I really hate Blue Moon.I love the Redhook stuff
― Bill Magill, Friday, 21 December 2007 16:50 (sixteen years ago) link
yea i'm not really a fan of blue moon
― Mark Clemente, Friday, 21 December 2007 16:52 (sixteen years ago) link
surprised there's no rogue in that list.
btw, i finally got around to trying that morimoto soba black ale from rogue. it was good. i think i was hoping for it to be a bit thicker, but it was quite tasting. i find non-stout black beers to be pretty interesting, they're often very sweet tasting but not too heavy. i normally prefer stouts though.
― Mark Clemente, Friday, 21 December 2007 16:54 (sixteen years ago) link
*tasty, not tasting.
i had that winter blue moon the other night, i think it's called Full Moon. not too bad
― carne asada, Friday, 21 December 2007 16:55 (sixteen years ago) link
i definitely second the interest in black non-stouts... i had that german one recently that says something like "black beer, blonde heart" or something on it. kostritzer?
― Will M., Friday, 21 December 2007 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
I agree that Sierra Nevada is a fine beer - very hoppy, but with a complex, floral character that sets it above other hoppy American-style ales and lagers. It usually tastes fresh too. I don't always want something with such a strong bite to it, so I'll usually take an HB or Pilsner Urquell or even a Harp instead, if those are available - but I'd still rank it over Sam Adams Lager or Brooklyn Lager.
― o. nate, Friday, 21 December 2007 18:52 (sixteen years ago) link
I never would've guessed that.
i wouldn't either, but perhaps Sam Adams seems more ubiquitous in the Northeast? or the West drinks a lot more beer?
― gabbneb, Friday, 21 December 2007 19:08 (sixteen years ago) link
that's possible. if someone's going to drink a craft brew on the west coast, i don't imagine them picking sam adams.
― Mark Clemente, Friday, 21 December 2007 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
The Economist reports that a looming hops shortage threatens US craft brewers:
http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10337782
Scary stuff.
― o. nate, Friday, 21 December 2007 19:21 (sixteen years ago) link
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
― Mark Clemente, Friday, 21 December 2007 19:28 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.economist.com/images/20071222/20071222issuecovUS160.jpg
not such a merry christmas
― Mark Clemente, Friday, 21 December 2007 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Alaskan and Deschutes (as well as Full Sail and Rogue) beers are just ubiquitous here in the NW - to the point that I kind of don't think of them as "craft" beers anymore, they're kind of just the default. Most of them are pretty good.
I tend to like a lot of the Rogues the best, but they don't seem to have one single beer that's always around and on tap at any regular hole-in-the-wall bar. Dead Guy is probably the closest, but is still less common than Mirror Pond, Black Butte, Big Sky Moose Drool, Alaskan Amber / Pale / IPA, Fat Tire, and any of the Widmers.
I have a 22 of Deschutes Hop Trip in the fridge that I think I'm going to enjoy tonight.
― joygoat, Friday, 21 December 2007 23:03 (sixteen years ago) link
Dead Guy seems to be the most common Rogue that you see on tap here in the Midwest. (I felt comfortable enough to include ROGUEDEADGUY in a crossword I made recently, clued as "'Morbid' beer made in Newport, Ore.")
― jaymc, Friday, 21 December 2007 23:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm alternating Bell's Two-Hearted and Expedition Stout. They don't sell the stuff in Chicago any more, so it's a nice treat.
― dan m, Sunday, 23 December 2007 22:27 (sixteen years ago) link
Great Lakes Brewing News National IPA Championship
brackets: http://www.brewingnews.com/nipac/images/NIPAC-RoundONE.gif
I think I've had 8 of these.
― dan m, Friday, 22 February 2008 19:12 (sixteen years ago) link
this makes me want to drink more sam adams... to show my support, or something, i guess
― max, Friday, 22 February 2008 19:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I had some magic hat number 9 last night, very nice a fruit beer that isn't sweet, very subtle tang of apricot.
