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[weave]

plenzmd1, on 02 April 2012 - 09:08 AM, said:

Seems early, but starting to think of the summer beers now. Picked up my first 6 of Bells Oberon and had a few on the back porch this weekend. But the one I really like is the Hop Sun from Southern Tier. Website says that is out in March..so should be at the Total Wine in the next week or so.

I had Hop Sun fresh on tap last weekend.  It might be out by you already.

Hop Sun, Noble Pils, and Eurotrash figure to be my Summer beers.  I'm sure I'll work Prima Pils and Pikeland Pils into the rotation as well.  Until I discover something new of course.  

[plenzmd1]

Never seem to get the Southern Tier on tap down here.. must have been nice. The one summer  i don't like is the Sunshine Pils from Troegs...and I usually love all of their beers.

Edited by plenzmd1, 02 April 2012 - 10:29 AM.

[Claude_Verret]

weave, on 02 April 2012 - 09:28 AM, said:

I had Hop Sun fresh on tap last weekend. It might be out by you already. Hop Sun, Noble Pils, and Eurotrash figure to be my Summer beers. I'm sure I'll work Prima Pils and Pikeland Pils into the rotation as well. Until I discover something new of course.

I thought I remembered getting an email from SA a few months back stating that Noble Pils will now be a year round offering.  I havent seen it down here on the shelves yet though.  I love that beer, it's the best in the SA lineup IMO.

[X. Benedict]

Taro T, on 29 March 2012 - 10:57 PM, said:

No love for the ultimate bowling beer, the original Genny pounder?

Those used to constitute up to half of WNY's total caloric intake.

[wonderbread]

That Aud Smell, on 21 July 2011 - 03:01 PM, said:

everything you say about the stuff is true. i spent a fair amount of time in germany and austria back in the day, and that straub is right on par with that amazingly clean and delightful taste you can get at a good austrio/germanic beer hall (the sort of place where you pick up your litre vessel, dunk it in a tank of lightly chlorinated (?) water, and hand it to the spigot meister to fill).


i've downed double digits of straub bottles on several occasions (most recently in 2009), and i think there is something to the myth.

I grew up on Straub I lived about 20 miles from the brewery. Still visit the eternal tap every spring.

[SwampD]

With the weather being even more unseasonably warm, this weeks installments of the 1:45 Hops club were both light, springtime brews.

Magic Hat Vinyl

and

Shiner Dortmunder

Both were good and light.  Unfortunately, I had just eaten a bunch of pieces of a 48lb life size chocolate Stanley Cup (which was surprisingly excellent), so I couldn't say for sure how they really taste.

Edited by SwampD, 13 April 2012 - 08:11 PM.

[That Aud Smell]

for those in the area (buffalo, that is), the fellas at community beer works (love that name) are just about ready to sell their beer (april 20 at coles and goodbar). the first, the flagship is a pale ale that they have dubbed "frank." which i think is funny.

anyway, here's a twitpic of the brewers' sampling of frank:

https://twitter.com/...636281921929216

[weave]

That Aud Smell, on 13 April 2012 - 08:22 PM, said:

for those in the area (buffalo, that is), the fellas at community beer works (love that name) are just about ready to sell their beer (april 20 at coles and goodbar). the first, the flagship is a pale ale that they have dubbed "frank." which i think is funny.

anyway, here's a twitpic of the brewers' sampling of frank:

https://twitter.com/...636281921929216

I am friends with a guy who knows one of the partners at that brewery.  I'll have to look for their beers when I am in Buffalo.  Always look forward to new beer offerings.

[d4rksabre]

Enjoying playoff hockey, popcorn, and Newcastle Summer Ale with the gf tonight. Also got a twelve of OV in the fridge. Because, yes.

[plenzmd1]

d4rksabre, on 13 April 2012 - 10:14 PM, said:

Enjoying playoff hockey, popcorn, and Newcastle Summer Ale with the gf tonight. Also got a twelve of OV in the fridge. Because, yes.

You know, i cannot remember if 12 oz OV comes in a clear bottle or not? I think just the splits were clear right?

[d4rksabre]

plenzmd1, on 14 April 2012 - 05:31 AM, said:

You know, i cannot remember if 12 oz OV comes in a clear bottle or not? I think just the splits were clear right?

No idea, I wasn't old enough to buy em when they were. the 12ozs are brown bottles though.

