The new and improved beer thread

[BringBackFergy]

2 hours ago, Gugny said:

Drinking a few of these babies tonight:

 

 

https://www.saranac.com/brews/inner-circle-series/hoppy-hour-hero/

 

Yummy.  I bet @The Poojer likes Moe.

My wife likes those. 

 

 

Edit: I mean...chicks dig those. 

Edited June 15, 2019 by BringBackFergy

[ExiledInIllinois]

Jesus Christ.  A day old beer thread gets to 4 pages and sexy chick squeezing someone's balls barely cracks 3 pages in 3 days!  I demand social justice.  This @Cripple Creek guy is a complete hack that thinks he has the pulse of the people.

 

I am starting a letter, going above the chain of command... Straight to JC's father!

 

Here's what I got started:

 

Dear God, hope You got the letter
And I pray You can make it better down here
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
But all the people that You made in Your image
See them starving on their feet
'Cause they don't get enough to eat
From God, I can't believe in You.

Dear God, sorry to disturb You
But I feel that I should be heard loud and clear
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears...

[RaoulDuke79]

Stashing away $.....Budweiser keg drafts home beer for the last 2 weeks

[The Poojer]

18 hours ago, Gugny said:

Drinking a few of these babies tonight:

 

 

https://www.saranac.com/brews/inner-circle-series/hoppy-hour-hero/

 

Yummy.  I bet @The Poojer likes Moe.

 

 

I love that they do moe. related beers.  Saw them last year and Philly and the bar brought in some for the show.  I really enjoyed both the beer and the band

[ExiledInIllinois]

This one is for @BringBackFergy .  Next time tell @mead107 to not drink it all!

 

https://indycraftbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3-Floyds-Zombie-Dust-1210x642.jpg

 

[NOT sure why my pix linx aren't embedding anymore!]

 

But here is an attachment:

 

 

 

 

[BringBackFergy]

4 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

This one is for @BringBackFergy .  Next time tell @mead107 to not drink it all!

 

https://indycraftbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3-Floyds-Zombie-Dust-1210x642.jpg

 

[NOT sure why my pix linx aren't embedding anymore!]

 

But here is an attachment:

 

 

 

 

@mead107 saved me one. ONE!!!

[ExiledInIllinois]

3 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

@mead107 saved me one. ONE!!!

Wow!  What a nice pal!  Hope it had it on ice for you!

[BringBackFergy]

29 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Wow!  What a nice pal!  Hope it had it on ice for you!

Lol. He actually gave them all to me and I gave him some to take home. They were fabulous. Go to NE game this year. Will bring you a treat (No...not an energy drink)

[ExiledInIllinois]

4 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

Lol. He actually gave them all to me and I gave him some to take home. They were fabulous. Go to NE game this year. Will bring you a treat (No...not an energy drink)

The Heddy Topper (Alchemist, VT) was great too:

 

 

 

 

[plenzmd1]

 

257 × 600

 

Nice beer after hitting some balls this afternoon and watching the golf now

[Augie]

On 6/14/2019 at 5:07 PM, Gugny said:

Drinking a few of these babies tonight:

 

 

https://www.saranac.com/brews/inner-circle-series/hoppy-hour-hero/

 

Yummy.  I bet @The Poojer likes Moe.

 

They look quite large. A few should be plenty. 

[ExiledInIllinois]

Is Saranac Utica Club?  Or should I phrase that differently. The breweries the same?  Not sure where I heard that.

[WhoTom]

13 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Is Saranac Utica Club?  Or should I phrase that differently. The breweries the same?  Not sure where I heard that.

 

Matt's Brewery (formerly Utica Club) brews Saranac, but I don't know if it's contract brewing or if Saranac is Matt's "high-end" beer line.

 

 

[Gugny]

15 hours ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

Is Saranac Utica Club?  Or should I phrase that differently. The breweries the same?  Not sure where I heard that.

