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Poll Results: What type of beer is the best?

This is a multiple choice poll
  • 21% (10)
    IPAs (double, single or triple)
  • 12% (6)
    Lagers
  • 14% (7)
    Stouts
  • 4% (2)
    Pilsners
  • 10% (5)
    Pale Ales
  • 8% (4)
    Porters
  • 4% (2)
    Bitters/ESBs
  • 0% (0)
    Kolsch
  • 2% (1)
    Wheat
  • 8% (4)
    Dubbel
  • 4% (2)
    Bocks (Bock, Doppelbock, Weizenbock, etc)
  • 12% (6)
    Hefeweizens
47 Total Votes  
post #151 of 358
10/27/11 at 1:34pm
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Originally Posted by kernel View Post

So, on your recommendation, I picked up a sixer of Lagunitas Little Sumpin'.  I had seen it at the store recently, but wasn't familiar with it, and I'm wary of getting new things this time of year.  It's when companies try to spring pumpkin flavored shit on you, and in my opinion, the only things that should be pumpkin flavored are pies.  I got even more worried when the bottom of the pack mentioned it was a wheat beer!  I generally hate wheat beers, but this was a darn tasty little number!  Not wheat like (sweet) at all, but delightfully hoppy, a darn good beer.  Thanks for the recommendation



Yeah, Little Sumpin' is awesome. Really liking these "American Wild Ales" that have been coming out over the last few months.

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post #152 of 358
10/27/11 at 3:07pm

My girlfriend came home with some Magic Hat Hex and Banana Bread beer (yeah she likes fruit gimmick beers).  

 

I'm also visiting Vermont on vacation soon and will be visiting Magic Hat's Brewery (possibly Longtrail's too - not sure) for some of the limited release stuff.

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post #153 of 358
10/29/11 at 5:24pm
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Sitting down with my good friend mr Rogue Double Dead Guy Ale. It's Dead Guy...but even better. Dead Guy is one of my faves for the fall, Double even more so!

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post #154 of 358
11/2/11 at 4:23pm
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For tonight I am sitting down with my bottle of Uinta Brewing Company's Oak Jacked Imperial Pumpkin, part of the Crooked Series...one of the really special and rare brews I picked up the other week at Bruisin' Ales. Totally not a fan of pumpkin ales, but I was willing to give one a try, and this is what was recommended to me.

 

After tasting: Holy damn this is good! I dont know if you can still find it or not, but look anyway.

 

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Post Drinking update: Holy fuck the 10.31% ABV hits you like a brick to the face with this one. So easy to drink, so smooth. Just the right amount of spice and pumpkin. Before you know it you've drank the whole thing and are quite intoxicated.

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post #155 of 358
11/16/11 at 4:31pm
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Going to bump this back up with tonight's beer of choise. Epic Brewing's Exponential Series Sour Apple Saison. 

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post #156 of 358
11/16/11 at 6:02pm

I celebrated Monday Night Football with a Tenaya Creek Hop Ride IPA, and it was good.

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post #157 of 358
11/24/11 at 7:52pm
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Had my fourth Highland Brewing Company Cold Mountain Winter Ale of this season tonight. This shit is amazing. It seems like every year it gets better. 

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post #158 of 358
11/26/11 at 5:13pm

Tapped this out at the growler station at Total Wine.  The manager is one of my patients' husband so he just gave me the slightly less than half growler for free.Drinking it right now and it is a doppelganger for the Innis and Gunn that I cannot get in SC.  May just have to keep some of this around in a pinch.  It is less butterscotch and more vanilla and the difference between the scotch barrels and the Jim Beam for the Curieux is readily apparent.  The Innis and Gunn is much smoother but whereas I couldn't sit down and get drunk off the I&G because it is too rich, I could see drinking more than one glass of the Allagash.

 

I also picked up an Abita Springs select from the station.  The card said it was a Honey Wheat but all I have found on their site is a Honey Rye that was released this summer.  That is probably what it is.  I'll give that a shot tomorrow maybe.

