Craft Beers / Microbrews: What Are You Drinking?

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So I'm currently at the arena watching the Sabres get destroyed by the Bruins, and I figured that I'd start this thread for some entertainment.

Post in this thread which microbrew / craft / session beer (whatever you want to call it) you're currently drinking and tell us a bit about it. Give us your beer review and maybe point some AM members to a few beers worth checking out.

I'll post a bit later on after the game about my current fave: Stone Brewing Co.'s "Xocoveza."



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Great thread to start. I drank some red wine tonight but I usually drink craft brews and I also brew my own. I have a nice Octoberfest on tap right now.
 

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I had sangria tonight but have New Holland dragons milk on chill
 
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Great thread to start. I drank some red wine tonight but I usually drink craft brews and I also brew my own. I have a nice Octoberfest on tap right now.
Curious to know more!
 
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I had sangria tonight but have New Holland dragons milk on chill
What's that taste like? Or haven't had it before and just bought it?
 
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Xocoveza: marketed as a "Mexican hot chocolate" stout, and aptly named. Served/drank at room temperature so the spices and peppers (!) could have their full effect. Not overly hot but "warm" as a beer like this should make you feel after drinking it; will only be better as it gets colder out.
Nice vanilla taste that lingers on the tongue, and a semi-sweet chocolate coffee flavor coats the mouth. Reddish brown haze floating like an oil spill on top of the beer once the head dissipates.
Despite the 8.1 % abv, this is a smooth beer and one of the best stouts I've ever had. 10/10!
 
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Subbed hoping for some pumpkin beer recommendations. Absolute best part of the fall season without question.
 
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Pumpkin beers are pretty inconsistent from brewery to brewery; would def be interested to know a couple other decent ones besides Southern Tier Pumking
 

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What's that taste like? Or haven't had it before and just bought it?
It's a high gravity chocolate stout that's rich. It's one of my favorites. I use to like IPAs but one day had a change of heart and stick to stouts. It's not something I can drink all day but it's delicious when having a drink or 2.
 
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There's a local brewery here that does sweet potato beer, pretty good actually
 
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Here in Buffalo we have some local breweries opening up all over; Resurgence Brewing has an Orange Sponge Candy Stout, Skittlebrau, and Lucky Charms Stout. The last one because of the famous smell along our waterfront from the General Mills plants
 
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Anyone drinking something unique during the games today? Or Walking Dead later tonight?
 
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I went to pearl jam Friday night, had a bells brown ale and a local brewers chocolate stout. Both so good
 
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Subbed hoping for some pumpkin beer recommendations. Absolute best part of the fall season without question.
a few of my favorite pumpkins beers are made by Post Road, shipyard, and Dogfish head.
 
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I'm still new to the "craft beer" world, but a local beer I really like is Cigar City's Jai Alai, it's an IPA, I like the taste and you won't need too many of them to enjoy yourself.
 
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Living in San Diego we have so many craft breweries here its like being a kid in a candy store but hands down if you ever get a chance to drink this beer do it Ballast-Point-Victory-At-Sea.jpg
 
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I'm still new to the "craft beer" world, but a local beer I really like is Cigar City's Jai Alai, it's an IPA, I like the taste and you won't need too many of them to enjoy yourself.
My palate doesn't tolerate IPAs well, but I've heard good things about Cigar City
 
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Living in San Diego we have so many craft breweries here its like being a kid in a candy store but hands down if you ever get a chance to drink this beer do it <img src="http://anabolicminds.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=108442"/>
Looks like my kind of beer!

Reminds me of getting through cold Buffalo winters with some Narwhal
 
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a few of my favorite pumpkins beers are made by Post Road, shipyard, and Dogfish head.
Will try and find these. Dont know how to rep on mobile, will try and remember next time Im on a PC.
 

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I love me some craft brew. I actually like to "extract brew" a few of my own every fall. My old man has 3 kinds of hops growing in his garden. A honey wheat is one of my favorites for fall.
 
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here is my beer tip for today if you are in SoCal hit up one of my favorite spots
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They always have a local food trucks there during tasting hours and they sell very cheep flights of beer. I think three bucks for a 4 beer taste
You have to check out their roots of wrath while you are there or you may be able to find their velvet glove
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Ok Ill try to keep this thread going brew dogs style with another San Diego recommendation
One of my favorite places to go after a game or out to dinner down town is the Yard House. With a beer list bigger than their food menu and more beers on tap than their are states in the USA
here is the list
http://www.yardhouse.com/files/beer_menu_8.pdf
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went to cape may brewery about a month ago and really enjoyed their beer

but stay away from ipa's, i think they are gross and from what i've been told the original ipa's were because the person making the beer sucked at it and just put in a bunch of hops to make up for their shatty beer...and it became trendy
 

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Hops do totally different things depending on when you incorporate them into your batch. Not only bittering. Maybe they used a ****ty hop. They are like strains of weed. All totally different but similar. IPAs are great if you really understand how complex beer flavors are my man.
 
