Palate-crushing hops and a swift kick in the seat from the ABV...what other purpose would there be?

LOVED the Longshot Weizenbock (I actually have a bottle left...I should do a review here!). But Justin, with your emergent HopHead tendancies, I'd have thought you would have liked the Imperial Pilsener, too? :laugh:

Ah, but there's so much you have left to try, my young friend. I will now make it my goal to find styles of these beers you will like. At 22 you can't possibly have tried everything yet! And smokin', great review of the Storm King. I have to admit, I was a bit worried when you queued this one...

Good! Use a big wine glass or a brandy snifter if you have one, and let it get between fridge and room temp. You definitely are jumping in the deep end with your 2nd review! My only concern with someone telling you that something is "horrible" before you try it is it may cloud your initial...

Doc, I respect the hell out of you and always have, but I have to take issue with this statement. This is exactly the kind of mindset that craft beer aficionados are trying to overcome; The idea that beer is somehow an "inferior" beverage to wine, perhaps because it can be made cheaply...the...

Plenty of good, world-class beers are made with wheat: Three Floyds Gumballhead Bells Oberon Southern Tier HopSun Troegs Dreamweaver Smuttynose Wheat Wine Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Aventinus Weizenbock In addition, there are plenty of excellent beers made with fruit as well: Founders...

You could have been in my backyard with that lineup! Where? And why wasn't I invited? :whistling:

Not necessarily. Yes, Guinness and Victory both have "Stout" in the name, but Storm King is an RIS (Russian Imperial Stout), while Guinness is an Irish Dry Stout. Two VERY different animals. Comparing one to the other would be like comparing two Robustos of different strengths, country of...

Welcome to the sickness! This is a great idea. Plenty of guys here to help you out as much or as little as you want. I suggest you take a look at BeerAdvocate's style classifications to get an idea of what you're drinking. I agree with Tim that breaking them up by styles will help you compare...

Sorry I missed you both. It was tough to find anyone in there today. I had little tastes of PtE, Consecration, Damnation and Rejection Ale, but couldn't get a glass of my own (primarily because they ran out of clean glasses!). Since it was only our primary stop on the way to the Real Ale...

What a clusterf&#k today! PtY was gone by 11:55, Consecration kicked by 12:10...they barely let us in the door by 11:40. Can't believe they didn't expect the crowds they had with all those RR beers on tap. Sorry I didn't seek out my fellow CP'ers, but I was happy to get in and out alive.

See you all there. Happy Philly Beer Week!

I'll be heading over with some friends from Beer Advocate on our way to the Yards Real Ale Festival. What time you planning on arriving? We'll probably get there right at 11:30 so we can grab at least some PtY and Consecration before we have to head down to Delaware Ave.

I had a shipment of NN on it's way to Cali Mike break. At first we thought the package was lost, but then 11 of the 12 bottles were finally delivered.

If you pack out the space around the bottles with newspaper or bubblewrap so that the bottles don't move around in their individual sections, curious shipping company employees don't hear anything when they shake the box.

If I hadn't just shipped 4 cases of beer across the country I'd be all over this. C'mon people! Who wants a second spin?

*AHEM!*....shipping beer, or any other alcohol for that matter, is illegal in ALL states without the proper permit... ...that being said, however... :whistling:

I only just got home a couple of minutes ago...you should have come by! The Pliny and NN were excellent as always. Others I had were: Bear Republic Apex - ALMOST as good as Racer X...phenomenal beer. I'll probably go back tomorrow for a growler fill. Founders Imperial Stout - dry and very...

Impressive, yes...but as large and varied as The Ginger Man's selection is, I don't see sheer concentration of marquee labels. Capone's is featuring three of the most sought after beers for hopheads (NN, HopSlam & Pliny), along with TenFidy and a dozen other rare brews. In this case, quantity...

Perhaps the best independent-establishment draft lineup ever? 5:00 can't come soon enough!