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Member
(07-06-2012, 03:56 AM)
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#3752
Is 120 2012 any better than 2011? I thought it was a boozy mess of apricots and acetone. I can't really call it an Imperial IPA, but it's not good enough to be a barleywine.
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formerly zmoney
(07-06-2012, 05:53 PM)
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#3757
Originally Posted by DieNgamers:
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Banned
(07-06-2012, 10:46 PM)
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2012 Los Angeles International Commercial Beer Competition
#3760
For those of you not familiar with the competition: It's an annual competition held a couple of months before the LA County Fair, open to licensed breweries and brewpubs only (hence the "commerical" part of the title). Expert judges taste a wide variety of beers (ales, lagers, stouts, porters, pilsners, bocks, etc) and medals are handed out accordingly. Each beer may be entered in only one category. Once the winners are announced, the Fair will reach out to certain breweries/brewpubs in order to purchase some of their award winning beers to sell at the fair (that's where I come in!). These beers are not to be confused with the everyday run-of-the-mill beers on sale throughout the fair (Bud Light, Coors, MGD, etc). These award winners are only sold at the beer garden located in the Marketplace Pavilion (which also hosts a wine garden). You can purchase a single beer for a few bucks or get a sample of 4 (or so) for about $11 iirc. They have about 15 different beers on any given day and they swap them out about once a week. That's a good reason to purchase the unlimited fair pass (as I visit about 3 times every year). Thats said, if you are in Los Angeles between Aug. 31st and Sept. 30th, do yourself a favor and visit the fair. You'll be happy you did. Lastly, they also host the End Of Summer Concert Series, where you can get decent seats for as little as $25.
The Competition Rules and Info (PDF) [Competition is now closed and judging has taken place] Style Guidelines (PDF) The Results, 81(?) Categories!! (PDF) Results (categories 1 thru 20): Best of Show: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Utopias 2011 1 - American-Style Wheat Beer, Light American Wheat Ale or Lager without Yeast: Gold: New English Brewing Company, Why Not Wheat Silver: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company, Wrangler Wheat Bronze: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Summer Ale Honorable Mention: Faultline Brewing Co., Doppelbock 2 - American-Style Wheat Beer with Yeast, Light American Wheat Ale or Lager with Yeast: Gold: Morgan Street Brewery, Honey Wheat Silver: Alcatraz Brewing Company, Weiss Guy Wheat Beer Bronze: Epic Brewing Company, Intermountain Wheat 3 - Fruit Beer: Gold: Nebraska Brewing Company, Apricot an Poivre Saison Silver: Michelob Brewing Co., Lemon Shandy Bronze: Olde Hicory Brewery, Lindley Park 4 - Fruit Wheat Beer: Gold: Hangar 24 Craft Brewery, Orange Wheat Silver: Maui Brewing Co., Mana Wheat Bronze: Eel River Brewing Co., Acai Berry Wheat 5 - Field Beer or Pumpkin Beer, Pumpkin Beer: Gold: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Harvest Pumpkin Bronze: Stone Brewing Co, La Citruelle de Citracado 6 - Herb and Spice Beer: Gold: Fort George Brewery, Quick Wit Silver: Hangar 24 Craft Brewery, Chocolate Porter Bronze: Bootlegger's Brewery, Mountain Meadow 7 - Chocolate Beer: Gold: Dechutes Brewery, Black Butte XXII Silver: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock Bronze: Mudshark Brewery, Chuck's Chocolate Stout 8 - Coffee Flavored Beer: Gold: Lakefront Brewery, Fuel Cafe Coffee Stout Silver: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Wreck Alley Imperial Stout Bronze: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Black & Brew 9 - Specialty Beer: Gold: Ballast Point Brewing, Indra Kunindra Silver: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Horse Legerd Bronze: Maui Brewing Co., Coco Nut Porter Honorable Mention: Heretic Brewing Company, One Nut in the Grave 10 - Rye Beer, Rye Ale or Lager with or without Yeast: Gold: Surf Brewery, Country Line Rye Silver: Flyers Restaurant and Brewery, Mile High Summer Rye Bronze: Chameleon Brewing Co., Ryediculous IPA 11 - Specialty Honey Beer Gold: Babe's Bar-B-Que & Brewhouse, Babe's Honey Blonde Ale Silver: New English Brewing Company, Bees Knees 12 - Session Beer Gold: Tap It Brewing, American Standard Silver: Epic Brewing Company, Hop Syndrome Lager Bronze: Jones Brewing Co., Inclined Plane Ale 13 - Other Strong Beer, American-Style Imperial Porter Gold: Ska Brewing Co, Nefarious Other Strong Ale or Lager Silver: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Off The Rails 14 - Experimental Beer Gold: Chameleon Brewing Co, Hop on Top Silver: Epic Brewing Company, Smoked & Oaked Bronze: Monkey Paw Brewing Co., Monkey Stones 15 - Indigenous Beer Gold: Lakefront Brewery, Wisconsinite Summer Weiss Silver: Mammoth Brewing Co., IPA 395 16 - Gluten-Free Beer Gold: New Planet Beer Company, Off Grind Pale Ale Silver: New Planet Beer Company, 3R Raspberry Ale 17 - American-Belgo-Style Ale, Pale American-Belgo-Style Ale Gold: Nebraska Brewing Company, Barell Aged Hop God Silver: Nebraska Brewing Company, Hop God 18 - American-Style Sour Ale, American-Style Sour Ale Gold: Ladyface Ale Co., Trebuchet 19 - (for some reason there is no #19 listed in the PDF) 20 - Wood-and Barrel-Aged Beer Gold: Island Brewing Co., Bourbon Barrel-Aged Island Pale Ale Silver: Olde Hicory Brewery, Eiraphiotes Bronze: Lakefront Brewery, New Grist
Last edited by SUPREME1; 07-06-2012 at 11:28 PM.
