Happy to be here

Discussion in 'Pacific' started by OffTrail, Oct 9, 2014.

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  1. OffTrail

    OffTrail Crusader (421) Aug 12, 2012 Washington

    I moved to Washington State from Boston three months ago. I was reading an article from my old home town paper and was struck that beer is one reason among others that I'm happy to be here.

    The bar owner being interviewed in the article remarks that it's often easier to get fresh beer from California than fresh local beer in Boston. That is so true. Distribution is much healthier here. It's not hard to find six and twelve packs with beer brewed in the past month. In Boston that happened about once every year for me.

    Well done. I look forward to drinking more beer here.
     
    #1 OffTrail, Oct 9, 2014
  2. distantmantra

    distantmantra Pooh-Bah (2,954) May 23, 2011 Washington
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    It's even better when you buy a bomber that was bottled the day before.
     
    #2 distantmantra, Oct 9, 2014
  3. OffTrail

    OffTrail Crusader (421) Aug 12, 2012 Washington

    I'm sure it is. What was the last one you had, and where did you buy it?
     
    #3 OffTrail, Oct 9, 2014
  4. John_M

    John_M Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,849) Oct 25, 2003 Washington
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    Welcome to the NW. If the releative freshness of the beer out here makes you happy, just wait till you see the prices.

    I loved places like Armsby Abbey, and I thought the selection at Julio's was great, but my God, the prices people are accustomed to paying back there.
     
    #4 John_M, Oct 9, 2014
  5. distantmantra

    distantmantra Pooh-Bah (2,954) May 23, 2011 Washington
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    Reuben's Crikey at Bottleworks a couple weeks ago.
     
    #5 distantmantra, Oct 9, 2014
  6. Phobicsquirrel

    Phobicsquirrel Initiate (0) Oct 1, 2013 Oregon

    Welcome! There's almost too much beer around.
     
    #6 Phobicsquirrel, Oct 9, 2014
  7. OffTrail

    OffTrail Crusader (421) Aug 12, 2012 Washington

    I'll help.
     
    #7 OffTrail, Oct 9, 2014
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  8. OffTrail

    OffTrail Crusader (421) Aug 12, 2012 Washington

    That's true. Beer is fresher and cheaper here.
     
    #8 OffTrail, Oct 9, 2014
  9. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    All y'all just hush now. Our beer is old, crappy, expensive and common, remember? We had that meeting.
     
    #9 BBThunderbolt, Oct 10, 2014
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  10. vurt

    vurt Grand Pooh-Bah (4,504) Apr 11, 2004 Oregon
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    You were so close. Let me FTFY...

    All our beer is old,
    Crappy, expensive, common.
    We had that meeting.
     
    #10 vurt, Oct 10, 2014
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  11. TheBungyo

    TheBungyo Pooh-Bah (2,037) Dec 1, 2004 Washington
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    I've spent a little bit of time in Boston over the past few years and the thing that I've come away with is that we have to work far less to get access to good beer here. There are some very good beer bars in Boston for sure. We have that here, along with a crazy amount of taprooms and brewpubs which, correct me if I'm wrong, are legally harder to open in MA.

    As if that weren't enough there's good beer on tap at almost every restaurant or even dive bar here. Many times in Boston I had to resort to Harpoon IPA if I wanted a beer with dinner.

    With that said, I didn't get to make it to Jack's Abby, or Trillium or Tree House ... but that goes right back to my point about access and all! Hoping to make it to all three when I visit in just over a week.

    Welcome to Seattle!
     
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  12. OffTrail

    OffTrail Crusader (421) Aug 12, 2012 Washington

    What you say is true. There is plenty of excellent beer available in Boston, including some labels that I miss a lot. But beer culture hasn't permeated the whole environment the way it has here.

    The most frustrating thing about access in New England is the scarcity of the best Vermont beers, which really are among the best in the country. I used to make frequent, tightly scheduled trips to a town in Vermont within 60 miles of the Lawson's, Hill Farmstead and Alchemist breweries, and none of those great beers were available there. Heady is the worst - Alchemist has steadily increased production and decreased the distribution area until it's like a storm in the desert where the rain never hits the ground.
     
    #12 OffTrail, Oct 10, 2014
  13. TheBronze

    TheBronze Initiate (0) Apr 16, 2009 Washington

    ‘Rain’ is frequent here,
    Nourishing, available.
    No one else takes note.

    welcome!
     
    #13 TheBronze, Oct 10, 2014
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  14. distantmantra

    distantmantra Pooh-Bah (2,954) May 23, 2011 Washington
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    This is prevalent in the wet hop thread over in talk. A few of us talked about the awesome fresh hops available out here in the PNW, and people just complained that we were bragging because they're so regionally based and hard to acquire. No one appeared even interested in trading for them...

    That's... not the response... that you see when other regional, hard to acquire, beers are brought up...

    [scratches head]

    [bangs head on desk]
     
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  15. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    Now you're a PNW BA
    We often talk in a certain way
    Limerick is one
    And Haiku is done
    Vurt wins thread for the day
     
    #15 BBThunderbolt, Oct 10, 2014
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  16. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    BTW @OffTrail, several of us are getting together at Fremont brewing in Seattle tomorrow, feel free to join us.
     
    #16 BBThunderbolt, Oct 10, 2014
  17. Phobicsquirrel

    Phobicsquirrel Initiate (0) Oct 1, 2013 Oregon

    I'm amazed as well. People go nuts over huna, mexican cake, darkness, dl, kbs and we'll i could go on.
     
    #17 Phobicsquirrel, Oct 10, 2014
  18. maltmaster420

    maltmaster420 Initiate (0) Aug 17, 2005 Oregon

    We should consider ourselves lucky. Lack of national exposure and trade demand leaves more for locals to enjoy.
     
    #18 maltmaster420, Oct 10, 2014
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  19. TheeWalrusHunter

    TheeWalrusHunter Initiate (0) Aug 23, 2013 Oregon

    Haven't you heard? Those are the best beers in the world.
     
    #19 TheeWalrusHunter, Oct 11, 2014
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  20. OffTrail

    OffTrail Crusader (421) Aug 12, 2012 Washington

    Thank you! I'm otherwise engaged but I appreciate the invitation.
     
    #20 OffTrail, Oct 11, 2014
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