[That Aud Smell]

d4rksabre, on 13 April 2012 - 10:14 PM, said:

Enjoying playoff hockey, popcorn, and Newcastle Summer Ale with the gf tonight. Also got a twelve of OV in the fridge. Because, yes.

so much win.

weave, on 13 April 2012 - 08:35 PM, said:

I am friends with a guy who knows one of the partners at that brewery.  I'll have to look for their beers when I am in Buffalo.  Always look forward to new beer offerings.

they're a good bunch. i think most (all?) of them also have day jobs. i threw more money than i reasonably should have at their kickstarter campaign. it felt right.

plenzmd1, on 14 April 2012 - 05:31 AM, said:

You know, i cannot remember if 12 oz OV comes in a clear bottle or not? I think just the splits were clear right?

OV bottles are brown; the splits were (are?) clear (as are corona splits, fwiw). i have happy, happy memories (albeit hazy) of bucket night at the library on bailey -- a whole mess of OV splits in a bucket of bar ice for some ridiculously low price.

[X. Benedict]

That Aud Smell, on 14 April 2012 - 08:52 AM, said:

OV bottles are brown; the splits were (are?) clear (as are corona splits, fwiw). i have happy, happy memories (albeit hazy) of bucket night at the library on bailey -- a whole mess of OV splits in a bucket of bar ice for some ridiculously low price.

Add an L and an E and you got LOVE.

[mudberry]

Sam Adams East-West Kolsch was delicious. I bought a twelve pack of the Summer Styles variety pack and this one stood out for me. Wish I could find a pack of it without having to buy a variety pack.

[elj4176]

weave, on 02 April 2012 - 09:28 AM, said:

I had Hop Sun fresh on tap last weekend.  It might be out by you already.

Hop Sun, Noble Pils, and Eurotrash figure to be my Summer beers.  I'm sure I'll work Prima Pils and Pikeland Pils into the rotation as well.  Until I discover something new of course.  

Same here. Look for Sierra Nevada Summerfest to throw in the mix as well. Good stuff.
stopped at Cornerstone brewery today in Madison, OH and had their Pils and a Buffalo chicken Pizza. Not too shabby.

[weave]

Had business to tend to in East Aurora this past weekend.  Stopped into Tantalus for lunch.  Was there once before a couple years ago.  It's a rather upscale looking place with an eclectic menu, a huge wine list, terrific flatbreads, and a rather nice beer selection that rotates often.  They had 5 or 6 IPA's on tap, and several beers that I almost never see in my travels on draft.  A noteworthy one from this weekend was Great Divide Colette.  It is a farmhouse saison style and was fantastic.  Extremely well balanced, the Belgian yeast esters were subtle and provided a little interest instead of being in-your-face like so many other Belgian inspired beers.  It was crisp, effervescent, dry on the finish, and very thirst quenching.  Left a deceptively light impression on the tongue for a 7+% ABV beer.  My wife is generally not fond of saisons but she enjoyed this one enough to order a pint for herself.  I'm going to hunt this beer down so that I have some on hand for deck sitting season.

I heartily recommend GD Colette and a session at the Tantalus bar in East Aurora.  BTW- I wasn't fond of my catfish sandwich.  The fish was rather muddy tasting and the sammie itself was rather nondescript otherwise.  The chicken tortilla soup was very tasty though and so was the wife's mushroom and panchetta flatbread.

[plenzmd1]

Having a nice wit from a little brewery in Alexandria VA called Port City . Optimal wit is the name..nice crisp taste ofr an sfternoon in the mid 80's.

[MattPie]

weave, on 23 April 2012 - 06:55 PM, said:

I heartily recommend GD Colette and a session at the Tantalus bar in East Aurora.  BTW- I wasn't fond of my catfish sandwich.  The fish was rather muddy tasting and the sammie itself was rather nondescript otherwise.  The chicken tortilla soup was very tasty though and so was the wife's mushroom and panchetta flatbread.

Been there several times, the pizzas are always good. Be warned though that they're not Buffalo-style pizza, much thinner. But some interesting topping combos.

Apparently there's a Facebook page for 'Aurora Brew works', which is supposed to be coming.
FB comment: "Love the enthusiasm! As for the details, we'll be a craft beer store & tasting bar. Keep an eye out for activity near the roundabout. Things are certainly moving fast at ABW - Fast enough to open as early as mid-June! If you haven't already, please "like" our page and introduce us to your friends. We couldn't be more excited that you're excited. Cheers!"

[Spndnchz]

This place http://citybration.c...il-contest.html is having a cocktail contest.  Make a cocktail that exemplifies the waterfront.

