dear bottle of belgian beer: is there a reason you keep on foaming 10 minutes after I have opened you? is it a sign you want me to pour you into a bottle?
― fuck in rainbows, ☔ (dyao), Friday, 9 April 2010 14:00 (fourteen years ago) link
into a glass you mean? yeah prob.
― call all destroyer, Friday, 9 April 2010 14:01 (fourteen years ago) link
glass, yeah. I poured a little bit into a glass just now and it nearly tripled in volume -.-
― fuck in rainbows, ☔ (dyao), Friday, 9 April 2010 14:03 (fourteen years ago) link
I just used HEXNUT in a crossword puzzle, and probably the only reason I even knew it was a thing was b/c of Hex Nut Brown Ale.
― jam master (jaymc), Friday, 9 April 2010 14:04 (fourteen years ago) link
there are some belgians that'll do that...just gotta wait to drink it, putting off sweet beer satisfaction
― call all destroyer, Friday, 9 April 2010 14:12 (fourteen years ago) link
coming to the realisation that i massively prefer stout and porter over all other beer. Drinking Midnight Sun Porter, microbrewed in Alloa. Yum. Going to start frequenting the famous real ale pub that is a couple of hundred yards from my flat.
― 404s & Heartbreak (jim in glasgow), Saturday, 10 April 2010 17:43 (fourteen years ago) link
captain lawrence double IPAsix point diesel stout (both good)
― ian, Saturday, 10 April 2010 17:49 (fourteen years ago) link
which pub is tht, jim?
― etrian odysseus (cozen), Saturday, 10 April 2010 19:08 (fourteen years ago) link
The Bon Accord.
― 404s & Heartbreak (jim in glasgow), Sunday, 11 April 2010 17:38 (fourteen years ago) link
where i just had a pint of orkney dark island. om nom nom.
― 404s & Heartbreak (jim in glasgow), Thursday, 15 April 2010 15:22 (fourteen years ago) link
of local interest only i think, but the grainbelt nordeast is pretty much as expected, much better than premium, less banana taste and some sort of vague brown ale thing going on? worth a bottle or two, def wouldn't buy a 12 pack.
― HOT DISH THYME MACHINE (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 April 2010 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I will admit that "less banana taste" is very very very high on my list of desirable qualities in the flavor of my beer
― don't you steal my Sunstein (HI DERE), Thursday, 15 April 2010 15:44 (fourteen years ago) link
suggest banana taste in your beer
― █▓▒░ 97 people sleep immediately after seeing this video ░▒▓█ (dyao), Thursday, 15 April 2010 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
obv you guys have never fallen victim to the trick where someone tells you to think about bananas when in the middle of a premium and then you can never ever drink the stuff again
― HOT DISH THYME MACHINE (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 April 2010 15:47 (fourteen years ago) link
once you taste it you cant ever untaste it is what i am saying here
hahaha I'm going to just start doing this at random, with random things
hopefully I will find someone with defective tastebuds for whom I can ruin sushi
― don't you steal my Sunstein (HI DERE), Thursday, 15 April 2010 15:49 (fourteen years ago) link
I was at a bar in northeast Mpls last week where almost everyone was drinking Grainbelt Nordeast. Don't know if it was super cheap, if they all got curious to try it at the same time, or if it's actually that good. Didn't try.
― I turn it up when I hear the banjo (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 15 April 2010 15:50 (fourteen years ago) link
whoah waht is it maed this GB NE? granted i live in the wrong part of mpls to imbibe it, i guess, btu still
also: i first noted the banana flavor thing in BUDWEISER---it's endemic to a lot of american "pilseners" imo
― GREAT JOB Mushroom head (gbx), Thursday, 15 April 2010 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
I read some blog reviewing the japanese beer I had upthread and it mentioned banana and bubblegum flavors which made it all the more delicious imo
― █▓▒░ 97 people sleep immediately after seeing this video ░▒▓█ (dyao), Thursday, 15 April 2010 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
surely the ultimate banana beers are hefeweizen and suchlike
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 April 2010 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
how have I been blissfully unaware of this banana beer phenomenon
― don't you steal my Sunstein (HI DERE), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, Franziskaner Hefeweizen is very banana-y but in a good way.
― o. nate, Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
There was some discussion of the banana/bubblegum/clove taste of most Hefeweizens way upthread. It's all about the esters.
