GIVE ME YOUR BEER SUGGESTIONS!!

[Jofa Guy]

I think that's the best way to do it, with the regions and wildcards.

Stone Ruination got me in trouble last night, $5.99 for a bomber. Good beer but a hop bomb for sure. Should have had that one first instead of one of my last ones of the day haha.

[count2infinity]

Local place had Hopslam on tap last night. It was on tap but not on their tap list yet. My wife ordered it as she loves that beer. I got Firestone Walker's Double Jack, really good in case anyone thought about getting it. Anyways... apparently before they put the hop slam on, they had a winter warmer type of beer on that tap. Lots of cinnamon and nutmeg. Well, I guess the cinnamon flavor got left behind because all I could taste in the hop slam was straight cinnamon. I was pretty upset about it. My wife liked it though and drank the whole thing. Oh well.

[the wicked child]

The IPA bracket thing sounds interesting... though I'm a bit concerned about the voting since there are likely to be beers that I haven't had.

[Froggy]

The best thing I had at beerfest was Block House's double chocolate bock. Granted, chocolate beer isn't for everyone, and it's not an every day beer, but it was pretty tasty.

I also finally got to try La Fin du Monde, which was pretty great.

Agree with twc & pfidc, though. The Saturday event is for the birds. Too many people, and too little selection.

[slappybrown]

Just off the top of my head, look for: Oskar Blue's Ten Fidy, Bell's Expedition Stout, Great Divide's Yeti (the oak aged one is good too), and Stone has a good Russian Imperial Stout as well. I'm sure there are more, but those are just ones I remember having and thinking they were pretty good.

Great list (not a big fan of ten fidy my only nitpick). Expedition and the Oak Yeti are a cut above for me, love those two.

[slappybrown]

Nugget Nectar is a great beer, I dunno, I guess I am very fortunate to live about an hour from Hershey so I can easily get it for months. Either way, solid offering.

Tried Victory Hop Ranch on tap tonight. This my friends...this is a fantastic beer. Solid DIPA. Victory seems to be wizards when it comes to hop balancing, and this is no exception. Definite West Coast hop character, but well balanced.

Hmm, I have yet to see this one round these parts. Is this a new release this year or have I just missed this one in the past?

Pfft. Even the cesspool that is the Mon valley has it

Why have you not found your way to my house with a case

Poor form

[Jofa Guy]

The best thing I had at beerfest was Block House's double chocolate bock. Granted, chocolate beer isn't for everyone, and it's not an every day beer, but it was pretty tasty.

I also finally got to try La Fin du Monde, which was pretty great.

Agree with twc & pfidc, though. The Saturday event is for the birds. Too many people, and too little selection.

I've only had La Fin du Monda once, and it was *#*#* outstanding. Does anybody know of other beers that are comparable to this one?

[shmenguin]

Golden monkey is a cheaper, reasonably similar version.

[MWB]

The IPA bracket thing sounds interesting... though I'm a bit concerned about the voting since there are likely to be beers that I haven't had.

Think it's a good way to find ipas to search out and try.

[eddysnake]

split up a case of hop juju this weekend 4 ways after going through my previous 6 pack (beer guy at GE gave me 6 in a mix n match), seriously top notch stuff. Complete tropical bomb. I don't remember the price being so high on this last year. Case was $72 which I thought was really steep, but it was slim pickens trying to find it. Have you guys seen it around?

[OutofFoil]

Got it for $64, but well worth it. It was difficult to find. A local distributor I follow on Twitter posted they got it in and since I work from home, I was able to get there within 15 minutes to get the last of the 4 cases they received.

[eddysnake]

do you remember it being this difficult to find last year? I had zero problems walking in just about anywhere and getting a 4 pack

[OutofFoil]

It was about the same last year for me, tasted it at a Beerfest, but had procurement problems. That's why I was keeping a close eye out for it this year.

[MRandall25]

The best thing I had at beerfest was Block House's double chocolate bock. Granted, chocolate beer isn't for everyone, and it's not an every day beer, but it was pretty tasty.

I also finally got to try La Fin du Monde, which was pretty great.

Agree with twc & pfidc, though. The Saturday event is for the birds. Too many people, and too little selection.

I've only had La Fin du Monda once, and it was *#*#* outstanding. Does anybody know of other beers that are comparable to this one?

Like shmenguin said, Golden Monkey is close, but I think Delirium Tremens is also comparable.

[columbia]

The best thing I had at beerfest was Block House's double chocolate bock. Granted, chocolate beer isn't for everyone, and it's not an every day beer, but it was pretty tasty.

I also finally got to try La Fin du Monde, which was pretty great.

Agree with twc & pfidc, though. The Saturday event is for the birds. Too many people, and too little selection.

I've only had La Fin du Monda once, and it was *#*#* outstanding. Does anybody know of other beers that are comparable to this one?

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[the wicked child]

The best thing I had at beerfest was Block House's double chocolate bock. Granted, chocolate beer isn't for everyone, and it's not an every day beer, but it was pretty tasty.

I also finally got to try La Fin du Monde, which was pretty great.

Agree with twc & pfidc, though. The Saturday event is for the birds. Too many people, and too little selection.

I've only had La Fin du Monda once, and it was *#*#* outstanding. Does anybody know of other beers that are comparable to this one?

Like shmenguin said, Golden Monkey is close, but I think Delirium Tremens is also comparable.

I personally prefer DT to all 3, but Golden Monkey is the only one you can remotely find a case for a "reasonable" price. Around $40 last I saw.

[slappybrown]

I tried DT for the first time recently, and it must have been a bad tap because it had no head and tasted flat. If its supposed to be of a similar ilk to LFDM, then none of that makes sense.

[MRandall25]

It's a "Belgian Strong Pale Ale", but tastes a lot like a tripel to me. You probably did have a bad tap.

[mac5155]

I had UFO White this weekend. It was very good.

[Kraftster]

Blech.

[Kraftster]

I think DT is the most one of the most overrated beers out there, so, I'm not so sure you had a bad tap.

[Jofa Guy]

I agree. I haven't had DT in a while but I don't think its quite worth the price.

Also thanks for the response guys, I have to try some Golden Monkey. I pass it up every time I see it, but I always come close to getting it.

[44windmill]

Thirded on the DT - not that great a beer for its price. La Fin Du Monde all day every day for me. Actually, Unibroue all day every day. Probably my favorite brewer.

[MRandall25]

So... how awesome is it when someone says "I have leftover beer you might like" and they hand you Old Rasputin?

PS: Hi slappy

[eddysnake]

Sixpoint Resin was really good. Reminded me a lot of SN Hoptimum. Nice bitter pine taste

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