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ChrisV wrote:Heading to Bonnaroo next week. The wife is letting us stop in Richmond on the way down and spend the night. Gonna hit up The Veil and The Answer. Anything else we should be checking out down there as far as brewery or food?

Triple Crossing beer looks good

Has anyone else tried this year's batch of Parabola?

There was a whole shelf full at Trader Joes for $10 no limit. I think I bought too many...

taylorph wrote:Has anyone else tried this year's batch of Parabola?

There was a whole shelf full at Trader Joes for $10 no limit. I think I bought too many...

Have you had one? Not good?

Philly Beer Week kicks off today. Giddy up.

Givn2wail wrote:

taylorph wrote:Has anyone else tried this year's batch of Parabola?

There was a whole shelf full at Trader Joes for $10 no limit. I think I bought too many...

Have you had one? Not good?

Wow, I got the last one at my local shop a couple weeks back. Haven't had it yet, was thinking about comparing sometime to the bottle I still have from last year.

ImAMonster wrote:

pvecchi wrote:

HisBobness wrote:Had to drain pour one of my 2015 BCBS. It was seriously really nasty. Bottle date of September 22 which isn't considered an infected date. Just not sure what to think about this beer anymore. Local shop still has 2017 shelf turds lying around. Disappointed.

Got some 2014s/2015s here in Wisconsin if anyone wants to trade (in person) for fresh IPAs or fruits/meads. Hard for me to finish a BCBS anymore....drink like half the bottle and save the rest for the next day

Where in WI are you?

I recommend Pips Meadery to you! Baker turned me on to them just south of wisconsin border illinois, very tasty meads!

ImAMonster wrote:

pvecchi wrote:

HisBobness wrote:Had to drain pour one of my 2015 BCBS. It was seriously really nasty. Bottle date of September 22 which isn't considered an infected date. Just not sure what to think about this beer anymore. Local shop still has 2017 shelf turds lying around. Disappointed.

Got some 2014s/2015s here in Wisconsin if anyone wants to trade (in person) for fresh IPAs or fruits/meads. Hard for me to finish a BCBS anymore....drink like half the bottle and save the rest for the next day

Where in WI are you?

Just Outside Madison

talkingdeads wrote: I recommend Pips Meadery to you! Baker turned me on to them just south of wisconsin border illinois, very tasty meads!

Awesome! I’ll have to do a road trip one of these days

They have Bos Meadery here in Madison which is decent but mostly blended / watered down. There is a place called Cider Farm (organic) here that make a cider with honey (Cyser) which is pretty good, but still not really mead.

taylorph wrote:Has anyone else tried this year's batch of Parabola?

There was a whole shelf full at Trader Joes for $10 no limit. I think I bought too many...

That's a weird place for it. Never seen TJs carry Firestone fudge. I haven't had the 2018 regular yet, but did like the coconut rye I had on tap.

The coconut rye parabola is good if you like strong coconut brews. I thought the 2017 was better but the 2018 might need time to balance out. I'm guessing it wasn't brewed in house though. Boulevard perhaps?

That's funny. I thought the coconut comes through the weakest in the mix. Barely there at all until it warms.

I had it at their "from the barrel" event on release day and I thought it was a great BA coconut stout. The lady said it was her favorite "strong ale" of the evening as well. The reg parabola was not as good as I remembered though.

Quick stop by Finback today, these should be tasty.

pvecchi wrote:

ImAMonster wrote:

pvecchi wrote:

HisBobness wrote:Had to drain pour one of my 2015 BCBS. It was seriously really nasty. Bottle date of September 22 which isn't considered an infected date. Just not sure what to think about this beer anymore. Local shop still has 2017 shelf turds lying around. Disappointed.

Got some 2014s/2015s here in Wisconsin if anyone wants to trade (in person) for fresh IPAs or fruits/meads. Hard for me to finish a BCBS anymore....drink like half the bottle and save the rest for the next day

Where in WI are you?

Just Outside Madison

I live near Hilldale, PM me if you want to trade. I don't have a ton of IPAs at the exact moment, but I will be going out to NY in July.

week of june 25th.

^Such a good idea.