that beer book you got looks pretty cool.... i may put it on the x-mas list!

what would you say is the most exotic beer youve had, and why?


id go with koelsch, in germany, just because i had the real deal in the city of origin. but i wouldnt call koelsch exotic at all. i guess the most out-there beer ive had was that wit-kap pater, which had huge chunks of yeast floating around

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for me...i'd say (even though not exotic in terms of being from a foreign country) la folie from new belgium brewing co in colorado. http://www.newbelgium.com/beers_lf.php not sure if this link will take you directly there or not...if not, click yes you're old enough>our beers>limited releases.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/192/1917

that link says brewed year round..but on the new belgium page, they say they only made 3000 bottles that sold directly from the brewery. one of the BA people that went to the gatherings i was at brought it in to share with everyone. i think i still have the bottle somewhere amongst all my crap. they were hand numbered and aged in wine barrels. very sour, not my cup of tea to be honest, yet it was really good.

here's one from michael jackson http://www.beerhunter.com/documents/19133-000862.html just scroll down to the united states bit. hah when i first heard that guys name..i thought what the fuck does michael jackson (thriller) know about beer!?

Ommegang Abbey Ale was on sale so I took advantage. $4.19 for a 750 ml bottle. Really good beer.

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Well it's illegal to sell high alcohol beer here, but they won't be selling it or charging anyone admission (really big donations are encouraged), so it's just a big party basically. ID is required to get in, so there shouldn't be any real legal issues other than the usual ones that occur when hundreds of people in a concentrated area get free beer.

of course we're going to have a loooot of beer on hand, so I think any law enforcement officer would have a stroke if they came by. We have fliers out but don't advertise any beer, just "free food, local bands, donations benefitting Free the Hops and bringing better beer to Alabama, must be 21 to attend"

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damn, that's pretty cool. i'd love to go to a free beer festival!

right now i'm having a stoudt's oktoberfest (or just called fest).

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c...er/IMG_4036.jpg

smells mainly malty..but specifically the malts give it a very bready aroma with a hint of caramel/sweetness. can't say i smell any hops..i'm sure they are there, it's just that the bready malt smell is quite dominant.

tastes nice..the dominant bready smell is much less dominant in taste form. it comes in towards the end and doesn't linger for very long after each sip...a very clean finish.

light body, light sweetness..not as much as in the aroma. overall it tastes like it is balanced out fairly well. one of the better octoberfest beers i've had so far this year. definitely worth a shot if you are into drinking the seasonal beers.

we don't have much for seasons down here in florida..still is nice to try beers that aren't around all the time.

There is no better way to end a meal than by smoking a cigarette and drink an Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout. mmmm. They were on sale....$6.50 for a 4pack which is a steal.

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tried the post road. VERY aromatic, could smell it very well before the glass hit anywhere near my nose. tastewise it was ok, didnt knock my socks off. not very pumpkin-y at all.... kind of like dogfishhead. more spices than pumpkin

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I'm drinking my bottle of Sierra Nevada Harvest Ale... it's very good, and I hope i can get more, but it's not so much better than their regular pale ale that I will be sad if I don't get any.

if any of you have Digg accounts, check out this post about Free the Hops (http://blog.al.com/breaking/2007/10...o_change_a.html) and digg it.

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that old rasputin is indeed the shit. i'm doing a similar thing..but not quite the same. finished my dinner and am having some porter.

never had or heard of that stuff trans. i like aromatic beers, i just prefer the flavor is strong/potent as well. unless of course it the smell is better than the taste..then i guess it's ok if it isn't as powerful tasting.

i'm having some avery new world porter.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c...er/IMG_4038.jpg

it's dark in my room and when i hold the glass in front of my monitor, i can see dark amber around the bottom and edges where there isn't quite as much beer to look through..so it's not quite pitch black..close though.

smells really good..this is how i like porters to smell. dark roasted malts that give the impression of dark chocolate. not overly powerful chocolate, more of a subtle aroma. there's something else to the smell also..i think it might be a hint of alcohol. i don't think this stuff is very strong ABV wise, so it either comes through very well, or i'm smelling something else. there's a slight nutty smell to it too..maybe that is what i'm smelling instead of alcohol.

between a medium and heavy body. the chocolate aroma is understated in the flavor..more of a roasted flavor up that starts in the beginning and lingers on afterwards. again, i can pick up on a somewhat nutty sweetness as well. chocolate is there, but more in the background in the finish.

all in all, i would definitely buy this stuff again. wouldn't say it's my favorite porter..i'd say it's up there though. give it a try if you see it around. beers from avery aren't usually too expensive either compared to other companies which makes this a great deal.

