LMAO

Ain't this some fat gay bear shit!

It's pretty damn good though...

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I was lucky enough to get to try a can of Revolution Blackberry Finn. It was a genuine ****ing pleasure. Please ignore the use of the pint glass. I was in the man cave in my back building, and it was cold outside. I didn't feel like walking to the house for a proper glass.

The pint glass mattered none, though. I've been able to try a number of cans from Revolution's barrel program, and I can't remember many that were tailored towards my taste buds like this one.

I'm a weirdo that prefers barrel-aged barleywines over barrel-aged stouts, and blackberry is one of my favorite fruits. I'd eat it on a daily basis if the seeds weren't so ****ing bothersome. So, a BA Barleywine aged with blackberries sounds like a dream to me.

The can lived up to the hype in my mind as well. Even with barleywines, I prefer a subtle barrel. Or at least a barrel that doesn't completely overpower any adjuncts in the beer. I was a bit nervous about that after taking a sniff, because I smelled mostly barrel. But man, when I took a sip, there was subtle barrel and the fruit hit so hard. It might have been 60/40 fruit to barrel as the glass warmed. I don't know how else to describe it except as fantastic. And that color is gorgeous.


Man. An absolute pleasure. A standout beer from 2021 for sure. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...d356d49e04.jpg

Sounds amazing, don't think I've had a blackberry beer before.

And nothing wrong with a pint glass, even though I do get fancy from time to time.

I don't see blackberry beers often, myself. When I do, though, I grab it if its a style I enjoy.

Blackberry is a great fruit. As I mentioned in my post, though, the seeds are annoying af. I figure that's why it's not used as much as other fruits in cooking. I had a blackberry pie once that was one of the best pies I've tasted, but I couldn't finish it because of the damn seeds getting stuck in my teeth.

Marcellus sent me a homebrew blackberry saison years ago that was great as well. I do wish more breweries would utilize the fruit.

For real, man. One of my favorite barleywines ever. It may have lacked a bit of that thick mouth feel that come with the old BCBS barleywines, but it didn't matter. That's one of the best tasting beers I've had in a long time.

Tried Parish Rêve yesterday and it was quite tasty. I'm obviously not a lighter stout kind of guy, but was impressed with that one.

Stopped in for some liquid lunch while out by O'hare today.

Press Play is a collab with Voodoo (pictured in glass). Thiccc hazelnut brownie batter.

In Unison is a BA stout/barleywine blend.

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For my own Christmas gift, I purchased a 12-case of Birra Nursia bionda, available here: https://birranursia.com/

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The beer is made by Benedictine monks in Italy. If you like Weihenstephaner Vitus, I think you would like this beer.

JFC, they have a lot of good shit on tap right now.

Cost? And what do you like about this beer?

Yeah they rolled off some other BA taps to put on the Horus collabs. Seem they’re running at least 4 BA taps lately.

I think it cost $264 with shipping, but I also bought two chalices. I think it's $199.00 for just the case.

They are 750 ml bottles.

I'm not a big beer drinker. I like something refreshing and light and subtle hints of fruit. It smells good.

Next time just squeeze some free lemon or lime into a bud light.

For the KC locals, any good beer spots open late on a Saturday? Landing at 9:45pm on Sat, and wouldn't mind hitting up a good spot for a few - any recommendations?

Where are you staying? As far as downtown is concerned, Taps on Main is open until 1:30am. Otherwise you're looking at rando bars at Power and Light.

Oak and Steel, Torn Label and Alma Mader all close early.

My buddy got the hotel, but looks like the Colonial Square area. Bummer on the good spots closing early, but guess that's not super surprising. Maybe we'll check out Taps - thanks!

Doesn't help now, but checked out Oak and Steel Saturday night and the place is legit... great beer selection and some bourbon as well.

Brought some great beer for tailgates and Proprietor's BCS for a celebratory sipper.... it's fantastic, with a lot of strawberry. Can't think of any other strawberry beers I've tried (Samuel Smith has one, but pretty sure I've never tried it), but this one us on point. Or "fire" as the kids would say.

Had some great beer in KC.... really enjoyed Taps on Main and Oak & Steel as both have a great selection of beer and bourbon (granted, it was all beer for the week).

Oak & Steel had Main & Mill Valentine's Daze, which just happened to be another strawberry stout after the BCS Proprietors.

Not sure there's anything quite like ToM/O&S in Arizona, but haven't really looked for bourbon selection on top of a tap list.

KCU also brought 3 Floyds Marshmallow Handjee to last weekend's tailgate, plus another I'm not recalling at the moment.... and along with OTWP's bourbon selection, it was a pretty ****ing great tailgate.


As for tonight...

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Parish Braincake Double IPA.

