This won’t sit well with Ox, but it’s officially spring and I decided to have a few alcoholic drinks this afternoon. So for
@GatorBart and
@Gatorbait25. Like most stone, this is a solid poolside beer. Only knock is the 6.7. I’d love to have 3-4 but I also like to be able to speak coherently.
I've had that, like you said, a good poolside beer. 6 to 7% ABV is the norm around here, if not a little low. Routinely drinking 7 to 8% ABVs out here. Nobody listens too me anyway.
ldman:
Seriously though, just got back from an 8 day driving/drinking trip with my brother, bringing his beer stash from San Antonio to Portland (where he's moving back to). We hit 17 breweries and 6 ale houses along the way. Even found a small restaurant in Trinidad Colorado for lunch that had Two Hearted on tap. We were thrilled.
My brother's stash consists of over 50 boxes, 600+ bottles, ~2,000 pounds and worth anywhere from $20 to $30K. I kid you not - mostly barrel aged stouts and other big beer styles in the 12-20% ABV range. Some he bought for as low as $5 when they were first distributed, now worth $100-$200. As soon as we got to Portland we loaded it all into a cold storage locker he had pre-rented. It was an awesome trip, going through Carlsbad, Cloudcroft (surprise brewery recommended by a ranger at Carlsbad Caverns), Albuquerque, Santa Fe, 2 nights in Denver (saw our other brother and niece - hit 5 breweries one day) , Jackson Hole (5 breweries that day as well) and Boise (we had a blast in Boise). Finished it off at Double Moutain in Hood River, having pizza at the bar. We were lucky to have it a good weather window. We saw snow, but temps were only below freezing in the early morning in a few places. Hell, it was 80 in Denver when we arrived last Monday. I'd do it all over again starting tomorrow. Oh, best beer was 100 Giants Double IPA from 4 Noses in Denver (Broomfield).
