The discerning alcoholics counterpart to the "What are you Eating?" thread!
I just got back from the liquor store. I picked up a fifth of Evan Williams Kentucky whiskey and a handle of Bacardi white rum (the staples of my drinking diet). But I also picked up something I'd never seen before..
A six-pack of Italian Peroni birra. This shit tastes like Corona a Mexican already pissed out. God damn, can those wops do ANYTHING right? They can't make decent wine, they can't make decent liquor, and they can't even brew a drinkable fucking beer. The methods they used to brew this piss water are so lazy, it's no wonder those dirty greaser fucks never move out of their parents house. Fuck Italy and NUKE ROME.
Nah, just kidding, it's pretty good. ;)
No, actually beer is about the only thing the Italians can't do right. Peroni really isn't any good. But they make some phenomenal wines. :mmm:
I think I shared this story, but I'm typically a beer drinker. So the first few days in Italy I'd order beer. And I kept finding it to be rather expensive, and not all that good. But when I finally broke down and ordered house wine it was tremendous, and dirt cheap.
Actually I did find one good Italian beer - Forst. But then again it is from the German-speaking part of Italy, and beer is one of the few things the Germans can do well when it comes to food.
Quote from: Barrister on August 22, 2009, 07:29:40 PM
Actually I did find one good Italian beer - Forst. But then again it is from the German-speaking part of Italy, and beer is one of the few things the Germans can do well when it comes to food.
They make a damn fine wiener.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on August 22, 2009, 07:36:46 PM
They make a damn fine wiener.
Anything with meat and mustard, really. And chocolate. ...Actually, the only time you should run screaming from German cuisine is when they insist on using
vegetables. ;)
Quote from: Barrister on August 22, 2009, 07:29:40 PM
No, actually beer is about the only thing the Italians can't do right. Peroni really isn't any good. But they make some phenomenal wines. :mmm:
Meh, it's like Bud Light with a slightly.. less cheap taste, I guess. That's not entirely a bad thing, since it's a hot, humid night out. It's not something I'll buy again, but it's not terrible.
Now I am drinking: Rum and coke with lemon juice. :mmm:
I just bought a bottle of Italian brandy called Vecchia Romagna, and it's pretty good.
Quote from: Ancient Demon on August 22, 2009, 08:35:29 PM
I just bought a bottle of Italian brandy called Vecchia Romagna, and it's pretty good.
That's what I hate about my new local liquor store. It's all wine. <_<
Although the guy at the counter was telling me about a new brand of vodka made in Texas, called Tito's. Think I might pick up a bottle of that next time I get paid, just to add to the bar.
Now drinking: Diamond Bear (Arkansas brewed :yeah: ) Honey Weiss bear.
http://www.diamondbear.com/
If anyone wants to try this delicious product of Arkansas, allow me to make some recommendations:
Honey Weiss: My favorite beer by them. Buy this one first.
Southern Blonde: It's a Pilsner lager. Quite delicious, as well.
Irish Red and Pale Ale: They're okay, if you like those kinds of beers.
Presidential IPA: :x Disgusting, like all IPAs. I can't believe people actually drink IPAs.
Lazy Magnolia Indian Summer wheat ale.
Some absolute and monster tonight probably...good blend of keeping me awake and doesn't taste too horrible while getting me there fast.
Sam Adams, Michelob Amberbock and coffee
Heaven Hill #1.
Milk. It does a body good.
Nothing, haven't had a beer in a week. :shakes:
Quote from: Fireblade on August 22, 2009, 08:48:54 PM
Although the guy at the counter was telling me about a new brand of vodka made in Texas, called Tito's. Think I might pick up a bottle of that next time I get paid, just to add to the bar.
Tito's may be new for you, but its been around here for years.
Quote from: vonmoltke on August 22, 2009, 11:35:54 PM
Quote from: Fireblade on August 22, 2009, 08:48:54 PM
Although the guy at the counter was telling me about a new brand of vodka made in Texas, called Tito's. Think I might pick up a bottle of that next time I get paid, just to add to the bar.
Tito's may be new for you, but its been around here for years.
We Arkansans take awhile to care about anything that comes from Texas. :thumbsdown:
Anyway, after drinking four rum and cokes (heavy on the rum), and capping my night off with another Italian beer, I'm changing my verdict to delicious. Peroni perfectly complements a hot, humid night out on the porch with a hookah and a good book. BarristerBoy, you, sir, are Canadian and therefore a fraud, and naturally know nothing about how good beer should taste. Good day, and VIVA ITALIA.
Bottom shelf vodka and pepsi :X
Quote from: Fireblade on August 23, 2009, 12:59:34 AM
We Arkansans take awhile to care about anything that comes from Texas. :thumbsdown:
Good. We don't want our glorious culture desecrated by the redneck hillbilly hands of Arkansans.
Yesterday a few beers.
If you should ever find yourself in Romania, take care to find Silva Black - it is the only remotely good beer there is. It's dark brown in colour, taste is dominated by sweetness from (Munchener?) malt and some burnt notes from the chocolate malt. A bit heavy on the alcohol, and you feel it, 7%, but it mixes well with the other flavours. Best served at a little warmer than fridge temperature.
There are some OKish beers here, but I think it's pretty much a wine-country.
Peroni is just the water they use to clean the tanks after making real beer.
Fireblade - you should try Liberty Ale from San Francisco at your porch-sitting sessions. Lots of lemon from the hops, but not too hoppy to offer refreshment.
'Mort Subite' (i.e. 'Sudden Death') belgian beer... Raspberry beer! Good for a change, exotic, etc., but far too acid for my taste. And a Murphy's Irish stout.
Just put a 6er of Southern Tier Imperial Pumpking on tap at work. If you like pumpkin beers, try to track this stuff down. It's probably one of the best ones I've had. Soon to be tried: Spaten Oktoberfest. Mmm mmm. :mmm:
Quote from: Judas Iscariot on August 24, 2009, 02:41:30 AM
Just put a 6er of Southern Tier Imperial Pumpking on tap at work. If you like pumpkin beers, try to track this stuff down. It's probably one of the best ones I've had. Soon to be tried: Spaten Oktoberfest. Mmm mmm. :mmm:
Spaten Oktoberfest is one of the best märtzen I've tried.
Do you work in a bar? A good bar that has good beer? :D
We're kind of small compared to some beer bars I've been to, but we have 12 beers on tap and about 80 or so different types of bottled beer.
Quote from: Judas Iscariot on August 24, 2009, 03:23:59 AM
We're kind of small compared to some beer bars I've been to, but we have 12 beers on tap and about 80 or so different types of bottled beer.
You can't have much more than that and still serve fresh beer from the tap, IMO.
Quote from: Barrister on August 22, 2009, 07:29:40 PM
Actually I did find one good Italian beer - Forst. But then again it is from the German-speaking part of Italy, and beer is one of the few things the Germans can do well when it comes to food.
Moretti La Rossa is an excellent beer as well.
Quote from: Lucidor on August 24, 2009, 08:59:56 AM
You can't have much more than that and still serve fresh beer from the tap, IMO.
Yes, you absolutely can if you have enough customers. One of my local spots has 60 beers on draft. Anything that is past its recommended date gets heavily discounted on the weekends so they get rid of it pretty quickly. You Euros may not believe it, but a system like that works if managed properly.
This weekend was brought to you by Newcastle Brown Ale, which has about as crappy a website as a business can. Heavenly stuff. Fuck all you IPA hop guys.
Quote from: ulmont on August 24, 2009, 09:41:50 AM
This weekend was brought to you by Newcastle Brown Ale, which has about as crappy a website as a business can. Heavenly stuff. Fuck all you IPA hop guys.
I like Newkie
and IPA :hug:
This weekend I had some delicious Amber from this place, which is about 2 miles from my house: (https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mtcarmelbrewingcompany.com%2Fimages%2Fmi.jpg&hash=2f941d87374f6c01f96337047be1553f74185c24)
Their stout is out of this f*cking world. Can't find a growler of it anywhere now, though :(
Drinking absinthe (for the first time) now. It's awesome :cool:
Quote from: derspiess on August 24, 2009, 09:32:23 AM
Quote from: Barrister on August 22, 2009, 07:29:40 PM
Actually I did find one good Italian beer - Forst. But then again it is from the German-speaking part of Italy, and beer is one of the few things the Germans can do well when it comes to food.
Moretti La Rossa is an excellent beer as well.
The standard Birra Moretti struck me as a typical Italian beer - mediocre.
I'll concede I have not tried Moretti La Rossa.
Washed down a sardine sandwich with an 11.2 oz can of Warsteiner Premium Verum beer. Needless to say, much better than the "Hi-Light" version I got on sale, but not exactly cheap either. A queen among beers, indeed.
I also love these kind of offbeat German pilsners I've gotten at the beer distributor that hang around the 20$/case price-point: Dinkel Acker, Ureich, Gilde...
Quote from: jimmy olsen on August 25, 2009, 05:20:06 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on August 25, 2009, 04:51:37 PM
a sardine sandwich
:bleeding:
:huh: It's delish. With some raw onions and capers on a roll... :mmm:
And a sandwich with anchovies with roasted red peppers... :mmm:
Quote from: Caliga on August 25, 2009, 04:07:23 PM
Drinking absinthe (for the first time) now. It's awesome :cool:
Where/how did you score it?
It's legal in the United States now (as of 2007 IIRC). I found it at Liquor Barn, which is a chain of liquor mega-stores here.
The brand I have only contains minimal amounts of wormwood and it seems it might be southern wormwood (they only recently changed their concoction to include the now-legal grand wormwood)... so it's really more of a pastis with an unusual flavor. I only had one shot and the only "effect" I noticed is that I feel like I had no booze at all, which could well be some sort of placebo.
I started with beer, then wine, then beer, then wine, then beer, then wine, then beer, then....
Ran out of decent beer, so I'm suffering through a Heineken Light.
Coffee. Work at 3.30am makes you prone to loving that liquid.
Quote from: Barrister on August 25, 2009, 04:22:03 PM
The standard Birra Moretti struck me as a typical Italian beer - mediocre.
True. Worse to be had, though.
QuoteI'll concede I have not tried Moretti La Rossa.
Try it if you ever see it. It's about as dark an Italian beer as you'll find. It's not a wheat beer but it reminds me of the dark(ish) German wheat bocks.
They changed the label but they used to put "18° Plato" on it, which won my homebrewing heart instantly. Its 7.2% alcohol by volume helped, as well :)
I made up the Firebladetini tonight.
Take a cup, fill with ice.
Pour some sweet vermouth in it.
Pour some lemon juice in it.
Fill the cup halfway full of rum.
Add coca-coca.
It'll get you drunk. :ccr
Bud Light. :punk:
Drinkability baby!!
Quote from: sbr on August 27, 2009, 01:00:12 AM
Bud Light. :punk:
Drinkability baby!!
Barely. <_<
Quote from: derspiess on August 24, 2009, 09:37:48 AM
Quote from: Lucidor on August 24, 2009, 08:59:56 AM
You can't have much more than that and still serve fresh beer from the tap, IMO.
Yes, you absolutely can if you have enough customers. One of my local spots has 60 beers on draft. Anything that is past its recommended date gets heavily discounted on the weekends so they get rid of it pretty quickly. You Euros may not believe it, but a system like that works if managed properly.
That's it: I'm moving!
Hell, there was a bar in Massachusetts near my house that had close to 100 beers on tap.
That must be one damn big bar. My grandad's pub used to have about 20 or so on tap and it took up a lot of space.
Quote from: Tyr on August 27, 2009, 09:21:23 AM
That must be one damn big bar. My grandad's pub used to have about 20 or so on tap and it took up a lot of space.
We have quite a few damn big bars around here :)
Quote from: derspiess on August 27, 2009, 10:17:08 AM
We have quite a few damn big bars around here :)
I bet most of the crowd wouldn't recognize Norm in a place like that. :(
Coffee...
I seem to have pretty much lost my taste and/or desire for alcoholic beverages.
Now drinking: a 40 of Colt 45.
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It works every time. :ccr
I'm living: The High Life. :cool:
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on August 29, 2009, 12:03:44 AM
I'm living: The High Life. :cool:
I drank The High Life back in high school so tried some a while back on a nostalgia trip. But man, that shit gives you some serious wino breath.
To celebrate my return from vacation I will have some Johnny Walker Black.
The best American MArzen is Heiner Brau, IMHO. The only good thing in Covington, Louisiana.
Currently drinking: Milwaukee's Best Light.
Grand Marnier :mmm:
Diet 7-up.
Ovaltine.
Quote from: Fireblade on August 27, 2009, 08:09:08 PM
Now drinking: a 40 of Colt 45.
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It works every time. :ccr
Is that Ron Paul in the background? :huh:
Either that or Johnny Carson pulling a Ron Paul face.
Yes, Timmy. :)
Now drinking: James Boag's premium lager, made in Tasmania, Australia. I stopped by this Australian store near my parent's house over the weekend to pick up some Vegemite. They were out of Vegemite, but they do have beer now.
http://www.everythingaustralian.com/
I'm still not quite sure why an Australian store is located in a more.. downscale area of greater Little Rock, but whatever. :P
Anyway, the beer's pretty decent. Better than that wop pisswater I drank the other week.
Quote from: Fireblade on August 30, 2009, 08:57:31 PM
Better than that wop pisswater I drank the other week.
Now the truth comes out. :lol:
Got a good deal on some DAB beer ($16.99/case of 24 330ml bottles). I like it, don't know if it is considered a good beer in Germany.
Currently sipping a Cynar (Italian artichoke-based bitter liqueur) and tonic. :mmm:
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Recommended for fans of Campari, it's much cheaper at least in South Jersey liquor stores. The state stores in PA don't carry it. <_<
I don't know what I am drinking.
Is that bad?
I would answer 'No' but that would cause an awful paradox and risk destroying the whole continuum space-time (and besides, it could be construed as me accepting I'm Eurotrash, which would be far worse)
Had a glass of my homemade apricot mead last night. It needs to age a bit more, but it's really not bad even now.
Quote from: merithyn on September 10, 2009, 07:21:34 AM
Had a glass of my homemade apricot mead last night. It needs to age a bit more, but it's really not bad even now.