― I turn it up when I hear the banjo (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:04 (fourteen years ago) link
banana/bubblegum/clove taste
lol, I didn't know Bobby Flay made beer
― don't you steal my Sunstein (HI DERE), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link
Dan (not HI DERE, the other one) I think the launch was last week and they did a bunch of promo stuff in NE MPLS, maybe at grumpys and a couple of other places, so that would prob explain that
this fine beer should be pretty freely available around town now i think, i can of course guarantee that it is in ready supply at my dear beloved BOOZE MART
― HOT DISH THYME MACHINE (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
lol "grumpys"
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
avoid the brownie surprise
― don't you steal my Sunstein (HI DERE), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
on actual beer topics, I've noticed that I've been buying Harpoon assortment packs almost exclusively because I don't actually have one particular beer that I like drinking all the time
― don't you steal my Sunstein (HI DERE), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:12 (fourteen years ago) link
(xpost) I was at Shaw's. Yep, that's probably the reason.
Speaking of fruity beer, as in grapefruity, I've been drinking Widmer Deadlift Imperial IPA a bunch lately. Excellent.
― I turn it up when I hear the banjo (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:13 (fourteen years ago) link
i love assortment packs but i have gotten so burned by some of them that i am very cautious these days. however i learned that the breckenridge and horny goat breweries make shitty beer that i hate across the board from getting these, so i guess thats a win?
xpost
― HOT DISH THYME MACHINE (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:16 (fourteen years ago) link
actually the Sam Adams assortment packs are often great as long as they don't include one of their crime-against-nature fruit beers
― don't you steal my Sunstein (HI DERE), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:18 (fourteen years ago) link
my default assortment pack is the brau brothers one because i love literally every beer in there (even the strawberry wheat! no really!)
but you cant get that outside of mn right now so nananana booboo sucks to be yall
― HOT DISH THYME MACHINE (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:20 (fourteen years ago) link
btw is it sad that the reason i am most excited to go to an upcoming wedding in philly is so i can drink the monks sour red ale?
― HOT DISH THYME MACHINE (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:21 (fourteen years ago) link
depends, do you hate the ppl getting married?
― don't you steal my Sunstein (HI DERE), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link
also trying to figure out how to bring back a case of the yards brewery stuff, which is fucking fantastic imo, esp the brawler:
http://www.yardsbrewing.com/ales_brawler.asp
xpost no its m1ch3ll3, who is one of my closest friends! (i think you might remember her from like a million yrs ago) i just really really like that beer and cant get anyone here to track it down for me
― HOT DISH THYME MACHINE (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:25 (fourteen years ago) link
and since were on the subject if anyone has any suggestions for other sour beers that would be ace - its really hard when you are one of the rare freaks that really like sours because NO ONE stocks them, at least not around here.
― HOT DISH THYME MACHINE (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:26 (fourteen years ago) link
philly is one of the great underrated beer cities as far as i can tell, tho maybe its rated really highly and i dont know
― max, Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
Last night at Hopleaf I had the limited-edition Lagunitas Fusion Ale -- which was quite good. I think I've been spoiled a bit by IPAs, because my first reaction was that it wasn't hoppy enough, but then as I kept drinking, I found it pretty refreshing. And it still had a lot of character.
My gf ordered a Short's Magician -- which usually isn't distributed outside Michigan, but Hopleaf acquired a few bottles when Short's was in town for the recent Craft Brewing Conference. Anyway, it was kind of weird. It billed itself as a "dark red ale"; I picked up notes of black bread and baker's chocolate but also a slightly unpleasant sourness.
― HOOS zing-steen (jaymc), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i had no idea this thread was so full of mentalism
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I always thought Philly was well known as a great beer city!
― don't you steal my Sunstein (HI DERE), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
I love Monks.
― Jeff, Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
haha I know it's in MN and all but I am looking at the website for Brau Brothers and thinking the "Brothers" part of their name is deeply ironic
― don't you steal my Sunstein (HI DERE), Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
really want to try this beerhttp://philadelphia.grubstreet.com/hitachino.jpg
― etrian odysseus (cozen), Thursday, 15 April 2010 17:15 (fourteen years ago) link
^^^good stuff imo, I've had a couple of theirs
― he takes the account of everything in the universe into consideration (dan m), Thursday, 15 April 2010 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
pricey but good
― Aerosol, Thursday, 15 April 2010 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
i saw that some place had it on tap,can't remeber where though
― Aerosol, Thursday, 15 April 2010 17:31 (fourteen years ago) link
hey TC-erz waht is best beer bar in the cities and should we go there for all of the beers
― GREAT JOB Mushroom head (gbx), Thursday, 15 April 2010 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
still thinking on question 1, but answer to question 2 is def yes
― HOT DISH THYME MACHINE (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 April 2010 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Muddy Pig is pretty incredible selection wise actually
I am almost done with school and ready to vacate the memory hole
― GREAT JOB Mushroom head (gbx), Thursday, 15 April 2010 17:50 (fourteen years ago) link