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re: BEER VOTE: Best Beer Brewed in LA 2016 Edition
Posted on 12/28/16 at 12:29 am to wiltznucs
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
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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.
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