Greatest Beer Thread Ever!

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[opal]

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[VIDEODROME]

Dragon's Milk brewed in Holland, MI.

Kind of smokey and malty with hints of vanilla an bourbon. One of my favorites.

 

[Carlybee]

My son works at a gastro pub and they have chocolate beer..wish I could remember the name of it.

 

[Todd]

Unfortunately for me I may be posting less and less in the beer and general alcohol threads. I am sad because although I am not a heavy drinker, I do love a good beer and good bottle of wine.

Over the last year I have gained too much weight, have developed signs of pre hypertension, and pre diabetic signs. You can tell this because even after you have one beer or one glass of wine your face will flush. The thing is...I'm not that big a guy. Maybe a little overweight but certainly not obese. It just runs in the family I guess and I'm at the mercy of genetics.

I've always believed that a glass of red wine is very healthy for you....that is unless you are experiencing the symptoms above. Then it's best to just go cold turkey. So after I finish my last case of this:

and my last one of this:

I will probably only rarely drink. Must keep healthy for wife family and puppies.

Maybe once I get back to being as fit as I was 2 years ago, my health will improve and I can get back to it more often.

 

[brushfire]

Hands down, the best beer on the planet. Never had it from the can, but from the tap, its simply divine - the best IPA I've ever had, and I I've quite a few.

If you live in MN and have access, you are truly blessed. One day in the near future, I will make the 450 mile trip to Brooklyn Center, just to have another drink. Its really that good.

 

[cajuncocoa]

No offense to all the IPA drinkers in this thread, but IPA always reminds me too much of Pine-sol...can't drink that!!

 

[KCIndy]

If we're lapsing into the pedestrian stuff, I want to know why I don't see this more often. I haven't had one in years and I freaking love it.

WOOOT!!! My favorite as well. And yeah, hard to come by. I haven't seen any in a couple of years.

 

[KCIndy]

Man that sucks..

my wife has developed allergies to Gluten. She can't have these often either or she breaks out. Makes me feel guilty having them sometimes.

Have you checked out any of the gluten-free beers? I've noticed quite a few on the market lately.

 

[KCIndy]

If we're lapsing into the pedestrian stuff, I want to know why I don't see this more often. I haven't had one in years and I freaking love it.

WOOOT!!! My favorite as well. And yeah, hard to come by. I haven't seen any in a couple of years.

DAMMIT!!!

Well, it's R.I.P. to Pete's Wicked Ale, one of the best damn beers I've ever tasted...

http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/gambrinus-discontinues-petes-wicked-ales/



I'm going to go sulk in a corner now. Don't anyone bother me.

 

[TheGrinch]

No offense to all the IPA drinkers in this thread, but IPA always reminds me too much of Pine-sol...can't drink that!!

I'm not sure if you've drank enough pales and hoppier beers to be able to break through the bitterness (one of my pet peeves is people who complain about IPAs before ever trying to develop a pallete for it. Saying it's too piney for you is acceptable, whereas saying it's too bitter... well, no shit), but after working part-time at a premier beer store for the past year, I've noticed that a lot of females, even those who haven't drinken craft beer for that long, seem to have a more natural palette for IPAs, whereas the guys tend to be those who've worked their way up to IPAs.

That's fascinating to me, considering that females will also flock to the sweeter beers, but it does make sense if you can break past the bitterness, where many IPAs can also have fruit like flavors (tends to be more the east-coast citrusy style, as opposed to the west-coast pinier IPAs).

I don't mean that to be a blanket statement, but fascinating the way that the sexes tend to have different palettes.

As for what I drink, I love hop bomb IPAs, belgian saisons, imperial stouts and sours, or really anything that's drier, but can appreciate just about anything that's well crafted. I think what makes hoppy beers my favorite style, is that there's just such a range of uniqueness you get from combinations of different hops.

 

[VIDEODROME]

Founder's Brewery: Backwoods Bastard

10.2% ABV

Expect lovely, warm smells of single malt scotch, oaky bourbon barrels, smoke, sweet caramel and roasted malts, a bit of earthy spice, and a scintilla of dark fruit. It’s a kick-back sipper made to excite the palate.

 

[brushfire]

No offense to all the IPA drinkers in this thread, but IPA always reminds me too much of Pine-sol...can't drink that!!

