Spring Break

This was a combination of an impromptu meeting and a clean out the fridge session.  Jamie brought some Ballast Point beers back from vacation, Mike picked up some stouts over lunch, and Greg always has a full fridge.  Some IPAs, a bunch of stouts and a couple of sour ales made for a nice spur-of-the-moment line-up.

Tastings:
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
Ballast Point Grapefruit Sculpin
Leinenkugel Big Eddy Russian Imperial Stout
St. Peter’s Cream Stout
Boulevard Spring Belle
Breckenridge 72 Imperial Chocolate Cream Stout

Prairie Artisan Ales Bomb!

Prairie Artisan Ales Limo Tint

Prairie Artisan Ales Funky Gold Amarillo

Prairie Artisan Ales Cherry Funk
Coop Ale Works F5 IPA
River North IPA

Links:
http://www.ballastpoint.com/beer/sculpin/
http://www.ballastpoint.com/beer/grapefruit-sculpin/
http://leinie.com/#beers
http://www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk/products/porters-and-stouts/cream-stout/
http://www.boulevard.com/BoulevardBeers/spring-belle/
http://www.breckbrew.com/brews/72-imperial

http://prairieales.com/beer/bomb/

http://prairieales.com/beer/limo-tint-2/
http://prairieales.com/beer/funky-gold-amarillo/
http://prairieales.com/cherry-funk/
http://coopaleworks.com/beers/f5-ipa/
http://www.rivernorthbrewery.com/#!our-beer/c24i2

Free Stone Beer - If You Brew it Yourself

Stone Brewing Company is decommissioning their first beer, 19 year veteran Stone Pale Ale, from their line-up and they've decided to give away the recipe so people can brew it at home.

http://blog.stonebrewing.com/index.php/stone-pale-ale-recipe/

[unannounced]

A Friday afternoon with a few Buds turned into a small club tasting when we raided the fridge.

Tastings:
Hermitage Citra Single Hop IPA [84]
Stone Ruination IPA [96]
Lagunitas A Little Sumpin' Extra! Ale [94]
Sixpoint Sweet Action [88]

Links:

http://hermitagebrewing.com/single-hop-series-citra

http://www.stonebrewing.com/ruin/

http://lagunitas.com/beers/little-sumpin-extra/

http://sixpoint.com/beers/core/sweetaction

Zymurgy’s 2014 Best Beers in America

As of June 19, 2014

http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/news/zymurgys-2014-best-beers-america/

Top-Ranked Beers
(T indicates tie)
1. Russian River Pliny the Elder
2. Bell’s Two Hearted Ale ✔
3. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA ✔
4. Bell’s Hopslam ✔
5. The Alchemist Heady Topper ✔
6. Lagunitas Sucks ✔
7. Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA ✔
8. Stone Enjoy By IPA ✔
9. Founders Breakfast Stout ✔
10. Goose Island Bourbon County Stout ✔
11. Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout ✔
12. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
13. Firestone Walker Wookey Jack ✔
14. Three Floyds Zombie Dust ✔
T15. Lagunitas Little Sumpin Sumpin
T15. Sierra Nevada Celebration
17. Firestone Walker Double Jack
T18. Firestone Walker Union Jack
T18. Arrogant Bastard Ale ✔
20. Sierra Nevada Torpedo
21. Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye
22. Russian River Blind Pig IPA
T23. Deschutes Black Butte Porter
T23. North Coast Old Rasputin
25. Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale
26. Stone Ruination IPA ✔
27. Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
28. Russian River Pliny the Younger
29. Left Hand Milk Stout Nitro ✔
30. Russian River Supplication
31. Green Flash West Coast IPA
32. Surly Furious
33. New Belgium La Folie
T34. Founders All Day IPA
T34. Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA
36. Oskar Blues Dale’s Pale Ale ✔
37. Stone IPA
38. Lagunitas IPA
T39. Russian River Consecration
T39. Troegs Nugget Nectar
41. Deschutes The Abyss ✔
42. Cigar City Jai Alai IPA
43. Bear Republic Racer 5
44. Oskar Blues Ten Fidy ✔
45. Surly Abrasive
46. New Belgium Ranger
T47. Ommegang Three Philosophers ✔
T47. Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald
T49. Founders Backwoods Bastard
T49. Odell IPA