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[bubbaschili]

beer that gets me drunk good
beer that dosen't get me drunk..........bad

[Sickmont]

beer that gets me drunk good
beer that dosen't get me drunk..........bad

Then just stay away from the "near" beers, bubba.

[bubbaschili]

my life at time looks just like the simpsons...apu at the quickey mart was going to his secret staircase and it was behind a "fake" door marked non alcoholic beer....lisa says what happens if someone wants some non alcoholic beer? apu says somthing like......i don't know.....no customer has has ever opened the door... or something like that.

[ross]

Post your beer reviews in this thread. Please post ONLY beer reviews in this thread and we'll have a seperate thread for responses to reviews. That way we can have as many reviews in one place as possible.


hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Sickmont]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Post your beer reviews in this thread. Please post ONLY beer reviews in this thread and we'll have a seperate thread for responses to reviews. That way we can have as many reviews in one place as possible.

oops...i guess i blew this one!

[Sickmont]

Cool eh? He tried the same thing with Marlboro and Pablo Escobar, but neither deigned to send him any free stuff ;)

i'm surprise ol' Pablo didn't send a little "surprise" of his own back to your friend there

[Skydiver]

http://www.beeradvocate.com

The only beer review site you'll ever need.

I'm JackTheRipper there, btw.

[Sickmont]

http://www.beeradvocate.com

The only beer review site you'll ever need.

I'm JackTheRipper there, btw.

Nah...all we need is Ross:
http://www.thehotpepper.com/showthread.php?t=1286

[imaguitargod]

Nah...all we need is Ross:
http://www.thehotpepper.com/showthread.php?t=1286
LOL, too true.

[Hillbilly Chili]

this clear, light golden beer with a white lacy head has a wheat dominated nose, wheaty start with a light citrus overtone in the finish, and a hint of butter (likely diacetyl, I think they used a Witte yeast strain).
It has a malty, almost fruity nose, and a pale brown head with little retention. The taste is malty and almost sweet, with an almost undetectable hop character
"a rich though very drinkable amber essence with mouth-filling flavors of malt and oak,
Slightly sweet, but not cloyingly so, Yes I do believe, my lads that Budweiser Fricking Rocks!
git er dun:P

[ross]

Nah...all we need is Ross:
http://www.thehotpepper.com/showthread.php?t=1286

haha :hell:

[ross]

http://www.beeradvocate.com

The only beer review site you'll ever need.

I'm JackTheRipper there, btw.

you better "respect" beer or you will get kicked off the site. :oops:

[chuk hell]

Post your feedback, responses and general banter to the beer reviews in this thread.

[chuk hell]

http://www.beeradvocate.com

The only beer review site you'll ever need.

I'm JackTheRipper there, btw.

Yeah, I like that site. It's a little better than RateBeer. I can't write reviews like that though....:lol:

[thehotpepper.com]

You guys want a beer section here don't you! ;)

[Hillbilly Chili]

We love beer Hotpepper, don’t get me wrong….
We also love boobies too though , but ya don’t have to put a booby section here (unless you wanna) plenty of that out there. You guys do a great job as is. Thanks for all

[thehotpepper.com]

I know, I don't want too many sections either :)

[Hillbilly Chili]

HP....You Rock Bro

[chuk hell]

I thought about asking for one but I don't know...the beer topic sould fizzle out like a flat day old miller...

Let's see how the review thread goes. If it keeps going strong then maybe a subsection of the lounge folder?

[ross]

I thought about asking for one but I don't know...the beer topic sould fizzle out like a flat day old miller...

Let's see how the review thread goes. If it keeps going strong then maybe a subsection of the lounge folder?

i drink different beers everyday, but i dont review stuff that is hard to get, and i havent drank anything that is widely distributed recently.

[ross]

I thought about asking for one but I don't know...the beer topic sould fizzle out like a flat day old miller...

you obviously dont know me :) i can spew out nonsense for hours on end about beer.

[Sickmont]

you obviously dont know me :) i can spew out nonsense for hours on end about beer.

Just like i can go for hours about cars and motorcycles...no wonder i'm divorced, huh?

[ross]

Just like i can go for hours about cars and motorcycles...no wonder i'm divorced, huh?


ill not discuss my relationship status at this moment... doesnt have anything to do with the beer.....

[Sickmont]

ill not discuss my relationship status at this moment... doesnt have anything to do with the beer.....

I was just making a little joke out of it...sorry

[ross]

I was just making a little joke out of it...sorry

oh i was being sarcastic! im never serious! i forgot to use some kinda smiley to show i was just messing around :lol:

[Sickmont]

oh i was being sarcastic! im never serious! i forgot to use some kinda smiley to show i was just messing around :lol:

Oh, good. Another sarcastic guy to bounce silliness off of...

[ross]

Oh, good. Another sarcastic guy to bounce silliness off of...

:mouthonfire:

[Cap'n Bones]

Me likes BEER! Beer is good! Me likes peppers too! Peppers are good! Peppers and Beer and The Hot Pepper is really good!!

[imaguitargod]

BEER IS GOOD! (http://www.ebaumsworld.com/flash/beerisgood.html)

[Hillbilly Chili]

uuumm good, yeah good

[imaguitargod]

uuumm good, yeah good
It's a link, silly, click on it. ;)

[Hillbilly Chili]

I tried Bro,
I guess my company took the flash player off my laptop?
I dunno.....something about porno mpgs or something, gosh some frickin people huh? Geeez whats the big deal?

[imaguitargod]

I tried Bro,
I guess my company took the flash player off my laptop?
Ah, that's probably it. You need flash to watch it.

[chuk hell]

Interesting. I just had an Arrogant Bastard the other day and enjoyed more tham I remembered. I sure wish I could find other Stone products here but the only 2 I've ever seen are AB and their regular IPA. I'd love to try the Ruination.

[ross]

Interesting. I just had an Arrogant Bastard the other day and enjoyed more tham I remembered. I sure wish I could find other Stone products here but the only 2 I've ever seen are AB and their regular IPA. I'd love to try the Ruination.

perhaps we can arrange something, id love to try your hot sauce :mouthonfire:

[imaguitargod]

you guys in CA should be able to find it pretty easil

cool! I'll look for it!

[ross]

cool! I'll look for it!

the freak out?

yeah. you live in LA? 1 sec

[ross]

cool! I'll look for it!

http://www.capncork.net/

try that place.

from the looks of their website - if thats close by to you, dunno? - they have alesmith beers, stone, russian river, and lagunitas.

there are many others worth while, but id suggest you start there.

make sure to get you an alesmith speedway stout. its 12% in a 750 ml bottle, should be about 10 dollars a wack, and it is out of this world. one of my all time favorites.

they may have the freak out too.

theres also a bevmo it looks like, try them out, but i hear they are kinda bad on their stocking. dont know, never been to one.

[imaguitargod]

Unholy cows! That's litterally 1 mile away! How did I not know of this place? Thanks Ross!

[Sickmont]

the freak out?

yeah. you live in LA? 1 sec

ooh ooh ooh....can you see if Freak Out's available here in Sarasota, FL, Ross?

[ross]

ooh ooh ooh....can you see if Freak Out's available here in Sarasota, FL, Ross?

sarasota doesnt have many places listed..

i am also not sure that lagunitas distributes down there.

florida has good beer stores, but i think they are in the larger cities: miami, orlando, and jacksonville.

there is one store thats the best in the south east, but i forget where it is, or what its called, but i know they have 1000+ bottles.

looks like the best bet in sarasota is whole foods. how far are you from tampa? i could probably get you a better answer if you are able to go to tampa.

but i dont think lagunitas distributes to FL, so you may be outa luck :(

got any friends in PA or CA?

[Sickmont]

Most of my friends are in North jersey, so i could be able to nail it there(they go to New Hope and Philly constantly). As for Tampa, i'm only about 20-30 minutes or so away. But, onthe flip-side, there is a Whole-Foods store about 3 miles from my house, so i'll try there first.

[ross]

Most of my friends are in North jersey, so i could be able to nail it there(they go to New Hope and Philly constantly). As for Tampa, i'm only about 20-30 minutes or so away. But, onthe flip-side, there is a Whole-Foods store about 3 miles from my house, so i'll try there first.

look no further then. if this place is near your friends in jersey : http://www.supersaverliquors.com/ the one in somerville, make them go there.

they have more than a thousand bottles. its one of the better beer stores in that area. there are places in PA, one is near philly and they have more than a thousand bottles too, but its case only there. so if you want a case, go for it.. i cant remember the name of it, i can find it though.

[Sickmont]

Somerville? Cool...that was one of our haunts back in the day(don't laugh...it had to do with girls). I'll tell my friends to swing through Somerville and pick me up some stuff. They'll hold it for me until either i get up there or they wind up down here.

[ross]

Somerville? Cool...that was one of our haunts back in the day(don't laugh...it had to do with girls). I'll tell my friends to swing through Somerville and pick me up some stuff. They'll hold it for me until either i get up there or they wind up down here.

theres another place, but ill have to let you know tomorrow.

somerville is usually blown out by all the beer geeks in that area. there is another store that is close that has a good selection of beer. ill get that info to you tomorrow

[ross]

theres another place, but ill have to let you know tomorrow.

somerville is usually blown out by all the beer geeks in that area. there is another store that is close that has a good selection of beer. ill get that info to you tomorrow

http://www.spiritsunlimited.com/

in red bank is a store, claims "hundreds" of bottles

http://ratebeer.com/Place/new-jersey/south-plainfield/oak-tree-discount-wines-and-liquors/1681.htm

thats in south plainfield, "thousands" of bottles.

between those 3 stores in jersey, you should be able to get some good stuff!

coming up tonight, ill post my thoughts on allagash four, as i have it chilling in my fridge as we speak, waiting on the cork to be popped. :)

[Hillbilly Chili]

Anyone know of a store around here where I can find some Bud?
oh wait..theres one....oh sheeet theres another, and two more over there.What a Country, aahhohhh, I gotta go pee

[ross]

Anyone know of a store around here where I can find some Bud?
oh wait..theres one....oh sheeet theres another, and two more over there.What a Country, aahhohhh, I gotta go pee

yeah, you can go into any piss poor gas station and find it. that shouldnt be too difficult.

