NT, What Beer Do You Drink?

[af1 1982]

Troeg's Java Head lately, too easy to drink. ABV catches up on you quick too.

Anyone ever heard of Pizza Boy. Brewery local to me, starting to get a little bigger amongst the "beer snobs" in my area

 

[stillin729]

Troeg's Java Head lately, too easy to drink. ABV catches up on you quick too.

Anyone ever heard of Pizza Boy. Brewery local to me, starting to get a little bigger amongst the "beer snobs" in my area

Pizza Boy has a cult following out in Conshohocken, one bar always gets it in, been for years now

 

[af1 1982]

Pizza Boy has a cult following out in Conshohocken, one bar always gets it in, been for years now

Yeah I was back home in Philly at Iron Abbey and they had it on tap, surprised to see it there. Dude at the cash register was definitely stanning for them.

About to pick up some after work, I wanna try their Sunny Side Up Stout

 

[stillin729]

Yeah I was back home in Philly at Iron Abbey and they had it on tap, surprised to see it there. Dude at the cash register was definitely stanning for them.

About to pick up some after work, I wanna try their Sunny Side Up Stout

their stouts are amazing, you can't go wrong but I feel like there is so much beer out there to the point of over saturation that a single beer no longer knocks me off my feet

 

[af1 1982]

their stouts are amazing, you can't go wrong but I feel like there is so much beer out there to the point of over saturation that a single beer no longer knocks me off my feet

I agree man, I can't remember the last time I had a beer where I knew I had to pick up more right away. I had this beer called Idle Hands IPA from Helltown at PJ Whelihans a while back. That was probably the last time where I told myself I need to track this down at a dist.

 

[af1 1982]

Was able to track down Sunny Side Up from Pizza Boy. Very very good beer, give it a go if you fellas are ever in PA

 

[lifestooshort80]

Picked up a bottle today.

 

[kngpin88]

Some of what I've had recently.

 

[jamesandstl]

Some of what I've had recently.

How was the Evil Twin one?

 

[crumps brother]

Troeg's Java Head lately, too easy to drink. ABV catches up on you quick too.

Anyone ever heard of Pizza Boy. Brewery local to me, starting to get a little bigger amongst the "beer snobs" in my area

I'm an hour north of Pizza Boy

don't get there as much as I would like these days with kids and it will be less when I have a third kid but fortunately with them canning pretty regularly now I can have other people grab me some and bring it back up here

best Sunny Side Up variant I've had is the pumpkin

still have a can of regular, chocolate mint, and bourbon barrel aged in my fridge...they can SSU more than any other beer

they got rid of their one license (due to changes in PA beer laws...distributors able to sell 6 packs) and only have PA beers on tap but they really ramped up canning to offset sales they may have lost with non PA bottles/cans/crowlers

 

[af1 1982]

I'm an hour north of Pizza Boy

don't get there as much as I would like these days with kids and it will be less when I have a third kid but fortunately with them canning pretty regularly now I can have other people grab me some and bring it back up here

best Sunny Side Up variant I've had is the pumpkin

still have a can of regular, chocolate mint, and bourbon barrel aged in my fridge...they can SSU more than any other beer

they got rid of their one license (due to changes in PA beer laws...distributors able to sell 6 packs) and only have PA beers on tap but they really ramped up canning to offset sales they may have lost with non PA bottles/cans/crowlers

Their prices can't be beat as well. $15 for 6 pack of pints for an imperial stout?

Their sunny side up is very dangerous so tasty and creeps up on you. I wanna try their Trung Latte as I love viet coffee.

Probably gonna stop in the shop after the new year to grab some of the cocounut and cocoa SSU variants.

 

[crumps brother]

I check their facebook but don't check any other social media sites they're one

I knew they did those variants recently but I would have thought they would be gone by now...you sure they still have them?

I've had trung latte on draft and it was a bit dull, not bad though

 

[af1 1982]

I check their facebook but don't check any other social media sites they're one

I knew they did those variants recently but I would have thought they would be gone by now...you sure they still have them?

I've had trung latte on draft and it was a bit dull, not bad though

Yeah I asked Al a few days ago on IG and he had a few variants. Hoping they'll have a few left when I'm back from the holidays.

Have you tried their white bronco yet? Ive heard mixed things about that

 

[crumps brother]

yea, it was good but definitely not among my favorites of theirs

out of all the Pizza Boy IPA's I've had brewed with milk sugar the best were LegenDairy Pumpkin and LegenDairy Lemon

 

[af1 1982]

yea, it was good but definitely not among my favorites of theirs

out of all the Pizza Boy IPA's I've had brewed with milk sugar the best were LegenDairy Pumpkin and LegenDairy Lemon

Thats dope, I just moved to the Harrisburg area almost 2 years ago. We have an office here so I would also be here on business. Troegs is always my spot but I'm starting to branch out to the other places in the area. My coworker did an IPA collab with pizza boy a number of years ago so he out me on

Other places in the area include Evergrain and Tattered Flag. Owner of evergrain used to work at troegs. They're starting to distribute more now too

 

[kngpin88]

How was the Evil Twin one?