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Hops do totally different things depending on when you incorporate them into your batch. Not only bittering. Maybe they used a ****ty hop. They are like strains of weed. All totally different but similar. IPAs are great if you really understand how complex beer flavors are my man.
ipa's are never great....but what i said is basically what a bunch of microbrewery guys told my buddies dad when he asked why they are so nasty
 

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I didn't like IPAs before I started brewing my own beer. Then you start to understand why the brewer chose that hop for the beer and what they were trying to achieve. You can get a fruite or nutty or bitter taste as well as other aromas and oils from the hop additions. You can also overheat the Hops and **** your beer up. Which may have been what they did if the boil reached over 170 Deg. F.
 
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I could sure go for a couple of the beers in this thread when I get home. Studentss today are getting lazier and more stupid every single day. Maybe I'll pour myself a Left Hand "Wake Up Dead" Nitro to drown the pain
 
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I could sure go for a couple of the beers in this thread when I get home. Studentss today are getting lazier and more stupid every single day. Maybe I'll pour myself a Left Hand "Wake Up Dead" Nitro to drown the pain
I love me a nitro beer!
Edit: just looked into that beer and saw it comes in a 4 pack! how well does the nitrogen mix when its in the bottle?
 
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The bottle is nitrogen-conditioned, it's actually fun to pour their beers because they recommend you just pouring hard and fast so the nitrogen releases into the Guiness-like foam we all love. I'd never drink a nitro straight from the bottle. The nitro version makes the beer a bit smoother than the non-nitro Wake Up Dead, which is a bit sharper and more aggressive.
 
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ya nitro beers taste almost buttery
 
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Never heard of the nitro beers. Love me some IPA's! I'm always going to different stores in my area looking for different craft beers. Baton Rouge and the surrounding cities have some great micro breweries with plenty of variety. My home state of Michigan has a bunch too. Founders Session Ale kicks ass.
 
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Never heard of the nitro beers. Love me some IPA's! I'm always going to different stores in my area looking for different craft beers. Baton Rouge and the surrounding cities have some great micro breweries with plenty of variety. My home state of Michigan has a bunch too. Founders Session Ale kicks ass.
Neither have I, what exactly is a nitro beer?
 
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Neither have I, what exactly is a nitro beer?
Nitrogen conditioned beer instead of carbonation. Think the head of a Guinness. Once you get past that the beer is smooth because there's no continuous stream of carbonation rising to the top.
 
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ipa's are never great....but what i said is basically what a bunch of microbrewery guys told my buddies dad when he asked why they are so nasty
Try this IPA its delicious!!!
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ALL of it! : ) hehe
 
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Nitrogen conditioned beer instead of carbonation. Think the head of a Guinness. Once you get past that the beer is smooth because there's no continuous stream of carbonation rising to the top.
Oh sounds great, I do enjoy a Guinness.
 
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went to cape may brewery about a month ago and really enjoyed their beer but stay away from ipa's, i think they are gross and from what i've been told the original ipa's were because the person making the beer sucked at it and just put in a bunch of hops to make up for their shatty beer...and it became trendy
I love living close to Asbury Park there are a lot of good beer bars there with some good local stuff
 
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This thread started due to 2 of my life's favorite things....
1: my Bruins beating the snot out of the NHL's worst and most embarrassing team, the Sabres!
2: my love of craft beer!!!!
Here is an old stand by!!!


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Every tried that one?
 
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Good: Odell India Pale Ale
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Better: Odell Myrcenary Double IPA
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This thread started due to 2 of my life's favorite things.... 1: my Bruins beating the snot out of the NHL's worst and most embarrassing team, the Sabres! 2: my love of craft beer!!!! Here is an old stand by!!! <img src="http://anabolicminds.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=108538"/>
Great beer! I think they also make an oak-aged bastard as well
 
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Sam Adams, any kind is also an automatic good beer! (Big name, but still considered a craft beer!)
 
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Sam Adams, any kind is also an automatic good beer! (Big name, but still considered a craft beer!)
They Sell a Christmas mixed 12 pack that is great.
Their fall mixed 12 is good to
 
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Sam Adams, any kind is also an automatic good beer! (Big name, but still considered a craft beer!)
Their barrel-aged series is very good. I like their New World beer in the summer and Tetravis and Thirteenth Hour in the winter.
 
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They Sell a Christmas mixed 12 pack that is great. Their fall mixed 12 is good to
Old Fezziwig and Cherry Chocolate Bock are awesome in the Xmas 12 pack!
 

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