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Fan Life => The Endzone Dive => Topic started by: CatsNShocks on February 08, 2008, 08:12:02 PM
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Plain and simple curiosity. That's all.
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(http://www.germanbeerinstitute.com/images/Dunkel_Warsteiner_label_1.jpg)
It's the only import beer I've found that can be consumed in the way true Germans drink beer, room temperature. "Cold" is just a way of covering up some of the crapiness of most other beers.
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Miller LITE.
I prefer Trappist.
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Warsteiner is ok, I prefer a bottle over the mini-keg because the keg left a weird bitter after taste.
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Miller LITE.
I prefer Trappist.
My fault. I must be drinking... :runaway:
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bud light.
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Sam Adams Winter Lager (< So sad when this is no longer the seasonal) :'(
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:drink: :drink: :drink: :drink: :drink: = :barf:
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Corona. Or Killians if I don't have a lime.
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Corona. Or Killians if I don't have a lime.
:yuck:
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Pyramid/Widmers/Fat Tire/Sammy Summer Ale
What is listed is crap (but I assume you knew this?).
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Pyramid/Widmers/Fat Tire/Sammy Summer Ale
What is listed is crap (but I assume you knew this?).
QFT.
Never had Pyramid/Widmers. And pretty much anything by New Belgium is good in my book.
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Pyramid/Widmers/Fat Tire/Sammy Summer Ale
What is listed is crap (but I assume you knew this?).
QFT.
Never had Pyramid/Widmers. And pretty much anything by New Belgium is good in my book.
Try the New Belgium Abby Ale.
Widmer Hefeweizen :lick
Pyramid, the only beer i've had from them is the apricot ale...it was interesting.
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People who drink beer with fruit flavor should have their man card revoked.
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Don't fruit the beer.
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People who drink beer with fruit flavor should have their man card revoked.
Most of the beers i've tried that have a "fruit flavor" aren't too sweet, and not overpowering. It's not like drinking a malt beverage hybrid (smirnoff, mikes, etc). Heck, it's not even as strong as putting a lime in a Corona.
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Goose Island and Breckenridge Brewing Co. are my fav. micro's if they are considered micro.
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"Never had Pyramid/Widmers. And pretty much anything by New Belgium is good in my book."
You are missing out. Must try. I never pay much attention when I am back, can you even get either one in Manhattan (draft is better than bottle)? Normally Boulevard is all over the place, and I like their Pale Ale or Wheat and want to try *something different* on the road. Well, that, and the lack of video poker machines is a distraction (yes, that's really backwards I know). Last Aggievile pub crawl was almost entirely Boulevard with some Hoegaarden mixed in (bad, bad idea...but I never see it on draft anywhere).
Widmers is Portland, Pyramid is Seattle...so I would understand if those have not made it to Kansas.
Also good is Stone (San Diego), either the Pale Ale or Arrogant Bastard. I have a friend that loves their IPA as well. There was a pretty good local brewery in Salt Lake City the last time I was there as well (something like Red Rock).
All of this said, I'm not an alcoholic. :cheers:
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Pretty much any IPA :lick:
Hops :love:
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Last night I picked up two Allagash bombers (a bomber is 750 ml, right?)...
The first was Hugh Malone ($12.99) because I've heard great things about it... and then the beer guy (Tom Baker, formerly owner & brewmaster of Heavyweight Brewery) at the liquor store comes over to me and says, "that's a good one, but I gotta tell ya, the Allagash Dubel is outstanding, especially with food..." so I picked one of those up, too, because it was cold, and I was on my way home for dinner anyway. Man was he right... I drank the entire bottle with a juicy steak cooked on the grill, and some garlic-smashed potatoes... yum! And Allagash Dubel is "only" $4 something per 750ml bottle. Which goes to show, price doesn't necessarily have much to do with taste or quality.
Also picked up a single of Victory Storm King Stout because I've never tried it... I like their Hop Devil and uh, is GoldenMonkey by Victory? I love that stuff...but not all the time...every few months, maybe longer, I'll go on GoldenMonkey kick and buy a couple sixers, then go cold turkey for a while to let the tastebuds return to normalcy. Heh.
Yea... ROCK ON,
-fatty
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Michelob Ultra in Draft.
I like any German Heffe Weitzen with lemon.
Corona when there's lime.
Best beer I ever had was from my neighbor in Bad Schoenborn Germany, a small town I lived in when I for a year and half while I was working in Heidelberg. It was a pilsner beer that had exceptional taste, very smooth even when warm. He brewed and bottled it in his basement and I used to buy american chocolate, peanut butter, and other American treats to hand out, and I got whatever german delicacies my neighbors offered.
