Lew Bryson wrote:
Agreed. I am a big local beer booster, but we started getting fresh North
Coast in PA this summer, and the wife and I went through about four cases of
it (we had help, dammit).

Me, three. I've always like the Pranqster, Old Rasputin,
and Red Seal. I didn't know they made an Old Ale until a
couple months ago when a homebrew club member brought a
bottle in for tasting. In spite of the meager pour I got,
that beer blew me away! And here I thought the days I'd get
really blown away by a new beer were long gone...
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"plutchak joel peter" wrote in message news:CzBeb.39
Lew Bryson wrote:
Agreed. I am a big local beer booster, but we started getting fresh North
Coast in PA this summer, and the wife and I went through about four cases
of
it (we had help, dammit).

Me, three. I've always like the Pranqster, Old Rasputin,
and Red Seal. I didn't know they made an Old Ale until a
couple months ago when a homebrew club member brought a
bottle in for tasting. In spite of the meager pour I got,
that beer blew me away! And here I thought the days I'd get
really blown away by a new beer were long gone...

How 'bout dat shit? My local has the Old Stock available regularly, and I
avail myself of it. One of Tom "Heavyweight" Baker's favorite beers, he
tells me.

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How 'bout dat shit? My local has the Old Stock available regularly,
and I avail myself of it.

Some barleywines drag you in unsuspectingly and things keep getting muddier
and muddier. The North Coast Old Stock knows how to dance.

"Douglas W. Hoyt" wrote in
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How 'bout dat shit? My local has the Old Stock available
regularly,
and I avail myself of it.

Some barleywines drag you in unsuspectingly and things keep getting
muddier and muddier. The North Coast Old Stock knows how to dance.

It's the only offering from North Coast I'm likely to ever buy again.
Yes, I know some people like them, but I thought Pranqster was pretty
forgettable. Old Rasputin is good, but too much coffee character for me
(just a personal preference). Red Seal is good, but I can get some
amazing APAs brewed locally at Dominion, so no need there. The Old 97
Stout was . . . well, unspeakable. Maybe I got a bad sixer, but it was
simply awful when I had it.

But Old Stock, yeah, that's some good stuff.
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In article , Lew
Bryson wrote:

wrote in message
On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:21:58 GMT,
wrote:
Then, for some reason, I went back into the cooler. Did another quick
spin around the "import/specialty" half of the cooler (threw in a cases
of Acme IPA) and, then, *something* called to me from the other half-

Mmm. I've been a much happier man since the Northcoast Brewing line
hit NJ. I enjoy the IPA, stout and suprisingly (for me) the wheat. I'm
usually not a big wheat beer drinker but really enjoy theirs.

Agreed. I am a big local beer booster, but we started getting fresh North
Coast in PA this summer, and the wife and I went through about four cases of
it (we had help, dammit). And I got to interview Mark Ruederich in May, and
was tongue-tied with hero worship for the first time in years of
interviewing beer folk. Mark's the real shit. Great brewery.

Yup. One of my lasting marks on NYC will be that I basically set North
Coast up with their distro out there. They forever love me now.

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