We're finally starting to get distro for Drekker's stouts up here in Green Bay.

I'm so excited.

I had a North Park triple a few weeks ago and thought maybe their DIPAs were the sweet spot of perfection, but this is as good of a North Park IPA that I've tried.

https://i.imgur.com/Yg2bI2j.jpeg

My triple IPA & imperial stout can buying days are behind me. I can deal with a 1/3 pint measure at a bar but whenever I buy a can I can never justify opening one unless I'm already ****ed. And if I am ****ed then I'm a) not going to appreciate it and b) going to get even more ****ed.

I've been leaning a bit more towards IPAs and sours lately due to the amount of sugar in heavy stouts (if not bourbon)... some stouts these days give me a little bit of a sugar crash even if I split one and only drink 8oz, much less a full 16oz.

Too often I'll feel like complete shit once the sugar crash hits and will be lucky to get a decent night's sleep... a ~10% double/triple IPA doesn't have nearly the impact though.

PVW Black Magick pouring in Gilbert yesterday

https://i.imgur.com/ptUwTBV.jpg

Damn, the BeerAdvocate page is from 2013, but says it's aged 48 months?! :eek:

Didn't hit nearly enough spots that I would have liked to while we were in KC.

Mind you, we stayed downtown with no access to a vehicle unless my parents wanted to taxi us around. Some of the places we ate and drank:

Jack Stack
Taps on Main
Boulevard
Ponak's

Best beer I had on the trip was a Strawberry Shortcake IPA. I wasn't overly impressed with the selection, and I realize most of that was our own fault.

Next time we'll make more of an effort to get out to see and do more.

Alma Mader is the best for beers in that area. It's just a couple of doors down from Boulevard on Southwest Boulevard. Put in on the "must go" list for next time.

You were a couple blocks from Oak & Steel!

Also, we went to Rochester Brewery, or something.

Terrible.

Its pretty amazing. What I love about Beer Barn is they just throw awesome stuff on without any notice for people who know that come in

I walked in ordered a North Park IPA and scanned their board while drinking it and was like OH SHIT a PVW Black Magick

Man, North Park has seriously ruined me on IPAs... I had a couple others at Wandering Tortoise a few weeks ago and they were fine by comparison, but they're almost in the stout realm for me, where I don't even want to try one if I don't KNOW it's going to be North Park-ish or better.