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My wife and I will be heading to the Firestone Tap Room for lunch this coming Saturday. Does anyone know if you are allowed to bring in Firestone bottles to open at the table? I have a bottle of 14th that I'd like to open for lunch.

I called but the girl who answered was clueless.

Thanks in advance.
 
DRGinLBC said:
My wife and I will be heading to the Firestone Tap Room for lunch this coming Saturday. Does anyone know if you are allowed to bring in Firestone bottles to open at the table? I have a bottle of 14th that I'd like to open for lunch.

I called but the girl who answered was clueless.

Thanks in advance.
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Got an email back saying there would be a corkage fee. Lame considering I technically bought their beer. Anywho...
 
Notbob: Post a review when you can? I'm starting to see their cans in a lot of stores now. Personally, I don't care much for their flagship IPA but interested to know about their other offerings.
 
The Continental said:
Notbob: Post a review when you can? I'm starting to see their cans in a lot of stores now. Personally, I don't care much for their flagship IPA but interested to know about their other offerings.
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They had more than a dozen different beers on tap. By Flagship do you mean the Point The Way IPA?

I'm not as knowledgeable about beers as most of you guys, but i thought the Better Weather IPA is quite different than the Point the Way. They packed quite a bit of flavor into BW IPA and its not just about the hops although they are definitely there in abundance. It clocks in at 9.5% alc

I also tried their Get Up Offa That Brown. It seemed fairly standard to me.

Overall they had a decent variety and i would like to go back and try some of the others.
 
I may have mentioned this before but they recently hired a new brewmaster and I expect they've reworked their recipes. Haven't been to the brewery in a while but I need to give it another shot and see if their brews have improved.

ETA: *burp*
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UnholyGoalie said:
I may have mentioned this before but they recently hired a new brewmaster and I expect they've reworked their recipes. Haven't been to the brewery in a while but I need to give it another shot and see if their brews have improved.

ETA: *burp*
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Good ****, ain't it (I mean the Jacked....)? RE: GRB, well, I know somebody really well who knows beer about as well as I do and her experience is that their beers are good enough to drink, but nothing that anyone will ever rave about. In other words, about as good as the home-brew we can make ourselves.
 
Stormy2213 said:
RE: GRB, well, I know somebody really well who knows beer about as well as I do and her experience is that their beers are good enough to drink, but nothing that anyone will ever rave about. In other words, about as good as the home-brew we can make ourselves.
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+1. I find that I enjoy going there for the casked beers more than for their usual offerings.

oh, and their pretzels rock the cashbah.
 
Oak Jacked was quite good. Reminded me a lot of Rumpkin.

I think GR's marketing far exceeds their quality. Not that their beer is bad by any means, but when you have so many great breweries in CA you either have to match up to them or get lost in the shuffle. GR gets lost in the shuffle, IMO. Heck, I much prefer Ladyface, a brewery with pretty much no marketing at all to GR.
 
Had some fun for San Diego Beer Week with the Alesmith's.

Alesmith Brewing: Decadence 2013, Dunkel Weizenbock 10abv
Alesmith Brewing: Double Dry-Hopped IPA 7.25abv
Alesmith Brewing: Evil Dead Red, American Amber Ale 6.66abv
Alesmith Brewing: Nautical Nut Brown, Northern English Brown 4.8abv
Alesmith Brewing: Single Origin Speedway Stout, Russian Imperial Stout 12abv
Alesmith Brewing: Winter Yulesmith, American Amber Ale 9.5abv
The Bruery: Tart of Darkness, American Wild Ale 5.6abv
Coronado Brewing: Idiot IPA, American Double IPA 8.5abv
Deschutes: Obsidian Stout, American Stout (Nitrogen) 6.4abv
The Lost Abbey: Gift of the Magi, Bi?re de Garde 9.5abv
The Lost Abbey: Lost and Found, Belgian Dubbel 8abv
Maui Brewing: Big Swell IPA, American IPA 6.3abv
Port Brewing: Hot Rocks Lager, Dark American Lager 6.5abv
Victory Brewing: Braumeister Pils, German Pilsner 5.5abv
Victory Brewing: Hop Devil, American IPA 6.7abv
 
Mohawk Bend is doing the first annual IPA festival this weekend with 60+ IPAs on tap. The list includes:

Beer entries include:

Alesmith IPA – Death and Glory IPA – Almanac IPA – Hop Ottin’ IPA – Liberty – Angeleno IPA – Flying Ace IPA – Sculpin – Melrose IPA – Racer 5 – Islander – Drake’s IPA – Populist – Organic IPA – Grand Hill – Protector – Winter IPA – Hurricane Deck – Union Jack – Wolf Among Weeds – West Coast IPA – Wet Hop IPA – Just Outstanding – Hop Riot – Propulsion – Ladyface IPA – Hop Stoopid – Camel Corps – Indica IPA – Jamaica Sunset – Three Flowers – Mission IPA – Wet Hop Dreams 3 – Wet Hop Harvest IPA – Tongue Tickles – XXV Anniversary Session Ale – Delta Force – Mango IPA – Merry Taj IPA – Rubicon IPA – Pliny the Elder – Grape Ape IPA – Pupil – Big Daddy – St. Archer IPA – Stone IPA – Atticus IPA – Tap It IPA – Taps IPA – IPAX – Desperado India Pale Ale – Torpedo – Humulus Speciale
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They will be doing a peoples choice award for best IPAs, every time you order a beer you will get a rating card and drop it off at a ballot box. They will also have other beer judges there.

Los Angeles IPA Festival
 
I do not have an educated palate. Don't do microbrews/craft brews etc...I am a beer drinker.

That being said, I tend to like Newcastle. Not as a mainstay, but as something I go for when I want to enjoy...the darkness. Bitter, heavy, nutty...whatever you wanna call it. As a fan, I give their attempts to diversify a shot. The first one I tried...summer ale...was nice. Golden, drinkable...biggest con was that it had the heaviness to remind you of the name. I get it, but mixed feelings. Then Werewolf. Nice. Kinda red...kinda Killians. Cool name/design, but not enough for me to be a fan. They have gone Winter ale...and Founders ale...but I skipped both because I just felt that, so far, they hadn't really done any better than the mother of it all...the old Brown.

And then THIS



I was craving something dark. Fully planning on a 12er of Brown...and I spied this at Smart and Final. ok...this is clearly a shot at a Guiness type beer. AND I hate Guiness. TOOOOOOOOO bitter. Mud. This is a great DARK beer. Not too dank/heavy, and basically Brown without the nutty light flavors. Four of these went down nice and smooth. Like the Brown, the more room temp...the better. I gotta stock up on this un. It's lovely.
 
No offense taken. Some people take beer way too seriously. Sadly I used to be one of them before I wisened up. Or should I say, weizened up.
 
Nothing new but had this on tap a few weeks ago and really enjoy it. Not too bitter just sweet enough.Have had it in a bottle since, the tap is better.

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FW Velvet Merkin. Not as creamy and chewy as I was hoping for, then again if it was it would be called Parabola. Despite it's thinner body, the beer does the bourbon, vanilla, and brown sugar thing nicely.
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