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Banned
(07-06-2012, 10:48 PM)
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#3762
Results (categories 21 thru 40):
21 - Wood-and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer Gold: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Utopias 2011 Silver: Hangar 24 Craft Brewery, Hammerhead Bronze: Nebraska Brewing Company, Melange a Trois 22 - Wood-and Barrel-Aged Strong Stout Gold: Nebraska Brewing Company, Black Betty Silver: Bootlegger's Brewery, Imperial Black Phoenix Bronze: BJ's Restaurant & Brewery - Reno, Whiskey Barrel Stout 23 - Wood-and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer, Fruited Wood-and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer Silver: Dechutes Brewery, The Dissident 25 - Kellerbier/Zwickelbier Unfiltered German-Style Lager Gold: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Alpine Spring Unfiltered German-Style Ale Silver: Church Brew Works, Saaz Monster 26 - Smoke Beer, Smoke Porter Gold: Caldera Brewing, Caldera Rasch Ur Bock Silver: Alaskan Brewing Co, Alaskan Smoked Porter 2011 Bamberg-Style Rauchbier Bronze: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Bonfire Rauchbier 27 - American-Style or International-Style Pilsner, International-Style Pilsner Gold: San Miguel Brewery, San Miguel Pale Pilsner Silver: Cerveceria Alhambra, Alhambra Especial Bronze: Anheuser Busch, Stella Artois 28 - German-Style Pilsner Gold: Port Town Brewing Company, Port Town Pilsner Bronze: Lightning Brewery, Elemental Pilsner Silver: Trumer Brauerel Berkeley, Trumer Pils 29 - Bohemian-Style Pilsner Gold: San Pedro Brewing Co., San Pedro Pilsner Silver: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Lager Bronze: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Noble Pils 30 - Munich-Style Helles Gold: Morgan Street Brewery, Munich Helles Silver: Hangar 24 Craft Brewery, Helles Lager 32 - American-Style Lager, Light Lager or Premium Lager American-Style Light (Low Calorie) Lager Gold: Pabst Brewing Co., Pabst Blue Ribbon Light Silver: Jones Brewing Co., Stoney's Light Beer Bronze: William K. Busch Brewing Co., Krafig Lager American-Style Premium Lager Honorab 33 - American-Style Specialty Lager Cream Ale or Lager, American-Style Cream Ale or Lager Gold: Pabst Brewing Co., Rainier American-Style Cream Ale or Lager Silver: Surf Brewery, Mondo's 34 - Vienna-Style Lager Gold: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company, Danish Red Lager Silver: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Karl Strauss Amber Bronze: Surf Brewery, Surfer's Point 35 - German-Style Marzen Gold: Faultline Brewing Co., Oktoberfest Silver: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Octoberfest Bronze: Sprecher Brewing Co, Oktoberfest 36 - American-Style Amber Lager, American-Style Amber Lager Gold: Full Sail Brewing Company, Full Sail LTD 5 Silver: Lakefront Brewery, Riverwest Steinle Mention: Epic Brewing Company, Pfeifferhorn Lager 37 - European-Style Dunkel Gold: Cerveceria Alhambra, Alhambra Negra Silver: Sprecher Brewing Co, Oktoberfest Bronze: Church Brew Works, Pious Monk Dunkel 38 - American-Style Dark Lager Gold: Dale Bros. Brewery, California Black Beer Silver: Full Sail Brewing Company, Session Black Premium Dark Lager Bronze: San Pedro Brewing Co., Terminal Island Black Lager 39 - German-Style Schwarzbier Gold: Babe's Bar-B-Que & Brewhouse, Babe's Blackfin Lager Silver: Morgan Street Brewery, Black Bear Bronze: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Black Lager 40 – Bock, German-Style Heller Bock/Maibock Silver: Sprecher Brewing Co, Mai Bock Bronze: Rahr and Sons Brewing Co, Rahr's Bucking Bock
Last edited by SUPREME1; 07-06-2012 at 11:01 PM.
