A New Beer Thread

I enjoyed several West Sixth Street (Lexington, KY) IPAs while in Louisville over the weekend. I was pleasantly surprised to find it at the ballpark, too.

 

Had a new seasonal from Southern Tier over the weekend. 2XONE. Very good.

http://www.stbcbeer.com/2xone/

 

Had a couple of bad experiences with West Sixth. OK, but not great.

 

Twas a memorable trip to New England. Great beers tried in all places.

Anyone going to VT for the Hill Farmsted/Lawson's/Alchemist big three should not sleep on Lost Nation in Morrisville or Fiddleheads in Shelburne. Both put out fantastic beers, and Lost Nation is such a cool place with great service and excellent food (and their gose was indeed a great beer).

HF was a bit of a meh for me. Really liked the beer but service (growler fills only) seemed a bit distant/robotic, though not unfriendly. Glad we went but I don't need to be in too much of a hurry to head that much into Nowheresville.

Missed Lil Sal and Golden Brett at Allagash, but the people working there were among the friendliest we've encountered. Talked to the girl who gave our group's tour for quite a while before and after, and she took Mrs. Fly and me on a personal tour of their Keulchip (Coolship) cottage. Very cool stuff.

We also had lots of fun at Rising Tide (Portland) and Maine Mead Works (Portland), as well as Citizen Cider (Burlington). All worthy stops with friendly people and excellent drinkables. Were told Novare Res in Portland was a "can't miss" - unfortunately our lone day in town they were closed for an employee-only bash the day before their Anniversary Party (and the taplist for that looked KILLER). At least Three Penny Taproom in Montpelier was a nice spot, and we were told the food was killer but the kitchen was closed when we got there.

Supposed to have some Treehouse heading my way from one of the guys who helps out there - he was an attendee at our CT shindig and volunteered to get me some goodies from his area. Hopefully a growler of YAARRRGH!!! finds its way into the box!

Already anticipating our next trip eastward, whenever that will be. Much more Boston-centric for sure...

 

Oh freak me. My decades-long friend, Natty Lite, laughs at these posts and gets up on my shoulder and says, " say something to these amateur beer snobs." I'm with a ,"Come on Natty, I just want a new Calvin and Hobbes toboggan without all the beer noise and besides, beer freaks never show up in deep snow. Hobbes whispers," tell 'em about the hill." Okay. Judging a beer only by taste is like squeezing your cousin's titty. It is a wonderful hill but will probably melt. Other hand, when you know the downhill skid of your beer you might know the glistening beauty of a downhill snow and be able to speak to both Natty and Hobbes at the same time.

 

Sorry, snuffy, I am certainly not a beer snob, but Natty Lite is truly horrible. I didn't even bother to steal it from the parents in my younger years. I like good beer, but I am fine with a Miller Lite, Yuengling or something similar. But not Natty Lite.

 

Who are you trying to impress or rouse?

 

West Virginians? He mentioned cousin's titty.

 

The only part I understood was Natty Lite. Not sure where Calving and Hobbes come in.

 

Brewing a 10-gallon Oktoberfest on Saturday. Five for me. Five is the first of five kegs for a friend's wedding.

 

Prost!

 

Jim Koch said in Esquire he takes a teaspoon of yeast for ever how many beers he thinks he'll drink BEFORE drinking at festivals and such. He mixes it with yogurt.

This was in a recent issue of Esquire. Since then, there have been experts weighing in and they've been pretty much all over the map. I'm sure we have at least 17 biochemists on this board that weigh in as to whether or not he's pulling our leg.