I lol'd. That is a picture of an audi engine. lolololol

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haha, graf is siphoning motor oil and calling it porter.


I'm thinking about buying a quart of Grey Goose for this weekend, and a few 'specialty' beer of course. Local private store finally has Maudite back in stock..at their standard $18.99 a sixpack Unibroue price.

Yep, need a trip to the states, now that our is worth dollar is more especially. I'm tired of buying beer and feeling like I'm getting shafted. Usually only buy it fresh from the breweries or during happy hours at bars.

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Do it. Grey Goose is delicious, good enough to drink right out of the bottle


Buy a 40 oz. Lebatt 10.1 for six bucks and get hammered!

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"Yep, need a trip to the states, now that our is worth dollar is more especially."

now that's quotable

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Hey..fuck off. hahaha.

They don't sell that high percentage Labatt here..and I don't drink piss anyways.

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the other day, a co-worker of mine who happens to be my neighbor won a bet with another co-worker and he got a bottle of Cazadores finest tequila called Añejo. It was like drinking paint thinner, how strong it was...and it went down smooth. 2-3 shots got me buzzed in under 3 minutes. I recommend it strongly to all you tequila lovers and whoever likes a hard drink every now and then

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Tequila is something i want to try, but something decent and not a fuckin Jose Cuervo mixer. Cazadores is one I've heard of in my research, but everything decent here is at least $50 a bottle. I might look into some good liquor next time I travel out of state where the taxes are less.

Anejo means barrel aged for at least a year, and it's meant for drinking neat because its too damn expensive and high quality to dump in the margarita blender. I imagine it's an acquired taste.

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Just had some raspberry lambic.

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ah ok i wasnt aware of that. yeah its a really fancy one, it went down really smooth. i could imagine a group of hispanic old timers playing dominoes drinking that with a boxing match in the background [last family gathering i went to ] but it was very very strong also

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haha ok..i don't know how that happened. i fixed the link.


hmm i never heard the canadian dollar finally passed us. then again..it's not like i tune into the money segment of the news everyday either. i guess it's because of bush and his weak dollar policy.




when i was visiting friends this past week..i had some corzo silver: http://www.bevmo.com/productinfo.as..._id=00000073046

i'm not much of a tequila drinker..and i think i was already drunk when i had it.. was pretty good though i guess haha. my friend likes it and he drinks a fair amount of tequila and other higher quality liquors.



midnight empire - what kind of lambic was it?

I'm pretty sure the canadian dollar hasnt passed ours, it's just stronger than it has been before. If you walk into Wal Mart with Canadian money they will probably not serve you, still.

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No shit, if your in America. They have Wal Marts in Canada Dumbass. I bet a Wal Mart in China wouldn't serve you if you had American Currency.

God i do hope your whole post was some sort of inner humor. If not, isn't it time for the tabbies? You've got my vote for biggest idiot on this forum. You show the true color of your state well.

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wow, this is a surprise and honor.. I dont know what to say other than

::is confused::

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It's $1.05us. Know your facts.

http://www.xe.com/

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Gross. The only beer that I've really considered throwing away was a Samuel Adam's Cranberry Lambic that blew nuts.


As far as tequilla goes, I was never a big fan until I tried some of this stuff called Milago. It is 100% agave and you can really taste the difference. Reasonable price too, at least here in Austin. Then, of course, there is Patron which is over-priced just because it has a recognizable name but it is still a damn fine liquor.

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that stuff does suck...i wouldn't call it a real lambic though. i've only had some lindemans kriek. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/187/600

i'm not crazy about lambic, but it seems this one is leagues ahead of the sam adams..and is made in the traditional way.

