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I made that dream house my *****!!
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<Kyle Field Construction Thread>

How does she get from floor to floor? Stupid engineers.
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Having my 3rd of a 4-pack Destihl Gose right now.

It's good but I probably won't be buying it again. Not worth risking getting one of those crappy and spoiled diacetyl 4-packs.

Heard today that New Belgium La Folie isn't a bad starter for sour beers? I've only have had a couple sour beers in my life. Any recs to continue with? In DFW.


I love La Folie, but some may find it to be too sour. It's also a little expensive for an experiment IMO. I'd try Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza first if I were you. It's a different style of beer, but it's one of the best readily-available barrel-aged sour beers.
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It's tough to keep all the sour ale styles straight, especially for newbies. I've experienced this even more now that I've been pouring beers commercially. Sour ale is a catch all term that doesn't bother me too much. As you try more, you start to understand the styles and their terms much more easily.

Some good, "cheap" entry beers

Rodenbach Grand Cru (Flanders Red)
Cuve Des Jacobins Rouge (Flanders Red)
Petrus Aged Pale (Golden Ale)
La Folie (Oud Bruin)
Goose Island Madame Rose (oud bruin with cherries)
Boon Oude Gueuze Mariage Parfait (Gueuze, which is a blend of young and old lambic)
Girardin Gueuze 1882
Boon Oude Kriek (lambic with cherries)

Then you've got all the American Wild Ales which are more regional and limited. Jester King, of course, is making some of the best in the country.
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I've seen that. Will pick it up next time I'm at the store. Thanks.
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Have had those 1st two, and a handful of Jester King brews. Loved the Cuve. Will keep an eye open for that list.
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Some good, "cheap" entry beers..

Goose Island Madame Rose (oud bruin with cherries)

Damn I paid like $30+ for that.. Did I get ripped off?


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Then you've got all the American Wild Ales which are more regional and limited. Jester King, of course, is making some of the best in the country.


I wonder if their hype wasn't helped by the huge surplus of neck beards in the completely untapped beer state of TX.

I remember drinking their beers many years ago, and I was never overly impressed. This was 2006-2009 or so? But I'm sure 7-10 years is a lot of time to hone their craft.
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Some good, "cheap" entry beers..

Goose Island Madame Rose (oud bruin with cherries)

Damn I paid like $30+ for that.. Did I get ripped off?


No, that's right around the median price. That's why I put cheap in quotations.
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Finally got my hands on an Alpine Nelson. Pretty damn good! Glad they are coming to Texas.

Diving in to Sour Monkey later.
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BSD
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Once you double up on black...
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Then you've got all the American Wild Ales which are more regional and limited. Jester King, of course, is making some of the best in the country.


I wonder if their hype wasn't helped by the huge surplus of neck beards in the completely untapped beer state of TX.

I remember drinking their beers many years ago, and I was never overly impressed. This was 2006-2009 or so? But I'm sure 7-10 years is a lot of time to hone their craft.


Didn't JK open like 5 years ago?
NoneGiven
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Yup. And their brews have changed significantly since 2010
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Went for a nice Sunday drive through the Russian River valley, so of course had to stop in Santa Rosa for a sixer of Pliny, and a couple of -ations

NColoradoAG
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I needed something delicious after that baseball victory! What a finish! Getting into the home stretch for Game of Thrones. Saved some beers I've really been looking forward to for the last three episodes. Hopefully the season ends strong because I've been disappointed.

Kane A Night to End All Dawns with Vanilla. Damn good. I hope the next batch of these is as good as the base, coffee, and vanilla.

Geriatric Punk
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Beer fest in the strong CO sun yesterday. May never drink again.
62strat
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Dang it always seems I've been here in CO a lot longer than I actually have, so yeh I was off on that. I remember first having commercial suicide at flying saucer, seems like a long ass time ago. I moved in 2012. Then thrash metal (I put a pic if it on here), then the low abv one with that chick on the label... (Wychmaker?)

I guess it was before their sour transition, because I don't remember those being sour beers, and not particularly fantastic beers at all.
NColoradoAG
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That was a ****ing great episode of Game of Thrones.
BSD
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That was a ****ing great episode of Game of Thrones.


Let's end this discussion right now. I won't be able to watch for three weeks and don't want you yayhoo's to ruin it!!!
army01
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Dang it always seems I've been here in CO a lot longer than I actually have, so yeh I was off on that. I remember first having commercial suicide at flying saucer, seems like a long ass time ago. I moved in 2012. Then thrash metal (I put a pic if it on here), then the low abv one with that chick on the label... (Wychmaker?)

I guess it was before their sour transition, because I don't remember those being sour beers, and not particularly fantastic beers at all.
I've always heard that the "farmhouse" came about because they ****ed up. I would love for them to et a separate facility up and running where we could get some OG Black Metal.
Bock for Breakfast
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Need a little help:
Stuck in NYC for the day with some potential free time. Any good beer store recommendations for someone who wants to pick up a 4/6 pack (or bombers) and watch Aggie Baseball tonight?
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Need a little help:
Stuck in NYC for the day with some potential free time. Any good beer store recommendations for someone who wants to pick up a 4/6 pack (or bombers) and watch Aggie Baseball tonight?


Your best bet is probably going to be Whole Foods at Columbus Circle. They should have some Cigar City, Bells, Crooked Stave, etc. If you want something brewed locally, Sixpoint Sweet Action is a good choice.
62strat
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ahh just power washed the back patio.. figured I'd go ahead and pop a beer since tomorrow is really a friday.



Remember gentlemen, always pour your tasty brews in the appropriate glassware.


Ahh.. there it is. April 2012.. Man it seems like so much longer ago. Maybe because it's page 59 on a almost 700 page thread.
Y1 was ~120 pages, Y2 was ~170, Y3 was ~225.. we're at 175 now and still ~3 months away from the end of year 4. (sept. 2015)
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Interesting article about improvements in testing beers for infections.
http://gizmodo.com/why-brewers-are-dna-testing-beer-for-bacterial-infectio-1707037348
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I wonder if these two authors traveled together to Russian River? This article came out in April from The Verge.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/27/8490139/science-of-beer-bacteria-contamination-brewpal-dna-russian-river
bevokilla
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Sour Monkey is very good but with my limited exposure to sours, I thought it was pretty sour.
La Fours
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I drank one last night and I enjoyed it.
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Celebrating an Aggie victory and a Super Regional with a mighty fine beverage!

La Fours
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My victory Victory beer.

NColoradoAG
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Finishing the bottle of ANTEAD I opened last night.
Jock 07
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Drinking a curmudgeon myself
La Fours
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Wtf, you didn't drink the whole thing in one sitting? Were you afraid your wife would take a picture like this?



LYMI
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