Mon July 30, 2018 12:06 am
Mon July 30, 2018 5:28 am
doone wrote:PHATJ wrote:DOONE, TELL ME ABOUT ALL PINTS NORTH!!!!!!!!!!
stop yelling, I have a hangover
actually I feel pretty good now. So All Pints was pretty great. I had every intention of keeping track of everything in the little booklet they give out only to learn they don't do the booklet anymore, they have an app. Weird, I remember searching for an app before we left Canada and didn't see anything. I find some wifi to download app only to be told by google that I can't have the app, I live in the wrong country! GRRR! All the iphone people in our group have no problems but none of them like beer the way I do so they won't be keeping track of what they like.
So I can't tell you the names of what I tried because I drank a ton, but I had some amazing beers. I think I only had to dump a couple. It started raining just as we were entering the festival grounds but it stopped and the weather was perfect after that. Because of the rain, I forgot to pull out my phone to look at the list you made me (or to take pictures) but I did get to these ones:
Bent Paddle
Castle Danger
Fair State - don't remember what I had but they won Best Beer and Best Brewery prizes
Indeed - I remember this one being really good
Modist
also we had Voyageur Brewery's session IPA on the bus
and a lot more that I can't remember
We went to Old Chicago restaurant when we first arrived and I had a pint of Two Hearted Ale, good thing too because when we got to their stall, they didn't bring any of their flagship to the fest. I enjoyed it.
I drank a lot of great IPAs, an amazing rhubarb and lemonade beer, one or two stouts. Our friends had a great time too.
And Ruddo, the pretzels were integral to the experience
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run2death wrote:I have a taphouse near me that specializes in N.Y.-state brews.
I've had a few of Ommegang's Saisons and Dubbels (including the much-beloved Abbey Ale). Their dubbels are overly sweet and cough syrupy. Their Saisons are lifeless. Their Nirvana IPA is OK.
Fri August 17, 2018 7:44 pm
run2death wrote:I normally like Dubbels, but Ommegang's Double Barrel Dubbel is fucking gross. Tastes like raisins and cigarettes. I'm all for complex flavors in beer, but...
Fri August 17, 2018 7:49 pm
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Bi_3 wrote:Just had a bottle of 3 Floyds “Zombie Dust”. It was very good
Fri August 17, 2018 8:20 pm
Bi_3 wrote:Just had a bottle of 3 Floyds “Zombie Dust”. It was very good
Fri August 17, 2018 9:53 pm
Chris_H_2 wrote:Bi_3 wrote:Just had a bottle of 3 Floyds “Zombie Dust”. It was very good
so believe it or not, it actually used to be better. they changed the recipe up about 4 years ago, and it was on par with things like blind pig from russian river.
try a chicago beer ... like pipeworks, revolution, half acre, marz, forbidden root, marz, hop butcher, etc.
Fri August 17, 2018 10:27 pm