Beers you miss

Weyerbacher Double Simcoe

Fresh on draft, it always hit the spot. Technically, I don’t believe it’s been gone that long, but I haven’t seen it in my area of PA in at least 5 years.

Last time I posted about a beer that I miss (Victory Whirlwind), it came back...fingers crossed!

 

Catamount Christmas.

 

Dogfish head piercing pils

old fezziwig

 

A couple of them:

Lakefront Brewing's Holiday Spiced Lager, which is listed as retired here on BA. (I thought it was just no longer being distributed to Michigan anymore, but it looks like no one is getting it nowadays.)

North Peak's Burly Belgo Belgian IPA. It's not listed on the brewery's website, so I presume it is retired. I'm attracted to Belgian IPAs and have never had a bad one whenever I see one and order it. This one is memorable to me.

 

All thier IPA were very good. Idk if they pulled out of jersey but I only see Tiny, Monks and Blithering Idiot.

 

Same story here man. I did notice the Imperial pumpkin made an appearance here this year.

Luckily, that Philly/Jersey/Wilmington scene puts out a TON of good beer!

 

I can't say I miss it yet, because I haven't gone the summer season without it. I know, however, that when it's mid-August I will miss it dearly. Summerfest.

I also miss Stone Smoked Porter. That was one of my favorites when I was just getting into craft. I bet I would still enjoy it quite a bit today.

 

Our Finest Regards from Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project - Hopefully post COVID I'll one day get to visit their new project in Great Britain.

Also Wookey Jack - As I don't live in CA doubt I'll have an opportunity to secure some.

Lastly - Everett and George from HF.....not that I get up there often but each time I have since my initial visit in May '14 neither of these have been available on tap or for purchase. Miss them dearly as they are my summit for each style (porter & brown).

 

I miss Caffrey's. Used to drink it on tap at a bar near Tropicana Field when the Ray's were terrible. That's been almost 20 years. It's great that they still brew but I do wish they distributed to the US.

 

You can "thank" Molson Coors for preferring to push Killian's than importing Caffrey's and be a competitive beer.

 

Not surprising at all. I never really looked into why they stopped distributing here. It made for a nice warmup before watching what was then an awful baseball team.

 

Killian's Irish Red is not bad but pales in comparison to the Ale that it replaced.

 

Pretty sure it’s available at the brewery on tap and they sell crowlers.

I love this beer too.

Enjoy

 

Someone reported it as retired. Shrugs.

 

They did have it on tap a bit ago. Now they have DDH Simcoe mango. Insanity is bottled again and Sunday Morning Stout is on tap. I have seen Quad, Tiny and Blithering Idiot In bottles very recently. Hope these guys can make a big comeback. The tap only beers they have been putting out look tasty. Been a fan since they started years ago.

Would love to see Riserva bottled again.

Enjoy

 

Ha, you named quite a few beers of theirs that I tried, via generous traders.

 

Deschutes Red Chair NWPA (Northwest Pale Ale - a seasonal). I have enjoyed this ale for many years. At some point earlier this year I realized that I did not see any last year. So this spring I kept checking the Deschutes beer finder. It started showing up north and south of me, but nothing nearby. Then finally it showed up about 5 miles away at a store I never shop at. I swept in a got a six pack. A week or so later I wanted a second, but no new locations came up in search. I went back to the first store and no luck. It was all sold out.

 

Ballantine Burton Ale

 

I miss Treehouse Brewing. Lived about 35 minutes away from the brewery before moving to Wisconsin.

 

Wolaver's Alta Gracia Coffee Porter was a tasty coffee porter. I think wife and I bought some of the last of it last time we were at Otter Creek in VT. Been years, checked and looks like they are just brewing IPAs now