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Banned
(07-06-2012, 10:52 PM)
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#3763
Results (categories 41 thru 60):
41 - German-Stule Doppelbock or Eisbock German-Style Eisbock Gold: Alcatraz Brewing Company, Son of Annihilator Eisbock German-Style Dopplebock Silver: Sprecher Brewing Co, Dopple Bock Bronze: Mammoth Brewing Co., Hair of the Bear Doppelbock 42 - None? 43 - Golden or Blonde Ale Gold: Alaskan Brewing Co, Alaskan Summer Ale Silver: Mad River Brewing Co., Steelhead Extra Pale Bronze: San Pedro Brewing Co., Bruin Blonde 44 - German-Style Kolsch Gold: Kinetic Brewing Company, Potential Blonde Silver: Alltech Lexington Brewing Co., Kentucky Light Bronze: San Pedro Brewing Co., SPBC Violsch 45 - English-Style Summer Ale Gold: Dechutes Brewery, Twilight Silver: Ska Brewing Co, True Blonde Bronze: Ballast Point Brewing, Ballast Point Pale Ale 46 - Classic English Summer Ale Gold: Caldera Brewing, Caldera Ashland Amber Silver: Babe's Bar-B-Que & Brewhouse, Babe's 29 Palms Pale Ale Bronze: Lightning Brewery, Fair Weather Pale Ale 47 - English-Style India Pale Ale Gold: Olde Hicory Brewery, Table Rock Pale Ale Silver: Sprecher Brewing Co, IPAZ Bronze: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Latitude 48 Honorable Mention: New English Brewing Company, Troopers Tripple IPA 48 - International-Style Pale Ale Gold: Ballast Point Brewing, Sculpin IPA 49 - American-Style Pale Ale Gold: Grand Teton Brewing Co., Sweetgrass APA Silver: DC Brau Brewing Co., The Public Bronze: Nebraska Brewing Company, Cardinal Pale Ale 50 - American-Style Strong Pale Ale Gold: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company, Hoppy Poppy IPA Silver: Maui Brewing Co., Big Swell IPA 51 - American-Style India Pale Ale Gold: Church Brew Works, Thunder Hop IPA Silver: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company, Hurricane Deck DIPA Bronze: Tap It Brewing, IPA 52 - Imperial India Pale Ale Gold: Moylan's Brewing Co., Hopsickle XXXIPA Silver: Heretic Brewing Company, Evil Cousin Bronze: Mad River Brewing Co., Steelhead Double IPA Honorable Mention: Drake's Brewing Co., Denogginizer IIPA 53 - American-Style Amber/Red Ale Gold: Lakefront Brewery, Fixed Gear Red Ale Silver: Alcatraz Brewing Company, Big House Red Ale Bronze: Rock Bottom Brewery, Fire Chief Ale Honorable Mention: San Pedro Brewing Co., Shanghai Red 54 - Imperial Red Ale Gold: Grand Teton Brewing Co., Pursuit of Hoppiness Imperial Red Ale Silver: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Tasman Red Bronze: Bootlegger's Brewery, Knuckle Sandwich 55 - (none?) 56 - Ordinary or Special Bitter, Special Bitter or Best Bitter Gold: Double Horn Brewing Company, Antler Amber 57 - Extra Special Bitter, English-Style Extra Special Bitter Gold: New English Brewing Company, Explorer ESB Silver: Shipyard Brewing Company, Old Thumper 58 - Scottish-Style Ale Scottish-Style Heavy Ale Gold: Lakefront Brewery, My Turn Series Silver: Back Street Brewery, Doon n' Roon Scotch Ale Scottish-Style Export Ale Bronze: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Scotch Ale 59 - Irish-Style Red Ale Gold: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Red Trolley Ale Silver: Ballast Point Brewing, Calico Amber Bronze: Alaskan Brewing Co, Alaskan Amber 60 - English-Style Brown Ale Gold: Ska Brewing Co, Buster Nut Brown Ale Silver: Sprecher Brewing Co, Pub Brown Ale Bronze: Caldera Brewing, Caldera Hemp Brown Ale
Last edited by SUPREME1; 07-06-2012 at 11:01 PM.
