It's awesome but impossible to find. Was all gone from Chicago in a nanosecond. Craft beer here has jumped the fonze and you have to be willing to call in sick just to get your hands on special releases. I took a long lunch to get mine!

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/11031/41867

De Molen Amarillo

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/11031/46596

Goose Island Dominique

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/goose-isla ... ue/129451/

New Belgium Lips of Faith Vrienden Wild Ale, a collarborative beeer with Allagash

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Get a Belgian Brewmaster and a master of Belgian brewing together and theres sure to be spontaneous imagination that leads to micro-organisms mingling in fermentation.

Allagash and New Belgium are pleased to offer you our collabeeration brewed with the slightly fruity hibiscus flower, the aromatic Brettanomyces, and the flavor-boosting Lactobacillus.

We recommend pairing it with creamy, soft cheeses and charming Vrienden- that’s ‘friends’ in Flemish.
ABV 8.5%

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/beername/127648/

Petrus Winterbier

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/petrus-winterbier/5630/

Dogfish head - Poppaskull

Modeled here by our own lovely Shiv... this was very good, the little bit I had of it. Much more impressive than the Squall IPA, see below. If I recall this was wood aged and mellow while still pleasantly strong. I dug. A-

Dogfish head - Squall IPA

Bookended by Neuro and Sketchy. This was fine and dandy and whatnot but why is it a separate product from the regular 90 minute? I tasted no difference. A-

Cards


Obnish Brunch the next day

Holy shit that's a great Family Picture.

I had a few Allagash whites last night. That is a solid fucking beer. Nothing too fancy, just clean, crisp, and not heavy.

Nice pic kids. Well done.

From the Paste lifeline today:

25 Best New American Beers of 2010:

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/list ... _12_21_110

My daughter took to Ayah like white on rice. And she never does that shit. Must because because we look so much alike.

Also:

30 Best Beer Bars in America:

http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/list ... erica.html

Gonna drink way too much of this shit tonight to kick off the holiday vacation days...

oooh NICE. I may have to pick up a case of shitty classic beer again tonight.

I'm definitely picking up some Nattie Boh when I get to Bmore over the holidays.

i have seriously been buying too much beer lately. in the last week i've gotten...

4 bottles of DFH Poppaskull
2 bottles of DFH Bitches Brew
1 bottle of Allagash Hugh Malone
1 bottle of Stillwater Cellar Door
1 bottle of Stillwater Stateside Saison
1 bottle of Struise Tsjeeses
1 bottle of De Dolle Bos Keun
2 4 packs of Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin (I almost considered buying a case since they're on sale for $10)

and a bottle of Flag Hill Farm Vermont Cyder

Tis the season dude.

I spent around $40 tonight on various beer for Christmas.
I am drinking Twisted Pine Hoppy Boy IPA tonight to relax before one final day of excruciating work before the Holiday weekend.
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/twisted-pi ... ipa/16062/

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Hoppy Boy India Pale Ale is the flagship beer of Twisted Pine. It has a rocky white head, hazy pale orange color, and hoppy citrus aroma. It has a dry, tart taste with an earthy bitterness. Cascade hops provide pleasant grapefruit and citrus notes. This classic American IPA is brewed with medium caramel malts that play off the citrus and orange rind hop flavors to make this beer most enjoyable.

bought more tonight

6 pack of Ithaca Beer Company Cold Front
and a bottle of that Crooked Line Detour

Had a ton of these on my honeymoon in St. Lucia. I actually really liked it quite a bit:


Also had a couple of these, which was nice to find:


Then there was this:


Also got a kegerator from my groomsmen, so had that delivered yesterday with a bullet keg of Highland Gaelic:

I want a kegerator and spicy pussy.

Two Brothers Bare Tree Barley Wine

From just around the corner from me. A really great brewery; nice to have them local.

God damn...that just looks so sexy.

I love that your wife lets you have that in your house.

My wife actually wants a kegerator in the house. Only thing holding me back is money.

Tommy I had that Piton beer on St Lucia too. I gotta check out your pics on fb, see if we stayed at the same place.

Chri' muh Beers

Brasserie Dupont - Abbey

Brought over by a friend for christmas evening. Spicier and drier than most, but very full and pleasant. I've had so many belgians lately it's hard for any to stand out in a good way, so let's just say B+.

The Bruery - 3 French Hens

I like these guys a lot, and most of their stuff I've tried has been well above par. This was no exception. It was warm, mellow, a little spicey, had a great kick to it, and didn't taste like much else I've had. Solid A.

West Co. Cider - Ashmead's Kernel

Also brought over for Christmas. My buddy Brian finds these somewhere, and seems to always have one at his house. They make (I believe he said) 14 different varieties, each made from one specific apple. The 2 I've now sampled were both unique among other ciders I've tried in that they tasted very clean, much less sugary than is the norm, and very very good. As he said, I'd love to get 3 or 4 friends together and sample all 14 at one sitting. I'd buy a case or two of their stuff in a heartbeat if I could find it and had the fundage at the time. Great cider, well made, and local as shit. Still not the "holy fuck I didn't know cider could taste this good" factor of JK's Scrumpy, but I still say it's a solid A.

Aspall - Organic English Draft Cider

This was, by comparison, much more bland. Nothing "wrong" about it, but it just sorta gave me a limp, fishy english handshake and then went on its way. Better than Magner's and so forth, but not anywhere near the top of the pile. B.

Yea, she's pretty cool about it. She would probably prefer it in another room besides the dining room, but we don't have a man cave at this point and we weren't gonna pass up this gift from some of my groomsmen/ushers.

Busty - FYI I got it from Custom Home Pubs on Independence Blvd, who delivered and set it up and everything. They also deliver and switch out kegs as well from a list of about 600.

I would *absolutely* have one of those if I had somewhere for it, and some way to get kegs delivered. Can't get those fuckers in a bike trailer. Maybe I could strap a pony keg on the motorcycle, but even then, I'd be fucked in winter.