― Ed, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
they sell this nice tartish kriek in my local shop now but forgotten the name
― blueski, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Drij Fontainen?
― Ed, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 16:45 (fifteen years ago) link
I love that Maisel's Weisse stuff but haven't found a nearby offie with it.
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 19 August 2008 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.lemarkbbc.com/images/bottles/469_Zubr.JPG
had a couple of bottles of this. It was notable because I mispronounced the name at the bar and got laughed at by a group of middle-aged Polish businessmen.
It wasn't that good.
― wilter, Wednesday, 8 October 2008 04:38 (fifteen years ago) link
how is it pronounced?
― jonty alouette (electricsound), Wednesday, 8 October 2008 04:40 (fifteen years ago) link
my local bottle-o has a bunch of obscuro euro beers and local boutique stuff but i haven't been drinking frequently enough to get the chance to check it out. has anyone had chili beer? is it worth it?
lol it's kind of hard to use letters, I guess like "zsheubber". with emphasis on the "zsh"
― wilter, Wednesday, 8 October 2008 04:43 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.northcoastbrewing.com/beer-RedSeal.htm
Anyone tried North Coast Red Seal...?
― cherry blossom, Thursday, 6 November 2008 17:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I've had that. It's pretty good.
― jaymc, Thursday, 6 November 2008 17:52 (fifteen years ago) link
So disappointed in Baltika 3. It used to be a great light beer back in the day in Russia, blah blah blah. It isn't the same now it's from Tesco's.
― ljubljana, Thursday, 6 November 2008 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Red Seal is ok, but then I think my beer tastes have been permanently damaged by all the hop-centric American IPAs of the past few years. Everything else just tastes sort of bland now, and malty reds in particular have just fallen off my radar. It's like using too much hot sauce on your mexican food.
― good luck usa (dan m), Thursday, 6 November 2008 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link
Overhopped American ales really piss me off. It's not a B.U. contest, assholes!
― Rock Hardy, Thursday, 6 November 2008 19:31 (fifteen years ago) link
Strikes me as such an American approach too, just like how it's always "JIMBOB'S HOT-AS-FUCK HOTTEST FUCK YOU IN THE FACE HOT SAUCE," rather than just good-tasting hot sauce.
― Tyrone Quattlebaum (Hurting 2), Thursday, 6 November 2008 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
Baltika! I almost bought a 51oz plastic bottle of Baltika 9 at a beer store in Portland last month so I could mail it to my friend in Chicago. It just looked so horrible, and was like $4. Like the plastic bottle was saying "if you're drinking me you're depraved enough that you could easily break a glass bottle, plus you obviously don't care that this beer is going to taste like plastic".
I like hoppy IPAs but not everything should be be that way. I had a Sierra Nevada barleywine that was super hoppy the other day and was not at all what I wanted from a barleywine. The "everything else tastes bland" thing is also in effect, so most brown ales now taste kind of weak and flat to me now, like something is missing.
― a better command of the mummy language (joygoat), Thursday, 6 November 2008 20:30 (fifteen years ago) link
this is one of my favorites:
http://www.allagash.com/curieux.htm
― omar little, Thursday, 6 November 2008 20:40 (fifteen years ago) link
You'll have to believe me: Baltika tasted great to a 21-year-old idiot wandering around Russia looking for things to drink other than vodka and Polish cream liquers.
― ljubljana, Friday, 7 November 2008 07:09 (fifteen years ago) link
You know what's not bad? the new Budweiser American Ale
― Bill Magill, Friday, 7 November 2008 16:41 (fifteen years ago) link
You know what's not American? The new Budweiser American Ale.
― Tyrone Quattlebaum (Hurting 2), Friday, 7 November 2008 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
Not that I really give a shit whether beers are american, it's just an amazingly nervy bit of doublespeak
― Tyrone Quattlebaum (Hurting 2), Friday, 7 November 2008 16:44 (fifteen years ago) link
Didn't like it...they should stick to lagers. It offended me with its attempt to be inoffensive.
