only in the Snow Pack, unless your local bar happens to get one off kegs of SN.
Celebration was good this year, but i just wasn’t as in to it this year as i have been in the past.
Decaf beans, Rob! That’s my workaround. 
I knew you were good for something! Now to find some flavorfull decaf beans…
;D Yeah, they’re not all created equal. In a pinch I’ve gotten good results from Starbucks decaf Sumatra beans.
Cool. Thanks as always Jon.
Found a Snow Pack, going to enjoy a SN coffee stout soon as they chill… ya, warm store retailer. Bone heads
$26.99/case at Costco
Thanks
Ya know what, I don’t think coffee stout is the star of that Snow Pack. The maple scotch is mighty fine too, but I’m digging that Cascade single hop IPA. Cascade might be boring to a lot of people, but dang dang it’s tasty
No, I still love Cascade. It’s just a great hop. I still make a an all Cascade APA.
I go through two pounds a year. Halfast thinking about dropping the Centennial from my Cascade and Centennial APA after tasting how complex it is solo.
Which by the way has me doing some self-awareness bs. I can’t seem to bring myself to do any hoppy beer without at least 2, usually 3 hops. Why is that? I might be trying to simplify my hops bills next. My grain bills have gone that route, why not hops. I mean, it’s not always necessary to use two of something. I don’t usually pitch two or three or five yeast strains. Hmmm
Same. Cascade and Columbus are my two most used.
I never get tired of cascade in American styles and EKG in English styles. There’s no improving on them.
I love how Cascade has that little floral thing just under the citrus and slight pine. Pretty addictive. I love Centennial but I think it’s more one note than Cascade. Hell, I love hops.
They didn’t use Crystal hops this year. The absence of hop spice from Crystal produced a beer that tastes very similar to hundreds of run of the mill IPAs flavored with Cascade and Centennial. The omission of Crystal ruined my Christmas. My revenge is Sierra Nevada will receive zero dollars from me in 2017. Never delete Crystal hops from Celebration!
Celebration has never had Crystal hops in it so not sure what you’re missing.
So continuing on the thread derailment…
I was just reflecting on this today. I found myself wondering if the early flavor hops were really that much better than the flood coming out now, or have we (myself included) been conditioned.
I don’t think we have been conditioned, but I find it odd that Columbus is my favorite hop given that it’s been around for 25+ years. True, I do like some of the new ones, but the old “Three C’s” are still dominant.
That is a very cool chart! Wish I had one like that for my homebrews over the years.
We quest for new… new wears out
I’m not missing anything. It was a satirical comment. The recipe has been the same since 1983, but every year many people claim something is different about the recipe. My favorite is when people say they didn’t use any spices like they did last year. They have never used spices.