Recipe PLZ. :cool:
3 lbs honey
1 gallon minus one pint distilled water
1 pkg. yeast (I used Lalvin K1V-1116)
3 lbs fresh apricots, pitted and chopped into large pieces
Mix honey and water together in large stainless steel or enamel pot. Heat gently over a low heat until honey has dissolved completely. Turn heat off and check temperature. Allow the mixture to cool until around 85-90F. Stir in yeast. Pour into 1-gallon glass carboy. Attach airlock to top of carboy, cover with heavy towel or burlap to prevent sunlight from getting in, and set in a cool, dark place for two weeks or until it stops bubbling. Rack the mead into a second carboy filled with chopped apricots. (You may have to go ahead and bottle some of the mead, as it may not all fit in the second carboy with the fruit.) Re-attach the airlock, cover the carboy, and allow to ferment for another two weeks or until it stops bubbling. Once it's done bubbling, bottle the mead into dark bottles and seal them. Let sit for at least three months.
The longer it sits the more smooth the flavor. I have a friend who will make up a 5-gallon carboy of mead and bottle it, then open one bottle of mead every year for seven years. He says that the same batch of mead changes flavor every year, so it's like drinking seven entirely different batches. He believes that the absolute best time to drink it is at 12-18 months after bottling. My mead was bottled the second week of August. I got impatient. :blush:
Where does one buy honey by the pound and how much does it cost? Also, are we talking wildflower honey, clover honey, or what?
Quote from: Caliga on September 10, 2009, 02:43:38 PM
Where does one buy honey by the pound
One can buy it at Walmart (up to 48 oz containers, at least) and Netgrocer.com, just to pick two off the top of my head.
Looks like price varies, but I see it as low as 32 cents an ounce ($12.79 for a 40 oz container).
Or Amazon ($22 for 2 3-lb jars):
http://www.amazon.com/Millers-Honey-Wild-3-Pound-Pack/dp/B001E5E12S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=grocery&qid=1252612501&sr=1-1
Quote from: Caliga on September 10, 2009, 02:43:38 PM
Where does one buy honey by the pound and how much does it cost? Also, are we talking wildflower honey, clover honey, or what?
I buy mine from the local farmers' market. The guy I buy it from has his own hives locally, so the honey helps with allergies, etc. It costs me $11.50 for a 3 lb. jar. I've heard that Meijers and Walmart have cheap, decent honey in bulk, and I know that Sam's Club sells it in 5 lb containers and larger.
The type of honey does affect the flavor of the mead. So far, I've stuck to clover honey. My supplier also has honeysuckle and some other type that I can't remember right now. Since I'm very much experimenting at the moment, I didn't want to mess with different honey flavors. Clover honey, distilled water, and then variations on the yeast and flavorings. Once I have more of an idea of what I'm doing, I'll vary the honey a bit more.
I've also made a couple of cordials recently: Maraschino Cherry Vodka and Apricot Brandy. They're still aging, too, but they don't have to age nearly as long as the meads do. By three months, they're very drinkable, with them being perfect at about six months. After that, they're a bit too sweet for me. The cherry vodka cordial should be perfect just in time for Christmas, while the apricot brandy will be perfect for Valentine's Day.
Easy Cordial Recipe1 large mason jar with tightly fitting lid (You can use a spaghetti sauce jar that's been well cleaned, or any other container that will close up tightly.)
8 oz. jar maraschino cherries, drained
Average quality Vodka
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
Drain maraschino cherries, leaving fruit in their original jar. Pour vodka over cherries to cover. Set aside to let marinate for 7-10 days. Strain flavored vodka into mason jar. (You can eat the cherries now... mmmm) Mix water and sugar together, heating gently until the sugar dissolves, making a simple syrup. Pour simple syrup into mason jar with flavored vodka. Close tightly and let sit for 1-2 months. (It isn't necessary to seal the jar, and in fact, you can open the jar whenever you want during the process without ruining it.)
Very drinkable at a month if you like the taste of vodka. Otherwise, wait a bit longer and the bite from the vodka will smooth out as it reacts to the simple syrup. The longer it sits, the less bite it has, the sweeter it becomes and less alcoholic the drink.
I'm enjoying a very cold bottle of water, as I've just finished mowing the lawn.
Another Paulaner Hefe Weißbier Dunkel before going on the Wacht am Main Saturday Night edition. :)
They were somewhat cheaper at the REWE last week.
Gin and tonic. I don't know if my grandmother ever drank it, but whatever, I'm too tired to make sweet tea (her favorite drink) right now.
RIP grandma. :(
Guinness. When that runs out, I have scotch. If OSU is losing badly at the half, I'll need a lot of it.
Quote from: Fireblade on September 12, 2009, 06:29:14 PM
Gin and tonic. I don't know if my grandmother ever drank it, but whatever, I'm too tired to make sweet tea (her favorite drink) right now.
RIP grandma. :(
:console: :hug:
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 12, 2009, 07:01:32 PM
Quote from: Fireblade on September 12, 2009, 06:29:14 PM
Gin and tonic. I don't know if my grandmother ever drank it, but whatever, I'm too tired to make sweet tea (her favorite drink) right now.
RIP grandma. :(
:console: :hug:
Thanks Timmy. :hug:
It's tough. I'm going to miss her. :cry:
Wow, I'm so fucknig drunk. :D
Sweet tea
Quote from: jimmy olsen on September 13, 2009, 12:06:27 AM
Wow, I'm so fucknig drunk. :D
Em too.
More Bud Light for me.
Have just finished and sent off a module, so am going back to bed with a cup of tea for a Sunday morning lie-in
I'm currently having a brandy and ginger ale. It's helping me fight "The Yorkshire Crud", and settles lunch nicely.
Wild Turkey American Honey. Tastes like a cross between bourbon and mead. :mmm:
Quote from: Caliga on September 13, 2009, 03:09:12 PM
Wild Turkey American Honey. Tastes like a cross between bourbon and mead. :mmm:
I had that once. It was indeed a delicious night. :mmm:
Finishing off a Hoegaarden.
Nu jag drycker vodka.
Det här är mig (ensam) pre-party.
Then I go...into the abyss of Flogsta....Damn Swedes.
Jack Daniels and Coke...
Slugging it down before I continue discussing "Main Fleet East" with Grumbler.
I just finished a lovely St. Peter Cream Stout.
Shitty 3% Danish beer (Bjorn Bryg). Teh party was teh suck.
Drinking some "Caelan Ale" that my uncle made himself for his wedding this past weekend. Tasty.
Bumped to break the pressing news that I am warding off the cold November (sic) rain with a cup of steaming hot coffee con leche, supplemented with a healthy measure of E&J brandy. Not so special, old, or pale, but 4 something for a pint, and not bad in the coffee.
I'll either have a couple sips of The Macallan when I get home or some Blackthorn I happened to find at a local place the other day.
I want to have some Woodford Reserve but it's too late and it's a weeknight. :( Oh well, maybe tomorrow.
Miller Light
Gin and tonic. Meh.
Picked up a 6 pack of 16 oz Beast Ice while getting some lottery tickets today. Currently on can #4. Tastes great with the leftover goat meat from the Arab restaurant I ate at earlier. :ccr:
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Behold: The BEAST!
Had some grog last night. Yum. :x
Quote from: FunkMonk on October 17, 2009, 08:24:22 PM
Had some grog last night. Yum. :x
I nipped over to the Wikipedia article to see if "grog" still had its traditional meaning before I posted and made a fool of myself; now I've read the article, I have no idea which definition of "grog" you are using at all. Why is everything so complicated these days? :huh:
As for what I have been drinking, I was enjoying some nice Jack Daniels earlier. 'tis far too late for another one now, unfortunately.
Quote from: Korea on October 16, 2009, 02:07:55 AM
Miller Light
I've been Slumming & drinking Lite today. My mother-in-law bought a case right before she started chemo & couldn't drink it, so she sent it my way. Meh. It's the best beer in the world -- free...
:cheers:
Quote from: Fireblade on October 16, 2009, 11:39:48 PM
Picked up a 6 pack of 16 oz Beast Ice while getting some lottery tickets today. Currently on can #4. Tastes great with the leftover goat meat from the Arab restaurant I ate at earlier. :ccr:
You are the only person in world history who has ever eaten a dinner of goat meat at an Arab restaurant and then bought Milwaukee's Best and lotto tickets afterward. :cool:
Had a few sips of Jägermeister to keep me warm
Miller Lite, and Lazy Magnolia Southern Pecan, and Franzia CHianti, and Fris Vodka.
Just drank PBR out of a beer stein Princesca bought me today. :wub:
Quote from: Caliga on October 17, 2009, 09:31:15 PM
Just drank PBR out of a beer stein Princesca bought me today. :wub:
:wub:
Quote from: Agelastus on October 17, 2009, 08:33:42 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on October 17, 2009, 08:24:22 PM
Had some grog last night. Yum. :x
I nipped over to the Wikipedia article to see if "grog" still had its traditional meaning before I posted and made a fool of myself; now I've read the article, I have no idea which definition of "grog" you are using at all. Why is everything so complicated these days? :huh:
As for what I have been drinking, I was enjoying some nice Jack Daniels earlier. 'tis far too late for another one now, unfortunately.
An alcoholic concoction that is mixed during a traditional military dress social function. Last night's was a mix of beer, cheap scotch and tequila, cognac, bourbon, and something else I've forgotten.
Meantime Coffee porter
Quote from: FunkMonk on October 17, 2009, 09:59:29 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on October 17, 2009, 08:33:42 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on October 17, 2009, 08:24:22 PM
Had some grog last night. Yum. :x
I nipped over to the Wikipedia article to see if "grog" still had its traditional meaning before I posted and made a fool of myself; now I've read the article, I have no idea which definition of "grog" you are using at all. Why is everything so complicated these days? :huh:
As for what I have been drinking, I was enjoying some nice Jack Daniels earlier. 'tis far too late for another one now, unfortunately.
An alcoholic concoction that is mixed during a traditional military dress social function. Last night's was a mix of beer, cheap scotch and tequila, cognac, bourbon, and something else I've forgotten.
Thanks for the explanation.
Quote from: FunkMonk on October 17, 2009, 09:59:29 PM
Quote from: Agelastus on October 17, 2009, 08:33:42 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on October 17, 2009, 08:24:22 PM
Had some grog last night. Yum. :x
I nipped over to the Wikipedia article to see if "grog" still had its traditional meaning before I posted and made a fool of myself; now I've read the article, I have no idea which definition of "grog" you are using at all. Why is everything so complicated these days? :huh:
As for what I have been drinking, I was enjoying some nice Jack Daniels earlier. 'tis far too late for another one now, unfortunately.
An alcoholic concoction that is mixed during a traditional military dress social function. Last night's was a mix of beer, cheap scotch and tequila, cognac, bourbon, and something else I've forgotten.
All in one big bowl?!?
Drinking a small glass of Old Stock Ale 2009 from North Coast Brewing.
Inver House Scotch Whisky. It is... inexpensive. At $7.50 for a 750ml fifth, it is the least expensive scotch whisky that the Penna. Liquor Control Board sees fit to offer for our consumption. Not bad, not necessarily good, but I've built up a taste for it, so I don't mind on the rocks or even plain.
Soon I will have coffee.
Coffee and fruit juice as side for my breakfast.
Hot mulled mead. :mmm:
jack and coke...and soon water
Alternating between
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:mmm:
Went with some Fuller's London Porter, Stone Brewery's Levitation, Saranac's Oktoberfest, and Utica Club. AKA, an all over the place night. Tasty though.
At the Halloween party some girl showed up with some good mead and some White zinfindel, announced that the two were supposed to be mixed, and murdered the mead with that fruit juice. :(
I'm drinking gatorade.
Bottle of Beck's.
Quote from: Caliga on February 25, 2010, 08:35:48 PM
Bottle of Beck's.
Bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale. :sleep: Long live America's most popular imported beers!
Blackthorn Cider.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on February 25, 2010, 08:52:57 PM
Bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale. :sleep: Long live America's most popular imported beers!
I used to drink Nukie all the time. Haven't bought any in a while, but it's still one of my favorite beers.
Gerolsteiner. Best naturally fizzy mineral water in the world.
Quote from: Caliga on February 25, 2010, 09:48:15 PM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on February 25, 2010, 08:52:57 PM
Bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale. :sleep: Long live America's most popular imported beers!
I used to drink Nukie all the time. Haven't bought any in a while, but it's still one of my favorite beers.
:worthy:
I am currently enjoying a 2009 Merlot, Casillero del Diablo.
Certainly, Minsky will be able to tell me why objectively it is a poor product, but I am finding myself enjoying it greatly. I only lament being out of smokes and cheese for a properly french evening. :sleep:
Say what you will about the Chileans and their dubious racial heritage, but they make fine wines. :hmm:
Quote from: Scipio on February 25, 2010, 10:11:14 PM
Gerolsteiner. Best naturally fizzy mineral water in the world.
Have you tried: every other fizzy mineral water?
If yes, are you: jaded?
Quote from: Scipio on February 25, 2010, 10:11:14 PM
Gerolsteiner. Best naturally fizzy mineral water in the world.
I miss Europe, and their having delicious fizzy water at every corner store and gas station. :(
I was mightily confused the first time I ordered water and was asked if I wanted sparkling or still. I just wanted normal water, dammit. :P
"Still" water sounds like where mosquitoes breed. Stagnant. Yum.
QuoteWhat are you Drinking?
We'll see. <_<
2005 Latour a Pomerol two nights ago - still a little tight, needs a couple years more or a longer decant. And no - it's not *that* Latour, it's an unclassified Pomerol, but a well-regarded one that is near Petrus.
Tonight will probably be a Washington state cab from ciel du cheval vineyard - either from Seven Hills or maybe Grand Reve.
Quote from: Slargos on April 29, 2011, 01:58:36 PM
I am currently enjoying a 2009 Merlot, Casillero del Diablo.
Certainly, Minsky will be able to tell me why objectively it is a poor product,
Concha y Toro right? No - no reason to say so.
But let me propose this challenge - get another bottle, and then get a bottle of the reserva from the same vintage and tell me if you can tell the difference.
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on April 29, 2011, 05:12:40 PM
Quote from: Slargos on April 29, 2011, 01:58:36 PM
I am currently enjoying a 2009 Merlot, Casillero del Diablo.
Certainly, Minsky will be able to tell me why objectively it is a poor product,
Concha y Toro right? No - no reason to say so.
But let me propose this challenge - get another bottle, and then get a bottle of the reserva from the same vintage and tell me if you can tell the difference.
Challenge...
ACCEPTED.
Of course, it will probably be another 6 months before I imbibe alcohol again, so YMMV. But I will do my absolute best.
