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i like this microbrew called hennepin - its creamy and delicious
― ice cr?m, Monday, 29 December 2008 14:04 (fifteen years ago) link
pffftmidas touch, punkin ale, pangaea and the palo santo marron are all pretty excellent beers imo (black and blue, raison detre bleccchhhh though)brooklyn brewery is generally more so-so, nothing to write home about. Their lager recipe needs a re-tooling I think
the best beer I drank over christmas was this http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30/43903and we found some Cooper's Vintage at a new DC bottle-o and had it fedexed to TNhttp://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/491/3624/also very delicious
some other really excellent beers I had over the holidays was a tecate that had been in the fridge for who knows how long, a gennessee cream ale because nobody had seen that stuff in like years, some fordham beers and of course grolsch in the stopper bottles and tetleys in the widget cans.I need to track down this "grolsch weizen."
― El Tomboto, Monday, 29 December 2008 18:11 (fifteen years ago) link
had some of bosco's stone beer in nashville - the steinweizen was HORRID, the regular stone ale was acceptable though, steak sandwich and garlic fries mostly made up for it. blackstone's in nashville has the better beers I think, bosco's has better food.also got to try a couple of other schlenkerla biers - the rauch weizen (bleah) and the helles (boring)
― El Tomboto, Monday, 29 December 2008 18:14 (fifteen years ago) link
i like midas touch but it doesnt really taste/seem like a beer, plus its $$$
― eman cipation s1ocklamation (max), Monday, 29 December 2008 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
btw pumpkin drinker the restaurant downstairs from me has gennessee cream on tap
― ice cr?m, Monday, 29 December 2008 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
Paulaner Hefe was one of my first beer loves <3 <3 <3
― ┃♜ฺ│♞ฺ│♝ฺ│♛ฺ│♚ฺ│♝ฺ│♞ฺ│♜ฺ┃ (dan m), Monday, 29 December 2008 18:31 (fifteen years ago) link
oh and rodenbach flemish sour ale, the regular and the grand cru, both definitely in the does not taste/seem like a beer category
― El Tomboto, Monday, 29 December 2008 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
the rodenbach definitely reserved for late evening drinking also just remembered I got some of this other weirdnesshttp://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/697/37837which is just weird basically - I would not recommend
― El Tomboto, Monday, 29 December 2008 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link
http://beeradvocate.com/news/1610704^^^ Leinenkugel 1888 Bock story
this is available in the 7-11 by my office nowit's okay. BA posters gave it a B- which I think is probably about right. I suppose I should be drinking it out of a glass like a civilized person
― TOMBOT, Friday, 9 January 2009 05:33 (fifteen years ago) link
I bet it would be better if it were 1988 Bock though
― TOMBOT, Friday, 9 January 2009 05:34 (fifteen years ago) link
i just had one raderberger tonight at the end of the workday.
― ian, Friday, 9 January 2009 05:36 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^^^^this
Is it sweet?
Bell's Best Brown is available on tap here for so cheap! 2.25 a glass.
― that's the sound of the men workin' on the choom gaaeeyang (dan m), Friday, 9 January 2009 07:49 (fifteen years ago) link
it's not sweet like the fireside, no. I think I'm really getting a thing for these vintagey browns this winter. It's definitely best in a glass and left to sit and air for a while, big fluffy head.
― TOMBOT, Friday, 9 January 2009 07:56 (fifteen years ago) link
I just had to wonder, since they used to just sell "Bock" in the winter w/ little to no fanfare. Then it became "BIG BUTT DOPPLEBOCK" and now this.
― that's the sound of the men workin' on the choom gaaeeyang (dan m), Friday, 9 January 2009 08:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I am very much in favour of East End Black Strap Stout
http://www.eastendbrewing.com/?q=node/18
― Ed, Sunday, 25 January 2009 01:15 (fifteen years ago) link
so i just cracked open one of these:
http://www.brewbasement.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/dogfish_head_red_and_white.jpg
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 00:38 (fifteen years ago) link
^^^love their Brown Ale
― henry s, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 02:00 (fifteen years ago) link
guinness all week.
