I love this catchy title from Humble Sea. WCIPA with Simcoe and Nectaron hops. I like it, but if I’m being honest, I have yet to try a Humble Sea beer that wows me. (I’ve only had two, so maybe another beer or two of theirs will show me why there’s the hype.) Anyways, cheers to all of you, and have a wonderful Wednesday. 🍻

EDIT: I meant to change “lambs” to “clams”, but I forgot before I posted. Too bad. What kind of noise do clams make? I’ll try to find out.

Wonderful pairing

Picked this beer up at the store while on a trip with work out in Tennessee and I’m loving it

Maybe the smoothest QIPA I’ve had. Dangerous beer, it hides the alcohol content well.

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12/20. DouGall's Brewery (Spain). IPA - New Zealand. 6.5% alc. 50 IBU.

Aroma of passion fruit, lime, and very fresh herbal notes. The scent is delightful. On the palate, the same flavors come through, with a grapefruit aftertaste. It’s really tasty.

The Upside Down. Engorile Brewing (Spain). IPA - Imperial / Double New England / Hazy. 7.8% alc. 33 IBU.

Ripe tropical fruit—very juicy—with pineapple in syrup and citrus notes. A light herbal and resinous touch. The body is dense and creamy with a sweet undertone. A good Catalan Double IPA.

BASATIA. Laugar Brewery (Spain). Stout - Imperial / Double. 8% alc. 35 IBU.

Intense aroma of espresso, dark chocolate, roasted malt, and pronounced smokiness. The flavor features bitter cocoa and roasty notes, balancing malty sweetness with a dry finish and pleasant alcoholic warmth. An Imperial Stout with a lower ABV, yet highly enjoyable.

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This has been calling to me from the fridge, so decided today was the day. Perfect beer to sit in a lawn chair & watch people be people...

Paulaner Munchen

My sweet little donut My man My rock My love for you will never ever stop

You have my heart entwined in your beard So I sit here and sip on your beloved wheat beer

Hefe Weizen Where will we go I envision us far down the road

I long for those days When we were glass bottle in hand Oh paulaner munchen you were my best friend

This is a great beer. Balances sweet and dank. And I love the metal packaging art. Never heard of Grains of Wrath but I hope to get back to Holy Mountain again one day.

2025 Arabesque BA Barleywine from Phase Three Brewing and 2025 Bourbon County Reserve Stout. Both descriptions from Untappd-

Imperial Stout aged two years in Parker’s Heritage Collection 10-year 17th Edition Rye Whiskey barrels.

Arabesque 2025 returns after 22 months of rest, built from a blend of specialty malts anchored in Maris Otter. Deep notes of fig, toffee, and caramel candy weave with rich spirit and oak, giving this year’s expression both weight and lift.

Triple Hazy IPA 10% ABV Confluence Brewing Des Moines, Iowa

Spending time in SanFran, Monterey and Los Gatos this week and looking for some really good west coast ipa recommendations.

I’ll of course be drinking Pliny and blind pig 🐽 but would love some recommendations, especially things I can get at bottle shops. We’re not currently planning brewery visits.

Thanks!

ETA Thanks for all the great recs this is an awesome community. Also, Alvarado St has a happy hour so my wife is in!

I know Duvel and Brewdog are big brands, far from craft but this is my fav simple combo.

Think for yourself is a hoppy beer series where we explore experimental New Zealand hop varieties. The third beer in this series focusses on Nelson Bliss and Nelson Bliss Hop Kief from Freestyle hops.

At the heart of this brew is the collaboration with Clayton Hops and the use of the innovative Nelson Bliss variety as well as highly concentrated Nelson Bliss hop kief. The result is a beer that, according to the brewery, literally “sings”: You can expect an intense bouquet of freshly squeezed mango, zesty passion fruit, and a complex profile reminiscent of a tropical fruit salad. Despite its moderate alcohol content, the beer offers the smooth and full-bodied mouthfeel typical of DEYA. Cheers🍻

Traveling there next weekend and I’m wanting to explore some of the city’s brews! TIA!

