How about this one:Originally Posted by spellbound
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I'll be taking a trip out to Denver this week. Any brewery recommendations?
We're staying in the Cherry Creek neighborhood. Looks like nothing particularly close (walkable), but there are a few clusters in some other neighborhoods a short Uber ride away.
This metal themed brewery looks . . . interesting:
https://www.trvebrewing.com
Last edited by polmico; 07-02-2019 at 08:24 AM.
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Maybe you're thinking of Alaska's Hopothermia, an excellent IPA with an excellent name.The Husky IPA is a pretty good one. Alaska makes another IPA that I think is better, but the name escapes me at the moment. I am not sure why, but their beers are distributed all over the place in my neck of the woods and bars often have one or two on tap.
That one sounds great. It is unlikely I will see one out here in the West.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Yup, Hopothermia is the one. Great stuff!
A bunch of good breweries within walking distance of each other in downtown Boulder (my wife's sister lives there) if you get out that way, but I don't know that much about Denver.
American Trappist Brewery
https://spencerbrewery.com/
I had their IPA yesterday, Rich, almost fat, lots of hops
https://www.ratebeer.com/beer/spence...le-ale/398994/
Their Trappist Ale is very good.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Tried a few drafts at a local brewpub:
Able Baker (Henderson, NV) Atomic Duck-a rather ordinary IPA. Not bad. Not exceptional.
Lost Coast (Eureka, CA) Fog Cutter-a much better IPA.
Wife tried a flavored beer, which I had to finish:
Victory (Downington, PA) Peach Belgian Blonde-a dessert beer. Too sweet for my taste, but not bad for what it is.
She also tried a brown ale, Samuel Smith's (North Yorkshire) Nut Brown Ale. She found it disappointing compared to other brown ales she has had. But she finished it. I was surprised she didn't think it was better, as I like most of Samuel Smith's output. I chalk it up to individual taste, as well as her greater experience with brown ales.
I wanted to get a North Coast (Ft. Bragg, CA) Red Seal Pale Ale, which they had on nitro tap, but they were out of it.
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At a brand new semi-local brewpub on another day, we had Revision (Sparks, NV) IPA. I had it before, and it is always a winner for me. Wife liked it, too. Will go back another time, as they also had North Coast Old Rasputin Imperial Stout on tap, a favorite among stouts.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Samuel Smith's (North Yorkshire) Nut Brown Ale is a personal favorite, I'll probably have it next week when I'm in England. The brewery is 60 miles from where I grew up and one of the pubs in town is a tied house for Sam Smiths.
Always liked Old Rasputin
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
A local good at Penn State:
Couple of Yorkshire ales I like, but haven't had in a while, are Theakston Old Peculier and Theakston Bitter. I have been fortunate to find both on tap (English style tap) in the US, years ago.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
Oh yeah, both are great, if you mix them together in a pint it's known as "Standard", I'll be drinking that in a little fishing village in North Yorkshire in 10 days.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I had it for the first time a few weeks ago when I visited friends in Nashville. It was the 16oz cans, and it was great.
I tried to find it when I got home here in the Northeast. I was able to find the 12oz bottles; it didn't taste as good. I'm sure it's a matter of freshness, storage, etc.
"Normal is just the average of extremes" - Gary Lessor
Some of the better breweries are putting the bottling date on their beers now. Three months is the recommended time from that date by which to drink them (assuming they have been stored in a cool dry place or refrigerated constantly). Dated beers nearing three months old will often be sold at a lower price. Import beers have always been a crap shoot. Many excellent beers are made in other countries, but how fresh are they when they get into your hands?
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
When I was a student our local beer store used to reduce the price based on how out of date the beer was, being an impoverished student we were always looking for the stuff 12 months to 2 years old.
Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on progrock.com
https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-a...re-happy-hour/
Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
I have always been a fan of "Old Peculier". It is pretty rare to find on tap unless it is an English Pub type of place, but if I happen to be in a place that has it I usually have one.
I'm really careful about bottling dates, especially on the non-pasteurized brews. It really makes a difference.
ND: New Belgium's Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
There's a high-end produce market/bakery/grocery store near me that has a fairly substantial collection of wines and craft beers for sale, and they have them in a southwest facing window with no shades.
The Nashville cans were purchased cold. The bottles I bought were sitting on a shelf in the middle of the store. I looked for any date; the only thing is a code SL27R1 on each of the 4 bottles. Also, one little nit-picky item; there is gold foil at the top covering the cap as well; it was not easy to remove from the cap or neck
"Normal is just the average of extremes" - Gary Lessor
^^
It depens on the type.
Dark types with high alcohol matures and sometimes the maturing is interesting.
Belgian Chimay, especially the blue one, ages and changes every year and gets more and more expensive year for year.
5 years old and the price has doubled.
Lagers usually gets worse.
yup... Lagers need to be drunk fresh
Ales not so much, especially over 6% then age aint nuthin but a number
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
Victory V12 turns into a wonderful monstrous beast after aging for a year in the cold cellar.
Yeah, I am much more careless with imperial IPAs with high ABV numbers.Ales not so much, especially over 6% then age aint nuthin but a number
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Hops and alcohol are the two natural preservatives in beer. So an Imperial IPA might be expected to have a longer shelf life than other beers.
Ales meant to improve with age are usually so marked on the bottle.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
A friend of mine and I often watch football on Sunday afternoons in the fall and drink beer. A while back he bought a 12 variety pack of Dark Horse IPA's, none of which I had ever heard of (Dark Horse is only about 30 minutes down the road). He picked this up on sale at a grocery store for a really cheap price. He was really proud of himself........I was wary. I have rarely found a Dark Horse beer that I have not liked, but this stuff had to be really old. It was so skunky we ended up only getting through a couple of bottles and poured the rest out. I have no clue how old that beer was, but it was really bad.I'm really careful about bottling dates, especially on the non-pasteurized brews. It really makes a difference.
ND: New Belgium's Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA
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