[chuk hell]

Ross, thanks for the beer reviews. I enjoy them. Keep 'em coming.

I'll write some more myself at some point.

[ross]

Ross, thanks for the beer reviews. I enjoy them. Keep 'em coming.

I'll write some more myself at some point.

ok, im going to drink a bells beer tonight, ill add that one in later on. and tomorrow im gonna have a few more so ill put those in too.

good to know someone reads them :)

cheers

[xgrafcorex]

heh i read them as well and appreciate you taking the time to put them up. i'm trying new beers here and there..but i'm just not that great at breaking down what i am tasting..outside of very obvious flavors. i read some of the things written on BA about beers i've had and am left wondering where they are tasting all the things they mention. :(

[ross]

heh i read them as well and appreciate you taking the time to put them up. i'm trying new beers here and there..but i'm just not that great at breaking down what i am tasting..outside of very obvious flavors. i read some of the things written on BA about beers i've had and am left wondering where they are tasting all the things they mention. :(

it just comes with tasting different beers. i dont use BA (i dont like the layout or the colors) but i use ratebeer.com, and my current talley is 1130 beers.. ive had probably 1200, but i dont rate things that i cannot remember. its more or less a way for me to electronically store all the beers ive had, and writing down a little blurb about them helps me remember if i have drank it or not when i go beer shopping ;)

[ross]

i had a bunch of beer tonight and last night, so ill be sure and write some stuff about them tomorrow night when i get in from work. hope the weekend has been good for all

[imaguitargod]

as for the damnation comments - what kind of glass did you use to drink it john? did you pour it fast thus dumping the trash into your glass? was it very cold or cellar temp? russian river is one of the premire "belgian style" beer makers in the USA.. damnation was good at least to me, but the belgian styles can take some getting used to. try it again in another year and see what you think. this time though, make plans to buy one and let it sit for a few days :)

cheers!
It was cold and I poured it into a regular pint glass with the sediment. I'll try it again in a few months and try it with the sediment still in the bottle...

[chuk hell]

Ross, thanks for the article about the Northby Northwest beer. NXNW is a brewpub and resturant in north Austin. I've actually never been there but my friend Dave goes there all the time. I'll look into getting a hold of some of that beer...sounds good!

[ross]

It was cold and I poured it into a regular pint glass with the sediment. I'll try it again in a few months and try it with the sediment still in the bottle...


oh man! you have to use a snifter. or a wineglass will work.

rule numero uno with belgian styles: widemouth glasses only!!

[ross]

Ross, thanks for the article about the Northby Northwest beer. NXNW is a brewpub and resturant in north Austin. I've actually never been there but my friend Dave goes there all the time. I'll look into getting a hold of some of that beer...sounds good!

awesome chuck! see if you can get any of the 2005. thats the one i had, i cant speak for the 2006, but i cant imagine it would be much different.

[xgrafcorex]

its more or less a way for me to electronically store all the beers ive had, and writing down a little blurb about them helps me remember if i have drank it or not when i go beer shopping ;)


so far, since i've been more interested in drinking quality as opposed to quantity, i have been cleaning out and saving a bottle of each of the beers i've tried. i have a few beers i haven't had in a while that aren't in the collection..but not sure if i want to stomach another one just to add it to the group. :P also, i'm getting to have no more room on my shelf in my closet. might have to buy a bookshelf type display....actually i need a few of them...one for bottles..and one for bugs!

[ross]

so far, since i've been more interested in drinking quality as opposed to quantity, i have been cleaning out and saving a bottle of each of the beers i've tried. i have a few beers i haven't had in a while that aren't in the collection..but not sure if i want to stomach another one just to add it to the group. :P also, i'm getting to have no more room on my shelf in my closet. might have to buy a bookshelf type display....actually i need a few of them...one for bottles..and one for bugs!

who says you cant drink quality in quantity?

[xgrafcorex]

who says you cant drink quality in quantity?

my wallet! :P

[ross]

my wallet! :P

ever heard of credit cards?

pay it later!!! :onfire: :onfire:

[xgrafcorex]

ever heard of credit cards?

pay it later!!! :onfire: :onfire:

i work at an office that largely deals with credit repair...i use my card...but very rarely...i actually have a fairly high balance i am paying down right now. even having just a high balance is bad for your credit. some people have multiple instances of this and its even worse...i am not that rich though! its funny how many of our clients are rich..yet can't pay their bills.

[ross]

2 words

american express.

no credit balance, they will repo your shit! :)

i dont know how they would take your beer away though, especially if you drank it! :cool:

[ABurningMouth]

this clear, light golden beer with a white lacy head has a wheat dominated nose, wheaty start with a light citrus overtone in the finish, and a hint of butter (likely diacetyl, I think they used a Witte yeast strain).
It has a malty, almost fruity nose, and a pale brown head with little retention. The taste is malty and almost sweet, with an almost undetectable hop character
"a rich though very drinkable amber essence with mouth-filling flavors of malt and oak,
Slightly sweet, but not cloyingly so, Yes I do believe, my lads that Budweiser Fricking Rocks!
git er dun:P

That's the funniest thing I've read in a long tme.
My favorite tasting beer is Milwakees Best Ice. It's a good value too.

[Sickmont]

That's the funniest thing I've read in a long tme.
My favorite tasting beer is Milwakees Best Ice. It's a good value too.

You like the beast? Man, i feel for ya now.:lol:

[ABurningMouth]

Yup. Have you tried it?

[xgrafcorex]

Yup. Have you tried it?

unfortunately! :P

actually its tolerable..we usually buy a few cases of that stuff when we go up to sebring for the 12 hour race. nothing like walking around with backpacks full of beers and lots of awesome cars sitting around and racing.

[Sickmont]

Yup. Have you tried it?

Sad to say, yes.

But, i can deal with it if neccessary...i just prefer not to. If i'm going cheap, i do Natural Light.

[ross]

That's the funniest thing I've read in a long tme.
My favorite tasting beer is Milwakees Best Ice. It's a good value too.


it was my favorite beer when i was 19.

i would say you need to taste quite a few more beers. unless of course, you enjoy siphoning a car.

[ABurningMouth]

:cool: It tastes great if you add a little Cap'n Morgan to it.:mouthonfire:

[Hillbilly Chili]

High 5......whoooo frickin hooooo to the Burning Mouth!
Here's to ya Bro:cheers:

[ABurningMouth]

Ha ha ha ..oh there goes my butt!

[ross]

High 5......whoooo frickin hooooo to the Burning Mouth!
Here's to ya Bro:cheers:

hey now, hes praising miller, not your beloved KING. you know, they are rivals. :cool: :cool: :cool:

[Cap'n Bones]

hey now, hes praising miller, not your beloved KING. you know, they are rivals. :cool: :cool: :cool:

Hey! You just reminded me of an old Roger Miller song called "King of the road". Maybe hillbilly will toss bak a few buds and sing us all a few lines...cheers!

[DevilDuck]

Trailer for sale or rent
Room to let, 50 cents
No phone, no food, no pets...
I ain't got no ciggaretts.

Ah, but..two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.

Third boxcar, midnight train
Destination...Bangor, Maine.
Old worn out clothes and shoes,
I don't pay no union dues,
I smoke old stogies I have found
Short, but not too big around
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.

I know every engineer on every train
All of their children, and all of their names
And every handout in every town
And every lock that ain't locked
When no one's around.

I sing,
Trailers for sale or rent
Rooms to let, fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but, two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.

[Cap'n Bones]

WhoooHooo!! Thx DD! Something about that tune makes me want to snap my fingers and drink a beer.

[xgrafcorex]

chuk - i saw that dfh burton baton today at the store..was tempted but chose to grab some stuff i was a little more familiar with. maybe i'll pick some up and try what you said, drink it for a special occasion. maybe the 12 hours of sebring next month.

i think i asked you sickmont, are you going this year? my roommate and probably at least one other person will be up there for a few days. if you are we gotta meet up and have some beers and maybe some spicy bbq if there are some places around there.

[chuk hell]

Glad to see your review xgrafcorex!

I think I'm a bigger fan of 60 minute than you are but if you like stuff like that check out Victory's Hop Wallop. It pushes tthe hop envelope fer sure....

[xgrafcorex]

honestly i can't say i've seen any victory beers in my local specialty store. i only know of one really good store here..a few grocery stores have decent selections..but not much as far as micro breweries go. my local publix had about 5 flying dog mix 12 packs and one of my roommates and i each bought one..the rest were gone before i could buy another, so i'm hoping they'll start carrying more of their beer. they have 6 packs of their classic pale ale..but the mix packs had a variety of all their stuff..ipa, wheat ale, porter, amber lager, winter ale, and classic pale ale.

edit..i really like avery's ipa

[ross]

awesome! glad to see other people reviewing beers too. (good ones at that!). been kinda busy, and its not growing season, so i have been MIA. i got a shit load of beers to write up, and im hosting a party this weekend where probably 15-20 will be drank. ill be sure to write some thoughts soon. hope everyone is doing well

[xgrafcorex]

couldn't let you guys have all the fun.

that party sounds like a blast ross! i wish i knew more people around here that appreciated good beer. i know people that like it..but not really anyone that would be interested in all buying beer and getting together to trade around and try everything. i usually just make my roommates try shit i buy, or trade my one roommate since he sometimes picks up some solid brews.

being friday and all..i went to the good beer store and got a nice selection, so ill be posting some either tonight or tomorrow. i was particularly excited that they just started carrying trois pistoles from unibroue and also corsendonk brown ale. :)

[chuk hell]

xgrafcorex,

I'm really digging your reviews...the pic is an excellent addition!

