Beer - trading & discussion

[daviddelgadoh]

Oh man that looks so good.
Even though its 9am here.

[sidewaysscott]

i'm drooling too. I took the pic last night.

went to the midwest all last week, and had to bring a 12 pack of the two hearted home. Love it. #2 behind Pliney for my favs.

[jjbehren]

Two Hearted was my intro into hoppy IPAs. It's been tough to match it.

And now I too have the mouth sweats. Thanks.

[erba]

Oh man that looks so good.
Even though its 9am here.

Once you brush your teeth, anything goes.

[juanbobo808]

What a great day -- three rare and awesome brews courtesy of an great EBer.

Left is a Cascade Kriek red ale, center is a Logsdon Seizon Bretta that I'm really excited about, and at right is one of only 120 bottles of an Upright Brewing Sole Composition El Coloquio de Cervantes -- I'm gonna let that one age til November at the advice of the sender, figure I'll crack it at the bachelor party and give my beer nerd friends a taste. It looks like less than a case ever made it out to the general public, so I'm blown away at a chance to try it. http://samsbeeradventure.wordpress.com/ ... rvantes-2/

So stoked on all three!

First post in this thread and have been reading back through several pages of posts and couldn't help but dig this one up from a few weeks back. I've had the two bottles on the left and they're both absolutely fantastic beers. I like the Seizoen Bretta the best. For all you homebrewers out there, David Logsdon is the owner of Wyeast and has started his own organic brewery/farm as a side project. They're making some fantastic beers right now but have only become available in bottles in the last 6 months.

Truly jealous of that third bottle on the right, though! Had never even heard about it until I went and looked it up.

I'm so lucky to be living in Portland...

[caleb]

Two Hearted was my intro into hoppy IPAs. It's been tough to match it.

I just bottled my first homebrew last weekend. A Bell's Two Hearted clone. My first real 'good beer' i fell in love with in the midwest. I can't get it out here, so i'm trying my own. My buddy is flying out in a month and is gonna bring some of the real thing for a side by side comparison.

I tried this today, jolly pumpkin/maui brewing collaboration. Brewed with passion fruit and cherries. Pretty damn good

jollypumpkin.jpg

[ColonelCash]

Am I the only person who doesn't like the can beer revolution? I still prefer bottles, but understand why going to cans is a more cost effective way to operate a biz.

[pewter14]

Am I the only person who doesn't like the can beer revolution? I still prefer bottles, but understand why going to cans is a more cost effective way to operate a biz.

I have no dog in this fight, but ... I've actually read it's better for the quality of the beer.

1) Cans have a tighter seal than bottles ... or at least, less of a chance of allowing air into the beer.
2) Cans allow zero light.

People are just stuck in the stigma of canned beers being hick/Nascar/lawnmower drinkin' beers.

Some folks will say they can taste metal from a can, I can see that ... all cans are lined, but the top, where you drink from, that's not ... and I see how that might turn folks off.

[DarthHippie]

Some places, like beaches, don't allow you to bring bottles either...... So there's that.

[lcsproductions]

Cans taste worse IMO.

Prefer a bottle to anything.

My hardcore beer drinking buddies are cans all the way.....portable and fresher in their opinion.

[schmoff]

been drinking brooklyn summer and paulaner in cans all summer

[jjbehren]

Got a bottle of this waiting for me for this weekend:



http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/13014/39917

[mistersmith]

What a great day -- three rare and awesome brews courtesy of an great EBer.

Left is a Cascade Kriek red ale, center is a Logsdon Seizon Bretta that I'm really excited about, and at right is one of only 120 bottles of an Upright Brewing Sole Composition El Coloquio de Cervantes -- I'm gonna let that one age til November at the advice of the sender, figure I'll crack it at the bachelor party and give my beer nerd friends a taste. It looks like less than a case ever made it out to the general public, so I'm blown away at a chance to try it. http://samsbeeradventure.wordpress.com/ ... rvantes-2/

So stoked on all three!

First post in this thread and have been reading back through several pages of posts and couldn't help but dig this one up from a few weeks back. I've had the two bottles on the left and they're both absolutely fantastic beers. I like the Seizoen Bretta the best. For all you homebrewers out there, David Logsdon is the owner of Wyeast and has started his own organic brewery/farm as a side project. They're making some fantastic beers right now but have only become available in bottles in the last 6 months.

Truly jealous of that third bottle on the right, though! Had never even heard about it until I went and looked it up.

I'm so lucky to be living in Portland...

We drank the two on the left, like you said, both were incredible. The sour took some work, it was my first one, and at first I thought something was wrong -- super sour. But it grew on me, and was really good. The Saizon was awesome too -- lots of sediment at the bottom, so I don't know what that was about, but a great beer all around. Really enjoyed it.

The Upright Brewing bottle is maturing in my wine cellar ("wine cellar" meaning, "a 12-bottle wine fridge in our bedroom I bought my girl for Christmas"), I'm going to open it up at my bachelor party in November.

[juanbobo808]

What a great day -- three rare and awesome brews courtesy of an great EBer.

Left is a Cascade Kriek red ale, center is a Logsdon Seizon Bretta that I'm really excited about, and at right is one of only 120 bottles of an Upright Brewing Sole Composition El Coloquio de Cervantes -- I'm gonna let that one age til November at the advice of the sender, figure I'll crack it at the bachelor party and give my beer nerd friends a taste. It looks like less than a case ever made it out to the general public, so I'm blown away at a chance to try it. http://samsbeeradventure.wordpress.com/ ... rvantes-2/

So stoked on all three!

First post in this thread and have been reading back through several pages of posts and couldn't help but dig this one up from a few weeks back. I've had the two bottles on the left and they're both absolutely fantastic beers. I like the Seizoen Bretta the best. For all you homebrewers out there, David Logsdon is the owner of Wyeast and has started his own organic brewery/farm as a side project. They're making some fantastic beers right now but have only become available in bottles in the last 6 months.

Truly jealous of that third bottle on the right, though! Had never even heard about it until I went and looked it up.

I'm so lucky to be living in Portland...

We drank the two on the left, like you said, both were incredible. The sour took some work, it was my first one, and at first I thought something was wrong -- super sour. But it grew on me, and was really good. The Saizon was awesome too -- lots of sediment at the bottom, so I don't know what that was about, but a great beer all around. Really enjoyed it.

The Upright Brewing bottle is maturing in my wine cellar ("wine cellar" meaning, "a 12-bottle wine fridge in our bedroom I bought my girl for Christmas"), I'm going to open it up at my bachelor party in November.

Logsdon bottle conditions their beers so that was probably the cause of the sediment you were speaking of. At the same time, I've had quite a few bottle-conditioned beers and Logsdon seems to have a lot of sediment compared to some others. Dunno why, maybe due to the fact that they let their beers bottle condition more than most...? In any case, if you have a chance try their Kili Wit, I was very pleasantly surprised by it.

[mkuborn]

Rando six pack grab at Total