You should have a furious - its intense, but not offensive. Very floral. Most decent IPA's are what some may consider acquired tastes. Fortunately for me, I'd already been drinking many craft beers before the IPA craze, so I already had the pallet for them when they really started catching on.

Your description, to me at least, sounds more along the line of some kinds of gin, Pine-sol/turpentine is tanqueray - Beef Eater is better than tanqueray. Bombay for the win...but I digress.

 

[TheGrinch]

Founder's Brewery: Backwoods Bastard

10.2% ABV

Backwoods Bastard is fantastic (hell, even just the base Dirty Bastard is the biggest complex Scotch ale you've ever tasted), but it is one of the few beers that can pull off that heavy of oak-aging (which is what gives it that vanilla toffee sweetness). I can't stand when the bourbon barrel stouts go too heavy on it and it dominates the beer (got a bottle of Bell's Black Note that was $7 for just the 12 ounce bottle, and a total waste of money for just that reason. All oak). But it works beatifully for that beer.

 

[brushfire]

Backwoods Bastard is fantastic (hell, even just the base Dirty Bastard is the biggest complex Scotch ale you've ever tasted), but it is one of the few beers that can pull off that heavy of oak-aging (which is what gives it that vanilla toffee sweetness). I can't stand when the bourbon barrel stouts go too heavy on it and it dominates the beer (got a bottle of Bell's Black Note that was $7 for just the 12 ounce bottle, and a total waste of money for just that reason. All oak). But it works beatifully for that beer.

If you like oak aged - belgian, you may enjoy Rodenbach... Was $80 a case in the late 90's, but an amazingly complex, yet light bodied beer. Try the grand cru, if you can find it...

 

[VIDEODROME]

Another good one from Founder's: Breakfast Stout [Double Chocolate Coffee Oatmeal Stout]

Anyone who likes Chocolate Stouts or Coffee Beers must try this.

The coffee lover’s consummate beer. Brewed with an abundance of flaked oats, bitter and imported chocolates, and Sumatra and Kona coffee, this stout has an intense fresh-roasted java nose topped with a frothy, cinnamon-colored head that goes forever.

 

[Origanalist]

Founder's Brewery: Backwoods Bastard

10.2% ABV

I'm going to have to try that, it looks delicious.

 

[TheGrinch]

Speaking of Breakfast stout and barrel aged Founders, if you can ever get your hands on KBS (very rare and limited barrel aged version of the breakfast stout) it is absolutely delicious.

Though unless you really love chocolate and really heavy beers, it can be a bit much for your less experienced beer drinker.

 

[TheGrinch]

If you like oak aged - belgian, you may enjoy Rodenbach... Was $80 a case in the late 90's, but an amazingly complex, yet light bodied beer. Try the grand cru, if you can find it...

Not tried rodenbach, because I'll go broke tasting all the Belgians and sours we have, but I do love good barrel aged flemish sours.

 

[fisharmor]

DAMMIT!!!

Well, it's R.I.P. to Pete's Wicked Ale,

BOOOOO!!!!!! Declining sales? Yeah, how about because I've only seen it for sale twice anywhere in Northern Virginia in the last 20 years, you marketing geniuses.....

It's a really good thing my brother developed a pretty much exact clone at home.

I'm not sure if you've drank enough pales and hoppier beers to be able to break through the bitterness (one of my pet peeves is people who complain about IPAs before ever trying to develop a pallete for it.

I used to hate 'em, but mainly because they ruin everything you drink after them.
Then about 5 years ago my parents took me to a beer tasting featuring the brewers who run some Pennsylvania microbreweries up on a stage talking everyone through what they were drinking.
One of them got to me by saying that nobody ever goes out to a restaurant and says 'I gotta have one more Coke before I leave'. But a whole lot of people say 'Just one more beer'.
The reason is the hops. The bitterness dries you out and makes you crave more. It's like eating hot wings that are really too spicy, but you can't stop.
I had to work my way up to spicy food, I had to work my way up to moldy cheese, and I had to work my way up to hoppy beer.


On to other bieren:

When we did our 7-countries-in-20-days honeymoon in Europe, I drank a lot of Smithwicks in England, drank A LOT of Guiness in Ireland, and then throughout Belgium, Luxembourg, and Holland (who would bother drinking there anyway) I didn't have a single beer I liked.
Then we got over to Germany and I really liked this one.
There's just something about low-country beer that doesn't sit well with me.