Beer snob discussion thread

• I Wear Pants

  Smuttynose Pumpkin tonight, I think it's fantastic. Lighter than say Pumking or Epic's but has nice flavor and drinkable as hell. And $8.49 is nice for a six pack.
• vdubb96

  

  Pretty tame weekend for me, although I did score a six of Rivertowns pumpkin ale. Good stuff killed 3 of them yesterday. Now I just need to get back down to Cincy so Curly and I can destroy a growler of it!!
• Curly J

  

  vdubb96;1494709 wrote:Pretty tame weekend for me, although I did score a six of Rivertowns pumpkin ale. Good stuff killed 3 of them yesterday. Now I just need to get back down to Cincy so Curly and I can destroy a growler of it!!

  
  I damn near destroyed a growler of it last night.
• vdubb96

  

  Curly J;1494754 wrote:I damn near destroyed a growler of it last night.

  Damn you!
• gerb131

  

  Polished off a growler of Dead Guy with some unexpected guests last night.
• I Wear Pants

  I'm not a fan of Rivertown's Pumpkin. Don't think it matches very many of the other one's I've had.
• vdubb96

  

  I Wear Pants;1494800 wrote:I'm not a fan of Rivertown's Pumpkin. Don't think it matches very many of the other one's I've had.

  I think it's solid. The only complain I have with it is the flavor fades pretty fast. It's solid up front but the end result is weak. Other than that I thought it was quite good.
• I Wear Pants

  vdubb96;1494822 wrote:I think it's solid. The only complain I have with it is the flavor fades pretty fast. It's solid up front but the end result is weak. Other than that I thought it was quite good.

  I guess I'll have to give it another try. I had it in between some Pumking and Smuttynose Pumpkin both of which are fantastic so perhaps I gave it an unfair taste.
  
  Smuttynose surprises me since I haven't been a fan of their other stuff.
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  I have Southern Tier 2x Stout on Nitro draft last night...fucking delicious. Served too cold but great when it warms up.
• O-Trap

  

  Brooklyn Monster Ale Forgot how good a barleywine this stuff is.
• Curly J

  

  vdubb96;1494822 wrote:I think it's solid. The only complain I have with it is the flavor fades pretty fast. It's solid up front but the end result is weak. Other than that I thought it was quite good.

  
  Good point. I find this years to be more balanced though. Last years was too heavy on the spices. (Lots of cinnamon) Found this out by having some barrel aged Pumpkin at the brewery. Basically Rivertown uses an Amber Ale base for theirs. It's the same Amber Ale that they cask on occasions.
• Curly J

  

  O-Trap;1495103 wrote:Brooklyn Monster Ale Forgot how good a barleywine this stuff is.

  
  Drink it while you can, because once it's gone...it's gone.
• O-Trap

  

  Curly J;1495109 wrote:Drink it while you can, because once it's gone...it's gone.

  Yeah, contemplating buying out the store.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Got my tasting group tonight, someone is bringing Firestone Walker PNC , an imperial Buckwheat stout aged in tequila barrels. Pretty psyched to give that one a try.
• O-Trap

  

  Commander of Awesome;1495478 wrote:Got my tasting group tonight, someone is bringing Firestone Walker PNC , an imperial Buckwheat stout aged in tequila barrels. Pretty psyched to give that one a try.

  That sounds fascinating! Let us know how it is!
• I Wear Pants

  My body needs ST Warlock.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  O-Trap;1495587 wrote:That sounds fascinating! Let us know how it is!

  It was pretty damn good. Not something I'd be clamoring to get a bunch of, but it was pretty interesting to try a tequila barrel aged beer. Got a lot of spice on the chocolate flavor which I found to be unique. Solid 4~4.5/5
• BORIStheCrusher

  

  I Wear Pants;1495594 wrote:My body needs ST Warlock.

  Indeed. I've been waiting to try this for months, can't wait to get some soon.
• Curly J

  

  I Wear Pants;1495594 wrote:My body needs ST Warlock.

  
  I heard Jungle Jim's has this. I'll have to check today before the Cigar Tasting.
• Curly J

  

  Just came from the Jungle. They were out of Bombers of Warlock, but they had it on tap so I got a Growler of it. Did have a sample and it was soooo good. I'm going to keep it until tomorrow night then kill it !!! (I'm doing my Whiskey thing tonight after cigars)
• vdubb96

  

  ST Pumking last night. Good as always. Can't wait to kill more this weekend!
• Commander of Awesome

  

  vdubb96;1496221 wrote:ST Pumking last night. Good as always. Can't wait to kill more this weekend!

  Cracked my only pumking last night as well. Amazing stuff as usual. Aroma was unreal.
• BORIStheCrusher

  

  Curly J;1496115 wrote:Just came from the Jungle. They were out of Bombers of Warlock, but they had it on tap so I got a Growler of it. Did have a sample and it was soooo good. I'm going to keep it until tomorrow night then kill it !!! (I'm doing my Whiskey thing tonight after cigars)

  Good to hear. Later on I'm going to swing by the store and pick up some Warlock and Pumking.
• said_aouita

  

  
• Curly J

  

  said_aouita;1496875 wrote:

  
  That's what I'm having tonight.