GIVE ME YOUR BEER SUGGESTIONS!!

[shafnutz05]

Rodenbach Caractere Rouge. This is easy to say with how it's regarded, but this is easily one of the best things I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. Might be the best beer I've ever had.

I just googled this...if I am going to like a sour, seems that this would be the one.

[Kraftster]

Slap, I thought it'd be gone, but I just saw a few at Robinson Giant Eagle tonight. $29.99 a pop.

[Eismann]

Augustijn Grand Cru. Belgian Strong Pale Ale. Quite good. Not normally in my wheelhouse, but I'm enjoying.

[Eismann]

Ename cuvee. Pretty good. Easy drinking.

[Kraftster]

Rodenbach Caractere Rouge. This is easy to say with how it's regarded, but this is easily one of the best things I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. Might be the best beer I've ever had.

This is a touch on the sweet side, but it is so perfectly balanced that I hate to criticize anything. I'm a sucker for raspberries, and smelling this thing out of a tulip/snifter is like sticking your head in a bag of fresh red raspberries. There's a slight balsamic cranberry vinaigrette smell in there. It's perfect carb and body for Flemish red. Perfect dry finish, only wish for the slightest bit more sourness. There's soke vanilla and oak qualities lurking in there and a nice hay funkiness that gives it a slight saison character.

I worry it's a tad too sweet as a first Flemish red, but it's a heck of an achievement. As close to perfect for a style as I've ever had.

[Kraftster]

Also had Arcadia Ales Hopmouth. Meh it was okay. Wish I'd seen it was bottled last May when I purchased it.

[canaan]

Kraft, you ever have anything from Side Project out of st Louis?

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[Kraftster]

No, sir. Was hoping to take a drive out to Vintage Estates when the weather gets nice to look for that and Prairie Artisinal and by some miracle Boulevard Saison Brett. Isn't Side Project the Praire guy's...side project? It's one of this up-and-coming missouriish ones.

[canaan]

ah too cool. if you happen to come across a prairie puncheon, i would be more than willing to pay you for it.


Im thinking about going to the Voodoo brewpub in Homestead tonight. not sure if i have the motivation or not.

[count2infinity]

Anyone tried Oskar Blues Pinner? I bought a variety pack of Oskar Blues cans for my buddy who is watching my dog next weekend, and I really want to open it up and try one of them, but I"m restraining myself.

[OutofFoil]

Pinner is tasty. Do it.

[count2infinity]

Dammit... don't encourage me.

[columbia]

I picked up three things , which I've never had (or even seen) before:

Anderson Valley Gose Ale
The Bruery Saison Rue
Professor Fritz Briem 1809 Berliner Weisse

Plus I have a bomber of a local imperial coffee stout.

If I'm not careful, I'll be completely in the bag by tonight's puck drop. `

[Kraftster]

Wow, great haul. Haven't had the gose or berliner Weisse but am a big fan of bw and goses are really interesting.

[eddysnake]

Bruery rue is delicious.

Kraftster, how would you describe a gose?

[columbia]

From sometime last month...

Best New Breweries of 2014
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I'm going to have to find the Berliner Weisse from Creature Comforts.

It is awesome. Everything I have had from Creature Comforts has been excellent.

According to the (learned) "beer dude" at my liquor/wine/bottle shop, the Creature Comforts Berliner Weisse is still draft only, but it should be available soonish; not sure if bottle or cans.

[Kraftster]

Bruery rue is delicious.

Kraftster, how would you describe a gose?

This might not seem appetizing, but I'd say something like a Berliner Weisse and a saison have a baby, and that baby meets the beer of it's dreams who happens to have been born to an American wild ale and a shandy. Then those two have a baby and sprinkle some salt in it. Or something.

[MWB]

I picked up three things , which I've never had (or even seen) before:

Anderson Valley Gose Ale
The Bruery Saison Rue
Professor Fritz Briem 1809 Berliner Weisse

Plus I have a bomber of a local imperial coffee stout.

If I'm not careful, I'll be completely in the bag by tonight's puck drop. `

Interested what you think of the gose. I had it awhile ago and wasn't crazy about it, but think it was the style.

[UVM2003]

Side project is perennial's head brewer's sour program. The side project stuff is all brewery only and difficult to get.

In pittsburgh drai laag just released their sours (red/blue/black briar) and koelschip. East end also released brett hop and two wine barreled beers. Nothing revolutionary but decent.

[count2infinity]

I saw anderson valley's winter solstice on super discount today at the distributor. I also saw the Gose, but it was too expensive for me to rationalize picking up that style of beer.

[eddysnake]

Bruery rue is delicious.

Kraftster, how would you describe a gose?

This might not seem appetizing, but I'd say something like a Berliner Weisse and a saison have a baby, and that baby meets the beer of it's dreams who happens to have been born to an American wild ale and a shandy. Then those two have a baby and sprinkle some salt in it. Or something.

Consider that baby adopted.

[PensFanInDC]

WHAT IF J DONT WANT TK GIVE ANY BWER SUGFESTIKNS!?

[columbia]

Slap, I thought it'd be gone, but I just saw a few at Robinson Giant Eagle tonight. $29.99 a pop.

I saw this for $19.99 today, so that gives you an idea of the punitive nature of the PA laws.

[canaan]

Side project is perennial's head brewer's sour program. The side project stuff is all brewery only and difficult to get.

In pittsburgh drai laag just released their sours (red/blue/black briar) and koelschip. East end also released brett hop and two wine barreled beers. Nothing revolutionary but decent.

Have you tried the draai laag sours yet?

[UVM2003]

Side project is perennial's head brewer's sour program. The side project stuff is all brewery only and difficult to get.

In pittsburgh drai laag just released their sours (red/blue/black briar) and koelschip. East end also released brett hop and two wine barreled beers. Nothing revolutionary but decent.

Have you tried the draai laag sours yet?

I have tried the raspberry and blackberry. They're good for sure. I believe the brewery is selling 22's but they distributed the red and black briar in 12 ounce bottles. For a local to craft a sour of this quality is nothing short of amazing.

The koelschip is entirely spontaneously fermented with native yeasts/bugs (in millvale I guess) and is also in 12 oz bottles. I have it in the fridge but haven't tried.

At the brewery all 4 run about 39 bucks.