:lol:
Turns out I'm not going to find any del Diablo reservas in Norway, 'least not according to the website.. Wine monopoly.. :hmm:
I'll call them on monday and see what's up.
1928 Chateau Lafite Rothschild. Little better than piss, really. :(
They stock cab and privada reservas, but no merlots.
I am partial to the merlots, and I'm not sure I want to go out of my way on a dare.
But I shall further my reserach into the matter.
I'm not really a wine person. :hmm:
Fuck that all that shit, I'm drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon.
Fernet & Coke :)
Tonight...
I started with a Czechvar that I like to buy on Fridays (the N Am name for Budweiser Budvar), but now I'm sipping on a Blue. :cool:
Grøn Tuborg...
And bv 1928 Chateau Lafite Rothschild, I mean "a shit ton of Miller High Life". My friend is getting a divorce because his wife thinks she's a lesbian. :(
God, why do bitches always do this? This is the third marriage I've personally known where the woman one day decides she's a dyke and ends it. Faggots figure that they're into big uncut cocks out soon enough these days, why do women take so long?
Quote from: Fireblade on April 30, 2011, 01:19:30 AM
And bv 1928 Chateau Lafite Rothschild, I mean "a shit ton of Miller High Life". My friend is getting a divorce because his wife thinks she's a lesbian. :(
God, why do bitches always do this? This is the third marriage I've personally known where the woman one day decides she's a dyke and ends it. Faggots figure that they're into big uncut cocks out soon enough these days, why do women take so long?
If you and your redneck friends stop beating your wives, maybe they will stop suddenly "realizing" they're lesbians.
Quote from: Slargos on April 29, 2011, 05:26:56 PM
:lol:
Turns out I'm not going to find any del Diablo reservas in Norway, 'least not according to the website.. Wine monopoly.. :hmm:
I'll call them on monday and see what's up.
Danskebåten. Systemet. :smoke:
I miss the old Tuborg cans. Why oh why can't we have amusing non-functional alcoholics on the beer cans today? Fucking pussified society. Perikles for President.
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I could be on a beer can. :hmm:
You've lost weight?
2003 Montecillo Gran Reserva.
Tastes like a fine blend of vinegar and piss, bottled by meth addicts who forgot to clean their hands after the last few hundred visits to the loo. There is also a faint hint of charcoal.
Canned Boddingtons. Third night this week. Which is odd, don't normally drink unless I'm properly drinking.
This:
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:bowler:
I'm drinking a Bin Laden. Two shots and a splash of water.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 06, 2011, 05:41:54 PM
I'm drinking a Bin Laden. Two shots and a splash of water.
:lol:
Sam Adams East-West Kolsch.
Chimay Blue :)
Quote from: Slargos on April 29, 2011, 01:58:36 PM
I am currently enjoying a 2009 Merlot, Casillero del Diablo.
Certainly, Minsky will be able to tell me why objectively it is a poor product, but I am finding myself enjoying it greatly. I only lament being out of smokes and cheese for a properly french evening. :sleep:
Say what you will about the Chileans and their dubious racial heritage, but they make fine wines. :hmm:
Dear lord. Where to begin...
Yesterday, three great beers:
First Frontier - from To Öl. a Danish / Belgian US-style IPA (describing beers nowadays is hard)
Fuller's London Porter. Great quality stuff, even though it being sold in a can can distract from that.
Bödeln, an IPA from Västerås.
Coffe-flavoured coffee.
Coffee is so this morning. I'm way past that.
Well, after letting the Montecillo air (read: being so disgusted by it I just left the bottle over night) the taste actually seems to have improved. A fascinating product, this. :hmm:
BREWDOG TOKIO
A oak-aged Stout brewed with Jasmine & cranberries, then dry-hopped! 18.2%.
Quote from: katmai on May 07, 2011, 05:45:36 AM
BREWDOG TOKIO
A oak-aged Stout brewed with Jasmine & cranberries, then dry-hopped! 18.2%.
:cool:
Quote from: katmai on May 07, 2011, 05:45:36 AM
BREWDOG TOKIO
A oak-aged Stout brewed with Jasmine & cranberries, then dry-hopped! 18.2%.
I've had it.
The first whiffs of smell from it reminded me of paint. It improved significantly from that point onwards. I still have three bottles in the cupboard.
Medium roast Sumatran from Higher Ground Roasters.
Quote from: Scipio on May 08, 2011, 08:05:23 AM
Medium roast Sumatran from Higher Ground Roasters.
There's a country store up the road where I got my Easter ham, and they have imported and flavor-roasted beans. This morning's favor is: Cinnamon Sticky Bun. So sweet, didn't even need to add sugar.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2011, 08:13:29 AM
Quote from: Scipio on May 08, 2011, 08:05:23 AM
Medium roast Sumatran from Higher Ground Roasters.
There's a country store up the road where I got my Easter ham, and they have imported and flavor-roasted beans. This morning's favor is: Cinnamon Sticky Bun. So sweet, didn't even need to add sugar.
People like you should not be allowed to drink coffee.
Last night was 2006 William Fevre Chablis Bougros
Quote from: Scipio on May 08, 2011, 08:48:49 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2011, 08:13:29 AM
Quote from: Scipio on May 08, 2011, 08:05:23 AM
Medium roast Sumatran from Higher Ground Roasters.
There's a country store up the road where I got my Easter ham, and they have imported and flavor-roasted beans. This morning's favor is: Cinnamon Sticky Bun. So sweet, didn't even need to add sugar.
People like you should not be allowed to drink coffee.
:lol: I like special blends on weekends. I drink enough coffee-flavored coffee during the week.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2011, 10:46:06 AM
Quote from: Scipio on May 08, 2011, 08:48:49 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2011, 08:13:29 AM
Quote from: Scipio on May 08, 2011, 08:05:23 AM
Medium roast Sumatran from Higher Ground Roasters.
There's a country store up the road where I got my Easter ham, and they have imported and flavor-roasted beans. This morning's favor is: Cinnamon Sticky Bun. So sweet, didn't even need to add sugar.
People like you should not be allowed to drink coffee.
:lol: I like special blends on weekends. I drink enough coffee-flavored coffee during the week.
That blend of yours is so special it rides the short bus wearing a leather helmet.
:D
Rohrbach's Scotch Ale!
Had some Gnomegang last night, a combo of Ommegang Witte and La Chouffe. Not a bad combo, but I think I still prefer the individual elements by themselves.
H2O
Been drinking a lot of Hoegaarden ever since I got back from Korea. :blush:
Last night I had some of my dad's homemade mead. Blackberry melomel. Yum-yum! :licklips:
Horchata. :licklips:
William Carey Double IPA by Shootin' Guy Beers.
Gonna have a Duvel later. :cool:
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on May 08, 2011, 02:31:21 PM
Last night I had some of my dad's homemade mead. Blackberry melomel. Yum-yum! :licklips:
I've got three gallons of blackberry mead aging right now. Am I: your dad.
Zurück zu Deutschland,
Zurück zu Weissbier.
PS: Erdinger
More Westons cider, I've now got to the yeasty bottom of the demijohn. :outback:
Diet Rite. Oy Vey.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 08, 2011, 09:18:19 PM
Diet Rite. Oy Vey.
Damn, nigga. Have a fucking Fresca or something.
Do they still make tab?
Fresca is my kryptonite.
Diet Rite brings to mind fat women in stretch pants with shopping carts filled with that shit and 2 tubs of ice cream.
Quote from: katmai on May 08, 2011, 09:28:10 PM
Do they still make tab?
Yes, they do. Found it out in Phoenix. Brought my mother home a 12-pack, since that's all she drank in the late '70s/early '80s. Naturally, as it's the only soda that still uses saccharine, and since very little of America's diet has included saccharine the last 30 years, it was both amusing and sad to see my dear mother look like she just swallowed battery acid.
Yeah was my mom's choice of drink back then as well.
When I lived in Penna., I loved to get oldtime "A-Treat" soda from Allentown:
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The diet birch beer was delicious. :mmm:
In the seedier stores (in both CT and Phila, don't remember seeing it in NY), and lining the sidewalks nearby, were the inevitable Top Pop 24 ouncers:
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Flavor = blue. Not very good.
EDIT: And the great Day's sodas that filled the Delaware County dollar stores, and that I once saw in a Russian bakery visiting family in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn. :hmm:
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Mmmm blue pop. Tastes just like the crayon.
Drink of choice for the night: Milk.
I am currently drinking red/sweet vermouth (Martini rosso) and soda water with a little bit of lemon. My perfect inexpensive, light drink for sipping. :) :)
Quote from: Caliga on May 08, 2011, 04:39:41 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on May 08, 2011, 02:31:21 PM
Last night I had some of my dad's homemade mead. Blackberry melomel. Yum-yum! :licklips:
I've got three gallons of blackberry mead aging right now. Am I: your dad.
If you give me a gallon then you can be anything you want, and more. :perv:
I tried switching my pub drink of choice to vodka and soda to reduce my calorie intake. I had two doubles shortly after a 70 minute run, passed out on the sofa and missed Doctor Who :Embarrass:
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on May 09, 2011, 02:06:38 AM
If you give me a gallon then you can be anything you want, and more. :perv:
Don't get all brokeback on me now, Bob. :mad:
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on May 08, 2011, 09:47:14 PM
The diet birch beer was delicious. :mmm:
:weep:
Nobody knows what birch beer is here. When I was a kid, one of my favorite meals was two slices of mushroom pizza from Giuseppe's and a birch beer.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 08, 2011, 09:23:46 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 08, 2011, 09:18:19 PM
Diet Rite. Oy Vey.
Damn, nigga. Have a fucking Fresca or something.
I was too lazy to go in the garage and grab a ginger ale.
Just made a cuban espresso. :mmm:
Coffee.
Harvey's Bristol Cream. :cool:
Tap water :cry:
I am: too lazy to go upstairs and make myself that Dark and Stormy I've been wanting.
Quote from: Princesca on August 05, 2011, 08:17:30 PM
Tap water :cry:
I am: too lazy to go upstairs and make myself that Dark and Stormy I've been wanting.
Make that slack ass of a husband make one for ya.
Quote from: katmai on August 05, 2011, 08:59:57 PM
Quote from: Princesca on August 05, 2011, 08:17:30 PM
Tap water :cry:
I am: too lazy to go upstairs and make myself that Dark and Stormy I've been wanting.
Make that slack ass of a husband make one for ya.
I would, but he's busy not defending my honor. :P
Whiskey and soda, out of a soda siphon. Lovely.
Quote from: Princesca on August 05, 2011, 08:17:30 PM
Tap water :cry:
I am: too lazy to go upstairs and make myself that Dark and Stormy I've been wanting.
The brewery I work for makes a fantastic ginger beer. Makes for a great mixer with the Gosling's. Also goes pretty damn good with Jameson.
Stoli. As I lay on the put options for Monday. :(
Multiple Guinness
Coffee.
cafe cubano. :cool:
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on August 06, 2011, 12:21:28 AM
Quote from: Princesca on August 05, 2011, 08:17:30 PM
Tap water :cry:
I am: too lazy to go upstairs and make myself that Dark and Stormy I've been wanting.
The brewery I work for makes a fantastic ginger beer. Makes for a great mixer with the Gosling's. Also goes pretty damn good with Jameson.
I couldn't believe the last liquor store we went to didn't have Goslings. And it was a big one, too!
Quote from: Caliga on August 07, 2011, 07:09:38 AM
cafe cubano. :cool:
Aka diabetes in a teeny little cup. But I am greatly anticipating the combined sugar and caffeine buzz that will soon commence.
Putinka vodka with my dad. :x Now I have a new reason to hate Putin; in fact, that new reason shoots up right to the top of the list.
Quote from: Princesca on August 07, 2011, 07:11:55 AM
Quote from: Caliga on August 07, 2011, 07:09:38 AM
cafe cubano. :cool:
Aka diabetes in a teeny little cup. But I am greatly anticipating the combined sugar and caffeine buzz that will soon commence.
If he misbehaves, spank him.
2011 Bigfoot. Good DIPA/barley wine. Like nectar from the gods themselves. Cheap too for what you get at about 3€ a bottle. I'll see what happens to the bottles I'll cellar for 1-3 years.
I may have to give up drinking alcohol. :gasp:
Went out for a lunchtime drink on Friday, and it left me completely buggered for the rest of the day and not feeling 100% all the next day; I shall have to conduct some scientific experiments to see if I need to give up booze. :(
Obscene amounts of diet soda. It's really hot.
Last night I had half a bottle of 16th Anniversary Oak Aged DIPA from Great Divide. OK, I guess.
Drank a lot of Tanduay in the Philippines, it's an awesome Rum.
Sierra Nevada Kellerweis Hefeweizen, in my Hofbrauhaus stein. :cool:
Goes surprisingly well with spinach pie. :hmm:
mike's hard black cherry lemonade. cold. hard. refreshing.
Sup ruf?
Coffee. With milk.
Went on the Jim Beam distillery tour today. :cool:
At the end, they had us taste Red Stag and Booker's.
Red Stag = watered down and flavored with black cherry. So IOW, a bitch drink. :)
Booker's = JESUS. Enouraging people to drink Booker's straight (it's ~125 proof)... NOT a good way to peddle the product. I liked it once I cut it with water, though. Still not as good as Woodford Reserve.
I used Princesca's employee discount to buy some glassware and another JB tshirt. :smoke:
I just made the best mojito ever using Bacardi's recipe:
1 1/2 oz Bacardi rum (the regular stuff)
club soda
12 mint leaves
1/2 lime
2 tbsp simple syrup
Muddle 12 fresh mint leaves and 1/2 a lime. Cover with 2 Tbsp. of simple syrup or 1 Tbsp. of sugar and top with ice. Add 1 1/2 oz of BACARDI Superior Rum and top with Club Soda. Stir well and garnish with a lime wedge and sprig of mint.
Thisted Limfjord Porter - a bottom fermented Baltic porter with lots of smoked malt, and some liquorice root. Deliciously Danish!
Also - drinking it at the brewer recomended 8-10 degrees, which is a hell of a lot colder than I usually drink my porter, brings out some good acidity and keeps the hops and smoke under control.
Mississippi finally gets Russian Standard vodka.
But I still drink Boru. Bang for the buck the best wheat vodka out there.
Right now, am drinking PBR while I am weatherproofing my old office.
Glenlivet 15 year. :mmm:
Got some fairly cheap Calvados (17.99/75cl) and enjoying it beaucoup. :frog: :)
Parliament Russian vodka. All the ads emphasize that it's "purified with milk." We call it Duma.
