The Official INGO Beer Snob Thread

[Kirk Freeman]

My question is has anyone been able to track down the 10% ABV or 19% ABV Not Your Fathers Root Beer?

Village Bottle Shoppe in West Lafayette had some 10%.

It was too much for me.

 

[Boba]

Village Bottle Shoppe in West Lafayette had some 10%.

It was too much for me.

Wait, wait, wait. You purchased it, drank it, and it was "too much for" you or... it was simply too expensive to pick one up at the time?

 

[Clay]

wow, village bottle shoppe....... there's a name I haven't heard in a while!

 

[451_Detonics]

Tried the Coney Island hard root beer today, nicely sweet with no hard alcohol bite...new favorite for me

 

[JettaKnight]

wow, village bottle shoppe....... there's a name I haven't heard in a while!

You too, huh?

 

[scsbronco]

Village Bottle Shoppe in West Lafayette had some 10%.

It was too much for me.

I think I would drive 45min to go try it. I Love NYFRB. I only drink one or two at a time because of the sweetness. But its good brew. Another great one is Brads Hard Root Beer (Petosky Brewery) if your up in Mi.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Wait, wait, wait. You purchased it, drank it, and it was "too much for" you or... it was simply too expensive to pick one up at the time?

Too much punch. Money was not the issue.

Another great one is Brads Hard Root Beer (Petosky Brewery) if your up in Mi.

I have a direct line to Michigan (mostly Grand Rapids breweries) and will have to try this.

I just had Mitten for the first time last weekend. Even got a bottle of Mitten's whiskey.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

I forgot to post these here. There are our last two Bike & Brews, narrated by a fellow INGOer.

View From The Porch: How I spent my Saturday...

I really enjoyed the Confessional IPA by St. Joseph, the Buffalo Jacket IPA at Outliers, and the Fist Full of Hops at Sun King.

View From The Porch: Pedal & Pub II: Electric Boogaloo

Here I LOVED the Grapefruit Jungle by Sun King at Tomlison Tap Room. I liked Chilly Water too. Great beer and a great facility.

The Hop for Teacher at Fountain Square Brewery was outstanding.

Anywho, if anyone has the chance to do Bike & Brews in Indy, they are an enormous amount of fun and recommended.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Hopnoxious from People's Brewing in Lafayette. Had it on tap last night with friends from out of town.

Made from Indiana hops. ABV 7.0. Think Sgt. Bravo with an IPA edge.

 

[littletommy]

We did a brewery tour bus trip to Columbus Ohio yesterday, visiting Wolf's Ridge, North High, and Smokehouse brewing companies. I really liked all 3 places, and the owners of all were very nice to our group. Wolf's Ridge was my absolute favorite, beautiful restaurant/taproom in an old manufacturing building, didn't have any food there, but sampled several of their beers, and had a pint of their Octoberfest, very nice place, just wish it was closer to home.

 

[Jludo]

One of my all time favorites I had the other day.
Bourbon barrel aged old rasputin.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

HUBAR (Hopped Up Beyond All Recognition), Lafayette Brewing Company.

ABV: 6.6
IBU: 106

Outstanding beer. American IPA. Fruity like a radler. A direct punch in the face.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Natural Liberty, Blackacre Brewing (Indianapolis-Irvington)

ABV: 5.4%
IBU: 35

APL that is all the rage now at Indiana breweries. Very clean taste, despite all the hype on the can about "aggressive citrus hops", all at front end. Excellent with food, especially something heavy like a steak.

BlackAcre Brewing: Black Acre Brewing Co. | Indianapolis, IN

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Flat 12 Bierwerks--"Busta Rye"

Yesterday at the gun show, I volunteered for lunch duty for friends who had a table. I left the show and went to Flat 12 for their 5 year anniversary celebration to snag hoagies, pretzels, and stuffed peppers. It was a party. Many people there making an event of it, lots of women too, not just knucklehead males with flannel shirts and beards.

As I ordered the food for the gun show, I picked up a growler of "Busta Rye" for the evening when I was back in Lafayette. Spicy smooth or smooth yet spicy . . . it's just a great beer.

Later than evening we watched a movie drank it with Thai food and left over Chicken BBQ pizza.

Busta Rye Pale Ale ? Flat12 BIERWERKS

ABV: 4.6%

IBU: 51

Flat 12 Bierwerks in Indianapolis is in the expanding/re-gentrifying Holy Cross neighborhood, right across from Smoking Goose.

Photo of Flat12 party:

 

[Hookeye]

Asked my local spot about trying to order some Double Crooked Tree.............scored three 4 packs.
Ouch.

But if they taste like the ones I got a few years back, oh yeah!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Hometown Hero Golden Ale by Triton Brewing (Indianapolis, Indiana).

This is being canned now and I scored a 4 pack.

ABV: 5.1
IBU: 16

Smooth, bready aftertaste. Paired it with pasta and eggplant. It worked well.

 

[PapaScout]

Old Stock Ale Cellar Reserve Bourbon Barrel Aged - 2013. Barely-wine-esque with sherry notes. Just north of 14% ABV. Not my first rodeo with this one, and sharing with you all at the risk of making it even harder to find...

 

[Snipercop]

Mashcraft Brewery in Greenwood... No TVs, just great craft beers and you can order food and have it delivered to their location. The Callisto which is brewed in January and July with a supply lasting about a month each time is a great beer with 9.1% alcohol brewed with apricots. It reminds me of a Blue Moon. I bought several growlers while supplies lasted to replace my favorite (total opposite) Busted Knuckle Ale from Quaff On! Next on the list to try is right across the street from Mashcraft is the Hot and Fire Tap House!!!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Space Cowboy, People's Brewing Company (Lafayette, Indiana).

Imperial IPA/Double IPA

ABV: 9.0
IBU: 96

This is seasonal comes our January to March and is the "it" beer in Lafayette among my circle. Sales are limited to 2 sixpacks at a time. This is heavy beer, not a summer sipper.

Not as bitter as the 96 IBU would lead one to believe, pours amber/orange, Summit and Galaxy hops (hence "Space Cowboy"). Starts sweet and pine/pineapple (but can taste the ABV right at the end). As such, this is best with food, unless you are used to heavy beers.

Space Cowboy in 12 oz. bottles from the source on 2/19/16:



People's Brewing: People's Brewing Company

 

[littletommy]

Sheaf stout by Carlton and United breweries in Australia 5.7 abv. I bought it out of curiosity at my local bottle shop (The Keg in Clarksville, great selection of all things alcohol-y) anyhoo, I'm a huge fan of stouts, and when I make my weekly trip to the Keg, I'm always looking for something new, spotted this one on the shelf, with a price tag of $3.49 for a 26oz bottle, so had to try it. Even though I love stouts, I've never been much of a fan of guiness, and this beer is very similar, but better. The flavors in guiness that I enjoy, are a bit more prominent in Sheaf, and the flavors I don't care for in guiness are non existent. I may pick up a few bottles to keep around.