I was looking at a bottle of Houblon Chouffe Dobbelen IPA Tripel just the other day and thinking of giving it a try. Now I think I will.


I recently had Flying Dog's HORN DOG barley wine style and St. Arnold's #4 "Divine" reserve ....need to write up reviews but I'll just say now they are both incredible beers!

[xgrafcorex]

thanks! i usually try a few new beers a week. sometimes i just buy beer i've already tried and just enjoy that..but i strive to try new beers as much as i can. so far i think i've gone through a good 1/4 to 1/2 of the beer i can buy at the good beer store. i agree on the pic idea. a great way to see what it looks like in a glass. i have to say though, the beers turn out a little darker in my pics because of my flash. not too much darker, but i can notice the difference. that duvel pic is without a flash so that is how it looked.

i'd definitely try the belgian ipa. its strong and after that one bottle, i don't think i'd drink another one haha, but its good stuff. i will be buying another one soon...going to add it to my aging beer collection. so far i have three north coast brewing co old stock ale 2006, one old rasputing imperial stout from the same brewing company, and two burton batons from dogfish head aging.

i've never had either of those beers you mentioned at the end...looking forward to reading about them. :cheers:

[DevilDuck]

xgrafcorex,

I'm really digging your reviews...the pic is an excellent addition!

I was looking at a bottle of Houblon Chouffe Dobbelen IPA Tripel just the other day and thinking of giving it a try. Now I think I will.


I recently had Flying Dog's HORN DOG barley wine style and St. Arnold's #4 "Divine" reserve ....need to write up reviews but I'll just say now they are both incredible beers!

Barley wine, huh? Not a big fan of those, but it's been awhile and my tastes have changed. I might have to hunt that one down and give it a shot!

[ross]

damn, nice reviews you have been posting up of all the bottles. ive been lazy, and as we all know, peppers arent growing. plus ive been really busy. i have a shit load of reviews to enter in here, and ill try to get to those over the next few days. hope all is well with everyone!

ps - i did not care for houblon chouffe, and im glad you got it to pour a smaller head than i did. proper glassware too!! a++++

congrats on being a beer geek.

[xgrafcorex]

Barley wine, huh? Not a big fan of those, but it's been awhile and my tastes have changed. I might have to hunt that one down and give it a shot!

you should try and find some old ruffian from great divide brewing co. i've not had it myself, but i've read great things, and my local good beer store was out of it before i could get my hands on it. thats usually a good sign..also one of the guys that works there said it was good.

damn, nice reviews you have been posting up of all the bottles. ive been lazy, and as we all know, peppers arent growing. plus ive been really busy. i have a shit load of reviews to enter in here, and ill try to get to those over the next few days. hope all is well with everyone!

ps - i did not care for houblon chouffe, and im glad you got it to pour a smaller head than i did. proper glassware too!! a++++

congrats on being a beer geek.

thanks...i've been working more on trying new beers than i have growing peppers heh. i actually have some seeds i need to start up..though it should be decent growing weather here for a while now. yea, the belgian ipa wasn't my favorite ipa for sure. i haven't bought another bottle yet like i said i would..but i will probably one of these days hah. they aren't flying off their shelf so they are practically aging it for me. :P i'd like to set one aside for a couple years and see how it is then..i think it has potential. i love hops, and i really like belgians...so i guess that helps with my wishful thinking.

hah as for beer geek...i've been working on it! :lol: before i finally bought this duvel gift box, i didn't have a snifter and someone on this forum i go to thats about metal music was bitching at me in a friendly way about drinking belgian ale out of a pint glass haha. hes cool though, wasn't really bitching, just giving me the heads up. i'm actually trading some beer with him..hes up in nova scotia though. i'm gonna send out the first box this or next week. just going to try 3 beers and see if they get through.

i'm sending him a bottle of great divide yeti imperial stout, corsendonk brown ale, and a 90 min ipa from dogfish head. he is going to send me a bottle of st. ambroise oatmeal stout, maybe a bottle of propeller, and maybe a bottle of unibroue (a style i can't get here)

[xgrafcorex]

nice posts pam. always good to see the beer review thread alive and kicking. i'm not sure if i can find those beers down here. don't think i've heard of or seen them. sound nice though..porters are one of my favorite styles.

i've been trying new beers left and right..i'll have to post some more here soon.

update on what i mentioned in my previous post about shipping beers to canada. the beers i sent made it just fine! not sure how he likes them yet..i believe he was waiting for someone to come by to try some of them as well. next week he'll be mailing me a bottle of st. ambroise oatmeal stout, a bomber of propeller russian imperial stout (limited release i think), and a regular bottle of propeller ipa. if any of you are trailer park boys fans, propeller is the beer they are always drinking in the shows and the movie. :lol:

[Pam]

nice posts pam. always good to see the beer review thread alive and kicking. i'm not sure if i can find those beers down here. don't think i've heard of or seen them. sound nice though..porters are one of my favorite styles.


Thanks, I'm in upstate New York right now, so I have access to all kinds of great beer that I can't get in South Carolina. I usually fly up in the spring, so I can't take any back with me this time; but when I drive up in the summer, I take home several cases. I barely leave room for the dogs to ride.


i've been trying new beers left and right..i'll have to post some more here soon.

Please do. I still feel like I don't have enough of a beer vocabulary to do really good beer reviews, so it's good for me to read other people's.

update on what i mentioned in my previous post about shipping beers to canada. the beers i sent made it just fine! not sure how he likes them yet..i believe he was waiting for someone to come by to try some of them as well. next week he'll be mailing me a bottle of st. ambroise oatmeal stout, a bomber of propeller russian imperial stout (limited release i think), and a regular bottle of propeller ipa. if any of you are trailer park boys fans, propeller is the beer they are always drinking in the shows and the movie. :lol:


If your frind is any where near Toronto, have him get you some of this:

http://www.millstreetbrewery.com/beers_coffeeporter.htm

A friend of mine brought some down to a gathering in Vermont a few years ago, and it was really good. I think you hsve to buy it at the brewery, though.

[xgrafcorex]

nope, he's up in halifax/dartmouth, nova scotia.

actually just got my package today! :) a bottle of st. ambroise oatmeal stout, a bomber of propeller ipa, a bottle of propeller russian imperial stout, and some propeller coasters. i'm letting them sit in the fridge for at least a day. letting them cool and settle down. last thing i'd want to do after the trade and waiting is crack one open to have half the beer spill out as foam! i'll be sure to post reviews for each of them when i do open them though.

[chuk hell]

Great reviews guys. Keep 'em coming. I've got some in the works meself...BURP!

[ross]

st ambroise stout? awesome! ive been really busy, playing the guitar, and getting ready to plant my plants. ive been on a scotch kick as of late, havent been drinking too many beers. i did have the privledge of trying some alesmith barrel aged speedway stout (limited release of 200 bottles every 2 years, sold only in san diego at the brewery), and it was an amazing beer. now that the hot pepper season is coming back in, i assume you guys can plan on seeing more of me (contain yourself, please). :lol:

[xgrafcorex]

i haven't had it yet..but i can't wait. actually the guy i did the trade with was asking if i could get that dark lord is..i didn't realize how limited its release was! your review leaves me drooling and planning on making arangements to get this beer!

haha thats a funny (yet sad) story about the pannepot. i had something similar happen to me with some gulden draak. was on my way home from the store and accidentally took a corner a little harder than i had planned...my beer shifted and hit the door fairly hard. i checked it out and nothing was broken or leaking, so i figured everything was ok. pulled up to the next light and happened to be right next to a friend of mine..so i rolled down the window to say hi. a few seconds after i rolled down the window and was talking, "POP!" the bottle split and dark belgian ale soaked into my passenger seat! :( smelled good at first...but each day it was worse and worse.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/xgrafcorex/beer/IMG_8482s.jpg

glad to see you'll be around more and enlightening us with your beer geekdom. :P

[xgrafcorex]

hey ross...how do cigars and beer go together? is it similar to matching food and there are some cigars that will make a beer taste bad/weird or vice versa? i've only drank scotch while smoking a cigar or cheap beer at my friends wedding party. i don't know much about cigars in the first place though.

[ross]

hey ross...how do cigars and beer go together? is it similar to matching food and there are some cigars that will make a beer taste bad/weird or vice versa? i've only drank scotch while smoking a cigar or cheap beer at my friends wedding party. i don't know much about cigars in the first place though.

get a marduro (i think is how its spelled) of some kind. romeo y julietas are good, so are avos. the maduro(a)? is a darker looking cigar. stronger, but absolutely perfection when it comes to a cigar in my opinion.

to answer the original question, drink dark with a cigar. porter is ok, perhaps too light, stouts are good, imperial stouts are the best. if you have access to bells expedition, that one is killer with a stogie. one of the more common beers you could go for would be the old rasputin from north coast. some people enjoy barleywines with them - i never have much. the best cigar beer is hair of the dog adam. you probably cant find this unless you live in oregon though. you can order it online at liquidsolutions.biz but be warned, shipping is roughly 35-40 dollars on 12 beers. it does, however, make no sense to NOT order 12 because its the cheapest in shipping. (2x6pack boxes are more expensive than 1x12). if you do consider ordering from there, i can make some more suggestions.

[ross]

dang! that sucks about the gulden. thats a good beer. perhaps a little sweet, but still very nice. your bottle split enough that you could get a picture. mine was as if i put a m80 in it.