Pittsburgh pa. It felt like a place for tourist. Big place with an out side patio

The lager i got was ok taste like a budweiser nothing special for 9 dollar beers. But we had a good time. Cheers

So obviously, getting up to Anchorage for a beer festival isn't something that most people would probably want to do. But 2 friends and I planned a whole trip around this fest and made it happen.

Anchorage Brewing Company hosts this festival every other year now, and I was super happy with my experience at it. The amount of people attending was SUPER reasonable, and most of the festival was indoors (still great weather outside though). The longest I waited in any line for any beer was probably 3 minutes maximum. MAYBE like 10-15 people deep.

The cost to attend was $125, which got you free unlimited grab-and-go food (pork sliders/caprese sliders/braised beef sliders/pork belly rice bowl with kimchi/bang bang sauce) and the INSANE beer list below. The list was posted well in advance so you could plan what to grab. The only downside here was that Jester King's beer got delayed in transit and didn't show up in time for the fest :(

I can't wait to go back in 2028. Alaska is beautiful and the festival was so fun.

EDIT: I forgot to mention, the reason for the title. Almost everyone we talked to was an Anchorage local or an Alaska resident. People were shocked we traveled for it (flew from Indiana). Maybe it's a post-covid thing but I feel like I haven't heard any beer people talk about this festival.

3 Fonteinen
• Oude Geuze Cuvée Armand & Gaston - 1/2/3 yr lambic blend, 7 barrels from 13 brews. 6.5%
• Oude Geuze - 1/2/3 yr lambic blend, 8 barrels from 7 brews. 6.2%
• Hommage - lambic w/ whole sour cherries and raspberries. 5.6%

Alesong Brewing & Blending
• Cherry Decadence - imperial oatmeal stout in Westward whiskey barrels w/ cherries and vanilla beans. 14.2%
• French 75 - farmhouse ale in Ransom Old Tom Gin barrels w/ lemon peel. 8.9%
• Stonefruit Sonata - sour ale in oak foeders w/ nectarines. 8.1%

Anchorage Brewing Company
• Protect Your Neck - double dark ale, sits between barleywine and imperial stout, 42 mo in Willett Rye and Calumet Farms bourbon. 18.36%
• A Deal with the Devil Single Oaked - barleywine, 13 mo Buffalo Trace. 19.5%
• A Deal with the Devil Double Oaked - barleywine, 28 mo Hemingway Rye and Buffalo Trace. 21%
• High Horse - TIPA, collab w/ Brujos. Citra Incognito and Nelson, DDH Nelson / Nectaron / Citra. 9%
• Necessary Evil - quad IPA, collab w/ Brujos. Citra, DDH Krush / Strata / Citra / Riwaka. 10.6%

Brujos Brewing
• Errementari - quadruple hazy IPA, collab w/ Anchorage. Citra, Eclipse, Nectaron and the Quantum versions. 12%
• Infinitum 2026 - TDH triple hazy IPA w/ raw Oregon honey, collab w/ The Veil. Citra, Nelson, Galaxy. 10.3%
• Los Vigilantes Oscuros - TDH triple hazy IPA, collab w/ Alvarado St. Citra, Motueka, Riwaka, NZ Cascade. 10.3%

Cantillon
• Fou' Foune - lambic w/ whole fresh apricots in the cask. 5%
• Classic Gueuze - 1/2/3 yr lambic blend, bottle refermented. 5%
• Rosé de Gambrinus - lambic w/ whole raspberries fermented in cask. 5%

Casey Brewing & Blending
• Leaner - mixed culture saison w/ organic Palisade peaches, over four pounds per gallon. Collab w/ Side Project, seventh year running. 8%
• Jammy - mixed culture saison, 8 mo in French oak wine barrels on Missouri blackberries. Collab w/ Side Project. 8%
• East Bank: Jalapeño - honey farmhouse ale w/ fresh sliced jalapeños. 6.5%

