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Liquor Stories:

 

      Our tribute to local liquor stores that like beer - and not just crap beer, I mean Real Beer! Not all of them are cool enough to contribute to our kick a$$ club, so be sure to treat the ones that do with some extra business. You might even get a discount!

 

 

 

Mountain Spirits (corrected)

 It just so happens we are having a beer tasting today, Thursday the 23rd from 4-7pm.  We will be tasting Uinta beers from Utah.  Two new arrivals will be the seasonal ( going out ) Summer Ale and the new Punk'n Harvest Pumpkin Ale.

Also arriving today will be the Uinta Labyrinth Wood aged black lager in a 750ml bottle.

Also new are:

Deschutes Inversion IPA 6pk bottle

New Belgium Red Hoptober Ale  6pk bottle

New Belgium Lips of Faith Super IPA  bomber

Sierra Nevada Tumbler Autumn brown Ale  6pk bottle

Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Ale  6pk bottle

Lagunitas Lucky 13 Anniversary Release bomber

Sam Adams Octoberfest  6pk bottle

Blue Moon Harvest Pumpkin Ale  6pk bottle

Estrella Daura Lager Gluten Free  4pk bottle

Shiner Boch Wild Hare Pale Ale  6pk bottle

Green Flash Le Freak Ale  bomber

Twisted Pine Red Rye-der 17th Anniversary ale  bomber

Not on the shelf but in the store:

Hofbrau Munchen Oktoberfest  6pk bottle

So many great seasonals showing up daily.  I thought I would try to get through some summer beers before putting out all the Fall beers.  But if you want some Hofbrau just let us know.

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Silver Dollar

 

New 6pks This Month

 

*Oktoberfest are starting to show up so come enjoy.

 

Deschutes Brewery                   ChainBreaker

                                                -White IPA

 

Hofbrau                                    Oktoberfest

 

New Belgium                            Red Hoptober

                                                -New this year from New Belgium

                                                -American Amber/ Red Ale

 

New Planet                              Off Grid Pale Ale

                                                -Gluten Free Pale Ale

 

Samuel Adams                         Octoberfest

                                                -Classic Oktoberfest Lager blends 5 roasted malts

 

Trumer Brauerei                       Trumer Pils

                                                -It has been a while but we got this beer back in stock

 

New Bombers This Month

 

Great Divide Brewing               18^th Anniversary

                                                -Wood Aged Double IPA

                                                -The wood on this Double IPA mellows the hops and

makes this one dangerously drinkable beer

 

Lagunitas Brewing                    Hop Stoopid

                                                -IPA

 

6pk of the Month (always $1 off for HOPS members)

 

Odell Brewing  Co.                    IPA

                                                -One of the best IPA’s on the Market

                                                -$7.89 this month

 

Bomber of the Month (always $1 off for HOPS members)

 

Lagunitas                                  Hop Stoopid

-Using their “Hop Extracter” Lagunitas has made a hop yet very clean IPA

                                                -$4.39 this month

IPA’s in Stock

 

So many here are just a few: Odell IPA, Myrcenary, Ranger, Hoppy Boy, Inversion, Union Jack & Double Jack, Mongo, Decadent, Mojo Marble, Lucky U, Green Flash, Hop Strick, Happy Camper, Torpedo, Devient Dales, Red Hook IPA, Jackamo, Full Sail IPA, Alaska IPA,  Hop in the Dark, Daddy’s Little Helper….. 

 

 

From Star Liquors in Durango:

 

Hello Home Brewers and Beer Lovers!

August is flying by and I am afraid summer is going with it. Harvesting is happening and the fair is already over. I hope some of you were the lucky ribbon winners with the home brew entries. I love seeing homebrew in the fair, we have come so far! I have some great new beers here at Star, and we are featuring Boulevard Brewing from Kansas City Missouri as our Beer of the Month. They really have some outstanding brews. With that I will jump into some beer reviews.

Hailing from California we have another great Limited Release from our friend at Firestone Walker. The Double Double Barrel Aged Imperial Special Bitter, a little redundant but boy the beer really makes up for an odd name. Vanilla, oak and toffee really show from the barrel and a bittersweet dried fruit note hangs from the palate. Not to sweet and very complex, I would recommend drinking this beer a little warmer so you can really pick out all the nuances. Like all of Firestones Limited Series a 22oz bomber is $13.49. I was very impressed with this beer.

Full Sail from Oregon continues to impress with the Brewers Reserve Series, the newest offering is a Berliner Weiss that I though captured the style nicely. Maybe a little more tame then an authentic Berliner Weiss but still tart and refreshing. I always recommend this style of beer for people just getting into sours. A 22oz bottle for $3.99 is a great price and defiantly worth it to try an American interpretation of this style.

Jolly Pumpkin from Michigan is still producing some of the best small craft beer in the country. Luciernaga aka The Firefly is as usual a funky beer, floral and malt nose with a spicy flavor that reflects the barrel. Soft carbonation and a lightly bitter finish forms one of Jolly Pumpkins better releases. A .750 ml is $15.49 and worth every penny.

A new collaboration from Russian River and Sierra Nevada called Brux is having a very hard time staying on the shelf. This is coined a “Domesticated Wild Ale” and is a true testament to an evolving beer. It was created to change with time more then most Bret beers. Tart, green grass, lemon and spice are only the beginning of a beer that will develop it’s bret characteristic over the months and years. Right now the funk is subdued but give this beer some time and I think it will be a real treasure. I was astounded that a .750 ml is only $8.99, which meant to me, try one now, and again in a year and then again a few years after that. Get them while you still can!

Brew Dog and Three Floyd have done a collaboration with a great name. “Bitch Please” is a .330ml bottle for $12.99 and while very proud of this beer it is justified. Many different malts including Laphroig whisky malt, and then aged in a single malt scotch barrel. This beer is a scotch lovers dream. Smokey, peaty and malty, are some of the flavors in this complex brew. I would recommend tasting this beer a little warmer in a snifter.

With that I will bid you all a great rest of your month and have fun getting those fall beers bubbling.

Cheers,

Oliver

I am also adding a list of new beers not reviewed above that we have recently brought in.

Omission Lager and Pale Ale, Gluten Free (mostly) beer

New Belgium Red Hoptober

New Belgium Lips of Faith Super IPA

Buffalo Bills Pumpkin Beer

Dogfish Head (Yay it back) 90 Minute, Indian Brown, and Palo Santo Marron

Lagunitas IPA, Pils, Little Sumpin Sumpin, Hop Stupid, and Lucky 13

Shipyard Pumpkin Head and Smashed Pumpkin

Sierra Nevada Beer Camp

Saranac Wild Hare and Bohemian Black Lager

Stone Brewing Smoked Porter Vanilla and Smoked Porter Chipotle

The Bruery Tart of Darkness (to be reviewed next month)

Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock