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stevep
Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
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Sep 19, 2011 - 12:20am PT
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Maudite is good. Though of the Unibroue beers, I prefer Fin du Monde.
For Belgian style, though, if you want to talk about best, go straight to the real thing. Rochefort 10.
Just had the new Sierra Nevada Southern Hemisphere Harvest beer. It was very good.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Sep 19, 2011 - 12:28am PT
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Pliny the Elder is nectar of the gods
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 19, 2011 - 12:49am PT
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maudite is good, but ghosts comments are spot on -rumour has it that he has come a long long way from the days of green draft at the chieftan
Well, yeah, I might be drinking better beer now, but nothing can match the ambiance of The Chieftan as a venue for beer drinking. Bad beer. Dirty. Bad beer. Loggers fighting climbers. Bad beer.
But it was all we had, wasn't it? And it was an integral part of the whole Squamish climbing scene. It was also the scene of something I'll never forget. Ever. http://www.supertopo.com/climbing/thread.php?topic_id=668163&msg=671589#msg671589
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Reggaemylitis
Trad climber
Sacramento, CA
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Sep 19, 2011 - 12:56am PT
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Jerry nailed it. I've tried every IPA I can get my hands on across this great land, and Pliny still takes the cake. My only wish before I croak is to get a chance to try Pliny The Younger!
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Jerry Dodrill
climber
Sebastopol, CA
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Sep 19, 2011 - 01:20am PT
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Reggaemylitis, February. Thats the only thing that beats the Elder IMO. The Younger is ridiculous. Its funny, but when you live in wine country you become a beer snob.
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KitKat
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe
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Sep 19, 2011 - 01:27am PT
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Pliny the Elder is the best beer on Earth!
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ruppell
climber
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Sep 19, 2011 - 03:39am PT
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Russian River? Good luck with that one, Pyney yhe Elder Only in or about San Fran.
I heard from a reliable source that RR are not intersted in expending the product line. Or as it was reffered to me RR don't want to expand and Pina the Older sucks compared to Stone. Pyne the Older. Haha hipsters unite.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Sep 19, 2011 - 03:42am PT
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Stone IPA, Hop Stoopid are both excellent
yo. friend. this is Mrs. Wayno.. and I LOVED Hop Stoopid until I put it glass to glass next to Georgetown Brewery's "Lucille". mmm Gotta love Lucille! give it a try if you can find it!
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David
Trad climber
San Rafael, CA
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Sep 19, 2011 - 11:16am PT
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For whatever reason there are tons of great west coast style IPAs coming out of San Diego county these days. My personal favorite is West Coast IPA by Green Flash Brewing
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Reggaemylitis
Trad climber
Sacramento, CA
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Sep 19, 2011 - 11:18am PT
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Yeah Jerry, I want to make it to the RR Brewery this Feb for sure! I don't know if I want to spoil the Elder though! Something that tastes better than that may ruin me for life! I'll end up living in a dumpster behind the brewery begging them to make it 12 months a year! :)
Kit Kat, I just moved to South Lake. Is there anywhere to get Pliny The Elder in bottles? I can't find it so far, other than on tap at Freshies, which is better than nothing!
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this just in
climber
north fork
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Sep 19, 2011 - 11:24am PT
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I don't always drink beer, but when I do I prefer dos....wait Sierra Nevada, pretty much all of them.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 19, 2011 - 12:13pm PT
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but when you get bored with the IPAs, try one of these.
Or any of the other Ayinger beers. Incredible stuff.
And if you think only brewers on the US West Coast can make great IPAs, try to find either the double or triple IPA from Brouwerij Emelisse.
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strangeday
Trad climber
Brea ca.
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Sep 19, 2011 - 01:26pm PT
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Anyone around so. Cal, should try Fullertons Bootleggers brewery, "knuckle sandwich" DIPA.
It's pretty much up there with the Pliney.
My favorite is and always will be Sierra Nevada Bigfoot ale.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Sep 19, 2011 - 01:30pm PT
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But if you (the generic 'you') start treating beers like fine wines then you've missed the pint.
Seriously.
Ah, Dingus. On this one you're both right and wrong.
On the being right part, I know exactly what you're saying, and couldn't agree more.
But there is another side to it. There really is. Go get yourself a bottle of Deus (from Brouwerij Bosteels), and see if you're still so sure that there isn't room for a different pint of view.
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the Fet
climber
Tu-Tok-A-Nu-La
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Sep 19, 2011 - 01:33pm PT
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Best beer I've ever had. Learned to love it at beer gardens in Munich.
Every time I'm in a BevMo type store I look for it, but it seems you can only get it in the US thru mail order.
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ME Climb
Trad climber
Behind the Orange Curtain
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Sep 19, 2011 - 01:37pm PT
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Normally drink Newcastle. Their new red Werewolf is good. My favorite is Jeremiah Red at BJ's restaurants
Eric
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harihari
Trad climber
Squampton
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Sep 19, 2011 - 04:16pm PT
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Hop-heads: the two best IPAs I've ever had are Begbie Brewing (BC)'s "Nasty Habit" IPA and Deschutes(oregon)'s "Inversion" IPA. A friend of mine who brews professionally says that the Inversion is the holy grail of IPA makers...because any decent brewer can replicate almsot anything, but Inversion remains out of reach...
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