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[quote=Chico23231;1177132]Dude....awesome trip. We’re the leaves turning up there?[/quote]

Went up 87 and along there no, took 90 to Stockbridge and the farther east we went there was more color but seems like a very late fall up there.,warm up there as it is everywhere.Came back the Taconic State Parkway and there was more color there but not super.The New Tappen Zee Bridge is something!

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Just saw this ,thought some might like it. Enjoy.




[url=http://www.worldbeerawards.com/winner/beer/2017/taste]World Beer Awards 2017 - Winners[/url]

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EL GUAPO AGAVE IPA great beer.

O'CONNOR Brewing in Norfolk Va and opening a location in Raleigh NC.

[url=http://oconnorbrewing.com/]O'Connor Brewing Company[/url]

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I haven't had any beer in almost two months! I've lost almost 20 pounds - 46 pounds altogether! But I actually have to eat a fatty meal tonight to jump start my metabolism again (my weight loss has hit a road block!) So, I'm going out for pizza. And since I haven't had any beer in a long time, I am probably going to pick up a six pack tonight, but it's probably just going to be something like Bud Light. I will probably think it tastes like gold after being away from all alcohol for so long!

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[quote=metalskins;1179344]I haven't had any beer in almost two months! I've lost almost 20 pounds - 46 pounds altogether! But I actually have to eat a fatty meal tonight to jump start my metabolism again (my weight loss has hit a road block!) So, I'm going out for pizza. And since I haven't had any beer in a long time, I am probably going to pick up a six pack tonight, but it's probably just going to be something like Bud Light. I will probably think it tastes like gold after being away from all alcohol for so long![/quote]

Good Job! I've lost 37 but have hit a wall,still walking 4 to six miles a day but the weight loss seems to have stopped.

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[quote=Giantone;1179351]Good Job! I've lost 37 but have hit a wall,still walking 4 to six miles a day but the weight loss seems to have stopped.[/quote]

Yeah, I hadn't lost a single ounce in over a week! Was 8 pounds away from my healthy goal weight! 8 freakin' pounds! So, I had three slices of sausage and pepperoni pizza last night from a place called Homeslice. Excellent place for pizza! Man, it was so good! The Bud Light was OK. Still tastes watered down for me, but I didn't want to go too far off the wagon with anything more "filling", because I did wake up this morning two pounds heavier, lol! So, back to the old grind today. I should lose those two pounds back pretty quickly, but I hope this little experiment jump stars things enough to get these final 8 pounds off!

Now, having said that, I'm already looking forward to next year's beer festival in the summertime! Being about 50 pounds lighter, they'll probably have to carry me out of that festival after a couple hours, lol!

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Picked up a bottle of Goose Island Bourbon County 2017 today at the grocery store, got a steal at $2.99 due to an obvious pricing error, I should have went back and filled up my cart lol

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2.99?! Man that’s awesome. We got it early on Wednesday due to a mistake but still had to pay $9 per bottle. Also anyone in or near VA stock up on your hardywood gingerbread stout. So good.

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Shoutout to a local favorite of mine

[url]https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/32575/100328/[/url]

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Okay ,so I have told you about how I go up to the Berkshires in Mass usually in the fall for a few days (4/5) and tend to try a bunch of beers and bring home a few.Well Saturday night I got an idea and by Sunday morning I was gone. I drove to Mass ,yes all on a whim! Son in-law got back from deployment and has always loved the beer I bring back but knows it's always in the fall. So for Christmas ...from ... me , I am giving him a case of the special beer I get and bring back, 7 hours up and I spent the night at my favorite Inn up there waited till 9 am for the store to open and bought three case's. Took about 6 1/2 hours back to Maryland( I rolled) plus I got him a couple of special "pint glass's ) to enjoy his beverages! The wife can not understand how I could spend roughly 17/16 hours driving ,over $400 dollars for room ,food and gas and over another hundred for the beer,just to buy this beer .She asked why I couldn't just go to the liquor store and get beer and I LOL and said ,[B]NO.[/B].Anyway it was a great 48 hours!Berkshires had a good 6-10 inches depending on where you were but it might be gone by now,it was 47 up there.

