one reason i miss chicago is that the area just seems to get a lot of beer from everywhere and even the divier sports bars have excellent brews on tap. and binny's is just O_O
― omar little, Friday, 5 November 2010 00:41 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah I was at the Binny's formerly known as Sam's on Saturday, could have spent my entire paycheck. I got a 12er of Summit Extra Pale to take to a Halloween party with ilxors.
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Friday, 5 November 2010 01:15 (thirteen years ago) link
that sierra nevada sounds nice. gonna look for that tonight.
― Str8 Drapin It (chrisv2010), Friday, 5 November 2010 13:21 (thirteen years ago) link
I am not a huge Bells fan but holy shit Bell's Quinannan Falls Lager
I think I am in love
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/287/58981
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 11 November 2010 23:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh man, haven't seen that one yet. Although I did see a large, Bell's branded delivery truck/trailer the other day, that was a first.
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Thursday, 11 November 2010 23:59 (thirteen years ago) link
I am completely in love with Six Point beers lately. Red Hook Bait and Tackle has something on tap right now called Sweet Reaction (the bartender said it was "what they made before sweet action" and didn't know anything else) -- so delicious. I also kind of like the fact that it's not in bottles at all - makes it more exciting to get it when you go out.
― portrait of the artist as a yung joc (Hurting 2), Friday, 12 November 2010 00:04 (thirteen years ago) link
I also kind of wonder whether the local-ness of the brewery just leads to more consistently fresh beer.
― portrait of the artist as a yung joc (Hurting 2), Friday, 12 November 2010 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link
i love the whole can revival for good beer idea. had a few of the oskar blues and i like but don't quite love 'em. old chub was a little sweet for me. i like their little yellow pilsner, though.was in Chico last weekend and my bro-in-law gifted us an estate harvest - trying to wait for some kind of special occasion; or maybe just the weekend.got a sixer of Lagunitas Brown Shuggah (9.9%) yesterday. now that i think about it it may be on the sweet-ish side like old chub; but i still likes
― KC & the sunshine banned (outdoor_miner), Friday, 12 November 2010 00:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I also kind of wonder whether the local-ness of the brewery just leads to more consistently fresh beer.― portrait of the artist as a yung joc (Hurting 2), Thursday, November 11, 2010 4:06 PM (34 seconds ago)
― portrait of the artist as a yung joc (Hurting 2), Thursday, November 11, 2010 4:06 PM (34 seconds ago)
I've always been a big fan of Orion beer, a great light "American-style" beer from Okinawa, Japan but it wasn't until I had it in Okinawa that I really understood what happens to beer during transport (sea/air/land), the beer was miles better, like a completely different flavor.
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Friday, 12 November 2010 00:10 (thirteen years ago) link
i think some beers might be less forgiving for shipping (thinking lighter pilsner types moreso than dark ales). another key factor though , imo, is where/how it was wherehoused before it gets to you, too
― KC & the sunshine banned (outdoor_miner), Friday, 12 November 2010 00:20 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah the quinannan falls is draft only so grab it if you see it on tap somewhere before it goes away.
i would be more down with the can revival thing if the 21st amendment stuff wasnt among the worst $$$$ beers i have ever had.
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 12 November 2010 00:33 (thirteen years ago) link
i always enjoyed guinness as a great chillout sesh beer but when i had it in dublin it was on another level.
― omar little, Friday, 12 November 2010 00:35 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i had the same experience but all the locals kept making fun of me because i wasnt ordering the far superior in their opinion tap budweisers.
laugh ended up being on me tho because apparently budweiser is brewed over there and when i finally had one it was fucking awesome in an almost kirin ichiban + sorta way
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 12 November 2010 00:38 (thirteen years ago) link
i mean the budweiser served in ireland is brewed locally duh i cant make my brain type this late in the day
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 12 November 2010 00:39 (thirteen years ago) link
http://images.ukcs.net/14930/rat-milk.jpg
― omar little, Friday, 12 November 2010 00:39 (thirteen years ago) link
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Friday, 12 November 2010 00:10 (1 hour ago)
Yeah, I always order Orion when I go to the local Japanese place. It's very clean tasting so it goes well with delicate flavors. But no surprise it's better in Japan. Had a similar experience with Mexico and Bohemia -- there it was one of the best beers I had ever tasted, but trying it when I got back was disappointing.
