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Ghost
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A long way from where I started
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Apr 23, 2015 - 07:39pm PT
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The best beer ever? Gotta be whatever beer I have in Seattle when I get back from Asia.
Twice in the last two months I've spent a week there -- Shanghai in March, and Hong Kong this month. I love it there. I really do. Because my travels are work-related I am able to stay in hotels that are so far beyond anything in North America that there's simply no comparison. I eat food and drink wine that I'd never be able to afford back here.
But damn! After a few days over there, I'd sell my soul for a real beer.
So when y'all are arguing about which beer in San Diego is better than which beer in Portland or Seattle (or Post Falls, Idaho), realize that you're wanking on and on about the difference between the 99th and 100th percentile.
When it comes to beer, we have it so good here that when I get out of the cab from the airport, and walk into my house, open the fridge, and pour myself a beer, it's pretty much like I've just died and gone to heaven.
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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Apr 23, 2015 - 07:45pm PT
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True Ghost...unless you've been in Belgium(though Stella is Belgian Budweiser, and the hipsters are deluding themselves if they think it's worth it).
Currently enjoying a large glass of Ovila. The Sierra Nevada trappist style quad. Not quite to level of Rochefort 10 or Westveletern. But damn good.
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Ghost
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A long way from where I started
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Apr 23, 2015 - 07:52pm PT
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True Ghost...unless you've been in Belgium
Well, last time I checked, Belgium wasn't in Asia.
But just so you know I'm not disagreeing with your general sentiment, the beer I cracked when I got home this afternoon was a Piraat, from Brouwerij Van Steenberge, which is, yes, in Belgium.
But even Belgium isn't Cascadia. We can get pretty much anything brewed in Belgium here, but the Belgians can't get a tenth of what we can. We live in beer heaven, and I am grateful.
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Apr 23, 2015 - 08:58pm PT
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Gnome...thanks...I happened to be at founders in grand rapids on harvest day...4 hundred people buzzing on beer..
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Ghost
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A long way from where I started
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Coming home from a long weekend in Squamish we stopped for an early dinner and beer at the Skookum Brewery in Arlington (about 40 miles N of Seattle). I've mentioned it before on this thread, but want to give it another boost.
Good beer, good food (the Cowboy Caviar is unbelievable), and good people. I spent half my time there being dragged around the business end by Ron, the owner, and came away with a lot of respect. Not just for the quality of the beer, but for his approach to starting and running a brewpub.
It's just five minutes off I-5, and well worth the detour.
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Ghost
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A long way from where I started
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Dec 12, 2015 - 05:58pm PT
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I can't believe nobody on this site has thought about beer in the last six months. Well, okay, I know some of you have thought about it, but nobody has posted.Time to put that right -- with a question:
What could be better than having Jesus on tap?
EVEN MORE JESUS!
Yes. Popped in to my local bottle shop/taproom yesterday, and thought I'd see if there was a good stout to munch on while I picked out a few bottles to take home. Turned out they had one of the great ones on tap: Evil Twin Brewing's "Even More Jesus."
At about $20 a bottle, it's a once-a-year treat for me, but it's one of the best stouts I've ever had, so springing for a small glass was easy.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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I knew I shouldn't have clicked on this thread....mmmm, beer...
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Heisenberg
Trad climber
RV, middle of Nowehere
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If you can find it try Stone Brewing Co Xocoveza Mocha Stout.
Seasonal brew.
Also Dog Fish Heads World Wide Stout. 18% ABV. This is a sipping beer and suppose to get better with age (keeping it up to 5 years)
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BrassNuts
Trad climber
Save your a_s, reach for the brass...
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A few of my faves
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MikeL
Social climber
Seattle, WA
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I’m with PotatoHead and Ghost about Gulden Draak 9000. Sinful.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Apr 10, 2016 - 09:16pm PT
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Spring is here, time to be working in the yard in the evening. But at sunset, once the gardening tools are cleaned and stowed, it is time to sit on the deck with an imperial IPA
One of the best I've ever brewed.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 10, 2016 - 09:44pm PT
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Getting tuned up for the push through the Vosges and the Ardennes (I know
I'm late to the party) so beer hasn't been top priority although did come
across a nice porter from Mammoth Brew Co and a fine pils from Lagunitas.
Of course, honing one's pils appreciation will hold me in good stead after
the Rhine is won and R&R is taken in the Bernese Oberland.
Kleine Scheidegg better look out - they've had it far too easy since Clint left.
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Ghost
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A long way from where I started
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Apr 14, 2016 - 07:57pm PT
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Keeping with the "sunset on the deck" theme: Dinner tonight was grilled halibut (garnished with grilled scallions) with a side of posole baked with pickled hot peppers, and a cob of roasted corn.
I remembered that I still had a few bottles of a really wonderful tripel in the cellar. Brewed this time last year.
And the sun was setting, and the deck was calling...
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Todd Eastman
climber
Bellingham, WA
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Apr 14, 2016 - 08:52pm PT
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Chugach
Trad climber
Vermont
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Apr 15, 2016 - 06:48am PT
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14th Star, Tribute. Vermont continues to produce the best beers in the nation.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Today, the best beer ever is the one I had in the garden with me as I was scrambling to get the pepper starts into pots. Hot afternoon, cold beer. And tomorrow morning we're off to Smith Rocks. (and scroll down past the picture for a... hmmmm... very Australian... beer commercial.
And here's the Australian version of "The most interesting man in the world." The key word here is "Australian", which translates to "not safe for work."
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Aug 14, 2016 - 08:48pm PT
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Work on the archaeological site that we call the basement progressed this weekend with the hauling of a load of... well one man's junk may be another man's treasure, but this sure looked like junk, so we hauled it to the transfer station (a massive structure that comes between individual loads of junk and whatever the city does with all that junk.
On the way home we stopped at Big Al's brewery and taproom.
Now the deal with Big Al is that while he brews the usual line-up of small-brewery staples (a pale, a blonde, an IPA, a porter, etc), all of which are okay but not outstanding, he also brews what he likes, which is beers brewed with wild yeasts and bacteria. Not to everyone's taste, but I love them (and brew them myself).
He names them after the month they were brewed, and calls the whole lot his "Time Capsule" series. The first ones I saw, and tried, were from mid-2014, so imagine my surprise when the chalkboard at the end of the bar said they were offering "August 2008" -- the first time capsule ever.
Once the guy behind the bar found that not only did we brew, but that we actually loved sours, he was dragging us back into the brewery...
On the approach
Here's the bar. Pretty small (although there's plenty of seating outside). Seahawks game on the tube.
And the Time Capsule label and story
Forget stainless steel -- wooden barrels is the new thing
There's steel, too. And plastic buckets.
Worth a visit if you're fond of the wild and sour side of beer.
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