This is a beer thread

Steven Roos

Steven Roos

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Since we have a scotch thread and a cigar thread, I think we need a beer thread!

Everyone should post their favorite beers and/or what they are trying lately, but most importantly, why you like them! It is no good to tell us what you are drinking if you don't share a little bit about it!

I'm at work right now, so nothing in my glass right now aside from some CocaCola, but I've got a pretty decent reserve at home, including:

AleSmith Speedway Stout
Stone Vertical Epic
Stone Old Guardian Barleywine
Stone Imperial Russian Stout
Unibroue Terrible
Sam Adams Triple Bock

Plus I'm sure a few more that are slipping my mind right now. As you can see, I like strong beers! That isn't to say I don't enjoy a good lager now and then, and Fransizkaner Hefewizen is one of my favoirte beers, but nothing beats a good stout or barleywine in my book!

Post your favs! :D

EDIT: Just got back from one of the beer meccas of the USA, San Diego! Check it out here:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4905800
 
Oh good! I can't even begin to think of all of them. Unless I'm drunking them. Just spent 2 weeks drinking Alaskan Amber. Just enough malt with not alot of hops.

For a summer beer I've been drinking Narragansett Ale. If you know it don't laugh. Someone else is making it and I highly recommend it as a American lager. On the whole I keep away from heavy hop's. I'm into the malty and high octain. Haven't had a Barley wine I didn't like. ;)

With fall coming I'm looking forward to Oktoberfest. Berkshire Brewing Co. has a great tasting one.

I've found most everything from Dogfish to be tasty, even the styles I don't like. 90min IPA is the best IPA I've ever had.
 
Good idea, I was lucky enough to get down to the Stone brewery last month fantastic place to dine as well.
Alesmith IPA
Avery Maharaja Imperial IPA
Moylan's IPA
Moylan's double IPA
Moylan's Hopsickle
Santa Cruz Mountain IPA
Santa Cruz Mountain ale
Stone Ruination IPA
Stone Double Bastard
Stone Oaked Bastard
Victory Storm King Imperial stout
Victory Old Horizontal style Barleywine
The list can go on ............
 
Steven Roos said:
I'm going to Stone on Sunday for my birthday! Can't wait! :D
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You'll have good time really cool atmosphere,
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I prefer strong Belgian ales like the Trappist ales of Chimay, Westmalle, Rochefort, and Achel. I also like Duvel, Lucifer, Hapkin, and many more.

Some sad news in the beer industry is that Michael Jackson "The Beer hunter" Passed away on 8/30/07 see www.beerhunter.com
Cheers
 
Chimay said:
I prefer strong Belgian ales like the Trappist ales of Chimay, Westmalle, Rochefort, and Achel. I also like Duvel, Lucifer, Hapkin, and many more.

Some sad news in the beer industry is that Michael Jackson "The Beer hunter" Passed away on 8/30/07 see www.beerhunter.com
Cheers
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MJ's pass was noted in our scotch thread. Sad news indeed. :(

I love the Belgian ales as well, but man are they expensive! My recent AleSmith purchases have been in the same realm as most Beligians, but it just kills me to lay down $10 for a bottle of beer! Of course, all the remorse is gone when I start drinking it!

Chimay Blue at Trader Joe's for $7.99 seems to be a pretty good bargain.
 
OH MY GOSH!

I am a beer fanatic.

I brew my own, organic, all grain, and I prefer strong IPAs and hefeweizens. Of course, a good Belgian double or trippel is always welcome.

My favorite commercial brews are:

- Russian River Brewing "Pliny the Elder" (#1 favorite)
- Moylan's Hopsickle (very close to Pliny)
- DogFishHead 90 and 120 minute IPA
- Duvel

I brew my own version of Pliny, and I must say, without bragging, that it is the finest brew I've ever had, period. I cannot claim any special powers here, it's a recipe that comes from MoreBeer.com, which was given to them by Vinnie, the guy at RRB that came up with Pliny.

DogFishHead doesn't ship any of their brew west of the Rockies, but I was lucky enough this past Christmas to get some - my wife pulled some strings and got me a couple cases, including a case of their Midas Touch, which is a very unique beer patterned after an ancient recipe and yeast.

Duvel is one on my list that has a special place in my heart. It's a Belgian strong, and is extremely drinkable, but potent. At about 8.5% ABV, it'll keep you in the chair, and surprise you when you try to get up. It is very light and tasty, and has one of the finest heads around. Luckily it's relatively common here in the states. I had my first taste on my first trip to Belgium and fell in love with it. I had a couple of them on an empty stomach and thought "hmm, nice light beer", but when I tried to get up to go to the little boys room, I nearly fell on my face :p

I encourage anyone interested to consider homebrewing. It's a wonderfully rewarding hobby, not expensive, not difficult, and will make you very popular with your beer-loving friends :D
 
WOW, I never knew that you guys out west can't DogFish. I just assumed it would cost more. I've been drinking them for at least 8 years, I was blessed with some great resources as I learned about beer.

Midas Touch's is one of my favorite sweet beers. I can just licker you up Fast, and woman who don't "like beer" find it very drinkable.

I should have went to Stone's when I was out visiting my college roommate. Good beer's and the bottles worth keeping around...
 
Even though we have good microbrew here, I hate paying the hideous taxes to our bloated governments. (BC and Canadian)

So I brew my own :D

Summer is a Czech Pil or a Hef
Fall Winter is a good Belgian Lager like Tripple 8.5 % kick like a mule but very tasty.
 
The Dutch really do have the top nod from me. IMHO, nobody can brew better then those Dutchman.

The Trappist Monks from Belgie(Belgium) are up there as well.
 
Australians are big beer drinkers.

We generally favour lager styles, served ice cold in either 10 or 15 ounce glasses, called "middies" or "schooners" depending on which part of Oz you live in.

The various states once had their own "home" breweries, and brand loyalty to your own state beer was almost mandatory, but now breweries are multinational and it is possible to get many different state beers on tap in most pubs, certainly in the cities.

Takeaway beer is popular (obviously) and is usually bought in 24 can packs, called a "slab" or 30 can boxes, called a "block". Also popular is the 375ml (13oz) half bottle, called a "stubby". I would venture to state that every home in Australia has at least one "stubby holder", a container made from either styrene foam, plastic or neoprene rubber that holds your can or bottle and is designed to either keep your fingers warm in winter or your beer cold in summer.
Popular brands by state are Victoria Bitter (Victoria- duh!), Tooheys (New South Wales), Cascade (Tasmania), Fourex aka "XXXX", (Queensland), Coopers (South Australia) and Swan (Western Australia) although there are other brands as well.

Trendy bars and boutique pubs sell European brands like Grolsch and Heineken etc. but I think it is mainly tourists that drink them. It would be unusual to see a beach BBQ with European beers in the cooler (aka the "Esky")

American beers are available in specialist liquor stores, and 5 star hotel bars, but they are few and far between.
 
I've always preferred the German products, my favorite that's readily available is Warsteiner.
I categorize all the popular "light" beers as undrinkable swill....

However, I must admit that Sam Adams Boston Lager is very, very good.
 
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