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Great Beer....the sequel

Anything good for fall beers?
My favorite.

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A guy was nice enough to send me a Pliny the Elder from California. This is a world class rate imperial ipa. It’s a unicorn beer for most of the country. I have to say idk what I was expecting but I’ve had a lot of this style of beer I enjoyed more. It’s good don’t get me wrong I just don’t know what made it rate 100 on beer advocate.
 
A guy was nice enough to send me a Pliny the Elder from California. This is a world class rate imperial ipa. It’s a unicorn beer for most of the country. I have to say idk what I was expecting but I’ve had a lot of this style of beer I enjoyed more. It’s good don’t get me wrong I just don’t know what made it rate 100 on beer advocate.

Pliny was a great beer when craft beer was a young thing. The beer scene has improved greatly since that time. I like Pliny, but don’t pine for it. Too many good beers to hunt for beers these days.
 
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I got burned out on pumpkin ale several years ago but I still buy some every Fall. I have to admit, Kentucky Pumpkin Barrel Ale is delicious. 10% alc/vol.
 
Hit up 5 different breweries here in Bamberg. Two noted for smoked beers -- Aecht Schlenkerla and Spezial. Although Schlenkerla is more familiar to US beer drinkers, I personally thought Spezial brews a better product.

At any rate, Bamberg is truly a beer drinkers' city. Numerous cool and historical stuff.

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Founders Double Oaked Imperial Stout. This is a fantastic beer. Lots of chocolate and coffee as you'd expect from an imperial stout. They finish this in fresh oak barrels so it makes for a slightly dry finish. This 12% sipper is my favorite Founders stout. Going to hold one back for a while and see how it ages.
 
Wernesgrüner Pils. Purchased earlier today for $5.99/4 pack at Aldi in Pflugerville, TX. Great price for a decent, German-brewed pilsner.

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Their Blue Moon knockoff, White Tide, is better than Blue Moon. That pilsner there is a good beer as well. I used to love their beer advent calendars until they switched to cans. They're now made by Octopi Brewing and they're just not very good. When they had bottles, it was from various breweries and they were all good.
 
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