spiritualleader wrote:
lftwng4 wrote:
We consumed a couple different beers this weekend:
The wife had a glass of Epic's Big Bad Baptist, very coffee, some chocolate, we both enjoyed it. At the same restaurant, I had a snifter of Three Floyds' Dreadnaught-nice. Also had a pint of Boulder's Mojo Risin' on nitro-meh.
Elsewhere had some $4 pints of Hopslam. I think Hopslam is overrated, but I'll drink it at $4/pint all day I can stay afloat.
Boulder Beer = meh.
They don't brew very good beer. Some of it is maybe okay, but there's better beer to be had.
Hopslam is nice. Bell's quality has gone south IMO. I stopped at the brewery last summer and everything I tried was mediocre, at best. The batch 10,000 was good; tasted like the Bell's of old. But it sucks buying this, that and something else from them only to find it's not like it used to be. And for reference, I was going to Bell's when you could bring in an empty gallon of milk and fill it for $5. My opinion is screw them for sucking and buy other Michigan beer that's really good, like Founders, Short's, New Holland, Right Brain, Dark Horse, etc.
Yeah, I occasionally try a Boulder Beer and it never lives up to the hope.
I kinda feel the same way about Bells too. Although I think Two Hearted is still a great IPA, and Oberon works in the summertime, not too much else they do I care about. Not terrible, but not great. I know there's always the debate if they've changed their recipe from year to year, I dunno, my palate isn't that sophisticated. Hopslam has always been kinda overrated, IMO. I usually get 1 sixer a year, just to give it a shot, but if I'm gonna pay $18/six pack, I'd take fresh Ruination any day over Hopslam. Problem is sometimes getting it fresh.
Founders and Dark Horse are big faves in our house too. Love the Dark Horse brewpub too, nice people, nice vibe. And when we score some fresh Founders Harvest, it's damn near unbeatable.