re: Ghost Batch 8

And now the thread is ruined.

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Also I don't understand how we have people comparing each batch over this same time frame. Sounds like beer nerds are trying way too hard, which isn't surprising

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Meh, i disagree. I think if you drink enough different beers and appreciate them, you can remember how some tastes. Particularly with ghost due to the fan fair it receives. I've had all of them minus this recent batch. I can't quite recall which batch it was (i think maybe 4 or 5) was very very juicy. I remember another batch being dank as frick. I remember this because i swung by Parish on my way to a bachelor party for my buddy. Grabbed 2 4 pks and 2 growlers and drank the stuff until my tongue was numb. I'm pretty sure that was batch 6. But after that batch, i've lost the urge to go hunting for ghost, as i've severely lost the palate for it.

I also remember a batch i did a tasting with, where i had ghost, heady, grace and grit, and pliny.

Do you remember the best steak you've ever had? Why can't beer be the same? If you are passionate about something, and you want to learn more about it, then i would say you could definitely discern tastes of different batches of beer.

I homebrew, so maybe that's why i'm able to pick out, or remember the flavors more, as when i drink some beers, i make notes in my mind, to try and recreate those beers.

ETA: and it was batch 6 was the tasting, so batch 5 must have been the really dank one. Or maybe it was 4.

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i've lost the urge to go hunting for ghost, as i've severely lost the palate for it.

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im pretty much where you are. i always get a few 4packs without hunting but i've just lost interest in it with the constant change in recipe.

in BR on draft i think

Bulldog
Olive or Twist(already gone)
Chimes
Corporate Brew

those are places i frequent that get it on tap.
most of the grocery stores with decent beer selections get the bottles.

Had it at Ivar's on tap yesterday as well. Red Zepellin prolly has some.

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most of the grocery stores with decent beer selections get the bottles.

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i havnt seen them yet. Go too many hoarders keeping them out of stock, then talking shite about it on the internet.

Drusilla Leblanc's has confirmed they're sold out.

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They got a new water tank for RO water. I agree with OP, this batch tastes off. TBH it tastes like it's been watered down and hopped too late.

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Hopped too late?
Wut?