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Anything you liked in particular from those New England breweries? Looking for a good summer brew available in New England. I think sam summer is solid but nothing too special. I hear good things about harpoon ipa but It's been a while since I've had it. Also a lot of people like allagash white. Anything that stood out to you?
My brother brought over a bottle of 3 Sheeps Roll out the Barrel, a strong Belgian pale ale aged in Chardonnay barrels. This was very good IMO, the chardonnay flavor really pared well with the Belgian yeast flavors.The 1st 3 Sheeps beer that I really liked.
I have been. Mike's an interesting dude, but you can tell he really knows his stuff. The beer was pretty solid. The sour was especially good, and I liked the pale ale's since they weren't too aggressively hopped. Bacon bomb is one you have to try. Super smokey rauchbier.I went on a Saturday and it was organized chaos. I'd recommend a tasting flight if you want to sample them, it'll cut down on time spent waiting in line at the taps.
Magic Hat Brewing is great in Vermont....#9 is an outstanding beer.
We're going to check out Brenner Brewing this afternoon, still need to check out Biloba Brewing.
The interesting thing with Brenner and Wisconsin Brewing....both are technically start-ups but not in the traditional micro brew model (scrap, beg, borrow, and steal equipment). Both breweries invested a lot of coin in new equipment and facilities, will be interesting to see how they do.
Wisconsin Brewing's facility is ridiculous. It will be interesting to see if they can get the foothold on the market to justify a brewery like that. So far I find their brand, and their beer, a touch generic. Nothing I'd go out of my way for.
I liked Brenner a lot. The Bacon Bomb was outstanding....was disappointed they didn't have any of the oak barrel aged beer available when I was there.The interesting thing with Brenner and Wisconsin Brewing....both are technically start-ups but not in the traditional micro brew model (scrap, beg, borrow, and steal equipment). Both breweries invested a lot of coin in new equipment and facilities, will be interesting to see how they do.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2015-06-25/can-craft-beer-survive-ab-inbev-I didn't know Founders had sold 30% to another brewer
As long as Goose Island keeps making BCBS I don't care who owns them. Most of the other stuff they have was pretty mediocre to begin with anyway.
Definitely a huge difference between the mass produced Goose Island stuff (Honkers, 312, etc.) and real craft stuff like their BCBS and Belgian beers (Sofie, Matilda, Pere Jacques, etc.). The good stuff is still made in Chicago while the rest of it is made in Budweiser breweries. Only thing similar is the label on the bottle, but might as well be a completely different company.
Apparently, GI isn't cool enough for you then.The quality has not dropped a bit.