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Banned
(07-06-2012, 10:55 PM)
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#3764
Results (categories 61 thru 81):
61 - American-Style Brown Ale Gold: Island Brewing Co., Nut Brown Ale Silver: Anacapa Brewing Co, Hops on the Horizon Bronze: Figueroa Mountain Brewing Company, Davy Brown Ale 62 - American-Style Black Ale Gold: Karl Strauss Brewing Co., Boardwalk Black Rye Silver: Stone Brewing Co, Stone Sublimely Self Riteous Ale Bronze: Lakefront Brewery, I.B.A. Honorable Mention: San Pedro Brewing Co., Tattoo Black Ale 63 - German-Style Altbier Gold: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Boston Ale Silver: Hangar 24 Craft Brewery, Alt-Bier Bronze: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Longshot Derf's Secret Alt 64 - German-Style Sour Ale, Leipzig-Style Gose Silver: Boston Beer Company, Sameul Adams Veloran Bronze: Lightning Brewery, Thunderweizen Ale 65 - South German-Style Hefeweizen Gold: Rahr and Sons Brewing Co, Rahr's Summertime Wheat Silver: Nebraska Brewing Company, EOS Hefeweizen Bronze: Faultline Brewing Co., Hefeweizen 66 - German-Style Wheat Ale South German-Style Dunkel Weizen Gold: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Longshot A Park Night in Munich German-Style Leichtes Weizen Silver: Flyers Restaurant and Brewery, Heat Seeker Hefe 67 - Belgian-Style Witbier Gold: Epic Brewing Company, Epic Wit Beer Silver: Millstream Brewing Co., John's Generations White Ale Bronze: Michelob Brewing Co., Shocktop Belgian White 68 - French- and Belgian-Style Saison Gold: Enegren Brewing, Golden Spur Silver: Kinetic Brewing Company, Saison Printemps Bronze: Goose Island, Sofie 69 - Belgian- and French-Style Ale Belgian-Style Blonde Ale Gold: Anheuser Busch, Leffe Blonde French-Style Biere de Garde Silver: Lightning Brewery, Electrostatic Ale 70 - Belgian-Style Lambic or Sour Ale, Belgian-Style Fruit Lambic Gold: Dechutes Brewery, Plum Line Silver: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams American Kriek 71 - Belgian-Style Abbey Ale Belgian-Style Dubbel Gold: Alcatraz Brewing Company, Fat Abbot Dubbel Ale Belgian-Style Abbey Ale, Belgian-Style Triple Silver: Left Coast Brewing Co., Asylum Other Belgian-Style Abbey Ale Bronze: Anheuser Busch, Roasted Coffee Aroma 72 - Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale, Pale Strong Ale Gold: Bootlegger's Brewery, Golden Chaos 73 - Brown Porter Gold: Eel River Brewing Co., Organic Porter Silver: Mammoth Brewing Co., Double Nut Brown 74 - Robust Porter Gold: DC Brau Brewing Co., Penn Quarter Porter Silver: Kinetic Brewing Company, Fusion Bronze: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Holiday Porter Honorable Mention: Flyers Restaurant and Brewery, Pacemaker Porter 75 - Classic Irish-Style Dry Stout Gold: Sprecher Brewing Co, Irish Stout Silver: Moylan's Brewing Co., Dragoons Dry Irish Stout Bronze: New English Brewing Company, Pacific Storm Stout 76 - Foreign-Style Stout Gold: Dechutes Brewery, Obsidian Stout Silver: Island Brewing Co., Starry Night Stout Bronze: Big City Brewing, Jamaica Stout 77 - American-Style Stout Gold: Fort George Brewery, Cavatica Silver: Left Coast Brewing Co., Voo Doo Bronze: Oggi's Pizza & Brewing Co., Black Magic Stout 78 - Sweet Stout Gold: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Cream Stout Silver: Ska Brewing Co, Steel Toe Stout 79 - Oatmeal Stout Gold: Madison River Brewing, Black Ghost Oatmeal Stout Silver: Rahr and Sons Brewing Co, Rahr's Snowmageddon 80 - Imperial Stout, American-Style Imperial Stout Gold: Dechutes Brewery, The Abyss Silver: Mission Brewery, Dark Seas Russian Imperial Stout Bronze: Drake's Brewing Co., Drakonic 81 - Scotch Ale Peated Scotch Ale Gold: Sprecher Brewing Co, Piper's Scotch Ale Silver: Boston Beer Company, Samuel Adams Wee Heavy Traditional Scotch Ale Bronze: Moylan's Brewing Co., Kilt Lifter Scotch Ale |
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Member
(07-06-2012, 10:59 PM)
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#3765
Originally Posted by SUPREME1:
I've had a number of the other mentions, and pretty much all of the Sam Adams stuff on there. Stone's Sublimely Self-Righteous is rich and delicious. |
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Member
(07-06-2012, 11:06 PM)
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#3768
Originally Posted by LanceVance:
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Member
(07-06-2012, 11:23 PM)
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#3769
Originally Posted by DimmuBurgerKing:
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Member
(07-07-2012, 02:19 AM)
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#3773
Originally Posted by tokkun:
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Killed by a goddamned Dredgeling
(07-07-2012, 02:48 AM)
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#3774
I bought and set up a kegerator a few weeks ago. Because of my work schedule and some carbonation issues that took us a while to pin down, this is the first time I've been able to enjoy it. I've got my amber ale in there and it is so good.
