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What kind of beer is everyone drinking tonight? (1 Viewer)

Northern Voice said:
Or, yes, this is the best answer. 
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I've tried to get the same experience here and it's never quite worked out.  I think Boddington's pub ale can is the closest you can come buying from a liquor store.  Most bitters on tap will still not match England due to the carbonation. 

 
Brony said:
I've tried to get the same experience here and it's never quite worked out.  I think Boddington's pub ale can is the closest you can come buying from a liquor store.  Most bitters on tap will still not match England due to the carbonation. 
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Can you find places serving it on cask?  I know it's more popular up here, We have two restaurants in my city that always have one cask tap going, it's obviously not always a bitter but they rotate through. Toronto has a number of places with permanent casks as well (hell I was just at their cask festival) but Ontario brewers still follow German and English traditions to a much greater extent than American brewers do in my experience (which is why on the flip side, most of our IPA's don't stack up to the best American ones). 

My brother in law lives in Sheffield and he and his friends are "real ale" snobs, I've done pub crawls with them and it is amazing; I get where you're coming from, but there are places around that can replicate it pretty well.

 
Jutz said:
I visited New Hope, PA this past weekend with my wife.  We ate dinner at a place called The Salt House.

They had Fuller's ESB on tap and it was one of the best beers I can recall drinking in a long time. 

When I first heard that ESB stood for Extra Special Bitters I thought it would produce a bitter taste but that is not the case.  It was a very smooth, copper, amber, malty beer... but not too strong and not too boozy.  It was very balanced.

Any other ESB recommendations? 
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Conshohocken Puddler's Row.  They can it, so I'm guessing it would be around you somewhere.

 
Northern Voice said:
Bitter beers rarely taste anywhere near as good from a bottle as they do on tap, especially if they're being served properly from a cask/hand pump or a nitro tap. You just don't get that creaminess that you describe that goes really well with the moderate malts and sweetness. 

Great Lakes (both the USA and Canada ones) make good ESB's but best IMO if you can find the English ones (Wells, Fuller, Wychwood, etc...) on tap/cask at a proper English pub. 
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Thanks, I was kind of thinking the same thing.  I was considering looking for Fullers at the local beer distro but was also wondering if it wouldn't be as good as the tap version I had.  I don't know if they had a cask or not.  I don't think they did.

I do remember getting a beer at an Irish Pub called Kilkenny.  I think that one was on a hand pump nitro tap.  It was velvety smooth.  Very good.  It does make a difference.

 
Northern Voice said:
Can you find places serving it on cask?  I know it's more popular up here, We have two restaurants in my city that always have one cask tap going, it's obviously not always a bitter but they rotate through. Toronto has a number of places with permanent casks as well (hell I was just at their cask festival) but Ontario brewers still follow German and English traditions to a much greater extent than American brewers do in my experience (which is why on the flip side, most of our IPA's don't stack up to the best American ones). 

My brother in law lives in Sheffield and he and his friends are "real ale" snobs, I've done pub crawls with them and it is amazing; I get where you're coming from, but there are places around that can replicate it pretty well.
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I occasionally find nitro pumps near me but I hardly ever find casks. 

Reading these posts jogged my memory and I just realized that I have been to a place in the finger lakes on Seneca Lake that serves cask beer.  My wife and I went there for our honeymoon and at the time the guy was just starting out.  He had a bar where he shared space with another business and it was small at the time.  It looks like he opened a full out pub since then.  He was British and had a long story about how he ended up in the finger lakes (that I don't remember).  He was fiercely dedicated to serving British style cask beer.  It is called Seneca Lake Brewing Company.  He was telling us he wanted to make a shirt that said "It's not firken warm, and it's not firken flat'".  He was cool.

http://senecalakebrewing.com/

I did not fully appreciate the place at the time.  My wife and I definitely want to visit the finger lakes again.  When we do I definitely want to stop at this place.  The guy was talking to us about having a place where you can lock up your mobile phone... and it looks like on his website he mentions fining people for looking at their phone.  I wonder if he actually enforces it?

"Adding to the authenticity of the turn of the century British Pub, the Beerocracy Pub offers a cell phone free bar environment  enabling people to truly enjoy the atmosphere and environment. Secure Cubbie’s are available behind the bar for patrons to  store their mobile devices whilst in the bar area and the concept of paying a $10 fine if you are caught with your mobile device has been implemented. (all fines are donated to a local charity each quarter)"

 
I'm pretty disappointed in the new batch of Born Yesterday. Not nearly as good as previous batches. I bought one 6 pack and that's all I'll be buying.

