What is your beer of choice?

[wrybosome]

Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA is another goody - pronounced hops, so it that is not your style, pass it by.

+1 on the Dogfish Head 90 minute!

Also:

Victory Hopdevil
Chimay Grande Reserve
Red Racer IPA
Stone Gargoyle
Fuller's ESB
Black Lab Stout

And my favorite label, if not brew:

 

[gypsyjim]

Problem is there are some really great labels, hiding some pretty poor excuses for beer, IMO.

 

[SC_Hoaty]

Wrybosome - When I lived in PA, you could buy up to 2 6 packs in a bar, or beer by the case at a beer distributor. This seems to really cut down on your opportunity to try different brews, but clearly you have found many gems. Do you simply cross the state line (with DE and NJ moments away) or has PA changed the law, or some other method?

 

[wrybosome]

Problem is there are some really great labels, hiding some pretty poor excuses for beer, IMO.

True, but here's one with a great label that's also a very tasty IPA. I love IPA's...

 

[gypsyjim]

True, but here's one with a great label that's also a very tasty IPA. I love IPA's...

That is an unusual label! IPA's are not my favorite, but I do not pass up the chance to try new ones, to keep learning.

 

[wrybosome]

That is an unusual label! IPA's are not my favorite, but I do not pass up the chance to try new ones, to keep learning.

That's how I feel about stouts and porters.

 

[gypsyjim]

I do prefer the darker, stronger brew. BUT, there are times I am happy to just have a beer. Period.
And I will try anything, once.

 

[Thalassamania]

Bob's (Cranston) Bugeye Brew

Made from the best sea water, squid eyes, and shark chum we could find.

 

[wrybosome]

Bob's (Cranston) Bugeye Brew

Made from the best sea water, squid eyes, and shark chum we could find.

Not very Reinheitsgebot!

Wrybosome - When I lived in PA, you could buy up to 2 6 packs in a bar, or beer by the case at a beer distributor. This seems to really cut down on your opportunity to try different brews, but clearly you have found many gems. Do you simply cross the state line (with DE and NJ moments away) or has PA changed the law, or some other method?

We get together at work, about 20 of us, and buy about 20 cases of different beers. Then mix them up into 20 mixed cases. We get a discount at the distributor and we all get to try 20 new beers.

Where'd you live in PA?

 

[SC_Hoaty]

Lewisburg. Also, wife 1.0 was from Springfield (Delaware County). Her folks had a place in the Poconos that I spent some time at also. A long, long, time ago.