― ian, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 02:07 (fifteen years ago) link
going between goose island and berghoff lately, bought some 12 packs in chicago and transported them back west
― the gush of yesterday (omar little), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 02:20 (fifteen years ago) link
bell's <3 <3 4 ever
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 02:22 (fifteen years ago) link
tonight I had a Famosa, from Guatemala
http://www.1000bottlesofbeer.com/images/37.jpg
xp 2x
― I ♥ my dog, I ♠ my cat (dan m), Tuesday, 27 January 2009 02:23 (fifteen years ago) link
so this red and white is really something (and at $13.49 for 750 ml it's a good thing). if you're unaware, my understanding is that it's a witbier plus pinot noir grape juice that is then barrel aged. the taste is mostly witbier but you do get the wine thing (moreso when it's cold for whatever reason) and a 10% abv that you can't taste at all. not too light, not too heavy, and really fucking delicious.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 27 January 2009 02:32 (fifteen years ago) link
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Monday, January 26, 2009 8:22 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
so true
I can't remember if this is the beer thread that had the "over hopped American microbrew" conversation, but on that note and the Bell's note I am drinking a "Hopslam" Ale, brewed with honey and coming in at 10% ABV. The honey balances the ridic amount of hops surprisingly well. It's still probably too much, but I kind of like it. I imagine some here would have a field day with the label:
http://i182.photobucket.com/albums/x68/LIONSTEETH/BellsHopSlam.jpg
― peepin' it causeative (dan m), Thursday, 5 February 2009 03:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Lonestar: still shitty, still cheap.
― Dear Tacos, how are you? I am fine. The weather is nice. I miss yo (Oilyrags), Thursday, 5 February 2009 03:20 (fifteen years ago) link
I think I've had two beers so far this year. I'll be remedying that this weekend.
― WmC, Thursday, 5 February 2009 03:23 (fifteen years ago) link
i love hopslam!
― Mr. Que, Thursday, 5 February 2009 03:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Had an AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale tonight, pretty good (750 ml at 10% ABV = decent buzz). Would drink again.
― nickn, Thursday, 5 February 2009 04:05 (fifteen years ago) link
i found the fiddler's elbow ale i had last week to be pretty good. english ale. medium-to-slightly fizzy. similar to old speckled hen, with a more bizarre aroma to it. some would say earthy but it's not quite... more pungent in the nose, refreshing in the throat.
that said, the stone chocolate stout was a more enjoyable, warming brew for the time of year. i go for the english ales in spring & summer, typically.
― ian, Thursday, 5 February 2009 04:38 (fifteen years ago) link
btw fiddler's elbow is a Wytchwood brew, same as the folks who make the Hobgoblin dark english ale, which i'm much more likely to get.
― ian, Thursday, 5 February 2009 04:39 (fifteen years ago) link
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― ian, Thursday, 5 February 2009 04:41 (fifteen years ago) link
oh hell,
http://www.hoppocketwine.co.uk/images/wychwood%20fiddlers%20elbow.jpg
so i'm getting married this may, and considering it's one of my biggest interests/financial drains, i'd like craft beer to be well-represented at the reception.
i've been asking a lot of friends to get some input, and thus far people have given me basically three opinions:
1. offering some craft beer is all well and good, but you should also offer a bud or a pabst or something that everyone knows and likes2. offer all craft beer, just make sure there are some styles that are accessible, too.3. it's your wedding, get whatever the fuck you want
option 2 seems the best to me. i'd love to offer all great lakes (say, their 4 or 5 mainstay beers that are always available), b/c they're incredible, awesome beers that are also pretty accessible. i'm a native clevelander, too, so GL would represent my roots. though the wedding's in new haven, CT. and i know that GL isn't available, at least in package stores, in new england, so that might be a problem unless the venue knows a distributor who can get it.
but the same could be accomplished with say, brooklyn brewing co. - everyone knows them and the beers for the most part are pretty good (though i know there's much better out there.) i like how they're regional, too, as new haven is in the NYC/tri-state nexus, i guess.
what do y'all think? anybody plan a wedding and have to pick the beer?
