Progressive Boink

[Alicia]

Shock Top is good! Hoegaarden is okay.

[Andy]

I'm sorry, but Shock Top literally tastes like puke to me. And not because I got smashed on it before or anything, I've only ever had one.

[Jim]

I wouldn't go that far. It didn't taste like much of anything at all.

[Andy]

I am not trying to be "over-the-top = lol" when I say that it tasted like bile to me.

[Alicia]

So weird, it's my beer of choice at one of my favorite taverns.

[Jim]

So I've either been indifferent to or flat-out hated every pumpkin ale I've ever had... until now.

Schlafly's Pumpkin Ale is goddamn remarkable. And the thing is, they've changed the recipe for sure. When I had it a couple years ago, it was all spice and booze. Not so much now. It tastes as much like a piece of pumpkin pie as you could reasonably expect from something that still tastes like beer.

[Andy]

i want to put that into my head because pumpkin anything is glory.

[Jim]

I don't know how far Schlafly's distribution runs. I think they're in less than a dozen states. Where are you at these days?

[Andy]

Flerda

[Jim]

No Schlafly in Florida. You can -- however -- get Southern Tier's Pumking, which is supposed to be really awesome too. I can't even get that one.

[Andy]

I know Pumpkin Ales exist here, I've just never really put myself in the market for some. I've never been a huge beer guy so my interest really has to be peaked for me to not only remember to look for something when I'm at a shop, but to also pay craft-beer prices.

This conversation may just accomplish that though. I think I might get some for Halloween weekend.

[Jim]

Gotta multiple new beers from Bell's and Dark Horse today. Picked up a four-pack of DH's Perkulator Doppelbock. It's not just any doppelbock. It's brewed with coffee as the name would imply. Really looking forward to trying it.

[Terry Cheesecake]

interest really has to be peaked

piqued

[Andy]

thanks, i feel dumb now

[Jim]

Perkulator is really good, btw. It's very much a coffee-lover's beer.

[Ed]

See now I have to hunt that down, because I fell into some money and tried Left Hand's Milk Stout and was actually pretty disappointed

It's not bad, at all. Not offensive in any fashion. But ( and this might be my horribly dulled senses ), it just didnt pack anything close to a punch. I got all these wonderful hints of stuff, like burnt sugar, chocolate milk, coffee...just not enough of any one thing

[Jim]

For real? I think that their milk stout is great. It's not a big beer, but I still think it packs plenty o' flava.

[Ed]

Keep in mind that I have a pack a day smoking habit. My taste buts arent what they used to be, which is why I like serious powerful brews like La fin and Gonzo Imperial

[Jim]

I love La Fin, but I think it's actually pretty subtle as far as flavor goes. There's like a million tiny little things going on at once on your tastebuds.

[Jim]

Does anyone here have access to Southern Tier's stuff? I got ahold of a bottle of their Creme Brulee Imperial Milk Stout. It's fucking scarily on the nose. It's like drinking coffee with creme brulee syrup/creamer in it. It's really tasty, but I couldn't drink more than one of these a year. A little goes a looooooooooooong way.