Sadly, I was unable to bring back any, but if I go back, I know where to go.
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Last night I picked up two Allagash bombers (a bomber is 750 ml, right?)...
The first was Hugh Malone ($12.99) because I've heard great things about it... and then the beer guy (Tom Baker, formerly owner & brewmaster of Heavyweight Brewery) at the liquor store comes over to me and says, "that's a good one, but I gotta tell ya, the Allagash Dubel is outstanding, especially with food..." so I picked one of those up, too, because it was cold, and I was on my way home for dinner anyway. Man was he right... I drank the entire bottle with a juicy steak cooked on the grill, and some garlic-smashed potatoes... yum! And Allagash Dubel is "only" $4 something per 750ml bottle. Which goes to show, price doesn't necessarily have much to do with taste or quality.
Also picked up a single of Victory Storm King Stout because I've never tried it... I like their Hop Devil and uh, is GoldenMonkey by Victory? I love that stuff...but not all the time...every few months, maybe longer, I'll go on GoldenMonkey kick and buy a couple sixers, then go cold turkey for a while to let the tastebuds return to normalcy. Heh.
Yea... ROCK ON,
-fatty
Where did you copy and paste that from?
If not, :love:
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(http://www.soaresantiques.com/images/beer%20bottles/8370.jpg)
Pretty much the best all-around beer out there.
(http://www.samswine.com/imagemagic.php?img=images/products/207233.jpg&w=400&h=600&page=popup)
You can eat this baby with a fork. Best dark beer hands down.
(http://hardy.web.infoseek.co.jp/BoddingtonsPubAle.jpg)
Best draft beer at room temp, low carbonation.
(http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/05/miller_products/image/mgd.jpg)
Best domestic.
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Blind Tiger in Topeka has one called Smokey the Beer. Like the name implies, it has a smoky flavor. Goes great with smoked meats. :lick:
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(http://www.geocities.com/chapas999/b-1516-premium3.jpg)
estoy esperando.
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guiness.
motor oil ftw.
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One of my favorite parts of traveling is sampling the regional brews. I've met very few beers I don't like...I've found that I view them similarly as I view barbeque: there are good beers, there are better beers, and there are great beers.
Fat Tire and Boulevard Wheat are a couple of my standbys. I like the 75th Street brews here in the KC area, as well. Always liked the Black Angus Stout at Little Apple. Stella is a nice choice when I'm looking for something crisper (I was at a black-tie event last night where they were serving Stella at the open bar. :love:) Drink a lot of Guinness in the winter. Have the occasional Newcastle or Boddington's, and usually pick up a 12-pack of Harp when it's on sale.
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Pyramid/Widmers/Fat Tire/Sammy Summer Ale
What is listed is crap (but I assume you knew this?).
That's why it says...if you HAD to pick one...
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"Never had Pyramid/Widmers. And pretty much anything by New Belgium is good in my book."
You are missing out. Must try. I never pay much attention when I am back, can you even get either one in Manhattan (draft is better than bottle)? Normally Boulevard is all over the place, and I like their Pale Ale or Wheat and want to try *something different* on the road. Well, that, and the lack of video poker machines is a distraction (yes, that's really backwards I know). Last Aggievile pub crawl was almost entirely Boulevard with some Hoegaarden mixed in (bad, bad idea...but I never see it on draft anywhere).
Widmers is Portland, Pyramid is Seattle...so I would understand if those have not made it to Kansas.
Also good is Stone (San Diego), either the Pale Ale or Arrogant Bastard. I have a friend that loves their IPA as well. There was a pretty good local brewery in Salt Lake City the last time I was there as well (something like Red Rock).
All of this said, I'm not an alcoholic. :cheers:
I know I got a widmers somewhere in manhattan, I want to say Mae's.
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the cooking guy on KK's show said some Dutch dark beer is the best.
I need to try it out.
Anyone know the name? Might already be mentioned.
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Magic Hat No.9
Best beer hands down. If you can find it, try it.
We will have a keg of it at the wedding.
Enjoy the Negra Modelo in place of corona.
Pyrimid Apricot is yummy, fruit beers are tastey.
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Goose Island and Breckenridge Brewing Co. are my fav. micro's if they are considered micro.
Both are good I like the Amber from Goose and Avalanche is a good light beer.
Modelo Especial is my preference over Corona
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I prefer my beer aged personally. I’ve found Doggie Claws starts to get really good at around two years. Fresh it’s good but a bit of a big, syrupy, boozy mess (still delicious).