― mark cl, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 21:40 (fifteen years ago) link
before i even finished yr post i was thinking brooklyn would be perfect for this situation.
― He grew in Pussyville. Population: him. (call all destroyer), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 21:42 (fifteen years ago) link
get in touch w/ the public affairs/communications ppl at great lakes and explain the situation and then sort of vaguely ask for help--you never know, if theyre looking for good publicity opportunities they might supply yr wedding for free! esp. if u play up the "cleveland boy pining for home" angle.
― max, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 21:46 (fifteen years ago) link
ha! i did exactly that, max. they were very friendly and put me in touch with their new york distributor, who's based in buffalo. the buffalo dist. co. wasn't helpful, basically said "sorry we only do buffalo area."
but i'm gonna ask the management at our reception venue about GL. since they buy tons of booze all the time for events, they might know a distributor that could get it.
― mark cl, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 21:50 (fifteen years ago) link
hrm
― max, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 21:54 (fifteen years ago) link
sometimes it's easier to get a keg through a distributor than bottles.
― Tina Fey's narrative bonsai (I DIED), Tuesday, 24 February 2009 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
well brooklyn would def be easy to get in new haven
― max, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 21:55 (fifteen years ago) link
option 3: it's your wedding....
― whatever, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 22:01 (fifteen years ago) link
there is new england brewing co, which is located in CT and has pretty good beer and the elm city lager is something most anyone would drink, i think.http://newenglandbrewing.com/brews.html
― mizzell, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 22:05 (fifteen years ago) link
tbh i've never had NEBC. i should give it a try.
xp - i like the spirit behind option 3, but i guess i'm just not that kind of host. i'd rather have my wedding guests be drunk and happy and liking the beer than be sour over some russian imperial stout b.s.... besides i guess my own tastes have tamed quite a bit recently. i kind of overdid it with the RIS and double IPAs last year. if i can find a good amber or traditional pale ale, or a scotch ale or something a bit more balanced, it impresses me just as much.
― mark cl, Tuesday, 24 February 2009 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
so back to general beer discussion... some friends and i went to the berkshire brewing co. the other day, actually to consider beers for the wedding, but ended up just being a fun trip in itself.
was pretty awesome - totally free of charge, and we lucked out by having BBC's actual brewmaster lead the tour rather than just some guide. he was very generous with the free samples. we ended up having 3-4 full beers there. since living up here in western MA i've gotten to be a pretty big fan of berkshire. favorite's probably their traditional pale ale, def. their most complex beer. rich and caramely up front w/ a nice bit at the end but nothing over the top at all.
― mark cl, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 21:03 (fifteen years ago) link
(i would actually consider BBC for the wedding but the reception venue will only do bottles, for some reason, and bbc only does the 22 oz bombers. i'd defintely prefer kegs in any case but no big deal)
― mark cl, Wednesday, 25 February 2009 21:06 (fifteen years ago) link
i've been returning this week to the Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout. Much more drinkable than the Brooklyn Chocolate Stout, in which you can really taste the alcohol.
― ian, Sunday, 29 March 2009 05:41 (fifteen years ago) link
hay dudes just went to a bar on 4th ave full of horrible micro brews you wouldve loved it - did u know theres a type of beer served warm and flat on purpose - btw max they had settlers of catan there
http://www.pacificstandardbrooklyn.com
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 02:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Thursday, April 2nd @ 8 PM in the Pub Room
An Evening With North Coast Brewing
Featuring Barrel-Aged Old Rasputin XI on Draught!
This is going to be awesome. This is like the only positive thing about living in the Chicago suburbs.
― t0dd swiss, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 02:50 (fifteen years ago) link
aw icey thank u 4 thinkin of me
i think warm flat beer is called british beer?
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 1 April 2009 13:29 (fifteen years ago) link
warm flat beer is great u guys are crazy
― just sayin, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 13:40 (fifteen years ago) link
i live in london btw
i dig the occasional warm flat beer; better than the endless succession of IPGayz that they probably run through that place.
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 1 April 2009 13:46 (fifteen years ago) link