Beer snob discussion thread

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Sep 8, 2015 12:34pm
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Sep 8, 2015 12:36pm
On a side note a friend of mine bought 8 Cases of Musk of the Minotaur by Hoof Hearted.
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Sep 8, 2015 1:06pm
Thats crazy, didn't see that one coming. If you follow the owner on twitter (he's nuts), you'd think there was no chance of this ever happening.
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Sep 8, 2015 1:50pm
Commander of Awesome;1749294 wrote:Thats crazy, didn't see that one coming. If you follow the owner on twitter (he's nuts), you'd think there was no chance of this ever happening.
I used to follow him a while back and yes he is nuts. I blame years of abuse brought on by another 'Hop relative'.

I know he's been approached before by other Big Beers in the past about buying him out and even went on twitter about it.

He say's he not selling out. He makes this sounds it's more along the line of getting His beer global. He chose Heineken since they are still family owned/run and they do use Malt in their beers. Also they know about some of his misguidings in the past and are cool with it, being headquartered in Amsterdam and all. ;)
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Sep 8, 2015 2:07pm
Had a 6er of Rivertown Pumpkin Ale last weekend. Another great batch this 2015 season!
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Sep 8, 2015 9:42pm
Better cross Lagunitas off your list.
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Sep 9, 2015 10:08am
Miss this time of year, but all for the better. Miss you guyz... (sad face)
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Sep 9, 2015 11:20am
I've been sneaking some beers in here and there. Trying to cut back during my workouts but it's hard to do, especially during this time of year!! I've got 4 bottles of pumking and warlock to smash!!!!
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Sep 12, 2015 9:34pm
Picked up a growler of Spooky Tooth and some Shipyard Smashed Pumpkin tonight.
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Sep 19, 2015 12:28am
Okay what's everyone's favorite Pumpkin beers. I'm a big fan of spooky tooth but I'd still pick Warlock or Pumking. Where I bartend we have Spooky Tooth Shipyard Dogfish Head and New Holland Icabod Crane on draft and I would rank them Fathead New Holland Dogfish and then Shipyard.

Most dissapointing so fast is Pumpcan by Zmadtree. I love every beer I've had by then except this one. BTW Whole Foods at Rastin has Growlers if Oumking for $16
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Sep 19, 2015 4:21am
sportchampps;1751757 wrote:Okay what's everyone's favorite Pumpkin beers. I'm a big fan of spooky tooth but I'd still pick Warlock or Pumking. Where I bartend we have Spooky Tooth Shipyard Dogfish Head and New Holland Icabod Crane on draft and I would rank them Fathead New Holland Dogfish and then Shipyard.

Most dissapointing so fast is Pumpcan by Zmadtree. I love every beer I've had by then except this one. BTW Whole Foods at Rastin has Growlers if Oumking for $16
Schlafly is pretty good. I hadn't heard of it until this year.
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Sep 19, 2015 12:19pm
sportchampps;1751757 wrote:Okay what's everyone's favorite Pumpkin beers. I'm a big fan of spooky tooth but I'd still pick Warlock or Pumking. Where I bartend we have Spooky Tooth Shipyard Dogfish Head and New Holland Icabod Crane on draft and I would rank them Fathead New Holland Dogfish and then Shipyard.

Most dissapointing so fast is Pumpcan by Zmadtree. I love every beer I've had by then except this one. BTW Whole Foods at Rastin has Growlers if Oumking for $16
O'Fallon's is another good Pumpkin.
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Sep 23, 2015 12:36pm
And Another Sold ---> http://allaboutbeer.com/news/anheuser-busch-acquires-golden-road-brewing/

I've never had any of their beers.
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Sep 23, 2015 1:03pm
Curly J;1752655 wrote:And Another Sold ---> http://allaboutbeer.com/news/anheuser-busch-acquires-golden-road-brewing/

I've never had any of their beers.
I've had their heff. It was solid, but never bought it again.
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Sep 23, 2015 1:08pm
This isn't a much better contribution than my normal cider talk but the Coney Island hard root beer is one of my favorite drinks now. Tastes just like root beer, fantastic.
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Sep 23, 2015 1:36pm
Terry_Tate;1752673 wrote:This isn't a much better contribution than my normal cider talk but the Coney Island hard root beer is one of my favorite drinks now. Tastes just like root beer, fantastic.
I had one of these the other night. I like it better than Not Your Father's. While Coney Islands was sweet, it still had a slight beer flavor to it. Unlike the Not Your Father's that was way sweeter.

I still have to try Mission Root Beer.
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Sep 23, 2015 10:54pm
Curly J;1752688 wrote:I still have to try Mission Root Beer.
I believe that I had Mission a couple months ago and wasn't a fan of it. And I like both NYF's and Coney Island. Mission just tasted different than the other two, and not in a good way.
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Oct 17, 2015 1:46pm
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Oct 18, 2015 12:37am
Uz2Bon36;1757408 wrote:
Just bought a pack of this the other day. Haven't tried it yet
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Oct 18, 2015 4:29am
friendfromlowry;1757536 wrote:Just bought a pack of this the other day. Haven't tried it yet
meh' not bad. Its a porter. Tad heavy. Kinda sweet. Fully taste the peanut butter and chocolate. More smooth, less bite. All the hipster nerds in Yellow Springs were commenting on it while I was in line. hmpf

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Oct 18, 2015 1:27pm
Bells kalamazoo stout A+
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Oct 18, 2015 7:40pm
Picked up two bottles of Stuff today. It's a new collaboration brew between Listermann and Hoppin' Frog. It's an imperial stout and is fantastic. Definitely a dessert sipper. But I'm a fan.
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Oct 19, 2015 10:57am
Had Platform Brewing Speed Merchant White IPA and it was superb.
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Oct 19, 2015 11:10am
Lagunitas sucks, Dirty little freak from DuClaw
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Oct 30, 2015 11:57am
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Damn cool beer fridge!