I don't know what kind of lambic you guys are drinking but the shit I get is far from gross, as a matter of fact, it's probably the tastiest alcoholic beverage I drink. It's like pressed fruit juice with a moderate amount of carbonation. I'd take a glass of Lindermans lambic over a beer any day, and that's saying a lot because I am a huge beer dweeb.

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yea, the lindemans is pretty good stuff. have wanted to try it for some time..it's just kind of expensive and wasn't sure if i would like it after the sam adams. so i never got around to it since there was always plenty of beer i knew i'd like or wanted to try. finally my friend balled out on his birthday and got a shitload of liquor and beer. he got the lindeman's kriek (cherry) and i got to try a little bit of it. tasty stuff..i'll definitely be trying their other types of lambic..as well as some other breweries.

i think it's crazy how they use the wild yeast to ferment it.

edit...here's a link bassb posted some time ago that explains a bit about the lambic brewing process and some trappist belgian brewers.

http://www.travelistic.com/video/sh...ic-Fermentation

well thats nifty...haven't seen it mentioned anywhere yet. I haven't been looking for it, though.

dont mind me, i'm just the biggest idiot here. I'm going to drink the Yeti and practice my rithmatic

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Purchased a 2005 bottle of this: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30/7850

can't wait to try it. Anyone ever had it before?

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i had that old post again tonight. pumpkin ale. it tastes more like sweet potatoe than pumpkin to me... and a bit burnt too. its still great, fall-y beer though.

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hell yea! that stuff is great. http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c...er/IMG_2159.jpg

i've had it a few times..if you are a big fan of that old rasputin, i'm sure you'll like the czar.

tonight i'm having a glass of sam adams imperial pilsner. i've never seen it on sale before, so i grabbed a bottle. i think it's either a seasonal or otherwise special release. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/35/38591

graf, you were right, as usual. that imperial stout was fuckin delicious.

could you explain to me what to do about yeast at the bottom of a belgian ale like duvel ( 1pt 9 oz big bottle) ? do i swirl it up and pour it in the glass? do i pour all the yeast in the final glass?

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wow that newcastle was SKUNKED. i just had a bottle. good thing i didnt get a whole six. i didnt like the active taste or mouthfeel at all. the aftertaste is AWESOME

id like to drink a beer that tastes like the aftertaste of newcastle

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qft

i'm never had a brown ale with that same particular creamy after taste. it's actually quite remarkable.

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yea, that stuff is great.

with those bigger bottles..i just pour slowly and carefully..then pour it again if someone else is drinking some too. otherwise i set it down and let it settle while i drink my glass. then just pour it again slowly and carefully. the last glass will get a little extra, but it's not really that bad. just make sure to leave a little bit of beer at the bottom since that will be really saturated with yeast.

newcastle is alright..has a unique flavor. one of the better beers you can commonly find on tap in the states.

sam adams imperial hallertau pilsener is a limited thing, usually bi-yearly depending on the hop harvest. I want.

With duvel or any beer that's not a wit or wheat beer you probably shouldn't swirl the yeast, you should leave the last inch or 2 in the bottle and drink it afterwards if you want. Some people like it, some people don't, so try it out. With wheat beers and wits (like hoegaarden) most people swirl it up and pour it in the beer normally to give it the cloudy appearance and more taste.

Today is november 1, day of the dead or all saints day (wiki that shit), which is commemorated by Rogue Dead Guy Ale. So i had 2 20 oz dead guys on tap. Incidentlaly I also had imperial pints of lazy magnolia southern pecan and 2 swweetwater road trips and someone else paid my tab, so I'm in a good mood until I go to bed.

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Finally had my Piraat on Halloween night. It was good but perhaps I should have waited longer before opening it because the yeast was a little all over the place. I'll have to pick up a single bottle to retry it. Also had the last batch of Propeller's Pumpkin Ale fresh from the growler, much better than their first batch of the season. Essentially it's their Honey Wheat Ale with nutmeg/cinnamon/pumpkin/etc. It sold fucking crazy though, I was at the brewery a few times the past couple of weeks and the bottles were consistently sold out..didn't get the chance to nab one.

A few of these English beers have been popping up at the government liquor stores, can't wait until they are around at my local one.

Edit - LOL @ mathias krieg's signature. It's ok man..who would of thought you'd eventually want to be paid in Canadian dollars?

