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California recommendations not available in Buffalo
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 9:52 pm
by 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...)?
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:06 pm
by andrewrg
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.
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:10 pm
by phirleh
andrewrg wrote: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.
I did have a Ballast Point Imperial Porter last week with Streets that was incredible, I'll inquire about the others, I've only had one Alesmith before too.
Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 10:14 pm
by TheSevenDuffs
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 12:09 am
by liamt07
Alesmith, Alpine, RR and Kern River are probably things to look out for.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:43 am
by saints_gambit
Alpine Duet. Ballast Point Sculpin IPA.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:12 am
by spinrsx
Coronado beers were surprisingly good.. especially the Idiot IPA
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 8:25 am
by northyorksammy
COronodo are available in NY state --Port brewing and Bruery seasonals, also Black Tuesday in some stores
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:10 am
by Torontoblue
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.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:16 am
by spinrsx
Interesting.. how about getting some lost abbey beers instead in that case (I don't think lost abbey is available in NY)
northyorksammy wrote:COronodo are available in NY state --Port brewing and Bruery seasonals, also Black Tuesday in some stores
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:31 am
by Torontoblue
Lost Abbey can turn out to be an expensive error in judgement.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:35 am
by TheSevenDuffs
Torontoblue wrote:Lost Abbey can turn out to be an expensive error in judgement.
Most definitely. But a bottle of Older Viscocity is probably worth the risk.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:47 am
by Torontoblue
True, this is what I stuck with and didn't go near their sour or wild ales.
Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 4:42 pm
by saints_gambit