Beer

[zitothebrave]

I guess I could discuss beers I've had recently too.

Nothing as fun as Zombie Dust.

I've got a bottle of Chocolate Indulgence from Ommegang sitting in my "cellar" (which is the darkest dryest most temperature steady part of my apartment) excited to have that shortly. I picked up Otter Creek's seasonal sampler, and Citra Mantra is my favorite IPL that I've had. I'm not a huge fan of that style usually. I feel like it's a cheap way to get some more sales by taking a clean beer and then jazzing it up with hops. But this one was great. Didn't care that much for the other beers in the sampler. Copper Ale was OK, Session IPA was really good but it's no All Day IPA, and their black IPA was too much black not enough IPA.

[yeezus]

There are just so many options.
My girlfriend's brother turned me on to Lagunita's Little Sumpin' Sumpin, which I really liked.
I've been drinking Samuel Smith's Oatmeal as well.
And a lot of free River Horse, of course. Their Oatmeal Milk stout and Lager are just awesome.

[zitothebrave]

There are just so many options.
My girlfriend's brother turned me on to Lagunita's Little Sumpin' Sumpin, which I really liked.
I've been drinking Samuel Smith's Oatmeal as well.
And a lot of free River Horse, of course. Their Oatmeal Milk stout and Lager are just awesome.

Lagunitas Sucks is one of my favorite beers I've tried somewhat recently. It spawned from a screwed up batch of Brown Shugga.

Lagunitas is one of my favorite breweries out there. Nothing I've had from them sucks.

[jpx7]

Lagunitas Sucks is one of my favorite beers I've tried somewhat recently. It spawned from a screwed up batch of Brown Shugga.

Lagunitas is one of my favorite breweries out there. Nothing I've had from them sucks.

Yea, Sucks is really damn good.

So glad Lagunitas is opening a second brew-works here in Chicago.

[Tapate50]

[goldfly]

Not sure where you operate, but Three Floyds is my backyard. We could/should organize some beer trades.

And yea: Zombie Dust is ****ing incredible.

Have you had Apocalypse Cow, though?

i am down. i would love a steady hook up for Zombie Dust

not sure what you are looking for that you might not be able to get up there. i live in Georgia
haven't had Apocalypse Cow, through 3 floyds as well?

[jpx7]

i am down. i would love a steady hook up for Zombie Dust

not sure what you are looking for that you might not be able to get up there. i live in Georgia
haven't had Apocalypse Cow, through 3 floyds as well?

Has Cigar City made it to Georgia yet? Terrapin's a brewery from them parts that I like a lot and can't acquire up here.

Apocalypse Cow is Three Floyds, and one of my absolute favorites in their rotation; here's their own description, from their list of regulars:

Apocalypse Cow
11.0% ABV 100 IBUs

This complex double India pale ale has an intense citrus and floral hop aroma balanced by a velvety malt body which has been augmented with lactose milk sugar. With this different take on an IPA we have brewed an ale that is both pleasing to drink and, once again, “not normal.” Cheers! June release.

It's sitting at 94/100 on BeerAdvocate, but I'd definitely rate it higher than that—with the bonus that, unlike Zombie Dust, it ages quite well.

[goldfly]

some cigar city stuff is here

and yeah, terrapin is easy to get my hands on their stuff

will talk some more about some trades then man

[zitothebrave]

Has Cigar City made it to Georgia yet? Terrapin's a brewery from them parts that I like a lot and can't acquire up here..

Do you get a good supply of Victory out there?

[goldfly]

get a good amount of victory in GA

[gilesfan]

I broke open a couple Coor's lights last night. They were fantastic.

[jpx7]

Do you get a good supply of Victory out there?

Yea, Victory's pretty well represented here, at least in terms of their primary line.

[zitothebrave]

get a good amount of victory in GA

I know they distribute all over the place, but some of their stuff is harder to find, like Hop Wallop and Dirt Wolf when you get outside of their core area. I can find some stuff up in NH from them (golden monkey, hop devil and seasonals usually) but haven't found some of the rarer ones. Positive up here though, easier to find Ommegang and Allagash, which is good during the impossibly long winters.

[jpx7]

I know they distribute all over the place, but some of their stuff is harder to find, like Hop Wallop and Dirt Wolf when you get outside of their core area. I can find some stuff up in NH from them (golden monkey, hop devil and seasonals usually) but haven't found some of the rarer ones.

I've seen / tried all of those except DirtWolf, which sounds pretty damn great.

[zitothebrave]

I've seen / tried all of those except DirtWolf, which sounds pretty damn great.

Dirt Wolf is fantastic, I got some of it's first or second run, I don't know which one I like more out of it and Hop Wallop. Though I loved when I went to Victory and they had Hop Wallop on Handpump with some hop variety dry hopping in it.

[yeezus]

I'd be willing to join in this craft exchange. There are a lot of great breweries around me.

[zitothebrave]

I don't want to do the exchange since my family is from NJ so I do my own exchange of beer from up here for beer from down there when I visit or someone visits me.

But do you get Boat Beer cans near you yeezus? If so I can't recommend it enough as part of an exchange. Maybe my favorite NJ beer you can get outside of a bar.

[jpx7]

I'm assuming none of you guys have access to Half Acre? What about Revolution? Two Brothers?

[yeezus]

I'm assuming none of you guys have access to Half Acre? What about Revolution? Two Brothers?

I could look up where to find it around me.

Picked up Lagunita's Cappuccino Stout last night. Delicious beer.

[jpx7]

I could look up where to find it around me.

They're all Chicago breweries (or, in the case of Two Brothers, DuPage county), but I'm not sure how extensively they distribute, if at all, outside of the Chicagoland market. There all three very good breweries that bottle/can—really, Half-Acre and Two Brothers are tremendous, and Revolution is working its way in that direction—so I brought it up in the spirit of indicating there's a lot more than Three Floyds in this area.