Beer ...I Drank Some.

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  1. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    While this was an interesting experiment, I don't think I'll be buying it again. The mix of cactus & grapefruit is a little too cloying...too sweet.

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  2. MrGreedom

    MrGreedom Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Los Angeles
    Name:
    Ryan
    Current Bike:
    BH Lynx6
    Found a nice bottle shop on my way home from today's ride.
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    Taste like sour cherries, reminds me of the candy I'd eat as a kid. Paired it with some Ahi Tuna Poke for dinner.
     
  3. mike

    mike iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Western US
    Name:
    Mike O
    Current Bike:
    HT, FS
    "Bottle shop"...you from deean undah? I got a sideways look when I was there and inquired about a "liquor store."

    Cheers, MrGree.
     
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  4. MrGreedom

    MrGreedom Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Los Angeles
    Name:
    Ryan
    Current Bike:
    BH Lynx6
    No, I just think bottle shops are a cut above liquor stores. In this day and age of craft breweries and vintage wines a bottle shop carries good, rare, and exclusive selection. While the Inbev products are stacked up dusty in the corner.
     
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  5. siata94

    siata94 Well-Known Member

    Location:
    lake forest
    Name:
    siata
    Current Bike:
    lazy goat
    interesting timing on the SN Otra Vez. I'd also picked up a sixer last weekend. I had some toward the end
    of the night, taste buds prob all numbed already, so I didn't notice much more than it was a light sour beer. Will
    have to try again while taste buds are still awake...
     
  6. mike

    mike iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Western US
    Name:
    Mike O
    Current Bike:
    HT, FS
    So, how can I discern between a bottle shop and a liquor store without looking for a stack of dusty InBev products? Howzbout the booze department at CVS?
     
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  7. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    That's easy...there won't be any canned beer. :geek:
     
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  8. Cisco Roots

    Cisco Roots Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Maple Valley WA
    Name:
    Cisco
    Current Bike:
    Yeti SB140 LR
    Spotted this in the beer aisle this weekend, one of my favorite bands and not a bad beer, Maiden! \oo/

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  9. siata94

    siata94 Well-Known Member

    Location:
    lake forest
    Name:
    siata
    Current Bike:
    lazy goat
    just to followup on the SN Otra Vez... had it last night fresh out of the gate and didn't particularly thought it was too sweet to me,
    still seems like a light sour. I don't particularly like sweet beers normally but recently had the Belching Beaver Peanut Butter Milk
    Stout on tap. It was pretty awesome and def way sweet. I see why they make an ice cream float with it...
     
  10. singlespeedrider

    singlespeedrider Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Phoenix AZ
    Name:
    Mark
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC advanced single soee
    I prefer canned beer over bottles
     
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  11. mike

    mike iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Western US
    Name:
    Mike O
    Current Bike:
    HT, FS
    I would have thought a bev sporting Eddie would be >4.7. Badass label, though – TFPU \m/
     
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  12. Cisco Roots

    Cisco Roots Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Maple Valley WA
    Name:
    Cisco
    Current Bike:
    Yeti SB140 LR
    Yup I hear you, I thought the same thing too!
     
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  13. kingaucho

    kingaucho Well-Known Member

    Location:
    South OC
    Name:
    Lubo
    Current Bike:
    Giant Anthem 29er
    Anyone else here on Untappd? It's basically an app like Facebook for beer.
     
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  14. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    What do these people do? Sit around and get drunk to think up these names? :confused::p
     
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  15. singlespeedrider

    singlespeedrider Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Phoenix AZ
    Name:
    Mark
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC advanced single soee
    I got this a few months back but in cans. Bad ass can and bottle.
     
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  16. siata94

    siata94 Well-Known Member

    Location:
    lake forest
    Name:
    siata
    Current Bike:
    lazy goat
    They also have one called Beavers Milk... also a stout...
     
  17. Danmtchl

    Danmtchl iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Bakersfield
    Name:
    Dan
    Current Bike:
    2020 Trek Fuel EX 9.7
    Tried the new Beer Camp from Sierra Neveda, pretty good stuff

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  18. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    I picked up Sierra Nevada's "4-Way IPA" seasonal sampler and this was in it. Darn good stuff!

    It also has Ruthless Rye, Torpedo, & Hop Hunter, all of which are good.