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I saw on an Instagram feed that Drekkar (Fargo, ND) cans are showing up in AZ. Not sure how wide their distro is there but they do really good fruited sours ala TG Fandango’s.

That looks excellent - really incredible how far beer has expanded and grown to spending $25-$30+ for a good large bottle and sipping like fine wine or whisky.

OHSO produces some great stuff.

Next time your going to any in Scottsdale, especially the one in North Scottsdale, let me know and I'll meet up for some sampling.

Interesting... one of the beer places I follow makes a big deal when they stock new Drekkar, but I've never really looked for them when I'm there, as they tend to mostly be IPAs and I think some hard seltzer. Looks like they have a bunch of sours though, too. :hmmm:

I went there for the first time on NYE weekend and they had Blueberry Grind along with the regular stuff. Also tried a specialty peanut butter Bananarchy recently, which was sadly $18/16oz can, so only grabbed one... but, it was pretty damn good.

I should probably branch out and try their other beers, but their Ales of the Crypt is world class and I can never pass up one (or a few :D ).

Speaking of all those things... was very surprised to see Peanut Butter Bananarchy on the shelves and grabbed a regular one as well. Grabbed a Drekker collab (the only one I saw besides an IPA). And first time seeing TG Strawberry Shortcake, which is once again so much on point.

Prior to KC, I couldn't name one strawberry beer I've ever tried... and now in a matter of about two weeks there's been BCS Proprietor's, Main & Mill Valentine's (or whatever it's called), and now this one.

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Jream are masters at pastry sours

Burley Oak doesn't sound familiar, saw they're in Maryland.

This one is a 'gently roll the can' varieties... something I failed to do last week with the ~5 month old Down with the Thiccness, which came out half lager/half snot. Still very good though. :D

Unlike with Bottle Logic, the heavy Modern Times stouts rarely make it to Arizona... and if anything, I see less now than 5 years ago.

Heavy, thick, bold, and quite delicious. :drool:

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I'm trying to drink more barleywine.

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**** yes

Loser

I HAVE TO WATCH MY A1C, INSENSITIVE INTERNET GUY!

Official Beer of ChiefsPlanet?

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First beer since the AFCCG then breaking my leg 4 days later. What a shit week that was. Popped one to celebrate being cleared to go back to work tomorrow, imagine that.

Anywho, these distributed barrel aged releases from 3 Floyds are straight money. Crushing Mass was one of my surprise beers of the year last year and now Cocomungo hit shelves.

Coconut and maple with a year in Willet barrels.

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Yeah, that sounds pretty damn good. And kind of funny to see a 4.39 on untappd and think holy shit, it's surpassed the 4.25 threshold of LITERALLY EVER OTHER BEER! LMAO

Opened a 2016 Bourbon County Barleywine.. was just thinking the other day I still have that toasted barrel variant to open.

Hide yo Bottle Logic honey holes.

Celebrating a full price cash offer on our house.

Goose Small Batch 2-Year Wheatwine

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Congrats to you!

Time to pool party soon!

Thanks.

We should land in the desert the first week of May. Just have to find a place to live in the meantime.

We moved to Phoenix the first week of May, 10 years ago this year.

It was 105 the entire first week as we were moving ourselves into our rental and getting stuff around town.

I thought I had made a mistake. ROFL.

I think it's time for a get together over by Lewdog.

What place?

I'm interested in expanding my beer palate. Sone of these recent beers looks great.

I'll bring the cigars

Can I borrow $20?


Damn dude, congrats! :toast: The market is insane, was just talking to a realtor the other day who said people are bypassing inspections on top of paying cash, so shit's getting done in a matter of like 2 or 3 weeks.

Good luck on finding a place... you were saying Scottsdale/Tempe/Mesa-ish, IIRC?

Wasn't sure what to expect. Unique taste. But I didn't really like it.

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I saw a 4 pack today, debated, but didn't grab it (I also have an absurd amount of beer sitting at home, too LMAO).

I am curious about this one, given their Magic Drip several months ago....

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pinkies out for this barrel-aged stout 🍷 👌 <br>This limited release is a Double Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout that spent time in whiskey &amp; Ruby Port wine barrels, making it the stout that we&#39;ve all been dreaming of. Dropping on shelves over the next few weeks. <a href="https://t.co/WBgbICbzUh">https://t.co/WBgbICbzUh</a> <a href="https://t.co/aQGlH52oyp">pic.twitter.com/aQGlH52oyp</a></p>&mdash; Boulevard Brewing Co. (@Boulevard_Beer) <a href="https://twitter.com/Boulevard_Beer/status/1498422013081313281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Shameless admission, I've never been a big fan of stouts, especially imperial. I've tried many. Give me a hoppy IPA, and I'm all about it. Don't really like much malt in my beer though. Lately I've been experimenting with more sours than anything else.