I was drinking Bushmills last night. I like it.
Quote from: Scipio on September 02, 2011, 05:51:44 PM
Mississippi finally gets Russian Standard vodka.
That's the vodka my dad usually has. It's all right, though I prefer Dutch vodka like Van Gogh or Ketel One.
Quote from: DGuller on October 01, 2011, 09:40:39 AM
Quote from: Scipio on September 02, 2011, 05:51:44 PM
Mississippi finally gets Russian Standard vodka.
That's the vodka my dad usually has. It's all right, though I prefer Dutch vodka like Van Gogh or Ketel One.
I like Imperia, which is the higher-end version of Russian Standard.
Moskovskaya is the only brand I buy. :Canuck:
Quote from: Zoupa on October 02, 2011, 02:12:37 AM
Moskovskaya is the only brand I buy. :Canuck:
That's a good vodka.
Quote from: mongers on August 08, 2011, 03:35:03 PM
I may have to give up drinking alcohol. :gasp:
Went out for a lunchtime drink on Friday, and it left me completely buggered for the rest of the day and not feeling 100% all the next day; I shall have to conduct some scientific experiments to see if I need to give up booze. :(
It's not that hard. I haven't ingested a single drop of alcohol since New Year's Eve and won't be for at least 8 more months.
Guiness Special Export
The cheapest Calvados off the rack, $17.99/750ml. It's nice to get the ultimate bourgeois liquor for cheaper than Jim Beam. And it tastes fine to me.
Quote from: barkdreg on October 03, 2011, 04:08:44 PM
Guiness Special Export
I love the Special Export, but they really start to accumulate quickly in terms of intoxication...
That's why I only had one. With Bushmills after.
Guiness is like 2.5 euros here in the supermarkets, which is of course extra expensive, you have decent beers between 1 and 1.5 euros, for 2 you get premium stuff, 2.5 is really appaling.
I like Guiness but it is financially unviable to drink it regularly :(
What's the verdict here on Tequila? Anyone like sipping Patron or something similar?
Quote from: PRC on October 05, 2011, 01:40:52 AM
What's the verdict here on Tequila? Anyone like sipping Patron or something similar?
I drank some tequila once when me and my dad visited my uncle, and I was pleasantly surprised, given tequila's reputation for nasty hangovers. Unfortunately, I neglected to remember what it was (definitely not Patron or Jose Cuerva).
Tequila is good.
If you like barfing all over the place.
Carnegie porter. A Swedish Scandinavian porter. Reputedly the only Swedish beer exported for it's taste and n my opinion the best Swedish beer.
Quote from: Threviel on October 05, 2011, 02:49:11 AM
Carnegie porter. A Swedish Scandinavian porter. Reputedly the only Swedish beer exported for it's taste and n my opinion the best Swedish beer.
Are you in Sweden at the moment? I can give you lots of pointers... Oppigårds, and some other smaller ones.
If you like Carnegie, the Danes have a similar: Limfjords porter, also a bottom fermented semi-baltic style porter.
Quote from: Lucidor on October 05, 2011, 02:16:19 PM
Quote from: Threviel on October 05, 2011, 02:49:11 AM
Carnegie porter. A Swedish Scandinavian porter. Reputedly the only Swedish beer exported for it's taste and n my opinion the best Swedish beer.
Are you in Sweden at the moment? I can give you lots of pointers... Oppigårds, and some other smaller ones.
If you like Carnegie, the Danes have a similar: Limfjords porter, also a bottom fermented semi-baltic style porter.
I am a swede and I have tested a good few of the swedish porters, I also have two Limfjords in the freezer but haven't tasted them yet. I like porters with less "beska" (don't know the english word.
Quote from: PRC on October 05, 2011, 01:40:52 AM
What's the verdict here on Tequila? Anyone like sipping Patron or something similar?
Even though it's not exactly tequila, I like to sip on Monte Alban mezcal. With a delicious chaser of sangrita (basically tomato juice, orange juice, and lime juice with some spicy head) .
The price is good, the bottle aesthetics are nice, and IMHO the taste is superior to similarly priced tequilas. Oh, and there's the
guisano at the bottom if you are entertaining.
EDIT: I've also noticed a sort of fad for bars featuring high-end tequilas. Maybe if you can find one of those you could try a bunch without investing in a whole bottle.
I don't know how tequila has gotten such a bad rap. Shitty tequila is gross, but not worse than shitty gin or rum. I guess it just that most people only drink it as shots when they're young, whereas you can easily concoct cheap rum-and-Cokes at the same age...
I would think that drinking shots would induce less hangovers than mixed drinks. It's a lot harder to overconsume alcoholic beverages when they're pure and not mixed, especially if the pure beverage is hard to stomach.
Quote from: PRC on October 05, 2011, 01:40:52 AM
What's the verdict here on Tequila? Anyone like sipping Patron or something similar?
I usually loathe Tequila. A friend of mine brought a bottle from Mexico that was great, though. Can't remember the name ...
Quote from: Iormlund on October 05, 2011, 05:27:24 PM
Can't remember the name ...
Seems to be a common thing. :hmm: I wonder if that's one of the side effects...
Quote from: Threviel on October 05, 2011, 02:22:47 PM
Quote from: Lucidor on October 05, 2011, 02:16:19 PM
Quote from: Threviel on October 05, 2011, 02:49:11 AM
Carnegie porter. A Swedish Scandinavian porter. Reputedly the only Swedish beer exported for it's taste and n my opinion the best Swedish beer.
Are you in Sweden at the moment? I can give you lots of pointers... Oppigårds, and some other smaller ones.
If you like Carnegie, the Danes have a similar: Limfjords porter, also a bottom fermented semi-baltic style porter.
I am a swede and I have tested a good few of the swedish porters, I also have two Limfjords in the freezer but haven't tasted them yet. I like porters with less "beska" (don't know the english word.
Oppigårds Starkporter is a good one, with the flavor from the smoked malt marrying well with a sweet malty palate.
Also - I like Slottskällan Imperial Stout. Great both fresh and after a year or two.
Quote from: Lucidor on October 06, 2011, 11:16:03 AM
Quote from: Threviel on October 05, 2011, 02:22:47 PM
Quote from: Lucidor on October 05, 2011, 02:16:19 PM
Quote from: Threviel on October 05, 2011, 02:49:11 AM
Carnegie porter. A Swedish Scandinavian porter. Reputedly the only Swedish beer exported for it's taste and n my opinion the best Swedish beer.
Are you in Sweden at the moment? I can give you lots of pointers... Oppigårds, and some other smaller ones.
If you like Carnegie, the Danes have a similar: Limfjords porter, also a bottom fermented semi-baltic style porter.
I am a swede and I have tested a good few of the swedish porters, I also have two Limfjords in the freezer but haven't tasted them yet. I like porters with less "beska" (don't know the english word.
Oppigårds Starkporter is a good one, with the flavor from the smoked malt marrying well with a sweet malty palate.
Also - I like Slottskällan Imperial Stout. Great both fresh and after a year or two.
Limfjords wasn't excactly similar to Carnegie. Sure, they are both dark beers and named porter but the similarity ends there. Disappointed.
Hmmm, what other beers are drinkable to you? I guess we have different tastes here.
Buffalo Trace White Dog Rye Mash.
Wow. Cask Strength moonshine. Delish.
But it has a bouquet like an aborigine's armpit.
Quote from: DGuller on October 05, 2011, 06:36:47 PM
Quote from: Iormlund on October 05, 2011, 05:27:24 PM
Can't remember the name ...
Seems to be a common thing. :hmm: I wonder if that's one of the side effects...
Other side effects include profuse bleeding from the anus and Disappearing Kidney Syndrome (DKS).
Quote from: Razgovory on October 13, 2011, 09:49:21 PM
Other side effects include profuse bleeding from the anus.
Oh that can happen to anyone, darling.
Beam Brands (Princesca's employer) gave away 'grab bags' of product on Friday. I now literally have gallons and gallons of Jim Beam, Knob Creek, some rye stuff they make, and a bunch of Puerto Rican rum.
I think I'm going to start using bourbon as mouthwash and as lighter fluid for the grill. :)
Quote from: Scipio on October 13, 2011, 09:32:30 PM
Buffalo Trace
I think that's the only Kentucky distillery I've still not been to. :hmm:
A great French Roast from Higher Ground coffee in Alabama.
Quote from: Caliga on November 20, 2011, 07:39:56 AM
Beam Brands (Princesca's employer) gave away 'grab bags' of product on Friday. I now literally have gallons and gallons of Jim Beam, Knob Creek, some rye stuff they make, and a bunch of Puerto Rican rum.
I think I'm going to start using bourbon as mouthwash and as lighter fluid for the grill. :)
:unsure: I don't think you're supposed to put Jim Beam products in your mouth.
Heineken. :swiss:
Say what you will about it, but nothing says "Imported" like Heineken. Just like Bud will always be the one that always brings back my most primal memories of trying beer...
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on October 03, 2011, 07:52:40 PM
The cheapest Calvados off the rack, $17.99/750ml. It's nice to get the ultimate bourgeois liquor for cheaper than Jim Beam. And it tastes fine to me.
Okay, that's it. I've kept quiet because I'm not your mother, but seriously:
Aren't you supposed to be studying? :angry:
I just had some double bergamot Earl Grey.
Quote from: fahdiz on December 06, 2011, 12:11:33 AM
I just had some double bergamot Earl Grey.
Tell Riker he sucks for me.
Quote from: Ideologue on December 05, 2011, 11:44:50 PM
Okay, that's it. I've kept quiet because I'm not your mother, but seriously:
Aren't you supposed to be studying? :angry:
The law school alcohol binging culture was quite a shock. I probably don't study as hard or drink as hard as my peers. :mellow: But I'm sure I worry harder.
I am drinking: Milk. Like usual.
Last night, a wonderful Stone Belgo Anise Imperial Stout. Sounds weird, but was actually very good.
Princesca brought home a bottle of Laphroaig 10-year she got for free at work. I'll be cracking this bad boy open later.
Rum and gingerale, then rum and egg nogg. now egg and spirt.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on December 06, 2011, 12:20:31 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on December 05, 2011, 11:44:50 PM
Okay, that's it. I've kept quiet because I'm not your mother, but seriously:
Aren't you supposed to be studying? :angry:
The law school alcohol binging culture was quite a shock. I probably don't study as hard or drink as hard as my peers. :mellow: But I'm sure I worry harder.
No, I mean, aren't your exams right now?
Well, might be over now. It's the 6th...
Quote from: Caliga on December 06, 2011, 08:11:34 PM
Princesca brought home a bottle of Laphroaig 10-year she got for free at work. I'll be cracking this bad boy open later.
Delicious. Tastes like I'm drinking whisky and smoking a cigar at the same time. :cool:
Oh, and I now own land in Scotland as well. :bowler:
Why would you want to own land that will soon be contaminated by plutonium byproducts?
I found out the beer in Utah has lower alcohol content. Thank goodness they don't tamper with my Grey Goose.
'08 pinot noir. Local. Fantastic.
Quote from: Caliga on December 06, 2011, 10:07:58 PM
Delicious. Tastes like I'm drinking whisky and smoking a cigar at the same time. :cool:
I've had that. Odd feeling, like you're drinking smoke.
Quote from: Caliga on December 06, 2011, 10:07:58 PM
Quote from: Caliga on December 06, 2011, 08:11:34 PM
Princesca brought home a bottle of Laphroaig 10-year she got for free at work. I'll be cracking this bad boy open later.
Delicious. Tastes like I'm drinking whisky and smoking a cigar at the same time. :cool:
Oh, and I now own land in Scotland as well. :bowler:
Irish Connemara does the same. Very peaty.
My favorite smoky whisky is Ardbeg.
Quote from: Caliga on December 06, 2011, 10:07:58 PM
Quote from: Caliga on December 06, 2011, 08:11:34 PM
Princesca brought home a bottle of Laphroaig 10-year she got for free at work. I'll be cracking this bad boy open later.
Delicious. Tastes like I'm drinking whisky and smoking a cigar at the same time. :cool:
Oh, and I now own land in Scotland as well. :bowler:
Laphroaig rules. Try the Quarter Cask.
Anecdote: a couple of months ago I asked my guests if they wanted some whisky. They all did. So I gave them Laphroaig Quarter Cask. One of the guests tasted it and decided he didn't really like it. So he took some Coke and poured it into his whisky glass. It took me a few seconds to get over the shock of witnessing this. Then he happily sipped away at his sacrilegious concoction. But he did the right thing in a way, you should drink what you enjoy not what others enjoy. It was just so weird to see.
I would have punched him in the balls.
Finished a bottle of Clontarf last night. I think I'll replace it. Nice to see more stuff from Ireland in the stores now besides Jameson and Bushmill's.
Patron Silver Tequila anyone? :menace:
The sailors say "Brandy, you're a fine drink?"
What a bad drunk I would make.
A self-made pseudo Virgin Mary - tomato juice, lemon juice, salt, pepper, worcester sauce, tabasco, a dash of cayenne pepper.
Quote from: fahdiz on December 08, 2011, 01:13:21 AM
'08 pinot noir. Local. Fantastic.
I just bought my mother some of that.
Beer all night, then when it was time for the group shot I asked for the girliest Kamikaze the bartender could make.
I had Pusser's Navy Rum last night for the first time in years. Still fantastic. But now much more expensive. Sigh.
Last night: Glenlivet. Tonight: Laphroaig.
Had a couple of G&Ts when I popped in to visit a friend, whilst out on a bike ride.
Weirdly turns out this is the first alcoholic drink I've had this holiday season. :huh:
Quote from: Caliga on January 01, 2012, 06:22:51 PM
Last night: Glenlivet. Tonight: Laphroaig.
When my dad was in Scotland, he loaded up on Scapa, which is a really good scotch.
Sheppy's vintage reserve cider. :)
Heroin.
A Greek frappe coffee. :cool:
A mixed vegetable juice.
Water. So much water.
Water.
Beer. I'm trying to finish up my first round of edits for my story due Tuesday.
Not drinking. Got to work tomorrow.
Quote from: Siege on February 26, 2012, 08:19:59 PM
Not drinking. Got to work tomorrow.
You could learn moderation.
Coke.
Bud Light.
:(
I try to convince myself it's okay because it was on sale, but it really isn't.
Quote from: garbon on February 26, 2012, 08:23:08 PM
Quote from: Siege on February 26, 2012, 08:19:59 PM
Not drinking. Got to work tomorrow.