[xgrafcorex]

i'll look around for some of those cigars. just starting to appreciate cigars, and have a LOT to learn. recently found a new store around here called total wine and more..i go for the more. they have over 200 kinds of beer, and also a fairly decent selection of cigars.

i don't think i can get any bells beer down here unfortunately. i've heard good things about their beer whenever i've heard them mentioned. not very into barleywine style beers...but i do try them from time to time. basically because i try just about any beer i can get my hands on. old rasputin is something i can buy at a few stores though...good stuff! still have some aging in my closet. have had it, along with some old stock ale since december. i've also added some burton baton to that group, and recently a bottle of left hand 07 russian imperial stout, and twin sisters double ipa.

thanks for the heads up on that webpage...i'll check them out, but you are right...that shipping fee is rough! it was less to ship 3 beers to canada haha. if i ordered more than a 12..say 2 or 3 12s, would i get any bulk rate discount? or is it set in stone you pay for how much it weighs? i guess the latter.

yea, was too bad about the gulden draak. i was determined to try it though and bought some a day or two later and enjoyed it. have only had one bottle though, so i'll probably try it again at some point.

[ross]

fwiw - bells distribution is:

http://bellsbeer.com/beerfinder.asp


kalamazoo has always been a favorite of mine. me and my buddy were somewhat buzzed the other night and we were making "black and tans" with 50% kalamazoo with 50% dfh 60 minute poured on top. it was good stuff. next experiment is bells expedition with 90 minute.. sounds like a hangover bomb to me, but i cant wait to try it!

[xgrafcorex]

thanks...hmm i don't know all of those counties, but the ones i do know are all on the west coast. i went to see my parents in tampa for a day and a half on the mothers day weekend and to celebrate my bday early since they are going out of state the weekend of my bday. we ate at a restaurant that happened to be right across the parking lot from a total wine and more, so i talked them into checking it out (didn't take much convincing at all hah). glad i did since they did have a handful of beers i can't buy at the one over here.

never tried making my own black and tans...thought about it, but so far i've only had the yuengling premade one. coincidentally, i also picked up a bottle of their porter since i can't find it anywhere on this coast either. nothing special..but yuengling lager or black and tan used to be my main session beer before i started getting more into microbrews.

[ross]

wow. yuengling porter is the WORST beer i have ever consumed. and i have consumed many can and variety of 89 cent a 40 malt liquor. i actually poured that stuff in my toilet and my toilet spit it out. jesus it was so bad.

i could have gotten a bad bottle, of course, but it was so bad i took like 2 swigs of it and i almost got sick. haha i still do this day remember the horrid smell that that beer possessed.

[xgrafcorex]

ehh its not THAT bad. wasn't really that good..especially compared to most porters, but if you can drink cheap malt liquor out of a can, that stuff should be no problem. the smell of the one i had was surprisingly faint. had to take a few big whiffs just to get an idea of how it smelled.

[thehotpepper.com]

I thought about asking for one but I don't know...the beer topic sould fizzle out like a flat day old miller...

Let's see how the review thread goes. If it keeps going strong then maybe a subsection of the lounge folder?
New section: The Buzz.

[ross]

New section: The Buzz.

awesome!

could you sticky the beer review thread?

[xgrafcorex]

haha pretty cool idea...i could still see beer infiltrating other threads from time to time. :lol: i agree, the beer review thread should be stickied again. i've been trying plenty of new beers lately, but just have been lazy about uploading pictures and writing reviews.

looks like i found my home within a home here at thp. :P

[xgrafcorex]

sounds delicious! i wish i could find some three floyds down my way. :cry:

i'd love to try that double ipa, and their dark lord IS.

[ross]

sounds delicious! i wish i could find some three floyds down my way. :cry:

i'd love to try that double ipa, and their dark lord IS.

thats why you need to become a member of ratebeer. start trading with people.. you will end up with enough trade bait to snag you a dark lord. they arent hard to get.. just getting people to give them up is the problem :)

[xgrafcorex]

hah yea i can imagine. especially since i have no clue what people up there can't get that i can get.

i have been to rate beer a couple times..but i have an account at beeradvocate. it was the one i found first i guess. there are plenty of trades going on there as well..but so far, the only person i've traded with is someone that i talk to about beer a lot on a metal forum. :lol: he might've been the one that told me to check out ba actually.

[ross]

ill trade some beer with you once i get some more money. ive completed about 85 trades on ratebeer...

also remember that dark lord isnt just in indiana. people all over the country go there to get it, and then they take it back home with them..... so there are bottles all over the place, not just in indiana. if you want to buy one (LOL) on ebay, they go for about 70 dollars.

[ross]

midas touch isnt a barleywine. its a traditional ale. its brewed with some supposed recipe that king midas had. i think its nasty personally. too sweet and grape like for my tastes. tastes like white wine. ugh

[xgrafcorex]

ahh i just saw the barley listed on the front and keep reading people comparing it to wine. i think i read one review that said it was by far not a traditional barleywine. either way, i'm with you...the taste is not for me. personally i like wine better than this stuff, though i don't really drink wine.

i think today i'm going to crack open the last good beer in my fridge..some allagash four.

[ross]

ahh i just saw the barley listed on the front and keep reading people comparing it to wine. i think i read one review that said it was by far not a traditional barleywine. either way, i'm with you...the taste is not for me. personally i like wine better than this stuff, though i don't really drink wine.

i think today i'm going to crack open the last good beer in my fridge..some allagash four.

4!!!
yes!

great stuff

[ross]

hope you drank the yeti before you drank the high life.

[xgrafcorex]

haha

that bottle of high life as been there...was using it to put sunflower seeds in. :P

[ross]

haha

that bottle of high life as been there...was using it to put sunflower seeds in. :P

haha. its still a good drinkable beer though.... i guess.... when its hot..

[xgrafcorex]

haha its drinkable whenever but just barely i guess. hell i used to drink a lot of malt liquor so its not soo bad at all.. just basically use it as filler to get drunk without drinking a lot of expensive beer. just enjoy some good beers..then when i think i'm to the point where i'm just going to start drinking faster and not care..i switch to the hl.

pam - good to see another person adding to our collection of beer reviews. i have had the rogue cs once or twice..but can't remember exactly how it tasted. i liked it i know... you have have the shakespheare stout? i think that is my favorite rogue.

[ross]

+1 on the shakespear stout. best rogue beer.

[Pam]

Shakespeare Stout is one of the very best of the American stouts. I love it, and the Mocha Porter.

Rogue just does good beer.

[Sickmont]

haha. its still a good drinkable beer though.... i guess.... when its hot..

That, my friend, is what we down here call "shop beer". It's cheap, you don't mind if the shop's "hanger-outers" bum it off you, and it's good for having a beer while doing metal fabrication. Trust me on this, you don't want to have 3 Optimators and then have to go try to weld in patch panels or use a grinder. Real quick way to wind up F**ked up and hospitalized.

[xgrafcorex]

for me, high life light is filler beer. not only does it ease the strain on my wallet, but also on my beer belly. i'm trying to run and lose a little weight, but it's tough to lose it when after i run, i come home and have imperial stouts and porters. :rolleyes:

also, after drinking so many good beers to enjoy..once a decent buzz has kicked in, i switch over to those so i don't just pound beers i want to relax with and enjoy.

[ross]

ive pretty much gone to drinking beer once a week because it makes me gain too much weight. now i just drink scotch by the 1.75L

[Pam]

For a Stout, Mackeson's has very little bitterness to it which makes it perfect for the IPA bitterness hating crowd out there (read: That's me!).

Me too!

I just don't like over-hopped beers.

[ross]

Me too!

I just don't like over-hopped beers.

in time you will. trust me on this one

[Pam]

in time you will. trust me on this one

How much time does it take? I had my first brush with quality beer in 1997, I think? I very quickly turned away from the mass quantities of equine urine of my wild and misspent youth and haven't looked back since.


I read an article a couple of years ago that said women, in general, preferred sweeter beers, and that was the reason behind a lot of the poorly made fruit beers of the 90's, and also the reason behind the recent production of some of the chocolate beers. Now,I believe that fruit in beer* is just wrong, but I do like very malty beers. And say, I have an innie, not an outie, so for a data point of one, there is some truth to that.


*beer, not lambics

[imaguitargod]

in time you will. trust me on this one
Ya, how long will that take? As it stands right now, it's been quite a long time and I still hate IPA's.

[ross]

why do you hate them? a simple explanation would be that you dont drink them. i didnt have to force myself into liking IPAs, it just seemed natural. however, my best friend, who could not stand anything bitter would make faces for 6 months to a year before he started getting them, now he is ordering them at the bars. i basically made him try everything i drank, most of which was an IPA or an IIPA. there is no set amount of time, i suppose if you drink them very little it will take years and years, but if you force yourself to drink them (as i did with scotch) you will eventually get it. lambic is much more of an acquired taste than is IPA or IIPA.

[xgrafcorex]

for whatever reason, ipas and i hit it off right away. though i'm having trouble thinking of which was the first one i tried...could've been red hook ipa.

there are definitely some i don't enjoy..but give me a decently hoppy ipa, and i should be fine. when i first started drinking beers, i had no clue what an ipa was..i only knew about the major brewers..and stouts (primarily guinness) were what i didn't care for. now i LOVE stouts..probably my favorite style.

i remember when i was having guinness for the first time..i thought it was thick, tasted like dirt etc. then randomly i had some irish car bombs..and before i knew it, i felt like having a guinness. bought some, and the rest is history.

edit.. oh yea, any word on making the beer review thread a sticky? :D

[imaguitargod]

why do you hate them? a simple explanation would be that you dont drink them. i didnt have to force myself into liking IPAs, it just seemed natural. however, my best friend, who could not stand anything bitter would make faces for 6 months to a year before he started getting them, now he is ordering them at the bars. i basically made him try everything i drank, most of which was an IPA or an IIPA. there is no set amount of time, i suppose if you drink them very little it will take years and years, but if you force yourself to drink them (as i did with scotch) you will eventually get it. lambic is much more of an acquired taste than is IPA or IIPA.
I've never really liked IPA, and now that I've done a bunch of drugs that are extremely bitter tasting....now I can't stand anything bitter....call it a refelx.