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What's a good, common brand of rum?

SAILOR JERRY'S!!!!

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to be honest..it was good..especially for a sam adams beer..still, i'd have to say it was a bit too unbalanced. don't get me wrong, i love hops, this stuff was just mainly all hops. i could tell there was SOME malt in there somewhere.. when the bottle says "an intense hop experience" they aren't lying.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c...er/IMG_4044.jpg

was doing something so i didn't want to go online to post, so i wrote this in a txt file.

"it had a thick head that dissipated semi-slowly to just a tiny bit, but does not disappear. hazy and honey like in color. decent lacing.

distinct floral hoppy aroma. citrus fruit w/ a tinge of pine. a little detectable malty sweetness under the hoppy smell.

quite different in taste. still hoppy, bitter, yet the sweetness comes out more. almost tart. dry finish, a likely result of the hops. piney still..bit of bite from the hops actually.

medium to heavily bodied. good, slightly unbalanced, hop flavor that is quite intense. not the easiest drinking beer..though for an imperial pilsner, i suppose you shouldn't be expecting a session beer. "


had this the day before yesterday. franziskaner hefe-weisse. http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c...er/IMG_4039.jpg

this shit is delicious. it's not crazy experimental or anything. the first thing i thought while drinking it was "this is how a wheat beer should taste!" i'm sure there are better wheat beers out there, but this is a damn good benchmark i'd say. would happily drink more, and plan on buying more as well. would have to dry the dunkel version again, or put them head to head to see which one i liked more. the BA people seem to favor the regular one..i could see that working out...still would like to give the dark another shot. the dark had a bit more of a fruit flavor (banana in particular) compared to this one.

bass - that piraat is alright i thought. i think the problem with me is that people seem to rave about that stuff, so i had fairly high standards set for it. to be honest, i'd much rather have some st. bernardus, unibroue, allagash, etc. maybe i should give it a third try to be fair since i'm a bit more familiar with those other brands.

i see the franziskaner ALL OVER here.... it seems to be very common in these parts. the bottle always kind of turned me off (yes, i label-shop , hahahaha)

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haha i do too unless i've heard of the particular beer. like books, you can never tell. westvelteren (i think i spelled that right) is supposed to make some of the best beer in the world, including what has been dubbed THE best beer in the world, and they have no label at all. they distinguish their beers with different colored caps.

try that stuff though, it's a very good beer. it's not blow your socks off, holy shit this is the holy grail of beers..just a really good tasting brew.

how is it pricewise

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do you guys in Canada sometimes get american coins in your change?

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I have a shit load of Canadian coins.

Well just got $100- I'm off to get drunk and buy another new Nintendo DS game.

Hooray for good grades in school.

Rather inexpensive. But I believe you have to travel to Belgium to get it. If I was going to Belgium to drink the holy grail of beers, I wouldn't care if it was ten dollars a bottle

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trans you mean the franziskaner? or the westvleteren? the former is somewhat inexpensive. the larger sized bottle of either was only either 2.99 or 3.99. as for the latter..mtm has it about right. they don't sell it outside of belgium. there are some companies in europe (probably belgium) that buy it and will ship to the states or wherever. it's not cheap though! http://shop.belgianshop.com/ you can also buy it on ebay..but by the time you factor in shipping..and assuming nobody else bids (could be buy it now though), you are looking at about $100 for a 6 pack! so i say fuck that..i'll wait till i go to belgium myself..then while i'm there, i'll hit up the other breweries too.

i meant the franziskaner! i think i saw it all over the place in german
ill pass on the 100 dollar a six pack beer...

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I don't really like Belgian beers that much. Duvel and the likes almost always have a bitter taste that doesn't sit well with me, and it pisses me off. I always hear my fellow beer nerds talking about "OMF teh Belgian Ale was pwn!" and I can never get into it.

http://ratebeer.com/Beer/rochefort-trappistes-6/5401/
I enjoyed this one to an extent, and must admit that it is a damn good beer. Even so, it just didn't do it for me. Maybe I'm teh fag or something?

http://ratebeer.com/beer/rochefort-trappistes-10/2360/
I've also tried this guy out. Bitter as fuck. Reminded me of the malt liquor I used to chug back in high school. I felt like I got ripped off with this one. At least the 6 was enjoyable.

http://ratebeer.com/Beer/duvel/1434/
I absolutely hated this beer. It was very bitter and again, it reminded me of malt liquor. All the other people who drink this shit are totally into it though...