You could learn moderation.
Impossible.
I only drink when I'm drinking.
I ain't a casual drinker.
Of lite beer.
Quote from: Barrister on February 26, 2012, 10:36:05 PM
Bud Light.
:(
I try to convince myself it's okay because it was on sale, but it really isn't.
It's ok because you wanted to drink it. :ccr:
Quote from: Caliga on February 26, 2012, 04:34:37 PM
A Greek frappe coffee. :cool:
I'm having another one. I think this is a new 'thing' for me.
Quote from: Caliga on February 27, 2012, 07:44:00 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 26, 2012, 04:34:37 PM
A Greek frappe coffee. :cool:
I'm having another one. I think this is a new 'thing' for me.
That's not going to go over well with the mint julep crowd, pinko.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on February 27, 2012, 11:44:23 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 27, 2012, 07:44:00 PM
Quote from: Caliga on February 26, 2012, 04:34:37 PM
A Greek frappe coffee. :cool:
I'm having another one. I think this is a new 'thing' for me.
That's not going to go over well with the mint julep crowd, pinko.
Like gas station BBQ does? :P
A good local pinot noir. I'm on my second and final glass of the evening.
Peet's Coffee - Moka Java. My favorite blend.
Merkel bekommt Bierdusche:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E78506JG_Oc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=E78506JG_Oc)
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.huffpost.com%2Fgen%2F514152%2Fthumbs%2Fs-ANGELA-MERKEL-BEER-SHOWR-large.jpg&hash=8423c105352634d1bc4f0f257a9382f51e2d164d)
Rum and Diet Dr. Pepper, with some lemon juice.
Not bad.
So-called "wandering poet" sake
it's: okay
Quote from: Lettow77 on February 29, 2012, 12:41:26 AM
So-called "wandering poet" sake
it's: okay
I've never been that impressed with sake. I drink it in Japanese restaurants, but otherwise.. meh, I'll take my whiskey like a good southerner, or rum like a good frat boy.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FifXzt.jpg&hash=28590214d88e577258e6be08da690de304e916ce)
I'm not the one betraying my Southern heritage by embracing weeabooism, sir.
From the fremantle diary:
Quote
But the effect of these compliments was rather spoilt when some one else said they would prefer to serve under the Emperor of the French or the Emperor of Japan to returning to the dominion of Uncle Abe; and it was still more damaged when another officer alluded in an undertone to the infernal regions as a more agreeable alternative than reunion with the Yankees.
NEVER FORGET
coincidentally, these are the choices i'd make too
[quote-Ideologue]Heroin./quote]
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on February 26, 2012, 10:21:55 PM
Coke.
We should get together.
Yes. :)
Bring the defibrillator.
Maker's Mark cut with Topo Chico mineral water.
A martini.
3 oz New Amsterdam gin, 1/2 oz dry vermouth, a splash of olive juice, shaken with 3 jalapeno-stuffed olives.
PERFECTION.
I'd like to note that this thread represents how much I've developed personally since I sired my heir. In the beginning, I admitted that, perhaps, the shittiest beer to have ever touched my lips was "not bad". I lied, Peroni is still fucking terrible and I hope all of Italy goes so broke that those fucking greaseballs are forced to butcher and eat their own mothers with mud-based pasta to survive. While I typed my last post, I realized that i finally found the martini that I'll be drinking for the rest of my life.
Fuck, I'm old. :(
Finding "your" martini recipe should be a cause for celebration, not musings on age.
I am drinking Perrier at the moment.
I am drinking Chocolate milk. Cause I'm a pussy.
Quote from: fahdiz on March 20, 2012, 12:23:38 AM
Finding "your" martini recipe should be a cause for celebration, not musings on age.
I am drinking Perrier at the moment.
I am partial to a dry gin martini with a twist. :)
And for once Fireblade is right - Italian beer is nasty.
Quote from: Barrister on March 20, 2012, 08:45:07 AM
I am partial to a dry gin martini with a twist. :)
I like an extra-dirty gin martini with extra olives.
Coffee. Goes very well with a cheese sandwich for breakfast.
I don't make martinis very often, but when I do it's Bombay Sapphire gin and Martini & Rossi dry vermouth. Stirred, not shaken, with no garnish.
Languish Lushes: Not Rockin' the Vodka Martinis.
Only Russians and underage girls drink vodka.
Quote from: Fireblade on March 21, 2012, 03:51:18 PM
Only Russians and underage girls drink vodka.
FU
Martinis suck in general--they taste like shit, and the glasses are the worst designed thing in alcohol. There's a place in Greenville that bills itself as a martini bar, and as near as I can tell that's their stock-in-trade. The only thing it's good for at all is trying to fuck 35 year old women with serious psychological issues and middle-class incomes with which they attempt to buy the appearance of sophistication.
Also, they ran out of free diet cola at work today around noon. My productivity for the next 7 hours? Low.
QuoteAlso, they ran out of free diet cola at work today around noon
That wouldn't have happened in a Libertarian Socialist society.
Had a negroni. Then a Sam Adams Summer Ale. Then an Abita Strawberry Lager.
Some Johnny Walker Red
Quote from: Ideologue on March 21, 2012, 07:30:40 PM
Quote from: Fireblade on March 21, 2012, 03:51:18 PM
Only Russians and underage girls drink vodka.
FU
Martinis suck in general--they taste like shit, and the glasses are the worst designed thing in alcohol. There's a place in Greenville that bills itself as a martini bar, and as near as I can tell that's their stock-in-trade. The only thing it's good for at all is trying to fuck 35 year old women with serious psychological issues and middle-class incomes with which they attempt to buy the appearance of sophistication.
Also, they ran out of free diet cola at work today around noon. My productivity for the next 7 hours? Low.
Dude.. I thought the same thing at first. You gotta think of it this way: A martini is a man's cocktail. I mean, for fuck's sake, you are mixing alcohol with alcohol. None of that pussy "lol just a little rum in my coke!!" that girls (and Jaron) do.
You have a favorite kind of gin? Buy a big bottle of that, a bottle of white vermouth, some lemons, and a jar of olives, and just experiment mixing it for a couple of days until you find what works out best for you. When you find out what works, adjust it ever so slightly and you'll hit the sweet spot.
If martinis were good enough for Churchill, then they're good enough for me!
I am drinking some sort of sweet white wine and Stilton. They do not pair up. Now that my shithole little town has a Super Kroger with a large cheese selection, I think I'm going to start learning about cheese.
Quote from: Fireblade on April 13, 2012, 10:30:42 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on March 21, 2012, 07:30:40 PM
Quote from: Fireblade on March 21, 2012, 03:51:18 PM
Only Russians and underage girls drink vodka.
FU
Martinis suck in general--they taste like shit, and the glasses are the worst designed thing in alcohol. There's a place in Greenville that bills itself as a martini bar, and as near as I can tell that's their stock-in-trade. The only thing it's good for at all is trying to fuck 35 year old women with serious psychological issues and middle-class incomes with which they attempt to buy the appearance of sophistication.
Also, they ran out of free diet cola at work today around noon. My productivity for the next 7 hours? Low.
Dude.. I thought the same thing at first. You gotta think of it this way: A martini is a man's cocktail. I mean, for fuck's sake, you are mixing alcohol with alcohol. None of that pussy "lol just a little rum in my coke!!" that girls (and Jaron) do.
You have a favorite kind of gin? Buy a big bottle of that, a bottle of white vermouth, some lemons, and a jar of olives, and just experiment mixing it for a couple of days until you find what works out best for you. When you find out what works, adjust it ever so slightly and you'll hit the sweet spot.
If martinis were good enough for Churchill, then they're good enough for me!
I am drinking some sort of sweet white wine and Stilton. They do not pair up. Now that my shithole little town has a Super Kroger with a large cheese selection, I think I'm going to start learning about cheese.
I remember one day a couple of my frat buddies joined me in Calgary. It was one of those nights where we ran out of mix early. I hit the "genius" suggestions that we could use beer as mix.
Beer and rye is not a pleasant drink. Hell - beer and anything is not pleasant.
A word to the wise.
Ugh, rye.
I remember being 8 or 9, and my parents were having a holiday party; I decided to sneak into the kitchen and saw a bottle of rye, and took a swig.
Fucking shit went up through my nose, burned for about 18 hours.
Quote from: Fireblade on April 13, 2012, 10:30:42 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on March 21, 2012, 07:30:40 PM
Quote from: Fireblade on March 21, 2012, 03:51:18 PM
Only Russians and underage girls drink vodka.
FU
Martinis suck in general--they taste like shit, and the glasses are the worst designed thing in alcohol. There's a place in Greenville that bills itself as a martini bar, and as near as I can tell that's their stock-in-trade. The only thing it's good for at all is trying to fuck 35 year old women with serious psychological issues and middle-class incomes with which they attempt to buy the appearance of sophistication.
Also, they ran out of free diet cola at work today around noon. My productivity for the next 7 hours? Low.
Dude.. I thought the same thing at first. You gotta think of it this way: A martini is a man's cocktail. I mean, for fuck's sake, you are mixing alcohol with alcohol. None of that pussy "lol just a little rum in my coke!!" that girls (and Jaron) do.
That's fine, then let's just drink Grey Goose out of milk glasses, like the bad old days.
QuoteYou have a favorite kind of gin?
Well, that's the problem; I despise gin.
The other problem is that martinis aren't a well-hydrating drink. That's a recipe for losing a whole weekend.
To answer the thread question: room temperature Busch Light. :lol: Had a 12 pack lying around for the last couple weeks.
I have a bunch of rye I got for free from Princesca's company, but I've never actually tried rye whiskey before. :blush: Maybe I'll try it today.
Max and I picked up a six-pack of Angry Orchard Apple Ginger Hard Cider. :mmm:
I'm looking for a new flavor of wine to try. I prefer dry whites this time of year, but I wanted something other than chardonnay, pinot grigio, riesling, etc. Suggestions?
Leffe Blonde (Brune was out).
Double Bastard Ale, from Stone. Great DIPA.
Quote from: Barrister on February 26, 2012, 10:36:05 PM
Bud Light.
:(
I try to convince myself it's okay because it was on sale, but it really isn't.
Hey, it's not that bad. :mad:
Actually that is what I mostly drink, especially when I am looking to get drunk. I was born in St Louis, have a lot of family back there and my uncle (probably among others) spent his whole working life working directly for the brewery or for a vendor of the brewery. I didn't have a whole lot of choice when it came to what beer I drank.
My ex wasn't a big drinker but would have a drink or two if we went out. She went back to St Louis with us one time and we all went out for drinks with my cousins and some of their friends. My ex ordered a Coor Light from the bartender and it was like the movie scene where everyone goes silent, including the jukebox and they all hear what she said and gave her dirty looks. It was pretty funny and she had no idea what the problem was.
If I am just going to have a couple of beers there are a lot of local micro-breweries I like and I try to try more regularly, but I always go back to Old Faithful when it is time to tie one on.
Schlitz. Also, Abita Red Ale, Hey Porter Chocolate Porter, and a nice bottle of Granacha for dinner.
Reasonably priced pinot grigio from Marks & Spencer.
I feel like writing a letter to the Guardian
Quote from: Scipio on April 15, 2012, 01:54:00 PM
Schlitz.
Has the new-old Schlitz "Classic 1960s Formula" hit you yet?
PBR. :ccr
Alaskan Black IPA
Margaritas
Uintas Detour Double IPA.
Mojitos. Got wild and threw in a little bit of raspberry crystal light for flavoring.
Southern Prohibition Fire Ant Red Ale. Tallgrass 8-bit Pale Ale. PBR. Tallgrass IPA.
Drank some Old Charter bourbon...never seen it up North but it is damn good for $9.99 a fifth, plus a bonus nip of shitty vodka tied to the neck of the bottle as a promo.
Are you back in Knoxville?
Had some 20-year old tawny port today. Much nicer than that vile sherry I'd been fed once upon a time.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on June 14, 2012, 06:28:30 AM
Quote from: Caliga on June 14, 2012, 05:06:53 AM
Are you back in Knoxville?
Charlotte. :alberta:
Interesting that you always end up in the south (or is that by choice)? :hmm:
Drinking? Today, hemlock doesn't sound all that bad.
Drinking a damn fine Stout by Amager Brygghus and Goose Island - Rye King. The rye adds a little mint, and it has just the right amount of smoked malt.
Gin and tonic. :Embarrass:
What gin?
Quote from: Caliga on June 20, 2012, 05:39:58 AM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on June 14, 2012, 06:28:30 AM
Quote from: Caliga on June 14, 2012, 05:06:53 AM
Are you back in Knoxville?
Charlotte. :alberta:
Interesting that you always end up in the south (or is that by choice)? :hmm:
A little bit of choice, a little bit of circumstance... Drinking a Diet Cheerwine in the 105 degree heat. :)
Now a small glass of Hercules DIPA from Great Divide. Great hop aroma, but something tells me this may be even better put in the cellar for some years.
Had some dark rum. With diet coke. Got the job done I guess. Listening to Pandora. Reading about clearing out capsaicin burns for next weeks Ghost Chili Wing Event. :(
I've had whisky, wine, some other shit. I may be slightly drunk.
Quote from: The Brain on June 29, 2012, 06:38:32 PM
I've had whisky, wine, some other shit. I may be slightly drunk.
If you're drinking shit, you are definitely drunk.
Quote from: Scipio on June 29, 2012, 06:41:00 PM
Quote from: The Brain on June 29, 2012, 06:38:32 PM
I've had whisky, wine, some other shit. I may be slightly drunk.
If you're drinking shit, you are definitely drunk.
ty
Coffee. :thumbsup:
Last night, I picked up some tall boys of PBR to drink while I watched the new Sherlock Holmes. :ccr:
It was hipsterlicious.
I had a glass of the brandy I opened at Christmas. I've discovered orange juice masks the taste much better than Coke does.
Drank a bottle (yes, a bottle; don't judge me!) of Two Vine Reisling. Not bad for a $9 bottle, and great chilled on a day like today.
Had another half a glass. At what point do I lose my ability to spell? :hmm:
So I had some more, the bottle's all gone. It was about half full when I started.
What's a good movie to watch when drunk?
Quote from: Lucidor on June 30, 2012, 02:29:37 AM
Coffee. :thumbsup:
I find it to be an excellent cure for caffeine withdrawal. :yes:
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on June 29, 2012, 03:56:11 PM
A little bit of choice, a little bit of circumstance... Drinking a Diet Cheerwine in the 105 degree heat. :)
Carpetbagging, eh? I recommend it myself. :thumbsup:
So Princesca won a bottle of scotch at some work thing (I think she won a bingo game actually). This was a few weeks back and at the time I was busy so I just threw it in the bar with everything else and forgot about it.
