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Permalink Reply by Bryan Wray on February 4, 2009 at 3:47pm

Well my shop has a bar in it, so I keep no beer at my house (since I'm always at the shop anyway), but I'll kind of run down what we have currently and when we get new stuff in I'll update:

>Goose Island- 312 Wheat
>Spaten- Optimator; Lager
>Rogue- Dead Guy Ale
>New Holland Brewing Co- Mad Hatter IPA, Cabin Fever Brown Ale, Poet Oatmeal Stout, Dragon's Milk's Ale
>Dogfish Head- 60 Minute IPA, Indian Brown Ale**
>Great Lakes Brewing Co- Edmund Fitzgerald Porter, Burning River Pale Ale
>Hofbrau- Hefeweizen
>Negro Modelo
>Pilsner Urquelle
>Founder's- Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale
>Dark Horse Brewing Co- Perkulator Coffee Dopplebock, Too Cream Stout**
>Magic Hat #9 "Not Quite" Pale Ale**
>North Coast Brewing Co- Pranqster
>Ommegang- Abbey Ale
>Bell's Brewery- Two Hearted IPA**, Amber Ale**
>Guiness
>Lion Stout
>Typical Crappy Domestics**
**=on tap
Am I spoiled because I get to just try random beers and know that people will eventually buy all of them? If they sell slow all we have to do is run a special to clear them out? Yeah, I am, but boy is it fun to be spoiled like this. :0) We are going to get Darkhorse's Scotty Karate Scotch Ale on tap soon, and then Double Crooked Tree IPA after the Scotty Karate is cleared out. We mentioned another one after #9 is gone, but I forget what it was.

Right now I've been on a big Bell's 2 Hearted kick for some reason, can't seem to get enough. Still working on getting some Arbor Brewing Co beers in here off of Kangas' recommendations, but we're going to have to do some leg work to get it through our distributors. My shop is in K'zoo Michigan and
we have a heavy focus on locals, hence all of the Michigan beers.

Miro, I remember seeing Perkulator in UM, are you guys roasting the coffee for Darkhorse?

-bry

Permalink Reply by Miro on February 4, 2009 at 5:07pm

Right now im rockin some pretty cheap beer (red stripe, pbr), but i'd rather have some Cabin Fever, or anything made by Jolly Pumpkin.

Permalink Reply by Miro on February 5, 2009 at 5:58am

Actually we do roast for Darkhorse. Those guys are nice as hell. Bryan if you are looking in to Arbor Brewing Company, i would check out the following beers

Old 22
Old 33
Brassiere Blond
Tally Whacker
Espresso Love Breakfast Stout (Ugly Mug Coffee)
Dubbel Espresso (Ugly)
Bavarian Bliss (When its good, its good. Its on and off.)
Red Snapper

These guys do an excellent jub. Check em!

Permalink Reply by Bryan Wray on February 6, 2009 at 10:43am

Scotty Karate is on tap now... pretty good stuff, had some yesterday. Jolly Pumpkin does sound good...

Any coffee beer seems to go over well here (go figure) so I'll definitely check into your Arbor stuff.
Thanks Miro
-bry

Permalink Reply by Brady on February 7, 2009 at 10:17am

I typically buy a six pack, drink that, then replace it... so things tend not to be as diverse except for that 1-2 bottle overlap. Over the past week it has contained:

Bell's Porter
Spaten Optimator (unusual for me, was purchased to go with some great local artisan brats that we had for dinner last night)
Red Hook Winter Hook

Bryan, have you guys tried the Magic Hat Jinx? It's a little harder to find, but usually available seasonally. Its a great medium beer made with a little peated malt, so it has a nice subtle smokiness. We used to live up that way and they were a favorite of mine.

Neat thread.

Permalink Reply by Jesse -D-> on February 10, 2009 at 7:32pm

I have an experiment going. I bought 24 bottles of Ommegang and I am drinking one a month for the next 2 years. Anyone have any experience aging beer?

Permalink Reply by Brendon Parsons on February 10, 2009 at 8:07pm

Well, as far as I've learned, only sedimented beers age, all others just stale. As far as aging goes, I've read that for Alt Bier (beer meant to be aged), it is common practice to bury the bottle in the ground. This keeps them at cellaring temperatures, and protects the beer from photo-oxidation (skunking). Good luck!

