Oldies But Goodies - a Classics Appreciation Thread (2023)

We used to get a larger part of Deschutes portfolio around here than we do now. They planned on having an east coast production facility that would've allowed that to continue and likely increase, but that ended up being abandoned as the market changed (more and more local breweries). Obsidian Stout was one of those we just don't see much any more.

So I grabbed a six-pack over XMas in Portland, and definitely enjoyed it as much as expected. I just checked and I never rated or reviewed it

So I can't rely on that, but the thing with the part I quoted - I'd be just as apt to rate a beer up these days for not including adjuncts and not being thick and heavy when it doesn't need to be. I've become more impressed by tasty stouts that have some body without completely weighing me down, and Obsidian fits that bill for me.

I'll have to remember I've not rated it and grab some on my next trip to the source to even out the difference in thought processes

Cheers!

 

I visited the Roanoke tasting room 6 weeks before that location was closed. I started a thread on that topic:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/commun...wing-to-close-roanoke-va-tasting-room.662845/

Cheers!

 

Yeah - I never got a chance to visit. Ballast Point had plans in the surrounding area as well. In-state brewery Three Notch'd is the most recent "out of town" place to have a satellite location downtown. There are a handful of local brewers as well, though they wouldn't have any beers fit for this thread

 

The Deschutes reference got my brain gears moving to realize that what I consider a Deschutes seasonal classic should be available. That would be Red Chair NWPA (Northwest Pale Ale) and according to their beer finder it should be available at a store 5 miles away.

 

Had a 6 pack last week or two weeks ago. It's as good as ever. I'm not someone who loves hoppy reds or bemoans their decline but it's a nice change of pace every now and again and reminiscent of the scene in this area when I moved out here in 2007.

Honestly, I could see the kinship to snpa in this last pack I enjoyed.

 

Lots of great beers mentioned in this thread that I've enjoyed over the years and so many I want to try now

A few that I don't think have been mentioned:

Weihenstephaner Korbinian- My favorite Doppelbock

Weihenstephaner Vitus- My favorite Weizenbock (tied with Adventus)

(Yeah I like Bocks )

Olympia (RIP)- My Dads beer, always enjoyed having a few fishing or sitting on the deck at our families cabin. Was still buying a couple of 12 paks a year for those times when an AAL just fit the bill.

 

I used to drink a lot of Red Seal Ale and Scrimshaw Pilsner.

 

Boulevard Pale Ale and Boulevard Wheat, one they discontinued that I love was Frequent Flier Session IPA. One long gone is Honey Porter by Sam Adams.

 

Buffalo Bill Pumpkin Ale. Rogue Dead Guy Ale.

 

Howze about a nod to the GOAT

 

This is one I treat myself to every few months and it never disappoints.

 

Fly Eagles Fly! On the road to victory....

Cheers!

 

Old enough to be a classic?

I don't get Captain's Daughter nearly enough- pure tangerine and pineapple. Delicious!

 

And Mirror Pond. When I moved out here those two were my main go-to sixers.