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What kind of beer is everyone drinking tonight? (4 Viewers)
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mr. furley
Footballguy
:jealous:
wish there was a place around here with that kinda selection.
wish there was a place around here with that kinda selection.
mr. furley
Footballguy
one word: flavorlow-end beers are pretty much all the same. bland. meant to be hammered down until you're blind.
high-end beers vary widely. you can actually taste the beer. you can enjoy it.
Skylord
Footballguy
Sit on the Samuchlaus...2004 is much too ripe.Furley, Ill review the Hop Hearty a bit later....for now I have to share my latest score from the beer store run.
Ive never tried any of these. Line em up! <--- pic of my selections
(from left to right in the pic
Ceramic bottle of Rogue Imperial IP2A
North Coast Red Seal Ale (per a suggestion in this thread)
Samichlaus (2004 vintage)
Avery Mephistopheles Stout
Dogfish Head Au Courant
Dogfish Head Burton Baton
Dogfish Head Midas Touch
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale
Rogue Mocha Porter
Weihenstephaner Korbinon (double bock)
750ml Dogfish Head Pangaea
And for the finale:
Sweet Nectar!!!!!
Also picked up some DFH60 just because I can.
Wingnut
Footballguy
All the new (to me) DFH beers and the Mephistopheles were found at a new store I found in Brandon, just outside of Tampa.
They didnt have a very big selection, but what they had was pretty good.
Tonight Ill review the Hop Hearty and try the Bitter Woman.
Oh, and Ill be packaging up some DFH in a little bit!
They didnt have a very big selection, but what they had was pretty good.
Tonight Ill review the Hop Hearty and try the Bitter Woman.
Oh, and Ill be packaging up some DFH in a little bit!
Kilgore Trout
Footballguy
What is the name of the store in Brandon? (My parents live in Seffner)
mr. furley
Footballguy
Kilgore Trout
Footballguy
Thanks. I'll check it out the next time I am down.
mr. furley
Footballguy
All packed up! Ill have to send it tomorrow, Ill PM you a tracking number when I do.
C
Cunning Linguist
Guest
Bells's Amber Ale. $28/case at Sam's Club!!
Skylord
Footballguy
Drink it in 2007 or 2008. Honestly, its really not that great of a beer until the imperfections have mellowed out. It was the highest alcohol beer for a long time. To get to that level many sacrifices in quality had to be made. Nowadays any brewery can break its paultry 14% by using modern techniques, technology and yeast strains.
I've got two 1996's in my wine fridge aging. Probably past their prime but I can't bring myself to drink them just yet.
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Wingnut
Footballguy
Hop Hearty IPA by New Glarus (drank last night)
Cant go into too much detail, but what I remember is that is was good and hoppy, without much malt behind it. The hops were right there, but they were kind of mellow or soft. Not the usual crisp hop bite. Quite tasty but I expected more in-your-face hops. When a beer is named Hop Hearty IPA I should probably not expect much malt though.
Overall a pretty good, thirst quenching beer, but felt more like an APA. Id definately drink it again, at 6+% ABV it packs a nice punch and goes down all too easy. I think it lasted all of 10 minutes.
Im getting ready to pop the top on my Bitter Woman IPA.
Cant go into too much detail, but what I remember is that is was good and hoppy, without much malt behind it. The hops were right there, but they were kind of mellow or soft. Not the usual crisp hop bite. Quite tasty but I expected more in-your-face hops. When a beer is named Hop Hearty IPA I should probably not expect much malt though.
Overall a pretty good, thirst quenching beer, but felt more like an APA. Id definately drink it again, at 6+% ABV it packs a nice punch and goes down all too easy. I think it lasted all of 10 minutes.
Im getting ready to pop the top on my Bitter Woman IPA.
Kilgore Trout
Footballguy
I am about to crack open an Allagash Interlude. Its a Belgian Saison aged in wine barrels to give it kind of a beer/wine hybrid taste. It cost 20 bucks for the bottle, so it better be good.
heckmanm
Footballguy
A couple of years ago, my local brewpub had a pale bock on tap at St. Paddy's day. I had them drop in some green coloring and top it w/stout for r "Black and Green". Looked WAY cool.Not too many beers you can do this with, as most beers pale enough to take green coloring aren't dense enough to float the stout.
bentley
Footballguy
We're on the same page again. Since I've started drinking good beer, I've had a general dislike of English ales. I've revisited Bass a few times recently wen I've been to restauarants that didn't have any other options and been unimpressed. It's not terrible, it's just kinda boring.
