State of the Cuse

I went to Ithaca today and was overwhelmed by the amount of Stillwater and Evil Twin beers I've neer seen before...anyone have recommendations?

 

My condolences to whomever got stabbed at Midnight Madness tonight. . . crazy.

 

i agree. i am working at the firehouse tonight and heard it come in. Not my area so i didnt get to go. apparently it was a 25 male stabbed to the upper back

 

Yeah, that's messed up. I was in Albany last night, but I saw an email from public safety about it this morning.

 

Already have both in the fridge. I love that porter. We first had it at a Stone beer dinner in Coral Gables last fall or spring. I forget which. I can't wait to try their version of the saison. My wife loved the DFH brewed version.

I ended up with a Tilquin gueuze that my wife said was recommended by some people she knows who run a great beer bar in Norfolk, some Sixpoint Brownstone and a few other assorted odds and ends that I haven't seen in Syracuse.

 

Where's there a good shop in Ithaca? I'll be visiting in a couple of weeks.

 

Finger lakes beverage

 

Yeah, I'm curious about the porter—not into smoked malts personally, so I didn't much enjoy the regular smoked porter but who knows. As a result it's not a top priority for me, but I'm willing to give it a shot. As for the Saison du BUFF, I wrote reviews on all three if you're interested, but the short of it is I think DFH definitely did it best.

 

It's interesting you found such large variation in the three. Now I'm really going to have to find the Victory version so I can compare all three. As for the porter, the vanilla bean one is a little sweeter than the regular. I liked the regular ok, but I thought the vanilla bean was quite a bit better, FWIW.

Oh, and looking at your reviews, I see you liked the Sixpoint spruce tip as much as I did. That was an interesting one.

 

Yezzir, I thought the Spruce Tip was a real interesting beer, and pretty tasty. As for the Saisons du BUFF, they were all pretty similar in profile but the flavors blended or meshed differently, I think. But yeah, DFH was my favorite.