Uart
DARTH MENSES  Posts: 1228 Registered: 3/5/2005 Offline
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7/23/2005 at 21:35 |
Thought it would be interesting if the Swarm could have a place just for the discussion of our favorite beers and/or new beery discoveries.
I'll start.
Favorite Lager: Yeungling
Favorite Ale: Tough one, but I'll go with Caledonian 80/~
Favorite Spanish-language beer: Presidente
Favorite beer ever to be brewed: Duvel.
Your turn
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ghostrider
liberal exit   SSHOLEPosts: 2409 Registered: 7/29/2004 Offline
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7/23/2005 at 21:41 |
we've done this, but beer is aways relevent.
Sierra Nevada: Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (i werked for them back in the day)
Spotted Cow: New Glarus Brewing Company (beautiful ale, with a hint of corn)
Youngers Bitter: Rogue Brewery
Old Style: G. Heilmann Brewing Co.
Any beer will do in a pinch. beer is my drug of choice. and i fully believe it is a mind-expanding experience that can unlock the doors of perception.
Fat Tire Ale is stellar also, don't know who makes it, it's from Colorado.
extra lucky bonus clickage
[Edited on 23/7/2005 by ghostrider]
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mcgarpat
DARTH MENSES  Posts: 413 Registered: 7/10/2005 Offline
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7/23/2005 at 22:22 |
Usually, I brew my own,
But when I do not feel like it or when my stock is fermenting in the keg, I prefer:
Nevada Pale Ale
Yuengling
Banks Bitters
Elephant beer
Beer recipes
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ghostrider
liberal exit SSHOLEPosts: 2409 Registered: 7/29/2004 Offline
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7/23/2005 at 22:24 |
ain't Elephant a malt liquor ?
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mcgarpat
DARTH MENSES Posts: 413 Registered: 7/10/2005 Offline
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7/23/2005 at 23:18 |
Elephant may have a malt, but I prefer the ale
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BeachGoat
DARTH MENSES  Posts: 431 Registered: 10/31/2003 Offline
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7/23/2005 at 23:54 |
For everyday, Rosie & I drink fruit ales. We drink a remarkable amount of Pete's Wicked Strawberry Blond Ales.
When fall rolls around, I prefer Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ales. Buffalo Bill is the only brewer I've ever heard of that is no longer allowed to touch his own beer. He started small, with great experimental ales and lagers, but beer is a science, requiring sterility and medical precision after a certain point. Bill would come into the the Brewery/Restaurant and dump, say, two boxes of unwashed oranges into a 12000 gallon tank in third stage, contaminating thousands of dollars worth of product. Eventually his partners had to take him aside and say, "Bill, you're great in the restaurant, but if you come in the back again we'll drown you in the Vat". Or so I was told. They taste just like a pice of pie. Go great with oatmeal-raisin cookies.
There used to be Longshot Hazelnut Brown, but it's been out of print for many years. We really liked those; invented by some people in a State Fair contest of some sort. Our friends thought we were trying to feed them cyanide.
None of these are sweet at all, but made with the actual fruit, and fermented beyond sugar content. Getchu Fuckered up. Food & Beer are closely tied in my mind and at our table. We are in the midst or fine wine country, yet beer is the supreme beverage. It's a cooking spice, marinade, cook sauce, salutory. No meal is complete without a beer.
[Edited on 23/7/2005 by BeachGoat]
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mundhra
dread pirate neckbeard  SSHOLEPosts: 1615 Registered: 3/25/2002 Offline
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7/24/2005 at 02:06 |
for reference
a month ago i went to belgian bar in philly called eulogy, and they serve like 200+ different beers. i had some old rasputin, some golden monkey, and some chimay reserve. all good shit.
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Albuterol
Tender vittles Posts: 33 Registered: 1/3/2003 Offline
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7/24/2005 at 02:22 |
J.W. Lee's Harvest Ale is brewed as a yearly vintage and is nothing short of exquisite.