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[quote=Giantone;1183757]Okay ,so I have told you about how I go up to the Berkshires in Mass usually in the fall for a few days (4/5) and tend to try a bunch of beers and bring home a few.Well Saturday night I got an idea and by Sunday morning I was gone. I drove to Mass ,yes all on a whim! Son in-law got back from deployment and has always loved the beer I bring back but knows it's always in the fall. So for Christmas ...from ... me , I am giving him a case of the special beer I get and bring back, 7 hours up and I spent the night at my favorite Inn up there waited till 9 am for the store to open and bought three case's. Took about 6 1/2 hours back to Maryland( I rolled) plus I got him a couple of special "pint glass's ) to enjoy his beverages! The wife can not understand how I could spend roughly 17/16 hours driving ,over $400 dollars for room ,food and gas and over another hundred for the beer,just to buy this beer .She asked why I couldn't just go to the liquor store and get beer and I LOL and said ,[B]NO.[/B].Anyway it was a great 48 hours!Berkshires had a good 6-10 inches depending on where you were but it might be gone by now,it was 47 up there.[/quote]

What beer did you buy?

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[quote=MTK;1183894]What beer did you buy?[/quote]

Sorry. Two case's Berkshire Steel Rail Pale Ale, one case Big Elm American Lager and one of Big Elm IPA. All gifts .

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Just for information purpose's but...April 7th is National Beer Day!!!! Get your pints ready!

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Just saw this and it reminded me that I won't get up to New England this fall for my annual Beer run.:mad::cheers



[url]https://247wallst.com/special-report/2018/06/27/americas-40-most-delicious-beers/9/[/url]

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Nice post g1

..have a complaint about some local trends in some beer making, especially ipas...I’ve noticed beers seem to be pouring with less and less body these days. The body seems to be the consistency of lemonade or like a light tea. Several breweries I’ve Been too in the last several months I’ve noticed it. On beers poured there as well as releases usually in cans. To me it taste less like beer.

Don’t like it.

Soap box over...

Had a sweet water single hop hazy ipa Mosaic recently and it was delicious. Good stuff. Sweet water is pretty avg usually, but this stood out.

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[quote=Chico23231;1204402]Nice post g1

..have a complaint about some local trends in some beer making, especially ipas...I’ve noticed beers seem to be pouring with less and less body these days. The body seems to be the consistency of lemonade or like a light tea. Several breweries I’ve Been too in the last several months I’ve noticed it. On beers poured there as well as releases usually in cans. To me it taste less like beer.

Don’t like it.

Soap box over...

Had a sweet water single hop hazy ipa Mosaic recently and it was delicious. Good stuff. Sweet water is pretty avg usually, but this stood out.[/quote]


Trying to find the artical but I read somewhere that there were only so many glass makers basically creating a shortage on bottles and the the "Craft Market" is saving money on the cans.

Maybe this might help...............

[url]https://www.americancraftbeer.com/6-reasons-craft-beer-industry-moving-cans/[/url]

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Drake's IPA and 1500 Pale Ale. From San Leandro, CA. Both are amazing.

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Yesh, this thread has died. I guess the IPA craze is over.

The guy secretly shipping Ru$$ian River Pl1ny bottles out of San Fran is at it again. Real good prices, $5 a bottle or so but shipping gets you.

PM me and Ill send you the info.

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Actually driving up to New England this weekend to pick up some beer!

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Love this beer and love this island...

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[quote=SunnySide;1231769]Yesh, this thread has died. I guess the IPA craze is over.

The guy secretly shipping Ru$$ian River Pl1ny bottles out of San Fran is at it again. Real good prices, $5 a bottle or so but shipping gets you.

PM me and Ill send you the info.[/quote]

I think most people are just drinking local brands, I know I am. National brands I still hit up cigar city, Oskar blues.


Something i hate...because of distribution dispute, Virginia hasn’t gotten Bells brewery since February...hard living without 2 hearted ale

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[quote=Chico23231;1231815]I think most people are just drinking local brands, I know I am. National brands I still hit up cigar city, Oskar blues.

Something i hate...because of distribution dispute, Virginia hasn’t gotten Bells brewery since February...hard living without 2 hearted ale[/quote]

Dale's Pale Ale is good stuff. Sweet can too.

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Just piggybacking off what Chico said about local stuff, seems to be so many damn good local breweries that keep popping up everywhere. It's such a great time to be beer fan. This is one of my [URL="http://www.meanmaxbrew.com/tap-room.html"]go to spots[/URL], everything is just so fucking good.

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I basically just drink local as well (RAR, Burley, Union, Monument etc) but getting Pl1ny is still a special occasion. With the dollar in my pocket going to my local brewers, I think it forced bigger companies to expand distribution (Surly is in MD now) or start producing more (Maine Lunch, Founders KBS). In Md I can buy a case of Lunch right this second vs 3 years ago it was on a 2 bottle limit. Bells Expedition Stout, I used to buy a case or so bc it would last maybe 2 months on the shelves and now it seems unlimited.

