Jock 07 said:

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Yea I love their BBA stuff.

Working through my stash this evening.

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Was talking to the owner of Outrider Brewery on Friday. I mentioned that I lived in Boulder growing up. He told me that he worked at Avery for a few years. He had some really good stories.

La Fours said:

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Lol. The beer is clearly labeled as a problem.

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Those only come out after I'm convinced the kids are a sleep

We're at Saint Arnold celebrating the first day of school and Brock Wagner stopped to ask me about my Flying Chanclas hat. I think that means I'm famous.

Wifey and I have embarked on a 3 day beercation to celebrate our 39th anniversary. I therefore will be spamming the thread so hold on to your butts. First up is Almost There IPA from Bright Side Brewing in Lebanon NH. It's an old school West Coast style with bright citrus and a little caramel. Went great with my meatball grinder.

Swampstander, your beer posts make me incredibly jealous. Looks like you're having an incredible summer.

swampstander said:

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The Alchemist… Heady Topper on cask.

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a 60 degree ipa?

62strat said:

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swampstander said:

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The Alchemist… Heady Topper on cask.

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a 60 degree ipa?

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Look under the server's elbow in the second pic.

That's really cool.

I loved the few beers of theirs that I got to try recently. Would absolutely be my go to if I lived up that ways in their network.

Chipotlemonger said:

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I loved the few beers of theirs that I got to try recently. Would absolutely be my go to if I lived up that ways in their network.

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Beer was great.
Food was good.
Service was sloooooooooooooow.

Well… the hot water pipe in our foundation burst. So hotel beers it is. Should be in an actual rental house by Sunday.

Oh damn. That sucks.

Damn, right when school is starting up too. Sorry to hear that.

jah003 said:

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Well… the hot water pipe in our foundation burst. So hotel beers it is. Should be in an actual rental house by Sunday.

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Damn that sucks. I remember as an early teen we had a soft copper pipe split under the slab of my parents bathroom. My dad knew a guy that could fix it but my brother and I had to tunnel 10 feet under the slab to get him access. Filling the hole was actually worse than digging it. We had to pack it back under the concrete as best we could. Anyone else ever tried packing sugar sand?

Nice to be able to pick up Brash at HEB now

Killer haul. Very jealous of the Hill Farmstead.

I'm curious if you don't like Lawson's, since you didn't seem to hit them up despite being very close.

Makes sense. Very cool trip!

steve00 said:

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Makes sense. Very cool trip!

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I just realized you are asking why we didn't go to Lawson's.... reading fail. I initially read it in regards to my 4 beer challenge. Lawson's would have been a 40-50 mile detour and the only time it would have made sense would have been on the way up. It just didn't fit our schedule.

Went to lunch at Stoneface Brewing in Newington today. They had a 3.5% Dark Mild on nitro which was glorious and went well with my Fried Chicken sandwich. Wifey had a west coast Double IPA called Beer To Drink While Listening To Steely Dan's 1972 Hit "Do It Again" with her Reuben. For dessert I had the west coast IPA that wifey had and she had a NEIPA called Neon Slick. All the beers were good. Picked up a couple Bottles and a 4pk of that long named west coast to take back to TX for Friday beer shares (or drinking alone).

Did my blind tasting of hazy double NEIPAs today. I was able to correctly pick out Heady Topper and Haze based on looks alone. I ate a plain tortilla chip between beers to clean my palate. Here is how I rank them. Least favorite was Heady Topper. I found it to be overly bitter and a little thin for a NEIPA. I know it's the original but it had not much of the "Juiciness " I have come to expect in this style. It's not that much different than a west coast style. Third place was Society & Solitude #4. It just really wasn't that juicy but did have very low bitterness and decent mouthfeel. Second place was Upper Case from Trillium. It was very juicy, mostly citrus, and had slight bitterness reminiscent of orange peel. It had very good mouthfeel. Winner going away was Haze from Tree House. Big juice bomb with citrus but also tropical fruits: mango papaya. It is the haziest one of the bunch and also had the biggest mouthfeel. To be honest, I have some Tree House beers in my beer fridge that I like better than haze but I was basing my challenge on what was on RateBeers top 50 NEIPAS and what I had on that list.

My ranking: L to R, 4321




Wifeys ranking 4321




Could not waste them so now I'm going to take a nap.
Cheers

One of the BL stouts made it to TX. Gonna save for that first cold front.