I remembered it today and pulled it out and looked it up online. It apparently retails for $110 a bottle. :cool:
The Dalmore Cigar Malt Single Highland Malt. I don't recall ever having a highland Scotch before (mostly I drink speysides and islays). Will give it a shot later on. :cool:
Cheerwine! How pleasant.
But, rather, I have just had two irish carbombs and am quite out of it. I now go out to shout at foreigners over the mic online with my boon companions.
Norman calvados
Quote from: merithyn on April 14, 2012, 10:48:02 AM
Max and I picked up a six-pack of Angry Orchard Apple Ginger Hard Cider. :mmm:
Where?
Pure Kentucky. Going straight to my head. 107 proof is a one-way path to drunkville. Pretty good, but my palate is unsophisticated.
Earlier I had a pretzel with stone ground mustard and hefeweizen in honor of Oktoberfest (didn't have any actual marzen on hand).
Black coffee.
It's 中秋节 or mid-autumn festival in China today. I'll be thoroughly inebriated off red wine and whiskey very soon/
I've discovered powdered juice packets that sell for 20 tetri (~13 cents) apiece -- much cheaper than real fruit juice. There's a disclaimer on the back that reads "only for diabetic people" in English and Arabic, but whatever. They go well with vodka.
Quote from: Caliga on July 27, 2012, 06:58:34 PM
So Princesca won a bottle of scotch at some work thing (I think she won a bingo game actually). This was a few weeks back and at the time I was busy so I just threw it in the bar with everything else and forgot about it.
I remembered it today and pulled it out and looked it up online. It apparently retails for $110 a bottle. :cool:
The Dalmore Cigar Malt Single Highland Malt. I don't recall ever having a highland Scotch before (mostly I drink speysides and islays). Will give it a shot later on. :cool:
How did the Dalmore turn out? Highland is my preferred Scotch as I find Islay to taste like what I can only assume to be manure.
It turned out to be extremely delicious. :cool:
Yesterday I had the Sam Adams Tasman Red IPA. Overly malty. Very red ale. Not hoppy enough, and not enough IBU to be IPA true to style.
Today, I will have the Sam Adams Baltic IPA.
Sierra Nevada Kellerweis. Tasty as usual.
Quote from: Queequeg on September 29, 2012, 08:33:57 PM
Quote from: merithyn on April 14, 2012, 10:48:02 AM
Max and I picked up a six-pack of Angry Orchard Apple Ginger Hard Cider. :mmm:
Where?
Pure Kentucky. Going straight to my head. 107 proof is a one-way path to drunkville. Pretty good, but my palate is unsophisticated.
My local pub where I normally go for Blackthorn on tap has switched to that Angry Orchard stuff. I don't like it as much. It's sweeter.
Wife made Mulsum.
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Mulsum
Not bad for a half assed attempt.
English breakfast tea with milk. :showoff:
Had an Old Fashioned with dinner, made with Basil Hayden's. :cool:
Guinness Extra Stout. Sometimes, you gotta go with the classics.
I can't believe that I used to down a sixer of this in one night. Oy.
A glass of Sam Adams Noble Pils. :beer: I love pilseners and, a little surprisingly, this one is really excellent: it holds its own with any of the delicious German or Czech classics.
Several weeks ago, I had a fruit fly infestation in my apartment, after I left out too many sweet leftovers. I cleaned them up, but fruit flies stayed for a while. Wanting to get rid of them, I set up an ingenuous trap for them. I know that they like beer, so I drank 2/3 of the bottle, and left the rest open where they congregated. The trap worked, and they died in the bottle by the hundreds.
Today I opened another bottle of beer. I drank half of it, and then set it aside somewhere. I wanted to finish it off, so in a dark room, I pick up an open bottle of beer and take a swig from it. Yeah, you guessed it. :x :x :x :x :x Never have I spat out a liquid so fast and rinsed my mouth for so long.
Your landlord should evict your ass for being nasty.
:yuk: :yuk: :yuk:
2004 Berghold Sirah
Quote from: Jaron on November 04, 2012, 10:28:10 PM
Your landlord should evict your ass for being nasty.
+1
Quote from: DGuller on November 04, 2012, 10:17:05 PM
Several weeks ago, I had a fruit fly infestation in my apartment, after I left out too many sweet leftovers. I cleaned them up, but fruit flies stayed for a while. Wanting to get rid of them, I set up an ingenuous trap for them. I know that they like beer, so I drank 2/3 of the bottle, and left the rest open where they congregated. The trap worked, and they died in the bottle by the hundreds.
Today I opened another bottle of beer. I drank half of it, and then set it aside somewhere. I wanted to finish it off, so in a dark room, I pick up an open bottle of beer and take a swig from it. Yeah, you guessed it. :x :x :x :x :x Never have I spat out a liquid so fast and rinsed my mouth for so long.
:D
Quote from: Queequeg on September 29, 2012, 08:33:57 PM
Quote from: merithyn on April 14, 2012, 10:48:02 AM
Max and I picked up a six-pack of Angry Orchard Apple Ginger Hard Cider. :mmm:
Where?
Pure Kentucky. Going straight to my head. 107 proof is a one-way path to drunkville. Pretty good, but my palate is unsophisticated.
We'd gotten it at Binny's on North Prospect. Not sure if they still have it, but I did find a ginger schnapps there Saturday night. I think I'm going to have to make a ginger vodka cordial to see how it comes out.
Just got this run Flor de Cana. I took a small sip just to see what it tasted like and it hit hard. Almost thought it was tequila! Mixed it with some peach juice and I can't even tell by taste that it has alcohol in it. Scary! :D
Drinking a Bahamian-style Rum Punch I made myself.
1 oz. Cruzan Coconut Rum
1 oz. Cruzan Aged Rum
3 oz. pineapple juice
3 oz. orange juice
1 oz. grenadine
1/2 oz. Myers Dark Rum
Stir the first five ingredients in a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice. Pour into a highball glass half-filled with ice. Float Myers on top. Garnish with maraschino cherry or pineapple wedge.
I may have had a few cocktails at an excellent place in Stockholm.
Firestone Union Jack IPA
Quote from: The Brain on December 08, 2012, 05:16:14 PM
I may have had a few cocktails
Leave those poor chickens alone.
Found some Lagavulin last night I had forgotten I had. It was almost like an early Christmas :)
A couple of lunchtime Sam Smiths cherry beers and a steak and kidney pie for a tech journo Christmas knees-up. I am now fully refreshed to meet my deadlines.
I usually avoid doing "house" wines b/c I prefer variety, but I could not help plunging for a case of Quinta do Cardo Grande Escolha 2009 when it went on sale.
From Portugals, 70/30 mix of Touriga Nactional (port grape) and Tinto Roriz (aka Tempranillo)
I heard that stuff is great when mixed with fruit juice.
And some ice cubes!
Bumping the thread as it's that time of year.
I shall probably be sticking to cider, which reminds me to get some proper stuff in. :)
I'm drinking glögg, and I'm having pepparkakor and a lussebulle. :mmm:
the famous grouse
In about an hour & a half I'll be at the tiny microbrewery near my house with a snifter of Imperial Coffee Stout. There used to be no decent bars in my area, but this place finally started doing a Friday happy hour and their beer is damned good. It's like the second coming of Three Floyds :)
Got some of that skull vodka from my boss for Christmas.
Harvey's Bristol Cream Sherry.
After an early wake-up and some Mt. Carmel Winter Ale I'm ready for bed. Unfortunately my kids aren't.
A fine selection of NOLA ales. Started with Blonde, next going Brown, and finishing with Hopitoulas.
Gonna have a Duvel in a little once (once it's sufficiently chilled). :cool:
About to throw back some Laphroaig.
E: The standard 10yo stuff. Basically like drinking seawater and smoke, but...you know...good. :P
Thanks. I like money. :cool:
NOLA Brown. Hopitoulas is next.
Finishing off a really nice Belgian Tripel my brother gave me tonight: Westmalle. I bet it'd go well with some leftover goulash from dinner :hmm:
Had some cheap wine tonight. Yeah, I shoulda splurged on something better, but I'm not thrilled with the choices that are generally available around here, so if I'm gonna have to make do with something that I find merely passable, I might as well get the cheap stuff.
Quote from: dps on December 25, 2012, 12:05:55 AM
Had some cheap wine tonight. Yeah, I shoulda splurged on something better, but I'm not thrilled with the choices that are generally available around here, so if I'm gonna have to make do with something that I find merely passable, I might as well get the cheap stuff.
I'm sure you can find *something* halfway decent. Doesn't have to be expensive.
Quote from: derspiess on December 25, 2012, 12:23:29 AM
Quote from: dps on December 25, 2012, 12:05:55 AM
Had some cheap wine tonight. Yeah, I shoulda splurged on something better, but I'm not thrilled with the choices that are generally available around here, so if I'm gonna have to make do with something that I find merely passable, I might as well get the cheap stuff.
Obviously, you have no experience with North Carolina wines.
I'm sure you can find *something* halfway decent. Doesn't have to be expensive.
My wife drank the beer I was most anticipating: emelisse Black IPA. I've got a Christmas beer from my homebrewing mentor, and his imperial stout, both over a year old. Can't wait to try them.
Had a German brandy last night: Asbach, it was tremendous.
Quote from: Liep on December 25, 2012, 08:42:27 AM
Had a German brandy last night: Asbach, it was tremendous.
Asbach is a classic.
You should try some Armenian cognac. That stuff is beyond words.
I picked up a bottle of that new Crown Royal maple-flavored whiskey. As a Southerner, I am generally a whiskey traditionalist, but this stuff isn't half bad mixed with eggnog.
2001 Charbono. Fenestra Winery, Livermore, CA.
Unusual grape for Cali, but I'm a fan. Fenestra doesn't even make it anymore. I only have one unopened bottle left. :(
A bottle of 1999 Chinese Great Wall dry red wine. :)
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on January 14, 2013, 04:02:39 AM
2001 Charbono. Fenestra Winery, Livermore, CA.
Unusual grape for Cali, but I'm a fan. Fenestra doesn't even make it anymore. I only have one unopened bottle left. :(
IIRC, I read that there is only around 70 acres or so in the US with that variety.
Over the weekend:
Joseph Voillot Volnay "vielles vignes" 2005
Simon Bize Savigny-les-Beaune 1er cur aux Vergelesses 2007
There are two basic propositions I believe in:
1) Very good wine is made all over the world
2) Pinot noir and chardonnay can make very good wine.
But the intersection of the two propositions does not hold. I've had pinot noirs from USA, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Austria, Italy; chardonnay from almost everywhere. Some of them have been OK - in particular Oregon and NZ for pinot noir; Italy and Australia for chard. But really those are exceptions. Almost all the good bottles I have had have had in those grapes have been from Burgundy - despite huge efforts nowhere else does it as well. These wines are a case in point - the first is just a village level wine; the second is a premier cru but in one the less fancier appellation bordered by more famous vineyards. Both picked up originally a couple years ago on sale for around $30. Both were outstanding and outperformed California (and other) versions costing 2-3 times the price.
If I was making wine outside of Burgundy, i just wouldn't grow those particular grapes . . .
Which one was better with ice cubes?
Quote from: PDH on January 14, 2013, 11:28:23 AM
Which one was better with ice cubes?
Tough question - the white will take the chill better, but the volnay would withstand the dilution better.
I saw what you did there.
I've given up preaching to the heathen.
For the second playoff game last night my brother brought over a growler of a douple IPA made by a new local microbrewery called 50 West: http://fiftywestbrew.com/beers/forgot-stevie-double-ipa/
First taste was like biting into a handful of Cascade hop cones. Got better after the initial shock, but that is a wallop of 110 IBU. Hops hide the 8.5% alcohol very well. Had two pints and definitely felt the effect-- just didn't realize the alcohol content until I looked it up today.
Spent Saturday night out with the girls. Homemade Rumchata is wonderful... Several glasses of homemade Rumchata followed by several glasses of chardonnay, however, makes for a sick Meri. :x
Water !
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on January 14, 2013, 11:22:52 AM
Almost all the good bottles I have had have had in those grapes have been from Burgundy - despite huge efforts nowhere else does it as well.
The problem I think is that Pinot Noir grapes have not been grown in places like Australia or North America long enough for the producers to really know where the optimal locations are located and what the optimal growing methods might be. It is all rather hit and miss compared to the knowledge the Burgundians have after hundreds of years. As you will know in Burgundy quality will vary even within short distances. It is even possible to get some very bad Pinot sold in Beaune.
It is possible to get a good pinot noir outside Burgundy to it has nothing to do with the price and everything to do with the small chance that the producer has "hit" that year. I find it is the small producer who has an intimate knowledge of his soil and growing conditions who is more apt to hit. I have found one such small producer who will not bottle his pinot noir in years he thinks he missed and instead sells those grapes to others.
That said Australian producers make some very nice Shiraz but unfortunately I did not find any good Pinot. I spent I wonderful day in the Hunter Valley sampling some of the smaller producers there. If you ever see this I suggest you give it a try. I bought a few bottles but accidently drank them during the trip.
http://www.capercailliewine.com.au/wines.php?id=102&sub=10
Gotta finish off that Double IPA growler tonight before it goes totally flat. I like the stuff but you really gotta be in the right mood to drink it.
Russell's Reserve 10 Year Bourbon, marked down like crazy at the liquor store ($17.99 from ~$35). :licklips: Tastes damn good to me, probably on the sweet side of the spectrum, but I don't know much about whiskey. Any Languish bourbon aficionados tried this one? I believe it is a Wild Turkey brand. :alberta:
The wine of Superbowl slowdown boredom.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on January 15, 2013, 11:47:08 PM
Any Languish bourbon aficionados tried this one? I believe it is a Wild Turkey brand. :alberta:
Nope. I don't drink the competition, son. :sleep:
Just finished some awesome Russian Imperial Stout from 50 West. I can really get into this boutique craft brewing thing.
I should be drinking whatever wine Mark Wahlberg has had, he's on a UK chat show and he is way more than half-cut, getting frisky with Sarah Silverman, who obviously had a bit too, along with Michael Fassbender, but is now rather pissed with him; drunk people are amusing. :cool:
You're watching a talk show days later?
Old Fashioned with Knob Creek.
