The Ultimate BEER Thread

Alright... let's get into the New Year right, might as well kick it off now. I'll show off some of my Texas gems, you show me what's over in the Southeast.

This thread is for either the Beer you beer or the Beer you are drinking.

Let's get it stated off right.. Black friday through the New years is a heavy hitting time for special releases.
First off would be the Black Friday haul... Goose Island BCBS x 8 , Rahr (Fort Worth) BBA Winter Warmer, Community (Dallas) BBA Legion Imperial Stout aged in Woodford Reserve barrels
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Avery Old Jubilation Ale, Deschutes The Stoic, 2012 abbaye de saint bon-chien, Avery Raspberry Sour, Destihl Saint Dekkera Barrel Reserve Sour: Pommetier (Made with Crab Apples)
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Last week.... well I found almost everything I was looking for....


avery lilikoi kepolo, DESTIHL Lynnbrook Raspberry Sour,DESTIHL Here GOSE Nothin, Southern Star (Conroe, TX) Black Crack BBA Stout, Avery PumpKYn (BBA Pumpkin Porter), Lakewood (Dallas) Bourbon Barrel Temptress Imperial Milk Stout.... that is one of my favorite beers... and the Growler next to it is 32 more ounces of BBT.....It was emptied and refilled the next day. I'll be drinking one next to a BCBS to compare.
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Next...The big Haul from the past weekend....

Started while out for a Ruck with friends, to donate toys and stuff to the Ronald McDonald House..I see a friend of mine who has a bar is doing a 12 days of christmas bottle release.
One of the bottles I was still looking for was 2015 Deschutes Dissident. Well he was selling 2014. So score. And a 2014 Deschutes Abyss to go with it...

Then I made the rounds to a few stores, and one store brought out a cart full of special stuff when I asked what I was in the back...
New batch of Community BBA Legion, 2015 Saint Arnold (Houston) Pumpkinator, Deschutes Dissident 2014 and 2015, DogFish Head Higher Math, Avery PumpKYn, T00L Goliath, Saint Arnold Bishops Barrel 12 (Christmas Ale aged in Sauvignon Blanc Barrels with Cherries and Brettanomyces), Ranger Creek (San Antonio) Small Batch Series No. 11 - Apricot Sour, Rabbit Hole Brewing (Grapevine,TX) HOLE LANG SYNE - Golden Strong Ale brewed with Raspberries and Blackberries, Odell FRIEK, Green Flash Cellar 3
Top Row - Karbach (Houston) Bourbon Barrel Hellfighter Porter, 2015 Brooklyn Black Ops, 2014 Deschutes The Abyss, 2015 Dechutes Jubel Ale, and Deschutes Black Butte 27
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Well... dangit I went out again yesterday and Central Market does pick 6 mix and match from any containers....
Alpine Pure Hoppiness
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Ayinger Celebrator
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Anderson Valley Blood Orange Gose
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Lagunitas SUCKS and Brown Shugga
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For the Ginger gf...
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Karback Yule shoot your eye out
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Plus one more bottle y'all might recognize...
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Thats about it for now (Unless I get lucky and score some BCBS Variants tomorrow afternoon in a raffle..or 2015 Abyss gets released) until I head back over to Tuscaloosa for Christmas... might hit up a beer store in Jackson on the way home.

Friday night was a special treat at one of my favorite bars

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I would rate the 4 as 1) Coffee, 2)BCBS , 3)Regal, 4)Barleywine

Celebrating no more work until Jan 4th.

Alpine - Pure Hoppiness, insanely smooth for a Double IPA.. It's a west coast IIPA but doesn't kick you in the mouth.
Ranger Creek Small Batch 11 - Changing from IPA to Sour, little fruit of the apricot but very tart and sour. LOVE IT.
Anderson Valley - Blood Orange Gose - lot of Blood Orange flavor balanced with the salt and tart of Gose... sweet and sour very good.

Dude, you're having one hell of a Christmas.

Here's all I've really got to show off, and it's not even for me:

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A flight of Samuel Smith's stuff for my brother, who's a pretty big beer geek. (I did something similar last year, but it was more of a grab bag of Southern and German stuff.) Those are all the non-fruit beers that Sam Smith makes other than a Wheat Beer and an India Ale that's only available in my region as a part of a box set that I unfortunately found after I had already bought all the others. (Sam Smith also makes a really solid hard cider, but I thought if I was going to exclude the fruit beers, I certainly couldn't stray all the way to a cider.)