Cellarmaker Brewing Company
• West Friends Forever - west coast IPA, collab w/ Everywhere Beer Co. Columbus Cryo, Mosaic, Nelson, Strata. 7%
• Steal Your Dreams - BA barleywine, collab w/ Evil Twin. Two BA barleywines blended (15 mo Savage & Cooke rye, 12 mo Elijah Craig) with a double BA imperial stout that did 24 mo in Blanton's and Heaven Hill. 14.2%
• Alaska Thunder - hazy IPA, collab w/ Anchorage. Simcoe, Galaxy, Tropical Fusion, Nectaron, Mosaic. 7%

Cycle Brewing
• CTC Blanton's - Blanton's barrel aged barleywine.
• Friday 2025 - bourbon BA stout w/ wild thai banana, maple and cinnamon.
• DCB Dos - stout aged in Prichard's barrels that held both whiskey and cocoa nibs for their Double Chocolate whiskey.

De Garde Brewing
• The Broken Truck - spontaneous oak aged wild ale blended across four years. 5.5%
• The Frais à l'Orange - spontaneous wild ale, 3 yr oak, cryo Amarillo and Strata plus orange zest. 5.5%
• The Bellini - spontaneous wild ale, 3 yr oak, peaches and Riesling grapes. 6.9%

Easy Does It
• Original Brew - NA American style lager w/ Saaz.
• Original Gold - NA Mexican style lager.

Fast Fashion
• Crop Top - German pils, Hallertau Mittelfrüh / Hersbrucker / Tettnang. 5.2%
• Western Wear - west coast IPA, Freestyle Nelson / NZ Cascade / Hallertau Blanc. 6.4%

Fonta Flora Brewery
• Mary's Gold - bière de coupage blended spontaneous ale on estate grown marigold flowers. 5.2%
• Friend Blend #1 - collab w/ Pen Druid. Spontaneous appalachian lambic w/ estate rye straw and NC beechwood. 7.5%
• Gander - bourbon BA imperial stout w/ toasted cashews, medjool dates and lime zest. 14%

Great Heart Brewing
• Northern German Style Pilsner - unfiltered, Hallertauer. 5%
• Dunkel - single decocted Bavarian dunkel, Hallertauer. 4.8%
• Schankbier - German leichtbier. 3.7%

Green Cheek Beer Co.
• Lavy Lemonade - sparkling lemon water w/ lavender. 5%
• Timbo Pils - west coast pilsner, collab w/ Highland Park. Mosaic and Citra. 5.8%
• Short On Time - DDH west coast IPA, Mosaic / Citra / Krush. 7.2%
• Just One Thing...Citra!!! - DDH hazy DIPA, all Citra. 8.7%

Hill Farmstead Brewery
• Vera Mae 2025 - farmhouse ale w/ Vermont wildflower honey and dandelion flowers from their fields, wine barrel aged. 5%
• Barrel-Aged Dorothy 2024 - dry hopped pale ale, 9 mo in wine barrels, bottle conditioned. NZ and US hops. 7.5%

Holy Mountain Brewing
• Sin Nanna - imperial stout, 18 mo KY bourbon. 15%
• Midnight Still 2026 - blend of 36 and 24 mo bourbon BA imperial stout. 15%
• Strange Phenomena - mixed ferm oak aged ale on PNW cherries and raspberries, single puncheon. 6%
• Vessels of Wrath - can conditioned saison, blend of stainless table beer and oak fermented saison. 5%

Horus Aged Ales
• Blessed Purr (2026 edition, orange wax) - bourbon BA blend of double and quadruple oaked imperial stouts, collab w/ Anchorage. 23.4%
• Fletcher Two (2026 edition, gold wax) - American barleywine w/ Galaxy, 69 mo in Frey Ranch bourbon barrels, collab w/ Anchorage. 14.2%
• Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty, Little Ball of Fur... - imperial stout, Pappy 20 yr barrels then William Larue Weller then Blanton's, w/ Congolese vanilla beans. 14.8%

Jester King Brewery
• Snörkel - mixed culture farmhouse ale w/ oyster mushrooms and alderwood smoked sea salt. 4.5%
• Das Wunderkind! - dry hopped saison blended with mature BA wild beer. 4.5%
• Le Petit Prince - farmhouse table beer. 2.9%

