Gotta have my sierra winter celebration during the holidays.

 

Fun stuff with seasonal.

I've had the Tour De Fall from New Belgium and their seasonal winter is alright when I was eating turkey. Celebration from Sierra Nevada is so far my leader in winter stuff, but I've only started on that.

 

Deschutes Chasin' Freshies is the best seasonal I've had so far.

 

New question.. Where does everyone buy their beer??

Im always looking for good bottle shops that have the more "hard to get" stuff.

My top 3,

Monument - Concord
OL - Walnut creek
Ales Unlimited - SF

 

Check out Perry's in Livermore. Also BevMo

 

Surprisingly, my local Whole Foods and Safeway are pretty stacked with good beer.

 

Whole foods is usually pretty good. I havent had much luck at safeway

 

Where is this store that stocks Fiji Bitter??????? I've been looking everywhere.

 

Still dont know how people drink ipas. Bitter beer is not enjoyable. This is what I had over the Christmas vacation. Wish I could get some locally.

 

I agree!

Though, I don't like stouts either. I'm all about wheat beers like Hefeweizen.

 

Ive been looking for Fiji Bitter too! My uncle used to drink it when he was sailing in Fiji

I wish I could get my hands on some of that Left Hand Milk Stout. Ive heard good things

 

I don't understand how people can claim to not understand how different people have different opinions/tastes. You are basically saying that you can't comprehend how someone would like something you don't appreciate.

Also, a beer called a "bitter" is almost never a bitter tasting beer. I know this sounds confusing, and it doesn't make any sense, but it's true. It's a history thing. Pales are bitter, bitters are pale.

If you go to Freewheel Brewing Company in Menlo Park (Marsh/101) and have their "London Calling" Bitter, it is one of the nicest, easiest drinking and totally NOT BITTER tasting beers you can get. Their stout is also delicious and I have brought 4 people in there who say "I don't like dark beers or stouts" and leave saying that they enjoyed the stout.

I have had IPA's that were not bitter in taste because they are balanced, even almost sweet in taste. Agreed there are some that are abrasive - even astringent. Some times this can be a mild allergy as well (e.g., people with mild allergies to Cilantro will usually say it tastes like "soap" to them - these people probably also do not like hoppy beers).

I used to HATE Belgian beers; when I would have a brew that did not go right and tasted off, I would call it a Belgian. I will say that I am not a fan of the general style, but I have had some recently that I seriously enjoyed. I used to not like IPA, and there are still some that I do not enjoy, but there are literally thousands of different flavors out there and no one has had enough to completely discount a style completely.

If you like stouts, Deschutes Brewing's "Abyss" is out again and can be found here and there. Chocolate, licorice and wood flavors.

My favorite local (well, coastside) stout lately is Hop Dogma's "Fides in Fermento" which is pretty amazing. Hop Dogma is a great place to taste some beers because they usually have a wild selection of different styles, and they are all really good. Another one I seriously enjoyed was Sante Adairius's "Human Kindness" milk stout - they are in Capitola and it's well worth the trip - bring a growler. They are closed on Mondays. Their West Coast IPA (note: this usually means incredibly hoppy) - "831" is amazing, like a glass of sunshine. It's not for everyone, but I loved it. Cannot say enough good things about Sante Adairius.

This means you don't like beer very much. No big deal, it's not for everyone.

 

You make post about how not to group or label folks beer choices, and then slap me with one.

LMAO.

Actually... I like wheat beers.

 

I dis-agree completely. I wish I could explain myself more clearly, but I remember last time I tried that, it only made things worse. My posts seem to upset you for some reason. That is unintended and unfortunate. I will do my best to not reply directly to you in the future.

Hope you have a nice day.

 

Jacob probably has a few beers in him