AaronS
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industrial arts brewing company week 417 west coast india pale ale ipa brewed with cascade, citra, mosaic, and simcoe hops - 6.4% abv. this is the kind of beer that jeff oneil used to knock out of the park at his previous breweries - ithaca and especially peekskill were reliably among the very best local examples of older style ipas. that isn’t really true of industrial arts, and I’m always frustrated that their power tools - their beer that’s most like this - isn’t better. this is great though, and easily the best new beer I’ve had from them in a long time. this isn’t as malty as the old beers were - and it doesn’t look like they used caramel malt - but it’s there, and the hop profile has some strawberry and underripe fruit underneath the pine and citrus you’d expect from the old school hop bill. this has a lot of flavor for the abv, really wish they would replace power tools with this in their regular line up blah blah blah
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blackberry farm brewery ipa - 7% abv. this used to be made at a fancy resort that people here will be familiar with, although apparently the brewery changed hands recently and this was made at peaceful side brewing. the new owner seems to have stuck with an old fashioned brewery model - they have a stable line up of straight forward interpretations of classic styles. this has become one of my go to beers - it’s one of the better renditions of a classic west coast ipa on the shelves around here. these cans aren’t dated and seem to be a little older than usual, but there’s still a nice version of the pine and citrus with some stone fruit underneath you get with older style ipas and a light malt presence. the overall effect is a lot like a lesser version of the current version of firestone walker’s union jack, but fresher cans usually have the detail that’s missing here. I guess I don’t know if things got worse when they started making it elsewhere blah blah blah.
anyone looking for this kind of beer should get the newish industrial arts week 417 release, which I’ll try to pick up tomorrow.
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OEC brewing space lion ipa - 6.4% abv. OEC makes terrific beer, I think this is the first IPA I've had from them, there's no date on these cans, this is terrible. I think it's far more likely that this is pretty old than anything else, but I guess I have no idea blah blah blah and blah and some other blah.
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still saves time and money.
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thanks guys.
the alchemist heady topper ale - 8% abv. the guy at the bodega was upset that I didn't want to buy this from him because I had already picked it up at the grocery store, and what's interesting about that to me is that this hasn't lost any of it's luster as it gets easier and easier for me to buy. I still have no idea what hops are in this, it's still dank with barely any citrus, it's still insanely easy to drink, there's that weird peanut butter jelly belly note that a lot of early other half beers had, and so on. really hope I get to the brewery sooner rather than later and have something other than this and focal banger blah blah blah....
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bookfinder searches a lot of them at once.
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evil twin brewing new york city emperor marlon quadruple india pale ale hops: double dry hopped with citra, mosaic, cashmere - 12% abv, brewed in ridgewood. this is exactly the kind of beer evil twin used to make before they had their own brewery - a huge, exaggerated versions of american beer that almost worked. I haven't really kept up with their stuff - for instance this is the first of the quadruple ipas they've made in this series that I've had - but my general impression is that things got a lot worse after the initial brewer left for root and branch. this has a decent version of the hop profile you'd expect from these three hops - a little bit of melon on top of the usual tropical stuff and a fair amount of apparent alcohol. meh.
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really sad to see that confirmed.
the places that the shows they book are now are mostly worse than vitus and harder to get to.
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I don’t like any of the sunset park options you mention but it’s been a while I guess.
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I like both those places.
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that's the place on 116th st? I'll go tomorrow.
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jester king citrus froot direct farmhouse india pale ale with fresh squeezed orange juice - 6.6% abv. jester king is an austin, texas area brewery that makes some of the best yeast driven beer I've had. I especially like their farmhouse ales - there've all had a great version of the classic belgian farmhouse yeast profile that's a little drier than usual. this beer pairs that with some initial malt sweetness, orange juice, and a mild amount of new american hops which are followed by a slightly bretty version of the dry farmhouse yeast I like so much. that yeast note is the dominant flavor here, but everything is well done and so on. recommended.
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where have you had better al pastor?
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I guess I should have said if you like the new one try the original.
you can also stop by enrique olivera's esse taco on the way there, where I'd stick to the steak and mushroom (and order flour tortillas).
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they're both taco places that don't serve seafood or cheese and use the same corn tortillas and salsas?
I like the al pastor, nopales, and campechano tacos in greenpoint more than any of the four things I had at the EV one. both places are worth going to but I think you can have a better, more varied meal at the one in greenpoint.
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congrats!
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I like the greenpoint one a lot more than the ev one.
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aurora beef
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luger burger really not what it was even a year ago.
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can parties of three do the set menu?
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the park slope harlem shake has always been a decent shake shack clone. I'll see if it's different.
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I agree that it’s mostly smash burgers.
the only one you mention that I’ve tried is hamburger america, which I didn’t like very much, it was clearly worse than the stuff he was selling at farrel’s so maybe it’s better now.
the park slope location of seventh street burger is pretty good. it’s worth trying if they have a location convenient to you.
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found out about the other one this week
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I finally had a beer at farrel’s last summer.
what beers are you drinking? (post-apocalypse)
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festbier not feather
firestone walker oaktoberfest oak aged lager - 52% abv. this is a fairly traditional festbier aged in french oak barrels. it’s a little bit hoppier than most, and has a lower abv than almost all festbiers. did it have the required original gravity? does the oak aging reduce the abv? etc? the overall effect is a straight forward malt festbier with just a little bit more detail and a little bit more noble hops.