Allezchat said:Ditto. Minus the utopias. But I rounded up the same.polsongrizz said:Great readMTGRZ said:But when I say I WILL NOT drink free beer if it is a mass produced one, I mean it. The vast majority of beer I have cellard are all aged beers ranging in ABV from 11-25%. Just before we left for Vegas this winter I spent somewhere around $1400 on a total of four Utopia's, twelve Canadian Breakfast Stout's and a couple of other barrel aged beers.
Blackfoot is held in good regard. But so are a lot of breweries and I would argue there are at least 5 better breweries. I think the top breweries in the state also are ones that aren't afraid to experiment. Try new things. Blackfoot is a lot of the same. Although they were bottling some cool stuff a few years ago. Also, I'm not so sure quality at blackfoot is the same as it used to be. I used to really like the Tartanic. Last time I had it it wasn't as great as I remember.
As far as awards go I've seen a few beers that won awards that I'm kind of wondering who handed out the awards.
And I too would say "no thank you" if offered a bid light ect. I'm not making a big deal out of it. I'll just say I don't feel like drinking or maybe in a little bit.
Lastly, just because someone calls themselves a beer snob doesn't mean what they consider great is the be all end all of good beer.(several I would consider beer snobs on this thread haven't labeled themselves as such. they've displayed their knowledge by what they've talked about or what they drink. You buy utopia you my friend are a guy that knows beer most likely) in fact I would consider the term antiquated. A guy that really knows beer doesn't have to tell everyone he's a beer snob. He just really likes talking about beer. I went on a tour of a brewery recently and there was a kid that you could tell thought of himself as a beer snob. He was one of those "let me ask a question that I know the answer to but I'm asking so you know how awesome I am" guys. At one point he asks the brewer what step is repeated three times for them to make the triple IPA. Legitimate question for a lot of people that don't know, but if you think of yourself as a beer snob.....you know what triple IPA means. Then he got embarrassed when he found out what it means and he had asked the question when he was trying to impress people with his beer snobiness.
Just to add substance to this thread. Went to a grad party in Missoula last weekend. I pulled out some beer to share. The graduate got herself a bottle of Founders CBS from me. Lucky girl.
We drank:
Maui brewing imperial coconut porter made with toasted coconuts from 2017
The barrel aged charred stone xpcoveza from 2016
An o'dells bull proof barrel aged stout
A 2015 deschutes jubel
A smoked lager
And to cap it a 2016 goose island bourbon county.
At the head party I talked to a girl that used to work at a tap room in kalispell. I had not heard of it. Anyone here been? She said they emphasized tripels and quads.
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Ok,all well said.
As you can tell from my quote on the bottom of my posts, sarcasm is a big part of my spiel. "Beer snob" was intended to be partly that. But, like these boys above, I do spend a good deal of my income on, what I consider, high quality beer. I can see no reason to drink otherwise. I have not, nor would not, without a sample, pay $300 on an American beer (Utopia?). However, I did recently pay
$165.00 to have a six pack of Westleveren shipped to me from Belgium.
I totally agree, beer tastes are personal and subjective. Drink on my friends!! And, go Griz!!