All that being said I'm generally a stout and lambic drinker, so it shouldn't be surprising that I don't like the Belgian persuasion that much.

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i have an ommegang rare vos in the fridge

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Free the Hops is raffling a Westvleteren 12, a Dark Lord, Founder's Kentucky Breakfast Stout and regular Breakfast Stout, Rochefort 10, Alesmith Speedway Stout, Stone Imperial Russian Stout, a Dreadnaught IPA, a St. Bernardus abt 12, and a Pannepot Old Fisherman's belgian quadrupel. I'm totally entering...

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All the time, we just pass it off as normal currency though.

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I had the Omegang three philosophers earlier today and it was pretty bad. I payed $7.19 for the bottle too. Sure, I finished the whole thing but it was a boring beer. A Belgian quad with cherry lambic added to it. I thought it was going to be some kind of super fruity sweet beer but I was wrong. Just your average Belgian Quadruple with a small amount of cherry flavor. Very malty, very drinkable but at the same time forgettable if price is a factor.

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oh..for a big bottle you mean? i was gonna say, they are raping you at that store. ommegang is one of the cheapest belgian style ales you can get down here. i liked the three philosophers even though i thought i wouldn't cause it had lambic in it. i think my favorite of theirs is the hennepin saison though.

If they didn't say there was lambic in it I would have never noticed. And yes, I bought a 25 ounce bottle which I still felt was pricey but Belgian's are always expensive.

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Here we just get pissed off, when its the opposite way around.

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midnight - that's funny because when i bought it, the story was the exact opposite. i had heard it was a good belgian style ale so i picked up a bottle (12 oz.). then when i got home, i noticed it said it was blended with cherry lambic. previously only having had the sam adams cranberry lambic, i thought "damnit, i'm not sure about this stuff..." so it was the last beer of the group that i drank..might've even bought more beer before drinking it. so i was pleasantly surprised that i did like it which caused me to try all the other ommegang beers i've seen...except for one that is available in this area. it's a little over $10 for a 750ml. one day i'll try it.

ha proaz..same here..i sometimes pass them off, other times people catch it and i just act like i didn't notice.


last night i had some otter creek white sail (belgian style witbier). http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/119/36551 was decent..not something i'd recommend to someone that wants to try a good witbier. not bad either..if you like the style, i'd give it a go. flavor just seemed sort of subdued or very subtle. i like my beers to have a bit more of a bold flavor to them so that i know i'm drinking a beer.

tonight i'm either having another clipper city small craft warning uber pils..or a 750ml of this locally brewed saison. thinking of going with the saison.

we would get less if we convert them!!

I had Remy Martin while watching Arold and Kumar, Ronin. It was great

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Getting drunk tonight around a fire. Friend's been collecting fire and trash to burn in it for a while. It's going to burn all night. What we're drinking isn't known now but he already has over 15 different kinds of liquors. Probably gonna buy some more Harvest Moon: Pumpkin Ale.

sounds cool! i probally wont getting drunk tonight, because it made 2 days long that im getting drunk....

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You guys should be fortunate now.

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Drinking some Shiner Blonde right now. It doesn't really taste like beer? I like the original Shiner Bock a lot more. Texas pride goddamn.

those are the only two shiners i've had. decent beers..nothing to write home about. it is nice to support the locals though. i'm having a local beer right now.

saint somewhere saison athene from tarpon springs, fl...which is just a few minutes away.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c...er/IMG_4048.jpg
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/16205/38426

not writing a review here because i posted one in that BA link..it should be the top one.

7.5% holy shit. The strongest beer here is Keystone Ice 5.9%.

The art for the bottle looks pretty sweet.

My friend is drinking his first ever bottle of M.D 20 ahaha.

Lindemans is the only lambic I trust. I picked up a bottle of their raspberry lambic again today but....Wow, $6.19 for a pint? What the fuck? I love a good glass of lambic now and then but I'd probably rather piss blood than shell out that kind of cash for a pint of something with only 4% alcohol.

