[Fitz]

Had a couple Rogue Dead Guy Ales for the day of the dead.

 

[Aegir]

Beer AND Headphones? 
 
Nirvana.
 
Oh - Ninkasi Tricerihops IPA...hoppy...citrusy...makes your jawbone tingle & your face pucker at the same time.
 
We should seriously start a Postal local beer exchange....

 

[Aegir]

Enjoying a Dead Guy right now!
 
Oregon beers rule!

 

[Joshatdot]

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Beer AND Headphones? 
 
Nirvana.
 
Oh - Ninkasi Tricerihops IPA...hoppy...citrusy...makes your jawbone tingle & your face pucker at the same time.
 
We should seriously start a Postal local beer exchange....

Beer Exchange that would be awesome!
 
I also liked Tricerihops alot when I reviewed it
 
Ninkasi - Tricerahops Double IPA (8.8% ABV)
- Flowery, sweetish hops smell
- Great flowery hop taste, medium bitterness, alil malty too
- Aftertaste is pretty clean, not much bitterness or malty
- ...slight trail of bitter hops at the very end
- This is a great beer, and high % too!
- If you like flowery hoppy beers, with a slightly malty & higher alcohol content, get this!
- 8/10

 

[bahnbrenner71]

PBR - the ultimate college beer

 

 

[tacomn]

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O my god.... I want to try this beer sooo bad
 

Belgian Newspapers announced this morning that the worldfamous award winning beer from Westvleteren, will normally no longer only be sold at the monistary but it will be available at 1 supermarket chain as well. (Negociations are still going on actually)
 
They need the extra money to rebuild the monastary. good news for us!
 
Can't wait

 

 

[rehabitat]

 
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O my god.... I want to try this beer sooo bad

 

X2
 
The Belgians are crazy.....good at brewing beer
 
Trappist Beer > any wine you can think of

 

[Eee Pee]

I had a Flying Dog Raging B*tch Belgian Style IPA that was phenomenal!  So floral!  And strong at 8.3%
 

 
 
 
 
 
I went to get more and they were out, so I settled on this.  Which is okay, but nothing like the floral fragrance blast of the Flying Dog.  
 

 

[Uncle Erik]

Eee Pee, I've had a few pints of the Flying Dog Raging B, too! Superb stuff and am lucky I only had to walk across the street to my hotel the last time I got into the stuff.

If you enjoy that, see if you can track down Bear Republic's Racer 5. I promise you'll love it. One night after having a few of them, I got out the iPhone and decided that it was so good I had to write and tell them how good it was.

The next day, the guys who brew at Bear Republic emailed me back and were thrilled. Very cool people and excellent IPA!

 

[Eee Pee]

The Racer 5 is at the store, I'm getting it tomorrow.  I didn't know it was an IPA.
 
Another beer thread participant elsewhere said the Racer 10 destroys the 5, so I didn't bother.  Maybe like Dogfish Head 90 minute does to their 60 minute...
 
Mmmmmm, beer.

 

[Uncle Erik]

Give the Racer 5 a shot, anyway. I haven't tried the 10 yet (I will), but 5 is pretty damned good. I don't think you'll need any encouragement to finish it.

 

[tyrion]

I just received a box with Bear Republic Racer 5, Hop Rod Rye and Stout.  It's all good stuff.  If you can find Cigar City Humidor IPA (not easy out of Florida) give it a try. Once of my favorite IPA's.

 

[Eee Pee]

I'm enjoying a Racer 5 right this moment.  

 
I've learned the floral flavor comes from Centennial hops.  I learned something new today, and it only took 9 hours after I woke up...
 
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid, Founder's Centennial, Flying Dog Raging Biatch, Columbus Brewing IPA, Racer 5, and something else I can't remember all have a very distinct flavor, and I enjoy it largely!  Centennial hops it is!  
 
I looked real quick on the Bear Repube Brew site:
 
[size=medium]Racer 5 IPA®[/size]
American India Pale Ale
ABV: 7.0% IBU: 75+ Color: Golden
This hoppy American IPA is a full bodied beer brewed American pale and crystalmalts, and heavily hopped with Chinook, Cascade, Columbus and Centennial.
 
There it is.
 
There's a brewery here in Ohio that has one called 4 C's, and guess what they are?  Familiar flavor it has to the Racer 5.
 
Good suggestion.  I'll have to seek out the 10.

Edit:  Now that I've looked on the website a bit, it seems I might be referring to the X?  Which makes no mention of the good Centennial hops... meh.

 

[Aegir]

IPA is truly the KING of beers.
 
Equally favorable to the AMAZING Ninkasi Tricerahops (8.8% Abv & brewed in good ole Eugene, Oregon) is:
 
Terminal Gravity IPA (6.9% Abv) - so clean, citrusy, & refreshing with a mild bitter finish.
 
(...Hey, I'm partial to Oregon Beers.)
 
I'd really be interested in trying an IPA brewed in the Midwest, with Midwest ingredients.
 
Anyone interested in starting a postal beer exchange? 
 
Is there a potential of breaking any liquor laws by mailing bottles of beer across state lines?  This requires research, methinks.  Oregon has some pretty strict laws regarding liquor & beer...
 
Cheers to all! (Currently enjoying a cold, frosty pint of Terminal Gravity IPA accompanied by some The National "High Violet" Album on the ol' headphones....)

 

[daigo]

Being from the California, my favorite IPA's are Racer 5 and Ballast Point Sculpin.  Pliny the Elder would be my favorite IIPA. 
 
However, I do like to try different beers and have been drinking my way through the trappist beers right now, working my way toward opening a Westvleteren 12 for my upcoming birthday in a few weeks.