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Reaper16 06-18-2015 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 11555518)
Finally got the Boulevard Spring Belle down here.

Mainly because I'm a Reaper fanboy, I've become a saison drinker. I mean, I'm not an expert, but if I'm looking to pick up a new beer while at the store, I generally reach for a farmhouse/saison over others. As such, I was excited for this beer. Boulevard? Saison? Yay!

Anyway, I like it quite a bit. It's certainly not Tank 7 or Saison Dupont, but it's tasty. There might be a little TOO much going on with it, in that it gets kind of confusing, presenting a few too many flavors. I have some weird prejudice against beers that overtly advertise adjuncts in them (which I acknowledge is a stupid prejudice), so I kind of expected to not enjoy this beer as much as I did. So yeah. I would drink again.
I love this post. :D

BWillie 06-18-2015 04:46 PM
I don't really understand why you people, or anybody likes dark beer. I think it's just something men drink so they can feel virile and manly. Not that lighter colored beer tastes amazing, but at least it's tolerable. Dark beer is just disgusting

Reaper16 06-18-2015 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 11555642)
I don't really understand why you people, or anybody likes dark beer. I think it's just something men drink so they can feel virile and manly. Not that lighter colored beer tastes amazing, but at least it's tolerable. Dark beer is just disgusting
I really like roasted flavors, coffee, dark chocolate, dark fruits. I can see why people wouldn't. I enjoy them however.

BWillie 06-18-2015 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 11555651)
I really like roasted flavors, coffee, dark chocolate, dark fruits. I can see why people wouldn't. I enjoy them however.
Ah, maybe there is a correlation there, between coffee lovers and beer lovers. Never could drink coffee, either.

lewdog 06-18-2015 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 11555642)
I don't really understand why you people, or anybody likes dark beer. I think it's just something men drink so they can feel virile and manly. Not that lighter colored beer tastes amazing, but at least it's tolerable. Dark beer is just disgusting
If you find a good dark beer, it's actually smoother than many light beers and especially IPAs. Many Brown Ale's are very smooth and Stouts can be very smooth and offer a great variety of choices as far as tasting flavors goes. I'm not a beer lover but I prefer dark over light most of the time.

TimBone 06-18-2015 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 11555518)
Finally got the Boulevard Spring Belle down here.

Mainly because I'm a Reaper fanboy, I've become a saison drinker. I mean, I'm not an expert, but if I'm looking to pick up a new beer while at the store, I generally reach for a farmhouse/saison over others. As such, I was excited for this beer. Boulevard? Saison? Yay!

Anyway, I like it quite a bit. It's certainly not Tank 7 or Saison Dupont, but it's tasty. There might be a little TOO much going on with it, in that it gets kind of confusing, presenting a few too many flavors. I have some weird prejudice against beers that overtly advertise adjuncts in them (which I acknowledge is a stupid prejudice), so I kind of expected to not enjoy this beer as much as I did. So yeah. I would drink again.
Yeah, Reaper has had me on Saisons for a year now. I'm like his biggest fan.

I'll be looking for that in Houston next week.

Marcellus 06-18-2015 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by NewChief (Post 11555518)
Finally got the Boulevard Spring Belle down here.

Mainly because I'm a Reaper fanboy, I've become a saison drinker. I mean, I'm not an expert, but if I'm looking to pick up a new beer while at the store, I generally reach for a farmhouse/saison over others. As such, I was excited for this beer. Boulevard? Saison? Yay!

Anyway, I like it quite a bit. It's certainly not Tank 7 or Saison Dupont, but it's tasty. There might be a little TOO much going on with it, in that it gets kind of confusing, presenting a few too many flavors. I have some weird prejudice against beers that overtly advertise adjuncts in them (which I acknowledge is a stupid prejudice), so I kind of expected to not enjoy this beer as much as I did. So yeah. I would drink again.
Don't they have Prairie Artisan's stuff in Fayetteville? I know their goods are pricey but they are fantastic.

Birra and Prairie Standard would be my dailies if I could get them easily.

NewChief 06-18-2015 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Marcellus (Post 11555832)
Don't they have Prairie Artisan's stuff in Fayetteville? I know their goods are pricey but they are fantastic.

Birra and Prairie Standard would be my dailies if I could get them easily.
Yes. Prairie is everywhere here. Pricey as you said though Standard isn't badly priced. I drink it pretty often.

TimBone 06-18-2015 07:20 PM
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So, with all the talk about Hill Farmstead around here, I found this in Lafayette this afternoon, and bought it knowing nothing about it. It's a saison collab between Hill Farmstead and The Braugies brewery in Belgium. La Vermontoise is the name. Anybody know anything about it?

Also, how do collabos work? I've seen quite a few of them in the past. Do both breweries brew their own with assistance from the other brewery? Or do they brew together and split batches? I saw a collabo between three breweries last year, and they all three put out their own releases.

TimBone 06-18-2015 07:28 PM
I also got two bottles of Stones Enjoy After. Gonna try one now and let one sit for a year or so to let the Brett do it's magic.

KCUnited 06-18-2015 07:48 PM
Spent way too much on a couple absinthe barrel aged beers from Spiteful, a porter and saison. Not sure when I'll drink them. I've had a barrel aged porter from them before which I thought was ok, but the absinthe barrel aging is entirely new to me.

Bearcat 06-18-2015 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 11555692)
If you find a good dark beer, it's actually smoother than many light beers and especially IPAs. Many Brown Ale's are very smooth and Stouts can be very smooth and offer a great variety of choices as far as tasting flavors goes. I'm not a beer lover but I prefer dark over light most of the time.
Yeah, there are stouts that you basically chew, and I think those can be more of an acquired taste... but, there are very smooth, full bodied stouts and porters, too, whether it's chocolate and/or coffee and/or bourbon, etc.

The two times I go light during the year are May/June, when I buy some IPA after a long winter/spring of stouts, and then BBQ in October. And it seems like there are more stouts on the shelves later each year.

TimBone 06-18-2015 08:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Bearcat (Post 11556301)
Yeah, there are stouts that you basically chew, and I think those can be more of an acquired taste... but, there are very smooth, full bodied stouts and porters, too, whether it's chocolate and/or coffee and/or bourbon, etc.

The two times I go light during the year are May/June, when I buy some IPA after a long winter/spring of stouts, and then BBQ in October. And it seems like there are more stouts on the shelves later each year.
Wouldn't BBQ even be considered dark though? I know it's a quad, and not a stout, but I've always considered them heavy beers. Maybe because of the usual high ABV.

I'm still learning though. Only been doing the craft thing for a little over a year.

TimBone 06-18-2015 08:56 PM
And when non-craft guys mention dark beer, I usually assume they mean anything that isn't a mainstream american light beer.

TimBone 06-19-2015 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by TimBone (Post 11555970)
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So, with all the talk about Hill Farmstead around here, I found this in Lafayette this afternoon, and bought it knowing nothing about it. It's a saison collab between Hill Farmstead and The Braugies brewery in Belgium. La Vermontoise is the name. Anybody know anything about it?

Also, how do collabos work? I've seen quite a few of them in the past. Do both breweries brew their own with assistance from the other brewery? Or do they brew together and split batches? I saw a collabo between three breweries last year, and they all three put out their own releases.
So, this one turned out to be very good. Had that good skunky smell that a lot of farmhouse ales from belgium have when you pop the bottle. The taste was great. Lots of lemon and funk. Good pepper, too. I was worried it would be sour, but was not at all. Very impressed.


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