i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)

#567259Post 41 of 1712006-02-16

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You should be able to get it at a good store. They are growing very fast. From Delaware. They also make a 120 minute IPA which I havent' tried. Also a stout that is like $6 a bottle.

#567263Post 42 of 1712006-02-16

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the 120 didn't get so hot reviews. but i'd still try it on my own.

#567273Post 43 of 1712006-02-16

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IPA...i like Magic Hat - Blind Faith all their beers are pretty good though

#567280Post 44 of 1712006-02-17

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Hey guys, looks like I stumbled upon this thread a little late. Let me cut to the chase here:

Dogfishhead - this is great stuff, haven't had it in a long time though..

if you are in the Midwest, check out Bell's beer, it's from a brewery in Kalamazoo Michigan. They make the best IPAs in my opinion... The best of which is called

Bell's Two Hearted Ale - this is what the OP wanted, it is some awesome IPA, and it will knock your socks off or whatever he said... it is great stuff. they also make an awesome beer called Bell's Best Brown Ale

If you are in San Diego or LA, get the Stone Brewery's

Stone IPA - very good stuff.

If you want to get more messed up, get the Double IPA, the strongest IPA I have ever had, hop wise. If you want the thickest bear, get their Double Bastard Ale. My friend described it as tasting like syrup, it is so thick. The also make a bear every year called Vertical Epic, and it is their best beer in my opinion, comparable to the Bell's Two Hearted.

that's all I got!

#567299Post 45 of 1712006-02-17

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i've had stone and double bastard

hurrah!

#567400Post 46 of 1712006-02-17

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Dogfish Head Rogue...Amber, Chocolate Stout, Erdinger Stella Fullers...1845 Abita Shipyard Dixie...Blackened Voodoo Paulaner

Just a few I like

#567403Post 47 of 1712006-02-17

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tucher for me

#567404Post 48 of 1712006-02-17

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[quote=groffhibbitz]check out Bell's beer, it's from a brewery in Kalamazoo Michigan. They make the best IPAs in my opinion.[/quote]

agreed.... two hearted is one of my favs. trust me, i may be in my thirties but i have the liver of an 80 year old.

#567470Post 49 of 1712006-02-17

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I really like stouts and ipa's. Goose island brewery makes a good ipa, sierra nevada ipa is alright. To many more to think of. I just recomment if you can buy singles of different ipa's until you find one you like.

#567490Post 50 of 1712006-02-17

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Best IPA in a bottle. (Dogfishhead [B][U]90[/U][/B] minute IPA) - way better than 60 minute Best Porter in a bottle (Anchor Porter) Best English Ale in a bottle (Old Peculier) Best English Strong Ale in a bottle (Fuller's 1845) Best ESB/Extra Special Bitter in a bottle (BridgePort ESB) Best Lager Beer in a bottle (Amstel Light or Boston Lager) Favorite Beer in a bottle (Anchor Steam)

There you have it. All available in the grocery store. Best beer site: [URL="http://www.ratebeer.com"]www.ratebeer.com[/URL]

#567506Post 51 of 1712006-02-17

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i like the dogfish head flying dog has a good ipa (FAV) stone ipa iguntas (SP?) ipa have also drank both pyramid thunderhead & red hook ipa (Since they are both conviently available near me.

#567510Post 52 of 1712006-02-17

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not a beer snob (Scotch snob): Yuengling light lager Bass New Castle New Jersey Ale (out of production :()

I like Ale.

#567512Post 53 of 1712006-02-17

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i liek american pale ales better, but depending mood & occassion will indulge in some ipa.

#567563Post 54 of 1712006-02-17

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[QUOTE=cmike61]Best ESB/Extra Special Bitter in a bottle (BridgePort ESB)[/QUOTE]

the cask conditioned esb available at the bridgeport ale house in portland is fucking awesome

#567572Post 55 of 1712006-02-17

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[quote=Kobe] Yuengling light lager [/quote]

Do you live in PA?

Yuengling is money. Never had it till I moved to the burgh.

As for IPAs, can't say I'm fond of any I've had.