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  19. Fueledbyex8

    Fueledbyex8 Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Whittier
    Name:
    Albert
    Current Bike:
    Santa Cruz Hightower
    Ruthless Rye! Is a good one look forward to that every year, to bad it's seasonal.
     
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  20. Danmtchl

    Danmtchl iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Bakersfield
    Name:
    Dan
    Current Bike:
    2020 Trek Fuel EX 9.7
    Another new beer
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  21. singlespeedrider

    singlespeedrider Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Phoenix AZ
    Name:
    Mark
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC advanced single soee
    If your up in the high desert check out this new brewery that my friend started with his family. Everything I have tasted has been really good.

    http://www.otgbrew.com
     
  22. mike

    mike iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Western US
    Name:
    Mike O
    Current Bike:
    HT, FS
    Firestone 805, endorphin shooter and Motörhead.

    One hell of a cocktail.
     
  23. Oaken

    Oaken Well-Known Member

    Location:
    OC
    Name:
    CeeJay
    I had a Rogue Cold Brew IPA on tap tonight. Very good!
    I didn't realize it was a coffee beer when I ordered it, but the coffee and tobacco notes came in right away. Very drinkable.
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  24. Fueledbyex8

    Fueledbyex8 Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Whittier
    Name:
    Albert
    Current Bike:
    Santa Cruz Hightower
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  25. ridinrox

    ridinrox Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Fullerton
    Name:
    Roxanne
    Current Bike:
    '16 Giant Trance Advance
    I'm really starting to dig the Session IPA's. Smooth and hoppy w/o the bitterness:
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  26. singlespeedrider

    singlespeedrider Well-Known Member

    Location:
    Phoenix AZ
    Name:
    Mark
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC advanced single soee
    image.jpeg Sticking to my preference of cans I had a few of these on last weekends camping trip.
     
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  27. mike

    mike iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    Western US
    Name:
    Mike O
    Current Bike:
    HT, FS
    Cans can – bottles can't.
     
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  28. BonsaiNut

    BonsaiNut iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Troutman, NC
    Name:
    Greg P
    Current Bike:
    Santa Cruz Hightower CC XX1
    I can't stand hoppy ales. To me it always tastes like they are using the bitterness of over hopping the ale to hide off flavors or bad water or whatever.

    There are some amazing ales out there, but given how much cheaper it is to brew ales than lagers, it seems like everyone and their brother has an ale brewery... many with questionable quality. Bad flavor? Just over hop it.

    Give me a 100% malt lager any day.
     
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  29. Runs with Scissors

    Runs with Scissors iMTB Hooligan

    Location:
    West Anaheim
    Name:
    Mark Whitaker
    Current Bike:
    Giant XTC with pedals
    I'm addicted to hops. I like sweater-licking, to steal Herz's term :):thumbsup:
     
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  30. BonsaiNut

    BonsaiNut iMTB Rockstah

    Location:
    Troutman, NC
    Name:
    Greg P
    Current Bike:
    Santa Cruz Hightower CC XX1
    Well there's certainly no shortage of IPA's in the world...

    I am not trying to knock anyone's personal tastes. To me, hops are absolutely part of beer. But when hops become so strong that they mask other flavors, when they become so strong that they mask other aromas, I think you are no longer drinking beer; you might as well be drinking over-hopped hard cider or over-hopped alcoholic root beer because you can't tell the difference. It's like taking a well-marbled, prime New York strip steak, and coating it in 1/4" of salt. I like salt... but everything in proportion.

    Interestingly, the demand for every-increasing amounts of hops is only present in the US craft beer scene, not in Europe, and not in regional and national beers that have tried hoppier recipes and been rebuffed. The commodities market for hops has soared since 2012, and last year's drought didn't help. With the ingredient price of hops in some craft beers now exceeding all other ingredients combined, I wonder if some craft brewers are wondering if they have caught a tiger by the tail. It has gotten so bad that some hops growers are creating "proprietary" hops lines that they will only sell to a select number of brewers (who agree to pay above-market prices). I am not kidding when I say that I wonder if there is a hops bubble going on in the market - similar to so many other taste bubbles that have occurred in the domestic beer scene. The more and more hops race will have to end somewhere. Is it a race to the bottom?
     
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