b2a699fb879f0679/1/BeerToGo_12.29.18.pdf

jh0400 said:

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We're going to be in Denver in May. I'll check them out as that sounds right up my alley.

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my brother and wife live near Napa and are big wine nuts. I've had them try wine barrel aged stuff and the like, but it never clicks. They both really liked these creations. A few of these easily tasted more like wine than beer, especially since some had lower carb levels making them closer to still.

If you make it, go during happy hour (m-f4-6); you get two apps (bruschetta, charcuterie board, octopus, etc) and first beer for $6, then half off beers. Hell of a deal.

If you stay after hh is over and have dinner, expect $50/person.

It's Italian.

Lots of talk about this place locally.

Slammin some fresh EZ

I've been thinking of a "Year in Review" kind of post for everyone to add their own inputs as we wind down 2018. I'll start with mine and y'all can add yours for some discussion.

Favorite beer: Jester King Vague Recollection
Favorite beer bar: WhichCraft (Mueller)
Favorite brewery to visit: Jester King
Favorite brewery to buy retail: Live Oak or ABW
Style you think you drank the most of in 2018: Pilsner
Beer that you think or know you drank the most of in 2018 (say outside of light domestic): Alaskan Brewing Amber
Favorite new brewery or place you're excited about going forward: Brewtorium (Austin) and Zillacoah (out of Asheville)

Edit to add: Most unique or "out there" beer you had: Prairie Double Dunk. That thing tastes like straight OREO frosting!

I'll play.

Favorite beer: 3-way tie. Cycle Rare Dos Double Barrel, Treehouse Julius, JK Atrial
Favorite beer bar: dunno
Favorite brewery to visit: Community
Favorite brewery to buy retail: Turning Point
Style you think you drank the most of in 2018: IPAs
Beer that you think or know you drank the most of in 2018: Community Mosaic or Two Hearted
Favorite new brewery or place you're excited about going forward: Celestial Beerworks
Most unique or "out there" beer you had: Lollipop Forest

This was a pretty boring year for me, beer-wise, but here goes:

Favorite beer: Atrial
Favorite beer bar: World of Beer Fort Bliss
Favorite brewery to visit: Big Bend Brewing
Favorite brewery to buy retail: Bell's
Style you think you drank the most of in 2018: IPAs
Beer that you think or know you drank the most of in 2018: Founders All Day IPA
Favorite new brewery or place you're excited about going forward: Alaskan (not new, obviously, but we're doing a cruise in May, and I'm excited about visiting the brewery)
Most unique or "out there" beer you had: Shiner S'more (yuck)

It was a good beer year. Finished it off with a trip to Boston recently that included Tree House and Trillium. Those are both Top 10 breweries for me.

Favorite beer: Treehouse Doubleganger
Favorite beer bar: Two little kids equals rarely at a bar, so B-52 is my choice.
Favorite brewery to visit: B-52 (local) / Tree House (travel) / Big Bend Brewing
Favorite brewery to buy retail: Most of my beer purchased this year has been direct from breweries or travel.
Style you think you drank the most of in 2018: IPAs easily, sours is #2
Beer that you think or know you drank the most of in 2018: Cigar City Guayabara according to Untappd
Favorite new brewery or place you're excited about going forward: Have a couple trips planned for 2019: NYC, Alaska (in May) and Disney World. Each will have fun opportunities to try more beer.
Most unique or "out there" beer you had: Not sure, but I know it had to have been at our tailgate as we're always bringing out crazy stuff to try.

Where's BSD...? That guy loves end of year lists.

Enjoying a Brash Abide right now while smoking a cigar a smoking ribs. Great beer. Good coffee taste without being bitter and a chocolate undertone.

Favorite beer: Apple Brandy Eclipse
Favorite beer bar: Cork and Growler (Frisco)
Favorite brewery to visit: Jester King
Favorite brewery to buy retail: Four Corners, almost always have some Local Buzz availabile
Style you think you drank the most of in 2018: IPAs
Beer that you think or know you drank the most of in 2018: Local Buzz
Favorite new brewery or place you're excited about going forward: Planning to get back up to Portland
Most unique or "out there" beer you had: This was the year of the hazy IPA. Went from unique to the expectation in an IPA.

Favorite beer: Jester King CRU-55
Favorite beer bar: The Hay Merchant
Favorite brewery to visit: Ingenious
Favorite brewery to buy retail: Saint Arnold
Style you think you drank the most of in 2018: It's going to be close between pale ale and wild ale
Beer that you think or know you drank the most of in 2018 (say outside of light domestic): Saint Arnold Pub Crawl
Favorite new brewery or place you're excited about going forward: The Exchange Brewery in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON was one of the coolest places I've visited. I had no expectations going in, and they blew me away with their beers. I've joined a couple of trading groups up there, and I'm going to try to put together a big trade early next year to get some of their stuff down here.

Favorite beer: Finally got some Duck Duck Gueze, was excellent
Favorite beer bar: Flying Saucer (It is closest to me)
Favorite brewery to visit: Tie between Weldwerks and Southern Grist
Favorite brewery to buy retail: Founders, not sure I have ever had a bad beer from them
Style you think you drank the most of in 2018: IPAs
Beer that you think or know you drank the most of in 2018: Brew of H
Favorite new brewery or place you're excited about going forward: Really want to make it out to Turning Point, also have a new brewery opening up called Siren Rock which hopefully will have some good offerings.
Most unique or "out there" beer you had: J. Wakefiled's Juice Box Guy. I didn't know I needed a blue beer in my life until I had this