#567575Post 56 of 1712006-02-17

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[quote=peloquin]the cask conditioned esb available at the bridgeport ale house in portland is fucking awesome[/quote]

Bridgeport's IPA, unfortunately, isn't all that or a bag of chips. bought a 6 of it a few weeks ago, and wasn't overly impressed. I still drank it mind you, it IS beer afterall, but i won't be buying it again when it's sitting right next to Thunderhead.

#567579Post 57 of 1712006-02-17

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yeah im not a huge fan of bridgeport beers actually, but there esb is good, and the stout aint bad either. the ipa sucks, which is strange because its probably their best known

#567581Post 58 of 1712006-02-17

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[quote=palmer]Do you live in PA?

Yuengling is money. Never had it till I moved to the burgh.

As for IPAs, can't say I'm fond of any I've had.[/quote]

Central NJ, Yueng is considered a local beer around here. Oddly enough, some bars charge import prices. :roll: I'm all like, "Do you realize they are closer to here than Bud/Miller/Coors?" :lol:

#567582Post 59 of 1712006-02-17

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[quote=peloquin]no offense, but if thats your top 5, you are not a connoisseur ;)[/quote]

no offense, but that is my opinion and since when is there rules for what your preferences are

#567583Post 60 of 1712006-02-17

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i never said there were rules for preference, to each their own.

#567588Post 61 of 1712006-02-17

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An interesting note:

A few months ago we went to the Boulevard Brewery in KC and did the tour and tried all their beers. In the presentation, they were talking about how they got off the ground, and what direction they're headed etc etc. When they started their goal was something like 1500 barrels for the year. The first year, they sold 6000+. And then he said, just to put that into perspective...our friends across the state in STL, anheuser busch, brewed that amount by 8am on January 1st. 1 Hour. LOL!! [U][I][B][/B][/I][/U][B][I][URL="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5rdmAfZDbHsALxZXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTBrZmxuajUyBGNvbG8DdwRzZWMDcXNzLXNwZWxs/SIG=14rcnonbv/EXP=1140282086/**http%3a//search.yahoo.com/search%3fp=anheuser%2bbusch%26sp=1%26fr2=sp-top%26SpellState=n-357965666_q-DxIJBHsDFXzVxEt9BlHGwwABAA%2540%2540"][/URL][/I][/B]

#567594Post 62 of 1712006-02-17

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fucking budweiser

#567599Post 63 of 1712006-02-17

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yeah, i know. but really, that's number is impressive no matter how you look at it.

#567654Post 64 of 1712006-02-17

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Harpoon IPA is my favorite. Boston brewery...

#567691Post 65 of 1712006-02-17

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[QUOTE=Jenks]An interesting note:

A few months ago we went to the Boulevard Brewery in KC and did the tour and tried all their beers. In the presentation, they were talking about how they got off the ground, and what direction they're headed etc etc. When they started their goal was something like 1500 barrels for the year. The first year, they sold 6000+. And then he said, just to put that into perspective...our friends across the state in STL, anheuser busch, brewed that amount by 8am on January 1st. 1 Hour. LOL!! [U][I][B][/B][/I][/U][B][I][URL="http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0Je5rdmAfZDbHsALxZXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTBrZmxuajUyBGNvbG8DdwRzZWMDcXNzLXNwZWxs/SIG=14rcnonbv/EXP=1140282086/**http%3a//search.yahoo.com/search%3fp=anheuser%2bbusch%26sp=1%26fr2=sp-top%26SpellState=n-357965666_q-DxIJBHsDFXzVxEt9BlHGwwABAA%2540%2540"][/URL][/I][/B][/QUOTE] :RightOn:

Boulevard Wheat is my favorite. by far.

#567705Post 66 of 1712006-02-17

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i just stumbled upon a sweet, dark dopplebock dubbed "Spaten Optimator" - like 7.5% local tiki bar serves it in bottles & i had never seen it b4 - i love it. anyone else had this stuff?

#567825Post 67 of 1712006-02-17

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ive had spaten... not sure if it was spaten optimizer... i doubt it was. spaten tastes very much like stella.

#567859Post 68 of 1712006-02-18

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:Alchy :Alchy :Alchy :Alchy :Alchy :Alchy i love micro brews!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#567861Post 69 of 1712006-02-18

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Natty ICE and Mickeys...

