Beer snob beer

[billvon 3,114]

So lately I've been seeing a lot of odd beer appear in the fridge due to several factors:

-A beer club a friend signed me up for (which is fun)
-Being part of a local brewery that sends me beer once a month
-The recent opening of a Bevmo down the street

These have led to something of a 'perfect storm' of beer acquisition, and since I seem to have lost any desire to drink heavily it keeps accumulating.

Tonight I realized that I have taken over two shelves of the fridge without a non-beer-snob beer in sight. Ever since Amy relegated the Old Milwaukee Light to the garage (which was sort of an inside joke) it's been lots of brown 750ml bottles, corks and sediment on that shelf.

What's there now:

Abita Raspberry Wheat - not bad for a fruit beer. Not as good as McMenamin's Ruby - but then again, nothing is.

Leinenkuegel's Sunset Wheat - Odd. Sorta pleasant, but not quite right. It has the words "natural flavors" on the label which is a bad sign.

He'brew Jewbelation Twelve - a barleywine (12%) by those semitic kooks at He'Brew.

Lost Abbey Judgment Day - a great, resiny dark beer. Well over 12%!

Lost Abbey Inferno - the perfect introduction to belgian beers. Very malty, not too "weird."

Lost Abbey Angel's Share - the best dark barrel aged beer ever.

Stone Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout - Excellent dark stout.

Monk's Flemish Sour - The prototypical Flemish sour. Probably most people will find it undrinkable due to all the brettanomyces flavors.

Endurance Glacier Gold - A totally average and unimpressive light beer.

Victory Twelve Saison - Haven't tried it yet.

Left Coast Black Magic Stout - Nice, smooth stout.

Alesmith Speedway Stout - The best coffee stout ever.

Mackinac Pale Ale - Bitter, totally skippable.

Youngs Double Chocolate Stout - Nice, a little sweet, not as good as Stone.

Lost Abbey Carnevale - A spiced saison for their annual Carnivale party. Not bad, not great.

Duchesse de Bourgogne - An excellent sour. Not too sour or bitter, some fruit, very drinkable.

St Bernardus abt 12 - Really nice Quadrupel.

Ommegang Hennepin - haven't tried it yet.

Allagash Curieux - Barrel aged Tripel. Bourbony, deep, oakey.

Allagash Grand Cru - Nice Belgian strong ale.

The Bruery Saison Rue. A great saison. Only problem is it seems consistently undercarbonated.

[jtval 0]

Holy Crap Bill,
Is that one bottle of each or do you have a 90 ft wide fridge?

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[Misternatural 0]

You strike me as a brew your own kind of scientist. Do you work at the local brewery sometimes?

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D S #3.1415

[billvon 3,114]

>You strike me as a brew your own kind of scientist. Do you work at
>the local brewery sometimes?

How did you know?

Although "working at the local brewery" makes it sound like I'm checking specific gravity and adding yeast. Mostly I help with bottling runs, move barrels around and fix the TV. And of course help Damien test carbonation levels on the sours.

[Opendore 0]

(snob snob..) Thank You!! I have a list of intrest now... Samual Smith makes some tasty brews FWIW.
Take Care!

I don't have a license for this.

[ryan_d_sucks 0]

The Allagash Curieux is incredible. If you ever get the chance to have it on tap, take it! The only place I've ever had it on tap had a limit of 2 per customer.

[billvon 3,114]

>Is that one bottle of each or do you have a 90 ft wide fridge?

Only one shelf! Lots of stuff is 2-3 bottles only and a lot of the extra is in the "beer cellar" (downstairs closet.) Some of this stuff actually has to age, like the Red Poppy.

[skyjumpsteve 0]

Dude......pitch those eggs from October!

[billvon 3,114]

>The Allagash Curieux is incredible.

If you like that, you gotta try Angel's Share someday. Unfortunately about the only place you can get it outside San Diego is Ebay, and it goes for absurd prices (one went for $300.) But if you're ever in Perris . . .

At the other extreme is a beer I tried recently, Maui Coconut Porter. About the best I could say about it was that it wasn't as bad as it sounded.

[billvon 3,114]

>Dude......pitch those eggs from October!

That's just the egg carton. We get our eggs from a woman who works at the brewery (ironically enough.)

[shropshire 0]

Not a can in sight - excellent

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[marks 0]

put it all in a box, send it to me, and i will do an independent review.

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[pylades 0]

not looking to sound snobby, but I enjoy a fine Schaefer every now and again...

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[Amazon 7]

WHAT..no Lang??

[popsjumper 2]

Holy Bubbles in a Barrel, Batman!...I need to get out more. In the beer world, I've not even done a tandem yet.

I have heard of the Old Milwaukee, though. Dad was a cheap bastard.

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[micduran 0]

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Not a can in sight - excellent

Don't slam the can until you have tried Oskar Blues

I work part time at a restaurant that sells only craft brews and boutique wines. I have tried so many good brews I can't keep up!
Billvon - your list looks like my Christmas wish list although I've tried most of those.
Here is a pic of what is in my house fridge. There is Old Chub and Dogfish Head 60 minute in the camper.

Be patient with the faults of others; they have to be patient with yours.

[Misternatural 0]

>You strike me as a brew your own kind of scientist.Do you work at
>the local brewery sometimes?

>>How did you know?


hehe, I know the type,I used to work at one, all those pipes and tanks and switches and guages......and beer- how could you resist

Beware of the collateralizing and monetization of your desires.
D S #3.1415

[BillyVance 35]

I should come out and visit you sometime. I'll help you dispose of some of that beer. I love the good stuff.

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[bwilling 0]

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-A beer club a friend signed me up for (which is fun)

Ah, one of the joys of having adult 'children', mine signed me up for a beer club for my last birthday. It's a great way to sample brews you probably wouldn't encounter otherwise!

I like beer.
Edited to add, that's a hell of a collection Bill!

"If all you ever do is all you ever did, then all you'll ever get is all you ever got."

[riddler 0]

I used to have a circle of friends that would all home-brew and pass beers back and forth from their private stashes. Real beer-snobs don't drink anything that has a label on it

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[micduran 0]

Waaaaay too dangerous around skydivers, though.

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[ryoder 1,590]

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I used to have a circle of friends that would all home-brew and pass beers back and forth from their private stashes. Real beer-snobs don't drink anything that has a label on it

I have a good friend who used to help his father brew.
Dad has a PhD in Chemistry, so I suspect he knew what he was doing.
The samples I tasted were very good.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[billvon 3,114]

>I used to have a circle of friends that would all home-brew and pass beers
> back and forth from their private stashes. Real beer-snobs don't drink anything
>that has a label on it . . .

That happens here during release parties. The line forms early (first come first served) and the unlabeled Grolsch bottles come out.

[Amazon 7]

In honor of this thread...I had a Lang Creek Skydiver Blonde and a Mandarin Hefeweisen last night.

[billvon 3,114]

>I should come out and visit you sometime.

Sure. Any excuse to open the 750ml's.