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Like to but I think its rapidly getting out of my range.

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My daughter applied for her first job today--at the Capital Ale House restaurant, w00t! :tu So I decided to treat myself to a beer haul

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...haul041611.jpg

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Good luck to her, and congrats to you! Nice Haul! :tu

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It was supposed to be one per customer. :rolleyes:

http://www.fototime.com/5FC1C5FEAAC0E9C/orig.jpg

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Nice Gerard. Love me some Capital Ale House i do miss it very much. Hope it works out for her.

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Hey! :sh

;s:r

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Matt went by Total Wine up here and he said they had more on the shelf than we could afford. We ended up with two bottles a piece but there was a lot more left and TW up here doesn't normally stock special releases. However, more specialized stores didn't even get what they were allotted :sh

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Hmmm, you did get my text right? ;)

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Good and bad thing about going to TW with my wife. Good thing she was able to grab more bottles for me. Bad thing is she now thinks she knows how much I spend on beer. :D

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I did...........and it didn't say anything about any 4 bottles. :r

Thursday :noon

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As awsmith4 said, I hit up TW on Saturday and they had a ton of the Marrons. If you guys want some shoot me a PM and I'll see what I can get.

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Seth and I are gonna crack one on Thursday, we may take you up on that. :tu

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just let one of us know, I pass the TW everyday on my way home.

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OK, bags o scum, you hooked me into this tremendous waste of money and time.
Wen't by Buster's tonight
and saw a lot of good items, but none of the ones that seem to be popular over the last few pages, anyway.
I saw, but didn't know if I should grab, that Dogfish Palo Santo. I knew that "brand" was popular, but wasn't
sure if it was 'the right one" lol. I did grab some things I thought might be good enough, though. I don't know if
it's better to know NOTHING and fumble around in the dark, or to know a LOT and find nothing on the shelf to
claim as a true prize. I'll give Buster's credit, though, they TRY! $46 for the lot.

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:r Nice selections brad, the Arrogant Bastard and Double Bastards are very strong and heavy. But oh so tasty, I have a few in the fridge right now. I had a Palo Santo yesterday, as always wonderful.

You cannot go wrong with DFH, Stones I warn you they are brutally strong (usually tasty but bitter) but great beers nevertheless. My go tos :tu

Well done :noon :banger

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Looks like a agood haul. Cant go wrong with Arrogant Bastard.

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That is a solid haul, Brad :tu

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Nice pick-up Brad! All I have to say is if you don't like the Westmalle, there is something really wrong with you. :lr

Brad, you will need to join us at the beer tasting table at the Shack this year!

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Well if there is a better place to taste as many beers as exist in the world of commonswerism, that'd be the place to DO IT!

Bill, I figured that you probably liked that Arrogant Bastard for a reason that was greater than the coolness of the picture for an avatar.

Greg, thanks for the shove in that direction, I have heard bitter, strong, etc. For one of my picks to
be worthy of a "if you don't like it, there's something wrong with you" makes me feel extra good
about that one. I am itching to tackle all of em soon.

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Bill I get DFH, but what is Stones??

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Stone is the brewery from which Arrogant Bastard hails

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Grassy-a$$, Al-b...Now one more question before I totally threadjack. I see here and there, "put some away for
a few years, you'll be glad you did." At the risk of starting a fight over 'aging' I come from the bourbon community,
where once it's in glass, time stops. Besides the analogy to Cuban Cigars, i.e., the price will never be going DOWN,
so when you see the good stuff, grab it, what could one logically expect a beer like that to do over time?
Or maybe, which beers seem to benefit from time in the cool and dark.

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Haha, sorry, i just thought this was funny as hell.

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I've personally never been able to age beers, even in cases. I just drink them all. :sh

Cigars are easier for me to set aside.....easier to horde tons in coolers then to have a ton of beers lying around. I just don't have the space for it.

In general though Imperial stouts are ones to age. IPA's in general you wouldn't want to age.

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Yes, as per my retardedly high ABV bourbons I like beers that are very brutal and 9%-21% ABV. Thus the Double Bastard/Arrogant Bastard, even the Stone Ruination. I guess I would call them "aggressive beers". Anything from Stone's usually is a great example. The Russian Imperial Stout is another good one.

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Others here will have far more sound advice but here is my try at advice:

Start here

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/101/

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/101/store.php


This is merely a starter article but it helped me. I started a year or so ago aging beers and its been more of an experiment than anything. Some I have held onto longer tasted better within months but lost something within a year, others sucked totally after aging and some have been better every time I try them. IPAs and other hoppy beers lose hoppiness as they age but very complex beers can benefit from time as flavors meld, as cigars. And just as stronger Cubans tend to fair longer in aging, stronger beers do as well. Some beers I've had that had a strong 'alcohol' taste became less harsh as they aged while some beers that were tasty to begin with became boring as they aged.

