wat, they make non soft drinks?

I wouldn't bother with the Eisbock version. I just don't like it.

My father was being nice and picked up a case of Miller whatever WITH LIME for me at the class six store on base. Acckk! Horrible crap. I may share it with the neighbors. I see why it was on clearance. If the choice was to drink it or be thirsty I'd have to think about it.

Support local brews:
Attachment 201585

This is pretty much exactly what you'd expect from the name: a straight-up lager. Smooth, easy-drinking and tasty.
For you east-coasters, think Yuengling lager and you'll be right on the mark.

I like Yuengling (sp?). I usually get one when I am in that part of the country.

The Blue Star Brewery in San Antonio makes an excellent Irish style Stout if you ever are in this area. It is creamy, smooth, chocolate overtone goodness.

Went to Belgium for New Year's, brought back a ton of different beers most with matching glasses, but this is tonight's:

http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...Rochefort8.jpg

Willing to say this ranks in the Top 3 beers I've had to date, VERY smooth despite the high alcohol content (9.2%)

Beer of the day...

DUFF, yes that's right, DUFF beer, will report back later with my thoughts.

http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...Beer/Duff2.jpg

^needs pics with DUFFMAN.

Tried Shiner's newest seasonal, Fröst. It's a dortmunder style pilsner. I'm not normally a pilsner fan but this one was decent. Very mild compared to some of Shiner's other seasonal varieties (I'm looking at you smokehasse nastiness).

Chris

This thread needs another kick start, it's dieing!!

Had myself a Trappist Chimay Premiere Red tonight. 750ml bottle poured into a Chimay Trappist goblet. Surprisingly smooth for an %8.00 ABV ale.

http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...reRed750ml.jpg

My New Year's resolution was to try at least 5 new beers a week for the remainder ofmy time in Germany, doing pretty good so far.

I am in Boulder, CO right now on business. Apparently CO is the land of microbreweries. I went to the Walnut Street Brewery last night and had an Old Elk Brown Ale. Excellent.
Walnut Brewery & Restaurant
http://www.walnutbrewery.com/Images/...ElkBrownWB.gif

I'm going to go search for some more microbrew tonight.

KPLAFIN... You...

...have an ACU blanket. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Bought a case of Yuengling Bock Beer on Saturday. For those who like Yuengling Black and Tan, this is supposedly a seasonal brew, and I gotta say WOW. I had it on draft a few months ago and was told that it was a special item only available on tap to commemorate the 180th anniversary of the Yuengling brewery. Then saturday I went to the local distributor and saw it in cases and asked, "how long has this been here" the girl at the register said, "we just got that in yesterday". I bought a case and must say it's outstanding! Black and Tan is Porter mixed with Premium. Bock Beer is Porter mixed with Lord Chesterfield Ale. It kinda reminds my of drinking a 1/2 and 1/2 at the local irish pub (Guinness and Bass).

From Deschutes Brewery in Oregon... Obsidian Stout
http://www.deschutesbrewery.com/bott...dian-stout.gif

Had one tonight for the first time on tap. Very, very good stout. It has some hoppiness so there is more complexity and bite than an Irish style stout (which I had back-to-back with this one). Though the brewer says in the description that it is hoppy and bitter, I did not get that at all. I think it is well balanced, and that is coming from someone that does not like IPAs much. It went well with a hummus platter and some prosciutto.

Obsidian Stout

I need to find a source on tap for this back home in SA.

Drinking grocery store Leffe right now.

I loved Yuengling when I lived in Florida. I haven't seen any in Corpus...fail.

Is yuengling only in this area? Its always been one of my favorite lagers

Yuengling is brewed in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, like 15 minutes from my house. There is a ton of microbreweries around me too like, Legacy, The Lion Brewery, Golden Avalanche, Bethlehem Brew Works. Rolling Rock is made in Latrobe, PA. I think Genesee is in PA, but it's gross. My friend got "Genesee Cream Ale" one fine summer day and invited me over. I drank a shit load of it, we walked down to "the A-Hole" (The American House bar) and I had 2 sips of yuengling lager, walked outside and barfed all over the sidewalk. No more Genny's cream ale for me.