Diet Coke.
I've moved on from coffee to espresso to black eyes. Takes a great deal of discipline to not start shaking.
Orange juice with lots of pulp.
Damn, I had to rescue this thread from page 6; are we becoming That sober/tea-total ? :unsure:
Busted out my blender and made myself a strawberry/peach smoothie with rum. Forgot how much I like smoothies.
Coffee at 6:10 PM. Living dangerously.
A big 'ol glass of chocolate milk.
Nothing. Plan on having one of these tomorrow, though: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mt-carmel-stout/49109/
Quote from: derspiess on April 04, 2013, 08:57:11 PM
Nothing. Plan on having one of these tomorrow, though: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mt-carmel-stout/49109/
Having one of these.
Rogue Double Mocha (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/132/56447)
Quote from: katmai on April 04, 2013, 08:59:58 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 04, 2013, 08:57:11 PM
Nothing. Plan on having one of these tomorrow, though: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mt-carmel-stout/49109/
Having one of these.
Rogue Double Mocha (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/132/56447)
Dang, sounds nice. I don't think I can get that around here :(
George Dickel Rye.
I need to pick up some Dickel 12. Haven't had it in ages.
Looks like my local brewery is tapping their Summer Wheat today. So I guess I'll try that before the stout so I can be sure I taste it.
I just had two vodka/club sodas and a pint of PBR.
Had the Summer Wheat at Mt. Carmel. Then a Belgian Quad while they still had some. Then I had my growler filled with stout & met the wife & kids for dinner.
Finishing off a Coke Zero now & trying to avoid the temptation to break the seal on the growler.
Some sauvignon blanc that I believe is out of Chile.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Ffarm9.staticflickr.com%2F8391%2F8624129330_8c05c25201.jpg&hash=0b738b329029f16d67ad98f573cc2dbd34121445)
Tide and Its Takers (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/24903/77228)
Friend of mine is owner/operator of this excellent local new craft beer operation.
He named this beer after the title of Album made by a mutual friend.
Raspberry margaritas. I really have missed my using my blender!
Turks and Caicos-style rum punch. :cheers:
As much as I like the idea of buying fresh beer by the growler, it requires such a commitment. Once you crack the seal you have about 24 hours before it goes flat. I have two full growlers in the fridge calling my name but must resist...
4 shots of Malibu and maybe 5 shots of Soju in two hours, maybe more, I lost ocunt,
Got a bottle of this to try it.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.liquorlockerla.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FPitu-Cachaca-Rum.jpg&hash=64626f2f9bdb637f0ddc718e14fbaf0ed4f894b7)
Was severely unimpressed. I guess you have to make Caipirinha out of it. Looked up the recipe (it's on the back of the bottle). Lime, that cachaca stuff and two spoonfuls of sugar. Doesn't sound all that MIM-friendly, as I'm not a sugar freak.
Caipirinhas can be good, but in general mojito >>>>>>>>>> caipirinha.
Quote from: Caliga on April 24, 2013, 11:45:12 AM
Caipirinhas can be good, but in general mojito >>>>>>>>>> caipirinha.
I strongly disagree unless it is a flavored mojito. Mint by itself is a bit much.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 24, 2013, 11:43:31 AM
Got a bottle of this to try it.
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.liquorlockerla.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2FPitu-Cachaca-Rum.jpg&hash=64626f2f9bdb637f0ddc718e14fbaf0ed4f894b7)
Was severely unimpressed. I guess you have to make Caipirinha out of it. Looked up the recipe (it's on the back of the bottle). Lime, that cachaca stuff and two spoonfuls of sugar. Doesn't sound all that MIM-friendly, as I'm not a sugar freak.
I had a shot or two of cachaca by itself. Nothing to write home about.
A caipirinha... with all that lime juice it is NOT a sweet drink, even with the cachaca and the sugar. They're not bad honestly.
I wonder if you can buy cachaca in Alberta. I have a notion to invite some people over, make a moqueca (Bahian fish stew) and serve caipirinhas...
Quote from: garbon on April 24, 2013, 11:47:34 AM
I strongly disagree unless it is a flavored mojito. Mint by itself is a bit much.
But I love mint. :(
Caipirinhas are fine as far as mixed drinks go.
I think I'll have one tonight. :)
Old Fashioned with Knob Creek. :cool:
I tried some ouzo that someone gave me. Mixed it with some water and it still tastes nasty - though admittedly I think goes down a little easier than absinthe.
All the syrup from the can of my fruit cocktail. All of it. Yummay.
Quote from: Barrister on April 24, 2013, 11:47:43 AM
I had a shot or two of cachaca by itself. Nothing to write home about.
A caipirinha... with all that lime juice it is NOT a sweet drink, even with the cachaca and the sugar. They're not bad honestly.
I wonder if you can buy cachaca in Alberta. I have a notion to invite some people over, make a moqueca (Bahian fish stew) and serve caipirinhas...
Rather coincidentally, I've been drinking lime cordial today, first time in donkey years, sure is an astringent taste. :cool:
The cachaca bottle says it's rum. It tastes nothing like any rum I've ever had. It's more like gin.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 30, 2013, 11:41:36 AM
The cachaca bottle says it's rum. It tastes nothing like any rum I've ever had. It's more like gin.
I think cachaca is more like tequila. It's only like rum in the sense that it's also made from sugar cane, but it's usually rough stuff.
Quote from: ulmont on April 30, 2013, 11:48:07 AM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 30, 2013, 11:41:36 AM
The cachaca bottle says it's rum. It tastes nothing like any rum I've ever had. It's more like gin.
I think cachaca is more like tequila. It's only like rum in the sense that it's also made from sugar cane, but it's usually rough stuff.
Google says that rum is made from molasses, whereas cachaca is made from fresh sugarcane juice.
Quote from: Barrister on April 30, 2013, 12:08:48 PM
Quote from: ulmont on April 30, 2013, 11:48:07 AM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 30, 2013, 11:41:36 AM
The cachaca bottle says it's rum. It tastes nothing like any rum I've ever had. It's more like gin.
I think cachaca is more like tequila. It's only like rum in the sense that it's also made from sugar cane, but it's usually rough stuff.
Google says that rum is made from molasses, whereas cachaca is made from fresh sugarcane juice.
Rum can be made from molasses, but it can also be made from sugarcane juice.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 30, 2013, 11:41:36 AM
The cachaca bottle says it's rum. It tastes nothing like any rum I've ever had. It's more like gin.
By US law it has to be sold as rum :smarty:
Quote from: derspiess on April 30, 2013, 12:13:04 PM
Rum can be made from molasses,
Which is subsequently turned into slaves.
Quote from: derspiess on April 30, 2013, 12:13:57 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 30, 2013, 11:41:36 AM
The cachaca bottle says it's rum. It tastes nothing like any rum I've ever had. It's more like gin.
By US law it has to be sold as rum :smarty:
My google-fu says that the US signed an agreement with Brazil last year to recognzie the term "cachaca" (and that Brazil would recognize bourbon and Tennessee whiskey). :contract:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-09/brazil-u-s-move-to-boost-cachaca-tennessee-whiskey-trade-1-.html
I'm on my third cup of coffee.
Quote from: fahdiz on April 30, 2013, 12:23:35 PM
I'm on my third cup of coffee.
Fail.
I went to the K-cup brewer to manage my coffee intake more responsibly, since the cardiologist said I was killing myself one pot at a time.
So now I just use two K-cups at once per serving. THATLL SHOW HIM
Quote from: Caliga on April 24, 2013, 11:45:12 AM
Caipirinhas can be good, but in general mojito >>>>>>>>>> caipirinha.
No way. If both are properly made caipirinha is much better.
Quote from: Barrister on April 30, 2013, 12:23:08 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 30, 2013, 12:13:57 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 30, 2013, 11:41:36 AM
The cachaca bottle says it's rum. It tastes nothing like any rum I've ever had. It's more like gin.
By US law it has to be sold as rum :smarty:
My google-fu says that the US signed an agreement with Brazil last year to recognzie the term "cachaca" (and that Brazil would recognize bourbon and Tennessee whiskey). :contract:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-09/brazil-u-s-move-to-boost-cachaca-tennessee-whiskey-trade-1-.html
Has it taken effect yet, smart guy?
Emergen-C. Tangerine flavor.
Coke Zero right now.
But earlier I had a Summer Wheat, Porter, IPA, Nut Brown Ale, and Stout. Spread it out over 4 hours so I'm sober.
Mate with local honey.
Quote from: Scipio on May 03, 2013, 09:10:38 PM
Mate with local honey.
I used to do that. Then I got bored & started hooking up with a foreign chick, yuk yuk.
Anyway, mate rules. I have either mate or mate cocido about every day.
Earl Grey White Tea.
Glenmorangie Original 10yr
I had some mead, which I thought I would hate due to the sweetness. It wasn't bad though.
Heineken, poured out of the 500ml can. Way better than Heineken from the bottle, due to the "skunking" and whatnot. Tallboy cans are my favorite beer container by a huge margin. Love the 500ml Pilsner Urquell and now Stiegl cans they've had on sale nearby. Brooklyn Lager also makes a good tallboy. And of course Narragansett, Schlitz, etc. for your regular brew.
Fruit Punch crystal light.
Had Turks and Caicos Rum Punch last night. Very effective knockout drink. :cool:
3 oz orange juice
3 oz pineapple juice
1 oz grenadine
1 oz coconut rum
1 oz dark rum
1/2 oz Myers Dark rum
Princesca wanted to go to a hippie store earlier, and while we were there I picked up a box of yerba mate teabags. If I like it I may get whole leaf next time (which they also sell).
What else? Margaritas!
So I had one cup of 'traditional' hot mate and now I'm having a glass of iced mate.
The traditional stuff was decent but it didn't taste that much different from green tea to me. The iced stuff, however, is great. I cold-steeped one of the yerba mate bags for ten minutes, then muddled and stirred it, and added a few drops of lemon juice and about a teaspoon of sugar. It's got a neat pale green color and is extremely refreshing. :cool:
Drinking mah Bio-coffee. Yay, wheatgrass.
This is the kind of stuff Ed needs. It'll firm up his colon like industrial welding.
Spent the afternoon in an English pub and had one coffee. :cool:
So, for Pascha, today, I had the following (split with my best friend and my wife):
Rogue 19 Colonies Mead
St. Seraphim and the Bear Russian Stout (our homebrew)
St. John Chrysostom Strong Ale (our homebrew)
The Tide and Its Takers
Courage Imperial Russian Stout (this shit is amazing; it's the original RIS)
Quote from: Scipio on May 05, 2013, 07:33:47 PM
So, for Pascha, today, I had the following (split with my best friend and my wife):
Rogue 19 Colonies Mead
St. Seraphim and the Bear Russian Stout (our homebrew)
St. John Chrysostom Strong Ale (our homebrew)
The Tide and Its Takers
Courage Imperial Russian Stout (this shit is amazing; it's the original RIS)
All sound or are good. :thumbsup:
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 05, 2013, 06:14:17 PM
Drinking mah Bio-coffee. Yay, wheatgrass.
This is the kind of stuff Ed needs. It'll firm up his colon like industrial welding.
My colon is fine, thanks.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 05, 2013, 08:17:18 PM
My colon is fine, thanks.
Doesn't sound like it. Need to change your name to Ebola Anger. You're shitting out your insides. My cat doesn't make as many turds as you do in a day.
I crapped once today. I'm fine.
Quote from: Caliga on May 05, 2013, 02:06:44 PM
Princesca wanted to go to a hippie store earlier, and while we were there I picked up a box of yerba mate teabags. If I like it I may get whole leaf next time (which they also sell).
How much did they gouge you for it? I've seen it packaged for yuppie consumption in little tiny boxes of 20 or so with some ridiculous price I can't remember.
Quote from: Caliga on May 05, 2013, 07:15:30 AM
Had Turks and Caicos Rum Punch last night. Very effective knockout drink. :cool:
3 oz orange juice
3 oz pineapple juice
1 oz grenadine
1 oz coconut rum
1 oz dark rum
1/2 oz Myers Dark rum
That sounds like guaranteed spewage.
A cherry Doctor Pepper.
Quote from: derspiess on May 05, 2013, 08:49:28 PM
How much did they gouge you for it? I've seen it packaged for yuppie consumption in little tiny boxes of 20 or so with some ridiculous price I can't remember.
I think it was like $5 for 24 bags.
Quote from: Caliga on May 05, 2013, 07:15:30 AM
Had Turks and Caicos Rum Punch last night. Very effective knockout drink. :cool:
3 oz orange juice
3 oz pineapple juice
1 oz grenadine
1 oz coconut rum
1 oz dark rum
1/2 oz Myers Dark rum
Good god. "Why am I so fat? I hardly ate a thing! Just had a few cocktails..."
:D
I used to mock chicks at work who would bitch about not being able to lose weight but then go to Starbucks and come back with a triple cream super duper mocha choca lotta latte or whatever. It's a coffee-flavored milkshake, toots. :rolleyes:
one gin&tonic and followin a bottle of excellent red wine, the nameof which completely eludes me, mainlybecause I'm relatively drunk and don't giving a fuck,the only ting neededis thatbit was reLLLY good.
Is this a drunk thread?
L.
Quote from: Pedrito on May 07, 2013, 03:53:37 PM
one gin&tonic and followin a bottle of excellent red wine, the nameof which completely eludes me, mainlybecause I'm relatively drunk and don't giving a fuck,the only ting neededis thatbit was reLLLY good.
Is this a drunk thread?
L.
One of my favourite combinations!
Quote from: Pedrito on May 07, 2013, 03:53:37 PM
one gin&tonic and followin a bottle of excellent red wine, the nameof which completely eludes me, mainlybecause I'm relatively drunk and don't giving a fuck,the only ting neededis thatbit was reLLLY good.
Is this a drunk thread?
L.
:lol: Awesome.
Just straight amaretto.
お姉さん、甘い;-;
Quote from: crazy canuck on May 07, 2013, 04:31:51 PM
Quote from: Pedrito on May 07, 2013, 03:53:37 PM
one gin&tonic and followin a bottle of excellent red wine, the nameof which completely eludes me, mainlybecause I'm relatively drunk and don't giving a fuck,the only ting neededis thatbit was reLLLY good.
Is this a drunk thread?
L.
One of my favourite combinations!
:blush:
Campi Sarni Rosso, a cabernet sauvignon by Vallarom Vineyards.
L.
Filled a growler with Founder's Double Trouble IPA for the Mothers Day Extravaganza I'm hosting tonight. Hop-phobes beware.
