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Hope you enjoy it. It's my favorite IPA that I can/could easily get. Unlike Heady Topper where I had to know delivery times and unlike Pliny the Elder where my cousin had to know the right people to ask (as he describes it as giving a secret handshake to the right guy behind the butcher counter)

Don't know how it stacks up against any 3 Floyds offerings.

BTW sad I have basically a 0% chance of getting this

http://thefullpint.com/beer-news/3-...-collaboration-ol-leghorn-barleywine-weekend/
 
jpx7 said:
Veuve Clicquot is my Moët.

For beer: I love IPAs, but I've got to have extreme variety. The recent trend of even more APA, IPA, IIPA, et cetera—at the expense of diverse, weird, or under-represented styles—has been pretty disheartening. Case in point: Goose Island just recently did away with their stylistically-diverse seasonal offerings (a kölsch in the spring/summer, an ESB in the fall, a mild in winter) with a seasonally-rotating selection of what are, effectively, IPAs.
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I agree with your sentiment. I prefer IPAs 99% of the time. But I love my seasonal brews. A heavy IPA in the summer just isn't quite right. I enjoy the session IPAs but they're still heavy on flavor when you need what you'd call a lawnmower beer it's not fitting. Even a pale ale doesn't quite fit. Either a light lager (not adjunct of course), witte, or kolsch is what I want. Come winter while I like my DIPAs, super belgians, imperial stouts, and barleywines rule the world. That being said, IPAs are fall and spring and the days of Summer or Winter where it ain't too bad friendly.
 
Last note, came back from NJ with a bottle of Flying Fish's NJ 350 anniversary ale. Haven't tried it yet will get to it probably tomorrow or Sunday. This is the description

English Pale malts and flaked barley meld with blackstrap molasses for a hearty and complex malt flavor. For hops we used Cluster, the first hop cultivated in the US. The beer finishes with the modern Simcoe and Centennial. The latter gives a deep piney flavor and aroma, a nod to a state treasure-the Pine Barrens.
 
zitothebrave said:
BTW sad I have basically a 0% chance of getting this

http://thefullpint.com/beer-news/3-...-collaboration-ol-leghorn-barleywine-weekend/
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DAMN. I hope they release some around these parts: Three Floyds kills it with blonde barleywines: Behemoth is amazing, and one of my favorite (and one of the harder to find) of their products.

zitothebrave said:
Don't know how it stacks up against any 3 Floyds offerings.
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We've got to remedy that with some trades.

zitothebrave said:
Hope you enjoy it.
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Preliminarily: really liked it. Drank the first two, and just sort of distractedly enjoyed them without really interrogating; going to pay a bit more attention to the finer points when I finish the four-pack tonight.
 
zitothebrave said:
I enjoy the session IPAs but they're still heavy on flavor when you need what you'd call a lawnmower beer it's not fitting.
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One of my absolute favorites for this is Bell's Oarsman: an amazingly light, refreshing, softly tart beer in the Berliner-Weiss-style that I love to session on a hot grilling day. It's rating on Beer Advocate is at least 15 points too low.

I'm also a fan of Ska's Mexican Logger in similar situations, Avery's Prima Pils anytime (obviously), but especially in summer, and Half Acre's Akari Shogun if I want something hoppy, but still light, crisp, and refreshing (the Motueka hops are a bit contributing factor there).
 
jpx7 said:
We've got to remedy that with some trades.
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Indeed. Unfortunately aside from Hunting down Heady I'm not sure what NH/VT has to offer. The beers I've tried up here are very very meh. Or aren't available in bottles like hill Farmstead Brewery. I'll have to hunt more. As I'm sure some of the bigger ones up here like Otter Creek and Allagash are out there by now.
 
jpx7 said:
One of my absolute favorites for this is Bell's Oarsman: an amazingly light, refreshing, softly tart beer in the Berliner-Weiss-style that I love to session on a hot grilling day. It's rating on Beer Advocate is at least 15 points too low.

I'm also a fan of Ska's Mexican Logger in similar situations, Avery's Prima Pils anytime (obviously), but especially in summer, and Half Acre's Akari Shogun if I want something hoppy, but still light, crisp, and refreshing (the Motueka hops are a bit contributing factor there).
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For me some of my favorites. Victory Prima Pils, Victory Summer Love, Carton Boat Beer, Troegs Sunshine Pils, Brooklyn Summer, and probably my favorite Allagash White.
 
zitothebrave said:
probably my favorite Allagash White.
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Allagash White is so classic I forget to mention it: it's just trusty as hell, in any season. Their tripel is great, as well.

We've actually had Allagash in these parts before I could (legally) drink. I do not believe Otter Creek is out here, however.
 
Allagash is a big brewery I know that. I heart them. Four is one of my favorite ales. I had it at a bar on hand pump and I creamed a little.

I think I missed the chance to get Citra Mantra again. It's an IPL that's super hopped with Citra and it is awesome. I'm a little disappointed in their year round offerings, but I love most of their seasonals.
 
Picked up a foursie of this badboy and I'm happy

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So I'm officially pining for NJ now. Carton Brewing Co. now has 077XX in cans and Monkey Chase the Weasel as well. Monkey Chase the Weasel is a Berliner Weisse nice summer beer.
 
I'm sadly almost out of my NJ beer purchases. But ordered a brewing item to basically just brew my own beers from here on out. Not really happy overall with NH's beer aside from the California ones that get out here.
 
zitothebrave said:
I'm sadly almost out of my NJ beer purchases. But ordered a brewing item to basically just brew my own beers from here on out. Not really happy overall with NH's beer aside from the California ones that get out here.
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River Horse is selling $25 cases of their lager at their gift shop. Having my cousin pick me up 2.
 
yeezus said:
River Horse is selling $25 cases of their lager at their gift shop. Having my cousin pick me up 2.
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They have a new IPA coming out later. I'm unsure if it's a rebranding of Hop Hazard, or if it's a new offering to compete with the Session IPAs. Anyway I like their other hopped offerings so I am curious as to how it tastes.

I forgot if I asked but have you been to their new brewery?
 
zitothebrave said:
They have a new IPA coming out later. I'm unsure if it's a rebranding of Hop Hazard, or if it's a new offering to compete with the Session IPAs. Anyway I like their other hopped offerings so I am curious as to how it tastes.

I forgot if I asked but have you been to their new brewery?
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I have not. Have to make it soon.
I'll ask him about the IPA, I don't know myself.
He's getting me two free cases of the lager. Anyway I can send you a 6 pack?
 
Thanks for the offer but I should be getting a hookup via my booze exchange with my brother. I give him awesome mead he gives me beer. It's a weird time to be releasing the lager though as it's now fall which is more of an Oktoberfest time so your lagers should be getting heavier.
 
zitothebrave said:
Thanks for the offer but I should be getting a hookup via my booze exchange with my brother. I give him awesome mead he gives me beer. It's a weird time to be releasing the lager though as it's now fall which is more of an Oktoberfest time so your lagers should be getting heavier.
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Yeah, they don't really "release" their lager, I guess. They're only selling it at the brewery right now.
 
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