Its definitely wild on the PHX buy side and I've added several degrees of difficultly by breaking my leg. I can't travel so I'll likely not see the home in person until after we buy it. We have a solid team and strategy in place though so I'm hopeful it will be as seamless as possible.

We're looking in Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler and even as far southeast as Queen Creek. I love the amenities of a city like Chicago but am ready for the deep suburban life.

I'll definitely miss the beer scene here but am planning to shift my focus to building out a home brewery and outdoor kitchen with the added space I'll have (not that PHX/AZ doesn't have great beer). Plus road trips to San Diego.

Also had my last Half Acre Benthic Extra Dubl last night :sad:

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I don’t drink anymore.

What did I miss? :hmmm:

Get a 360 camera and VR... that should be the next big thing, house showings from the couch.

Yeah, being ~5-6 hours from San Diego and LA is pretty great... almost take it for granted, really.

Another day, another fandango.

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Bring your trunks and landscaping advice, I just bought a house today.

Side note, I'm allso hearing good things about Caldwell County BBQ in Gilbert if anyone can corroborate. before I get my hopes up.

Riverlands BA Orbital Velocity to celebrate.

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Congrats! :toast:

We'll have to do a Phoenix meet up when you're settled. Beer looks amazing, too.

Probably best to continue setting the bar low for Arizona BBQ and then potentially be pleasantly surprised.

Little Miss BBQ in Phoenix - one of the best in the US !

Welcome to the Phoenix area and congratulations! :clap:

Hope we can all meet up for beers.

Downtown Gilbert is a fun place to go - Pomo Pizzeria is good.

Thanks and 100%. We should land mid-April. Had to sweeten the deal with a 30 day close.

Good point on the BBQ. The wife was there yesterday and enjoyed it but she's also the type who orders the turkey option at BBQ spots.

Starting to empty the bench.

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Stout night as well.

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Damn, I remember we had a variant of that one from Mikerphone.


And I mean, if I need to drive there and help out with bringing some of it to Arizona.....

Yes!!!!

I am absolutely up for helping you landscape and plant some cool trees. It's really not hard once you know what can be done and a good watering schedule. All of my shit is on automatic bubblers/drippers because there are weeks where I can't attend to things.

And no, don't even really look for BBQ here. It's just not worth it.

You've never been to Little Miss BBQ. Go then decide. :D

That might be the only really good place in all of Phoenix. I just hate waiting and the lines.

Here are some Chicago --> Phoenix vibes for Saturday afternoon basketball.

Didn't even realize I still had Down with the Thiccness... getting to be ~6 months and probably a bit past its prime. LMAO

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Shit, I only stand in line for one BBQ joint in KC, much less any Arizona BBQ joint.

Good lord, that looks like a milkshake... Name seems appropriate. :D

How was it?

Yeah, "smoothie style" and it instructs you to 'gently roll the can' before opening... I didn't do that part, so it had settled and the first half of the pour looked like a lager, while the 2nd half was all smoothie.

It's good, it really is like a fruit smoothie. I assume KC gets Drekker, they have similar thiccc beers.

My local shop had 16 oz cans of Term Oil S’mores. Picked up 1, $19.99

Decided to try this today. I like Micheladas and the mango addition is pretty good while still getting spices of the Clamato. I'll definitely drink this again.

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I still have a Term Oil Monster Cookie from my TG trip in September... maybe my favorite beer ever.

I don't even know when I'd open such a beer.

I’ve had the fluffernutter before at a self serve beer bar , it was awesome but $3.75 an oz!

Yeah, I had Coconut Monster Cookie on tap in Phoenix and it was $15 for a 5oz pour, IIRC.

I've wondered about the cost to make something like that and then the mark up along the way... talking with a a guy who buys kegs at the local beer store, they're barely making anything off a keg like that, which is kind of crazy.

We got a drop of 450 North Slushy’s last week. $10 per 16oz can.

The Bruery makes a ton of 13%+ stouts and you have to visit LA to try/buy most of them... they're only about a mile from Bottle Logic though, which makes for a fun day. :D

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My first FF. Pretty much a perfect BA vanilla stout.

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I don't currently have it in the fridge, but picked up a BL Lost Coordinates last weekend.

I was at Ground Control last night and the Bottle Logic's like those were $30 to buy a beer out of the cooler (Pecan and brownie). Is that normal pricing?

Yeah, they jacked up the prices a bit during Covid... what was in the ~$22-25 range is now ~$28-32.

I was at The Bruery last weekend and they had Black Tuesday in a 22oz bottle for $41. :doh!: I opted for a similar bottle that was like $25.

I see Ground Control has Cake Day on tap... that's a good one.

Oh I tried that one last night! Very good, along with #21 Elijah Craig BBA and #20 BA High Country Brunch W/ Blueberries & Ethiopian Coffee. Some great stuff last night.