 

Question though, Chewers, what is your "Budweiser" i.e. your regular drinking beer?  For me I would say it is a Flying Dog Brewery Mixed Litter so I have a selection even when I'm not snobbing it up.  I ask the question because it seems like the sampler pack went up about $10 since the last I bought.


Edited by TzuDohNihm - 11/27/11 at 9:33am
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post #159 of 358
11/27/11 at 9:13am
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That Curieux is awesome isnt it.

 

To answer your question...my regular drinking beer is probably Dogfish Head's 60 or 90 minute IPAs

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post #160 of 358
11/27/11 at 11:34am

Just made some chili using Rogue Santa's Private Reserve Ale.  Should be tasty!

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post #161 of 358
11/30/11 at 5:41pm
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Sitting down with this beauty tonight....New Belgium's Lips of Faith Clutch dark sour ale.

 

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post #162 of 358
12/4/11 at 5:53pm

*eye twitch*

 

MMMHop....

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post #163 of 358
12/4/11 at 6:39pm
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Please put them out of their misery before they destroy the beer world.

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post #164 of 358
12/4/11 at 6:54pm
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Originally Posted by Rando View Post
 Banana Bread beer (yeah she likes fruit gimmick beers). 


 

Yeah, I was not expecting the world from this, but still was a bit disappointed in it. 

 

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post #165 of 358
12/5/11 at 7:52am
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Originally Posted by Chavez View Post


 

Yeah, I was not expecting the world from this, but still was a bit disappointed in it. 

 



That actually sounds disgusting to me.

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post #166 of 358
12/6/11 at 4:16pm
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Tonight I'm drinking Lagunitas' newest Limited Release brew...Lagunitas Sucks Holiday Ale Brown Shugga' Substitute. Here's the story of why this year they were unable to brew their amazing Brown Shugga' holiday brew.

 

“ This sad holiday season we didn’t have the brewing capacity to make our favorite seasonal brew, the widely feard BrownShugga’ Ale. You see, we had a couple of really good years (thank you very much) and so heading into this season while we are awaiting a January delivery of a new brewhouse we are jammin’ along brewing 80 barrels of IPA and PILSand such every 3 hours. A couple months back we realized that since we can only brew a mere 60 barrels of Shugga‘ every 5 hours, that we were seriously screwed.

for every case of Shugga’ brewed, we’d short 3 cases of our daily brews. The new brewhouse will help insure that this kind of failure never happens again.

It’s a mess that we can not brew our BrownShugga‘ this year and we suck for not doing it. There is nothing cool about screwing up this badly and we know it. Maybe we can sue our sorry selves. There is no joy in our hearts this holiday and the best we can hope for is a quick and merciful end. F*@& us. This totally blows. Whatever. We freaking munch moldy donkey butt and we just want it all to be over…..“

“Brown Shugga' Substitute" is a ‘Cereal Medley’ of Barley, Rye, Wheat, and Oats…. Full of complexishness from the 4 grains, and weighing in at 7.6% abv, Then joyously dry-hopped for that big aroma and resinous hop flavor.”

 

Even though this isnt as amazing as Brown Shugga' it's still pretty fucking great and definitely worth trying out.

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post #167 of 358
12/9/11 at 1:42pm
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Carrying on the tradition of buying my dad and brother good beer for Christmas...this year my dad gets a bottle of Gouden Carolus Noel, and my brother gets an awesome bottle of Nebraska Brewing Company's Black Betty Imperial Stout Barrel Aged Reserve Series.

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post #168 of 358
12/9/11 at 2:16pm

I'll dip my toe into the Christmas seasonals this weekend. Picked up some Lagunitas and Widmer Brothers already and a bomber of Delirium Noel will be snatched up on my way home tonight.

