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What beer are you drinking Summer 2014


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Picked up some Shiner White Wing today for a change. Good summer brew in the hot, hot heat.

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Warm and humid outside but cool and dry inside so I thought an Arcadia Imperial Stout would work and it does.

No bottling date on the label but it does taste fresh.

It weighs in at 9% ABV and 90 IBU and it is as black as it can get.

Nice tan head and a nicely complex flavor.

It is not barrel aged but I do pick up some woody char type overtones along with sorghum and chocolate.

I am definitely going to put a couple of bottles in the basement for aging so I will have to go get another 4-pak fer sher.

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Enjoying my last Half Acre Daisy Cutter, while listening to Braves out back and doing paperwork in prep for some meetings this week. The last of the several I brought back from the SB Cannonball Run last December, and still delicious.

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Still my favorite of the regular production IPAs from the Chicagoland breweries Joe...some malty sweetness and the citrus is less grapefruity more orange-lemon-even a little pineapple...which I like, others may not.

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The Daisy Cutter is on par with Smells like a Safety Meeting and is an excellent example in the category to that I'll agree.

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Founders Centennial in cans!

I picked up another 12 pak can at $14.99, 6-pak bottles go for $10.59.

Mama didn't raise no fool.

Also on the look out for Founders Double Trouble, released in July but still haven't seen it.

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Today was the first of 10 days at Disneyworld with my wife and three kids. Disneyworld has just about everything a person could ask for except good bourbon and good craft beer. I packed these bottles and I'm very happy that none of them broke during the trip - thank you TSA. It will be nice to take the edge off after a long day in the parks. No place assaults all five senses like Disneyworld.

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Today was the first of 10 days at Disneyworld with my wife and three kids. Disneyworld has just about everything a person could ask for except good bourbon and good craft beer. I packed these bottles and I'm very happy that none of them broke during the trip - thank you TSA. It will be nice to take the edge off after a long day in the parks. No place assaults all five senses like Disneyworld.

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great idea!

we just returned from Napa with 2 cases checked as luggage and 4 more bottles in our suitcases--all intact!

say hi to Mickey and Pluto

where are you staying? maybe there's a store you could pick up a pint of whiskey

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Stone Brewing Co. w00t stout 2.0. I like this better than the original (last year's version 1.0). Had a glass at the local Stone Company Store. The addition of chocolate, and tinkering with the wheat and rye in the recipe, has resulted in a creamier, richer bourbon-barreled stout. At a whopping 13.5% abv (the highest Stone has gone so far), it is definitely a beer to sip slowly at the end of the day. Ended up buying a few bottles for aging. Might have to go back for more. Very limited distribution on this one; Southern California and Kentucky are the only official points of distribution.

And another positive is that Stone dropped the gimicky multiple label versions this year. No more limited edition variant art to collect/chase after this time.

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great idea!

we just returned from Napa with 2 cases checked as luggage and 4 more bottles in our suitcases--all intact!

say hi to Mickey and Pluto

where are you staying? maybe there's a store you could pick up a pint of whiskey

We are staying at Port Orleans Riverside. We used their Magical Express bus service from the airport so we don't have a vehicle to visit the local liquor stores.

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Having a Horny Goat Wisconzin IPA after mowing the lawn on this wonderful day. If only Indiana summers were like this all the time.

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Really looking forward to that new Wootstout. Hopefully it makes its way here soon.

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Picked up SN Beer Camp, Stone RuinTen, and yes a few Wootstouts today. Gonna try one if the Beer Camp selections here in a sec.

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Couple of DFH In-Heat Wheat's after working outside and now it's time to relax with a Prairie Bomb! Tasty way to relax the day away.

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Founders Centennial in cans!

I picked up another 12 pak can at $14.99, 6-pak bottles go for $10.59.

Mama didn't raise no fool.

Also on the look out for Founders Double Trouble, released in July but still haven't seen it.

We have had it for a couple weeks now here in KY. Tasty as always.

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Picked up SN Beer Camp, Stone RuinTen, and yes a few Wootstouts today. Gonna try one if the Beer Camp selections here in a sec.

Also picked up the SN Boot Camp and hope to work our way through some of them tonight.

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Got two 4-paks of Founders Double Trouble today.

Fresh too July 9 bottled.

Mmmm, liquid grapefruit rind.

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Also picked up the SN Boot Camp and hope to work our way through some of them tonight.
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Went to a Founder's tap takeover last night at a little bar. Had a KBS and a barrel-aged Red's Rye. :yum:

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Wow Bruce you burned through those! I've only had three, and the only one I would consider a standout is the Ballast Point Electric Ray IPL. The Asheville Tater Ridge was fine but I couldn't find the smallest hint of sweet potatoes. And the FFF Chico King was indeed Bore Camp. Still, looking forward to the rest.

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Wow Bruce you burned through those! I've only had three, and the only one I would consider a standout is the Ballast Point Electric Ray IPL. The Asheville Tater Ridge was fine but I couldn't find the smallest hint of sweet potatoes. And the FFF Chico King was indeed Bore Camp. Still, looking forward to the rest.

I had the advantage of sharing with three others so it made it easier to try the set. I didn't care for the Ballast Point IPA but I am not a big hops guy and that was probably the hoppiest of the bunch. That said I still think I have had better IPA's.

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Not an IPA though. It was an IPL. That being said it was quite hoppy, especially for a lager. Probably why I liked that one!

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