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Originally Posted by XXXshogunXXX (Post 6904710)

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this was like finding gold. For those who've had the younger, the sculpin is almost comparable to it. Its also a very limited release and I luckily found it in albertsons backdoor alcohol fridge

Fresh Sculpin is one of my very favorite beer experiences.

Russian River and Dogfish Head are obvious but what others should I hit up early at the GABF next month?

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Originally Posted by the Talking Can (Post 6896459)

continuing my southern IPA tour from last week: Terrapin's Hopsecutioner
(loved it)

i'm moving a whole hour away to the ATL for Sweetwater's IPA (no link, they have one of the worst web sites ever)

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**** YES, TTC and SR reunite in the ATL!

Good god. I don't think i'll ever have a chocolate stout as good as Southern Tier Chocolate Stout.

Oh - had a Delerium Tremens this week as well. :)

i got tired of IPAs

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Beer of the week: Highland Oatmeal Porter
By Danner Kline
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Highland Brewing Company was the first brewery in Asheville, N.C., and sold their first kegs in December 1994. Sixteen years later, North Carolina is now arguably the beer capital of the South, with several world-class breweries. And Asheville is the hub, featuring such notables as Highland, Pisgah and French Broad. It’s also home to one of the most popular beer festivals in the world, Brewgrass, which sells out every year months in advance. The state’s advanced beer culture was a major factor in it reforming its 6 percent ABV limit before Alabama, South Carolina, West Virginia or Mississippi.

Highland Oatmeal Porter is the only example of the style I’ve ever run across. It’s not even an officially recognized style by the Beer Judge Certification Program or the Great American Beer Festival. But oatmeal stout is a recognized style, and porters are very close to stouts in flavor and appearance, so I’m a little surprised that more breweries haven’t run with the idea of putting oats in porters.

Beers brewed with oats do not taste like oatmeal. Rather, the oats increase the body of the beer and give it a smooth, silky mouth feel due to their high content of proteins, lipids and gums. Highland does not advertise what percentage of Oatmeal Porter’s grain bill is made up of oats, but I suspect it’s less than the amount common in oatmeal stouts, since it’s a little lighter beer. I’d be surprised if it was more than 5 percent, but a little can go a long way.

Highland Oatmeal Porter is 5.8 percent ABV and hopped with Chinook, Willamette and Cascade. But the hops sit very much in the background on this one. The beer is a very dark brown, with just a bit of translucence that results in a ruby glow as light passes through. That’s when you can be sure you’re dealing with a porter, not a stout. The flavor is rich with a roasted character and some bittersweet, dark chocolate. There’s a little burnt-sugar caramel character underneath. It’s grounded with a solid bitterness and finishes dry with notes of dark chocolate. And this is all carried by that oatmeal smoothness...

http://bhamweekly.com/birmingham/art...al-porter.html

Going to Wazoo tonight. Will try some new brews. Should be Awesome.

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Originally Posted by Saulbadguy (Post 6921389)

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Blue is easily the best, but all pretty damn tasty.

I had Boulder Beer's Obovoid last night. It's a tough act to follow what I might crown as the one of the top five best beers I've had (Hoppin' Frog's BORIS the Crusher Oatmeal-Imperial Stout) but it did pretty well. Overall, it was good but not great or exceptional.

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Originally Posted by irishjayhawk (Post 6921873)

Have you ever had DORIS? It's Hoppin' Frog's Double Imperial Stout. I've not been able to track it down myself (not distributed here), but I'd like to try it someday. Supposed to be pretty good...

BORIS is great - I have a bottle in my cellar...

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Originally Posted by Shag (Post 6921887)

Haven't but I've tried their Silk Porter and it was very delicious too.

I'm going to try to try all of them if I can find them. It's rare a brewery distributes to Kansas and not Missouri, but :)

I'm also curious to try their Black and Tan, and their Scotch-style Red Ale

From the past week in La Loosa:

Good People Snake Handler (imperial/double IPA) on-tap
Great Divide 16th Anniversary Wood Aged (imperial/double IPA) on-tap
Great Divide Hercules Double IPA on-tap
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde (tripel)
Sierra Nevada Porter
Bell's Two Hearted Ale
Terrapin Hopsecutioner (IPA)
Brooklyn East India Pale Ale (English IPA)
Boulevard Pale Ale

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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 6922076)

what'd you think of the terrapin?

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Originally Posted by the Talking Can (Post 6922085)

what'd you think of the terrapin?

You can actually click on the beer name in my post. It is a hyperlink to my review of it on Beer Advocate.

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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 6922095)

You can actually click on the beer name in my post. It is a hyperlink to my review of it on Beer Advocate.

aha....cool

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Originally Posted by Reaper16 (Post 6892425)

Russian River Consecration, a sour beer made with red currants and a whole lot of wild yeasts and bacteria, is tremendous. A true joy to drink.

I had a small bottle of this today and I'm not quite sure how to describe it. Definitely not similar to anything I have had before and all kinds of flavors developed after the initial sour taste. Very interesting and enjoyable to slowly sip.