Since this thread is way too long at this point--what are some good, reasonably easy to find IPA's?

Bell's Two Hearted Ale (out of Kalamazoo, MI) is ****ing fantastic. Boulevard's Single-Wide is also legit.

Both are very easy to find in the midwest.

Stone and Lagunitas also both make affordable quality IPAs. Take your pick from them and you probably won't be disappointed.

Saint Louis.

IIRC, the Saison-Brett was listed as 2013 on the bottle. Could be wrong.

Two-Hearted is my favorite non-Boulevard offering by far.

Where can you find it? Nevermind. I suppose St. Louis area.

Had Lagunitas IPA tonight. Really liked that one.

Terrapin Hoppsictioner is another good one from down here in GA.

Was down in my basement this morning looking for a box and stumbled upon an xmas gift I had forgotten to ship to my brother last year. It's a Royals jersey and a bottle of Boulevard Imperial Stout 2011 (Brett yeast recall batch). It's going down in my cellar and I'm replacing it with a Rye On Rye 2013.

The wife and I just finished a bottle of this:

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Out-friggin'-standing. Top fermented Belgian beer. Fruity, malty, highly carbonated. Unlike anything I've ever had.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/641/1745

Duchesse is pretty good, if not a little sweet for the Flanders Red style. Very thirst quenching, and a nice entry into the world of sour beers. Be careful, once you go down the rabbit hole into sour beers, there's no going back. :)

My two favorites if you're going for the Flanders Red are Rodenbach Grand Cru and Cuvee Des Jacobins. You can get the Cuvee Des Jacobins around here; I've typically found it at Lukas in OP, KS, but you'll have to go to Illinois probably at the closest to find the Rodenbach (unless you order it online). They're both a bit more sour, but still very well balanced beers. *self professed sour beer nerd here*

Got some Tank 7 in the fridge!

Interesting that the 2013 Saison Brett is out already. I'm pretty sure we won't see that in KC until sometime in mid-January or later. I hope I'm wrong, Saison Brett is the heat!

Thanks for the advice. Very, very interested in trying more of this style. I really, really liked the Duchesse, so I'll definitely have to go down that rabbit hole. Rep to you, good sir.

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Sours are fun, but also kind of a treasure hunt. The best ones are hard to find and fly off the shelves pretty quick. Don't even get me started on Cantillon and other lambics.

Enjoying a Duvel right now. I have a Rye-on-Rye waiting in the kitchen; I don't know if I should consider "preparing for the most stressful two days of the year" as reason to drink it, or if I should wait until Christmas night and open it in celebration.

Rye on Rye is some goooooooood stuff. No excuse needed to enjoy a bottle of it!