[ross]

I've never really liked IPA, and now that I've done a bunch of drugs that are extremely bitter tasting....now I can't stand anything bitter....call it a refelx.

haha

[ross]

for whatever reason, ipas and i hit it off right away. though i'm having trouble thinking of which was the first one i tried...could've been red hook ipa.

there are definitely some i don't enjoy..but give me a decently hoppy ipa, and i should be fine. when i first started drinking beers, i had no clue what an ipa was..i only knew about the major brewers..and stouts (primarily guinness) were what i didn't care for. now i LOVE stouts..probably my favorite style.

i remember when i was having guinness for the first time..i thought it was thick, tasted like dirt etc. then randomly i had some irish car bombs..and before i knew it, i felt like having a guinness. bought some, and the rest is history.

edit.. oh yea, any word on making the beer review thread a sticky? :D

stouts are my favorite style for half the year. ipas and belgian strongs for the other half.

[ross]

ahhhhhhhhhh immort ale from a pint glass!!! you should be forced to bong a case of that.

seriously though, if you got some left age it. the oak will fade. they changed the recipe for it in 2003 or 2004 i think. the first bottle i had of immort ale was from the previously mentioned recipe and it was killer. i like the new batch, but when the oak fades from it, it is really good. the 2005s i have are drinking pretty nice about now.

the old batch didnt have oak in it... i think they age it in oak barrels, but im not sure. its either that or they throw hunks of oak in the beer as great divide does with the OA yeti. however, to get as much oak as it has, i gotta believe its put in a barrel. i have been wrong though

[xgrafcorex]

down here in south florida we don't believe in winter. :P if i limited my stout or porter consumption to the short amount of time it cools off down here...i'd be an unhappy camper.

hahah i guess you suggest a snifter for the immort? i looked at your favorite website (BA :P ) and they have it listed as an american strong ale and say either pint, snifter, or mug. i don't see any glass recommendations on ratebeer..but i do see it says immort ale is a barleywine ale. probably the reason i didn't care for it too much. i think i'd like it a lot more if the oak flavor mellowed out though. it wasn't crazy strong..seemed to kinda fade in and out at times after each sip.. but there are definitely plenty of other beers i'd rather drink. i just bought the one bottle. moving soon too..so i'm not sure if i'll be adding any more beer to the aging group.

i might've asked you before..but how are you cellaring your beers? i don't have a cellar..or basement or anything, so i'm just keeping mine in the dark..some in my not very deep closet covered by a shirt or something..some under my bed, and a couple others just buried in the corner under a hoodie to block light. i'm kinda questioning these conditions since at least for part of a week our ac broke down so it wasn't very cool in here..

[Pam]

why do you hate them? a simple explanation would be that you dont drink them.

Ha! Do yah think!

It's not really all that complex, personal tastes vary, and I just don't like over-hopped beers. I didn't like World Wide Stout, and I think you did. The alcohol smothered all the other flavors for me. I don't like those congealed salads that my mother's friends are always trying to force on me, either.

Say, maybe I could start shipping those congealed salads up to you and you could keep eating some until you developed a taste for them!

there is no set amount of time, i suppose if you drink them very little it will take years and years, but if you force yourself to drink them (as i did with scotch) you will eventually get it.

Ok, you're going to have to explain to me why I would want to force myself to drink something I find unpleasant. Do I win a prize? I drink beer because I enjoy it, not to prove a point or impress anyone else.

I don't, btw, drink scotch, either. I don't like it, and I don't see the point in trying to force something nasty on myself until I develop a tolerance for it. Of course, I'm a woman, and I don't have a penis, so I don't have to prove how large and throbbing it is to anyone.


lambic is much more of an acquired taste than is IPA or IIPA.

But not for me. Now, mind you, I won't drink just any lambic, and I don't drink them very often; but a well made lambic is a nice change of pace. And I know lambics aren't for everybody. There used to be some guy near Orlando who made the best peach lambic. It was what convinced me that a lambic could be good.

[Pam]

down here in south florida we don't believe in winter. :P if i limited my stout or porter consumption to the short amount of time it cools off down here...i'd be an unhappy camper.

There is a lot of appeal to having a thick, dark beer on a cold, cold night, but I'm with you, I like stouts and porters too much to only drink them in January and February.



i might've asked you before..but how are you cellaring your beers? i don't have a cellar..or basement or anything, so i'm just keeping mine in the dark..some in my not very deep closet covered by a shirt or something..some under my bed, and a couple others just buried in the corner under a hoodie to block light. i'm kinda questioning these conditions since at least for part of a week our ac broke down so it wasn't very cool in here..

I use the dark closet method. Not that's I'm cellaring a lot, but I barely have a crawl space under this house, and you really can't get much in those specialized wine refrigerators. So, in the back of the closet in the spare bedroom they go. I usually try and keep them in a cardboard 12 pack box. I've only been doing this for a couple of years, so I don't have much of a cellar at this point.

I became convinced of it's effectiveness by accident. I had a twelve pack of a mediocre porter I brought back from New York. After trying one or two, and being pissed at the poor quality, I shoved them in the spare bedroom closet to get them out of the way for some company. Then I forgot about them for about two years. When I was cleaning out the closet I rediscovered them, and gave them another try as I hate to pour out beer. Yum! Aging had turned it from a syrupy mess to roasty complex goodness.

[ross]

Ha! Do yah think!

It's not really all that complex, personal tastes vary, and I just don't like over-hopped beers. I didn't like World Wide Stout, and I think you did. The alcohol smothered all the other flavors for me. I don't like those congealed salads that my mother's friends are always trying to force on me, either.

Say, maybe I could start shipping those congealed salads up to you and you could keep eating some until you developed a taste for them!

Ok, you're going to have to explain to me why I would want to force myself to drink something I find unpleasant. Do I win a prize? I drink beer because I enjoy it, not to prove a point or impress anyone else.

I don't, btw, drink scotch, either. I don't like it, and I don't see the point in trying to force something nasty on myself until I develop a tolerance for it. Of course, I'm a woman, and I don't have a penis, so I don't have to prove how large and throbbing it is to anyone.

But not for me. Now, mind you, I won't drink just any lambic, and I don't drink them very often; but a well made lambic is a nice change of pace. And I know lambics aren't for everybody. There used to be some guy near Orlando who made the best peach lambic. It was what convinced me that a lambic could be good.

wow there is so much to respond to! :lol:

i like congealed salad, that stuff is great! so is world wide stout, but not if you are drinking it the year it is released. after more than a year in the bottle it developes an amazing sweetness that is not full of alcohol as is the fresh bottles.

i forced myself to like scotch because that way i wouldnt have to share it with all the bums who came over to drink at my college apartment. seems everyone will drink vodka or jack daniels, but no one will touch scotch. if you dont drink scotch, thats awesome, because that means there is more on the shelf for me. i did not do it to prove the size of my penis, (HAHA) i just started to kind of enjoy it after drinking about half a fifth of it. the reason you should start to make yourself drink IPAs is because you will find that they are great summer beers - unlike your stouts and porters, which just make me sweat in the summer. i think of ipas as pinot noir and stouts as cabernet. if you want do drink cab in the summer, then so be it, but i sweat like a pig if i do that. however a nicely chilled glass of pinot is quite good outside in the summer time. same with the beers. if you dont want to learn to like IPAs, then thats your call, but the growing tradition of the stouts and porter styles is becoming more and more hoppy, so if you dont learn to like hops, you may just be stuck with budweiser.

do you like REAL lambics, or that sweet fruit water with the lindemans stickers on it? real lambic is made by brewers like cantillion, drie fonteinen, oud beersel, etc. lindemans lambics (except cuvee rene) are all artifically sweetened, thus making them not real lambic. i also do not even know if they are spontaneously fermented (yet another thing that makes lambic what it is). if you like the cantillion lambics, then that is awesome! if you like the lindemans kriek, perhaps you should go pick up a bottle of cantillion guezue and see how you like that. (one of my favorite lambics).

i have found that lambics are awesome beers for women, because most women do not care for the taste of beer (see every girl i know except about 2), BUT if i pour out a lambic or a new glarus belgian red, they love it. has to do with it not actually tasting like beer, i assume.

[ross]

down here in south florida we don't believe in winter. :P if i limited my stout or porter consumption to the short amount of time it cools off down here...i'd be an unhappy camper.

hahah i guess you suggest a snifter for the immort? i looked at your favorite website (BA :P ) and they have it listed as an american strong ale and say either pint, snifter, or mug. i don't see any glass recommendations on ratebeer..but i do see it says immort ale is a barleywine ale. probably the reason i didn't care for it too much. i think i'd like it a lot more if the oak flavor mellowed out though. it wasn't crazy strong..seemed to kinda fade in and out at times after each sip.. but there are definitely plenty of other beers i'd rather drink. i just bought the one bottle. moving soon too..so i'm not sure if i'll be adding any more beer to the aging group.

i might've asked you before..but how are you cellaring your beers? i don't have a cellar..or basement or anything, so i'm just keeping mine in the dark..some in my not very deep closet covered by a shirt or something..some under my bed, and a couple others just buried in the corner under a hoodie to block light. i'm kinda questioning these conditions since at least for part of a week our ac broke down so it wasn't very cool in here..

spare bedroom. i have a shelf and a closet, and then for rare beers i have a cooler that maintains 48-52 degrees. i used to have some pictures up, but i think i took them down. ill get some pictures in the next few days. my supply is dwindling down though, i havent bought any beer in the longest time!