#567865Post 70 of 1712006-02-18

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[quote=srbbnd]Natty ICE and Mickeys...[/quote]

:lol: try Lazer or Mt. Everest:lol:

actually drink two 40's of St. Ides and you will be smashed:shock: 8)

#567890Post 71 of 1712006-02-18

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[quote=peloquin][B]current top beers, no particular order[/B]

salmon creek brewpub (vancouver, wa) belgian ale amnesia brewing (portland, or) esb rogue dead guy ale (rogueales.com, portland, or) mac and jacks african amber (somewhere in washington) alaskan amber im also a massive fan of any stouts and porters, and i love a stella too[/quote]

Shame on you, where's the Widmer stuff? They put out some great brews and its from your neck of the woods.

#568015Post 72 of 1712006-02-18

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The best and most common IPA we get in FL is Great Divide, Flying Dog else Sierra Nevada.

Although I'm more of a stout, porter guy. I really like tabernash and odell. And anything from New Belgiam Brewery (ie Fat Tire & Frambosen). From what I hear, they are building an eastern brewery and soon everyone east of the mississippi will able to get Fat Tire!

From Louisianna... I like Dixie Crimson Voodoo... Blackened Voodoo - or any Abita Brew would be a top choice.

#568102Post 73 of 1712006-02-18

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I was just @ the New Belgium Brewery last month. They have some good beers. Love their Belgium Tripel, and the 1554 Black Ale. The Blue Paddle Pilsner is good too. Sunshine Wheat, can't comment, don't like wheat beers. Something about putting fruit in beer i just can't deal with. Fat Tire...meh....i'll live fine if i don't ever have one of those again tho.

They have one called La Folie, aged 3 years. It's shocking. Tastes like vinegar, but somehow, i can't decide if i like it or not...but keep drinking it, and actually, just bought another bottle of it today.

#568107Post 74 of 1712006-02-18

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Cobra with a curry, there's no substitute :p

otherwise there's an Italian lager i like called Nastro Azurro. Champion! 8)

#568202Post 75 of 1712006-02-19

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My experience is limited with IPA's, but here in Canada we get Alexander Keith's IPA brewed only in Nova Scotia the last 210 years.

It's the most popular IPA in Canada.

#568405Post 76 of 1712006-02-19

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[quote=Jenks]I was just @ the New Belgium Brewery last month. They have some good beers. Love their Belgium Tripel, and the 1554 Black Ale. The Blue Paddle Pilsner is good too. Sunshine Wheat, can't comment, don't like wheat beers. Something about putting fruit in beer i just can't deal with. Fat Tire...meh....i'll live fine if i don't ever have one of those again tho.

They have one called La Folie, aged 3 years. It's shocking. Tastes like vinegar, but somehow, i can't decide if i like it or not...but keep drinking it, and actually, just bought another bottle of it today.[/quote] That's cool jenks. The 'rents live in Ft. Collins. New Belgium has some great seasonal beers, I'm not a fan of the sunshine wheat either. Did you at least get a chance to try any or Odell's Cutthroat of 90 Schilling while in CO? My two favs.

#568622Post 77 of 1712006-02-20

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[quote=hulkhuss]:lol: try Lazer or Mt. Everest:lol:

actually drink two 40's of St. Ides and you will be smashed:shock: 8)[/quote]

really, I will give that a try.

#568694Post 78 of 1712006-02-20

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ST. Ides will tear you up but you gotta drink 2 of them! ;)

#568696Post 79 of 1712006-02-20

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[quote=bananapeel]My experience is limited with IPA's, but here in Canada we get Alexander Keith's IPA brewed only in Nova Scotia the last 210 years.

It's the most popular IPA in Canada.[/quote]

that beer sux^^^^^^^^^^^ :what
labatt 50 and molson export rules in canada imo;)

#568711Post 80 of 1712006-02-20

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[QUOTE]Most decent liquor stores. Most people have Sierra Nevada or Red Hook IPA, both of which are okay, but the smaller breweries are really kicking some ass with IPA. Every city i go to i try and check out the local breweries and get local with the beer. You'll get some fantastic beers you'll never see anywhere else.[/QUOTE]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. THEY DO NOT MAKE AN IPA SUCKERS. FUCKING KNOW YOUR BEER YOU CHUMS.

Music madethis place,we just kept itgoing...

i p a - a BEER thread!! (aka sasha's favorite beer)