 

1 hour ago, WhoTom said:

 

Matt's Brewery (formerly Utica Club) brews Saranac, but I don't know if it's contract brewing or if Saranac is Matt's "high-end" beer line.

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Brewing_Company

 

After working at the Duke of Baden Brewery of the Black Forest region in Baden, Germany, Francis Xavier Matt I immigrated to the United States in 1880. Matt worked at the Charles Bierbauer Brewery as lead salesman and brewmaster in Utica for a few years before reorganizing it into The West End Brewing Company in 1888.

 

During Prohibition, the company stayed afloat by producing soft drinks under the label Utica Club, and also made Ginger Ale and non-alcoholic malt tonics.^[2] After the end of Prohibition, Utica Club became the name of the brewery's flagship beer, promoted during the 1950s and 1960s by two beer steins, Schultz and Dooley, voiced by Jonathan Winters. Schultz & Dooley were first introduced to television audiences in 1959 and rapidly became the West End Brewing Company's favorite "spokes mugs".^[3] Another very important factor for marketing was the "Utica Club Natural Carbonation Band Beer Drinking Song". On March 21, 1968 members of Utica Club sales previewed a new campaign called "swings". Created by Wells, Rich, Greene, Inc. "The campaign started with introductory television spots featuring a mythical nightclub, the Utica Club, which embodied the most desirable features of the best nightclubs in the world." The campaign introduced "Utica Club Natural Carbonation Band Beer Drinking Song". The selection was created for the Matt Brewing Company by one of commercial music's best-credentialed composers, the great Sasha Burland" (Forgotten Buffalo 2014). This song aimed to persuade the customers that Utica Club was a hip night club, and people would drink Utica Club beer while listening to this song.^[4]

 

The brewery, later renamed Matt Brewing Company, became popular throughout the Northeast based on Utica Club and its current flagship beer, Saranac. The company is in its fourth generation of family ownership and is led by Nick Matt (chairman and CEO) and Fred Matt (president). The brewery is served by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W) from their line next to the brewery which runs down the middle of Schuyler Street.

[ExiledInIllinois]

45 minutes ago, Gugny said:

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Brewing_Company

 

After working at the Duke of Baden Brewery of the Black Forest region in Baden, Germany, Francis Xavier Matt I immigrated to the United States in 1880. Matt worked at the Charles Bierbauer Brewery as lead salesman and brewmaster in Utica for a few years before reorganizing it into The West End Brewing Company in 1888.

 

During Prohibition, the company stayed afloat by producing soft drinks under the label Utica Club, and also made Ginger Ale and non-alcoholic malt tonics.^[2] After the end of Prohibition, Utica Club became the name of the brewery's flagship beer, promoted during the 1950s and 1960s by two beer steins, Schultz and Dooley, voiced by Jonathan Winters. Schultz & Dooley were first introduced to television audiences in 1959 and rapidly became the West End Brewing Company's favorite "spokes mugs".^[3] Another very important factor for marketing was the "Utica Club Natural Carbonation Band Beer Drinking Song". On March 21, 1968 members of Utica Club sales previewed a new campaign called "swings". Created by Wells, Rich, Greene, Inc. "The campaign started with introductory television spots featuring a mythical nightclub, the Utica Club, which embodied the most desirable features of the best nightclubs in the world." The campaign introduced "Utica Club Natural Carbonation Band Beer Drinking Song". The selection was created for the Matt Brewing Company by one of commercial music's best-credentialed composers, the great Sasha Burland" (Forgotten Buffalo 2014). This song aimed to persuade the customers that Utica Club was a hip night club, and people would drink Utica Club beer while listening to this song.^[4]

 

The brewery, later renamed Matt Brewing Company, became popular throughout the Northeast based on Utica Club and its current flagship beer, Saranac. The company is in its fourth generation of family ownership and is led by Nick Matt (chairman and CEO) and Fred Matt (president). The brewery is served by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W) from their line next to the brewery which runs down the middle of Schuyler Street.

