I just finished a Saranac Summer and cracked a Bell's Oracle. IMO It's better than their Hopslam or 2 hearted. I bought a case from the brewery on their first batch, only a sixer of this year's.

Also I homebrew and still have a chocolate raspberry port wine in secondary in my closet.

It's doppelbock season in the midwest. Good to have some hearty liquid bread for cold months.

I'd love to get a hold of some loenbrau fest. I hear it doesn't come to the US? Looks like I'll just have to make a trip to Germany one day.

ahh the beer thread, how I've missed it.

I do trade beer on occasion, but I trade it face to face, so unless you texans have something really fantastic, I'm not moving my stuff. I have too much beer and too many connections to export too far out (much like some pin hoarders I know).

My other problem with beer trading and shipping is quality, and plausible damage when shipping, especially to hot climates. IPA's would suffer severely.

Last night I had a couple different ones, this sour thing: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/25923/70745

and this not so sour thing, which I wouldn't call an IPA: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/689/43073

Asael, if I only had 3 draft beer choices, I would be pretty happy with that selection. Here in the states if we have 3 choices it's bud, miller, coors.

In which case, maybe I'll have a water.

genjackson was all: I had a pumkin ale a couple years back that I can't seem to find this year

do you remember the pic of the label or name? it may have just stopped distributing to your area but could be in surrounding states. That's what happens in OH all the time.