 We've got an IPA fermenting that should be ready in three weeks. I'm so excited to be done bottling beer. Kegs are so much easier, and they are ready to drink so much faster. This kegerator is the first big step I've taken since I started brewing this time last year. We are hoping to go all grain within the month and to start brewing a lot bigger batches. |
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Member
(07-07-2012, 02:55 AM)
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#3775
Originally Posted by Captain Pants:
What sort of all-grain brewing setup are you aiming for? I've done a few BIAB batches & love it for its simplicity, and it's impressed my decade-long brewing buddy for how easy it is. |
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Member
(07-07-2012, 03:00 AM)
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#3776
I've found a little liquor store here that carries 750ml bottles of lots of good stuff, including selections from Unibroue and Ommergang. They are all under $10 too, some of them as low as $5. Good stuff.
Tonight I got a 750ml bottle of Don de Dieu from Unibroue. As with Ephemere, I feel that the smell is far better than the taste. The smell is amazingly complex and enough to make you swoon, but compared to that, the actual taste is a bit of a let down. Too heavily carbonated for me as well, but definitely not a bad beer. Very easy to drink, deceptively so at 9% ABV. I prefer Unibroue's other offerings though. edit: the more I sit here sipping this the more it's growing on me. I generally like darker/heavier beers but this one is starting to gain my appreciation. |
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Killed by a goddamned Dredgeling
(07-07-2012, 03:06 AM)
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#3777
Originally Posted by fenners:
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Member
(07-07-2012, 03:34 AM)
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#3779
Originally Posted by DieNgamers:
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Member
(07-07-2012, 05:20 AM)
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#3782
Originally Posted by DimmuBurgerKing:
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Member
(07-07-2012, 07:58 AM)
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#3783
Originally Posted by Pollux:
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Member
(07-08-2012, 01:01 AM)
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#3785
Originally Posted by DimmuBurgerKing:
I've been drinking a lot of Unibroue lately, had Maudite for the first time a week or so ago, very good brew. |
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Member
(07-10-2012, 04:19 PM)
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#3791
Originally Posted by kevo_huevo:
 Probably not that easy to get hold if you're not in Sweden though. |
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Member
(07-10-2012, 05:13 PM)
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#3793
Originally Posted by Ledsen:
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Member
(07-10-2012, 09:10 PM)
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#3794
Originally Posted by Yaboosh:
Originally Posted by Brakara:
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Member
(07-11-2012, 12:13 AM)
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#3796
I needed a beer over which to reflect upon the day's events.
I planned on Three Philosophers but I saw this for $8 and have been wanting to try it for a while. At first it wouldn't ring up because the bar code is painted onto the bottle but eventually the secrets of the Duchess were revealed. 
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Member
(07-12-2012, 12:23 AM)
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#3798
Anybody live near Champaign or Normal, Illinois? I was recently at Destihl in Normal and they had a fairly strongly dry-hopped hefeweizen that was damned good. I'm usually not all that impressed by their beers, but this one surprised me. I tried to get the recipe out of them, but they were pretty tight-lipped about it.
I don't suppose any BeerGAF has the skinny? |
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Banned
(07-12-2012, 12:27 AM)
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#3799
Originally Posted by youngwerther:
Originally Posted by youngwerther:
Looks interesting. Would try. |
