Shurijo wrote:I didn't realize Woodchuck was so popular outside of Vermont (it's made just down the road a bit in Middlebury). I'm just going to bring a few maybe a dozen or so, don't want to contribute too much to a drunken party fest
No problem. I won't object to Woodchuck! If you've got other beer to bring though, we've got the capability to buy the more common Woodchucks here.
The cider makers choice is the only one on that list that I've not seen here yet, so bring some of that!
We ended up in Wegman's tonight for another reason (supplies for a trip tomorrow). While I was there, I figured I'd snap some (crappy) pictures of the craft beer section.
I'm thinking a BrenCon roadtrip might be in order sometime this weekend.
Trogdor wrote:I like Crispin. That's a nice cider.
Crispin is very tasty.
I wish we could get some JK Scrumpy locally. I've had that down in the DC area. Fantastic stuff.
Crispin (Standard-issue "good over ice") is very good, but I don't like most of their craft brews, though. I picked up the English dry on a whim (Cider in a can!) and found it really good.
Can't get behind B and scrumpy. I thought that was vile. But hey, I used to think Quervo was the best thing ever, so who am I to judge?
Might have been different batches or something. They do small organic batches in different styles, but with the same label -- so really really confusing. I didn't like the first JK Scrumpy I had on my first trip down, but the next few were good (several months later). Those later batches were all slightly different too, just not as different as the first one.
I guess their processes are rather variable, or they make with whatever they have at hand at the moment.