That's probably true for most beers from Stone. They're not for the weak

BTW Stone is starting their Winter Storm event, Feb 7th - 13th. Basically they put every single Stone brew they have at the time, on tap at their place up in Escondido.

Good way to try some of their not so common stuff, if you haven't tried it.

I attended a Russian River event at O'briens this week (O'Brien's Pub, San Diego - The Hoppiest Place on Earth)

RR Damnation - Typical Strong Golden Belgian. It was good, but nothing special; typical golden.
RR Consecration - Cab Barrel Aged dark sour w/currants. This is the first sour I've had... I wasn't immediately a fan, but after drinking it more, I got used to it. I really need to try more of these before I give a decision.

They had bottles for sale as well for take-home. I wanted to get a 3 Liter, but they were about $90 bucks :O

The Palo Santo is one of my absolute favorites from Dogfish Head. The character of it is pretty unique, even for a DFH brew.

I would have to toss Redhook's Treblehook into the mix. Great limited run barley that I caught by accident a few weeks ago. Also, Middle Ages Druid Fluid is fairly solid.

I never got around to unsubscribing from Harpoon's mailing list when I moved away from Boston, and I just got notice that they're unveiling an "Oyster Stout" tomorrow. As in, a stout brewed with oysters in it. If anyone manages to sample some, I'm incredibly curious about the flavor. To be honest, it sounds pretty horrifying.

Oh, yes! I love Caffrey's! Stupid Coors is the one that decided you couldn't get it in the US anymore.

First time I ever had it was in Vancouver in 2001 and was immediately hooked, I try to make it up there once a year for it.



I was flying home from Boston two weeks ago and had The Grey Lady (Belgian wheat ale) from the Cisco Brewery of Nantucket. I was a little hesitant to order it, since on the menu it stated it was a blend of fruit and spices. (I typically like dark beers.) I loved it! I'm getting ready to move to Boston, so I'd like to see what else Cisco has.

..not to mention all the Sam Adams I can get my hands on.

Flying Fish has one as a limited edition right now (Route 1), and Rogue used to make one as well. It's actually pretty good! It does have a different taste to it then a normal stout, with a chocolate taste and a crisp edge. Reminds me a bit of some of the seaweed based beers like Kelpie. It is a great beer to eat with seafood, oysters of course, but it works great with clams and scallops too. It does not taste of oysters.

Oyster Stouts actually used to be a really popular stout style a back in the early part of the 1900's. Oysters in generals were associated with stouts, so someone decided to merge the two. They are pretty much a sweet stout, so if you have had a Milk Stout you will be getting something similar.

Flying Fish's one is a very well made beer, wonder if Harpoon's will measure up? Not likely we will get it here in NJ, we do not even get Harpoon's Dunkel.

Bought a 12 pack of Sierra Nevada Glissade yesterday, but have yet to try it. Anyone have a review they want to share? Curious if the money was well spent.

I've got a couple in the pantry, but I fell to temptation and opened two over the holidays. Maybe it gets better with time, but its damn good right now if you have the bottles to spare.

I had it on tap, and it was very good. You should at least try one now, so you can compare it to an aged version down the line.

I grew up in eastern Europe and there the original beers are really really rich. Not dark as a reg. Guinness but very heavy. Tuzlansko and KARLOVAČKO being the two more popular.

I've gradually moved myself toward Heineken nowadays since living in the states for the past 12 years. It's better than having a corona and I like it .

Tried Pliny the Younger from RR on Saturday... there was a line around the block for it. It was good, but a bit overhyped really... wasn't worth my wait TBH.

Oh, and the keg blew about 30 minutes after they tapped it :X