stevegoz Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 So you're clearly not adverse to pale ales based on the list below -- do you recall what you didn't like about the Founders? They have a way with hops -- I love their Red's Rye IPA and Hop Slam, but haven't had Centennial. Have been out and about lately and have found, Sam Adams Octoberfest. As always a great beerSmuttynose IPA. Liked it, very muchFounders Centennial. Sorry, next.Brooklyn East India Pale. Another winnerVictory Hop Devil. The Smuttynose was better, but liked this also.Victory Golden Monkey. Not for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Doing some paperwork this evening with New Belgium Hoptober and a Spaten Optimator. I don't know what it is, but whenever I drink German beer I always begin speaking loudly (very) with a German accent. Things like: You vill like zee Shpaten Op-ti MA-TOR!! :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBOmarc Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 So you're clearly not adverse to pale ales based on the list below -- do you recall what you didn't like about the Founders? They have a way with hops -- I love their Red's Rye IPA and Hop Slam, but haven't had Centennial.Thay do have a way with Hops. The Centennial had a Eucalyptus flavor that was off putting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevegoz Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Thay do have a way with Hops. The Centennial had a Eucalyptus flavor that was off putting.Ouch. That sounds almost as bad as when my friends and I would try to "Smint" one another's beer bottles back in the day. Fortunately we didn't know what good beer was back then, so it didn't really mess up our Augsburger, Rolling Rock or Leinie's.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Somewhat odd line-upNew Belgium HoptoberSpaten OktoberfestHofbrau OktoberfestOdell Isolation AleMy favorite was the Spaten, had that foreign lager skunk to it, but was balanced with a nice maltiness that is usually lacking. The Hoptober was okay, but I still prefer the now discontinued -2º Below. Odell Isolation was nice, not my favorite beer from them, but a nice beer nonetheless. Hofbrau, another benchmark Oktoberfest in my book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clingman71 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Ska Modus Hoperandi, FFF Broodoo, Dark Horse Plead the Option, Founders Harvest all on tap in Chicago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clingman71 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Pizza Port Pseudo IPA on tap @ FFF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBOmarc Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Sierra Nevada Octoberfest. Diffrent than the Sammy OF I was drinking prior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBOmarc Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 Brooklyn Lager and some Smuttynose Robust Porter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted October 21, 2011 Share Posted October 21, 2011 It's early, but it's been a good week, dangit. Plus, I got Toby Keith and Alan Jackson on the box, so it's beer-thirty. Great Lakes Oktoberfest for me. Yahooooo!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcg9779 Posted October 21, 2011 Author Share Posted October 21, 2011 It's early, but it's been a good week, dangit. Plus, I got Toby Keith and Alan Jackson on the box, so it's beer-thirty. Great Lakes Oktoberfest for me. Yahooooo!!!!!!A couple of Yuenglings last night while hanging out with Bob. I haven't had a Yuengling in a while and it was tasting pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clingman71 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Port Brewing High Tide IPA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boss302 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 I had a smoked lager by Stoudt's brewing company (Adamstown, PA) with my dinner-- pork chop, home-made sauerkraut, caramelized onions, and Winter Stwmp-- this evening. Great pairing.Now enjoying my last bottle of Samuel Adams Black Lager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clingman71 Posted October 24, 2011 Share Posted October 24, 2011 Had a Cigar City IPA and a Tyranena Hop Whore IIPA this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bad_scientist Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Stone Ruination on tap followed by Dogfish Head 120 on tap. After a half dozen or so times having the 120 Minute, I can conclude it is no gimmick, just an awesomely malty, citrusy beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clingman71 Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Port Brewing Older Viscosity, mmmm. Big, roasty, Malty, brown sugar, lots of molasses and wood from the barrel aging. Normally I'm a hophead, but I love this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcg9779 Posted October 26, 2011 Author Share Posted October 26, 2011 I enjoyed a couple of Southern Tier offerings this weekend. Started off with the Pumking, and it was much better than the first time that I had it. I then had the Creme Brule Imperial Milk Stout and wow, is that a sweet beer. The name gives it away, but it was more of a desert beer than anything else. It was good, but it will be a while before I have it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclebunk Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Had some Southern Tier Hop Sun myself and really loved it. Looking forward to trying some of their other beers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanSheen Posted October 26, 2011 Share Posted October 26, 2011 Cleveland Beer week was last week so I drank a bunch of beer.http://www.clevelandbeerweek.org/One standout I had at the final event, with 80+ beers, was the Willoughby Brewing Company - Peanut Butter Cup Coffee Porter. The flavors were all there and I think the Porter definitely allowed this to happen easier than a Stout.Great story here too, this place was built a few years back and the beer was pretty sucky. A couple guys bought it out and convinced a local home brewer to take over, which he agreed to, and now they are making very good products. I talked to the Brewer at the final event and congratulated him on his good work. He was very, very happy about his opportunity and good fortune.In other news, if your into beer travel think about coming up for a few days for Cleveland Beer Week next year. As you can see by the schedule, tons of events every night for 7 days and Breweries are very well represented with personnel in attendance who make appearances at the dinner and special keg tapping events. Next year will be the 4th year and they are really starting to hit their stride. Well, except for the schedule on the web page, that thing is a PITA to navigate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinjoe Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Goose Island Harvest Ale. Beautiful nose. Gorgeous color. Thick and dense head. Nice maltiness at mid palate. I'll give this one high marks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sailor22 Posted October 27, 2011 Share Posted October 27, 2011 Innis & Gunn Scottish barrel aged beer. Almost too sweet at first taste but ends up being well balanced with lots of wood flavors. Yummy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clingman71 Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 New Albanian Hoptimus IIPA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeanSheen Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Innis & Gunn Scottish barrel aged beer. Almost too sweet at first taste but ends up being well balanced with lots of wood flavors. Yummy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bourbon Boiler Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Dragonfly IPA from Upland has been good to me this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskey Willie Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 Innis & Gunn Scottish barrel aged beer. Almost too sweet at first taste but ends up being well balanced with lots of wood flavors. YummyHey, I from Clan Gunn!Can you compare/contrast that to Bellhaven's Scottish Ale (if you've ever had BSA)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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