Tonight I had a Harpoon Winter Warmer. It has lots of good holiday spice, good body, not overly sweet. Very malty overall, in stark contrast to the Sierra Nevada Celebration which is at the hoppier end of your holiday ales.
http://fatfrankies.com/frankiesays/w...ter-warmer.jpg

Last week we went for dinner at a Belgian-French place downtown. I enjoyed a Piraat with my mussels & frites.
http://justbeer.files.wordpress.com/...piraat-ale.jpg

Then the terrific Rochefort 8 with my roasted rabbit loin. There are better beer-food pairings than this, but dammit I wanted to eat rabbit and drink this Rochefort which I haven't had in years. Amazing complexity of fruity and spicy flavors and aromas that is difficult to really describe to someone who isn't already familiar with Belgian beers. Most Trappist ales are quite good. This one is just an orgy of magnificence for your taste buds.
http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/a...AwNTguanBn.jpg

Any beer that someone refers to as "an orgy of magnificience for your taste buds" is worthy of my trial.

I don't think the Deschutes stuff is very widely distributed outside the PNW, and if you find any it will more likely be the Black Butte Porter or Mirror Pond Pale Ale, and both are pretty good. Mirror Pond is common in Seattle bars & restaurants and I drank a shitload of it when I lived there. It was a great go-to when there was nothing else interesting on the beer list.

Yuengling Bock Beer is like mowing your lawn while drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon all day, and then you go out that night for a nice lobster dinner, and you drink Chimay Red. Your taste buds can't even understand what is going on, they think you spoiled them and have no idea why. The planets align, and at that very moment in your life, you are totally at ease.

Remember the movie "Beer Fest"? Where that guy was like, "it vas zee greatest bier in all zee vurld". Well, that's pretty much the description of Yuengling Bock Beer.

You wouldn't happen to be drunk on it right now, would you? :D

It's actually the cold weather liner for my poncho thank you very much, :giggle:

Why would you be in this thread sober?

Yuengling has a very large brewery in Tampa that aids in their distribution in the southeast. I'm guessing that is why it is easy to find in Florida. It is actually right next door to Busch Gardens.

was at a bar with a great beer selection last week and a dude walks up and orders a "black & tan" (not from a single bottle/tap) and the whole bar collectively shook its head in disappointment.

two days ago I had a Weihenstephaner Dunkel-weizen and a taste of a Duck Rabbit amber ale. the latter was nice with just a little malty goodness.

http://www.duckrabbitbrewery.com/pic...erlabelweb.gif

Epic....

We have a spot like there here in Greenville, SC called Barleys. Over 50's on tap and another 75 bottled. No domestic cheap beer either. Awesome place. One of my favorites that I have tried as of late has been the Sweet Water 420. However, I still reserve my number one spots for Unfiltered Wheat Ales and Hefe-Weisens... Mmmmmmmm.......

i may have embellished. my fiancee and I at least were like "wut the"

seriously, the guy walked up to the bar and ordered a B&T and the bartender asks him what kind of beer he wants in it (they had guinness but not bass) and the guy says, "anything dark and malty" and the bartender was like "uhhh we have X and Y and..." (suggesting english ale alternatives -- ie the lighter beer BECAUSE THEY HAD GUINNESS) and the guy is like "oh duh you have guinness" and he ended up with some random good beer under the guinness and probably didn't know what the fuck was going on because he was some dumb noob.

Weak-sauce regardless... I have been on a quest as of late to try as many different beers as I can. So far as of November I am at 101 different varieties... Still have a fridge full of ones I have yet to try however. :D

With all this snow there's nowhere to go, so it's a good time to catch up on my beer drinking. Last night I had a 2009 Sierra Nevada Bigfoot. It seemed a tad hoppier than some previous vintages but that's just my memory. I still have some 2008 and one bottle of 2007 left, but I didn't feel like doing a vertical tasting last night.

