Beer in the new era

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.

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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.

http://robeystreet.com/blog/2010/11/19/secret-santa-holiday-beer-exchange/

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dope Australian ale of the moment http://i51.tinypic.com/11l3fao.jpg

When I moved to st Louis I was shocked at how much better the budweiser tasted!

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Finished drinking the list at my local. Finally I can go back to drinking just what I like.

what were the high and low points?

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:

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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.

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.)

as mentioned above, celebration ale makes me fucking gag.

goin to this tonight

http://www.pigsear.org.uk/festivals.htm

(Note: page contains link to a file called "beers.xls" o_O)

http://armsbyabbey.com/on-tap/

this is whats on tap at my hang these days. Gotta try the RIGORMORTIS.

anybody want to tell me which of these i should try?

St Piran's Cornish Best Bitter
All Black Mild
Gowfers Gold
Mashie Niblic
Driver Dark Stout
Clyde Puffer Stout
MMX
Monkey IPA
Born In A Barn
Santa's Reserve
Alley Cat Ale
Penquin Porter
Leezie Lundie
Carnival Ale


Fremington IPA
Dark Mild
Salem Porter
XXXB
Miss Lapland
Premium
Special
Jingle
Lakeland Amber
Lakeland Best Gold
Hubble Bubble
Death Metal
Blonde Bombshell
Black Hawk
Cascade
Starry Nights
Happy Valley
Lawless
Xmas Dark Box
Potwalloper
American IPA
Rising Sun
Organic East London Gold
Piggy Winkle's Christmas Tinkle
Ho Ho Ho
Pandoras Box
Pigs Ear Brown Ale
Wheel Ale
Kernow Imperial Stout
Merry Maidens Mild
St. Georges Stout
Farmer Ray Ale
Mild
Pale
Legend
Lulach
Nechtan
Talcoran Stout
Wheat Stout
Winter Solstice
Chocolate Orange Delight
Chocolate Stout
Christmas Ale
Mr Tod
Iron Man
Nightmail
800
Meadow
Old Higby
IPA
Kudos
Bitter
Dark
Flash Rocket
Corineus
Spring Heeled Jack
Mrs Lovett's Most Efficacious Stout

Sworn Secret
Black Magic
Lazy Daze
Ferocious Fred
Highland Hopping
Orkney Porter
St.Magnus
Hobsons Mild
Butchers Best
Slaughtered Lamb
Ilkley Black
Chocolate Stout
Humbug
Jasmine's Chocolate Orange Stout
Gordon's 75 Gin
Pale Ale Centennial
A London Porter
Liverpool Pale
Best
Wild Boar Stout
IPA
Black Pearl Porter
Snow Goose
Noel Coward
Ice O Bar
Holly Daze
While Shepherds
Another Firkin Jumper
Thanksgiving
Flower Power
Black Cat Mild
Newcastle Coffee Porter
Cwrw Coryn
FMP
Mwnci Nell
Pinnacle Mild
Dirty Dick
Red Santa
JHB
Citra
Oblivion
Tranquility
Piston Porter
Estivator
Old Mill Mild
Light But Dark
Bitter
Artist Ale
Silent Night
Crows-An-Wra
Scilly Stout
Snowbound
Porter
1792 Imperial Stout
Pigs Ear Christmas Ginger Beer
Barley Wine
Red Ale
N1
Old Mariners
Royal Stag IPA
UXB
Dry Hopped Cascade Pale Ale
Dry Hopped WGV Pale Ale
Urban Dusk
Porter
Challenge
Stout
Misty Mountain
Wandle Ale
Powerhouse
Strange Brew
Betty's Big Sister
Wyvern
Gillingham Pale
Golden Harvest
Dambusters Dark Mild
Best
Amber's Ale
Red Barn Ale
Night to Remember
The Da Vinci Toad
Runner
I'm Still Standing Ex-Funeral Strength
Sporran Warmer Blonde
Highland Fling
Wispa
Wheatsheaf Ale
Rushyford Red
Blackie Boy Stout
Knight of the Garter
Conqueror

er.. sorry, without the breweries next to the names i guess that's a little hard to parse

Piggy Winkle's Christmas Tinkle

plz

Death Metal!!!

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.

Tracer, just try them all.

I've been on a bit of a beer hiatus since my drinking victory. Itching to get back.

Extraordinary levels of flavour for a 3.8% beer.

^3.8%. Wow. And you guys say that we brew weak beer.

you know what kills me, is people who drink that low carb shit. Seriously.

3.8 is like the perfect ABV imo

^^ agreed

and pretty common in the uk

4.2-5% for me generally, although there are certainly bonus round exceptions

session beers

last christmas i had some norwegian christmas beer. ROTTEN.

5% seems a bit high for a session beer - that's what stella is!

5% is just about perfect.

I need a little kick, even in a "session beer". 3.8 seems milquetoast.

6+ preferred.

I don't really session drink though. Usually I'm 3 or 4 drinks and I'm done.

I'd much rather have one or two 7% plus beers than a bunch of weak ones.

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 like the 8-10% range in snifters OR uk stouts and ales in the 4% range, generally speaking.

man I had some collaborative joint by Half Acre and 3 Floyds last night that was incredibly badass, lager style, color etc but huge belgiany/hoppy flavors, can't remember the name for shit

dudes, this looks pretty dope

http://www.motherearthbrewing.com/page/silent-night

xp oh shit, it wasn't half acre, it was dogfish head (+3 floyds)

beer's called "PoppaSkull"

A deep, golden ale spiced with cardamom and fermented using a robust Belgian yeast strain. One third of the volume was then aged for 6 months in oak brandy barrels. Spice, esters, and sweet brandy dominate the aroma. A robust 10% abv is rounded by caramel and vanilla notes from the wood with a slight spiciness coming from the yeast.

i cant find the dogfish head stuff anywhere in the TC and its bringing me down man

PoppaSkull is the shhhhiiiit

Looks like they don't have any distribution in MN, have to make a run to WI?

yeah PoppaSkull was really good, if it hadn't been $8 I would have ordered another :/

on tap @ the hop leaf in chitown, but that's a longer haul.

i can find alternatives, ive just really wanted to try dudes stuff ever since i watched that beer wars doc - he seems like a pretty fascinating beer-lovin brewer, not always to his own benefit

guys no one sells dogfish anywhere in minnesota :(

i asked the beer store guy about it and he said that dogfish head had some beef with their MN distributor (since gone out of business) and has basically refused to do business with anyone in the state ever since

what the hell

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bummer

too bad you don't live in Duluth, you could just pop across the Bong to Superior and pick some up

oh shit wait i could drive to hudson

only thing i can tell you from a quick search is that casanova liquors in hudson wi is loaded w/dogfish head

well there you go

this is their blog

http://www.beergeekheaven.com/

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