I don't use Wikipedia.  Contrary to what @BringBackFergy says.  Wiki is for hacks.  I ski Encyclopedia Britannica:

 

 

[WhoTom]

17 minutes ago, ExiledInIllinois said:

I don't use Wikipedia. 

 

That's why you didn't know that the Bills signed Eddie Lacy.

 

 

[BringBackFergy]

1 hour ago, Gugny said:

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Brewing_Company

 

After working at the Duke of Baden Brewery of the Black Forest region in Baden, Germany, Francis Xavier Matt I immigrated to the United States in 1880. Matt worked at the Charles Bierbauer Brewery as lead salesman and brewmaster in Utica for a few years before reorganizing it into The West End Brewing Company in 1888.

 

During Prohibition, the company stayed afloat by producing soft drinks under the label Utica Club, and also made Ginger Ale and non-alcoholic malt tonics.^[2] After the end of Prohibition, Utica Club became the name of the brewery's flagship beer, promoted during the 1950s and 1960s by two beer steins, Schultz and Dooley, voiced by Jonathan Winters. Schultz & Dooley were first introduced to television audiences in 1959 and rapidly became the West End Brewing Company's favorite "spokes mugs".^[3] Another very important factor for marketing was the "Utica Club Natural Carbonation Band Beer Drinking Song". On March 21, 1968 members of Utica Club sales previewed a new campaign called "swings". Created by Wells, Rich, Greene, Inc. "The campaign started with introductory television spots featuring a mythical nightclub, the Utica Club, which embodied the most desirable features of the best nightclubs in the world." The campaign introduced "Utica Club Natural Carbonation Band Beer Drinking Song". The selection was created for the Matt Brewing Company by one of commercial music's best-credentialed composers, the great Sasha Burland" (Forgotten Buffalo 2014). This song aimed to persuade the customers that Utica Club was a hip night club, and people would drink Utica Club beer while listening to this song.^[4]

 

The brewery, later renamed Matt Brewing Company, became popular throughout the Northeast based on Utica Club and its current flagship beer, Saranac. The company is in its fourth generation of family ownership and is led by Nick Matt (chairman and CEO) and Fred Matt (president). The brewery is served by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W) from their line next to the brewery which runs down the middle of Schuyler Street.

I always suspected @ExiledInIllinois had a troll account. The use of the word “flagship” is a dead giveaway. 

[mead107]

Going to go taste some Mead this afternoon. 

https://www.helderbergmeadworks.com/

[Gray Beard]

1 hour ago, Gugny said:

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Brewing_Company

 

After working at the Duke of Baden Brewery of the Black Forest region in Baden, Germany, Francis Xavier Matt I immigrated to the United States in 1880. Matt worked at the Charles Bierbauer Brewery as lead salesman and brewmaster in Utica for a few years before reorganizing it into The West End Brewing Company in 1888.

 

During Prohibition, the company stayed afloat by producing soft drinks under the label Utica Club, and also made Ginger Ale and non-alcoholic malt tonics.^[2] After the end of Prohibition, Utica Club became the name of the brewery's flagship beer, promoted during the 1950s and 1960s by two beer steins, Schultz and Dooley, voiced by Jonathan Winters. Schultz & Dooley were first introduced to television audiences in 1959 and rapidly became the West End Brewing Company's favorite "spokes mugs".^[3] Another very important factor for marketing was the "Utica Club Natural Carbonation Band Beer Drinking Song". On March 21, 1968 members of Utica Club sales previewed a new campaign called "swings". Created by Wells, Rich, Greene, Inc. "The campaign started with introductory television spots featuring a mythical nightclub, the Utica Club, which embodied the most desirable features of the best nightclubs in the world." The campaign introduced "Utica Club Natural Carbonation Band Beer Drinking Song". The selection was created for the Matt Brewing Company by one of commercial music's best-credentialed composers, the great Sasha Burland" (Forgotten Buffalo 2014). This song aimed to persuade the customers that Utica Club was a hip night club, and people would drink Utica Club beer while listening to this song.^[4]

 

The brewery, later renamed Matt Brewing Company, became popular throughout the Northeast based on Utica Club and its current flagship beer, Saranac. The company is in its fourth generation of family ownership and is led by Nick Matt (chairman and CEO) and Fred Matt (president). The brewery is served by the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway (NYS&W) from their line next to the brewery which runs down the middle of Schuyler Street.