― Rock Hardy, Friday, 7 November 2008 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA - This is a nice, smooth, well-rounded IPA. I would consider this as an alternative to my usual standby, Sierra Nevada - though the flavor seemed a bit less intensely floral than the SN - almost a little too well-behaved.
^^ive been sucking these back w/ regularity recently. v. good tho a little expensive to buy by the bottle
― johnny crunch, Friday, 7 November 2008 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
drinking Heineken. It's really pretty good.
― Tyrone Quattlebaum (Hurting 2), Saturday, 8 November 2008 04:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Was in Amsterdam last weekend and had some more of these...http://www.sevenpack.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/ChristoffelBlonde.JPGReally nice - although I'm not sure I could drink a lot of it.
Have been drinking Vedett quite a lot at home. I know it's a bit gimmicky but so nice. If only could figure out a way of getting a customised crate back from Belgium.
― Treblekicker, Saturday, 8 November 2008 20:55 (fifteen years ago) link
― Tyrone Quattlebaum (Hurting 2), Friday, November 7, 2008 10:38 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
wasnt there some ilx thread where a bunch of ppl were shitting on heineken? i think its perfectly good for a decently priced import
― Because it's a snow machine (deej), Saturday, 8 November 2008 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
what do u guys think of grolsch - despite being a weird word to pronounce i enjoy it, and also i enjoy the gimmicky caps
― Because it's a snow machine (deej), Saturday, 8 November 2008 21:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Grolsch can be OK but can also be quite 'oniony' to me anyway - particularly if it's not super cold.
I was told by the UK marketing manager for it over here that they wanted to serve it REALLY cold in the pubs over here but the Dutch parent company wouldn't let them - maybe this is why I don't like it so much when it's on draft.
― Treblekicker, Saturday, 8 November 2008 21:12 (fifteen years ago) link
― Because it's a snow machine (deej), Saturday, November 8, 2008 4:06 PM (14 minutes ago) Bookmark
Yeah, I think I and a lot of people came into the beer world with negative impressions of it as the beer equivalent of a BMW or something, plus with all the new microbrews and imports to choose from it seemed dumb to drink Heineken. But I got some on sale and I think it's very tasty. A nice, well-balanced beer.
― Tyrone Quattlebaum (Hurting 2), Saturday, 8 November 2008 21:21 (fifteen years ago) link
i had a Dead Guy Ale last night--pretty great, never tried a Rogue before
― Mr. Que, Saturday, 8 November 2008 21:23 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah agreed on Heineken. Nothing wrong with it - I have a mini keg in right now. Great beer and one of the few reliable international brands.
The only thing ever wrong with it was the old Heineken you used to get in the UK. They actually used to make an adulterated watered down version as people were more used to drinking lager than bitter. One of the worst beers I've ever drunk. So glad it's gone.
― Treblekicker, Saturday, 8 November 2008 21:26 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't like Heineken like I don't like Stella - both always taste kind of skunky to me in an unpleasant way. A lot of pilsners taste do this to me, so it might just be that. It's a flavor I really don't like in beers.
― a better command of the mummy language (joygoat), Sunday, 9 November 2008 02:57 (fifteen years ago) link
― Mr. Que, Saturday, November 8, 2008 9:23 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
The deli around the corner from me usually has this. It's great.
Tonight is the Southampton Publick House double white. It's good. It doesn't gimme a headache like a lot of white beers do (I'm looking at you, hoegarden.)
― ian, Sunday, 9 November 2008 03:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm just now enjoying my third Millstream Schild Brau Amber, which they sell at the local hippie whole food store. Not one of those super-hoppy American ales, but kind of at the malt-y end of the lager spectrum. Probably only available around Iowa, but yumm.
― energizing the base (briania), Sunday, 9 November 2008 07:16 (fifteen years ago) link