Beer

[upstater]

We'll be in Vermont for 3 weeks in late June/early July. Town called Dorset. Was hoping to make some quick trips to breweries. Just checked and all the good breweries (I've been to Long Trail many years ago) are way up north near the border, 3 hours away.

Does that restaurant in Worcester still serve Hill Farmstead stuff?

 

[alexd]

We'll be in Vermont for 3 weeks in late June/early July. Town called Dorset. Was hoping to make some quick trips to breweries. Just checked and all the good breweries (I've been to Long Trail many years ago) are way up north near the border, 3 hours away.

Does that restaurant in Worcester still serve Hill Farmstead stuff?

Yes, the owner of Armsby Abbey in Worcester is friends with Hill Farmstead people, link to their beer menu:

On Tap | Armsby Abbey

Fiddlehead Brewing in Shelburne, VT is worth the trip too.

 

[david]

My new favorite easily obtainable beer is Firestone Luponic Distortion. Pretty good.

Just tried this for the first time today. Awesome beer, was kind of shocked that it's 5.9% - tastes like a session with heavy tropical notes.

 

[UConn4ever]

We'll be in Vermont for 3 weeks in late June/early July. Town called Dorset. Was hoping to make some quick trips to breweries. Just checked and all the good breweries (I've been to Long Trail many years ago) are way up north near the border, 3 hours away.

Does that restaurant in Worcester still serve Hill Farmstead stuff?

If that's near Brattleboro try Whetstone station restaurant they normally have stuff from hill farmstead and other VT beers

 

[tdrink]

 

[upstater]

If that's near Brattleboro try Whetstone station restaurant they normally have stuff from hill farmstead and other VT beers

Thanks! Will take this advice. Although it's not near Dorset, it is on the road to Dorset, which is just as good.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Anyone try these?

PBR using a 1937 recipe for an American Ale.

Gets decent reviews

Pabst Old Tankard Ale | Pabst Brewing Company

 

[Rico444]

This got shipped to the OT forum? That blows.

 

[Dove]

Heartless.

 

[Waquoit]

That's just wrong

 

[pepband99]

...and yet the eurotrash knee-grabbing futbol board gets bumped to "UConn Athletics?" WTF.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Yes, the owner of Armsby Abbey in Worcester is friends with Hill Farmstead people, link to their beer menu:

On Tap | Armsby Abbey

Fiddlehead Brewing in Shelburne, VT is worth the trip too.

I was at Armsby on Saturday. Always worth a trip.

If anyone likes golden lagers, try the Jack's Abby House Lager. Great price point, and a good beer to convert non craft beer drinkers to better beer.

 

[temery]

 

[pepband99]

You post here, after moving this thread to the OT dungeon? JUDAS!

 

[temery]

You post here, after moving this thread to the OT dungeon? JUDAS!

Whaaaat?

 

[8893]

A friend brought a few growlers (IPA, brown ale) from 30 Mile Brewing Co. in Old Saybrook to our party last weekend. It was meh-tastic. Quaffable, but that's about it.

Not a "best beer."

 

[mauconnfan]

To answer OT whatever I'm drinking in the course today.

 

[pepband99]

Whaaaat?

Now just move the eurotrash board (aka soccer) away from "UConn Athletics," and we are all whole again.

 

[Citrusdog]

Best craft beer in the state, don't just name the hop monsters, please name some tasty stouts and porter's too.

The Florida Christmas tree.

 

[Hoophound]

Thanks! Will take this advice. Although it's not near Dorset, it is on the road to Dorset, which is just as good.

I love Dorset. Such a pretty town. We have a place in Stowe, which is my favorite small town in VT, mostly because it is closer to the the airport and because of the family recreation opportunities. Dorset is my second love. I have found it is full of academics and artists, no surprise you go there. Beautiful homes with beautiful yards. It feels extremely classy yet rural somehow.

 

[upstater]

I love Dorset. Such a pretty town. We have a place in Stowe, which is my favorite small town in VT, mostly because it is closer to the the airport and because of the family recreation opportunities. Dorset is my second love. I have found it is full of academics and artists, no surprise you go there. Beautiful homes with beautiful yards. It feels extremely classy yet rural somehow.

Looking forward to it. We are being put up at an old manor in town so we can do our work, but I look forward to exploring the area.

 

[8893]

My local guy has spoiled me lately with fresh Maine Lunch, SoS and Gandhi-Bot. I am taking this opportunity to drink them side-by-side, in the name of science.

Started with Lunch and it was so tremendous I thought it would be the clear winner. But I'll be damned if SoS wasn't right there with it.

Taking water break before G-Bot. Will report back.

 

[8893]

No shame in G-Bot taking third by a hair, with a two-way tie between Lunch and SoS for top honors.

 

[Dove]

Amici Tavern in North Haven has a killer beer menu. Dinner tonight started with a Sip of Sunshine followed by GBot !

 

[HuskyHawk]

Looks like we are back on the BB board.

Got a new beer Sunday I'd been looking for and not finding, Jack's Abby Excess Double IPL. Triple Dry hopped. It's an absolute hop monster.

But better still was Singlecut's Softly Spoken Magic Spells. I love the name and the beer. Incredibly soft, juicy and aromatic, with minimal bitterness. Reminds me of Hill Farmstead Abner.