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+1 I love aggressive beers but damn Stone brewery....their Russian IS is hard to come by.

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Not really, technically it is a seasonal release that in some places (here) sits on shelves for months. However, the next release will be shipped shortly along with a Belgian variation

http://atlantabeermaster.com/stones-odd-russian/

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Yeah I agree, there really is no season it just hits the local a few random times a year. Even out of season.

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Exactly what the Stone rep told me at a tasting at my local B&M. He didn't even have any to try that night

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Thanks for the heads up. If my B&M doesn't have any when it releases I may have to find another place even though he has been good to me when it comes to getting limited production beers. It seems the more I expand my knowledge of beer the more I'm noticing he can't get a hold of the ones I want.

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Sorry to keep posting links but this is how I find good stores and bars when I travel

http://beeradvocate.com/beerfly/

You may have to sign up, not sure but worth it. When I was meeting Bao and Moe in Worcester, MA I was able to locate Austin Liquors, which had a great selection of stuff including GIBCS and some others I was looking for.

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The best beers to age are high ABV, bottle conditioned ales. This includes the Imperial stouts Bill mentioned, but also barleywines, double IPAs, Christmas ales, and many Belgians. The reason is that the yeast in these bad boys will continue to work on the beer, causing changes over time.

If you have the patience, it can pay off. Most of the beers I age are homebrews, some go back to the mid-90s. I shared a 1996 (I think) "mystery stout" at a herf a few months ago, and it was like a smooth sherry.

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Barleywines & Imperial Stouts are my favorites to age.
Also bourbon barrel beers such as Goose Island Bourbon County Stout

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Well in the other thread I told the tale of the Thelonius Bit(hes Brew that I had seen, of course it was only a mental
picture and it was the regular Brother Thelonius belgian ale, but of course, I rushed back to the store today.
We had a Wicked bout of severe weather here last night, and work had no power. As I move electrons around
to make funny pictures for a living, no need for me to stick around. And for some reason Buster's opens
really early, lol. So I march in there to collect my bit(hes brew. Which isn't. So instead of doing what I SHOULD,
Marching right back out, what do we ALL do? That's right, we make yesterday look like a coin in the fountain.
More or less, anyway, I mean I did not break the bank. Alcohol marketers love me, cause I never saw
a gift set I didn't want to buy, and I 'needed a glass', then I figured people seem to like the hoppy hoppenstein
or whatever, and I thought I'd try another rack on color alone and went for that russian stuff.

Thanks to all who replied with answers to my newb question. Here, for you, are more pics of glass.

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Those all get the :tu :tu in my book. Victory makes some great beer--Hop Wallop is an excellent specimen. Imperial IPA, and if you're not a citrusy hop fan, it might be a little much. I love it, though!

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Brad = Winning!

I really dig those, Brad! And now you have a great Chimay goblet to down the goods.

Trappist Ales 4 Life!

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Damn Brad! Well done :tu Those Old Rasputins are tasty :dr

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You will not be disappointed. Buy as many as you can afford. It is outstanding stuff.

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Got me a pair of Mephistopheles today. They were only $9 a piece.

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Ouch, Son, I understand that is well laden with alcohol. But you do like em strong.

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F**K I'm an arsehole! Those bottles are 2007! I should have cleaned them out! 16% ABV for the 2007's. I had the 2011 Mephistopheles, now I'll get to try them with some age on them.

(sorry I'm just kicking myself in the head right now) I had no idea.

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4 bombers of Goose Island Big John
4 bombers of Three Floyds Behemoth Blonde Barleywine

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Great Haul :tu

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As much as I like Avery's stuff, I'm not a fan of the Mephistopheles. :sh Maybe with some age on them, they even out, but I found the 2011 release to be very wine-like and thin.

I did find a 2009 bottle of this last week

http://www.averybrewing.com/index.ph...d=76&Itemid=75

Thinking about sharing it with my son when he graduates from Radford in a few weeks :noon

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Not a big haul, but all this talk of strong beers & Avery got me in a barleywine kinda mood

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...haul042211.jpg

Avery Hog Heaven, which I drank last night and it was pretty good, more on the hoppy side than I was expecting, but that just made it :dr in my book.

The Stone Old Guardian is 2011 vintage. I may drink that one tonight--depending on how I like it, might head back to pick up one for the cellar.

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Some odds and ends

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y86.../Picture-4.jpg

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@sshole!!


:D

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Whoa, that's sexy crazy & crazy sexy right there!

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This picture turns me on :D