Personally I think someone should make a Pegulager.

The name of the new cocktail must somehow reflect the Waterfront.  Please use ingredients that are readily available at local liquor and grocery stores, and try to make it easy to mix by bartenders in our busy Buffalo pubs – we’d love to have it served in local watering holes long after the Floating Cocktail Party is over and the boats have docked.

[LGR4GM]

spndnchz, on 12 June 2012 - 08:11 PM, said:

This place http://citybration.c...il-contest.html is having a cocktail contest.  Make a cocktail that exemplifies the waterfront.

Personally I think someone should make a Pegulager.

The name of the new cocktail must somehow reflect the Waterfront.  Please use ingredients that are readily available at local liquor and grocery stores, and try to make it easy to mix by bartenders in our busy Buffalo pubs – we’d love to have it served in local watering holes long after the Floating Cocktail Party is over and the boats have docked.

I submitting something super easy that wont win but I call it the buffalo jolly roger

[Ghost of Dwight Drane]

Korab suggested Kona......good stuff. Drinking Fire Rock IPA. I've been a good boy the past month, so I am on beer #5 right now and can't feel my toes.

[d4rksabre]

Ghost of Dwight Drane, on 04 September 2012 - 05:59 PM, said:

Korab suggested Kona......good stuff. Drinking Fire Rock IPA. I've been a good boy the past month, so I am on beer #5 right now and can't feel my toes.

Excellent. Love Kona's beers.

[weave]

Anyone else had this years' rendition of Southern Tier Harvest yet?

I swooned at the hop aroma.  Delicious stuff as usual.

[BuffaloSoldier2010]

Figured this would be a good place to put this.

So its the start of my Junior year at UB and a few friends and i are renting a house, all in all there are 5 of us here and every weekend we go through a substantial amount of beer.  There was a very empty looking wall in the living room that led one of my roomates to inspiration.

The Beerlin Wall.  Thats right, the Beerlin Wall.  We are now forcing ourselves to never buy repeats of anything that come in quantities of 18, 24, 28, or 30 and are putting the faces of each brand on the wall.  It's turning into quite the collage and I'm looking forward to its completion.

[d4rksabre]

Make sure to get all of the different Schmidt's Animal Pack cans. The hardest one to find is a Bear catching a Fish.

[Spndnchz]

BuffaloSoldier2010, on 04 September 2012 - 07:07 PM, said:

Figured this would be a good place to put this.

So its the start of my Junior year at UB and a few friends and i are renting a house, all in all there are 5 of us here and every weekend we go through a substantial amount of beer.  There was a very empty looking wall in the living room that led one of my roomates to inspiration.

The Beerlin Wall.  Thats right, the Beerlin Wall.  We are now forcing ourselves to never buy repeats of anything that come in quantities of 18, 24, 28, or 30 and are putting the faces of each brand on the wall.  It's turning into quite the collage and I'm looking forward to its completion.

Make sure u rinse those out dude.  Fruit flies.

[d4rksabre]

So as a member of a wedding party for member sabills and his new wife this past weekend, I was given some very tasty big bottle beers and a monogrammed mug. Nice!

Last night I had the Smuttynose Humonculus, a very nice Belgian Golden Ale. Cloudy as could be, lots of sediment. And delicious. The way it should be.

Tonight, Bear Republic Big Bear Black Stout.

Edited by d4rksabre, 04 September 2012 - 07:31 PM.

[weave]

d4rksabre, on 04 September 2012 - 07:29 PM, said:

So as a member of a wedding party for member sabills and his new wife this past weekend, I was given some very tasty big bottle beers and a monogrammed mug. Nice!

Last night I had the Smuttynose Humonculus, a very nice Belgian Golden Ale. Cloudy as could be, lots of sediment. And delicious. The way it should be.

Tonight, Bear Republic Big Bear Black Stout.

Cool gift.  Beats a pewter mug that will never get used.

[BuffaloSoldier2010]

spndnchz, on 04 September 2012 - 07:19 PM, said:

Make sure u rinse those out dude.  Fruit flies.

We're only keeping the cardboard on the wall, we're keeping individual bottles of craft beers and such in another spot in the living room along with our fancy looking liquor bottles on the fireplace.  Every bottle we have has been thoroughly rinsed and has a cap

[d4rksabre]

So our pal Mitt wants to cut funding to PBS. Nice.

