Cedar Rapids Brewing Society

I bottled a Belgian Dark Strong ale about two weeks ago, and while still quite young I'm naturally curious as to how it turned out. The trouble is, I have nothing to compare to. Could anyone suggest a commercial Dark Strong that I could use as a comparison?
J Buck

St. Bernardus Abt 12 available at Benz and Johns. Not sure if it is at any of the Hy-Vee's around here. Was on tap at Red's last time I was there and also a few other restaurants in IC. It is one of my favorite beers.

Swing down to Reds in NL and get a glass of Abt 12, I always do. Its my fav down there. Dinner isn’t too shabby either, and if its nice they have a killer fire pit outside.




From: Matt F [mailto:brew-tech@crbeernuts.org]
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 11:05 PM
To: brew-tech@crbeernuts.org
Subject: Re: Belgian Dark Strong


St. Bernardus Abt 12 available at Benz and Johns. Not sure if it is at any of the Hy-Vee's around here. Was on tap at Red's last time I was there and also a few other restaurants in IC. It is one of my favorite beers.




Matt Franklin
Slappy Brewing North

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You can buy the 12 at hy-vee on edgewood and 100.

Try the Hy-Vee in Marion, they have the best selection of any of the Hy-Vee's in the area.

BrewHound wrote:Try the Hy-Vee in Marion, they have the best selection of any of the Hy-Vee's in the area.

What? Edgewood and 100 has a bigger selection, last I checked. Oakland road and Collins road Hy-Vee stores both suck. I try to avoid Marion in general.

Recently, the Oakland road has a much larger selection of beer than they used to.  Still not like Edgewood or Marion, but much improved.

As far as the Belgian selection, Jeremy might be right about Marion being better.

-Jim

On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 12:02 PM, brownbeard <brew-tech@crbeernuts.org (brew-tech@crbeernuts.org)> wrote:

BrewHound wrote: Try the Hy-Vee in Marion, they have the best selection of any of the Hy-Vee's in the area.

What? Edgewood and 100 has a bigger selection, last I checked. Oakland road and Collins road Hy-Vee stores both suck. I try to avoid Marion in general.

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brownbeard wrote:

BrewHound wrote:Try the Hy-Vee in Marion, they have the best selection of any of the Hy-Vee's in the area.

What? Edgewood and 100 has a bigger selection, last I checked. Oakland road and Collins road Hy-Vee stores both suck. I try to avoid Marion in general.

Hey, I am all for avoiding Marion if possible, however, they do have a good selection of beers in that store.

I have a bottle of the 12 in my fridge right now. If you'd like, I'd be happy to bring it to share Saturday. Just let me know.

I found four packs of ABT 12 at HyVee on Council and BF. I got a little more banana in mine than in the St.B but I think I done good. Thanks for the help guys, any excuse to buy more beer. Randy, bring it Sat. its good stuff.