Nah man, it's not ridiculous. It takes a lot of courage to move to a new city, much less across the country, and I think that's pretty admirable.

steve00 said:

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Indeed. I am a bit ridiculous with the frequency and distance of my moves.

Had a Stoneface Brewing - Full Clip IPA at lunch today. Forgot to take a picture, but it was quite hazy and quite tasty. From the coast of NH.

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Stoneface is in Newington just outside of Portsmouth. Its a great beer town (Portsmouth) but used to be better. One brewery recently closed because of government over reach and one moved inland a ways. Stoneface makes some really good Imperial Stouts as well as nice sours and funky beers. That Full Clip you had is great but they make Half Clip Session IPA and Quarter Clip even more sessiony at 3.5% abv. Their venue is cool if you get a chance to go. Love the artwork. They will let you taste any beer, even open a bottle for you. I've never seen another brewery do that. Yes that's Wifey grinning in the first pic.

Nice. I have put it on my list of places to check out on the weekends once I get settled in.

Weekend with the family in Park City. Squatters at Chimayo after a fun hike to Bloods Lake.

Hear hear. Congrats, Steve.

There is plenty of great living outside of the boundaries of Texas. I've only lived in state 1 year within this past decade. Definitely takes a bit of a leap and there are some trade offs.

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Nice. I have put it on my list of places to check out on the weekends once I get settled in.

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Steve.. If you want to get into hazies pick up some Modestman out of Keene NH. They are damn near equal to Tree House, cheaper and you don't have to go to the brewery. Spyglass is another one to keep an eye out for.

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I've had german beer in germany and german beer in the u s of a. I'm convinced they bottle and send us the stuff brewed by the trainees.

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I'm guessing that you, like me, mostly drank regional beers in Germany. I made a number of trips over there in the 80s and I don't think I could name one of the beers (all draft) I had there. I just remember they were universally good.

Thanks for the recommendations. They are on the list now. I bought Treehouse beers like I don't live here, so I have another week or so to get through those before I can try new stuff. Going forward I will try to be responsible and only buy 12 or so at a time.

Chipotlemonger said:

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Hear hear. Congrats, Steve.

There is plenty of great living outside of the boundaries of Texas. I've only lived in state 1 year within this past decade. Definitely takes a bit of a leap and there are some trade offs.

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We just hit the one year mark here in Northern VA and are doing great. It was 85 today and 95 back in Texas. I'll take that!

The one that stands out the most was the local beer i had in Fussen south of Munich summer of '91. Town brewery was in an old monastery. Great stuff.

I forgot to post yesterday's share beers. The glass of draft beer is This Charming Ale best bitter from Jaquval Brewing. It's a really great example of the style. One of my beer buds recently moved home from a 5 year stint in England and he says it's spot on the beers he drank at the pubs over there. I would like to try more beers from Jaquval Brewing, I have had their coffee stout and it was really good too. The Colorful Colorado IPA was good as well. It's more of a typical American style IPA. It has just a touch of caramel sweetness, it's dank, fruity but highly drinkable.. I do recommend. Of the three hazies the Tree House Evolution of Citra was hands down the best and it wasn't even close. Typical Tree House haze and mouthfeel with an explosion of citrus and tropical fruit in the nose and palate. Of the other two hazies the Sun Lab Feeling Nice outshined the example from Turning Point. It was fairly hazy, fairly silky and fairly juicy. If the Tree House is a 10, I'd give it a 7. The You Nature Trees from Turning Point I would give a 5 on that scale. It was not a bad beer and I would certainly drink it again. It did have a hint of weirdness that I couldn't put my finger on.

Today's Friday share beers. It was a light day... just me and the proprietor. The Eclipse IPA from St. Arnold was really good. Very citrus juicy. The Juice Slinger from Wild Acre was surprisingly good. Their beers seem to up up and down for me. The grapefruit was just slightly detectable.

Send me some.

Mmmmm. The good stuff. Nice.

Much respect for the hybrid outlet.

From last night.

Draughthouse in Austin has become my absolute favorite place to grab a beer these days. Chill vibe, bartenders who don't put up with any bull****, an absolutely fantastic food truck on site, and every beer they brew is low ABV and fantastic.

Glad they made it to you safe and sound. Always good to have an excuse to swing by comrade.

And huge thanks for sharing some of your stash. Looking forward to getting into some more lost abbey and the RRBC special.

Working on clearing out some IPAs. The milleu is great but they need to figure out the carbonation in their canning process. Much better on tap at the taproom.

DDP

Today's Friday share beers. The Pivovar Light Pilsner was absolutely delicious. So light and drinkable with great Pilsner flavor. The Enos Pils from Rock Cut Brewery in Estes Park was good as well but not as good as the Pivovar. The Westmalle Tripel was great as expected. The Irish Cream Temptress from Lakewood was ok but I wouldn't buy one…. Just not my jam. The half drank glass of draft is Coolship Lager from OEC Brewery in Connecticut. It's very interesting and slightly weird in a good way. I was expecting weird because it was fermented partially in coolship.
Cheers

Had a vacation in south of France. I didn't care for most French beers but if you ever find yourself there, the Brasserie de Castillon in Nice had a solid lineup.

DP

Awesome. I was in Pacific City on vacation a few years back and wish we had gone up to De Garde! Been a while since I have had one of their beers.

I haven't had a beer I felt was worth posting in a while. Had to run by HEB to grab something, and while I was there I stopped to check out the beer aisle. Glad I did. They had four packs of Surly Axe Man IPA. I forgot that Surly had distribution in Texas now. Wish we could get some Weldwerks.

This is a really good beer.

I thought I saw Weldwerks on the shelf when I was down there in Georgetown last week.

Yeah, Georgetown and other places in Texas get Weldwerks. But College Station hasn't yet.

Oh gotcha, yea that's too bad. What's the best spots to buy beer down there, specs & heb?

Yeah, my bad for not being clear on my comment. Specs hasn't been a good spot for beer for several years now. Mainly, I just go to HEB. Total Wine usually has some decent stuff. But I rarely drive past there, so I don't think to go check.