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Baddog,

Two quick questions.

1. What is your stance on filling a growler to bring home from a brewery? How long will the beer stay fresh? Has the beer degraded over say 24 hours?

2. Have you had Chimmay Grand Reserve? Thoughts?

baddog

As I sip on my Batch 100 I decided to pay attention to what I do with the mustache hair that gets wet; I find myself subconsciously taking my lower lip and pulling it over the mustache to "Squeegee" the beer out of it. Works pretty well.

1. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, this was my collection 2 years ago:



It is probably twice the size now. California has weird laws about growlers and people interpret them differently. As a result, most breweries will only fill their growlers or blanks of the same style.

I think buying a growler can make perfect sense; depending on the situation and the beer. For the most part, a standard beer should be fine for up to 48 hours in an unopened growler. Once you open it, you have about 24 hours. Again, it really depends on the beer.

I am drinking an American stout right now. If I had a growler of it I could probably wait 3-4 days to open it and make it last 2-3 day in the growler after opening it just because it is a stout. I would never do that with a pilsner or IPA style.

As far as Chimay, I have only had two of them; the Chimay Bleue (Grande Réserve) and Chimay Spéciale Cent Cinquante. By my notes, I liked Chimay Spéciale Cent Cinquante better but Chimay Bleue was very good too.

What did you think of it? Which did you have?