Went to Ellipsis in Orlando today and was amazed at how many really good IPAs they had on tap. Brought home a 4 pack of Pinks & Greens and a crowler of IDDQD, it was my favorite of the six I tried. 

Tap list: https://i.imgur.com/aRRH70d.jpg

Also stopped into Half Barrel Beer Project and had a flight, the best was Angel City IPA out of Los Angeles.

 
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Have a 6-pak of Brown Shugga in the fridge that my mid-life brain is wary of.  Might dip my toes if the Two Hearted ales disappear.

 
Holy hell, went to 7venth Sun tonight and had several of their candy treatments. So good. Must have tried 8 berliners as well as a few imperial milk/sweet stouts...then went to Coppertail and had a pistachio light lager among other beers...and it was one of the best beers I've tried lately...total amaretto aroma, neon green color and insane pistachio flavor...I HATE lagers, but this beer was ridiculous. I had two full pours it was so good.

Also, me and the GF placed 3rd in the costume contest at Coppertail as Wayne and Garth from Wayne's World (she was Garth) and won a $25 tab. Score!

 
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Dark Lord 2017

2018 Barrel Aged Coconut Vlad

Treehouse Bbbright

Trillium Fort Point

Trillium Farnsworth Street 

Shared amongst friends. Good day. First time trying Treehouse and Trillium. I get the hype.

 
Zombie Dust. Haven't had one that smelled this good in awhile.

I guess to continue the theme I can go with BA Fun Size next. 

 
Costco has Rogue Dead Man's for 28 a case and I've picked upa few.

Shiner has some special commemorative thing brewed in whiskey barrels. Its really good, but I don't approve of paying $17 a fifth for beer.

 
Griffin Claw 2015 Great Lakes Coffee Flying Buffalo. I thought it was going to be bad when I opened it and it's foamed over. However, it was still incredible. The coffee on this held up so well. Griffin Claw is not a great brewery but this beer is great. 

 
Calusa Cry Cry Cry triple IPA

Calusa Zero Zero DIPA

Calusa Focus IPA

Arkane Sometimes You Don't stout

Arkane Hangry? Why Wait stout

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 
red racer amber ale - central city brewers - draft 4/5
moon dance mango wheat - old yale brewing - draft 3.75/5
red pilsner - steel & oak brewing - draft 4.5/5
Somersby blackberry - Carlsberg - can 3.5/5
strongbow cider - bulmers - 3.5/5

 

 
I have hit 5 local breweries and 1 pub that has 100 beers on tap in the lest few weeks

Twin sails Brewery , Port Moody BC 

front lawn bench press ipa 2/5
orange slices ipa 2.75/5
double vaporwave ipa 2.5/5
the little things ipa 2/5
little English pale ale 3/5
brass section saison 2.75/5
single whammy ipa 2.75/5
seshy session ale ipa 2.75/5
back to basics lager 3/5
 

 
yellow dog brewery Port moody BC

retriever golden ale 3/5
sit and stay india session ale 2.75/5
chase my tail pale ale  3.25/5
shake a paw smoked porter 3.25/5

parkside brewery   Port Moody BC

graffiti ipa 3/5
dreamboat hazy ipa 2.5/5
humans ipa  2.5/5
beauregarde 3.25/5
dim wit 3.25/5
dusk pale ale 3/5
dawn 3.25/5

moody ales brewery  Port Moody BC
chipper blonde 4/5
hardy brown ale 3/5
affable ipa 2.75/5
sociable pale ale 2.75/5
Vienna amber lager 4/5
nitro community hazy red ale 2.5/5
sublime pineapple hefeweizen 2.25/5
dry hopped pilsner 3/5
huge citrus hazy pale ale 2.5/5
bourbon barrel aged Russian imperial stout 3.5/5
cask engine 3.25/5
grapefruit orange kolsch 3/5


 

 
Hot as hell here again today, cracking an Arkane Gimme Swelter crowler in a bit. Habanero mango Berliner. So refreshing.