By the way, do all Belgian ales have that you know...taste to them? You know how they all have certain characteristics that make them stand out from other beers. If so I don't know if I could ever get into Belgians too much. I love the idea of a finely crafted brew and all but I've only had one that really stood out to me as an amazing beer and that was Rochefort 6.

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reqtum - hah that's funny you pointed that out..BA has it listed as a little under 6% slackers. i'm sure dogfish head is sold out near you...they make a beer that is over 20% ABV. it's pretty damn good too. the strongest one i know of is samuel adams utopia..i think it's 25% haven't had it though..it's expensive as fuck and pretty limited.

midnight - for lambics, try something from cantillon. i've never had any..someone just recommended them as one of the better ones. so did michael jackson in this book i just bought. not sure how available it is though..can't say i've seen in here..then again, i usually skip over the lambics. those lindemans are pretty expensive. if they were cheaper, i'd have tried them earlier on my own dime.

as for belgians..they do sort of have a certain thing to them..on the other hand, they have quite a bit of diversity. have you had st. bernardus abt 12? that is a great one. ever had any unibroue beers or allagash? they aren't from belgium, just good examples of the styles. orval is a good one..chimay blue or white..not crazy about the red. i liked gulden draak too. westmalle triple is good..haven't had the dubbel. really i haven't had too many belgians lately..they aren't cheap, and my budget is limited. delirium tremens is a great one..i liked it better than the nocturnum..can't go wrong with either i'd say. corsendonk abbey brown ale is really good too.

25%! You're shitting me right? I've had people and myself search every single store that sells alcohol here and none of them sell a beer over 5.9% but.... our town only started selling beer a few years ago. We were dry for over 20 years.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/35/25759
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/35/9840
this last one is "only" 24% http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/35/2683

they are expensive as fuck i've heard...over $100 a bottle at least. needless to say, i've never had any of them..they don't sell them in florida i don't think. not that i'd buy one anyway..well maybe one day..not at this point though.

you might be able to find this: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/64/9086 it's also expensive..not nearly as much though..more around 8-12 bucks a bottle (12oz. not the corked and caged 750ml.) it's not something to pound either..more of a sipping beer.

Hair of the Dog made a barley wine that was 29% a few years back.

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hmm didn't know about that one. i've never had any of their beers before..first heard about them in this movie called "american beer" which is documentary basically of a group of friends driving across the country and going to a bunch of breweries.

not crazy about barley wine style ales personally. am still open to giving them a shot, just something about them that doesn't sit well with me.

I've really been getting into scotch lately. Could anyone here recommend a really good Irish scotch? I already know Jameson is great. That's what I've been buying all along. But is there any better Irish scotch out there?

Thanks

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Barley wines are pretty diverse as far as ale goes. Some are so thick and syrupy that I can barely finish them. Others however have become a regular part of my day. Dick's makes a barley wine that I could easily drink every day. Even so, barley wines still sit pretty low on my list...aside from Full Sail's Boardhead which is one of the sweetest and smoothest beers I've ever had.

Hair of the Dog has some pretty good beers. I think they are way the fuck overpriced at $18 for a 6pack but in a sense you are getting what you pay for. If you ever get a chance pick up a 12oz bottle of Hair of the Dog Fred. It's one of the tastiest beers I've ever had.

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i think, technically, when it is irish, it's not called scotch, just whiskey. first one that comes to mind is tullemore dew. the only other brand i can think of is bushmills..i'm sure there are better ones out there. the ones i listed are fairly common and not too expensive.

Yeah my mistake, it's reffered to as "Irish Whisky". My dad got me drinking Jameson and has a bad habit of calling it 'Irish scotch'... seems the bad habit was passed on to me.

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fuck... i got home at 3:30 AM. i dont remember everything i drank... i had a murphy's irish stout (smooth and creamy but light on roasty flavor and stuff) and a paulaner hefe weizen on tap (excellent) before hitting the beer fest. I had a pint of rogue mocha porter and a pint of brooklyn black chocolate stout (10.6% apv), multiple samples of terrapin big hoppy monster, oskar blues old chub, rogue american amber, lazy magnolia southern pecan, some kind of double IPA and a barleywine, a pint of homebrewed hefe weizen and some other shit and some good free food. i'm belching up hops though...