[Pam]

wow there is so much to respond to! :lol:

I can be rather loquacious.


i like congealed salad, that stuff is great!

Ahhh...I...I sense a great disturbance in the Force, as though a million voices all cried out "ewwwwww".

so is world wide stout, but not if you are drinking it the year it is released. after more than a year in the bottle it developes an amazing sweetness that is not full of alcohol as is the fresh bottles.

Well, if someone has some aged it, I'll give it another try, but I'm not rushing out to buy any. I'd rather spend my money on some Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout. And I'd love to get my hands on some more Alaskan Smoked Porter to age. World Wide Stout is a novelty beer, brewed to bring attention to the brewery, and I've already expressed my opinion of that fad.


i forced myself to like scotch because that way i wouldnt have to share it with all the bums who came over to drink at my college apartment. seems everyone will drink vodka or jack daniels, but no one will touch scotch.

Apparently my college friends had more heft and sway than yours, because they wouldn't have been dissuaded from anything alcoholic by something as silly and trivial as taste. At least, as best as I can recall they wouldn't have been. Having consumed more than my share of alcohol in those days, my memories are a bit on the fuzzy side.

if you dont drink scotch, thats awesome, because that means there is more on the shelf for me. i did not do it to prove the size of my penis, (HAHA) i just started to kind of enjoy it after drinking about half a fifth of it.

Yes, but you like congealed salads, so we already have established that your taste is questionable.


the reason you should start to make yourself drink IPAs is because you will find that they are great summer beers - unlike your stouts and porters, which just make me sweat in the summer.

Um...*I* should stop enjoying stouts and porters in the summer because they make *you* sweat? Pray tell, unless you're sitting on my furniture, why should I care about the hyperactivity of your sudoriferous glands?

*haughty sniff*

As long as you use deodorant, that is.

i think of ipas as pinot noir and stouts as cabernet. if you want do drink cab in the summer, then so be it, but i sweat like a pig if i do that. however a nicely chilled glass of pinot is quite good outside in the summer time. same with the beers.

I'm afraid you're guilty of the fallacy of the excluded middle. The choices are not either stout/porter or IPA, there are plenty of fine ales, witbiers, and even pilsners that make delightful summer sipping. There's some Grant's Summer Ale in my 'fridge as I type.



if you dont want to learn to like IPAs, then thats your call, but the growing tradition of the stouts and porter styles is becoming more and more hoppy, so if you dont learn to like hops, you may just be stuck with budweiser.

You're trundling into another either/or fallacy after bumping into a hasty generalization. I drink beer because I enjoy it. I don't enjoy extremely hoppy beers. I still don't see the value in forcing myself to drink something I find unpleasant until I become inured to the unpleasantness. It's not like it's going to lower my cholesterol or make obscenely rich 84 year-old men with heart conditions fall madly in love with me.

And there really are plenty of other choices than "Get used to IPA's or drink Budwieser" , but you already knew that.


do you like REAL lambics, or that sweet fruit water with the lindemans stickers on it? real lambic is made by brewers like cantillion, drie fonteinen, oud beersel, etc. lindemans lambics (except cuvee rene) are all artifically sweetened, thus making them not real lambic. i also do not even know if they are spontaneously fermented (yet another thing that makes lambic what it is). if you like the cantillion lambics, then that is awesome! if you like the lindemans kriek, perhaps you should go pick up a bottle of cantillion guezue and see how you like that. (one of my favorite lambics).

Ok, definite weenie wagging here. I said I like the occasional well made lambic, not fruit juice. I don't drink them often enough to rattle off the names, I just browse the beer store when the mood strikes me.


i have found that lambics are awesome beers for women, because most women do not care for the taste of beer (see every girl i know except about 2), BUT if i pour out a lambic or a new glarus belgian red, they love it. has to do with it not actually tasting like beer, i assume.

So, have you been trying to make them drink IPA's for their own good?

[ross]

I can be rather loquacious.



Ahhh...I...I sense a great disturbance in the Force, as though a million voices all cried out "ewwwwww".



Well, if someone has some aged it, I'll give it another try, but I'm not rushing out to buy any. I'd rather spend my money on some Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout. And I'd love to get my hands on some more Alaskan Smoked Porter to age. World Wide Stout is a novelty beer, brewed to bring attention to the brewery, and I've already expressed my opinion of that fad.



Apparently my college friends had more heft and sway than yours, because they wouldn't have been dissuaded from anything alcoholic by something as silly and trivial as taste. At least, as best as I can recall they wouldn't have been. Having consumed more than my share of alcohol in those days, my memories are a bit on the fuzzy side.



Yes, but you like congealed salads, so we already have established that your taste is questionable.




Um...*I* should stop enjoying stouts and porters in the summer because they make *you* sweat? Pray tell, unless you're sitting on my furniture, why should I care about the hyperactivity of your sudoriferous glands?

*haughty sniff*

As long as you use deodorant, that is.



I'm afraid you're guilty of the fallacy of the excluded middle. The choices are not either stout/porter or IPA, there are plenty of fine ales, witbiers, and even pilsners that make delightful summer sipping. There's some Grant's Summer Ale in my 'fridge as I type.





You're trundling into another either/or fallacy after bumping into a hasty generalization. I drink beer because I enjoy it. I don't enjoy extremely hoppy beers. I still don't see the value in forcing myself to drink something I find unpleasant until I become inured to the unpleasantness. It's not like it's going to lower my cholesterol or make obscenely rich 84 year-old men with heart conditions fall madly in love with me.

And there really are plenty of other choices than "Get used to IPA's or drink Budwieser" , but you already knew that.




Ok, definite weenie wagging here. I said I like the occasional well made lambic, not fruit juice. I don't drink them often enough to rattle off the names, I just browse the beer store when the mood strikes me.




So, have you been trying to make them drink IPA's for their own good?


cool. :banghead:

[xgrafcorex]

it reminds me of when my parents used to tell me to eat mushrooms/seafood/etc. and eventually i'd like it. :P i didn't follow their advice and still don't care for any of that stuff..though shrimp is alright.

with liquor..i started off just drinking it mixed pretty much all the time..now i usually only mix it with a couple ice cubes. other than shots of course.. it took some time for me to get used to it..but i still prefer a good beer over liquor any day of the week! i just wish beer was healthier for me in regards to the slight beer gut i'm trying to lose. :lol:

edit...there are some beers that i try every now and then from styles i don't care for. particularly barleywine style ales. i had heard lots of good things about old ruffian, so i gave it a go despite my lack of interest in the style. didn't care for it really. i don't go around trying all the beers of that style like i do other styles though. for the most part i stick with my favorites..stouts, porters, and ipas. i try other ales and some lagers here and there..but just here and there kind of.

as for sweating with porters and stouts...the weather here can get pretty nasty..especially during the summer. it's either humid as hell out there..or raining all day. so i do pretty much all of my drinking inside with the A/C. :D only sometimes when it's nice out, dark out, or i'm grilling do i drink outside. once our "winter" rolls around..it's usually pretty decent outside..but i still am more of an indoors drinker.

[imaguitargod]

it reminds me of when my parents used to tell me to eat mushrooms
Just the opposite for me...I keep trying to get my mom to try mushrooms................................;)

[xgrafcorex]

haha. i was thinking about that when i wrote it...i couldn't imagine my parents on mushrooms!! :shocked: particularly my dad. :lol:

[ross]

my dad made me eat mushrooms. not the ones that make you see shit.. and now i love them. they are seriously the best thing ever when you stuff them with cheese and bacon..... course, what sucks when you stuff it with cheese and bacon.

[xgrafcorex]

what sucks when you stuff it with cheese and bacon.

ice house?

[Pam]

cool. :banghead:

Fiddlesticks. I was just getting warmed up.

[ross]

Fiddlesticks. I was just getting warmed up.

i didnt feel like arguing, sorry.

[ross]

ice house?

maybe, but ill drink ice house by itself.

[xgrafcorex]

i vowed to never drink that stuff again after having numerous TERRIBLE (terrible as in i couldn't even continue drinking it..passed it to someone else, they passed it, etc. etc. until it got to this girl that was already wasted..so she just drank it.) 40s of their beer. i think i did have it once since but it was ice house or nothing i think...it was rough. :(

[ross]

im drinking nugget nectar right now. to sort of keep on the IPA track. and im going to drink a celebration afterwards.

[xgrafcorex]

i'm having a woodchuck granny smith. :P i was hoping to get some of the amber..but they were all out. i bought a corked bottle of andelot cuvee mystique. i've never had it before..but i WAS going to drink it tonight...the lady at the store had other plans when she decided to ring it up and twist the bottle upside down, sideways, etc. so i'm gonna let that sit in my fridge and settle for a day or so.

didn't try all those witbiers tonight..probably wind up doing that this weekend or something. did get more of my mainstay cheap ass beer...low life light. ha i should post a review on that one. :lol:

[ross]

i'm having a woodchuck granny smith. :P i was hoping to get some of the amber..but they were all out. i bought a corked bottle of andelot cuvee mystique. i've never had it before..but i WAS going to drink it tonight...the lady at the store had other plans when she decided to ring it up and twist the bottle upside down, sideways, etc. so i'm gonna let that sit in my fridge and settle for a day or so.

didn't try all those witbiers tonight..probably wind up doing that this weekend or something. did get more of my mainstay cheap ass beer...low life light. ha i should post a review on that one. :lol:

high life light is the worst beer ever.

you should at least dignify yourself and buy old milwaukee.

hahaha

[xgrafcorex]

i would drink that stuff...but my pinkie finger gets tired from being held away from the can. :lol:

i've just developed a taste for the low life...its cheap, not very offensive, and goes down like water.

