What breweries have you recently visited?

Not this trip. Brewery visits in Belgium are hit and miss. Most don't do the tour thing and those that do are on weekends or by special arrangements, and have minimum numbers of people in your group.

 

Did a NOVA beer day out to hit up some relatively newer breweries. Started at Ocelot, then to Aslin then on ride back home hit up Vanish.
Ocelot - awesome wide-open taproom, lots of beers offered and well coordinated samplings. Beers were so/so IMO, awesome BBQ food truck.
Aslin - incredible IPA, incredible imperial stout. Not much of a taproom. All about the beer.
Vanish - very solid beers across their lineup, incredible vibe/taproom (a huge refurbished barn) ...definitely a brewery on the move

 

Oh, the sacrifices we must make.....

 

I'm at Payette right now...

 

Ive not been recently but ive been to many of the NJ breweries this past year. And i just keep some notes so i can put a review on here at a later time i just went through my notes today actually.

 

The Bruery
Firestone Paso Robles
Firestone Barrelworks

In that order, really really bad service/experience at FW Barrelworks. Our server at Paso was awesome and made up for it.

Bruery my 2nd visit and I love the taproom there, honestly might be my favorite of any of the limited (6-7) breweries I have visited.

 

This weekend : Ocelot & Aslin.

Seems like that has been the case the last few weekends!

 

Harpoon in Windsor VT for the umpteenth time. Perfect weather, spring finally starting to show up. Can't beat the vibe and the other retailers in the artisans park are really stepping up and making it a destination.

 

Went to Holy Mountain and Rooftop in Seattle, WA yesterday. Had a great day to visit too.

 

Castle Island in Norwood, MA. Love it! Great beers and great people.

 

Country Boy Brewery, Lexington, KY

 

Last brewery I went to was in January to Treehouse. I haven't been anywhere since, but plan on making another trip soon. Perhaps Hill Farmstead will be next.



Remainder of the album from the trip is here:

http://imgur.com/a/nXwlv

 

Checked out the lesser known brewery, Heineken, while in Amsterdam a couple weeks ago. It was cool, they have horses.

 

I recently visited Bottle Logic in Anaheim and Phantom Carriage in Carson. I did not really like Phantom Carriage, very dark, but they do brew some great beers.

 

Last weekend I went to Foxhole Brewing in Willmar, MN, and Goat Ridge Brewing in New London, MN. I will be going back to both.

This Saturday I'm going to the brewery in my avatar: Montgomery Brewing in Montgomery, MN.

The following weekend I hope to make it to Mankato Brewing, and Montgomery Brewing. There may be others when I get together with some friends.

 

Hit Bissell, Allagash, and Rising Tide last week. All good experiences. Beyond all the bottles and cans i brought home, i got to try Swish (was awesome) on tap at bissel, which ive been wanting to for a while, and Dougernaut at Allagash. Never heard of it before but a killer coffee stout.

 

Spent the weekend down in the Bay Area. Made it to Fieldwork, Rare Barrel, and Cellarmaker. Have to say I was impressed across the board. If I had to choose only one, I'd make Fieldwork my go-to, great beer in a variety of styles and they were all hits.

 

I was in southern California for the weekend visiting my sister and her husband. We went to The Bruery. My second time there. Had some awesome beers and got a few bottles of stuff to take back from them that doesn't get distributed here.

Eric

 

Firestone Venice on Thursday.
Highland Park on Friday.
Casa Agria on Sunday.
The Bruery today.
Will be hitting Barrelworks on Friday.
And most likely Smog City on Saturday.
Not a bad week. Too bad this is the norm!

 

I'm planning a trip to the Abita brewery next weekend.