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You sure about that? I can't find any information about it.

NSLC had Duvel, Chimay Red and Affligem Blond on sale...all were around $2 a bottle!

Also saw the shelf space/titles for the new English beers they're getting..I can't wait!

After work, I got out of this fucking tropical storm last night and went to a brewpub. I had two 18oz Dunkel Weizen's before I got a ride to pick me up.


I don't know too much about different scotches and whiskeys. My advice is to go out of a blind whim and try some. Or..find out what's in your area and look up reviews.

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that is a killer sale!! i wish i was there for that one


brooklyn black choc stout..ooo. i had one last year. waiting for that to hit the shelves up here! ive got a youngs in the fridge now

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http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/hair-o...dog-dave/23897/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_o...Brewing_Company

pwned

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sounds like a kick ass time mathias. i want to try that big hoppy monster.

would like to try that brooklyn chocolate stout too..have heard good things about it. so far, i have to admit i have been less than impressed with the brooklyn beers. i guess cause i have heard of them for a while, then read a bit of hype on BA about their beer finally coming to FL. i've only had a few so far..my favorite was the pennant ale '55.

wikipedia says that dave is "one of the strongest"..i wonder if that means there is something that is +30% ABV? i'm not crazy about too strong of an alcohol taste in my beer though...so they'd have to do a damn good job masking it with that much in there.

Fucker.

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"brooklyn black chocolate stout" is fuckin hard to pronounce when you've been drinking it and someone asks what you have.

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went and cashed in my cup of coins today. i pilfered it several times for toll money, so it took quite a hit. still managed to get just under $14 out of the whole thing. thankfully bank atlantic does it for free rather than charge some small percentage. so i figured i'd hit up a store i've only been two twice before..once just the other week to get the harvest ale and the locally brewed saison. this time i walked out of there with a bomber of lagunitas maximus double IPA http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/220/1372 , some schneider and sohn organic wiesen edel-weisse http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/72/31357 they make the ever popular aventinus. from what i've read in this one thread http://beeradvocate.com/forum/read/562011 edel is just organic. the first reply says hefe means unfiltered and edel means filtered..but hefe means yeast. also, this stuff is bottle conditioned unlike kristal weisse which would be clear, filtered wheat beer. so i'm going with the second reply that it is just organic..which the label also says hah. last but not least..i got a bottle of oud beersel oude kriek vieille http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/828/2596 it's a cherry lambic. i bought this for two reasons. one, i was told the lindemans lambics aren't technically real lambics (besides one of them, the cuvee rene grand cru http://www.lindemans.be/start/cuvee...e09e906d857e223 )

basically the guy that was telling me about it said that the grand cru is the only one that uses spontaneous fermentation and doesn't use any artificial sweeteners. i looked into it and couldn't find if the others used spontaneous fermentation, but didn't really see anything about artificial sweeteners. couldn't really figure out if what the guy said was 100% accurate, but i will say, he knows a lot more about beer than i do.

the other reason i got this one is that the brewery was featured in that thirsty traveler video bassb posted. didn't see any of the lindemans grand cru, so figured this would be good to try.



might post this in the fitness thread..

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health...hydration/7563/

beer good for you after exercise?

http://www.erdinger-non-alcoholic.c...ort&aktiv=sport

gonna have to try that after my next run.

you're supposed to drink beer and then drink your water, it aids hydration. They also said that a soprts drink (gatorade) is better than either.. however since there's an ok beer bar 2 blocks from my gym, maybe i'll give it a try tonight.

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Erdinger is the shit, didn't know they made a sports drink.

Fuck it, I'll just have the Weissbier.

Oh and I like a beer like any other man. This is what my kitchen looks like:

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hmm i never have heard that before mathias..just stumbled across a thread on BA about it.

def - it's not a sport drink, it's just a non alcoholic version of the standard erdinger.

Non-alcoholic beer = sports drink to me.



