Well, I tried the Prairie Somewhere sour farmhouse ale tonight. I thought it was wonderful. I even enjoyed(surprisingly) the sourness just a little bit. I wish I would have tried it a lot sooner, and I wish I would have bought a second bottle while I was in Houston.

That's five Prairie Artisan Ales now, and I've been impressed thus far for the most part. I really liked Prairie Somewhere and Prairie Hop(I really love the hoppy farmhouse ales). The Wine Barrel Noir I liked quite a bit even though I'm not a huge stout guy. The two I didn't really care for were the Funky Galaxy and the Birra Farmhouse Ale. I have my eye on a couple more of their farmhouse ales, like Puncheon and Eliza5beth. Any opinions on the rest of their farmhouse ales would be appreciated.

As for the rest of their beers, I've been on the lookout for Prairie Bomb for Mikeyis4dacats and myself. I'm definitely grabbing some when I'm in Houston in October. While I was looking for that, I came across some Bible Belt double stouts, but they had rust around the bottle cap, so I left them alone.

I happened across a bottle of this today while filling my growler up with Southern Tier Pumking. I'm likely going to crack it open tonight. Thanks again for the recommendation, bud.

Reaper- I am reading Farmhouse Ales by Phil Markowski right now and there is an entire Saison section in it from Yvan de Baets as I am sure you know and I am sure you have read the book.

Interesting stuff. It appears Saison or Biere de Garde seems to have as broad a definition as lager and ale could.

You brewed with what you had and what was needed. I love the fact Belgians couldn't care less about style constraints. They just do what they want to make good beer.

Puncheon and Eliza5beth are both awesome. BOMB! is very good too.

I wasn't a fan of Funky Galaxy either, FWIW.

If you all have a chance to grab any of this brewerys stuff I really recommend doing so. SO far I have only been out once to pick it up from Tillamook, a 1.5 hour drive to the coast. Not sure if they distribute it anywhere but if you see it grab it up.

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Yeah, uh, let me know when you can hook up some De Garde. They don't distribute anywhere near KC, not even close. They make great sours. Yum.

I don't remember if I already mentioned this or not, but I had the oddest experience with funky galaxy. I had a bottle one night, didn't really enjoy it...but could not stop thinking about it and was craving another one.

That went on for a few months until I made another trip to Houston, and picked up another bottle. I drank it the same night I got home from Houston, and once again didn't like it. Haven't given it a thought since. Weird.

Yep, just not a fan of black saisons, even when they're hopped with Galaxy hops.

Yup. That half of the book from Yvan is responsible for much of the world's knowledge of Belgian & French farmhouse ales. He's learned other stuff since that book came out about a decade ago, stuff he shared with me for my book. :)

Just finished it. What an absolute wonderful beer. Exactly what I want out of a White IPA. So often someone will recommend a beer to you and it ends up being mediocre. Not this time. It was great. Just a touch above Boulevard's Reboot. Thanks again, lawrenceRaider!

interestng read

http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...-dictator.html

Whoa boy. 2nd Shift put out a beer called Chaotic Insecure Delusions. A saison/farmhouse ale aged 30 months in white wine barrels. Reaper, please find it and drink it. I am going on a city-wide hunt tomorrow for more.

Do want

I live in Philly, man. No way I can find it. Someone will have to find it and get it to me.