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Its funny you mention that. Im on my way to Wegmans shortly to grab some beers myself. They have a fantastic selection.

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Fifty/Fifty Eclipse Elijah Craig 12 yr.
Fifty/Fifty Eclipse Elijah Craig 18 yr.
Lost Abbey Cuvee de Tomme :dr

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Color me green with envy!

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KS was a little late getting SN Ruthless Rye IPA, but I finally got ahold of a 12pk today.
It will be my SuperBowl beer if I can keep my hands off of it until then!

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I finally found it hear last week. Blew through a 6er of it real quick. You got 12 of them. Come on. Go try one. You know you want to.

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Damn fine haul Tony!

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Been stocking up on Central Waters Bourbon Barrel Barelywine and Peruvian Morning.

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Dave, do you know if they shipped some cases of the CW BBB down to Chicagoland?

I can't believe it but my local beer store still has a few cases of CW BBS. I may have to pick up one more before they're gone.

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If your store got in BBS there is a chance you might get BBB. I would talk to the owner or manager and see what they know. Also find out the day(s) they get in CW.

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Came upon a six pack of Ale Asylum Ballistic (IPA)
http://aleasylum.com/wp-content/uplo.../ballistic.png

and a six pack of Ale Asylum Satisfaction-Jacksin (DIPA)
http://aleasylum.com/wp-content/uplo...on-jacksin.png

Heard good things about Ale Asylum. Really looking forward to diving into these two taste treats.

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From left to right:
DFH Noble Rot (one for me and one for Tony:tu)
Cigar City/Bruey Collaboration - Dos Costas Oeste - Lemon wood aged (2)
Cigar City/Bruey Collaboration - Dos Costas Oeste - Grapefruit wood aged
Cigar City/Bruey Collaboration - Dos Costas Oeste - Cedar wood aged
Pugsley (cat not beer)
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7171/6...281ab6f2_z.jpg

We'll be tasting these on Monday night as part of a smaller tasting group. I'm going to bring a bottle of Sauternes to try along side the DFH Noble Rot to see how it compares to the "classic" Botrytis/Noble Rot wine (not saying the beer should taste like wine, but just to see how they did getting the classic noble rot flavors into the beer).

The CCB/Bruery beers should be interesting, they are 9% ABV "saisons" aged on spirals of the described wood. We got to try the cedar aged one a few months ago at a tasting, to say it was intensely flavored would be putting it mildly, we'll see how its shaped up. :tu

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nice haul Seth! :tu

Thanks for the hookup!

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I am now a 3Floyd's whore

Ragnarok!
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Thanks Dave, good advice.

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Just visited Marietta's new growler store and came home with a 64oz growler of ST 2xIPA and 32oz growler of Lenny Big Eddy Stout. Having a growler store within walking distance of the house might prove useful and a problem all at the same time :D

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Couple days ago

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Also got myself the last spot on a Hopslam waiting list for next week's delivery :noon

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:tu

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Nice, good to see 2012 Bigfoot is hitting now. I've got a 6 pack left from last year I've been sitting on to age. I'll hide some 2012 in the cellar too.

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I drank a 2011 tonight!

They are aging well!!!:dr

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One of my friends scored both a 1989 and 1998 vintages. It's unreal how well this beer can age. I prefered the 98 vintage, 89 fell off a bit but was still good. It's an odd beer between 3-6 years old.. Between those years, people tend to not like it as much.. I guess kinda a "sick" period.

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I started aging these in 2008. I wish I would have started sooner.:bh

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http://i976.photobucket.com/albums/a...t/beerhaul.jpg

The poorly exposed white ones are Lawsons Double Sunshine. 4 Hopslams and 4 Double Troubles didn't make the photo.

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Nice haul! The FFF beers are great.

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Got a wee heavy in bottles right now, got the RTB and Old Chub for comparison.

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http://ww1.bn-image.com/images/bn/100/208243.jpg and my http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/...ot%20oct24.JPG

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Went to Wholefoods the other day (one of the few supermarkets in my area that sells alcohol BTW) and picked up a couple of special beers for the Super Bowl.

First:

Collaboration No. 2 White IPA a beer made by both Boulevard Brewing and Deschutes.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/423/68746

Second:

Wachusett Larry an excellent Imperial IPA put out by a local brewery. I really wish I could get this beer in a 6-pack.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/20/51428

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Like a G:banger

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BLVD Collab #2 is great. Its a Hoppy Belgian Wit. Very Different but Very Good

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http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/8...20206at714.png
Sierra Nevada Imperial Smoked Porter

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D, you get all the good SN stuff!

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Drank a bottle of the King Henry last night. I'll be honest, I didn't care for that one as much. Great quality it just didn't appeal to my palate as much.

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:tpd:

Maybe if I was able to get more special release SN I'd enjoy them more. The regular lineup is not bad by any means though.

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English Style barleywines are hard to get into Týr. I didn't enjoy them at first, but now I love them. They are very sweet and malty, tons of caramel notes, toffee, chocolate, leather, ect.

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Yup I felt the same and though I'd drink it again in the right mood, I wouldn't make any trade's for it.

Also agree with CWS and would add if your just trying the style to try one that is not barrel aged. English style Barleywine, like a vintage Brooklyn's Monster Ale, provide great complexity that is not obscured by the barrel aging contribution. Also, maybe try and American style, some incredible one's out there as well; again maybe not barrel aged. It's funny to me as I love barrel aged beers in general; and while I have enjoyed some barrel aged Barleywine's I mostly prefer them to not have been. But that may be just me.

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Yeah I agree on the Barrel Aged aspect. That adds another level of flavor, some people don't like it. I think the bar is set with JW Lees Harvest Ale as far as non-barrel aged english barleywines are concerned. Had an 2002 Lees recently, drank much like a port. Maybe a little too sweet for my taste. Would have been great with a cigar..

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Anchorage/Dogfish Collab. Brewed with Sorachi Ace and Styrian Golding Hops. Aged in French Oak Chardonnay barrels with brettanomyces.

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Nice!

If you still have a Wake n Bake, mix the two for what they call a Wake n Moo...very tasty

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got one left, so I will give it a try. :tu

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I almost grabbed the Double Bastard but they wanted almost $80.00 for a case of 12 bottles.
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You planning to throw a sixer of Bigfoot in the cellar? I still need to get this vintage. What's nice about Bigfoot is how good it is fresh, how well it can age, and the price is awesome.

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Yep, definitely. I'll probably grab another sixer to throw down there too. I have two from last year, and I plan on grabbing a couple every year.

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Needed some rum, too. :p
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Sweet!!!:tu

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full case of the newest batch of Hopslam
2 bombers of the new release of Goose Island Bourbon County Coffee Stout

I passed on the Bourbon County Bramble. Doesn't sound appealing at all to me.

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:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

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I don't like fruit added to my stouts. I had some blueberry stout from Dark Horse I think, didn't like it at all.