 
heffy anniversary - howe sound brewing 3.75/5
wild warehouse barrel aged ale - wander brewing 3/5
shoe toss rye ipa - wander brewing 3.25/5
keller pilsner - Persephone brewing 4,25/5
kloud orginial gravity - lotte chilsung gravity 3.5/5
krombacher pils 3.5/5
 

 
waiver wire said:
yellow dog brewery Port moody BC

retriever golden ale 3/5
sit and stay india session ale 2.75/5
chase my tail pale ale  3.25/5
shake a paw smoked porter 3.25/5

parkside brewery   Port Moody BC

graffiti ipa 3/5
dreamboat hazy ipa 2.5/5
humans ipa  2.5/5
beauregarde 3.25/5
dim wit 3.25/5
dusk pale ale 3/5
dawn 3.25/5

moody ales brewery  Port Moody BC
chipper blonde 4/5
hardy brown ale 3/5
affable ipa 2.75/5
sociable pale ale 2.75/5
Vienna amber lager 4/5
nitro community hazy red ale 2.5/5
sublime pineapple hefeweizen 2.25/5
dry hopped pilsner 3/5
huge citrus hazy pale ale 2.5/5
bourbon barrel aged Russian imperial stout 3.5/5
cask engine 3.25/5
grapefruit orange kolsch 3/5


 
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How are you still conscious let alone able to type after this feast?

 
Dageraad Brewing Burnaby BC

Burnabarian blonde ale 3.25/5
white witbier 3.75/5
amber pale ale 4,25/5
the bright side saison 2.75/5
lake city farmhouse ale 3.25/5
rainshine blonde ale 3.5/5
antwerpen Belgian tripel 4.25/5
brune Belgian dubbel 4.5/5
 

 
JaxBill said:
Any Florida peeps hitting the Civil Society Anniversary shindig next weekend?

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I'm skipping it for the first time. The first anniversary was fantastic but last year wasn't nearly as good. You going?

 
Gonna have one of these here in about 2 hours at a pizza place with my kids and parents along for the ride.  That first sip is going to be magical.

After I get the kids to bed (wife works night shift), I may or may not have a couple of Coronas or Rolling Rocks.  Yes,  the step-down will be noticeable.    :(   All I have in the house right now.

 
Last Friday, had some Brouwerij West "Ask the Dust" (super-hazy deliciousness) and Revision "Disco Ninja."  The DN was not as good as "Ask the Dust" but still quite tasty.  I've got a 4-pk of Revision "Scrog Grog" on hold for me at my local taproom.

 
apricot ale - pyramid breweries 3.75/5
African amber - mac and jacks brewing 4/5
toasted lager - blue point brewing 3/5
krusovice imperial 5% 3/5
pineapple ale - postmark brewing 3.25/5
nat bailey lager - Granville island brewing 3.25/5

 
Hidden Springs Ambrosia: Berliner with marshmallow, vanilla, pineapple, cherry, mndandarin oranges. Dessert in a can.

Equilibrium's Harvester of Simcoe DIPA. Beverage of the Mad!! Tasty AF.

Calusa Zero Zero DIPA. Easily.onw of the best Mosaic beers I've had.

 
Wingnut said:
Hidden Springs Ambrosia: Berliner with marshmallow, vanilla, pineapple, cherry, mndandarin oranges. Dessert in a can.

Equilibrium's Harvester of Simcoe DIPA. Beverage of the Mad!! Tasty AF.

Calusa Zero Zero DIPA. Easily.onw of the best Mosaic beers I've had.
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Hidden Springs does some great sours.

 
went to the pub that has 100 taps

naramata nut brown ale - cannery brewing 3.5/5
honkers ale - goose island beer 2.75/5
bourbon blood orange - bridge brewing 3.75/5
Czech point red pilsner - red truck beer 3.75/5
goddess golden ale - Persephone brewing 2.5/5
blueberry blast hettle sour - dead frog brewery 2/5
farmhand saison - driftwood brewery 2.75/5
bottle rocket isa - phillips brewing 2.25/5
hawthorne lager - Vancouver island brewing 3/5
fired oak scotch ale - innis and gunn 4/5

since ive been keep track , im at 597 different beers

 
steamworks brewery Vancouver bc 

killer cucumber ale 3/5
copper roof ale 3.5/5
strawberry rhubarb Berliner weisse 1.5/5
welde weizen hell 4/5
skinny tire dry hopped sour 2.25/5
pumpkin ale 3.5/5
premium lager 3.75/5
purgatory schwarzbier 4/5

 
Had a Raspberry Plum Slushy Berliner from 450 North brewing earlier...holy balls that is a delicious beer. Got a few more 450 beers to drink tomorrow and Thursday: Fruit Basket Slushy Berliner (Passionfruit, mango, pink guava) , Cookies N Cream Nuggets (double milk stout brewed with Oreos, madagascar vanilla, cocoa powder and lactose). Vic Secret Nuggets DDH DIPA, and Fresh Froot Strawberry/vanilla DIPA. Also from West Side brewing: DIPA, Sesh IPA, and Porter to try.

Gobble gobble, mofos!

 
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