OT: Whatcha Drinkin' II: Another Round!

[Joe McGrath]

In OBX this week. Need suggestions for local beers that are exclusive to NC. There is a craft beer specialty store not far so i might be able to get some more obscure stuff as well.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

In OBX this week. Need suggestions for local beers that are exclusive to NC. There is a craft beer specialty store not far so i might be able to get some more obscure stuff as well.

Go up to Weeping Radish. They also have their beers at some of the brew-throughs out there. Outer Banks Brewing Station's also decent, but I don't think they bottle whereas Weeping Radish does.

 

[Joe McGrath]

Go up to Weeping Radish. They also have their beers at some of the brew-throughs out there. Outer Banks Brewing Station's also decent, but I don't think they bottle whereas Weeping Radish does.

Saw some weeping radish at the food lion when we came in yesterday, but it was before noon. Will give that a go.

 

[raynman]

In OBX this week. Need suggestions for local beers that are exclusive to NC. There is a craft beer specialty store not far so i might be able to get some more obscure stuff as well.

What part of the OBX?

 

[Joe McGrath]

What part of the OBX?

4 x 4 beach up north.

 

[raynman]

4 x 4 beach up north.

I'm jealous, it's nice up there. Have you been to Ocracoke Island?

 

[CalUK]

I found an IPA from the US called Snake Dog in my local supermarket. Got two for tonights draft, along with some Punk IPA, Brooklyn Lager, and Stone IPA.

I've kept an eye out for NC beer over here, but not found any other than Sierra Nevada (like it, brewed in NC yeah?). To be honest, I am not sure what the well-known brands are.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

sierra nevada is originally from california, but does have a large brewery in asheville, nc

 

[Finnish Jerk Train]

I found an IPA from the US called Snake Dog in my local supermarket. Got two for tonights draft, along with some Punk IPA, Brooklyn Lager, and Stone IPA.

I've kept an eye out for NC beer over here, but not found any other than Sierra Nevada (like it, brewed in NC yeah?). To be honest, I am not sure what the well-known brands are.

Offhand, I'd guess Highland Brewing, Foothills, Red Oak, Natty Greene's, Wicked Weed, Old Mecklenburg, and NoDa are the biggest breweries based here (in no particular order). Dave can probably tell you more accurately off the top of his head. Several, like Sierra Nevada, are based in the west and have set up shop around Asheville to bulk up their distribution in the eastern part of the country, but they don't really count as NC breweries.

I'd be surprised if any of ours have made it across the pond. I'd speculate that Wicked Weed is the most likely to get there now that they've been bought by AB InBev, but it probably won't be what it was prior to the acquisition.

 

[CalUK]

You'd be surprised sometimes we you can find over here. The supermarkets seem to try new import beers a lot these days, hopefully I'll find an NC beer one day. We've got a lot of good craft beer makers over here as well, so I guess that limits the shelf space.

I might just have to start looking at the online import beer stores, there isn't a specialist beer store near me without having to go into the City as far as I know.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

Offhand, I'd guess Highland Brewing, Foothills, Red Oak, Natty Greene's, Wicked Weed, Old Mecklenburg, and NoDa are the biggest breweries based here (in no particular order). Dave can probably tell you more accurately off the top of his head. Several, like Sierra Nevada, are based in the west and have set up shop around Asheville to bulk up their distribution in the eastern part of the country, but they don't really count as NC breweries.

I'd be surprised if any of ours have made it across the pond. I'd speculate that Wicked Weed is the most likely to get there now that they've been bought by AB InBev, but it probably won't be what it was prior to the acquisition.

I think Lonerider is bigger in terms of distribution than Natty Greene's, Olde Meck, or *gag* NoDa.

 

[DaveG]

IIRC both lonerider and aviator distribute internationally. Both are fine though imho not among the higher end breweries in the state.

Aside from lonerider and aviator that list is pretty accurate. Olde hickory is pretty big too.

Fwiw the one I work for is at the upper end of the middle tier in nc, and should push 1500+ barrels this year.

 

[RodTheBawd]

I know what I wasn't drinking this weekend at Beericana... Gizmo.

 

[DaveG]

I know what I wasn't drinking this weekend at Beericana... Gizmo.

Wait did someone no-show from us?

 

[RodTheBawd]

Didn't see you guys on the list prior and didn't see the tent, unless you were one of the plain whites I didn't visit. Hit about 18 before we realized we're too old to day drink that hard (and get home to a 2 year old).

