Stuck in a small village in France that only sells Kronenbourg (their very own's Bud) and going throught that list was a dagger to my heart.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
Unless I'm going session, I really want 8+. 6 would probably just piss me off.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
france's lack of good beer and good coffee is surprising
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 17:02 (eleven years ago) link
picon biere all the way when in france
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 17:04 (eleven years ago) link
The word on the street is that Alsace and Le Nord have good microbreweries, I'm checking how to get my hands on them. i'm going to a bigger city this weekend (Toulouse) and try to find anything respectable, at this point I'll settle for London Pride.
I also heard of a good corsican beer that uses chesnut called La Pietra.
Good coffee is now avaible in Paris, but parisians will tell you it's an indie-american-slim-jean-globalised vision of coffee. I miss Montreal.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 17:13 (eleven years ago) link
it is catching on in france and italy i think. a local wine shop sells a french pale ale, can't remember what it's called tho and they've been sold out anytime i've asked. saw somewhere talking about italian beers too recently. not sure if it'd just be weak imitations of better beers though.
― Tioc Norris (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:25 (eleven years ago) link
Saw this monstrosity in my beer aisle the other day:
http://www.clownshoesbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Label_Tramp_450x315.jpg
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:29 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't locate many amazing bières d'Alsace when we were in Strasbourg recently, though we didn't drink any stinkers either. Generally speaking the French beer I've enjoyed most has been from Flanders, unsurprisingly.
Have had some v good Italian beer, Brew Fist springs to mind, I know there are more.
― Tim, Tuesday, 23 April 2013 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 1:13 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
ha, that sounds like such a french thing to say. Enjoy your authentically burnt garbage, parisians.
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 02:35 (eleven years ago) link
the sam adams I just opened says "International Award Winner / Denver Gold 1987" on the inside of the cap. Kind of disconcerting.
― huun huurt 2 (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 02:36 (eleven years ago) link
Lol France, take the TGV to Belgium...
cf: "Why is there no good Mexican food in Canada?"
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Wednesday, 24 April 2013 05:47 (eleven years ago) link
Ok for those of you who aren't untappd pals with me, the st feuillien saison in a can is crazy crazy fucking good
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Friday, 26 April 2013 01:45 (eleven years ago) link
i liked that too! i had another good saison today - the stillwater artisinal
― Mordy, Friday, 26 April 2013 02:23 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2010/08/how-jimmy-carter-saved-craft-beer/19195/
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 26 April 2013 02:25 (eleven years ago) link
Mordy, the stateside saison? I just ordered that because of you. But them I see I've had it 343 days ago.
― Jeff, Friday, 26 April 2013 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
i think i mentioned this upthread but two other saisons i've really enjoyed are the manayunk biere de mars and the yards saison - both delicious.
did u like it when u drank it a year ago? :P
― Mordy, Friday, 26 April 2013 02:49 (eleven years ago) link
Hell if I remember! I was drunk.
― Jeff, Friday, 26 April 2013 02:55 (eleven years ago) link
Troegs tasting today and my fave beer shop!
― Mordy, Friday, 26 April 2013 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
hopefully they'll have some of their Scratch brews,the ones i have had were always pretty good. also always love the nugget nectar
― ω (carne asada), Friday, 26 April 2013 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, hey I had (or rather my wife did, but I had sips of) a Stillwater Stateside Saison a few days ago.
― jaymc, Friday, 26 April 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
Well, I think I may have had all my enthusiasm for craft beer crushed this weekend. Friend of a friend managed to somehow "lose" my ticket at Dark Lord Day on Saturday, so I didn't get to buy any, despite spending $30 on a ticket, $40 on a portion of van rental, and spending the entire day in Munster. Worst part is that the dude that lost it a) didn't have the balls to tell me in person, he sent his girlfriend's friend over to tell me and, b) two days on and he still hasn't apologized or made any attempt to contact me or make even a nominal effort to rectify things.
Been struggling through a lot of bitterness this weekend and tempting to just sell what I've got and give up the game of even trying anymore.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 29 April 2013 13:58 (eleven years ago) link
the entire day in Munster. Worst part
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 29 April 2013 14:05 (eleven years ago) link
Did this friend have a ticket? They should at least give you a bottle if they got the full allotment.
― Jeff, Monday, 29 April 2013 14:25 (eleven years ago) link
He lost his as well. I'm still not sure how, like I said this guy hasn't even offered the tiniest excuse.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 29 April 2013 14:31 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe he "lost" it someone else for above face value.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 29 April 2013 14:32 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe. Probably. I don't know. I do know, since he rode in the same van as us, that he didn't leave the grounds with any Dark Lord either. So either he legit lost both tickets or he made off with a lot of cash and didn't care about the beer. Anyway, ultimately it's my fault for letting my ticket out of my own hands, I'd just like even a lame apology attempt.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 29 April 2013 14:36 (eleven years ago) link
Why did you rent a van? Did you make it all the way to Munster before you found out there were no tickets, or were the tickets somehow lost *in* Munster? Dunno how it works.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 29 April 2013 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
You buy a ticket in advance just to get into the grounds. Once in the grounds, they break everyone into five "Groups" to actually line-up to purchase the Dark Lord. So we were already at the event grounds and about 20 minutes from lining up for our Group when the tickets were lost.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 29 April 2013 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
Sounds like a shitty experience, Jon.
Have to admit that I kind of hate the whole concept of Dark Lord Day, tbh. (And other such clusterfucky events that prey on the demand of aficionados.)
