Red Mosquito

stubby bottles?

Nah but only cuz the cans take up less fridge room.

yella bellies all the same.

dad wrote:yella bellies all the same.

Sigh, forgot this issue happened here in good ol' CT

Buxton and Omnipollo stand by ‘Yellow Belly’ beer’s message after backlash

It was actually a phenomenal beer.

It's been a over a year since I've enjoyed a pint of beer at a bar/restaurant.

My favorite local has a back patio. They are open. It is 63 degrees outside to day.

We have another couple we are friends with who have both been vaccinated.

Today we will go sit outside at my old favorite neighborhood joint and enjoy a fucking cold beer in a fucking pint glass.

I can not wait.

epilogue wrote:It's been a over a year since I've enjoyed a pint of beer at a bar/restaurant.

My favorite local has a back patio. They are open. It is 63 degrees outside to day.

We have another couple we are friends with who have both been vaccinated.

Today we will go sit outside at my old favorite neighborhood joint and enjoy a fucking cold beer in a fucking pint glass.

I can not wait.

i had to make a quick run to whole foods for a couple of ingredients earlier and came across their last 3 bottles of blind pig and one pliny in the beer cooler..

doug rr wrote:i had to make a quick run to whole foods for a couple of ingredients earlier and came across their last 3 bottles of blind pig and one pliny in the beer cooler..

Curse you, doug!

I still have never gotten my hands on a pliny.

Doug: Pliny is (a) overrated, (b) underrated, or (c) properly rated.

Just my two cents, but I would take a blind pig over a Pliney any day.

Chris_H_2 wrote:Just my two cents, but I would take a blind pig over a Pliney any day.

back when i was a beer geek I've always said the pig is much better..i just get them when i see them

There isn't a huge amount of difference between Blind Pig and Pliny in the recipe, what I know anyway, but I do prefer Pliny. I'm finding that 8% ABV is a really grand divide for IPAs, many I try that are even just a touch over seem to through off the balance a lot.

I mean it’s fine. But I will never understand the infatuation with Pliny. I continue to believe that if it was readily available it would be good, but nothing great.

Chris_H_2 wrote:I mean it’s fine. But I will never understand the infatuation with Pliny. I continue to believe that if it was readily available it would be good, but nothing great.

Having never even tried it, I already feel like I agree with this. Expectations way too high at this point.

Blind Pig ... where is that made/sold? Hard to find?

Bammer wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:I mean it’s fine. But I will never understand the infatuation with Pliny. I continue to believe that if it was readily available it would be good, but nothing great.

Having never even tried it, I already feel like I agree with this. Expectations way too high at this point.

Blind Pig ... where is that made/sold? Hard to find?

I feel Pliny the Elder is just a spot-on representation of the style. I don't seek it out but if I see it on draft it is guaranteed I will be ordering a glass.

Blind Pig is also made by Russian River, so the same distro channels as Pliny... which isn't much.

I've never had either. Eager to try both.

epilogue wrote:I've never had either. Eager to try both.

come see me

doug rr wrote:

epilogue wrote:I've never had either. Eager to try both.

come see me

Don’t fall for it Joe. He’ll coincidentally be “out of town.”

Chris_H_2 wrote:

doug rr wrote:

epilogue wrote:I've never had either. Eager to try both.

come see me

Don’t fall for it Joe. He’ll coincidentally be “out of town.”

He can order a case of each online and ship 'em out a pair at a time.

Chris_H_2 wrote:

doug rr wrote:

epilogue wrote:I've never had either. Eager to try both.

come see me

Don’t fall for it Joe. He’ll coincidentally be “out of town.”

That's okay as long as he leaves a few bottles on the porch for me to pick up and take back to the hotel.