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A buddy called me today and told me he picked up a few bottles of Goose Island Night Stalker for me. I've still not had that beer yet, and have been looking for some.

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Today I bought Cigar City Guava Grove, and Maduro Brown, Brooklyn Brewery Lager, and Brown Ale, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and ROGUE Somer Orange Honey Ale.

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Just picked up a growler of Troggs Nugget Nectar:noon

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I picked up a 6-pack of each: Short's Brewing Mystery Stout, Short's Brewing Huma Lupa Licious, and Southampton Bier de Mars.

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eclectic haul
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The Timmermans was an odd choice for me, but I've never had it and it was a buck off so it went in the basket.

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Is that a bottle of Yamazaki whisky?

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How was the Night Stalker?

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Cigar City beers are one that we can't get out here in Portland, OR. How was it? Do they really go well with cigars or is it just a fun name?

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Maybe not the rarest... but definitely the bestest...
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Free Schlafly! English IPA and Raspberry Coffee Stout.. 5 cases of free goodness!
The Raspberry Coffee Stout isn't even available to the public yet!

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That's awesome, congrats! The stout sounds interesting :hm, you'll have to let us know what you think.

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Agreed. Raspberry Coffee Stout seems.....different to me.

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Upon further review.... it is.
The coffee stout is one of my all time favorites from them... fresh draft anyway.
I always thought the bottled coffee stout was a bit different for some reason.

This is ok (little o, little k).. the coffee is very pronounced as an aroma, but almost washed out by the raspberry tartness as far as flavor is concerned. That said, it is very hard to distinguish the raspberry as a complete flavor also. Its one of those deals where the two just don't fully cooperate. The coffee and stout aspects are washed out by the tartness. The beer tastes thinner and the tartness of the raspberry appears to detract from the body of the stout. To me it seems like it makes my mouth water a bit due to the tartness, but there isn't a pronounced raspberry.
On a scale of 1-10, I give it a "why?".:sh

I've never been a fruit beer kinda guy. Stout, yes, fruit, no.

Screw it... on to the English IPA!:tu:tu

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:dr :dr :dr :dr :dr

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Sounds very interesting Tim.

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Damn shame you now have so much of it :r

Maybe it will be good in some kind of beef marinade or BBQ sauce.

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Thanks for the review. I just couldn't imagine a raspberry stout. I won't lie I am still curious about the taste and still might have to buy one just to say I did if I can find one.

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Putting a few bottles of Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary Jack & Kens Ale in the cellar later tonight.

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Smart man!!!:tu

It's like money in the bank!!!;)

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Just got my hands on a couple bottles of Southern Tier Chautauqua amber ale. Never had it before.

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Ovila Dubbel is a collaboration between Sierra Nevada and The Abby of New Clairvaux (Vineyard)!

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One of the New Clairvaux wines (on the left) and a Sierra Nevada 30th Anniversary (on the right).

Read more here:
http://www.sierranevada.com/
http://www.ovila.com/
http://greatbrewers.com/product/sier...a-ovila-dubbel
http://www.newclairvauxvineyard.com/

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No pictures, but tonight I picked up some KBS and some Boulevard Smokestack Series Rye on Rye.

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So upset my local store sold out of KBS in 30 mins. I picked up Sierra Nevadas 30th stout and another GD Yeti stout to cheer me up.

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Lookin good, Tony.

I expect a review:D

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Im jealous. Where did you find Gnomegang?

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Total Wine -Jensen Beach, Fl. there were at least 6 more bottles there.

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Hmmm ill have to look around here as im am unable to get to Florida.

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Just found the last 4pack of Dog Fish Head 90 Min IPA at the local store. :dr

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ISO Gnomegang

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Yeti and KBS were from a trip a bit further south.

Like Ommegang, never tried Chouffe so I figured I should get a bottle of the real deal with the collaborative effort.

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So jealous you scored some KBS! :dr
On another note I recently had GD Yeti for the first time and it's in my top 5 fav stouts!

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I haven't had either of them. Looking forward to both :tu

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2 more bottles of Gnomegang, 2 bottles of DFH Squall IPA, and a 6 pk of 2011 Bigfoot.


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Put a couple of bottles of Bigfoot away for a few years!:2

You'll be glad you did!:dr

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I see some nice pickups. Has anybody had the Gnomegang yet?

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got one in the fridge now, probably tonight. I picked up two more bottles blind because I think it will get harder to find.

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well for some of us it will. :rolleyes:

I know where you can find one.;)

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I haven't posted here in a while, so these are my pick ups over the last few weeks:

2011 Goose Island Night Stalker
2011 Founders KBS
2011 Boulevard Imperial Stout, from the Smokestack series.
2010 Deschutes The Abyss
2010 AleSmith Speedway Stout

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Forgot to add a sixer of Ballast Point Big Eye IPA. I've been getting into Ballast lately.

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How is that Night Stalker they just got it in at a store near me ?

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Very good. Super thick, and it kinda suprised me with how hoppy it was. Good stout notes, coffee, chocolate, ect. rather complex, and I think age will do great things to it. That's why I picked up another bottle. The one I picked up was bottled on 2-6-11 fwiw.

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Drinking one now, won't be able to hold onto any that long. :dr

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Sounds right up my alley. They just got it in and had a good number on hand. ill have to head back and pick some up.

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Picked up 2 6-packs of Bells Hopslam and 3 bottles of the Sierra Nevada Big Foot last night. Went to one of the stores last night and they had 4 cases of Hopslam left. Might have to go back for more :D

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Last night I picked up:

• 4-pack of Founder's KBS
• Six-pack of Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale
• Bomber of Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout
• Six-pack of Founder's Red Rye Pale Ale

The KBS was $20 for the four-pack. Is that usual? I've never had it before so decided to splurge a little.

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They were charging $24 at my local shop and they were gone in 30 minutes :2

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Wow! I had one last night and really liked it, but don't know if I can justify the cost.

I don't know if Founder's stuff is new to Minnesota or just the liquor store I go to (I don't remember ever seeing it before). They had rows of KBS along with the other Founder's brews, and it's been there for at least a week.

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As much as I love craft beer, particularly the stuff that DFH, Bell's, Avery and Founders are putting out these days, I really have to draw the line at dropping $24 on a 4pack of beer. I've never had KBS, and based on its A+ BA score I'm sure it's good stuff. But that's a lot of dough to put down for a beer.

I guess I have the luxury of crafting my own stuff, so maybe I'm a little biased, but my concern is that all this uber-premium brewing is just going to jack the price of other craft beers across the board. Just a few years ago, you could get DFH 60, Bell's Three Hearted and Sierra Nevada Torpedo in my area for $6 or so. Now they're all at $9/6pk, and many brewers are beginning to package their stuff in the 4pk format. Jefferson's Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout & Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stouts are other good examples. Where does it stop? Ingredient-wise, there isn't that much more going into a breakfast stout than in a standard variety stout--I appreciate the additional aging some of these beers are getting, but I'm not sure it's worth a $2-3/bottle premium.

/rant /:2