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"the beer revolution":2zb64nm4 wrote: Haven't tried my EIPA yet.
Expected it to be hop city![/quote:2zb64nm4]

It's not, sadly. I expected a substantial hop element myself. Curious in an American (E)IPA.

I liked it. It's a little understated maybe and the malt comes through a bit more but still a nice beer. I think it tastes more like an American Amber Ale, which is no bad thing.

I think that I saw some Brooklyn Brewery beer in the window of Carvill's of Camden Street this past Saturday. I don't think that they had the stout, but I didn't check everything. If they have the Black Chocolate Stout, then I highly recommend trying it.

I don't know what to say about the metric labeling issue-sounds like a line of BS if you ask me. I've got a bottle of Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout that I picked up in Denmark last week with a 12oz label and no reference to metric measurements at all. Maybe the Danes have smuggled it in?

I wish you did, but sadly I think not. I have had the chocolate stout and it's wonderful, packs a punch

Drank the EIPA.
Not very hoppy (as expected) but very nice and well balanced.

Have a theory on the E in the EIPA;
Maybe the East coast destined beer didn't have to be half as hoppy as it didn't have to travel overland to the west coast but still quite strong to survive the sea journey.
Or is the geography in my head all backwards?

"the beer revolution":kro001ep wrote: Drank the EIPA.
Not very hoppy (as expected) but very nice and well balanced.

Have a theory on the E in the EIPA;
Maybe the East coast destined beer didn't have to be half as hoppy as it didn't have to travel overland to the west coast but still quite strong to survive the sea journey.
Or is the geography in my head all backwards?[/quote:kro001ep]

Sierra Nevada suffers from the same problem, nice be though

California predominantly a wine drink until the gold rush where they tried the own variation of lager, Steam beer.

An there was really no major commercial brewing done in the US until the late 19th century and again they were lagers for and by German.