The trains that run down the middle the residential neighborhoods in Utica to service the brewery are pretty wild.   The guy that posted this video has several that show trains and cars getting in each other’s way. 

[BringBackFergy]

https://vinepair.com/booze-news/best-beers-america-2019/?amp

 

Bells over Pliny? Hmmm

 

I see Alchemist and Treehouse on the list and plan on grabbing some Sip of Sunshine next time I’m in VT. 

[plenzmd1]

39 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

https://vinepair.com/booze-news/best-beers-america-2019/?amp

 

Bells over Pliny? Hmmm

 

I see Alchemist and Treehouse on the list and plan on grabbing some Sip of Sunshine next time I’m in VT. 

They all seem like "famous" beers..i know nothing about homebrewing but maybe those have the most reliable recipes?

 

Tank 7 is my favorite on that list..but at 8.5% it is not in my best interest to keep a lot of them in my fridge

[Johnny Hammersticks]

43 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

https://vinepair.com/booze-news/best-beers-america-2019/?amp

 

Bells over Pliny? Hmmm

 

I see Alchemist and Treehouse on the list and plan on grabbing some Sip of Sunshine next time I’m in VT. 

 

That list is just plain dumb.  You can get Sip o Sunshine basically anywhere now.  Instead of a 518 lunch this summer, we should do a 518-802 Beer tour.  That would be a lot of fun.

 

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/20681/237200/

 

Had a few of these ^^^ last night at the advice of the bartender.  Great beer to have with dinner.  Outstanding depth of taste for an American style Ale.  

[BringBackFergy]

54 minutes ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

That list is just plain dumb.  You can get Sip o Sunshine basically anywhere now.  Instead of a 518 lunch this summer, we should do a 518-802 Beer tour.  That would be a lot of fun.

 

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/20681/237200/

 

Had a few of these ^^^ last night at the advice of the bartender.  Great beer to have with dinner.  Outstanding depth of taste for an American style Ale.  

Sounds fun. 

 

Can’t get Sip O Sunshine here in NY (and I’m 2 miles from VT border). 

[RaoulDuke79]

1 hour ago, BringBackFergy said:

https://vinepair.com/booze-news/best-beers-america-2019/?amp

 

Bells over Pliny? Hmmm

 

I see Alchemist and Treehouse on the list and plan on grabbing some Sip of Sunshine next time I’m in VT. 

Bells two hearted pounder cans have become my go to house beer about a year ago. They overtook Troegs Perpetual. 

[BringBackFergy]

http://amp.timeinc.net/foodandwine/slideshows/best-ipas-america

[Cripple Creek]

On 6/22/2019 at 10:47 AM, BringBackFergy said:

Sounds fun. 

 

Can’t get Sip O Sunshine here in NY (and I’m 2 miles from VT border). 

Why did it take us 4 hours to get across the border?

[BringBackFergy]

28 minutes ago, Cripple Creek said:

Why did it take us 4 hours to get across the border?

I had to evade border security at The People's Republic of Vermont

[Cripple Creek]

1 minute ago, BringBackFergy said:

I had to evade border security at The People's Republic of Vermont

ahhhh, they don't like Pennsyltuckians?

[BringBackFergy]

12 minutes ago, Cripple Creek said:

ahhhh, they don't like Pennsyltuckians?

Absolutely not. Pennsyltuckians wear camo....Vermonters wear red plaid Woolrich, even in the summer.

[Johnny Hammersticks]

50 minutes ago, BringBackFergy said:

Absolutely not. Pennsyltuckians wear camo....Vermonters wear red plaid Woolrich, even in the summer.

