Favorite Beer?
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Re: Favorite Beer?
Haven't had the beer, but this can is brilliant.
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Re: Favorite Beer?
I'm currently enjoying Bristol's Smokebrush porter. It's definitely smokey in character; the overwhelming hotdog undertone goes away after a few sips and the drink becomes relatively enjoyable. Even better, all profits from this special brew go to the COS Smokebrush foundation. Bristol isn't my favorite brewery, but I'm continually impressed with their efforts to give back to the community.
Trinity's Pappy Legba - a 13% abv Crimson Saison. So good. It has somewhat of a cherry kriek profile, but not in an overwhelming way. One tulip glass and I'm cherry in the cheeks..
Trinity's Passed Stout. 11%. Similar to Pappy, more than one glass and I'm two sheets to the wind... This beer is great! It has a full body with a very dark, hearty malt flavor. One of my favorite stouts.
Other locals I'm looking forward to:
-Trinity is in the works on a "Case of the Mondays" [a Brett series], including an Oh Face Provisional Saison, TPS Report 'Wild american bretta,' Red Swingline IPA, and Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta! Obscur Noir. They range from 4.1-8.1%.
-Wynkoop "Ellegance" is a ~9% Belgian Strong brewed solely by women. Brewer's Republic in COS bought a 5 gallon keg and is donating $2 of every pint sold to the Pink Boots Society. Again, lovin' the community vibe.
Trinity's Pappy Legba - a 13% abv Crimson Saison. So good. It has somewhat of a cherry kriek profile, but not in an overwhelming way. One tulip glass and I'm cherry in the cheeks..
Trinity's Passed Stout. 11%. Similar to Pappy, more than one glass and I'm two sheets to the wind... This beer is great! It has a full body with a very dark, hearty malt flavor. One of my favorite stouts.
Other locals I'm looking forward to:
-Trinity is in the works on a "Case of the Mondays" [a Brett series], including an Oh Face Provisional Saison, TPS Report 'Wild american bretta,' Red Swingline IPA, and Damn It Feels Good to be a Gangsta! Obscur Noir. They range from 4.1-8.1%.
-Wynkoop "Ellegance" is a ~9% Belgian Strong brewed solely by women. Brewer's Republic in COS bought a 5 gallon keg and is donating $2 of every pint sold to the Pink Boots Society. Again, lovin' the community vibe.
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Re: Favorite Beer?
that looks cool, i wonder if any other brewery does cans like this?kansas wrote:Haven't had the beer, but this can is brilliant.
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Re: Favorite Beer?
I'm not a New Belgium fan, for the most part, but this is a phenomenal imperial IPA.
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I second that, it tastes like a hoppier ranger IPA, well done new belgium.Dave B wrote:I'm not a New Belgium fan, for the most part, but this is a phenomenal imperial IPA.
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Re: Favorite Beer?
jrs1965 wrote:Without question the best beer in Colorado Springs...
Meh.....I've had much better in the Springs.
I've been enjoying EddyLine's RiverRunner Pale Ale recently, tasty.
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Re: Favorite Beer?
+1,000,000 for that cankansas wrote:Haven't had the beer, but this can is brilliant.
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I'll third that. Most of the New Belgium I find...lacking. This one, however, is really pretty good.Dave B wrote:I'm not a New Belgium fan, for the most part, but this is a phenomenal imperial IPA.
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Re: Favorite Beer?
Had a few New Belgium La Folies in the past month, pretty awesome sour brown ale if you're into sours/lambics.
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Re: Favorite Beer?
I recently came across a limited release IPA from Stone that has turned out to be excellent. It's called "Enjoy by 04/20/13" with an apparent nod to those who enjoy...other things than beer. I would put this in the Pliny class--very fresh, hoppy and citrusy.
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