I've had none of their other offerings. They have an IPA that I've wanted to try..

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going to stonefest tomorrow!

http://www.stonebrew.com/anniv/ they have a good list. As always, RR will be there. I thnk younger will be on tap but been there done that.

I'm already drunk. I was homebrewing out in the 99 degree heat today. Brewed the cream ale to end all cream ales, along with a very hoppy IPA.

I'm drunk because of all the beer consumed during the brewing process:
homebrewed Mango Wheat
homebrewed Blueberry Wheat
Surly Coffee Bender
Surly Furious IPA
Stone Oaked Arrogant Bastard
Stone Ruination IPA
Founders Centennial IPA
Three Floyds Dreadnaught

Tonight: a bottle of 2005-vintage Schneider Aventinus that was aged in a cave for three-four years before being sent to the distributors. Review hyperlinked to beer name as usual.

I was talking to the clerk at the local place and she mentioned they had a few cases of Liefmans kriekbier, 2007. Manged to buy one, for a cherry fruit beer it was amazing. Highly recommend it if you can find it.

I started to explore the cheap beers left in my fridge from the party I hosted on Friday. Yuengling Black & Tan is not very good. I described the taste like this: Imagine that you are a college freshman and you're waking up still drunk, with the taste of Miller Lite all up in your mouth. There's still some coffee from yesterday in the pot, so you drink some to try and sober up. THAT is what this beer tastes like.

Tried Stone Cali-Belgique IPA last night. Another great beer from them. I'm a huge fan of their IPA's. They make them awesomely hoppy which makes me happy. The Cali-Belgique was pretty smooth though. A lot less hoppy than Ruination.

That's a darn good beer. Maybe even great depending on one's tolerance for sweetness in a hoppy beer. I don't care for the mouthfeel on it but it seems like a nice choice to pair with food.

I tried the Cherry infused Lips of Faith. It grew on me as I went but it wasn't anything to write home about.

Having some Bob's 47, the orange Lips of Faith, and Capital Brewing's Blonde Doppelbock tonight.

Revisited Aventinus last night. Great as always. Octoberfest from SA today. Finally a SA product I enjoy. Not a big fan of theirs for some reason.

Winter, Summer, Black Lager and Oktoberfest (I don't think as highly of their Oktoberfest as many do, but I don't dislike it.) are the only ones I touch. Outside of that, their shit is nasty.

So, went to central market an hour ago and kind of spazzed out.

I picked up

Great Divide's Hercules Double IPA
Great Divide's Yeti Imperial Stout
Avery's Hog Heaven
Bear Republic's Hop Rod Rye (which I've had before and it's awesome)
Delerium Nocturnum
Schneider's Aventinus (had it on tap before, now trying the bottle)
Stone's Ruination

Started with the Hercules. This is a damn good IPA. The malts offset the hops nicely. Nice amber color with lots of carbonation. I will be getting this again when I go back.

I would give it a great rating. I really enjoyed it. I didn't think it had much of a mouthfeel. It went down smooth and didn't leave much of an aftertaste.

I agree that it would be good with food. I'm thinking something grilled and spicy and/or smoky.