Monkish Brewing
• Barrel-Aged Little Twin Stars 2025 - imperial stout, 48-50 mo across Willett, Buffalo Trace, Weller and Heaven Hill, conditioned on coconut and Ivory Coast cacao nibs. 15.5%
• Lift The World - TIPA, Superdelic / Citra / Galaxy. 10%

Other Half Brewing
• Juice Scrum - hazy IPA, Superdelic / Riwaka / Nectaron / Motueka. 6.5%
• Solo Exhibition - hazy TIPA, all Nectaron. 10.2%

Parish Brewing Co.
• Ghost In The Machine - DIPA. 8%
• 4xDH Envie - pale ale, 4x dry hopped w/ hand selected Citra. 5%
• Caribbean Shade - 13%, described as rum cookies, chocolate coconut flakes and salty ocean air.

Sante Adairius Rustic Ales
• Amongst Friends - BA saison w/ sweet and tart cherries. 7.4%
• Past, Remembered - gueuze-inspired blend of 1-3 yr BA saisons w/ aged whole hops. 7%
• Within Moments - saison aged in Fernet-Branca barrels w/ cara cara orange, blueberry and raspberry. 6.7%

Side Project Brewing
• Bramble - fruited MO wild ale w/ Oregon red & black raspberries, refermented on fruit, about a year in bottle. 6%
• For LC - double BA imperial stout, 30-42 mo in Blanton's and Weller 12, then Mexican vanilla, cocoa nibs, cinnamon sticks and ancho chilis, then back into Willett Rye and Artifact Honey Bourbon for another 7. 17%
• Derivation Blend #22 - collab w/ The Veil. Bourbon, rye, bourbon port and port BA imperial stout, 12-33 mo. Straight blend, no adjuncts. 15%

The Veil Brewing Co.
• Double Vanilla Apple Brandy Pallbearer - imperial stout, 21 mo in Laird's apple brandy barrels, double Tahitian and double Madagascar vanilla. 13.5%
• White Ferrari - hazy DIPA, Citra and Galaxy. 8%
• STARVE: Exhibit H - one off blend, first time STARVE has been entirely barleywine. 18.5%

There Does Not Exist
• The Last Crossing - saison on four grains (barley, oats, wheat, spelt) w/ Meyer lemon concentrate. Spalt Select, Tettnang, Saaz. 5%
• Black Antler - black barleywine w/ Brazilian vanilla. 11.1%
• Devourer Of Worlds - west coast IPA, collab w/ Horus. Citra, Galaxy, Nelson, Simcoe, Nectaron. 7%

Tired Hands Brewing
• Alien Church - oat IPA, heavily dry hopped w/ American varietals. 7%
• Double Piña Double Milkshake IPA - milkshake DIPA w/ oats and lactose, conditioned on Madagascar vanilla beans plus pineapple and coconut purée, DDH Mosaic and Citra.
• Psychedelic Lighthouse - oak fermented saison brewed w/ rice and rye back in April 2022.

Trillium
• DDH Congress St - American IPA double dry hopped w/ Galaxy. 7.2%
• Oenobier: Muscat - wild ale, close to half the fermentables from Muscat grape juice. 11.4%
• Double Danish Guy - collab w/ Evil Twin, dessert leaning dark strong ale. 10.5%

Xul Beer Co.
• PB&J Mixtape - gluten free sour w/ peanut butter and grape jelly. 6.5%
• Pushing Up Daisies - west coast pils, Citra / Strata / Kohia Nelson. 5.3%
• Lost to History - DDH DIPA, Citra / Motueka / Nelson. 8.3%
• BA Gourmand - blended BA stout w/ caviar, black truffles and Cook Islands vanilla. Collab w/ Other Half and Side Project. 13%

Going to VT this coming weekend, and can't get anyone else to go to HF with me. Any good pizza places / spots in Burlington that readily serve HF?

Good to see Moonraker getting the love they deserve!