― portrait of the artist as a yung joc (Hurting 2), Friday, 12 November 2010 02:09 (thirteen years ago) link
http://robeystreet.com/blog/2010/11/19/secret-santa-holiday-beer-exchange/
― Domingo Halliburton (jaymc), Saturday, 20 November 2010 15:05 (thirteen years ago) link
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/5518/homers.gif
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Saturday, 20 November 2010 15:07 (thirteen years ago) link
dope Australian ale of the moment http://i51.tinypic.com/11l3fao.jpg
― yuoowemeone, Sunday, 21 November 2010 09:19 (thirteen years ago) link
When I moved to st Louis I was shocked at how much better the budweiser tasted!
― teeny, Sunday, 21 November 2010 13:25 (thirteen years ago) link
http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg214/scaled.php?tn=0&server=214&filename=346ap.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640
Finished drinking the list at my local. Finally I can go back to drinking just what I like.
― Jeff, Sunday, 21 November 2010 20:11 (thirteen years ago) link
what were the high and low points?
― questeon the answers (call all destroyer), Sunday, 21 November 2010 21:39 (thirteen years ago) link
just received this as a gift, going to store it for awhile i think
http://www.drunkenpolack.com/images/speedway.JPG
i had a couple of good christmas ales a couple nights back:
http://10000vinyasas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Sierra-Nevada-Celebration-Ale-2010.jpg
good hoppy beer, though i'm not really into hops that much.
had another one @ a nearby whiskey bar but i forget what it was.
― omar little, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 23:09 (thirteen years ago) link
having a massive glögg/seasonal ales party @ our house in a couple of weeks. any recommendations? for now i was going to go with some old favorites (st bernardus, delerium noel, scaldis noel.)
― omar little, Wednesday, 1 December 2010 23:16 (thirteen years ago) link
as mentioned above, celebration ale makes me fucking gag.
― I've got a bush like a 50 year old Serbian (chrisv2010), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:24 (thirteen years ago) link
goin to this tonight
http://www.pigsear.org.uk/festivals.htm
(Note: page contains link to a file called "beers.xls" o_O)
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
http://armsbyabbey.com/on-tap/
this is whats on tap at my hang these days. Gotta try the RIGORMORTIS.
― I've got a bush like a 50 year old Serbian (chrisv2010), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:29 (thirteen years ago) link
anybody want to tell me which of these i should try?
St Piran's Cornish Best BitterAll Black MildGowfers GoldMashie NiblicDriver Dark StoutClyde Puffer StoutMMXMonkey IPABorn In A BarnSanta's ReserveAlley Cat AlePenquin PorterLeezie LundieCarnival Ale Fremington IPADark MildSalem PorterXXXBMiss LaplandPremiumSpecialJingleLakeland AmberLakeland Best GoldHubble BubbleDeath MetalBlonde Bombshell Black Hawk CascadeStarry NightsHappy ValleyLawlessXmas Dark BoxPotwalloperAmerican IPARising SunOrganic East London GoldPiggy Winkle's Christmas Tinkle Ho Ho HoPandoras BoxPigs Ear Brown AleWheel AleKernow Imperial StoutMerry Maidens MildSt. Georges StoutFarmer Ray AleMildPale LegendLulachNechtanTalcoran StoutWheat StoutWinter SolsticeChocolate Orange DelightChocolate StoutChristmas Ale Mr TodIron ManNightmail800MeadowOld HigbyIPAKudosBitterDarkFlash RocketCorineusSpring Heeled JackMrs Lovett's Most Efficacious Stout Sworn SecretBlack MagicLazy DazeFerocious FredHighland HoppingOrkney PorterSt.MagnusHobsons MildButchers BestSlaughtered LambIlkley BlackChocolate StoutHumbugJasmine's Chocolate Orange StoutGordon's 75 GinPale Ale CentennialA London PorterLiverpool PaleBestWild Boar StoutIPABlack Pearl PorterSnow GooseNoel CowardIce O BarHolly DazeWhile ShepherdsAnother Firkin JumperThanksgivingFlower PowerBlack Cat MildNewcastle Coffee PorterCwrw CorynFMPMwnci NellPinnacle MildDirty DickRed SantaJHBCitraOblivionTranquilityPiston PorterEstivatorOld Mill MildLight But DarkBitterArtist AleSilent NightCrows-An-WraScilly StoutSnowboundPorter1792 Imperial StoutPigs Ear Christmas Ginger BeerBarley WineRed AleN1Old Mariners Royal Stag IPAUXBDry Hopped Cascade Pale AleDry Hopped WGV Pale AleUrban DuskPorterChallengeStoutMisty MountainWandle AlePowerhouseStrange BrewBetty's Big SisterWyvernGillingham PaleGolden HarvestDambusters Dark MildBestAmber's AleRed Barn AleNight to RememberThe Da Vinci ToadRunnerI'm Still Standing Ex-Funeral StrengthSporran Warmer BlondeHighland FlingWispaWheatsheaf AleRushyford RedBlackie Boy StoutKnight of the GarterConqueror
