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[its phillip]

The BA Ten Fidy was 12.49/can actually...just bought another one

 

[its phillip]

Made my way over to one of my local growler bars/bottle shops yesterday for a special bottle release. Walked in the door at noon when the bottles released and a few things I wanted were already sold out I guess I should have showed up well before noon lol.

Ended up buying 1/ea Avery Uncle Jacob's Stout, Firestone Walker Bravo & Parabola, Oskar Blues BA Ten Fidy (mentioned above), Prairie/Evil Twin BA Bible Belt, Prairie Pirate Noir & Prairie Noir, and 4x 16oz tallboys of Epic Double Barrel Big Bad Baptist.

The other two I wanted to get were Martin House Acheron and Community BA Legion but they disappeared first. There were a few more bottles I wanted but I'd already spent more than enough money

 

[slipperybidness]

Made my way over to one of my local growler bars/bottle shops yesterday for a special bottle release. Walked in the door at noon when the bottles released and a few things I wanted were already sold out I guess I should have showed up well before noon lol.

Ended up buying 1/ea Avery Uncle Jacob's Stout, Firestone Walker Bravo & Parabola, Oskar Blues BA Ten Fidy (mentioned above), Prairie/Evil Twin BA Bible Belt, Prairie Pirate Noir & Prairie Noir, and 4x 16oz tallboys of Epic Double Barrel Big Bad Baptist.

The other two I wanted to get were Martin House Acheron and Community BA Legion but they disappeared first. There were a few more bottles I wanted but I'd already spent more than enough money

In general, the stuff that I have had from Martin House and Community has been pretty tasty!

 

[its phillip]

In general, the stuff that I have had from Martin House and Community has been pretty tasty!

Acheron is Martin House's whiskey barrel aged imperial stout. Canned for the first time this year (missed the initial release) and apparently a few places were still holding on to some. I really wanted the cans but unfortunately I missed them again. I've had it a few times before and really liked it

Community makes great beer. Love the BA Legion. The bottles they were releasing were from the most recent batch (aged in Macallan barrels). I bought it when it was first released but wanted to buy some more.

 

[panteragstk]

Made my way over to one of my local growler bars/bottle shops yesterday for a special bottle release. Walked in the door at noon when the bottles released and a few things I wanted were already sold out I guess I should have showed up well before noon lol.

Ended up buying 1/ea Avery Uncle Jacob's Stout, Firestone Walker Bravo & Parabola, Oskar Blues BA Ten Fidy (mentioned above), Prairie/Evil Twin BA Bible Belt, Prairie Pirate Noir & Prairie Noir, and 4x 16oz tallboys of Epic Double Barrel Big Bad Baptist.

The other two I wanted to get were Martin House Acheron and Community BA Legion but they disappeared first. There were a few more bottles I wanted but I'd already spent more than enough money

Just got the Uncle Jacob's today. You tried it yet?

 

[its phillip]

Just got the Uncle Jacob's today. You tried it yet?

Not yet. I am looking forward to it. I still have plenty of older stuff to go through

 

[lovinthehd]

Beer news http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/San-Francisco-s-Anchor-Brewing-acquired-by-11729608.php

 

[slipperybidness]

Beer news http://www.sfgate.com/food/article/San-Francisco-s-Anchor-Brewing-acquired-by-11729608.php

Another one bites the dust! Sad, I do believe that Anchor was the original american craft brewer!

 

[panteragstk]

Tried both of these. Very good. The Uncle Jacob was fantastic. Made me warm. Cost about $1 per % ABV, but was worth it.

 

[its phillip]

last few:

 

[its phillip]

the other day:

 

[panteragstk]

Found out I don't like Sour Ales.

This was a decent strong ale. I've had better.

 

[its phillip]

For the most part I don't care for sours either. I still try a few every once in awhile

 

[slipperybidness]

@panteragstk
@its phillip

Sour beers are the trendy thing right now! Have been for the last couple of years. Seems like it was stouts and barrel aged beers before that, then IPAs before that. At least, that has been my perception for my beer friends in this part of the world.

Beer "snobs" are a trendy crew! No doubt about that.

My favorite sour is Monk's Cafe. And, it is almost like a sweet/sour taste, not a knock your socks off apple cider vinegar flavor. If you don't like this one, then don't even bother with any other sours. There have been a few others that I have liked, and mostly in small doses.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/48/10482/

 

[panteragstk]

@panteragstk
@its phillip

Sour beers are the trendy thing right now! Have been for the last couple of years. Seems like it was stouts and barrel aged beers before that, then IPAs before that. At least, that has been my perception for my beer friends in this part of the world.

Beer "snobs" are a trendy crew! No doubt about that.

My favorite sour is Monk's Cafe. And, it is almost like a sweet/sour taste, not a knock your socks off apple cider vinegar flavor. If you don't like this one, then don't even bother with any other sours. There have been a few others that I have liked, and mostly in small doses.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/48/10482/

I'll take barrel aged and stouts over sour ale any day. Well, at least the one I got above. Sheesh. I like sour stuff, but that was a bit much.

 

[its phillip]

Yeah, sours and hazy IPAs have been all the rage on my beer facebook groups for a long time now.

People going nuts as usual over the JK stuff.

 

[slipperybidness]

I'll take barrel aged and stouts over sour ale any day. Well, at least the one I got above. Sheesh. I like sour stuff, but that was a bit much.

I've had some pretty dang good barrel aged stuff too!

But, I've also had several that were just "too much"....just too much flavor and wood sugars extracted that just did not taste good to me either.

My bro-in-law brews a Tabasco Porter that is incredible! You can find these chipped up used Tabasco barrels at some grocery stores, they are intended to be used as the wood chips for your meat smoker. But, he ages his porter on them, and it is an awesome result! All the heat is on the back end.

I know that this sounds weird, but it is actually really good!

 

[slipperybidness]

Yeah, sours and hazy IPAs have been all the rage on my beer facebook groups for a long time now.

People going nuts as usual over the JK stuff.

Agreed. I could almost say that JK is over-rated. Maybe just a bit over-priced would be a better description.

I mean, their stuff is good, their setup is nice, but I just don't go loopy for it like most of the people around here do.

 

[its phillip]

I've only come across a few BA beers I didn't care for...they had a butterscotch or toffee-like taste to them. BA Old Rasputin XIX was one of them. I finished the first glass but couldn't bring myself to finish the second pint

 

[lovinthehd]

My last roommate was from the sour/fermenting crowd at Cal Poly San Luis a few years back. I tried several but never really took with me. I'll stick to the "fad" I've been enjoying mostly for the last 20 years or so...serious west coast IPAs I do like a good stout now and then but IPA is my go to. Maybe Belgian. The rest, meh.