Rona Dranks

[raz]

11 hours ago, kungfoodude said:

You like Trophy hops? I gotta be honest, not a big fan. 

Definitely a craft beer guy with The Answer on that list.

Burial has been CRUSHING with these weekly IPA releases. Great stuff. Their collabs with Other Half have really put them at another level.

when you say burial do you mean the one in asheville?   they make great beer.  

[thefuzz]

To add, for some reason, I have quit drinking IPA's.  For years and years thats really all I would touch, now for some reason I just don't seem to care for them any longer.  No idea why.

 

Even on the boat I drank All Day's, Daycations, Recreationale's, etc....not any longer.

[LinvilleGorge]

Just now, thefuzz said:

To add, for some reason, I have quit drinking IPA's.  For years and years thats really all I would touch, now for some reason I just don't seem to care for them any longer.  No idea why.

 

Even on the boat I drank All Day's, Daycations, Recreationale's, etc....not any longer.

I burnt out on them a few years ago and probably went six months or so without touching one.

[thefuzz]

Just now, LinvilleGorge said:

I burnt out on them a few years ago and probably went six months or so without touching one.

I've probably been on them heavy for 10 years...or more.  Like many started with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and that was all she wrote.

Wouldn't surprise me to do something like you, and maybe when it gets chilly I'll jump back on the train.

Been drinking a lot of wheats and lagers...with some Mexican beers tossed in on the boat and in the sun.

[LinvilleGorge]

Boulder Pale Ale was my intro to craft beers back in the summer of '02. That was the first beer I drank that I truly legitimately liked. Back then, it was super hoppy (as was Sierra Nevada). Over time, Boulder Pale Ale eventually became Pastime Ale because it was no longer even hoppy enough to qualify as a modern pale ale, much less an IPA. I don't think they make it at all anymore. There was a VA beer that was very similar to it back in my college days. It was called New River Pale Ale. Can't remember who made it or if it or even the brewery are still around, but it was delicious.

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, mccjeff said:

Trophy is more about them being in Raleigh and wanting to support local breweries. I do like the Trophy Wife and Cloud Surfer but given other choices I usually go with the other choice. 

They literally don't make good beer intentionally. I don't appreciate that kind of brewing. Their places are more about the spaces, food, atmosphere than legitimately being good at the thing that you are.....a brewery.

They don't even care enough to store their own beer properly at places that they own. I know because I hang out at a place they own ALL the time. I rarely drink their beer, however. 

At one time I had high hopes for them as being a brewery on the rise but they continued to disappoint so I just gave up. They still make the occasional good beer but for the most part the bulk of it is "meh" to "eh."

[kungfoodude]

1 hour ago, raz said:

when you say burial do you mean the one in asheville?   they make great beer.  

Burial has a location in Raleigh now. Does more business than the Asheville location, or it did prior to Rona. Burial has been crushing it recently. They have ascended into best brewery in the state, IMO. Not something I would have said three years ago.

1 hour ago, MechaZain said:

Every IPA lover should check the 120 off their bucket list at some point but tbh I find the 60 and 90 to be better and more drinkable. 120 and Dogfish's Midas Touch are great conversation starters to have in your fridge if you know other beer lovers though.

I resented sours at first but I'm warming up to them. First few I tried were gross but it's a broad beer type with a lot of variation.

 

Well 120 clocks in at around 16-18%, so it will never be a crusher. The interesting thing about 120 is that if you age it for a couple of years, unlike most West coast IPA's that turn into a malty mess, 120 almost tastes like an American barleywine. It is the only IPA I know that you can reasonably cellar.

[LinvilleGorge]

I think 120 basically drinks like a hoppy barleywine anyway. 

I briefly lived about 45 minutes from their Rehoboth location about 15 years ago and used to have them make me a black and tan with 120 and World Wide Stout on the rare occasion they'd have both on tap at the same time. That's the holy grail right there.

[kungfoodude]

1 minute ago, LinvilleGorge said:

I think 120 basically drinks like a hoppy barleywine anyway. 

I briefly lived about 45 minutes from their Rehoboth location about 15 years ago and used to have them make me a black and tan with 120 and World Wide Stout on the rare occasion they'd have both on tap at the same time. That's the holy grail right there.

You know they got bought by Sam Adam's, right? Guess what that created this year(have a bottle in my fridge now)? Utopias barrel aged World Wide Stout.

Also, been to that location in Delaware. Beautiful spot.

[LinvilleGorge]

43 minutes ago, kungfoodude said:

You know they got bought by Sam Adam's, right? 

Yep. :(

Their old original spot is gone and rebuilt. Sucks. I loved that old spot.

[raz]

1 hour ago, kungfoodude said:

Burial has a location in Raleigh now. Does more business than the Asheville location, or it did prior to Rona. Burial has been crushing it recently. They have ascended into best brewery in the state, IMO. Not something I would have said three years ago.

 

burial was the best beer in nc the week it opened.   a real hole in the wall place here real near where jackothewood (greenman) brewed and has a small bar on the south slope.  they went into a sour and belgian phase for a while and that's not my jams but hands down they were the best beer in town the day they opened.

[Wes21]

2 hours ago, thefuzz said:

I've probably been on them heavy for 10 years...or more.  Like many started with Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and that was all she wrote.

Wouldn't surprise me to do something like you, and maybe when it gets chilly I'll jump back on the train.

Been drinking a lot of wheats and lagers...with some Mexican beers tossed in on the boat and in the sun.

I got my start into craft beer with Sierra Nevada as well.  At the time I was drinking Miller Lite, Coors Light, Blue Moon and Sam Adams.  Then my wife came home from working her first beer festival, and had 2 coolers of leftover beer.  There must have been 50-60 beers, with about 30-40 of them being Sierra Nevada products (IPA, stout, porter, heffe, etc).  Rather than let it go to waste, I kind of forced myself to drink them all over the next few months, and my love for Sierra Nevada was born. 

This was my beer fridge back when I lived in Louisiana.  This pic was taken after my wife did a series of Sam Adams promos and this was some of the leftover beer:

[Bronn]

I only drink water and Coke Zero.

Occasionally I'll cave and have a cup of sweet tea or one of my kids' juices, lol.

I don't drink alcohol because I am sXe, and I honestly never saw the point or liked the taste. The last sip of alcohol I had was probably 12+ years ago, and I never really drank anything much before that.

My only real vices, aside from Coke Zero which is admittedly terrible from a health and environmental standpoint, are a terrible diet, good music, good books, and miscellaneous artsy/crafty/working with my hands type of projects.

[Ornias]