Beer in the new era

sam winter is a bore; harpoon winter tastes like a christmas tree.

im getting the feeling i hate winter brews too. sierra nevadas celebration ale makes me gag, a lot of my friends love it. it tastes like leather crossed with santas choad.

sick! (tho i kinda like celebration when i tried it last year)

yeah its good for maybe one or two sips and then it instantly makes me feel like i have to take a dump.

celebration is sticky-sweet to me. i can have maybe one.

sierra nevadas celebration ale makes me gag, a lot of my friends love it. it tastes like leather crossed with santas choad.

Tastes are tastes, and I know a person can't possibly convince another that something is "delicious" when it triggers the reactions described above, but man... I could pretty much drink Celebration every day for the rest of my life.

honestly i think its the smell that does it for me.

Was in Michigan over the weekend and had a good Saugatuck Singapore IPA.

Also, steer clear of Bell's Oarsman, which was like drinking a Triscuit.

(Coulda been the tap at the brewery, who knows.)

irl lol at Triscuit Ale!

I've been drinking Victory's Yakima Twilight, which is billed as a Dark IPA or a strong ale, but to me seems akin to a barleywine like Bigfoot. 8.7 ABV, so it's strong, and malty, yet with a hop finish that lasts for like 10 minutes.

I've been looking for Surly Wet, haven't tried any yet.

love your name.

I like Anchor's Christmas Ale, but never so much as the first time I tried it. They do change the formula from year to year.

problem is come winter time i get stuck drinking budweiser because i dont like winter brew.

any dark or brown beer does it for me in the winter. fuller's london porter or wolaver's brown ale f'rinstance.

but I'm kinda focused on autumn here guyz

im still focused on autumn beers too...just anticipating the winter beer duldrums.

so if you had to pick one lawnmower beer what would it be?

Miller High Life for me.

i also love thinking about beer at 9:46am.

Winter is like the best time for beer drinkin' -- stouts and porters and all things dark and malty.

Though right now I'm loving Lagunitas A Little Sumpin' Sumpin'. Super hoppy, but more citrus/floral than aggressive bitterness.

disagree summer and autumn for beer drinkin! haha.

so if you had to pick one lawnmower beer what would it be?

sol

red stripe!!

the only seasons I like to drink beer in are summer, spring, winter and fall

yeah true. I LOVE BEER ALL TIME.

i don't mind having ipas or more summery beers in winter, getting drunk makes me feel v warm.

winter time beer drinking must be done by my wood stove. cozy beer.

'GANSETT 'FEST OBTAINED

i like flying dog dogtoberfest but the name is so stupid. also i will never drink a beer called "a little sumpin sumpin."

btw i like harpoon winter warmer, cad i think we disagree about every beer?

i hope that isn't true! what are some other favs?

BEHOLD

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/IMG00159-20101020-2234.jpg

(ok, so maybe it's not the greatest oktoberfest ever, but it is better than spaten's)

I have also alerted the authorities

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4rzen#United_States

that's a badass can!

I know! they say if they sell a million cases this year, they'll reopen the RI brewery. we could use the jobs so I guess I better get started on polishing these off.

where did you score that?

a liquor store

yeah no shit. im in mass and cant seem to find it.

a place in cranston, RI - hometown of the original narragansett brewery!

can't remember the name of the liquor store tbh, it used to be called nikki's... which is a very RI answer to yr question btw

cranston!!!!!!!!!!!

yes!!!!!!!!!!!

So I'm doing this thing where I drink the whole beer list from my neighborhood bar. It's going to make me drink a lot of beers that I normally wouldn't even think to order. Like porters, because I hate porters. Here's what I've had so far:

Stone IPA
3 Floyds Gumballhead
Lefthand Milk Stout
Two Brothers Domaine Dupage
Great Lakes Dortmumder Gold
Tyranena Rocky's Revenge
Dark Horse Reserve Special
O'Fallon Smoke

I started with my favorites but quickly realized that I need to get the unfamiliar ones out of the way first. Actually like the porter, which is surprising. The Tyranena is a brown ale that was really good and a style I don't normally like.

Add Metropolitan Flywheel Lager to the list. Too light and fluffy though.

lately... coors, bud. in 16 and 24 oz cans. dark times.

Cool project, Jeff. I should try that!

Currently enjoying a BridgePort IPA. Solid if unspectacular.

i always want to send ian $20 in the mail when he posts like that

you can paypal me, harbl! ;) it's not that i don't have money actually, i just spend it on food and weed and records and so lately i have been trying to keep the beer budget low.

For some reason I really am not a fan of Bridgeport's IPA - it tastes like the homebrews I've made which isn't a good thing.

Still drinking the list at my local:

New Holland The Poet
Founder's Red's
New Holland Dragon's Milk

All good! Surprised by the poet since I don't normally like oatmeal stouts.

Finally tried Founders Breakfast Stout. Was enjoying it until someone I was with had a sip and said it tasted like soy sauce.

Also, what do you consider yr local, Jeff? Delilah's?