Fred is definitely good fresh, but way better aged, same deal.
Ottos Old Fugget - of course I’ve never had it aged because it’s cask only at the brewpub, but I don’t think it needs age at all. It leans towards English old ale, it’s not overdone, it’s unbelievably delicious, and has an aged woody character right out of the fermenter.
Tröegs Scratch 4 for sure, same reason as Behemoth and Hog Heaven, high use of hops.
Old Boardhead improves at around 2 years, but the improvement is minimal, so drinking it fresh is not so different.
Also, I really, really prefer Old Crustacean fresh vs aged. It’s disgustingly bitter and coarse, but if you’re in the mood for that there’s nothing else good enough. I see slight improvement from 2-3 years, but then it goes downhill from there, and these days the old 12oz bottles tend to have a lot of oxidation.
:cyclist:
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Hate beer in aluminum cans.
Some of these names you people throw out are weird and funny.
Magic Hat? LOL ....WTF. :lol:
How about 'Turd in a bottle' ?
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Hate beer in aluminum cans.
Some of these names you people throw out are weird and funny.
Magic Hat? LOL ....WTF. :lol:
How about 'Turd in a bottle' ?
TURD
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I prefer my beer aged personally. I’ve found Doggie Claws starts to get really good at around two years. Fresh it’s good but a bit of a big, syrupy, boozy mess (still delicious).
Fred is definitely good fresh, but way better aged, same deal.
Ottos Old Fugget - of course I’ve never had it aged because it’s cask only at the brewpub, but I don’t think it needs age at all. It leans towards English old ale, it’s not overdone, it’s unbelievably delicious, and has an aged woody character right out of the fermenter.
Tröegs Scratch 4 for sure, same reason as Behemoth and Hog Heaven, high use of hops.
Old Boardhead improves at around 2 years, but the improvement is minimal, so drinking it fresh is not so different.
Also, I really, really prefer Old Crustacean fresh vs aged. It’s disgustingly bitter and coarse, but if you’re in the mood for that there’s nothing else good enough. I see slight improvement from 2-3 years, but then it goes downhill from there, and these days the old 12oz bottles tend to have a lot of oxidation.
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LOL. You're crazy.
I started early. After a stint of college I bailed and worked at an bar in Manhattan for 3 years. Always on tap then: Bass, Newcastle, Woodpecker Cider, Augsburger (WI lager), and Guiness at the PROPER temperature-- meaning the keg was kept on the floor behind the bar and poured through a velocity-control tap for perfect black-and-tans. All kinds of bottled goodness too, like Samuel Smith's, Whitbread, Fuller's ESB (the only one imho), Harp, John Bull, etc. Still, even with the Guiness draught can/bottle thingies they have now, I prefer Murphy's stout in the same form. Cheaper and doesn't have the heavy bitterness of Guiness, richer malt taste.
Manhattan was great for German beers too (Berghoff anyone? Brauhaus up in Lincoln Village?), and between those influences and the emerging micros like Goose Island, I was downright spoiled. :smile:
Red Stripe is a righteous lager, as is the Chinese Tsingtao. I'd also put Foster's in there-- but over here the bottles are better than the big "blue tinnies".
If you drink beer and eat Thai food, you BETTER be drinking Singha at that table. Goes great with almost all Asian food actually.
Did someone say mead? If you like mead and happen to find yourself in Scotland/uk, take great pains to get yourself a bottle or five of Moniack Mead. It's the most pure-fermented-honey mead we've ever run across, and it's pretty cheap (<$20 US). Sadly, they don't export it to the states.
For mass-produced domestic beer, it's only Miller if I can help it.
Karl- Young's Oatmeal Stout is good stuff, and I agree about Sam Smith's not being quite up there. We rotated the Young's on tap occasionally.
CO has a ridiculous number of breweries. One that really stands out in my book is Avery in Boulder. Their common 6-pack offerings are at least on par with the rest, but it's really all about their bombers. They take the brew-craft seriously, do killer seasonal offerings, and many of these big bottles are 8-12+% abv. It's hard to make beer that strong that still tastes like beer, but they pull it off and then some. Their tenth anniversary beer (aptly named "10"), had ten kinds of hops, ten kinds of malt, and was a flat 10% abv. Over the course of an hour, that beer changed character in the glass like a really nice red wine.
Hi I'm fatty, and I'm a beer snob. 8-)
Now if somebody starts a scotch thread, look out! I have a kilt!
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