Podunkparte
12 > 49
This is the one East Coast IPA I've had that I'll admit is as good as or better than the best West Coast offerings, which have always been king in the IPA world. Heady is a great beer.
Funny story about this beer (or a version of it)
I won a big beer pool last year and someone sent me a Barrel Aged People's Porter. Unfortunately that beer is known to have some infection issues, which results in high carbonation in the bottle and a sour taste. Not good. This can vary from bottle to bottle or whatever, so it's not always known beforehand.
Anyway, we're popping some bottles one night and I go to the cellar and grab this one. Only thing on the table is a lighter so I grab it to pop to cap off and the moment I touch the lighter to the edge of the cap the thing shoots off with a pop like a gun going off and hits me square in the cheekbone. Left a C-shaped ridged cut in my face that bled for 20 minutes.
I laughed it off and took some pictures. Sent an email to Foothill's to let them know and they apologized and sent me a bottle of Barrel Aged Sexual Chocolate. Nice gesture.
Recent beers I've tried:
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Bwah! Imo try and get some free beer that way...
Love Prairie Bomb. We just started getting it in our market too.
I did get that bottle they sent, but I have so much beer already, I wasn't needing anything. Coincidentally I'm currently wearing a Deschutes The Abyss t shirt they sent me free once after I sent them a complimentary email just praising the 2010 Abyss (which has gone downhill in subsequent years.)
I found it in Craft Beer Cellar up in upstate NY. Finally able to buy some Bell's and see what they're all about. Also saw some other stuff I'll buy later this week. Probably nab one of the Goose Island sours.
Prairie Bomb was fantastic.
Here's my haul from Black Friday:
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I like the regular BCBS better this year than last year's but it's still a little drier/oakier than I prefer. 2010 still reigns supreme for me. The coffee version is outstanding again but will fade quickly, and I'm really disappointed in the Bourbon County barleywine this year. They've used those barrels too many times and the bourbon just doesn't translate into the beer.
Nava, do yourself a favor. Got a french press at home? Pick up a few ounces of raw dried coconut flakes, no sugar added. Toast em in a dry pan til your entire house smells amazing. Add them to the press and pour in about 2/3 bottle of BCBS. Let it sit for about 30 minutes then press and pour. Add in the other 1/3 of the bottle for carb and balance and have yourself the best $10 bottle of 2013 Proprietor's Bourbon County ever.
Just finished a Surly Abrasive Double IPA and have moved onto my nightcap:
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