[Pam]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Where'd you get that? I haven't been able to get that for at least 4 years, and there you are swizzling it all!

Gimme that!

[imaguitargod]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

Where'd you get that? I haven't been able to get that for at least 4 years, and there you are swizzling it all!

Gimme that!
Sorry, at this point that one's long gone! I got it at Cap N' Cork in Hollywood, CA. And after that one and the other two I had, it's very hard to type this sentace out.....weeeeeeee!:onfire:

[xgrafcorex]

what's going on?? is THP sobering up?? :lol: the buzz needs to get some life in it. :P

[Pam]

what's going on?? is THP sobering up?? :lol: the buzz needs to get some life in it. :P

Just too busy to take the time to properly write up any beers. I'm still too tentative with my beer vocabulary to write up reviews quickly.

[xgrafcorex]

i haven't been too busy..just lazy i suppose. :lol:

also, have seriously cut back on my beer consumption so i can lose some weight. it is working out pretty well so far. i just have a beer a day and am moving in the right direction..i can't wait till i don't need to worry about it and can get back to drinking at my usual pace.

heh i've found the perfect weight loss drink though..i guess it could work without the coke zero, but i've been mixing coke zero with clear bacardi.

don't worry about the beer vocab. if i'm not sure, i just give a general idea, and the more you review, the better you'll get. :D

[xgrafcorex]

Samichlaus

14% ABV

I picked this up in New Orleans; it's not available in Texas as far as I know. For a little history about this beer read here:

http://www.realbeer.com/edu/tastes/samichlaus2000.php

What we have here is sort of a barley wine on steroids. It pours a deep cooper color with nary a head which soon settles to almost nothing. Very light carbonation.

This beer has a very sweet taste that reminded me of Avery's Samael ale. (http://www.averybrewing.com/BigBeers/seasonal/Samael) It has a nice alcohol finish which I liked but some people would probably not dig. This is definitely a 'sipper" and would be great after a nice dinner ... possibly with a nice cigar.

The one I tried was a 2006. I bought 4 bottles so the other 3 will be put down for a while. This beer proclaims on the bottle "The world's Most Extraordinary Beverage". I don't know about that but this is a very interesting beer that I'm sure will not be to everyone's taste.

I paid about 4 bucks a bottle at Whole Foods in New Orleans.


i had some of this last night..it was really good. i was worried i wouldn't care much for it after your review saying you were sure it wouldn't be to everyones taste. the smell initially had me thinking i wouldn't like it, but by the end of drinking it, i wanted another one. i might even grab another one next time i'm at the store. where you said barley wine also threw me..i'm not into those barley wine style ales, at least so far. the description i read about it was that it was a doppelbock though. which is another style i'm not terribly familiar with/into...though i would rather have one than a barley wine. :)

[Hot Canuck]

Favourite Ale - Smithwicks

Favourite Lager - Tennants

Favourite after hockey beer - Heineken

[chuk hell]

where you said barley wine also threw me..i'm not into those barley wine style ales, at least so far. the description i read about it was that it was a doppelbock though.


I'm not sure if it is a barley wine...I can't remember where I heard/read that. I could be wrong there as to whether it actually is a barley wine.. that was just my impression. It is a rather unique beer though.

I wouldn't give up on barleywines. You don't like Sierra Nevada Bigfoot? how about flying dog's Horn Dog? I love a good barley wine.

[xgrafcorex]

well the smell sure made me think barley wine, but i looked it up on beeradvocate.com. it was very tasty though, the smell made me think..ehh, not sure about this...but the taste is more important. gonna get another bottle i think on friday when i make my rounds at the big booze store.

bigfoot was alright..but i just haven't really gotten into that style of beer. at least so far.. wasn't too into the horn dog. the only other one that comes to mind right now that i've had is the great divide old ruffian, and a barley wine ale at the tampa bay brewing co..forget the name of that one, though i only had a few swigs of that one. (it wasn't my beer. :lol: )

[Canuk Pepperhead]

unfortunately there isnt any micro brewerys up here unless Potawie knows of some in ottawa...I once went to one in peterborough(probably spelled wrong lol) it was a pub that serves their own beer...and that was some of the best beer I ever had unlike store bought....Store bought...im an ex man

[POTAWIE]

Ya, I know the place in Peterborough. The brewery is viewable from right outside the washrooms in the basement.

[xgrafcorex]

Ya, I know the place in Peterborough. The brewery is viewable from right outside the washrooms in the basement.

lucky you! i wish i lived right near a brewery. that way i could stagger home after a long night of fine beverages. :lol:

[chuk hell]

it tastes mostly of blueberry, though it isn't as strong as the aroma. can taste more than just blueberry..though you aren't going to forget this is a blueberry ale...................................decent stuff, would drink it again..likely that i won't pick up any more though.

I'm pretty much in agreement on this. I didn't think that I would like this but the blueberry flavor is understated enough that it's pretty drinkable. Not sure if I'd buy more of it but I wouldn't hesitate to drink it!

[chuk hell]

great beer! smells like pine and hops. that's about all i can smell..or at least all i can think of when i smell it.

would be an awesome session beer if it wasn't a special release. it's very likely i'll be picking up more of this stuff..especially since i'm not sure how long it will be available for.

I'm with you 110% on this one. I've been going through a lot of this...and a lot has been going through me! I'll be sad when it's gone!

[xgrafcorex]

have you tried sea dog blue paw? it's a blueberry wheat beer. that was the first time i had ever tried a blueberry beer...it was surprisingly good, which was another part of the reason i tried that bar harbor one.

that anniversary ale is very tasty stuff, i agree..it will suck when there isn't anymore. i'm looking forward to trying their harvest ale also. http://www.sierranevada.com/beers/harvest.html there's a fairly short video there about it.

[POTAWIE]

lucky you! i wish i lived right near a brewery. that way i could stagger home after a long night of fine beverages. :lol:

Too bad its 2-3 hours away for me. They make a great Raspberry Wheat ale that is great for breakfast.

[Canuk Pepperhead]

Too bad its 2-3 hours away for me. They make a great Raspberry Wheat ale that is great for breakfast.

yeah..about the same distance here but I make a point of going there when I go down to visit family and friends down there

Hmmmmm beer for breakfast...what a concept!!

[xgrafcorex]

Too bad its 2-3 hours away for me. They make a great Raspberry Wheat ale that is great for breakfast.

oh..i was thinking that since you said the brewery was viewable from the bathroom window in your basement that it was across the street. i guess i've lived in florida too long.. if you can see it from your window down here, chances are, it's either right across the street, or no more than a few blocks away. unless of course it's a very tall building.

went to a store i hadn't been to in a long time (and last time i was there i wasn't as into beer as i am now) and bought a couple bottles. i only had about 12 bucks i could actually spend unfortunately. got some of the sierra nevada harvest fresh hop ale, and a 750ml corked bottle of saint somewhere saison athene. the second beer is from a local brewery. i've never had their beer before, just have heard much praise of it. plus it's local, so i had to give it a try.

gonna have the harvest ale in a few though.

[chuk hell]

got some of the sierra nevada harvest fresh hop ale,

gonna have the harvest ale in a few though.


Just had one myself last night. Not bad, but nothing to write home about. I like their anniversary ale better.


Bar Harbor makes what they call Ginger Island Ale ( I think) that is not too bad. Being a fan of ginger beer, I gave it a try. The ginger is sort of understated so like the blueberry it's very drinkable if unremarkable.

Have you tried that Sam Addams Imperial Lager yet?

[Pam]

Bunch of philistines!

Fruit in beer is just *wrong*.

[chuk hell]

Well....what can I say. I'll drink anything. :oops:

[texas blues]

Pam...fruit in beer is not wrong. Never had a wassail? Never had ginger beer? The lighter pilsners, and I hate to say it...ala corona, actually go better with a slice of lime in the 110 degree heat of summer. Now I would never add fruit to Pinkus or Chimay or Optimator, but the Mexican brewhaha's are well complimented by lime in my opinion...but then again...consider that I had 3 tequila's writing this ...nix the salt. No ...I am not drunk..."I love you man....I oughta' kick your ass right now!...no I mean it... I love you dude!" Cheers, TB.

[bentalphanerd]

:lol::lol::lol:

[Pam]

Pam...fruit in beer is not wrong.

Yes it is, you ignorant slut!


Never had a wassail?

You mean the punch? Fruit is not brewed in the ale that goes into wassail. And Wassail is a mixed beverage, not a beer.


Never had ginger beer?

Are you going to suggest that ginger is a fruit? Or that ginger beer is a real beer? Where are the hops and barley?



The lighter pilsners, and I hate to say it...ala corona, actually go better with a slice of lime in the 110 degree heat of summer.

Yes, well, even with the greatest of lemons stuck in it, urine is still urine. And I will point out the screamingly obvious again, a lemon stuck in the top of a beer to cover its nasty taste is not the same thing as fruit stuck in a beer during the brewing process as a gimmick.


Now I would never add fruit to Pinkus or Chimay or Optimator, but the Mexican brewhaha's are well complimented by lime in my opinion...but then again...consider that I had 3 tequila's writing this ...nix the salt. No ...I am not drunk..."I love you man....I oughta' kick your ass right now!...no I mean it... I love you dude!" Cheers, TB.

Well, there's part of your problem. Tequila is nasty, and it's even worse later when you burp it.

