Alpine in Seattle?

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  1. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    Nobody's perfect.
     
    #21 Orca, Apr 7, 2015
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  2. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    I haven't had them here yet but I'm looking forward to picking some up. I had a bunch of Alpine stuff while in SD, also via trade that I thought was great.

    What's pricing like (especially bottles)?
     
    #22 Orca, Apr 7, 2015
  3. cherche

    cherche Pooh-Bah (2,476) Mar 27, 2013 Washington
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    haha, if you had a picture of the inside of my fridge i would be pretty creeped out :slight_smile:
     
    #23 cherche, Apr 7, 2015
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  4. cherche

    cherche Pooh-Bah (2,476) Mar 27, 2013 Washington
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    Not sure what to expect for the pricing on the bottles but pine box was doing 12 oz pours for $6ish...
     
    #24 cherche, Apr 7, 2015
  5. cherche

    cherche Pooh-Bah (2,476) Mar 27, 2013 Washington
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    I really enjoyed them when I visited the brewery last summer. Thought Bad Boy was one of the best DIPAs I had ever had...the single IPAs and pale ales were all really good IMO. All three that I had at Pine Box (Nelson, Hoppy Birthday, and Duet) were good but tasted more piney than my wife or I remembered. Definitely the most piney beers I have ever had...still very good but i do enjoy piney beers and they were almost too piney for me.
     
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  6. Orca

    Orca Grand Pooh-Bah (4,710) Sep 18, 2010 Washington
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    If he had a picture of the inside of my fridge I wouldn't be all that surprised. Except that he actually got past the security gate and guard dogs of course.
    Too much math for me, but I assume this means a bomber would be about $8—top of my range for an IPA.
     
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  7. TreeBear

    TreeBear Initiate (0) May 29, 2014 Oregon

    This is why I never post anything to the NW forum. All threads spiral downhill way to fast for me. :wink:
    Seriously though I'm curious to try alpines (through GF) stuff again. When I had an authentic Nelson a couple of months ago it was delicious. I'd like to try it again.
     
    #27 TreeBear, Apr 7, 2015
  8. checktherhyme

    checktherhyme Savant (1,036) Apr 8, 2008 Washington

    I happened to stop in to Collins Pub Thursday night and they had Hoppy Birthday and a Mosaic IPA (at least that's what the server said). The Hoppy Birthday was awesome.
     
    #28 checktherhyme, Apr 7, 2015
  9. crusian

    crusian Pooh-Bah (1,989) May 14, 2010 Oregon
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    This happen in pdx and i missed it?
     
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  10. cherche

    cherche Pooh-Bah (2,476) Mar 27, 2013 Washington
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    If i am remembering correctly i THINK the pricing at the brewery was around $8 for a bomber...not sure how that converts when factoring in GF producing and getting it distributed up here...my guess is the pricing will be pretty similar so your $8 guess is what my guess would be...
     
    #30 cherche, Apr 7, 2015
  11. cherche

    cherche Pooh-Bah (2,476) Mar 27, 2013 Washington
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    Maybe the Mosaic was Duet? I think the only IPAs they have in WA right now are Nelson and Duet...duet is a similar color to Hoppy birthday whereas Nelson is hazy and almost looks more like a hef than it does an IPA...
     
    #31 cherche, Apr 7, 2015
  12. checktherhyme

    checktherhyme Savant (1,036) Apr 8, 2008 Washington

    Could have been. I didn't have it because I didn't have time, but I do love the Duet. The server wasn't sure what beer it was and it wasn't on the chalk board yet.
     
    #32 checktherhyme, Apr 7, 2015
  13. TheeWalrusHunter

    TheeWalrusHunter Initiate (0) Aug 23, 2013 Oregon

    Yeah agree. I lived down in SD for a time and really enjoyed Alpine beers. Nelson is hit or miss for me, hoppy birthday does all the right things for me, and duet is fairly average. Keene Idea is one of the best DIPAs I've every had.

    I haven't had any Alpine beers brewed at the GF facility, but looking forward to trying to tell a difference.
     
    #33 TheeWalrusHunter, Apr 7, 2015
  14. TapThat

    TapThat Devotee (369) Nov 8, 2012 Oregon

    Alpine is already in OR. Can't speak for PDX, but I know that Eugene already has kegs, and a few have made their way over to Bend as well. Unfortunately, so far only the Irish Red and Stout have made it over here to Central Oregon thus far, but Nelson is supposed to become available soon.
     
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  15. crusian

    crusian Pooh-Bah (1,989) May 14, 2010 Oregon
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    I saw one cbc event with alpine. How the bottles make it too!
     
    #35 crusian, Apr 7, 2015
  16. vurt

    vurt Grand Pooh-Bah (4,504) Apr 11, 2004 Oregon
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    Alpine beers will be at the So Cal Brewers Summit at Roscoe's on April 15, and the brewers are doing a "Meet the Brewers" thing along with Green Flash at BeerMongers that same day at 5:00 (details here).

    (I also just added the BeerMongers event to the BA calendar.)
     
    #36 vurt, Apr 7, 2015
  17. sanford_and_son

    sanford_and_son Initiate (0) Jul 23, 2012 Washington

    Certainly wasn't impressed by Hoppy Birthday. Huge LOL at the fact they call it a pale ale. Was more bitter than some DIPAs.
     
    #37 sanford_and_son, Apr 7, 2015
  18. cherche

    cherche Pooh-Bah (2,476) Mar 27, 2013 Washington
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    I thought it was good, but I did like Nelson and Duet better...definitely not as good as expected given the ratings on it.
     
    #38 cherche, Apr 7, 2015
  19. sanford_and_son

    sanford_and_son Initiate (0) Jul 23, 2012 Washington

    Tried Duet at Collin's yesterday, liked it a lot more than Hoppy Birthday.
     
    #39 sanford_and_son, Apr 9, 2015
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  20. BBThunderbolt

    BBThunderbolt Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,846) Sep 24, 2007 Kiribati
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    BTW, here's the list for tonights tasting here in Hammerville: Alpine Ale, Nelson, McIlhenney Irish Red, Duet, Captain, and Hoppy Birthday. GF 30th St., Jibe, East Village, Soul Style, West Coast, 2014 Barleywine, and Le Freak.
     
    #40 BBThunderbolt, Apr 10, 2015
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