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post #169 of 358
12/14/11 at 4:38pm
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Tonight I'm drinking Ballast Point Brewing Company's Sculpin IPA...rated the best American IPA on Beer Advocate.

 

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/199/29619

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post #170 of 358
12/15/11 at 3:08pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Dylan View Post

Tonight I'm drinking Ballast Point Brewing Company's Sculpin IPA...rated the best American IPA on Beer Advocate.

 

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/199/29619



Sculpin is a shell of its former self, though still a pretty good IPA.  Rumor has it that the switch from a seasonal bomber to a regular six pack required changes in the hop profile and brewing time ... in any event I find the floral notes are subdued and the tropical presence mostly gone.  In fact, for the price I now prefer Big Eye from Ballast Point. 

 

Lagunitas Sucks, labeled a strong ale but really more of an IPA, might be beer of the year at the 10 dollars a sixer price point.  You don't get that kind of complex hop profile very often (tangerines and pineapple along with pine resin and a bit of white grapefruit along with grapefruit rind) and for that price its unreal.   Probably won't ever be made again.  Zombie Dust from Three Floyds is the new best pale ale in the world (though it seems more like an IPA to me).

 

Since it's december, the Bruery's Melange #3 and Truckee Brewing's barrel aged Eclipse 50/50 series are out and about.  Try to find these beers however you can.  World class in every respect.  I think the Bruery's G.F.A.R. is a great entry level sour, though a bit pricey.  I think it's going into their distribution network. 

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post #171 of 358
12/16/11 at 9:55am

How Beer Saved the World on Watch Instantly.

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post #172 of 358
12/21/11 at 8:06pm

Tonight I'm going with Green Flash Brewing Co.'s West Coast IPA.  Darn tasty and delightfully hoppy.

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post #173 of 358
12/23/11 at 8:37am

 Green Flash is a very good brewery! Tieman turned me onto it, that sexy bitch that he is.

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post #174 of 358
12/23/11 at 7:01pm

I'm moving to Chico for a year.  Sierra Nevada taps are about to get prostituted.

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post #175 of 358
12/29/11 at 12:34pm
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Sierra Nevada is supposedly opening their east coast operations outside of Asheville. I will be putting a job application in there as soon as its official.

 

 

Made a trip to Bruisin' Ales today with my gf. She got me a gift certificate from there for Christmas. I picked up three beers.

 

Brewery Ommegang Adoration Special Winter Ale (Belgian Strong Dark Ale: 10% ABV) Ale brewed with Corriander, Cardamon, Mace, Grains of Paradise, Sweet Orange Peel.

 

New Belgium Lips of Faith - Prickly Passion Saison (Saison/Farmhouse Ale: 8.5% ABV) Saison brewed with pear and passion fruit and french saison yeast

 

Widmer Brothers Reserve Barrel Aged Brrrbon (American Strong Ale: 9.4% ABV) Hidden in the beautiful dark amber color are aromas of vanilla and caramel that compliment perfectly the presence of bourbon. Soft oak flavors transition into a sweet yet slightly dry finish. After aging the ale for four months, the malt and hop complexity of Brrr has melded harmoniously with the bourbon barrels and become a truly one of a kind beer

 

 

And then to make it even better we went to lunch at the Bier Garden...and they had Allagash Curieux on draught. Holy crap, if you find this beer you have no choice but to buy it. I'd been looking for this for awhile at Bruisin' Ales, but every time I've been they've been out of it because it sells so fast. It's the Trippel, but aged in Jim Beam Barrels for 8 weeks

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post #176 of 358
12/31/11 at 9:28am

I had about 3 (or 4) Harpoon Winter Warmers last night.  Don't really remember.

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post #177 of 358
1/8/12 at 7:37pm

I apologize in advance for my behavior:

 

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post #178 of 358
1/9/12 at 3:34pm
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That's awesome awesome awesome.

 

Of the major craft brewery winter seasonals, Sierra Nevada's Celebration is definitely one of the best.

