Craft beer

[Spunky Porkstacker]

I feel like each years hopslam gets progressively less hoppy and more mellow since the first year I tried it which was 2011. Still exceptionally good as always, just doesn't seem like a yearly release anymore.
I'm also getting tired of liquor stores selling them by the bottle because they feel like most people won't spend $18 for a 6 pack.


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I agree, although this years seems a little better. Is it maybe the same hops but the quality isn't what it was, or palate changing?:shrug: The 1st time I had it, was an amazing explosion of hops. I do know the brewer that created Hopslam left Bells a few years ago, could have something to do with it.

 

[4SidedDie]

It's probably not as much. Either way it's gotten progressively more mellow and less hoppy as the years go on.


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[Heidenlarm]

I feel like each years hopslam gets progressively less hoppy and more mellow since the first year I tried it which was 2011. Still exceptionally good as always, just doesn't seem like a yearly release anymore.
I'm also getting tired of liquor stores selling them by the bottle because they feel like most people won't spend $18 for a 6 pack.


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I really wouldn't pay that much for a sixer to be honest. Actually I saw it at a little convenience store on Thursday and I opted to go for a Schlitz instead.

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

Schlitz has been resurrected. :beerbang::buttrock::clap:

 

[Heidenlarm]

Schlitz is probably my favorite macro. It's not as easy to find as say Tecate though, and I like that one too. I had Half Acre's Senita that night as well - good, but on par with so many other IPAs. I also had the Great Divide Claymore which is a wee heavy. I was surprised it wasn't overly sweet like most wee heavies. Probably one of the better ones from the style, but I'm not a big fan of the style. Traquair House is the only wee heavy that I've ever enjoyed quite a lot.

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

I like a Wee heavy occasionally when I get hopped out.

 

[KittiesKorner]

tecate in new mexico tastes better than tecate in chicago. You can put it on the booooooooaaaaarrrrrd

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

tecate in new mexico tastes better than tecate in chicago. You can put it on the booooooooaaaaarrrrrd

Ok.........YES

 

[Heidenlarm]

I like a Wee heavy occasionally when I get hopped out.

Have you had the Traquair House Ale? It's pretty damn brilliant.

 

[Heidenlarm]

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[Spunky Porkstacker]

Have you had the Traquair House Ale? It's pretty damn brilliant.

I have not, I'll look for it.

 

[Desperado34]

That's right. Tecate, lime and.... Boatin!

 

[winos5]

Had a Lagunitas Hop Stoopid last night. Very good pale ale. 102 IBU. And a couple Shiner original lagers

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

For the money Hop Stoopid is one of the best IPAs out there, 3.99 for a bomber.

 

[winos5]

It was tasty. And I didn't pay any attention to the brew date either.

 

[Spunky Porkstacker]

It was tasty. And I didn't pay any attention to the brew date either.

:lmao::X

 

[winos5]

Enjoyed some Delirium Nocturnum last night. Pink elephant on the label is appropriate. 8.5% ETOH by volume.

 

[DC]

You guys are alcoholics, thank you! People like you pay my bills!

 

[R_Mac_1]

Drinking what is likely my last pack of Stone Sublimely Self Righteous Ales. Good stuff.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

My parents took me and the girlfriend out for my birthday over the weekend. Gustavus Sr hates all things craft beer, so I made them take me to Tribe's Ale House in Tinley. Of the 6 beers I had with dinner I had a Neopolitan, can't remember the name of the brewery but it was made in Michigan. Was awful.