― jaymc, Monday, 29 April 2013 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
the problem is if ppl want the beer enough there's no non-clusterfucky way to do it
― call all destroyer, Monday, 29 April 2013 15:43 (eleven years ago) link
DLD really just turns into a large bottle share party. Many don't even consider DL a phenomenal beer, but go for the sharing.
― Jeff, Monday, 29 April 2013 15:50 (eleven years ago) link
i've had some amazing DLs and some pretty mediocre ones
― call all destroyer, Monday, 29 April 2013 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
Many don't even consider DL a phenomenal beer, but go for the sharing.
That's interesting. Didn't know about the sharing.
I've never actually had Dark Lord, but it's weird to me that there are some beers that command such rabid hordes. I have to think that much of it stems from breweries inflating demand for their beers by limiting their release and using the rarity as a selling point. Like, even Bell's uses the seasonality of Oberon as a marketing tool, getting everyone excited about "the first Oberon of the year," "you know it's spring when Oberon's back," and so forth. Of course, an imperial stout like Dark Lord also has the whole "extreme beer for serious beer drinkers" thing, too. I dunno, it all just seems contrived and silly.
― jaymc, Monday, 29 April 2013 16:07 (eleven years ago) link
Jeff is otm, the main draw for me is really getting to hang out with some (normally) cool people and sharing great beers, while listening to some good metal bands. The Dark Lord is secondary, for me, but the 2013 Dark Lord I tired on tap Saturday was way better than its been in the previous two years.
I get why people avoid Dark Lord Day though, definitely.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 29 April 2013 16:13 (eleven years ago) link
I like DL. It's a little too sweet, but nice to have every once in awhile. I'll never be able to go to DLD though, I always have to work that weekend.
― Jeff, Monday, 29 April 2013 16:34 (eleven years ago) link
At this point I just wish there was a way to get my hands on some '13 Dark Lord. But with nothing of enough value to bait traders and being 100% adamant that people don't buy this shit on eBay for exorbitant prices means I'm shut out.
― i kant believe it's not buffon (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 29 April 2013 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
xxp i don't think most breweries actively "inflate demand" any more than it would be inflated on its own by the beer culture of the moment. most breweries can't really scale up something like dark lord to even come close to satisfying the real demand.
around here, up until this year, we had kate the great day which organically developed from something southern new hampshire locals would grab from the brewery over a period of weeks to a one-day event with lottery tickets and 5-hour lines.
― call all destroyer, Monday, 29 April 2013 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
i generally don't like barleywines but i had a great bell's barleywine yesterday - lots of chocolate/coffee/mocha malt notes so it wasn't too sweet and they totally hid the 10.2% APV so it was super drinkable
― Mordy, Monday, 29 April 2013 18:57 (eleven years ago) link
Third coast?
― Jeff, Monday, 29 April 2013 19:03 (eleven years ago) link
that's the one
― Mordy, Monday, 29 April 2013 19:05 (eleven years ago) link
I remember hearing about Eccentric Day at Bell's years ago and thinking that it sounded like a completely horrible experience. I put DLD in that same vein. For me beer, especially craft beer, is about relaxing and maybe socializing a bit, not spending a bunch of time and money to be lost in a crowd of dorks.
That said I drank like 9 different New Glaruses over the past weekend. I don't dig on fruit beer as a rule but they're just really good at it somehow.
― a monolithic testament to shiftlessness and lost productivity (dan m), Monday, 29 April 2013 20:36 (eleven years ago) link
Events like DLD can be very annoying, but they can also be a blast if done well, especially if you have a ton of friends going. I like ticketed events, they are generally less annoying than the free for all's like tap invasions or beer events at random bars.
― Jeff, Monday, 29 April 2013 20:47 (eleven years ago) link
ever drink jever its like urquell but more
― ice cr?m, Wednesday, April 1, 2009 1:29 PM (4 years ago)
you'd love jever then i bet
― scream blahula scream (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, January 30, 2013 3:20 PM (2 months ago)
Words of wisdom. I bought a six-pack of Jever recently, and it's my new favorite beer.
― o. nate, Monday, 29 April 2013 21:25 (eleven years ago) link
i think i forgot to wax rhapsodic about the New Albion Ale thing from sam adams on here (yeah, I know, sam adams who would think). Mild pale ale hoppiness riding on a Kirin Ichiban backbone, if that makes any sense. Super fresh spring beer, 6.0% without any hit of booziness. the story behind it is fairly badass as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Albion_Brewing_Company
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Monday, 29 April 2013 21:56 (eleven years ago) link
Going to be in DC next week. Hoping for a few Churchkey visits in which I will spend too much money.
― Jeff, Friday, 3 May 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
had my first pliny today (the elder) - so good, totally worth the hype
― Mordy, Sunday, 5 May 2013 23:49 (eleven years ago) link
Drinking a Oude Gueuze Tilquin a l'Ancienne now. Since the weather has turned warm I've been craving sours.
― Jeff, Sunday, 5 May 2013 23:51 (eleven years ago) link
mmmm sierra nevada hoptimum 2013
― Mordy, Monday, 6 May 2013 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
i'm thinking about getting myself a homebrew kit for my b-day -- can anyone recommend a good one?
― Mordy, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 02:57 (eleven years ago) link
Too much work. I pay other people to brew beer for me.
― Jeff, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 04:08 (eleven years ago) link