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re: BEER VOTE: Best Beer Brewed in LA 2016 Edition
Posted on 12/27/16 at 3:53 pm to Salmon
Posted on 12/27/16 at 3:53 pm to Salmon
So much I still need to try, and I could mix this up a bit, but:
1 GitM (glory days edition)
2 Old Mad Joy (Heaven Hill BA)
3 Bloom
4 Brightside
5 DDH Envie
6 Envie
7 Rêve
8 Come What Mayhaw
9 You, Me, & Everyone
10 Opus Vert
11 PB Korova
12 Grace & Grit
13 All My Tomorrows
14 Glass Houses
15 Dr Hop
1 GitM (glory days edition)
2 Old Mad Joy (Heaven Hill BA)
3 Bloom
4 Brightside
5 DDH Envie
6 Envie
7 Rêve
8 Come What Mayhaw
9 You, Me, & Everyone
10 Opus Vert
11 PB Korova
12 Grace & Grit
13 All My Tomorrows
14 Glass Houses
15 Dr Hop
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Posted on 12/27/16 at 4:47 pm to Mad Dogg
No votes for Jockamo? 
Posted on 12/27/16 at 8:00 pm to Givens
GiTM (When its right)
Opus
DDH Envie
Reve
Bloom
Piety
LA-31(I just wanted to be the only person submitting a vote)
Opus
DDH Envie
Reve
Bloom
Piety
LA-31(I just wanted to be the only person submitting a vote)
Posted on 12/27/16 at 9:39 pm to Salmon
Wow, Louisiana's beer scene has come such a long way since 2013
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:45 pm to jennyjones
No, the State has fallen further behind. To Parish's credit they identified a winner with the cloudy/turbid IPA. Problem is, they couldn't reproduce it. The truth is that even when GiTM is at its best it's barely inside the Top 20 of its style. LA still hasn't nailed a BA beer of any form and stouts and sours are effectively nonexistent. The truth hurts, there's not a single beer in LA that would crack the top 20 in NC or Florida. LA doesn't even compete in its own region much less the nation. It's progressing, but at a snails pace. I'm still trying to reconcile how a State with such a rich culinary history can readily produce and accept such mediocre beers.
This post was edited on 12/27/16 at 10:51 pm
Posted on 12/27/16 at 11:02 pm to Salmon
The Jamaican Rum barrel aged Old Mad Joy Great Raft put out around Thanksgiving was amazing, one of the better beers I've had this year.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 11:05 pm to wiltznucs
quote:
truth hurts
Well said
Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:29 am to wiltznucs
I don't agree with you but I respect your opinion. Bloom is Andrews's best IPA; it's better than Ghost. Further, I'd argue Great Raft's barrel aged sours, particularly what they are doing with the fruited additions, are excellent. Problem with Bloom is that it crashed hard and relatively fast. Still, it was exquisitely soft.
I do agree that we are waiting on other styles to emerge. Still waiting on a really badass stout, and a barrel aged stout. I'm not sure where it will come from. Great Raft is the only brewery in the state with a barrel program of note, but there doesn't seem to be an interest in making a big stout. Old Mad Joy is good, but I'd like bigger. As of right now, Parish's experiments with barrels aren't there yet. And their sours are riddled with off flavors. They are bad.
ETA you're also greatly over-valuing the NC beer scene.
I do agree that we are waiting on other styles to emerge. Still waiting on a really badass stout, and a barrel aged stout. I'm not sure where it will come from. Great Raft is the only brewery in the state with a barrel program of note, but there doesn't seem to be an interest in making a big stout. Old Mad Joy is good, but I'd like bigger. As of right now, Parish's experiments with barrels aren't there yet. And their sours are riddled with off flavors. They are bad.
ETA you're also greatly over-valuing the NC beer scene.
This post was edited on 12/28/16 at 1:58 am
Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:40 am to Salmon
1. First Half GITM - Parish
2. DDH Envie- Parish
3. Holy Roller - Urban South
4. Brightside - Gnarly Barly
5. Bloom - Parish
6. Reve - Parish
7. Commotion - Great Raft
8.. Gameday IPA - Tin Roof
9. Flora Genesis - Parish
I really haven't had that many i guess.
I am gonna edit if my brother can score me some Grace and Grit or DDH Commotion when he is in Shreveport this week.
2. DDH Envie- Parish
3. Holy Roller - Urban South
4. Brightside - Gnarly Barly
5. Bloom - Parish
6. Reve - Parish
7. Commotion - Great Raft
8.. Gameday IPA - Tin Roof
9. Flora Genesis - Parish
I really haven't had that many i guess.
I am gonna edit if my brother can score me some Grace and Grit or DDH Commotion when he is in Shreveport this week.
