Beer-a Obscura

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Rob S

That's a good analogy. They're the Coors Light of this thread.

I was near the Whole Foods equivalent, Central Market, and I went looking for more Titan IPA, but there were out, so I ended buying Stone Pale Ale, that Resin from earlier, Ruination IPA, and (my favorite) St Bernardus Abt 12.

[Rob S]

Originally Posted by Brent

I was near the Whole Foods equivalent, Central Market, and I went looking for more Titan IPA, but there were out, so I ended buying Stone Pale Ale, that Resin from earlier, Ruination IPA, and (my favorite) St Bernardus Abt 12.

Nice haul. Ugh....Titan...why are you such a ***** to get in NY?

[Raiderz4Life]

Ruination is great stuff. Probably my favorite beer I've had so far.

[Brent]

Originally Posted by Rob S

Nice haul. Ugh....Titan...why are you such a ***** to get in NY?

Honestly, I hadn't bought St Bernardus in ******* forever, so to be "forced" to get some was a welcome change.

[njx9]

ruination's ok, sort of a middle run ipa, imo.

either way, 3 days until the members only session at gabf!

[Rob S]

Originally Posted by njx9

ruination's ok, sort of a middle run ipa, imo.

either way, 3 days until the members only session at gabf!

**** you njx.

I agree on the ruination though, I prefer their regular IPA.

[njx9]

i might go tomorrow night, too... haven't decided.

[Raiderz4Life]

Originally Posted by njx9

ruination's ok, sort of a middle run ipa, imo.

either way, 3 days until the members only session at gabf!

I'm sure there are better but I haven't had anything better up until now. The knuckle Sandwhich was great but that was DIPA...not sure if it falls under the same category haha

[Rob S]

I've heard really good things about Knuckle Sandwich, haven't seen it in NY yet.

[Rob S]

Originally Posted by njx9

i might go tomorrow night, too... haven't decided.

The answer is obviously yes.

[njx9]

but there's watching cu get worked, playing kickball, and/or hanging out with one of the mediocre girls mentioned in the other thread! actually, mostly, there's deciding if i want to deal with the crowds, or just wait till saturday when it's basically empty and the brewers are all there to answer questions.

[Brent]

Originally Posted by njx9

but there's watching cu get worked, playing kickball, and/or hanging out with one of the mediocre girls mentioned in the other thread! actually, mostly, there's deciding if i want to deal with the crowds, or just wait till saturday when it's basically empty and the brewers are all there to answer questions.

Go when it's empty. I had an awesome conversation with the brewmaster of a local brewery when I went on a day when it was cold and rainy. He ended up giving me and my friend way more drinks that we should have had as we chatted about beer. It was glorious.

[draftguru151]

Originally Posted by nepg

Drink a Young's Double Chocolate as an ice cream float.... Do it.

Seriously the most delicious thing ever.

[slightlyaraiderfan]

this goes hand in hand with brent's pic of brooklyn/hipster tall boy beer. these are damn tasty but the opposite, at a low 5-something % but have some real kick, they only come in cans but they taste amazing on tap.

[Brothgar]

Originally Posted by Rob S

I tend to prefer WC beers too.....there are just so many good breweries out there compared to everywhere else, at least in my experience that has been the case.

Originally Posted by njx9

it's not my fault that the east coast mostly makes mediocre beers, with the rare gems, while the western us makes fantastic beers with rare complete failures!

Alchemist, DFH, Victory, & Iron Hill could go toe to toe with any WC brewers. I'll even say Headdy Topper > Pliny yeah I said it!

[njx9]

Originally Posted by Brothgar

Alchemist, DFH, Victory, & Iron Hill could go toe to toe with any WC brewers. I'll even say Headdy Topper > Pliny yeah I said it!

how do you live with yourself when you're this wrong?

[slightlyaraiderfan]

but with WC brews, theres just so damn many (good) brewies. you have 5+ in san diego alone, same thing with northern cal. then you have oregon, and maybe colorado, can WC claim them now that they joined the pac 12?

[Brothgar]

Originally Posted by njx9

how do you live with yourself when you're this wrong?

I am not wrong sir I am 100% correct. I didn't even mention Allegash (mostly because they don't do IPAs) but their Wit is better than any.

[njx9]

Originally Posted by Brothgar

I am not wrong sir I am 100% correct. I didn't even mention Allegash (mostly because they don't do IPAs) but their Wit is better than any.

you couldn't be more incorrect. from denver to CA, you'll find more microbrews than anywhere on the east coast. they're far better quality than anywhere on the east coast. outside of dogfish, there's not a single east coast brewer i would put in my top twenty. and i've actually been to all of these places.

[slightlyaraiderfan]

njxnine, the world wants to know, who is in your top 20?

[njx9]

in no order whatsoever: russian river, stone, great divide, dogfish head, breckenridge brewery, bear republic, port brewing, avery, left hand, odell, oskar blues, renegade, ska, tommyknocker, deschutes, rogue, mountain sun, dry dock, denver beer co, backcountry brewery, pizza port... and that's considering i haven't been to half the places in CA that i really need to go to.

[Brent]

Besides St Bernardus and DFH, all my favorites are in Colorado or California.

[MetSox17]

Pretty sure njx is the most interesting man in the world.

[Raiderz4Life]

Originally Posted by MetSox17

Pretty sure njx is the most interesting man in the world.

He once taught a German Shepherd to bark....in Spanish.

[njx9]

Originally Posted by Brent

Besides St Bernardus and DFH, all my favorites are in Colorado or California.

on that note: i really dislike belgians, so if that's your style, then my opinion couldn't be less relevant.