[texas blues]

Pam....tsk tsk tsk..I thought we had a relationship! Twas all folly....I didn't realize by challenging your opinion that I would become your emotional tampon. First the beer, and then the tequila....take me Lawd'...take me Jesus...take me. Oh the humanity!! The horror!! Where's the love?...the commitment? I had tickets for the Bahamas all set to go. Eric Clapton was going to serenade us in a private party held by Richard Branson with guests such as Julia Roberts, Ron Jeremy and that midget guy " the plane boss the plane" from Fantasy Island. Champaigne would flow...your face would have glowed from all the bling you would have worn around your lovely neck and now....alas..my thoughts of wooing you are now so much burnt chaff. Now I am only consumed with the thought of you duct taped in the trunk of my car speeding down a lonely road at 3 a.m.

I must bid farewell until the next post, the next thread, the next beer with a tequila back....farewell my love..farewell to those that knew me for but an ephemeral moment to be Pam's biotch and completey owned! I bid you goodnight and adieu. I must go...I must go ....find ......duct tape...need more duct tape....Cheers, TB.

[texas blues]

Pam..of course I was kidding dontcha' know....you are the best and I am now properly educated on wassail. Cheers, TB.

[Pam]

Pam..of course I was kidding dontcha' know....you are the best and I am now properly educated on wassail. Cheers, TB.

Yeah, right, *now* you say that. Well, that's ok, 'cause I wouldn't have worn your bling anyway.

*harumph*

[xgrafcorex]

ehh i think fruit beers are fine. not my favorite..but they have a place. i particularly like cider..woodchuck makes some great ones. i've had two beers that use blueberries...they were both good..not one of my favorites again..still were much better than MANY beers.

recently had a lindemans kriek which was pretty good.. belgian brewed with wild yeast.

on top of that..there are several IPAs that have a very citrusy flavor..as well as several wheat beers.

speaking of IPAs, i just had a kill ugly radio from lagunitas which is a double/imperial IPA and tastes extremely of grapefruit. wasn't my favorite IPA, i have to admit it was good though.

[chuk hell]

Tequila is nasty



Now that's just wrong. Tequila is a love.

[Pam]

Now that's just wrong. Tequila is a love.

The drink, not that Paris Hilton wannabe.



And I'm speaking from waaaaaaay too much experience.



With the drink, not the wannbe.

[chuk hell]

Well, you need good tequila, not that cheap stuff. Gotta be 100% agave.

[POTAWIE]

I have to agree with chuk, again. Good tequila is great, bad tequila is deadly.

Hey this is my 1000th post:mouthonfire:

[Pam]

I have to agree with chuk, again. Good tequila is great, bad tequila is deadly.

Hey this is my 1000th post:mouthonfire:

Woo Hoo!


The Pepper Porn Man is on fire!


(I shall forgo tequila bashing in celebration of your 1000th post)

[xgrafcorex]

congrats on the 1000th post potawie. i'm closing in on that myself.

had some pretty good tequila a few days ago..can't remember what it's called though. sent a message to my old roommate to ask what it was. i'm not crazy about tequila myself..but as was said earlier, i'll drink anything. (just about! :lol: )

[Pam]

recently had a lindemans kriek which was pretty good.. belgian brewed with wild yeast.


Kriek and lambics are different, but I think we already had that discussion.

[xgrafcorex]

kriek is a cherry lambic. :P

http://www.merchantduvin.com/pages/5_breweries/lindemans_kriek.html
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/187/600

we might've had that conversation, could've been someone else..or else i was drunk at the time? :lol:

[Pam]

kriek is a cherry lambic. :P

http://www.merchantduvin.com/pages/5_breweries/lindemans_kriek.html
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/187/600

we might've had that conversation, could've been someone else..or else i was drunk at the time? :lol:

Maybe it was Ross.

So, where has he been lately?

[xgrafcorex]

yep, that was ross. he seems to disappear from time to time. i'm sure he'll be back one of these days.

just gave kriek a search. he was saying lindeman's (except for one specific type) wasn't real lambic because they use artificial sweetners and he wasn't sure if they used wild yeast/spontaneous fermentation.

i just looked up their website and the sweeteners are natural it appears..this is a quote about their kriek:

"
Kriek

In origin, this sweet-acid drink was obtained by adding fresh black "Schaerbeekse" cherries to a barrel Lambic of 6 months young. The addition of fruits provokes a new fermentation in the oak barrels. After another 8 to 12 months, only peels and stones left and the Kriek-Lambic is ready to be filtered and bottled. The residual sugar can be adjusted with straight-on fruit juice to give a refermentation in the bottle. This traditional type of fruit beer is more acid and less fruity.

Because of the limited availability of fresh black cherries, just as to brew a less sour and more fruity Lambic beer, Lindemans farm brewery developed an unique natural method using pure cherry pulp from unfrozen cherries. This straight cherry juice is blended with selected Lambic of different ages. Kriek has a pink-red color and a delicious taste of sparkling cherry champagne."

from: http://www.lindemans.be/start/lambik/en

[xgrafcorex]

well, today i went to the bank and cashed in my cup of coins..so i decided..why not go to the store and see what they have for beer. i've only been to this one twice, so they still have a good number of beers i haven't tried that i haven't seen on sale elsewhere. i noticed the lindeman's lambics and recalled this thread..so i looked for that grand cru. none to be found unfortunately. i did notice some oud beersel offerings though. i remembered them from reading ross' post and also from one of those beer videos i posted..the guy interviews the head brewer/owner of oud beersel brewery. so i grabbed a bottle of their kriek vieille http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/828/2596 looking forward to trying it soon.

only problem with trying it tonight is that the girl that was at the register tilted the bottles on their sides and rolled them in some newspaper before putting them in the back. so i'm gonna let that and another beer settle first. only got two other beers while there..lagunitas maximus IPA (a double IPA), and some schneider and sohn organic wiesen edel-weisse. the edel-weisse is made by the same brewer that makes aventinus..looking forward to that one as well. :cheers:

[xgrafcorex]

pam, i know ross was the one saying it, but if lindemans isn't a "real" lambic, what should we consider it? i ask because i was talking with someone about that conversation and they asked me. i wasn't quite sure (told them i wasn't sure) and said i guess i'd consider it a fruit beer? haha i also said "don't take my word for it, i'm new to lambics and am not sure."

tonight i had that oud beersel oude kriek vieille..for being a cherry beer basically..i was surprised to find that it was sour as opposed to sweet. took me a second to warm up to i guess..by the end, i'm planning on trying the other oud beersel offering that is available here..i forget which one it was though. gueze i think maybe.

[xgrafcorex]

and the making of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r-xXTX-QFk&NR=1

pretty unique commercial for beer i must say. haven't ever had any of their beer though.

[bentalphanerd]

They do great ads - heres another,

http://www.duncans.tv/2007/vb-answer-to-global-warming

VB (Victoria Bitter) is probably the most popular beer here. I'd think a bit like Bud is there...but VB is 4.9%

[xgrafcorex]

hah that's a good one.

dogfish head has some strange ones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fBY3r0bQsE

[DevilDuck]

VB is actually god beer. Bud Light...not so much.

I wish I could get VB here.

[chuk hell]

hah that's a good one.

dogfish head has some strange ones.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fBY3r0bQsE

That's awesome. Beer adds need more blood!

Dude in the cowboy hat looks like me a little. :lol:

[xgrafcorex]

I wouldn't give up on barleywines. You don't like Sierra Nevada Bigfoot? how about flying dog's Horn Dog? I love a good barley wine.

can't seem to find anymore bigfoot available. there's one other store around here that might have it.

did come across a new (at least to the area that i'm aware of) dogfish head barley wine style ale. it's called olde school and is 15% ABV! haven't tried it yet, probably try it over the weekend or something.

[chuk hell]

did come across a new (at least to the area that i'm aware of) dogfish head barley wine style ale. it's called olde school and is 15% ABV!

Damn! I haven't seen that one yet; I'll have to keep an eyeball peeled. I hope some makes it's ay down here to Texas.

[xgrafcorex]

i imagine it will if you get other dfh regularly. it's pretty good..not sure if the style is growing on me or i just liked this one. perhaps it was because i had it after my food and was sipping on it rather than just drinking it like others. no idea. if you see it, definitely grab some. it has kept my hopes alive for finding barley wine style ales that i will like.

[chuk hell]

Try these:

Old Ruffian ( Great Divide)
Old Nick ( Young's)
Hog Heaven ( Avery)
Horn Dog ( Flying Dog)

All great examples of Barley Wine Syle

[xgrafcorex]

have had the old ruffian and horn dog. i think i had the old ruffian a bit early on in my quest for good beer, so my tastes hadn't quite developed and were certainly different than they are now. guess i should give them another go.

[cheezydemon]

Sorry to jump in, but I've just cracked one of my habanero ales that I brewed. It is frigging delicious! Wish I could have finished it in time for the website contest. OH WELL!

[xgrafcorex]

congrats on the successful batch o' beer. i actually just finished reading a book about beer and the last section was going over home brewing. once i'm settled in for a while, i plan on acquiring all the needed parts and ingredients and trying again.

[cheezydemon]

I highly recommend it. Out of 20 or so batches, even my worst one was still far better than anything budweiser ever made, and actually cheaper than buying even cheap beer.

[Canuk Pepperhead]

man I wish I could make my own beer...Id need setup(theres no u brew here)

[Pam]

"Ommegang Chocolate Indulgence" by xgrafcorex

Oh, I've never even heard of that. It sounds delightful.

Must add to my Christmas list!

[xgrafcorex]

i had never heard of it either until i saw the gift box at the store. i was excited to try it..too much so i think. was a little let down..still a good beer, just not what i was hoping for since i like the other ommegang offerings. i figured belgian style stout + chocolate = epic beer. don't want to rain