The ale is technically a barleywine brewed with only malt and barley; there is wild variation in flavor from year to year. The 1997 (pictured below) pours a viscous black; the nose is all musky fig, molasses and burnt caramel. Some of the same flavors hit in the first sip--especially molasses--along with blackcurrant, prune and oak from the casks. It is a big-bodied brew, super thick and creamy, and a serious ass-kicker at 11.5% abv.
The 2003 was very similar in texture, but a much brighter translucent orange. It still retained some of the signature caramel and fig notes, but was otherwise much lighter; a lot of peach and apricot.
Stone's Imperial Stout is another absolutely fantastic brew. Smells like grilled almonds and molasses. The flavors are very serious; deep coffee/espresso, molasses and hints of anise or fennel with a lengthy finish. Coffee lingers and lingers. The texture is heavy and creamy, but not nearly as viscous or syrupy as the Harvest Ales.
For regular drinkability, nothing beats Dogfish Head's 90 Minute IPA. Dogfish uses beautiful fresh hops, and the difference is amazing. If they used the same shit most breweries use it would be intensely bitter, but instead is very strong with some floral and citrus undertones. I managed to get my hands on a champagne bottle of their first batch; this shit ages extremely well! The complexity and richness of the flavors balanced out over time, creating an immaculate IPA.
There are so many incredible brews available to us lucky first worlders; go out and explore. And report.
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Demagogue
SIR BABYHEAD  Posts: 98 Registered: 4/6/2005 Offline
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7/24/2005 at 02:34 |
Bavaria or moosehead.
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mcgarpat
DARTH MENSES Posts: 413 Registered: 7/10/2005 Offline
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7/24/2005 at 02:49 |
mundhra: for reference
a month ago i went to belgian bar in philly called eulogy, and they serve like 200+ different beers. i had some old rasputin, some golden monkey, and some chimay reserve. all good shit.
inre your link
I was in Ireland in 03, had to have a guiness, FANTASTIC
The beer is defiantely better the closer you get to its home. I have been in many of the microbrews and pubs in philly and had some great brews, the problem is getting the brew without having to fight the traffic into philly. I think the city was voted as one of the top ten most fucked up cities to drive into, top five on the east coast. Most of the distributors around me are dominated by piss like miller light and shit.
Philly by the way is the city that has the most breweries in the US, lots of drunk fat fuckers around here, but happy none the less.
I have to say that I am partial to british bitters, I travel to England frequently and that is the one thing I look forward to when I get there.
not sue why the quote thing doesn't work on this thread.
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DrCube
Shit Machine  SSHOLEPosts: 142 Registered: 2/6/2004 Offline
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7/24/2005 at 15:52 |
Interesting topic title because I have actually made bread with beer.
Beer Bread
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mundhra
dread pirate neckbeard SSHOLEPosts: 1615 Registered: 3/25/2002 Offline
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7/24/2005 at 20:07 |
beer bread is indeed awesome, this stuff is pretty ace.
mcgarpat: i'm fortunate enough to have a friend that lives up on 34th. we usually just take the subway.
[Edited on 24/7/2005 by mundhra]
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Uart
DARTH MENSES Posts: 1228 Registered: 3/5/2005 Offline
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7/25/2005 at 01:31 |
at risk of derailing my own thread:
There seem to be a few Philly-swarmers around nowadays. BBPPhilly?
By the way, I wasn't aware of the multitude of Philly microbrews. I will now be on a mission to sample them all. That is in addition to my mission to drink every beer in Europe.
It's gonna take a while.
BTW, don't bother with Spanish beer, it sucks. Nothing special for Italian beer either. |
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Pchimp
SENATOR BABYHEAD Posts: 159 Registered: 6/18/2003 Offline
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12/11/2005 at 02:25 |
I recommend Arrogant Bastard to any of the beer snobs out there. Don't let the, um... arrogant persona gimmick fool you -- this is a beer at the top of its class. You're lucky if you can track some down -- we get it around here about twice yearly.
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