 

Carhartt pants/shorts, a “Don’t New Jersey Vermont” or “Keep Vermont Weird” t-shirt, shoes made of free-range fibers, and a Patagonia trucker hat.  Get it right...

[The Senator]

On 6/13/2019 at 12:23 PM, ShadyBillsFan said:

by request 

 

Fergy is a dolt.

 

 

 

 

Brings back memories of a younger time when, every trip back home, I ‘d pick up a couple cases of Extra Stock and Brador, and a quarter pound of vegetables.

 

For at least a couple of weeks, I was the most popular guy in High Rise One!

.

[Whatnot78]

Bells no longer distributes to VA thanks to the idiot distribution people.  So now I have to get my 2-hearted and Hopslam from family in NY or when I go visit.

[707BillsFan]

I live in the land of Pliny, but not a big fan of the Russian River brews...Moonlight Brewery is down the street from our house. Everyone has raved about this gem for some time, but it's dark nature scared me away (more of a Pils guy, Moonlight's Reality Czeck is outstanding)...but Death & Taxes, a black lager is an excellent brew. 

[KD in CA]

6 minutes ago, 707BillsFan said:

I live in the land of Pliny, but not a big fan of the Russian River brews...Moonlight Brewery is down the street from our house. Everyone has raved about this gem for some time, but it's dark nature scared me away (more of a Pils guy, Moonlight's Reality Czeck is outstanding)...but Death & Taxes, a black lager is an excellent brew. 

 

I’ll have to give it a try.  I also don’t get the RRB hype.  I didn’t think Pliny was anything special.

 

Lagunitas is still my favorite.  I discovered the summer lager recently and it is terrific.

[707BillsFan]

6 minutes ago, KD in CA said:

 

I’ll have to give it a try.  I also don’t get the RRB hype.  I didn’t think Pliny was anything special.

 

Lagunitas is still my favorite.  I discovered the summer lager recently and it is terrific.

This little gem? My fridge is stocked w/ them. We went tasting at the new RRB site and I didn't care for any of the beers I tasted (they weren't brewing STS at the new site yet). I believe both Death & Taxes and Reality Czeck are in cans at various locations. 

[Cripple Creek]

53 minutes ago, KD in CA said:

 

Lagunitas is still my favorite.  I discovered the summer lager recently and it is terrific.

My daughter’s apartment complex (Chicago) keeps a fridge in the rec  room stocked with them. Nice benefit.

[plenzmd1]

48 minutes ago, 707BillsFan said:

This little gem? My fridge is stocked w/ them. We went tasting at the new RRB site and I didn't care for any of the beers I tasted (they weren't brewing STS at the new site yet). I believe both Death & Taxes and Reality Czeck are in cans at various locations. 

i will have to try one of those...

 

funny how beer geeks and small brewery owners get all pissed when one of their brethern get bought by a giant..but seems to me most of these places are still turning out great beer..like above

[Cripple Creek]

40 minutes ago, plenzmd1 said:

i will have to try one of those...

 

funny how beer geeks and small brewery owners get all pissed when one of their brethern get bought by a giant..but seems to me most of these places are still turning out great beer..like above

Most of them are also anti vax and flat earthers so I get their confusion.

[707BillsFan]

2 hours ago, plenzmd1 said:

i will have to try one of those...

 

funny how beer geeks and small brewery owners get all pissed when one of their brethern get bought by a giant..but seems to me most of these places are still turning out great beer..like above

I'd like to think Heineken would just let Lagunitas to continue to do what they've been doing w/o too much interference, but it's a huge corporation and that's probably not reasonable to expect that to happen. There have been a few high level people who have left that have said it's not the same anymore (big corporate interference). It's no longer our little Sonoma County brewery, but as long as they keep pumping out good alternatives to their standard batches...I'm fine.

[bdutton]

Here are a few pics of my current brews on deck...

 

Blowoff tubes from my Arrogant Bastard Clone:

 

 

 

This is the secondary fermentation for my modified Commodore Perry IPA (With chopped grapefruit added to the fermenter: