Natick/Framingham Tasting Group.....

Great beers, great food (and decent ribs ) great people, great times!

 

It's pretty great.

 

Indeed. Great, great, great fun. Ribs... bah. First batch of the season, and it showed. Thank god for the food others brought (Jim's slaw... wow) and my backup plans.

The beers... wow. And, obviously, there are some IPAs that just defy explanation, and are impossible not to love.

 

Makes me wish I wasn't laid up and off the sauce until we could figure out WTF my body was doing. Ah well. I've still got my Daleks.

 

If you don't mind me asking...what did you all drink? I'm somewhat interested in tasting groups but I'm not familiar with the expectations of everyone. Is everyone expected to only bring beers that are rare/limited?

 

Nah... For me it is all about bringing some beers and sharing. Shooting the shit with some like minded people. It definately doesn't need to be whale meat just good stuff that you think peeps might like to try. Maybe something not off the local shelves?

On occation I have attended a ticker/whale tasting but it doesn't seem like that would be what this crowd would be all about. Good people good food good beer. The more the merrier....

 

In an ideal world maybe all rare limited stuff would be nice but we had a good mix and I honestly just wanna hang out with people who geek out about beer for a few hours and have a good time. This is a fairly accurate list of what we had.


Zombie Dust
Hill Farmstead E.
FFF Rye'd The Lightning
Smoke & Dagger
Evolution Lot #3 IPA
Heady Topper
Fluffy White Rabbits
DuClaw Retribution Bournan Barrel Imperial Stout
Field Mouse's Farewell
Flower Power
Anchorage Galaxy White IPA

The Alchemist "Heretic"

Hunuhphu's
Mystic Saison
Speedway/AngelsShare/08Creme Brulee
Kernel stuff & De Heren 20th Aniversary Gueze
Kernal Imp Stout
Kernal Pale Ale
Kernal Muetoka IPA
Kernel Black Rye IPA (drunk by Christian)
Pumking, sam adams lat48 deconstructed
to be determined
Hoponius Union
Blind Pig
Flower Power
Nugget Nectar
SA Hopology
120 Minute IPA
Firestone Union Jack
Foot Hills Bourbon Barrel Porter
Double Trouble

 

I can't tell any order whatsoever from that list haha.

 

Right on. Seems chill and honest, with a nice mix of stuff. I'd eventually like to join in on a group. Things are little crazy right now (trying to sell and buy a house) but once I'm settled I'd probably like to join, and the Framingham area isn't far. Just had no idea what the protocol was like for these types of gatherings.

 

I wouldn't be opposed to a more rare (whale/ticker) tasting group if anyone is interested though!

 

That can be arranged. LOL. I got a ton of International ticks and whales.

 

There really wasn't any order. Everyone brought beer and put it in a cooler. Beers were randomly pulled based on what people wanted to try. Pretty laid back.

 

Hmmm,I may have to hit the forums a bit more aggressively to get some stuff but I'd be down!

 

You should try to lock down some Framboos. I heard there are bottle all over the place in Europe. lol..... Go hard or go home!

 

Don't think there would be any problem with rarez and whales and such- but I would think we would want to stay away from some kind of "requirement" in terms of bringing ultra rare stuff. Seems that would make it more about the beers and ticks than about the people and the fun.

And so far, at each one we've done, there have been plenty of interesting and worthwhile beers, super-rare or no.

Looking at that other thread in this forum, with the "scheduled" imperial stout tasting, that someone is having a "contest" for inviting some random person... if this group gets like that... meh.

Just my thoughts.

 

Not that I wouldn't want to try a couple of the beers on that other list, but none of that is what I'd consider super rare. Just looks like someone went to DL day and a dude that owns a shop has been collecting bcbs variants. I'm sure those guys will have fun, but that's not really the style of the group we've got going.

 

I agree 100%... No beer requirements with this crowd.

 

Where exactly do you guys meet, at least what area? And how long does it last?