In Rehobeth, they had bottles of CBS and KBS just sitting on the shelves .. in September.

My one gripe - RAR make more of your damn stouts. I dont need tangerine Country Ride or Naticoke Nectar ... I need 10 layer and 1st meal.

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I played hooky today and went mountain biking at patapsco valley state park. Stopped at ellicott mills brewery for lunch had their pumpkin ale and then a flight with their Oktoberfest, Dunkel, pale ale and IPA. Definitely worth a trip

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[quote=BaltimoreSkins;1232589]I played hooky today and went mountain biking at patapsco valley state park. Stopped at ellicott mills brewery for lunch had their pumpkin ale and then a flight with their Oktoberfest, Dunkel, pale ale and IPA. Definitely worth a trip[/quote]

Carpe diem my friend! Squeeze life every chance you get, its later than you think. I think I had the sun on my face for a total of 1 minute today as I crossed the street before being re-engulfed by the shadows of tall office buildings. I lived a little bit just dreaming of riding a bike through a trail, feeling the slightly crisp fall air hitting my face, then finishing with a flight. Well done.

I need to check our Black Flag, Hysteria and Ellicott Mills.

Olde Mother had a really nice BA sour that I had a few weeks ago. Outstanding, expensive at like $16 plus for bottle but worth it.

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[quote=Giantone;1231788]Actually driving up to New England this weekend to pick up some beer![/quote]

Hello All, Just got back from the Berkshires in Mass with about 5 case's of assorted beers . I go to a great store in great Barrington Mass that gives me the full case discount .

[url]https://www.domaneys.com/[/url]


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and an assortment of these beers ............


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The beer I liked the best in my travels was Rattlesnake IPA at the Big Texan Brewery which is part of the Big Texan Steak House in Amarillo, Texas. I stopped in there 3 times when making multiple trips across the USA when moving from Cali to Virginia 8 years ago. Looks like their brewery just opened when I first stopped in. Unfortunately they weren't canning or bottling it so no take outs.

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Tried a sixer of [URL="https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/37622/372307/"]Wyndridge Honey IPA [/URL]over the weekend, damn tasty and super smooth for 7%

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[quote=MTK;1233702]Tried a sixer of [URL="https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/37622/372307/"]Wyndridge Honey IPA [/URL]over the weekend, damn tasty and super smooth for 7%[/quote]

Did you get it local or where you away for the weekend?

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[quote=Giantone;1233719]Did you get it local or where you away for the weekend?[/quote]

Picked it up at my grocery store

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ok what beers in whole foods or local stores should I look for while in New York and Connecticut market area?

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I need to try this.
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[quote=jamf;1236492]I need to try this.
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If you can ever get up there, it's a freaking GORGEOUS brewery. Beer good and atmosphere is even better:

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[quote=Chico23231;1233973]ok what beers in whole foods or local stores should I look for while in New York and Connecticut market area?[/quote]

Not sure. Id read through beer advocates forums, they have regions that locals talk about local beers and breweries etc.

I bought that Wicked Weed variety stout 4 pack .. I drank 2 ... I had the biggest constant farts like all day. Im sacred to drink the other 2.

CBS bombers and 4 packs ($25) on shelves in MD, no limit. I honestly prefer:

breakfast stout > KBS > CBS

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Live in San Diego. Staying at the Westin in Tucson for vacation. Gas is like $2.50 a gallon and you can get a 6 pack of IPA's at a Circle K for only $9.99. Bought 2 local beers and both are pretty good. I like Arizona.

SanTan Hopshock is a beer I can have on a regular basis.

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Abraxas is out and about. One of my favorites.

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I was doing some research. I want to brew some Belgium style beers so I grabbed New Belgium's Trippel 8.5% malty, clear with subtle hops. Drank a bottle everyday. First one I tried said it was not for me by the time I got to the third day I began to appreciate it more. If you want to try something outside of a traditional english style beer like an IPA this was pretty good.

Also went back to the first IPA I ever had Dogfish 60 minute. Tasted fantastic. Great hop balance. On a side I know over the last 20 years the craft industry has really pushed the boundary on hops. I would love to taste a 60 minute from 20 years ago to see how the flavor has changed to evolve with the competition.

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Funny I just picked up a sixer of 60 minute recently, haven't had it in a while but it's so tasty

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Sadly one of the Breweries that I like from up in New England has closed due to the pandemic ,it seems I might not get to make my yearly beer run this fall.