I am drinking a Sierra Nevada Big Foot Ale and it's very tasty. It has 9.6% ALC, so one is enough. I enjoy most brews from Sierra Nevada.The Pale Ale is my staple beer. Tech and beer are like peanut butter and jelly. I just wish it was free beer though.
sip http://ratebeer.com/beer/sierra-nevada-bigfoot/371/87422/ On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 7:07 PM, Josh Sled <[email protected]> wrote: > Jim Lawson <[email protected]> writes: > > Really? Can you compare it to what's available at VPB and Flatbread? > I've > > never been to the Alchemist, but you've certainly piqued my interest. > The > > name alone is an attention-grabber. > > Well, they're all superb, of course. :) > > VPB is not only an institution, but they have standard that are well > refined and very good. I've been very happy with the seasonals and more > limited brews they've done in the past few years. The Lupe, Spuyten > Duyvil and Blackwatch are all great beers, and wonderful examples of > their styles. The Maple porters and pales are well balanced beers with > that wonderfully local notion. The more experimental stuff they've been > trying recently is not working at all, imho (Absinthe and Ambergris, I'm > looking at you) … hopefully spring will clear the palete, so to speak. > > Flatbread has foremost a great high-quality beer selection … seeking > both to import or make available a number of excellent examples whether > regional, domestic or international … as well as brew a number of beers > themselves. They also seem to be at the forefront of hosting local beer > tasting events, having had both Smuttynose and Dogfish Head tasting > nights, recently. That being said, I've found their Zero Gravity beers > to be … slightly underwhelming. They're good, just not great. At the > same time, I've not been to Flatbread nearly enough, so I'm sure I > under-represent it. > > The Alchemist brews are quite unfortunately not available to take away > From the location … almost without exception, every beer I've had there > is a great example of the style, if not tweaking or presenting it in an > interesting way. The Sterk Wit is a beautifully clean and flavorful > witbier (especially after a nice day of kayaking the Winooski. :) The > Mis-information is strong and funky and crazy without being > overwhelming. The Petit Mutant (when it was available) was sour and > over the top and great (though I admit, the Spuyten Duyvil bests it, > though they're slightly different styles). The focus seems to be on > bringing quality to the glass and the table, and it shows. By way of > example, the Alchemist always has lines thrice as long as their peers at > the VT Brewers Festival … and for good reason. :) > > Alchemist: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/8227 > VPB: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/860 > Flatbread: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/9784 > > -- > ...jsled > http://asynchronous.org/ - a=jsled; b=asynchronous.org; echo $...@${b} > -- Chad Avery Montpelier Open Source 802.224.6481 www.montpelieropensource.com
