The QuadraphonicQuad Craft Beer/Microbrew thread

[user 1679]

Catching up...IPA time this evening:
Ex Novo - Some Things Last a Long Time NEIPA

Ex Novo - Spirits of the Dead NEIPA

La Cumbre - Community dbl dbl NEDIPA

 

[user 1679]

Enjoyed this yesterday so went and got more today....crowler and 4 cans....Steel Bender Brewyard "Double Raspberry Dynamite" kettle sour.

 

[user 1679]

Found this at the back of the fridge so sharing it with Mrs D - La Cumbre "Space Man(atee) pomegranate kettle sour (4.0% abv, 5 ibu).

 

[user 1679]

With the home-brew equipment in storage at the moment and 2 empty spots in the kegerator we got two fills over at Boxing Bear - Standing 8 Stout and Oso Otoño Oatmeal Brown Ale. I'd thought of filling one keg with an IPA but thought with so many good ones out there it'd be better to have both kegs with stuff Mrs D enjoys as well.

Stopped by Ex Novo earlier and came away with a small haul - a crowler of "Fruits & Cats & Fruits & Cats" fruited IPA, a few 4-packs of their just canned "Elbow Bump" IPA dbl dry-hopped with simcoe, nelson and amarillo, and a single can of "Bock Holliday" to try out.

Sharing with Mrs D - not a sour today....a crowler of Toltec Brewing "Marvin the Märzen" (5.4% abv)...good beer, love the name too, cartoon memories!

 

[Marplot]

cracked my 2015 The Lost Abbey Judgement Day Ale (BelgianQuad). Super tasty and everything you want in a big Belgian. Probably hot young since it is super smooth right now.

 

[user 1679]

cracked my 2015 The Lost Abbey Judgement Day Ale (BelgianQuad). Super tasty and everything you want in a big Belgian. Probably hot young since it is super smooth right now.

Mrs D just loves those Belgian brews....I like a little glass from her stash, nice way to share.

First take on this just canned Ex Novo "Elbow Bump" NEIPA (7.0% abv). Juicy, very juicy up front, but going down there's a great little bite of dank. If I was blindfolded I might guess it was from La Cumbre....and that is of course a pretty good compliment around this town.

 

[user 1679]

Something a bit unique....Lave Rock Brewing "Sandia Haze" (5.8% abv, 30 ibu) - it's an IPA with raspberry and hibiscus. I look at it and expect a sour or gose - takes a few sips to get used to the IPA bitterness (and with those specs I'd call it more a pale ale than IPA). It’s different that’s for sure

 

[cbmmm3]

Pipeworks Brewery. Chicago. Compliments of my daughter who lives there. Very good. Lizard King. Mosaic hops make for one tropical, citrusy, and piney pale

 

[cbmmm3]

Oh my. One more today. This one is a unique ass kicker. Batch 10,000 from Short’s Brewing Company is a 14.2% ABV Double Brut IPA, brewed with mango and black currant

 

[cbmmm3]

well I decided to venture out from the Michigan beer scene. Not sure why. Have 46 microbreweries within 25 miles of my house. So much good beer, so little time ( and liver ) . Trying this Triple from California.

 

[user 1679]

well I decided to venture out from the Michigan beer scene. Not sure why. Have 46 microbreweries within 25 miles of my house. So much good beer, so little time ( and liver ) . Trying this Triple from California.

I try to get at least one "Hoptimum" each release...packs a wallop and almost always at minimum a VG+.

Sharing a can with Mrs D....Ex Novo "Bock Holliday" (7.3% abv, 30 ibu). I had got just a single to try, but really, the quality that these guys put out I should have got the 4-pack (or two)...oh well, another short drive to Corrales this weekend to get 'em before they're gone.

 

[Marplot]

North Coast Barrel Aged Rasputin XVIII, bottled 2015. It is soooo smooth, no heat at all.

 

[cbmmm3]

7.8% ABV
99 IBU
Back to Michigan
nice and piney. yum

 

[user 1679]

Sharing with Mrs D and her mom...a crowler of Ex Novo "Puff Puff Passion" passionfruit sour (5.0% abv)

 

[user 1679]

On the way back from Ex Novo I drove by Brew Lab 101 and stopped to get some "supplies." I really like this brewery...the owner/brewer is a former home-brew guy living his dream of going pro...he does great stuff, at every home-brew competition he would win several awards for his work, and very deservedly. really like to support him right now when things are difficult.....

"The Bull" IPA (7.0% abc, 80 ibu)

"Wicked Pissa" NEIPA (6.5% abc, 55 ibu)

 

[user 1679]

4-way share of a crowler of Canteen Brewhouse "Social Capital - Passionfruit & Lime" sour (6.0% abv, 15 ibu).

 

[user 1679]

Catching up....from last night:
La Cumbre "Terminally Chill" IPA (7.5% abv)

and then another recent fave, Ex Novo "Elbow Bump" NEIPA (7.1% abv)

Now, another new release from Ex Novo "Forgive Me If I Don't Shake Hands" milk stout (6.0% abv, 30 ibu)

 

[skherbeck]

This thread makes me thirsty.

 

[user 1679]

Yesterday we paid a visit to one of the other home brewers....he was "overstocked" and sent us home with a bunch of stuff....5 gallon keg of raspberry cider, 3 gallon keg of mead, 5 gallon keg of kolsch, another keg with almost 2 gallons of doppelbock and two 6-packs of assorted stuff he had bottled. Quite the haul!

Poured myself a small glass from one of the kegs we already had on the go - Boxing Bear "Oso Otoño" oatmeal brown ale.

 

[user 1679]

Sharing with Mrs D - Tumbleroot Brewery (Santa Fe) Blackberry Sour Brown Ale (7.9% abv). We had the raspberry before and it was really good, this one is too. I like their use of the soured brown ale, nicely done.