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post #179 of 358
1/12/12 at 12:57pm
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http://thefullpint.com/polls/best-craft-beer-of-2011

 

Everyone go vote!

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post #180 of 358
1/20/12 at 7:23pm
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Tonight at Barley's Taproom I had Ommegang's Aphrodite and Lagunitas Fusion 7 IPA on draught. Ommegang hit another homerun with Aphrodite. Lagunitas comes up with quite an interesting IPA experience with Fusion 7.

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post #181 of 358
1/22/12 at 4:51pm
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Picked up a 6 pack of Catawba Valley's newly canned Firewater IPA. Yummy.

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post #182 of 358
1/22/12 at 5:23pm
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Originally Posted by DJ Dylan View Post

http://thefullpint.com/polls/best-craft-beer-of-2011

 

Everyone go vote!


I haven't had a single one of those.  I suck.

 

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post #183 of 358
1/23/12 at 11:21am
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I haven't had a single one of those.  I suck.

 



Is it bad that I've had every one except for 5?

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post #184 of 358
1/23/12 at 4:20pm

Sierra Nevada's 'Ruthless Rye'.  Oh by the pitcher, by the pitcher I'll drown.

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post #185 of 358
1/24/12 at 9:47am
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Ruthless Rye is amazing.

 

Speaking of Sierra Nevada...they've made their decision and are building their east coast operations in Henderson County (right outside of Asheville). You better bet I will be applying to work for them

 

http://beernews.org/2012/01/report-sierra-nevada-expected-to-announce-nc-as-second-location-this-week/

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post #186 of 358
1/24/12 at 9:59am

So, with Alex having moved on to other horizons, am I the lone homebrewer in these parts?

 

A few months ago I found an old Zymurgy ish in which the Rogue guys published a clone recipe of their Chocolate Stout. So I took that recipe, and added to the secondary fermenter oak chips that I'd soaked in Buffalo Trace whiskey for a week. Whiskey Barrel Chocolate Stout. Let that hang out for 3-4 weeks before bottling. Finally cracked one last night, and, well, it's something kind of special. The original sweetness of the Rogue stout is complemented by the oak's vanilla and whiskey notes better than I'd hoped. Needs a little more time to mellow out (and the head needs to calm down), but overall I think this is a triumphal brew. Gonna be difficult sharing this one... Damn you, Super Bowl!!!

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post #187 of 358
1/25/12 at 5:23pm
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Speaking of Sierra Nevada...they've made their decision and are building their east coast operations in Henderson County (right outside of Asheville). You better bet I will be applying to work for them

 

http://beernews.org/2012/01/report-sierra-nevada-expected-to-announce-nc-as-second-location-this-week/


Good luck!  I just got a rejection letter from them today.  I still plan on applying to every open position I have experience with though.

 

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post #188 of 358
1/25/12 at 5:43pm
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Originally Posted by Trav McGee View Post

So, with Alex having moved on to other horizons, am I the lone homebrewer in these parts?

 


I've been meaning to start.

 

My uncle is way into crafting his own beers and wines.  He had a building specifically for brewing built on his property and has his own hop "garden" (if that's what you'd call it).  He's sent me a few books to read before I start.  Once I get caught up with those I'll have to pop back in here and update.

 

Can't be that difficult right?  Right?

 

 

 

 

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post #189 of 358
1/26/12 at 7:12am
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Originally Posted by Tomas Mejor View Post

 

Can't be that difficult right?  Right?


It's SO easy to brew good beer, it's unbelievable the first time you sip your creations. Later you can dive into the fine-tuning nitty-gritty and hardcore science, but if you can follow a recipe, that's not necessary at all to make high-quality stuff. Investing in the equipment (and the modest amount of space it takes up) is the only real hurdle. AHA's old motto: "It's not rocket science... unless you want it to be" pretty much says it all.