Viva Tequila
Footballguy
Michelob Amber Bock
Not the best of Ambers but it will do for a late night binge
Not the best of Ambers but it will do for a late night binge
Uncle Humuna
Footballguy
Damn!I didn't think we were allowed to post pr0n here . . .Furley, Ill review the Hop Hearty a bit later....for now I have to share my latest score from the beer store run.
Ive never tried any of these. Line em up! <--- pic of my selections
(from left to right in the pic
Ceramic bottle of Rogue Imperial IP2A
North Coast Red Seal Ale (per a suggestion in this thread)
Samichlaus (2004 vintage)
Avery Mephistopheles Stout
Dogfish Head Au Courant
Dogfish Head Burton Baton
Dogfish Head Midas Touch
Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale
Rogue Mocha Porter
Weihenstephaner Korbinon (double bock)
750ml Dogfish Head Pangaea
And for the finale:
Sweet Nectar!!!!!
Also picked up some DFH60 just because I can.
3C's
Footballguy
I meant to try the megahopped, in fact that was going to be my first one, but went with HopSuey from Pizza Port instead. And then somehow I never made it back to the megahopped. I did try the Mephistopheles. It has very good flavor, but the alcohol comes through way too much for me. For the VIP ticket, I got 15 beer coupons. 4 oz samples, so it's not like I got hammered (I might have at the pre-party the night before
). Between freebies ("don't worry about a ticket") and the 15 tickets I had, I tried 21 of the beers. I tried most of the beers from Founders and loved them all. Pizza Port lived up to the hype, but I didn't try Le Woody which was a favorite around our table. Lagunitas Hairy Eyeball was very good. Some of the little known brewers, like The Shed and Milly's Tavern didn't get much traffic but had some good offerings. Dogfish table was always crowded (women like Sam), so I didn't even bother going over. Unibrou 15 tasted just like all the other Unibrou's (10 and 11).
Wingnut
Footballguy
Drinking too many samples fouls the tastebuds anyway, so its hard to get a feel for what a beer is like after tasting so many. I havent tried Ruination yet so I would have made sure I tried some Megahopped, but it sounds like you had some quality brews.Didnt Pizza Port buy the old Stone brewery and arent they now bottling? I hope so Ive heard nothing but good things about their beers.I meant to try the megahopped, in fact that was going to be my first one, but went with HopSuey from Pizza Port instead. And then somehow I never made it back to the megahopped. I did try the Mephistopheles. It has very good flavor, but the alcohol comes through way too much for me. For the VIP ticket, I got 15 beer coupons. 4 oz samples, so it's not like I got hammered (I might have at the pre-party the night before
I plan on trying a bunch of Founders and Bell's when Im in Michigan in June.
Skylord
Footballguy
Just got back from Seattle visiting inlaws...funny thing was I thought I was going to Portland...suppose I should start listening to the wife more.....
Hit some beer stores up there and it was all stuff I've had, except for a few. Picked up a couple of hard to find DFH's and one that I didn't even know existested: Raison D'Extra 21% vintage. These big DFH's are always an adventure.
Besides that grabbed a few Czech and Belgian brews that I hadn't seen.
Hit some beer stores up there and it was all stuff I've had, except for a few. Picked up a couple of hard to find DFH's and one that I didn't even know existested: Raison D'Extra 21% vintage. These big DFH's are always an adventure.
Besides that grabbed a few Czech and Belgian brews that I hadn't seen.
DoctorDetroit
Chocolate Thunder
Amstel Light. 
Wingnut
Footballguy
When I first got into drinking better beers, I looked on BA and saw a few Youngs and Samuel Smiths in the top 100, so I was stoked when my store had some. After I drank a few different ones I kept thinking "These are some of the best beers in the world?" I was hoping there was much better, and fortunately I found that there is.I do like Youngs Oatmeal Stout and Smiths Russian Imperial Stout though.
Wingnut
Footballguy
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