Beers you miss

Feel guilty about the number of times I passed by Firestone Walker Double Jack. I remember when that what was a hard to get beer in PA.

Also would like to see DFH brew My Antonia Imperial Pilsner again. What a great beer.

 

love a fresh spruce pils but that beer ages like none other i wish it came out regularly so i could have a a vertical or blind tasting, with friends

 

wookey jack is next level need that back in my life

 

i miss non infected bourbon county variants

 

Because every year they are infected.

 

Boulevard Frequent Flier Session IPA
Sam Adams Noble Pils
Sam Adams Honey Porter

 

That one may be back. I'm pretty sure that I saw it recently checked in on Untappd, but the only info that I can find is an article in this newsletter, and it isn't very informative:
http://culturalepress.com/wp/book/drinking-in-the-culture/

If it is true, 'what goes around, comes around' since Dominion was also in Ashburn, VA when they brewed Hop Pocket, and supposedly now brewed by Dynasty Brewing:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/53867/

 

Espresso RIS was phenomenal. I had high hopes for the Totalitarian version that dropped earlier this year but sadly, it wasn’t on the same level.

 

I miss being able to drink the Victory line-up in California.

 

Same! That was maybe my favorite example of that style, and now it's gone...

 

2 from Sierra Nevada , Tumbler and Glisade

 

Never tried Wookey Jack, I would have liked it.

As I started making a mental list of beers I miss I realized that most of them were Black Ales; Weez from Maine Beer Co, Lagunitas' Night Time, Dark Penance from Founders(haven't seen it in years) and fresh Back in Black.

I wish the style would return in a less hop forward version.
Black Ales do not have to be a based on IPAs yet most of them are. High bitterness from hops and roasted malts combined contributed to the decline of the style.

 

Yes, Pete's Wicked is on my list.
I also miss Magic Hat Fat Angel. They still list it as a rarity on their website, but I haven't seen it in years.

 

Coors. I miss the time when you had to go out west to get it. I miss having to go to two or three different grocery stores for enough to load up the trunk and the camper until the trailer hitch was dragging the pavement. I miss having to unload it, carry it up two flights of stairs, and stack it in the motel room to keep it from freezing on a sub-zero night in South Dakota. And I miss not giving a rat's ass that I could buy MUCH better swill at the convenience store two hundred yards up the street from my house. Good times, good times...

 

Stone Levitation Ale
Anchor Bock

 

I’m throwing in with the Pete’s Wicked Ale crew.
Drank a lot of it in the 90’s, even won some swag from a contest they had that named a prize on the flip side of the bottle cap. Anyone remember that?
I’m not sure what my palate would think of it these days but I sure would like to find out.

 

2016 Born Yesterday.

I’ve been chasing that experience ever since, and haven’t found it yet. All the other years are still excellent beers, but none come close.

 

Alpine Duet (haven't seen a bottle in years, even if it is still produced)
Smuttynose Finest Kind (ditto)
Lagy Sucks (bring it back to the year-round lineup, Lagunitas!)

 

Victory Hop Wallop. I believe this was my first foray into Double IPAs. Mindblowing at the time.

And yeah, the old Stone stuff. Original Ruination/Pale Ale/Levitation/Sublimely. That sounds like a good idea for a "classic" mix 12-pack.