pliny the elder

A standby that I will get most of the time it's available. There are a few other IPA's that I prefer, but this strikes a very good balance of grapefruit hop flavors and malt backbone. It's not too sweet and isn't a full on hop assault, it's just a really well balanced, incredibly drinkable IPA.

sierra nevada/russian river brux

a decent enough belgian with hints of brett. reminded me a lot of sofie with about a year on it. glad i got two bottles, the second one will be aging for at least a year or so. if you go into this one expecting an '_____ation' style you may be disappointed, but it's a very solid beer and i'm sure it will only improve with age.

i did get to try exportation during philly beer week, which was sierra nevada's previous collaboration with russian river. it was their beer camp exPorter aged in russian rivers pinot noir barrels. that was pretty fantastic. sour, vinous, but with all the best qualities of a baltic porter.

the real limitation on brux was that i understand it was made at sierra nevada's facilities, making the possibility of infections a very real issue.

blind pig

nice piney bitterness and very well balanced. i may actually prefer this to pliny the elder. looking forward to my next one, whenever that may be.

russian river supplication

what can i say? it's a sour from russian river. one of, if not the best american brewers of sours and wild ales. this certainly did not disappoint. specific details are lacking since it has been a few weeks since i had it.  i do have a well traveled bottle of sanctification in the basement waiting for a special occasion courtesy of colin.