Jesse -D-> said:

I have an experiment going. I bought 24 bottles of Ommegang and I am drinking one a month for the next 2 years. Anyone have any experience aging beer?

Permalink Reply by Jesse -D-> on February 10, 2009 at 8:09pm

Ommegang has sediment, and I have them in my basement in a wine storage unit. So I guess I'm off to a good start. Thanks for the info.

Permalink Reply by Bryan Wray on February 12, 2009 at 6:32pm

I had some Victory- Golden Monkey today... meh. It wasn't horrible, but I would certainly take others before it. Yesterday I tried some of someone's Unibroue La Fin du Monde, which I had never tried before. Good stuff, a little sweet, but good overall. At some point this week I will give Unibroue Maudite a try, it is getting some rave reviews.

Miro, we picked up some Keewanaw Amber Ale and it is selling like mad. One of the fastest selling new arrivals we have had so far. Seems like everyone has some sort of weird connection to KBC, or maybe it's that it's in cans... who knows.

Permalink Reply by Bryan Wray on February 13, 2009 at 3:34pm

Well, curiosity got the best of me and I tried Unibroue Maudite today... WOW! This is probably the best beer I have ever had. It's Unibroue's Red Ale and it's amazing. Again, one of the best ales I've had to date. If you can get your hands on some, definitely do so. Almost on the verge of too sweet, but then the sweetness cuts out and it just finishes smooth as can be. Wow. Their description is spot on on their webpage.

-bry

Bryan Wray said:

I had some Victory- Golden Monkey today... meh. It wasn't horrible, but I would certainly take others before it. Yesterday I tried some of someone's Unibroue La Fin du Monde, which I had never tried before. Good stuff, a little sweet, but good overall. At some point this week I will give Unibroue Maudite a try, it is getting some rave reviews.

Miro, we picked up some Keewanaw Amber Ale and it is selling like mad. One of the fastest selling new arrivals we have had so far. Seems like everyone has some sort of weird connection to KBC, or maybe it's that it's in cans... who knows.

Permalink Reply by Bryan Wray on February 18, 2009 at 2:25pm

Got some new ones in today that I'm still yet to try, but technically they are in "my fridge."
-Dragonslayer: Dragonmead Altbier (on tap)
-Avery: Karma Belgian Ale
-Bell's: Hopslam Ale
-Magic Hat: H.I.P.A.
-Boulder Beer: Hazed and Infused Dry- Hopped Ale

I'm drinking less these days so it'll take me a while to get them all "sampled," but I think I'm up to the challenge :0)

We also just got Rogue Dead Guy Ale on tap instead of in the bottle, need to get some of that one too...
Guinness will be replacing Darkhorse's Scotty Karate at some point this week.

-bry

Permalink Reply by Bryan Wray on February 24, 2009 at 1:04pm

I think I'm breaking some rules by having posts back to back to back, but I don't care. I haven't updated in a while and we have some new ones and I've gotten to try some of the new ones as well.

I tried Magic Hat's HI.P.A. and wasn't blown away. It was good, but... meh.
I also tried Boulder's Hazed and Infused. I was very impressed. I can see why this is such a seller for them.

-Delirium: Nocturnum- If you've never had this, do yourself a favor and save up to get one (they're pricey). Super well balanced, I really enjoyed this one. Reminded me of concord grape, not sure why, but it did. Brown ale, btw.
-Dark Horse: Crooked Tree IPA- Better than Two Hearted, and that's saying a lot for me. I think it's the best IPA we have in house.
-Lagunitas: Hairy Eyeball- Super tasty. Best one in it's price range IMO.

Other ones we received that I haven't tried yet:
-Dogfish Head Midas Touch
-Stoudt's Scarlet Ale ESB
-Duvel Golden Ale (I'm hearing a lot of, "Oh you've never tried Duvel's? Oh, man..." coming out of people so I'll be putting this one high up there on the list of ones to try. I only started "exploring" beer (micros/imports) like 3 months ago, it's been a fun road so far.

-bry

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