Tonight I'm drinking a bottle of Chimay Grand Reserve. I deserve it after shoveling all this damn snow. Yes, I'm using a New Belgium glass because I don't own a Chimay glass, but it gets the job done. This one definitely lacks the complexity of the Rochefort I posted earlier, but this Chimay ain't too shabby and it has the advantage of being readily available around here. This isn't my favorite of the Chimay offerings (that would be the Cinq Cents tripel) but I picked up this one since it had been a couple years since I've had it. This one is the darkest of the Chimays, and has a more malty profile with some roasty flavor. Definitely not as fruity as their other ales, but it still has that good yeasty estery aroma.
Attachment 200637

Cracked this one open tonight....

http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/SDC10616.jpg

Had it sitting around for a while, finally got the courage to try it, if you aren't familiar with Kopi Luwak, google it. It was surprisingly good.

PS, ScottFW, would you like a Chimay glass? I can pick one up for you next time I'm buying beer if you do.

I'm on a New Belgium Mothership Wit kick recently (they were on sale at Spec's).

http://www.newbelgium.com/files/beer...png?1263548005

I don't normally like orange flavored anything but in this beer it has only the slightest hint.

Chris

orange is pretty typical in witbier... with coriander and other stuff.

I pretty much reached the beer pinnacle this weekend.

1975 (yes, '75 no typo) liefmans Kriek, been stored in a deep dark cool cellar at a perfect 15 degrees for 35 years (sediment has blackened the green bottle where the beer settled, still have the bottle, truly amazing.)

http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/SDC10705.jpg

1988 (my birth year) Chimay Blue

http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/SDC10670.jpg

2004 Westvleteren 12

http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/SDC10663.jpg

AAANNNDDDD brought home a '97, '99, and '04 westys 12 as well.

http://i919.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/SDC10706.jpg

^ Gawd damn... I need to come hang out with you.

Welcome anytime...I love beer, and not having a miata here has pretty much let me devote 98% of my time (while not at work) and money to booze. To top it off I'm off of work until 23march for medical leave, had PRK (eye surgery) this morning, I'm already fine (obviously I'm ont he computer) So I think I'm going to spend some time traveling around Belgium some more and probably end up in Dublin for St Patty's day.

God I love the Army.

do the germans really love bitburger that much?

No. Well, the cheap Germans like it, I see it a lot of places, but the beer market is pretty diverse when it comes to bars, Kirner, Paulaner, Bitburger, Franziskaner, they all have a pretty big chunk of the market (think bud/miller/coors-ish type situation.)

The Belgians are the ones that truly appreciate their alcohol, although I did meet a 32 year old guy in The Kulminator (very VERY nice specialty beer bar in Antwerpen, Belgium where the above vintages were) who had lived in Belgium his whole life and tried Westvleteren (pretty much unanimously voted best beer int he world by just about anybody who is anybody) for the first time with me Saturday night, so it's one of those things where they don't really appreciate what they have because it's so common in my opinion.

/rambling, I'm on percocet "recovering" from my surgery so forgive me if that made no sense, lol.

Too bad shipping would brutalize the price of getting you to send some beer this way... Otherwise I would be ALL over it. Planning on endulging myself when I get home. Not sure what on though.

lots of ganxter ass shit up in hurrr.

Damn. And I thought I had a decent stash because I have a few vintages of Bigfoot squirreled away. :laugh: Westvleteren is nearly Unobtanium around here.

Agreed fully on the Unobtanium...

It's damn near unobtanium here unless you can get through to the Abbey on the phone and reserve a spot to pick a case up, then you gotta get there at like 1pm on a random ass wednesday once a month to pick it up, otherwise they won't sell it to you. Being military doesn't leave much time on wednesdays for traveling ~5 hrs for a case of beer or three. I paid an average of 20 euro a piece for those three Westy's

I like Kalik, Land Shark and Presidente. Only beers I've really tried more than once. Fuckin island beers man.

Was definitely a part of the Rogue Nation last night... Had myself a 22 oz. Rogue Mogul Madness Ale and a 22 oz Rogue Morimoto Black Obi Soba Ale. The Mogul Madness Ale was basically their winter seasonal. So imagine a typical winter seasonal only with a less definitive spicy flavor to it. Worth a shot if you enjoy the winter ales that come out. The Morimoto Black Obi Soba Ale is a darker version of the regular Rogue Morimoto Soba Ale as seen in the name. If you are not a huge fan of dark beers, I would suggest trying the regular Soba Ale prior. If you enjoy this ale, you will like the Black Obi Soba Ale as it is basically the same flavors only more intense to the palette.

