Missed Advent night #3...will have to make it up this weekend. Here's night 4:



I'm a fan

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Had the Lagunitas Brown Shugga the other day at Flying Saucer in Sugarland. I agree it was pretty good.

Also had the Sam Adams Double Pumpkin or something like that and I'd have to say it was up there with the better pumpkin beers I've had.

The brewer at a brewpub near me does a free tasting every other month or so. Last night was winter beers. Cook always makes some tidbit to go along, this time is was roasted nuts, a sweet batch with cinnamon, all spice, nutmeg, and a spicy batch with red pepper chilli flakes and garlic.



Pretty dang good. The hibernation and isolation were the stand outs for me, though I've always liked the snow day as well.

Fritz Rahr, owner of Rahr & Sons brewery, will be at the pub today with a CASK of 'Angry Santa' & a keg of Bourbon Barrel Winter Warmer! FREE Winter Warmer snifter glassware to the first 70 people!

A fine growler of Tornado Alley IPA is the bustling metropolis of Wichita, KS this evening

Are you drinking by yourself in the hotel room or are some hookers swinging by later?

I stopped by whole foods in arlington to see what I could see, and whadayaknow they had Enjoy By and Lucky Bastid. Also got St Arnold Sailing Santa & Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout.

Posted a picture of the Enjoy By, but it was way too big. My bad.

Enjoy By 12.21.12 Stone was amazing. Tasted extremely fresh, almost as if we had gone straight to the brewery.

Lukcy Basartd was incredible. Just delicious balance of malt flavors with the hops. I hope I can find more.

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hookers later

picked these up tonight...no idea if they are any good.

AggieOO - Lump of Coal is pretty good. Criminally insane elf is awesome, if you can find it...

AggieOO, where did you find those beers and which brewery are they from?

Thanks

Coy94

Don't know where he found them, but they are all from Ridgeway Brewing.

I've had the elf and very bad elf. both were good if I remember. Those are like UK I think? I had them in vegas, but I seem them a lot here in Denver.

I have that same river city growler. Two of em actually.

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saint arnold with a new line of releases: (from latest newsletter)

Belgian Pale Ale, the 1st Icon Release,

Coming December 10

It's been about a month since we've come out with something new, and we didn't want you to think we were resting on our laurels. Please welcome the Icon series of beers.


Here is what it is:

A beer series that we have been planning since at least 2006, and maybe earlier.
As originally conceived, these beers would be iconic of their styles. That concept has morphed greatly over the past six or seven years. Now Icon releases may, or may not, be iconic of their styles.
Each release will be available for about three months. You should not have to take off work to get these beers. But feel free to.
We may rerelease the same Icon again in the future. Or maybe we won't.
We will be releasing Icon in four packs of 12 oz bottles. The four pack carriers will be color coordinated with the bottle labels, but the carriers will not have the beer style printed on them. The bottles will include the beer style on the label and a little description on the back of the bottle.
The four pack carriers are recyclable with us just like the six pack carriers. They count the same value as a six pack since the carriers cost us the same.
There will be four color combinations used in the Icon series packaging: Red/Black, Blue/Black, Gold/Black, Green/Black.
Icon will also be released on draft.
Most of the Icon releases will be from recipes conceived and refined by our brewers. Occasionally, a recipe inspired by a winning entry from the Big Batch Brew Bash will be released in this series.
Icon releases will probably be in the 4% to 8% ABV range.
Stronger special releases will be reserved for the Divine Reserve series.


The first Icon will be a Belgian Pale Ale. Here is brewer Sam's description:

"I was going for an approachable Belgian beer that people could drink more than one of. I wanted to use a simple malt bill with British crystal malts to provide a nice sweetness that doesn't get muddled with the yeast character and the hops. To add an American element, Chinook hops were used for bittering, which adds a piney flavor. Saaz hops were added for aroma that blends well with the yeast. I selected a yeast that adds Belgian yeast character without going overboard with phenols. I wanted to make a beer that used ingredients from disparate brewing traditions that worked well together."


The Belgian Pale Ale will be packaged in the red/black labels and carriers.

"When and where can I find the Belgian Pale Ale?" you may now be asking. Here are the details:

Monday, December 10: It will be available in package and on draft in the Houston area only. While available at some grocery and liquor stores, initially it will not be available at two of our biggest retailers, Kroger and HEB, as we did not get the paperwork approved in time (our bad!) but hopefully it will be appearing in these stores about a week later. We'll let you know when this happens.

Monday, December 17: Non-Houston markets will receive their first shipments of Belgian Pale Ale kegs but not bottles.

Late January 2013: It will be available in package and draft everywhere.

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Anchor bar in Wichita is tapping a cask of Odell Friek tonight, may have to mosey over for some

Tine folk: Hendricks Pub still has some Bishops Barrel.

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Frieking A that sounds good

Just got some off the cask, damn good sour, very reminiscent of RRBC consecration... The brewers are cool as sh*t

Nice. Do they bottle it?

Yes, just don't know if we get it in Tine ... Odell is out of Ft Collins

Yeah, we don't get it here but I'll be in Colorado at some point next year picking up some crooked stave!

I'm on #3... Sh*t is tasty

I can send you guys as much Friek as you want. It's plentiful in CO right now.

do it

Had my first three philosophers tonight. Can't decide if it beats St Bernardus as my favorite quad or not. May have to give em a blind taste test to decide

Pretty sweet

Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout tonight. It's my first oatmeal stout, but I like it. I hope this picture isn't too big:

Dammit pics still too big. I give up on images.

Picked up some Rahr's Winter Warmer and Tank 7. Will try them out tomorrow.

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Depending on cost for shipping I'd be interested in getting some Friek.

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did anyone go try the new barrel at O'Bannons tonight?

sorry. from last night, i mean

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I see that friek stuff all over. Well, Odells in general. Do love me some 90 shilling.

Damn I need to get up to Ft. C and do some brewery tours; that was totally on my list, and I've already been here 6 months!

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