May Split and April Voting

The May split will be on the 30th and includes 2 small bottle splits: a wheat split with 4 participants and an IPA split with 6. If you are not participating we still hope to see you on the 30th.

There are only a handful of votes in so far for the best and worst of the April split. If you participated in the April split (and ONLY if you participated) don't forget to vote by May 30 so the losers can pony up to the winners.

A Note on the Polls

I've posted 4 new polls for the best and worst beers of both of the April splits. Last month, which was our first with polls, got a little out of hand so I wanted to be sure to clarify for this round of voting. Please ONLY vote if you participate in the split. Thanks and happy voting!

April Split - #14

Here are the final lists for the April split. We are doing both a Big Bottle Belgian split and a small bottle Bock split.

Big Bottle Belgian Split -
Thiriez Blonde (Josh)
Delirium Nocturnum (Brian)
Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca (Kevin)
Kasteel Tripel (Joe L)
Allagash FOUR (Jim F)
Rodenbach Grand Cru (Lindo)

Small Bottle Bock Split -
Stoudt's Maibock (Josh)
Stoudt's Smooth Hoperator (Jim R)
Troegs Troegenator (Bil)
Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock (Brian)
Moretti La Rosa (Lindo)
Weihenstephaner Koribian (Matthew)

Hope to see all of you on the 25th at the Ale House.

March Split - Winners and Losers

The final votes for the best and worst beers of the March split are done, and the winners and losers are decided. There ended up being more votes than there should have been, perhaps because I wasn't clear enough with the polls that people should only vote if they participated in the split, but I kept an eye on it enough to know who the winners were before the votes went nuts. They are:

Big bottle split -
Best beer: Chimay Grand Reserve (Joe C)
Worst beer: Floreffe Tripel (Brian)


Small bottle split -
Best beer: Bell's Hopslam (Lindo)
Worst beer: Mendocino Bock (John)

I for one thought the Mendocino Bock was pretty damn good, but the voters have spoken. Losers, you owe the winners a pint. More fun next month.

News and Notes

It's been awhile since the last blog post so I have a bunch of news and notes in this update.

First, the details of the next split are finalized and participants are shopping for their beer. We have 6 people in a big bottle Belgian split, and 4 in a small bottle bock split. The split will be April 25th so if you are not participating we'd still love to see you at the Ale House.

It looks like most of the votes are in for the best and worst beers from the March split, as well. Based on the totals there are a few outstanding votes, so if you haven't yet voted in one of the polls then do so by April 24th.

We're also working on scheduling a poker game sometime soon. Josh, Kevin, Lindo and Ian are all interested, and if others are interested but haven't told me yet, then let me know soon.

Last, Kevin alerted me to a new blog that is run by one of our new members, Bil. It's called MyBeerBuzz and can be found at mybeerbuzz.com. Essentially it's a frequently updated listing of what's on tap and what's new at numerous establishments in the area. It's a great idea and very well done, so props to Bil. I've also added it to the links on this page, to the right. Do let us know, Bil, how we can help with updates.

Split #13 - March 14, 2008

Ok, all of the beers for split #13 are in. We have both a big bottle (Belgian themed) split and a small bottle (seasonal theme, although we ended up being about a month early for most spring stuff). The details are:

Big Bottle split

• Chimay Grand Reserve (Joe C)
• Floreffe Tripel (Brian)
• Lost Abbey Judgment Day (Stef)
• La Chouffe (Ian)
• Heylissem Triple Blonde (John)
• Houblon Chouffe Dobbelen IPA Tripel (Lindo)

Small Bottle split

• Bell's Cherry Stout (Ian)
• Victory Old Horizontal (Josh)
• Ramstein Winter Wheat (Jason Paltanovich)
• Bell's Hopslam (Lindo)
• Mendocino Bock (John)
• Holy Mackerel Tripel (Joe C)

I've also posted 4 polls on the right hand side - 1 each for best and worst beer in each split. If you participated in a split, try (at least) one of each between now and the April split (date TBD) and then vote for the best and worst. Whoever bought the worst beer in each split gets to buy the first draft for the winner of the best beer (in the same split) at the April split.

See everyone Friday.

A little history (continued; splits 7-12)

Split #7 - August 2007

• Heylissem Triple Brune (Joe L)
  
• Hebrew Origin Pomegranate Ale (Joe C)
• Green Flash Double IPA, Tripel and Barleywine (Jim)
• Three Floyds Dreadnought (Kevin M)
• Unibroue Quelque Chose (Paul M)
• Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Tripel (Stef)

Split #8 - September 2007

Oktoberfests

• Hacker Pschorr Oktoberfest (Brian)
• Spaten Oktoberfest (Paul M)
• Thomas Hooker Oktoberfest (Josh)
• Victory Festbier (Jason Pendal)
• Flying Dog Dogtoberfest (Teddy)
• Harpoon Oktoberfest (Jeff)
• Stoudt's Oktoberfest (Jim)
• Weihenstephaner Festbier (Tom)

Pumpkin Beers

• Dogfish Head Punkin Ale (Brian)
• Smuttynose Pumpkin Ale (Paul M)
• Southampton Pumpkin Ale (Josh)
• Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin (Stef)
• Saranac Pumpkin Ale (Kevin M)
• New Holland Ichabod Ale (Teddy)

Split #9 - October 2007

• Chimay Red (Brian)
• Westmalle Tripel (Joe C)
• Pater Lieven Kerst Pater (Joe L)
• St Bernardus ABT12 (one-timer)
• 5th beer split between Teddy and Jeff; don't remember

Split #10 - October 2007

• Humboldt Red Nectar Ale (Josh)
• Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock (Joe C)
• Wild Goose Nut Brown Ale (Paul M)
• Bell's Two Hearted Ale (Nick)

Split #11 - December 2007

Small Bottle Seasonal

• Penn St Nicholas Bock (Josh)
• Rogue Santa's Private Reserve (Paul M)
• Bell's Winter White (Kevin M)
• Smuttynose Winter Ale (Joe C)
• Delirium Noel (Brian)
• Troegs Mad Elf (Teddy)

Big Bottle

• Voodoo Love Child (Kevin M)
• La Moneuse Speciale Noel (Stef)
• Sly Fox Christmas Ale (Brad)
• La Binchoise Speciale Noel (Paul M)
• Saint Bernardus Christmas Ale (Joe C)
• Heylissem Triple Blonde (Brian)

Split #12 - January 2008

• Weyerbacher Twelve (Kevin M)
• Bell's Third Coast Old Ale (Paul M)
• Fort Collins Rauchator Doppelbock (Stef)
• Maredsous 8 (Brian)
• Founders Backwoods Bastard (Jason Paltanovich)
• Malheur 10 (Teddy)
• Kasteel Tripel (David)
• Speakeasy Double Daddy Double IPA (Jim Reeser)