At least, that's before sporting. I wouldn't call it beer.

ahh ok..to me, and i'm sure most other americans, sport drinks are things like gatorade, powerade, etc.



saw this stuff at the store today. only had about $14 to spend and they only had it in 6 pack form so i decided against giving it a go since that would've been the better part of my budget. would've been more economical i suppose..i wound up leaving with only 3 large bottles of beer. oh well..i'm excited to try each one.

again they were out of the samuel smith's christmas/winter offering in singles. guess i could've asked them if i could've split up a 4 pack since they sell both. oh well.

Over here we apply Steinar Kvale's meaning categorization thus placing alcohol in a few categories and the rest of the beverages in a few other categories.

Btw, did you have the lindemans cuvee rene grand cru? It's good but definetly for people with acquired taste.

over here we lump NA beer with regular beer...just in it's own subcategory. they brew it the same, and there is some residual alcohol..i forgot exactly what they do to make it have less alcohol. i suppose they heat it up a bit to cook off the alcohol..though i'm not sure how that might effect the flavor of the beer in the end.


nope, i couldn't find the grand cru..so i grabbed the oud beersel kriek vieille.

they had a number of different offerings from lindemans, just not that one. so far i've only had their kriek.

I don't know what I'm going to drink tonight but I have a feeling it's going to be some mead. And about most Lindemans products, I'm not surprised that it's technically not a true lambic...but since it's not what exactly is it?

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well from what i gathered it's a blend of an aged lambic and cherries and whatever else.. i'm not really clear on the details to be honest. i'd say, if it isn't a lambic..it's a fruit beer. don't quote me on it though. i'm not too experienced with lambics or their kin.

having the lagunitas maximus double IPA right now. this shit is good. so far i've liked every beer from lagunitas.

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a: clear amber or dark honey. small head that shrank to a tiny bit on the surface.

s: faint pine that is overshadowed by hoppy goodness balanced with a bit of malty sweetness.

t: mmm piney and sweet. hops dominate (go figure). finishes with a dry sweetness. for being as hoppy as it is, i find it to be very well balanced. the malt flavor comes in right after the initial piney bit, then they linger on together.

m: medium body..a little more towards the heavy end of the medium spectrum. nice carbonation, and a dry finish. can't really detect the 7.5% ABV either.

d: well i'm drinking it just after i went running..though mainly because of that recent thread about drinking a beer after exercise. it's quite drinkable, though wouldn't say it would be a good session beer. definitely a pleasure to drink though.

i found some of that post road on sale in singles, so i grabbed on of those. picked up a few other beers while there as well. last night i had that oud beersel kriek...it was good. surprisingly sour while i was expecting it to be very sweet. gonna try their other lambic that is on sale here..then probably try some other brands. quite different from anything i'm used to.

right now i'm having that schneider and sohn edel weisse..it's alright. kinda disappointed to be honest. has a strange sort of aftertaste.. of all the organic beers i've had, i only really liked one..maybe that is why i'm not crazy about this stuff.

blasphemy dude, Schneiders Weisse is one of the best beers ive had! I guess you're having a bottle, I only drink it in this bar that has it from the tap. Takes about 5 minutes to pour properly, it needs rests in between and it has to flow at low pressure for some reason. But in the end, you'll get one tasty beer

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i like the normal version..the one i'm having is the "wiesen edel-weisse" the organic one with the green label. it's alright, just after having the aventinus and the regular hefe weisse, i was expecting a better beer. the aftertaste doesn't seem to bother me as much now as it did earlier.

I'm drinking Jager and Dr. Pepper right now. It's pretty grim.

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Do any of you guys drink Sparks at all? It's like an alcoholic energy drink. It's a great way to start off the night, or to keep it going. Seems to make everyone a little crazy though, but I look that as a positive thing.

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jager


i've had a sparks before..not my thing really. last thing i need sometimes is to stay up longer while drinking. haha sometimes i'll land myself in a position where it is probably just best to go to sleep.

why do alcoholic energy drinks exist? What positive effect could increased energy have on an intoxicated person?

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It keeps you awake and reduces fatigue. I dont wanna say it sobers you up, cause it really doesn't, but it almost kinda clears your head in a way. i guess what i mean is i feel it makes me less sloppy of a drunk. That's not necessarily a fact, that's just how i feel it affects me.

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