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dang .. where to begin.

i joined untappd about a year ago and decided i wanted to try 500 unique beers within a year. last night i did just that with a couple weeks to spare. i've had some great beers from pliny the elder to alchemist heady topper to most of the 3 floyds line. i've had some dogs in there to get to 500, but sometimes you gotta ride dirty.

my profile is below and you can see what i drank by brewery, style, etc. in the past year, by clicking the box that says unique, currently at 502.

no. 500 was 3 floyds zombie dust and it's the best pale, i've ever had. smooth and light up front, leads to an amazing aggressive ipa like hop backend. it was the truth.

i could literally talk for hours about this. luckily work sent me to san diego, philly 3x, dc and charleston this year which made it easy to knock a few out. all great, beer cities. will be in fort lauderdale for a night in a couple weeks and already booked my hotel within walking distance of the best beer bar in the city. it's full of cigar city brews.

cheers.

I love football, but I probably know more about beer. Thus I make my first post on this board.

In response to TruHokie, I was excited to see the SN Ruthless Rye, but I was disappointed. But I can not get enough of the Celebration (I horde that stuff). I wish the Bigfoot barleywine was carried in more places. I'd drink it all the time if it wasn't for the 350+ calories per bottle.

Different topic. I am in the market for a new kegerator. I have a 30+yr old conversion. Still works great, but I want to upgrade to a double tap (does not need to be so big that it can handle two halfs - sixths and quarters are fine). Thought about just buying all the hardware and doing it myself, but have decided to go new (or almost new). Recommendations?

I love the La chouffe products, particularly Mc Chouffe
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Mc CHOUFFE Scotch of the Ardennes

Description :
The Mc CHOUFFE is an unfiltered dark beer, which is re-fermented in the bottle as well as in the keg. Behind its fruity flavour a slight hint of bitterness may be found.
Packaging :
330 ml bottle
750ml bottle
20 litre keg
Alcohol :
8% alc./vol.
Original extract :
16 °Plato
Serving temperature :
84 to 10°C (bottle)

Henry Weinhard, nuff said!

I, too, horde celebration. Three years ago I was in a local grocery in Feb and they had a big stack of Celebration with a sign on that said $8.99 or $9.99. I bought two cart loads (including bottom) and essentially cleaned them out. I hid that stuff all over the house...under beds, guest closets, garage, attic, etc.

On Ruthless Rye, I like the bite of a Rye beer and it's rye has a very distinct flavor. Ruthless wasn't the best I had when it came out I feel. But like all things in batches, I think it got a lot better.

I thank ol' beercontrol for turning me on to Rye IPAs by suggesting Bear Republics Hop Rod Rye...that is great beer.

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a website beer database, has a phone app.

no way am i counting that high by myself.

no prob, i love a spicy, dry rye. hop rod rye is my house beer, as truhokie knows.

ruthless rye is a good session beer. it doesn't follow real well behind a very good ipa or dipa, but if that's the only beer you are drinking, especially draft it's good. funny how a session beer to me is over 6.5% abv not under 4.5%

my rye rankings of those relatively easy to get and year roundish:
bear republic hop rod rye
hebrew lenny r.i.p.a. (smoother than hop rod, not quite as bitter, a fine beer)
ruthless rye
founder's red rye
sweetwater crank tank rye dyed
sixpoint righteous