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phirleh

A friend of mine is grabbing a few beers for me in Los Angeles. I made a request for some Pliny, but they may not be in stock for a while at his local. Any recommendations around the same pricepoint that we can't readily get in Buffalo (Stone, Firestone Walker, etc...)?
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andrewrg · Joined: 27 Jul 2011 Posts: 513 Location: Downtown TO

I would ask for anything from Alpine, although their distribution outside of the San Diego area is spotty. Other than that, Ballast Point and Alesmith are good choices.

phirleh · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:10 pm Post subject:

TheSevenDuffs · Joined: 17 Sep 2010 Posts: 1842 Location: Mississauga

Ask him to look for Freut from the Bruery - it just came out. Or perhaps Deschutes/Hair of the Dog Collage (might be tough to find though).

Aside from that, Alpine and Alesmith were good suggestions.

liamt07 · Joined: 22 Apr 2011 Posts: 272 Location: Downsview/Toronto

Alesmith, Alpine, RR and Kern River are probably things to look out for.

saints_gambit · Joined: 31 May 2010 Posts: 376 Location: Toronto, Ontario

Alpine Duet. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA.
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spinrsx · Joined: 21 Sep 2010 Posts: 492 Location: Ottawa

Coronado beers were surprisingly good.. especially the Idiot IPA

northyorksammy · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 7:25 am Post subject:

COronodo are available in NY state --Port brewing and Bruery seasonals, also Black Tuesday in some stores

Torontoblue · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:10 am Post subject:

See if they can get you some Blue Frog Grog & Grill DIPA, HERETIC Evil Twin or Evil Cousin, Drake's Brewing do some good stuff, too, and maybe some Knee Deep Brewing. All pretty solid California breweries that I got just up to road in Santa Barbara, so they should be available in LA.
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spinrsx · Joined: 21 Sep 2010 Posts: 492 Location: Ottawa

Interesting.. how about getting some lost abbey beers instead in that case (I don't think lost abbey is available in NY)

Torontoblue · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:31 am Post subject:

Lost Abbey can turn out to be an expensive error in judgement.
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TheSevenDuffs · Joined: 17 Sep 2010 Posts: 1842 Location: Mississauga

Torontoblue · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 9:47 am Post subject:

True, this is what I stuck with and didn't go near their sour or wild ales.
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saints_gambit · Joined: 31 May 2010 Posts: 376 Location: Toronto, Ontario

Incidentally, I just wrote about Pliny.

http://saintjohnswort.ca/2012/06/04/pliny-the-elder-and-citizen-kane/
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