gesso

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Really really good, totally worth the $2.50 a can that I paid. Will be buying more. Also was appropriate for the evenings entertainment.

EO2K

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Monks Blood is a super solid offering, I just wish it was avalible year round. There is nothing about the phrase "Belgian Strong Dark Ale" I don't like.

Fireside Chat is another good seasonal from 21st Amendment if you can find it.
Fireside Chat » 21st Amendment Brewery


I think I've mentioned Sneak Attack previously, I've always got some stashed somewhere.
Sneak Attack » 21st Amendment Brewery


AlwaysBroken: what diameter blow off tube are you using? With the big Trappist style beers I've been using 1" ID tube and a 2g pail for an airlock

AlwaysBroken

I found that if I take the cap off my airlock, a 1/2 ID tube fits exactly, but I used a 3/16ths gas/liquid tubing this week and it was fine. I think 3/16ths is fine with supervision, 1/2 is completely safe and 1 inch tubing is insane overkill. I'd be more worried about insects or small rodents getting up a 1 inch tube.

Personally I would focus less on the diameter of the tubing and more on the rigidity of the tubing. I was afraid of using 1/2 ID silicone because it's too bendy. The beer/gas dispensing lines for your corny kegs are good with pressure and they won't ever kink and stop the flow of yeast. A kinked silicone tube will block yeast and then stretch instead of pushing the yeast out.

good2go

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Tonight I went for another tasty sipper from Prairie. It's their Pirate Noir - Imperial Stout Aged in Jamaican Rum Barrels. As with every other beer of theirs that I've tried, it's quite delicious and very interesting, but too damn expensive.

vehicular

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This article is relevant to your interests:


Elysian, Anheuser-Busch, and the Fight for the Soul of Seattle?s Beer | Seattle Met

Erat

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I kinda want to dig into this now, but i may save it for desert.

Dustin1824

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I hope you like it, but that was the worst beer I have had from Stone, and I have had almost everything of theirs.

It ended up being a drain pour. I was surprised because I like their normal imperial Russian stout quite a bit, and I also like chai tea.

good2go

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+1000

It is actually the ONLY beer I've ever been seriously disappointed with from Stone. I honestly don't know what they were thinking.

Erat

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What a waste. First time i've been disappointed with Stone as well. It's getting me kinda drunk and it smells really good but the taste is friggin weird.

good2go

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If you want to sample something which will quickly redeem Stone's reputation, try to see if you can find one of these from the Stone Collaborative Series, called: Stone Farking Wheaton w00tStout




Incredibly good stuff. The are still carrying them at the BevMo's here in norcal.

Monk

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Spent a few hours at Bells proper on Saturday.
Had a few flights.
Uranus stood out as being exceptional in particular.

acedeuce802

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Uranus is wonderful.. err..

But seriously, I really liked that when I visited the eccentric cafe.

EO2K

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I feel like I want to buy 4 bottles of the w00tStout and open one every 3 months or so. It tastes like something that would get better with a little age on it.

good2go

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Precisely! I keep trying to put some down in the basement for a bit of aging, but I inevitably give in to temptation and drink them in short order. I've literally purchased a batch of 3 or 4 of them on 3 separate occasions, but have yet to keep them for any period of time.

The current release is the third (V3.0). I missed V1 and V2, but I imagine a vertical tasting would be great fun with this beer . . . that is if I could just keep my hands off of it long enough to do it.

18psi

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long day at work
come home and open this

thanks for the chuckle

Braineack

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This was good

Monk

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I get that all the time.

good2go

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Tonight I'm enjoying a porter I picked up in Denver last May. A little thinner than I prefer, but quite tasty.

KMiata

+1 for the woot stout. I just grabbed a couple more bottles of it. Good stuff

Diamond Dave

The wife and I took the kids and the Miatas to the Hopworks Handbuilt bike and brew fest on the weekend. While I love Hopworks Urban Brewery beer, they had the Gigantic brewery Imperial IPA, Ginormous - an absolute favorite.