--Government spending he would cut: “[F]irst there are programs I would eliminate. Obamacare being one of them but also various subsidy programs -- the Amtrak subsidy, the PBS subsidy, the subsidy for the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities. Some of these things, like those endowment efforts and PBS I very much appreciate and like what they do in many cases, but I just think they have to standon their own rather than receiving money borrowed from other countries, as our government does on their behalf. …"

[nobody]

d4rksabre, on 04 September 2012 - 09:24 PM, said:

So our pal Mitt wants to cut funding to PBS. Nice.

And it is driving you to drink more beer!

[MattPie]

For the first time in a long time, I'm perilously close to being out of beer. My girlfriend drank the last Yards Tavern Spruce Monday night, so all I have left is a 750ml bottle of Victory Otto Ale (smoked Belgian dubbel). I'm kinda saving that one for a special occaision.
http://beeradvocate....ofile/345/74055

[Claude_Verret]

weave, on 04 September 2012 - 06:28 PM, said:

Anyone else had this years' rendition of Southern Tier Harvest yet?

I swooned at the hop aroma.  Delicious stuff as usual.

I picked up a six pack at the Wegman's in Fredricksburg, VA on the way back from DC this past weekend.  I haven't tried it yet, but I was surprised to see it called an ESB with the described grapefruit hop flavor and aroma.  Then again Southern Tier never brews it's beers exactly to style.

Edited by Claude_Verret, 05 September 2012 - 02:04 PM.

[d4rksabre]

nobody, on 04 September 2012 - 11:56 PM, said:

And it is driving you to drink more beer!

I have no idea how that ended up in this thread.

[Claude_Verret]

I had the Southern Tier Harvest last night,  it's absolutely fantastic and would be my go to fall brew if it was widely available around here.  New Belgium's Fall release "Red Hoptober" is a slightly maltier version of the ST Harvest, but I prefer the plain Hoptober that they did the past few years.

[weave]

Drove in to Henrietta to spend some quality Sunday time at McGregors.  Drinking a Founders red rye IPA.  This one gets all kinds of great press but I'm not that impressed.  Its a little thin and has too sweet a finish for an IPA.  It does have that nice rye spiciness that goes so well with hops.

The Spaten Oktoberfest is everything a fest beer should be though.

[d4rksabre]

Since the lady friend's birthday is today and she's a Newcastle fan, I picked up their newest special edition, Newcastle Werewolf. It's a "Blood Red Ale" thanks to the type of malt they use.

It's outstanding. Pours a dark red, thick head that you can build as high as you want, with a good lacing. Go buy a 6 (or a 12 or 24!).

[weave]

d4rksabre, on 14 September 2012 - 08:40 PM, said:

Since the lady friend's birthday is today and she's a Newcastle fan, I picked up their newest special edition, Newcastle Werewolf. It's a "Blood Red Ale" thanks to the type of malt they use.

It's outstanding. Pours a dark red, thick head that you can build as high as you want, with a good lacing. Go buy a 6 (or a 12 or 24!).

Never heard of it.  I'll keep an eye out.


Speaking of beer.....  lots of beer-y things to do over the next few weeks.  Tomorrow is the beer festival at the Bisons' stadium.  And the Celtic festival at Olcott.  And this weekand and next weekend is Oktoberfest at Eastman Park in Irondequoit.  We hit that one every year.  And the last Saturday in September is a small Oktoberfest beer festival at Batavia Downs.  It's not big but you def get your moneys worth.  It is a good time for sure.  Oompah band, German food, and a decent, but not great selection of beers.  We usually get out to that one.

Edited by weave, 14 September 2012 - 08:57 PM.

[d4rksabre]

weave, on 14 September 2012 - 08:56 PM, said:

Never heard of it.  I'll keep an eye out.


Speaking of beer.....  lots of beer-y things to do over the next few weeks.  Tomorrow is the beer festival at the Bisons' stadium.  And the Celtic festival at Olcott.  And this weekand and next weekend is Oktoberfest at Eastman Park in Irondequoit.  We hit that one every year.  And the last Saturday in September is a small Oktoberfest beer festival at Batavia Downs.  It's not big but you def get your moneys worth.  It is a good time for sure.  Oompah band, German food, and a decent, but not great selection of beers.  We usually get out to that one.

I might have to hit that Oktoberfest in Irondequoit...

[weave]

d4rksabre, on 14 September 2012 - 08:59 PM, said:

I might have to hit that Oktoberfest in Irondequoit...

The one at Eastman is huge.  Largest tent I've ever seen.  its gotta be 100yds long.  The crowd is always great.  They def have a great time but I;ve never seen it get sloppy or unruly.