It was good, but flavors were all over the place. I don't think I'd spent $25 on it again.

 

[jamesandstl]

It was good, but flavors were all over the place. I don't think I'd spent $25 on it again.

Interesting. I haven't even seen it around my way. I liked a few of their beers but they just get sweet and syrupy like.

 

[crumps brother]

Thats dope, I just moved to the Harrisburg area almost 2 years ago. We have an office here so I would also be here on business. Troegs is always my spot but I'm starting to branch out to the other places in the area. My coworker did an IPA collab with pizza boy a number of years ago so he out me on

Other places in the area include Evergrain and Tattered Flag. Owner of evergrain used to work at troegs. They're starting to distribute more now too

Haven’t had the opportunity and it’s probably another 30 minutes past Harrisburg area but you should check out Rotunda Brewing in Annville

They putting out some stuff that’s been really well received

They’re doing “releases” but not cans or bottles...releases of draft, small batch

Check them out on social media

I’ve tried a little bit of Tattered Flag at the Little Big Beer Fest during Harrisburg Beer Week....if you haven’t been to that it’s a cool event to go to

 

[Comparison Ford]

Scored some bottles of one of the beers that really catapulted me into the world of craft beer from a friend today:

This year's batch is nice, but nothing will ever compare to my first couple of experiences with this beer. I remember this being a coffee bomb, whereas this reminds me a lot of the base beer with the coffee taking a back seat. Still good, but another case of nostalgia causing expectations to not meet the reality.

 

[Comparison Ford]

Also while I'm here, I think today is a good day for Ford's top 17 of 2017. Let's get started:

17. Other Half x Siren Berries

16. Other Half DDH All Citra Everything

15. LIC Beer Project x Sand City Full Monty

14. Other Half Cheddar Broccoli (not my picture)

13. Other Half DDH Hop Showers w/ Motueka

12. Tree House Curiosity 42

11. Interboro x Other Half Another Dose

10. Other Half x The Answer Raining Threes

9. Other Half Double Citra Daydream

 

[Comparison Ford]

Part 2:

8. Bissell Bros. Swish

7. Other Half DDH Citra+Galaxy

6 LIC Beer Project Pile of Crowns

5. Other Half Green Power (batch 1)

4. Hudson Valley Multichorus

3. Other Half 3rd Anniversary

2. Other Half x Sand City All Infinity Everything

1. Hudson Valley Amorphia

Honorable mentions: Tree House Alter Ego/Julius/Sap/In Perpetuity, Hudson Valley Subglitch, Other Half Taters/Twice Baked Potato/DDH Double Mosaic Daydream, Tilted Barn Violet/Other One, Equilibrium dHop5/Fractal Citra

Here's to hoping for another great year. Cheers, NT!

 

[jamesandstl]

Saw this at the store and decided to try. I must say, it kinda surprised me. It almost tasted more like wine to me and my girlfriend said it was like a "spritzer" lol. I actually personally liked it. It seems light compared to what I usually drink and a nice change of pace. I think I would get this again. I like blueberries and stuff so that helps.

 

[wallyhopp]

Nice Comparison Ford . Always appreciated your coherent descriptions and quality photos. I can't say the same for me.


Local brewery finally in on the haze train

They had a four part series, first releasing about 3 weeks back and then their last three have been on tap at the same time starting this Wednesday. I feel like I'm back in Vermont.

This one, one of my favorites. If anyone has traded with me before, this is an unfiltered scale tipper. A two time national IPA challenge winner. El Dorado, citra, Simcoe, and mosaic dominate.
Bosque brewing is about to open a larger scale production facility and if they can get this open space haze series in cans, we have ourselves a winner.

Basically everything I have ever loved out of this beer without the almost sickly ibu tongue fatigue bite. I'm almost done with the tongue numbing bitter beers. These ultra potent yet not too sweet hazy IPAs are too legit to pass over anymore.

 

[CrownRoyalDaddy]

Saw this at the store and decided to try. I must say, it kinda surprised me. It almost tasted more like wine to me and my girlfriend said it was like a "spritzer" lol. I actually personally liked it. It seems light compared to what I usually drink and a nice change of pace. I think I would get this again. I like blueberries and stuff so that helps.

Southern Tier has a lot of nice flavors but theyre usually a little bit too heavy for my liking. But i will have to try this one for sure

Grabbed a six pack of Troegs Dream Weaver the other day. I think it was mentioned while we were discussing Troegs a few pages back. Pretty decent

 

[lifestooshort80]

Cant wait to try this tonight.

Update:

This is fantastic. Good amount of tartness, cherries, funk and oak. A bit of sugary sweetness too.