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[oasisfan35]

Great American Beer Fest list is released tomorrow, it'll be nice to have some idea what I'd like to try and hit up.

[B]

Speaking of which, any thoughts on what I must try?

http://allaboutbeer.com/gather-for-beer ... r-line-up/

[Electromatic]

Speaking of which, any thoughts on what I must try?

http://allaboutbeer.com/gather-for-beer ... r-line-up/

have you had any of the alesmiths?

[oasisfan35]

http://www.greatamericanbeerfestival.co ... -festival/#



Going to coordinate with the pal I'm going with, it's going to be a mad house but there are some excellent brews I actually want to try to get to.

[B]

Speaking of which, any thoughts on what I must try?

http://allaboutbeer.com/gather-for-beer ... r-line-up/

have you had any of the alesmiths?

No. I guess I've got beer #1.

[Electromatic]

Speaking of which, any thoughts on what I must try?

http://allaboutbeer.com/gather-for-beer ... r-line-up/

have you had any of the alesmiths?

No. I guess I've got beer #1.

Ballast Point Sculpin is probably my favorite large production IPA right now and Racer 5 is worth trying from Bear Republic.

The zombie killer and kill all the golfers sounds fun to me anyway. I've never heard of them before.

[Chris_H_2]

Sculpin is an absolute beast of an IPA. If it's price point wasn't so high, I think it would be more accessible to casual drinkers.

[Electromatic]

Sculpin is an absolute beast of an IPA. If it's price point wasn't so high, I think it would be more accessible to casual drinkers.

Agree totally. Though I'm happy they didn't cut it down to a 4 pack like others did.

[Orpheus]

Sculpin is an absolute beast of an IPA. If it's price point wasn't so high, I think it would be more accessible to casual drinkers.

Agree 100%. It's a ridiculously good beer but I rarely buy it due to the price.

[doug rr]

how much do you guys pay for sculpin? its about 13.99 for 6 here..

and I agree, when I cant get pliny I go for sculpin or alesmith ipa

[Electromatic]

how much do you guys pay for sculpin? its about 13.99 for 6 here..

and I agree, when I cant get pliny I go for sculpin or alesmith ipa

The same price in Atlanta Ga.

[Chris_H_2]

It's the same price here as well. Two Hearted, on the other hand, is $9.99.

[Orpheus]

I've seen Sculpin for as high as $14.50.

[B]

There's a brewery here called Mystery Brewing. They don't have a flagship beer. Their thing is that everything they make is seasonal. Anyhow, last year they had this one:

Dromgoole Release
It’s triple pie brewed. It’s dry-pied. It’s our pumpkin pie beer made with whole pumpkin pies, specifically for Halloween. Come in all day and be among the first to get a pint of Dromgoole.

I can't wait to see what shows up this year.

[B]

OK, on my To Try List:

AleSmith
Ballast Point Sculpin
Bear Republic Racer 5
B. Nektar Meadery's Kill All Golfers (I tried the Zombie Killer last year.)
Atwater Brewery's Vanilla Java Porter

Plus, three NC breweries I've never tried: Bombshell, Fortnight, and Unknown

Anything else?

[Electromatic]

It's the same price here as well. Two Hearted, on the other hand, is $9.99.

It's pretty hard to justify/quantify the difference for Sculpin when 2 hearted and or 60 min are 9.99 but Sculpin is pretty special and it's 5 or 6 dollars cheaper than Hopslam if you can find Hopslam.

[oasisfan35]

OK, on my To Try List:

AleSmith
Ballast Point Sculpin
Bear Republic Racer 5
B. Nektar Meadery's Kill All Golfers (I tried the Zombie Killer last year.)
Atwater Brewery's Vanilla Java Porter

Plus, three NC breweries I've never tried: Bombshell, Fortnight, and Unknown

Anything else?

If Tröegs taps Nugget Nectar by chance (since I saw a lot of that this weekend) definitely that.
New Belgium Hop The Pond, had it Sunday and it was very good.
If Lagunitas brings a non standard of course.

[oasisfan35]

It's the same price here as well. Two Hearted, on the other hand, is $9.99.

It's pretty hard to justify/quantify the difference for Sculpin when 2 hearted and or 60 min are 9.99 but Sculpin is pretty special and it's 5 or 6 dollars cheaper than Hopslam if you can find Hopslam.

I'd take Sculpin over 2 Hearted (after some mild deliberation) and 60 Min (in an instant) while Hopslam isn't even in the same category. I would also say that Hopslam fades far faster than Sculpin, both amazing fresh but two totally different brews: IPA v DIPA.

[B]

Picked up one of these. I think I'm gonna drop it into the cellar until Thanksgiving 2016.

[doug rr]

even though I'm not drinking beer for another 3 weeks I picked up 2 of the latest stone enjoy by's...10/31...someone report back on how they stack up