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
er.. sorry, without the breweries next to the names i guess that's a little hard to parse
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Piggy Winkle's Christmas Tinkle
plz
― fwiw: lol iirc sb'd u tbqh (dan m), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Death Metal!!!
― I've got a bush like a 50 year old Serbian (chrisv2010), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link
My current favourite pint is the beer that's brewed closest to my house: Redemption Pale Ale (est. Tottenham 2010). Extraordinary levels of flavour for a 3.8% beer.
A few interesting microbreweries springing up in London in the last few years: Sambrook's, Brodie's, Redemption.
― bham, Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Tracer, just try them all.
― Jeff, Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I've been on a bit of a beer hiatus since my drinking victory. Itching to get back.
― Jeff, Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:47 (thirteen years ago) link
Extraordinary levels of flavour for a 3.8% beer.
^3.8%. Wow. And you guys say that we brew weak beer.
― Randy Moss' dog's personal chef (Bill Magill), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:51 (thirteen years ago) link
you know what kills me, is people who drink that low carb shit. Seriously.
― I've got a bush like a 50 year old Serbian (chrisv2010), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:54 (thirteen years ago) link
3.8 is like the perfect ABV imo
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 December 2010 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ agreed
― just sayin, Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:01 (thirteen years ago) link
and pretty common in the uk
4.2-5% for me generally, although there are certainly bonus round exceptions
― O_o-O_0-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:09 (thirteen years ago) link
session beers
― just sayin, Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
last christmas i had some norwegian christmas beer. ROTTEN.
― I've got a bush like a 50 year old Serbian (chrisv2010), Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
5% seems a bit high for a session beer - that's what stella is!
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:16 (thirteen years ago) link
5% is just about perfect.
― I've got a bush like a 50 year old Serbian (chrisv2010), Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I need a little kick, even in a "session beer". 3.8 seems milquetoast.
― Randy Moss' dog's personal chef (Bill Magill), Thursday, 2 December 2010 16:37 (thirteen years ago) link
6+ preferred.
― Jeff, Thursday, 2 December 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't really session drink though. Usually I'm 3 or 4 drinks and I'm done.
― Jeff, Thursday, 2 December 2010 17:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I'd much rather have one or two 7% plus beers than a bunch of weak ones.
― joygoat, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:44 (thirteen years ago) link
don't really notice the diff....i get drunker quicker or drunker slower. i like that redemption but like lots of v strong ales too.
― I see what this is (Local Garda), Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
i like the 8-10% range in snifters OR uk stouts and ales in the 4% range, generally speaking.
― omar little, Thursday, 2 December 2010 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link