Only beer I've had in all that is the Lagunista shugga. That's a damn impressive beer run. That Karbage can has the best holiday packaging I've ever seen. Hilarious

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Left to right, Growler of Good People Snake Handler, JP's Yabba Dhaba Chai Tea Porter, Monday Night Brewing Fu ManBrew, Against the Grain 35k (DAMN GOOD wish I had gotten more.. but $10 a can, Mikkeller - Beer Geek Breakfast (the things you find in a Louisiana gas station right across the MS Bridge..), Blue Pants Brewery Chocolate Oatmeal Porter, Florida Beer Company Swamp Ape IPA, Monday Night Brewing Nerd Alert Pseudo Pilsner, Bell's Special Double Cream Stout, DESTIHL Antiquity Rye Wine, Blue Pants Brewery Pumpkin Spice Latte Pinstripe, Monday Night Brewing Bourbon Barrel Drafty Kilt, Terrapin Cinnamon Roll'd WnB Oatmeal Stout, Stillwater Beer Table (Love it... need more) , Sierra Nevada Barrel Aged Narwhal Imperial Stout, Sierra Nevada Barrel-Aged Bigfoot Barleywine, Hoppin' Frog B.O.R.I.S. The Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout, - Hoppin' Frog Barrel Aged B.O.R.I.S. Oatmeal Imperial Stout, Blue Pants Brwery BOURBON WEE HEAVY, Westbrook Dark Helmet, Clown Shoes - Crasher In The Rye, Terrapin Moo-Hoo Chocolate Milk Stout, Bison Organic Chocolate Stout

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Beers the GF and I drank during the Belk Bowl win
Westbrook One Claw Rye Pale Ale, The Duck Rabbit Milk Stout and Dolllebock (Loved this one...), Against the Grain 35k... Freaking Awesome, Bells Two Hearted Ale, Terrapin Wake n Bake Imperial Stout, Terrapin Rye Cubed (AMAZING.. from 2014), Cigar City Wiregrass Post-Prohibition Ale (Colab with 2 Alabama brewers in celebration of Homebrewing being made legal), Growler of Snake Handler, Yellowhammer Tobacco Road Red Ale, Bell's Special Double Cream Stout, Florida Beer Company Sunshine State Pils, Bells Cherry Stout, Rogue Hazelnut Brown Nectar (Been a while but still good), Bells Expedition Stout (Still don't usually care for Stouts..but this was dark and chocolaty and smooth.. loved it)

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Bells Cherry Stout (Love it), Bells Two Hearted Ale, Westbrook One Claw, Finch's Beer Company Secret Stache Stout (another Louisiana find), Great Raft Brewing Reasonably Corrupt Schwarzbier (good session beer from Shreveport) , Chafunkta Brewing Company Old 504 porter (this is brewed at Lazy Magnolia), Terrapin Hopsecutioner (one of my favorite IPA's right now), Terapin Wake n Bake, Cigar City Jai Alia (super smooth)

The Jai Alai I made a mistake... ALWAYS check the Cans for any markings... I got home and was going to do a trade for a 2 day old heady Topper and saw they were canned on Oct 12...2 months ago... the IPA was still good but not not super fresh so not something someone would trade for.

Do any of you track your beer check-ins on Untappd?

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Originally Posted by ScoobaDawg

Do any of you track your beer check-ins on Untappd?

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I've seen others do it but I have not signed up. What's your take on it?

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Originally Posted by BeastMan

I've seen others do it but I have not signed up. What's your take on it?

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Used it for several years... great way to track what beers you are drinking / have drink if you care for that kind of thing.
I use ratebeer also, mainly when in stores because it has a barcode scanner, so really easy to find out about a beer if you don't know anything about it.

Had a very unique Belgium Christmas Beer last night. I picked it up in Tuscaloosa in Sept, and it had been setting on the shelf for almost a year.. The spices had faded but it was still very unique.

4/5 "Aged over a year, vinegar with a little honey, Sour dark bitter chocolate taste with coriander that lingers"

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Tonight with dinner is Terrapin Hopsecutioner, definitely one of my favorite IPA's to pick up when back in Alabama. Tastes a little different in bottles than last time I had in cans. More hop forward instead this time.. last time I really got the Munich malt and the sweetness in the mid palette. Still very good though.


Now onto Avery Liliko'i Kepolo which is just super tasty. A wit beer made with spices and passion fruit added.
I could drink this all day.. tropical and tart. 4.25/5

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