List (highlights):
AMB (Blonde)
Wise Man
Triple C (Smoked Porter)
White Street
Aviator
Live without Boundaries
TBC
Steel String (Pretty Polly)
Bond Brothers (Fruit Cup Sorcery)
Star Point
Deep River
Durty Bull
Four Saints
Highland (Gaelic and Briar Raspberry)
And a few I can't remember.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

Went to Brewery Bhavana on Friday with the wife and a friend of ours visiting from out of town. Food was amazing and the beer was too. It's definitely a better use of that space than Tir Na Nog ever was.

 

[HisIceness]

Molson Golden.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

I finally found a reason to get off the ship in Nassau. A craft brewery called Pirate Republic opened up in Nassau and their stuff was pretty good. We also went to a brewery in Freeport that was just meh - Bahamian owned but essentially macro-brewed adjunct lagers.

 

[MXD]

I'm not drinking anything at the moment because it's f***ing 11AM and I'm at work (at the office, not at the brewery) but I homebrewed a Yellow Gatorade clone with absolutely no guidelines other than the ingredients list, and it could probably litterally pass off as Gatorade if there was no bitterness whatsoever attached to it.

 

[cptjeff]

I'm not drinking anything at the moment because it's ****ing 11AM and I'm at work (at the office, not at the brewery) but I homebrewed a Yellow Gatorade clone with absolutely no guidelines other than the ingredients list, and it could probably litterally pass off as Gatorade if there was no bitterness whatsoever attached to it.

Gatoraide isn't that complicated- sugar, citric acid (you can just use lemon juice), and a couple different types of salt. And some variety of flavor. It originated as a homebrew thing made by some athletic trainers, remember.

 

[MXD]

Gatoraide isn't that complicated- sugar, citric acid (you can just use lemon juice), and a couple different types of salt. And some variety of flavor. It originated as a homebrew thing made by some athletic trainers, remember.

Fresh Lemon Zest, Fresh Lime Zest. Flaked Corn and Dextrine Malt. Salt, about .5g/l. Attenuative yeast. The most difficult part, and not one I can assess ATM, is striking the nice balance between sweetness (it has to be a tad sweet) and body (you want it on the "thin" side of the Spectrum).

Of course, the whole point was to make Beer Gatorade and not, well, Gatorade.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

@JustHereForTheFights and I went up to Winston-Salem in advance of the Foo Fighters concert this weekend (which was awesome) and we went to just about every brewery up there that we hadn't been to yet - Fiddlin' Fish, Wise Man, Small Batch, and Hoots. We also dropped in at Gibbs Hundred before the concert, so all well worth a trip next time any of you guys are in the Triad. I especially liked Small Batch's coffee stout and Gibbs Hundred's milk stout. Hoots also had a pretty nice Oktoberfest and aren't Oktoberfests what this time of year is all about? (And no, the answer isn't pumpkin beer. Ever.)

 

[vorbis]

Quebec may not be a great market for hockey, but boy do they have their beer situation sorted. popped a Triple with Brett from À la Fût this past weekend. it's really an amazing beer. there are so many fantastic breweries in that province, and I'd say they put Ontario to shame on the beer front. the premiere breweries are far more established to say the least, and as such their beer offerings are less gimmicky, and more confidently conceptualized.

 

[vorbis]

ah hell, here's the total list of fancy beers me and my buddies drank on a goldurn sailboat on Lake Ontario (no worries, it was docked, we are not that stupid)

Russian River "Consecration"
Microbrasserie Le Castor "Le Moine Féral"
Great Lakes Brewery "Swamp Juice #40"
Great Lakes Brewery "Lawnmower Arm"
Rainhard Brewing "Revolution #5: Key Lime Pie Sour Ale"
Parsons Brewing Company "Devil's Right Hand Barrel Aged Stout - The Father"
Parsons Brewing Company "Devil's Right Hand Barrel Aged Stout - The Legend"
Great Lakes Brewery "Beard of Zeus Bourbon Barrel Aged Barleywine"
Evil Twin Brewing "Even More Jesus"

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

This weekend I had a 2016 Reserve Riesling from a winery in the finger lakes NY. I'm usually not a white wine drinker, nor a sweet wine drinker, but this was fantastic. Riesling is probably the wine that the Finger Lakes of NY does the best and apparently, 2016 was a small, but fantastic harvest.