Posted on 12/28/16 at 4:57 am to wiltznucs
Happy birthday
Posted on 12/28/16 at 6:55 am to wiltznucs
quote:
The truth hurts, there's not a single beer in LA that would crack the top 20 in NC or Florida. LA doesn't even compete in its own region much less the nation.
Who in NC or Florida makes better hoppy beers than Parish? I've had a good bit from both states. NC makes a lot of nice sours, which I certainly envy. But overall, there is a ton of mediocre beer there. FL makes a lot of world-class Imperial stouts, which is great, but I infrequently dome 750s of high ABV beer. I guess JWB is making good sours there.
Like yeezy said, Great Raft is on its way with its sours, but it isn't a primary focus. Which sucks, because those are the best beers they've made IMO.
Regardless, I'm not sure how the state has fallen further behind. Where it was in 2013 is pretty much as bad as it gets.
Posted on 12/28/16 at 7:03 am to Matisyeezy
I taste nothing but onions from Bloom. I get the same from some 3 Floyd's brews. It's me not the beer.
For me 15' was a big year for craft beer in LA. Nola started up the Funk program and GiTM offially arrived. Everybody was pumped about the Raft. At the time I'd of put LA only behind FL and NC in the Southeast.
As 17' approaches LA has fallen squarely behind GA with the arrival of Creature Comforts and Mazurt there. Depending on how liberal you wanna be with the borders I'd throw Virginia ahead too with the explosion in the Roanoke area. You could argue the existence of Westbrook alone puts SC ahead too.
I'm still hoping LA pulls it together. I'd be thrilled to see BR or Nola be known as a legit craft beer destination. As fads go the craft beer industry has drifted toward three things in recent years. The giant barrel aged beer, the cloudy hop bomb IPA and wood aged sours/saisons. LA won't join the national conversation until someone arrives who can do one of these well.
For me 15' was a big year for craft beer in LA. Nola started up the Funk program and GiTM offially arrived. Everybody was pumped about the Raft. At the time I'd of put LA only behind FL and NC in the Southeast.
As 17' approaches LA has fallen squarely behind GA with the arrival of Creature Comforts and Mazurt there. Depending on how liberal you wanna be with the borders I'd throw Virginia ahead too with the explosion in the Roanoke area. You could argue the existence of Westbrook alone puts SC ahead too.
I'm still hoping LA pulls it together. I'd be thrilled to see BR or Nola be known as a legit craft beer destination. As fads go the craft beer industry has drifted toward three things in recent years. The giant barrel aged beer, the cloudy hop bomb IPA and wood aged sours/saisons. LA won't join the national conversation until someone arrives who can do one of these well.
Posted on 12/28/16 at 7:11 am to urinetrouble
quote:
Who in NC or Florida makes better hoppy beers than Parish?
Wakefield has put some serious work into his IPA's with collabs with Trillium and others recently. The best IPA's in Florida are actually coming out of Civil Society right now. Not bottling anything yet but they do occasionally can some. They have several that would hold their own with GiTM and some better known NE IPA's.
Posted on 12/28/16 at 7:54 am to wiltznucs
quote:
The best IPA's in Florida are actually coming out of Civil Society right now. Not bottling anything yet but they do occasionally can some.
If you can't buy it off the shelves, then while maybe awesome, it's not the same atmosphere as being able to buy Ghost, Opus or Envie off the shelves on a pretty regular release basis in Louisiana.
That is where the Louisiana beer scene has caught up. Not everyone has time to go sit at a brewery drinking beer for half a day. So being able to pick up good, legit hoppy beers from Parish or a good BA beer from a local brewery (BT Miel Savauge is something I enjoy) at a store is where Louisiana has made huge progress.
Posted on 12/28/16 at 8:17 am to wiltznucs
quote:
No
Yes, there has been significant improvement in the last three years. Lagging behind growth in other states is irrelevant to that.
Posted on 12/28/16 at 8:24 am to Salmon
Gnarley Barley Peanut Butter Korova Milk Porter
Parish Bloom
Parish DDH Envie
Parish Ghost in the Machine
Parish Opus Vert
Parish Bloom
Parish DDH Envie
Parish Ghost in the Machine
Parish Opus Vert
Posted on 12/28/16 at 9:00 am to wiltznucs
quote:
LA won't join the national conversation until someone arrives who can do one of these well.
I could give two shits about national conversation.
Posted on 12/28/16 at 9:07 am to BMoney
quote:eeeeh
could give two shits about national conversation
Maybe you should
Posted on 12/28/16 at 9:15 am to Rouge
Why though? Just curious.
Posted on 12/28/16 at 9:20 am to Rouge
quote:
eeeeh
Maybe you should
Regardless, that's not what this thread is about.
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