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post #190 of 358
2/9/12 at 7:17pm

So tonight I am partaking of a couple Underworld Brewing Double IPA.  Quite delicious and the 8.5% ABV doesn't hurt either.

 

Extra credit for a cool looking label.

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post #191 of 358
2/14/12 at 9:33am
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Hopslam Hopslam Hopslam Hopslam Hopslam Hopslam Hopslam Hopslam Hopslam Hopslam Hopslam Hopslam Hopslam Hopslam Hopslam Hopslam...need I say more?

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post #192 of 358
2/27/12 at 5:37pm
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Recently I have drank the following on draught...

 

Bell's Hopslam Ale

Stone Arrogant Bastard

Rogue Maierfest Lager

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post #193 of 358
2/27/12 at 6:21pm

Any northeasterners heading to Beerfest in AC next month?  The crowds are becoming a bit much but I can't resist being that close to so much good stuff; dogfish head, flying fish, allagash...mmmm.

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post #194 of 358
3/7/12 at 5:29pm
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Beer drinkers! Go download Untappd in the android market and app store. Its Foursquare...but beer.

 

http://untappd.com/

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post #195 of 358
3/8/12 at 5:19pm
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Tonight I had Founders Dirty Bastard Scotch Ale and Sierra Nevada Torpedo IPA, both on draught of course. Last night I drank my bottle of New Belgium Lips of Faith La Folie

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post #196 of 358
3/26/12 at 6:15pm
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Loving me some Ommegang Adoration Special Winter Ale right now. Honestly, Ommegang can do no wrong in my book.

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post #197 of 358
3/26/12 at 6:41pm
I've only just started getting into beer in the past year or so, myself - previously I'd only had a few crap megabrands out of a can, and I had concluded that apparently all beers taste like stale hops, rubbing alcohol, and soda water. Luckily, I made enough further experiments to realize how very wrong that was, and since then I've been broadening my horizons. (There are advantages to living six blocks from a little mom-and-pop liquor store wink.gif)

My tastes run strongly toward the darker end of the spectrum, stouts and porters, but really my primary criteria for a beer is that it has a flavor aside from "alcohol water" - anything that meets that is at least acceptable to me. The best beer I've had was Shanghai Stout on tap at the Auburn Alehouse - if I could, I'd ship that stuff cross-country in kegs. Dark, creamy, damn good. In my excursions to the local bottle shop, I've tried a number of different things, but my mainstay for dark beer is Deschutes Black Butte Porter, which has a nice kind-of-slightly-fruity flavor, especially in the aftertaste. (Lake Superior's Sir Duluth Oatmeal Stout is pretty good too.) I'm only just starting to venture back into pale beers after that initial run of cheap crap, but New Belgium's Trippel is pretty nice - I wouldn't have pegged coriander as something to flavor a drink with, but it actually works pretty well.
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post #198 of 358
3/29/12 at 2:15am

commodorejohn - i'm assuming you've been to fitger's?  i went to umd many moons ago and big boat oatmeal stout is the first microbrew i ever had (and remains one of my favorites to this day)  lord i wish it was available in the cities

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post #199 of 358
3/29/12 at 9:14am
I've been meaning to get down to Fitger's for a while now, but I've never actually gotten around to it (I work afternoon/evening shift most days, and IIRC they only open up the alcohol business after I go to work.) Maybe I'll drop in Saturday, as long as I'm on my try-not-to-blow-my-entire-tax-return-all-at-once "fun things I can do for a moderate sum" spree...
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post #200 of 358
3/31/12 at 8:39am

I just posted this in the 'dinner' thread, thought I'd re-post it here as well. Help a brutha out:

 

Just put a Boston Butt in the oven to slow roast for pulled pork sandwiches tonight, served on onion rolls and topped with jalepeno cole slaw. Making homemade potato chips too. Big slivers of kosher dill pickles on the side. Can anyone recommend a good beer to go with this? I'm no beer snob, but I'd like something great to go with all this.

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