Attachment 199602
Attachment 199603
And yes, the Morimoto Black Obi Soba Ale was poured properly and still has that much head on the beer. Mmmmmm...

Alas... Local brewed beer on tap for the night. RJ Rockers (RJ Rockers - Please verify your age.)

Saw a lonely 6 pack of Full Sail LTD Series No. 01 sitting in the cooler at the store tonight so I brought it home. The few I've had so far are pretty tasty.

Drank another 22 of my Deschutes Abyss stockpile. Only 7 more bottles of last year's batch. It has aged well. Yum.

Ms Mobius was being thoughtful today, and thought she was buying me some more Abyss. Turns out it was Deschute's once-a-decade bottling of their super-Jubel.

Has a "best-after" date of 1/29/2011 :)



ps. GO CATS

Last Night's Line Up:

Revelation Cat/De Molen Triple Hop Bock:

Attachment 199056

Panneport Grand Reserve 2005:

Attachment 199057

Gulden Draak (Golden Dragon):

Attachment 199058

Jealous I'm not in Europe to enjoy good beers... Sigh. On another note, going to a local taproom tonight. God only knows what I will have... http://www.barleystaproom.com/greenville/

http://beeractivist.files.wordpress..../salvation.jpg
Salvation - Avery Brewing Company - BeerAdvocate
I agree with this, unequivocally:
I bought it as a substitute for Piraat because a) Piraat is $21 per 4-pack, b) they were out. It doesn't really get me to Piraat land because it lacks the "Champagne appeal" and it lacks the "heat" of high alcohol beer, its lacks the carbonation of THE GREAT ONE, it lacks the peaches and sugar that I longed for, and it lacks heat, and it doesn't taste like the bottle has any age on it, and unfortunately lacks the hardcore, back-alley Belgian funk...but its solid and probably better than what anyone in this state is drinking ATM. Comparing anything to Piraat is unfair, its like another world. Do yourself a favor and pick up a Piraat some time and you will understand the glory. Its pure glory, the pinnacle, and true Marlin of beers, hotter with every drink, you know you're drinking a champion.

p.s. I'd like to thank Artie Partie for our erotic night together at The Monk where I discovered Piraat, and was forever changed.

I don't think I've seen the Avery Salvation at my local stores around here, but I do know we get Avery here as I have two of their limited releases sitting in my beer fridge right now.... I will have to look for it next time I go beer shopping.

I was hammered on that beer last night. HAMMERED!!!

I have some Golden Draak in the fridge right now too.

Werd... I've got too much in my fridge to list right now. Too bad I won't be going home to enjoy them tonight though. Sigh...

Hustler, have you tried the He'Brew Bar Mitzvah Jewbelation 13th Anniversary Ale? That is the drunkest I have EVER been off of one beer. 13 different types of hops, 13 different types of barley, and 13% ABV; all in a convenient 750 mL bottle. o.O

75CL of 13% and you were drunk...what a puss! LOL, in all seriousness my time in Germany/Belgium has done wonders for my tolerance level. I'm 127lbs and I've gotta down two or three of the average 75CL Belgian bottles to get a buzz these days.

Haha! My tolerance has fallen off since college definitely (3 years of corporate America will do that)... I was drinking it rather quickly prior to looking at the bottle, so that, and working 14 hours that day didn't help I'm sure. Not a great idea to say the least. I'm 140 lbs, BTW.

I've not had this, only seen the "Jewbilee" SouthPark episode.

I picked up some Kona Brewing Co. Pipeline Porter the other day... good stuff...has a hint of Kona coffee. If you like chocolate stouts, the Pipeline would be for you..

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3599/...4fd49b.jpg?v=0

Washing a Grimbergen Bruin and a bratwurst down with a bock from Brauerei Fischer now.

lol@washing down wieners.

I have this one sitting in my fridge at home actually... I prefer IPA's however. It will be sampled sometime in the near future. Trying to get the g/f to start drinking beer and using chocolate stouts and coffee bean brewed ones to get her started.