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The Big Fat Beer Thread
TRVA123:
mmmmmm, and Old Rasputin, and Founders Breakfast Stout
Aethien:
I haven't had a chance to try Old Rasputin yet. I've had Founders Breakfast Stout and KBS though, sadly no CBS but maaaaaybe if I can score some of Cantillon's Lou Pepe and Fou' Foune this year.
Still, I'm quite happy to have had KBS, Alesmith Speedway Stout, Great Divide's Yeti and Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti and Jester King's Black Metal (old one, not farmhouse) whilst living halfway across the world from where they're brewed. I'd love to try so many more but at least I get easy access to De Molen's fancy stouts. :-P
Carl-E:
I work one day a week at a beer store. This is PA, one of the last two states to have state control of alcohol. Liquor and wine are only from state owned stores, and beer distributors are licensed by the state and only sell cases. You can buy sixpacks at bars and some licensed restaurants. It's weird. You can't get beer (or wine) at a grocery or convenience store.
Most of what we sell is run of the mill american sex-in-a-canoe (it's fucking near water). The stuff that looks the same going in as it does pissing out. But we have a few cases of more interesting beers - still pretty run of the mill by comparison to the craft brews you mention.
Thing is, a case is too much of an investment for something untried, in my book. And I don't do bars.
However, there are days I think I need to start drinking more...
Aethien:
PA is Pennsylvania? Because in that case your state is home to Tröegs, Victory, Weyerbacher, Yuengling and 125 other breweries that I don't recognize.
You could always check out the breweries themselves to try out their beers.
Although I don't get why as a state you'd limit the stores to only selling by the crate, that's just stupid. I'll help you hope that the laws on that will see change soon.
And while not quite legal (for the company anyway), I think Halftimebeverage does ship to PA, so that's a way to try singles. Ordering beer still requires a fairly large investment to make the shipping costs worth it but at least you won't get 24 of the same beers. :-P
Carl-E:
I have Yeungling Lager every Monday night at poker. It's yummy... I hear the Black&Tan's quite good, too. We also have Straub's, which is another old local brewery.
The governor's trying to change the law to make more money for the state by selling more licenses. The beer distributors (including my employer, a good friend from church) are concerned about losing their businesses...
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