Forgot to pick up something for the women to drink, though. Oops. Will have to whip up some mixed drink with what I have on hand.
Jagermeister, the liquor that only the best bad decisions are made with.
well someone's Alaska trip is off :P
Oskar Blues Gubna Imperial IPA. From growler, served in tulip glass. Light color, nice subtle rye flavor, good hops. 10.0% ABV.
I give it 9 spiked helmets out of 10.
Dont drink, but won a six-pack of Killians from one of the hapless Marines that work for me.
Quote from: 11B4V on May 16, 2013, 10:01:55 PM
Dont drink, but won a six-pack of Killians from one of the hapless Marines that work for me.
Use it to cook with. Braise some beef or add to Irish stew. :)
Quote from: citizen k on May 16, 2013, 10:11:05 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on May 16, 2013, 10:01:55 PM
Dont drink, but won a six-pack of Killians from one of the hapless Marines that work for me.
Use it to cook with. Braise some beef or add to Irish stew. :)
I'll try it.
Quote from: 11B4V on May 16, 2013, 10:14:59 PM
Quote from: citizen k on May 16, 2013, 10:11:05 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on May 16, 2013, 10:01:55 PM
Dont drink, but won a six-pack of Killians from one of the hapless Marines that work for me.
Use it to cook with. Braise some beef or add to Irish stew. :)
I'll try it.
I made a stew with some really dark porter beer a few weeks ago. It was delish.
Some weird Orange and Mango energy drink a market research company sent me; taste's ok. :)
Just went a little crazy at the liquor store as the prices were pretty cheap compared to standard NYC prices. Near about tore my arm off carry it all back. :blush:
Quote from: garbon on May 18, 2013, 06:02:11 PM
Just went a little crazy at the liquor store as the prices were pretty cheap compared to standard NYC prices. Near about tore my arm off carry it all back. :blush:
I drove through NH on Wednesday and started going overboard with all the great deals, but then I realized I really didn't need to spend 400 dollars on booze just to have 15 handles of hard liquor staring at me, no matter how good the deal, so I put a bunch back. Ended up buying a 1.75L handle of Famous Grouse for $25.00, a 3L box of Black Box wine (Pinot Grigio) for $15.00, and a large bottle of local New Hampshire dry cider for $11.00 on impulse.
With the warm weather, the stores are rolling out a lot more variety in pilsners, which I've decided is my favorite beer style, so I bought a couple of Radeberger twelve-packs and König four-packs of cans. Drinking a 500ml can of König Pilsener right now. Also have a couple bottles Sam Adams Noble Pils in the refrigerator from a while ago, and someone brought over a six-pack of Pilsner Urquell, so I'm floating in it right now.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on May 18, 2013, 07:29:50 PM
With the warm weather, the stores are rolling out a lot more variety in pilsners, which I've decided is my favorite beer style, so I bought a couple of Radeberger twelve-packs and König four-packs of cans. Drinking a 500ml can of König Pilsener right now. Also have a couple bottles Sam Adams Noble Pils in the refrigerator from a while ago, and someone brought over a six-pack of Pilsner Urquell, so I'm floating in it right now.
Pilsener is where it is at. I respect those who like the darker ales, but give me a quality pilsener any day.
I haven't had a lager in ages, let alone a pilsner.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on May 04, 2013, 11:19:49 PM
Heineken, poured out of the 500ml can. Way better than Heineken from the bottle, due to the "skunking" and whatnot. Tallboy cans are my favorite beer container by a huge margin. Love the 500ml Pilsner Urquell and now Stiegl cans they've had on sale nearby. Brooklyn Lager also makes a good tallboy. And of course Narragansett, Schlitz, etc. for your regular brew.
I'm very much a proponent of the new can-based craft brewing movement. You ever had a Caldera IPA?
Or anything from these guys: http://21st-amendment.com/ ?
The newest local brewery only sells theirs in cans. I was skeptical until I tried it. I still prefer bottles, but cans are more transportable & it's good to have good can options these days.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on May 18, 2013, 07:29:50 PM
Quote from: garbon on May 18, 2013, 06:02:11 PM
Just went a little crazy at the liquor store as the prices were pretty cheap compared to standard NYC prices. Near about tore my arm off carry it all back. :blush:
I drove through NH on Wednesday and started going overboard with all the great deals
The last time I did the NH run I was with my mother who was a helpful, moderating influence. -_-
But today I ended up with:
1 bottle of whiskey
2 bottles of cava
1 bottle of Aperol
1 bottle of vodka
1 bottle of sherry
1 bottle of pinot grigo
:blush:
Also, I felt bad when the clerk told me that it was the champagne making the bag heavy and then quickly corrected himself to say sparkling wine. Damn CCs and Joan Robinsons! :angry:
Aperol spritz is delightful. :mmm: More authentic not to use real champagne anyways. :P
I've had a couple good glasses of inexpensive sherry lately. What kind did you get?
Couple tall glasses of refreshing Ovaltine. :mmm:
Worry not, health nuts, it's 1% milk. :)
Quote from: Ideologue on May 21, 2013, 07:44:20 PM
Couple tall glasses of refreshing Ovaltine. :mmm:
Worry not, health nuts, it's 1% milk. :)
:x
You might as just well run around saying you hate life. /enjoy cloudy water.
Yeah Ide, you sicko.
Quote from: Ideologue on May 21, 2013, 07:44:20 PM
Couple tall glasses of refreshing Ovaltine. :mmm:
Worry not, health nuts, it's 1% milk. :)
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Finishing off a growler of Madtree Identity Crisis, a fairly happy black ale. It's not that they used a ton of hops-- they just stand out. I think they used rye as well. Not bad but takes some getting used to.
I forgot that! :D
A cosmo.
Some Bordeaux 2010 to go along with the meal (red meat and green peas).
I've a teetotal friend staying this weekend - she's showing solidarity with her boyfriend who's in AA. So she's emptying out her stock cupboard and bringing me some red wine and Zubrowka vodka. :cool:
I had a nice pinot grigio with dinner last night. At the moment I'm drinking a cup of coffee.
Quote from: Brazen on May 22, 2013, 08:29:49 AM
I've a teetotal friend staying this weekend - she's showing solidarity with her boyfriend who's in AA. So she's emptying out her stock cupboard and bringing me some red wine and Zubrowka vodka. :cool:
:cool:
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on May 19, 2013, 10:43:03 AM
Aperol spritz is delightful. :mmm: More authentic not to use real champagne anyways. :P
Yeah actually when I was visiting my mother for mother's day she made a drink that she'd had which was a mix of aperol, st. germain and prosecco. She had a bottle of Veuve Clicquot that she got as a gift, and hates, lying around so we used that. :D
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on May 19, 2013, 10:43:03 AM
I've had a couple good glasses of inexpensive sherry lately. What kind did you get?
It's a bottle of amontillado. I realized that though I've had sherry before, I never know any of the type names so I just picked the one that reminded me of reading Poe in school. :blush:
Celebratory snort of Bushmills.
Silver Patron. Same answer to the "What will you not be drinking ever again (once you finish the bottle)" question. Usually you have to wait until morning for a hangover, but not with this.
Went to a friend's birthday dinner last night. In addition to the food, had: 3 glasses of a really good verdicchio, at least 3 glasses of a good cab, a gin & soda, an old fashioned, a shot of jager, and...something else probably? I had fun. SFG didn't.
Baltika Porter. Been ages since I had it. Seems light compared to the last porter I had, but it's a classic.
Duvel. In a Duvel tulip glass.
Quote from: derspiess on June 03, 2013, 10:02:31 PM
Baltika Porter. Been ages since I had it. Seems light compared to the last porter I had, but it's a classic.
Non-Russians actually drink it? :huh:
Quote from: DGuller on June 04, 2013, 11:07:54 PM
Quote from: derspiess on June 03, 2013, 10:02:31 PM
Baltika Porter. Been ages since I had it. Seems light compared to the last porter I had, but it's a classic.
Non-Russians actually drink it? :huh:
I've been drinking it since the 90s.
Interesting. I find their 0.5 liter bottles highly annoying, as they're too tall to fit on the fridge shelf.
Homemade lemonade :mmm:
Last night was :
Good Nature Brewing's Rabbit in the Rye PA http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/27110/92848
Adirondack Brewery's Superdort
Ithaca Beer Co.'s Flower Power cask aged with additional citra hops http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/651/6076
All at one of my favorite local beer bar's 5th Anniversary Party event. I'm debating leaving Saranac/F.X. Matt and going to work for Ithaca. I am: unsure.
Cheerwine. :cool:
Schlitz Original Recipe Tall Boy.
Quote from: DGuller on June 05, 2013, 12:15:36 AM
Interesting. I find their 0.5 liter bottles highly annoying, as they're too tall to fit on the fridge shelf.
Yeah, I need to rearrange our fridge shelving to better accommodate my odd-sized beer bottles.
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Quote from: derspiess on June 11, 2013, 08:35:33 PM
Quote from: DGuller on June 05, 2013, 12:15:36 AM
Interesting. I find their 0.5 liter bottles highly annoying, as they're too tall to fit on the fridge shelf.
Yeah, I need to rearrange our fridge shelving to better accommodate my odd-sized beer bottles.
Half-liter bottles are my favorite, aesthetically and for basic consumption needs.
For a nightcap, I'm having a Famous Grouse (previously mentioned re: buying a half-gallon of it for $25 in N.H.) with ice and a splash of seltzer. :scots:
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on June 11, 2013, 11:57:09 PM
Quote from: derspiess on June 11, 2013, 08:35:33 PM
Quote from: DGuller on June 05, 2013, 12:15:36 AM
Interesting. I find their 0.5 liter bottles highly annoying, as they're too tall to fit on the fridge shelf.
Yeah, I need to rearrange our fridge shelving to better accommodate my odd-sized beer bottles.
Half-liter bottles are my favorite, aesthetically and for basic consumption needs.
The trip to Brazil beer was always served in 500mL cans. Now the Brazillians would share that can between 2-3 people (idea is so that it didn't go warm). Of course us gluttonous Canadians would often drink a can to ourselves. :blush:
I quite enjoyed the Brazillian cerveja while I was there, but I suspect if I tried it in Canada I'd find it very watery...
Quote from: Barrister on June 12, 2013, 03:09:44 PM
The trip to Brazil beer was always served in 500mL cans. Now the Brazillians would share that can between 2-3 people (idea is so that it didn't go warm). Of course us gluttonous Canadians would often drink a can to ourselves. :blush:
No, South Americans just have a fetish for sharing food and drink (and for drinking beer out of the tiniest glass possible). I have to guard my damned plate whenever I eat with them.
Argies usually buy beer by the liter bottle, though the craft-type beers do usually come in 500ml bottles.
QuoteI quite enjoyed the Brazillian cerveja while I was there, but I suspect if I tried it in Canada I'd find it very watery...
Yeah. In Argentina I used to pretend I liked Quilmes and their locally-brewed Heineken. And it's still okay as a lawnmower-type beer, I suppose. But of their megabrews about the only thing I drink nowadays is Stella, which is also contract-brewed down there.
Well, I was explicitly told that "it was so the beer doesn't go warm". Do remember the significant difference in latitude between Argentine (Buens Aires?) and Salvador.
Going out to a restaurant, or ordering beer at the beach, they'd bring out these 1L beers in insulated cups to share between everyone.
Quote from: Barrister on June 12, 2013, 03:33:09 PM
Well, I was explicitly told that "it was so the beer doesn't go warm".
Fine, I won't dispute that, then. I'm just saying all South Americans I know (including a few Brazilians) love sharing food and drink, and love it a bit too much IMO :angry:
QuoteDo remember the significant difference in latitude between Argentine (Buens Aires?) and Salvador.
BA gets really fucking hot. They get a little bit of a break during their winter, but it's hot as hell most of the rest of the year.
Quote from: derspiess on June 12, 2013, 04:03:56 PMFine, I won't dispute that, then. I'm just saying all South Americans I know (including a few Brazilians) love sharing food and drink, and love it a bit too much IMO :angry:
Don't worry, we know you don't like sharing :hug:
Firestone Pale 31.
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Going to celebrate national bourbon day with some Basil Hayden's.
Coffee with a splash of vodka in it.
Several glasses of viognier. I finally stopped in at the Trader Joe's wine shop outside Union Square. I appreciate them so much more than the snooty Union Square Wines. Thank you, lowbrow! :)
Finishing up up a bottle of this with at least a tiny bit of help from the wife. One of two Trappist breweries outside Belgium, and the only one in the Netherlands.
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Quote from: garbon on June 14, 2013, 11:00:53 PM
Several glasses of viognier. I finally stopped in at the Trader Joe's wine shop outside Union Square. I appreciate them so much more than the snooty Union Square Wines. Thank you, lowbrow! :)
I've had some really good viogniers, at really reasonable prices.
Duvel.
Quote from: fahdiz on June 14, 2013, 09:52:12 PM
Coffee with a splash of vodka in it.
Breakfast of champions.
Raspberry lime seltzer.
Quote from: DontSayBanana on June 18, 2013, 10:22:49 PM
Raspberry lime seltzer.
You'll never get drunk that way, son.
Rum (Admiral Nelson's and only because of the name) and Coke
Mt. Carmel Brewing Company Belgian Quad. From the last growler poured from the last publicly available keg.
Up in Michigan, so I'm having a lot of local brews, with the most common being Bell's Oberon. They've got some good beers up here.
Right now though, I'm having a product of Colorado: New Belgium's Trippel. Good stuff.
Bell's Oberon is legendary. Great brewery-- lots of good breweries up that way. New Belgium is no slouch, either. My favorite Colorado brewery besides Great Divide.
Greek frappe coffee. :cool:
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Artwork is a bit grandiose.
Quote from: Korea on June 19, 2013, 01:35:19 AM
Rum (Admiral Nelson's and only because of the name) and Coke
Is this your way of saying you want some sodomy and the lash? :)
Quote from: garbon on June 25, 2013, 10:53:23 PM
Artwork is a bit grandiose.
For craft beer these days, it really isn't :lol:
Some ersatz tinto de verano of my own formulation.
In a tumbler, I pour a good dose of $4.99/bottle Frontera "vintage red" Chilean wine. Then a small splash of a premium bottled (non-carbonated) lemonade (Nantucket Nectar's); then a slightly bigger splash of Sprite. Then I fill the rest (30-40% of total) with seltzer. Muy agradable. :bowler:
I think the lemonade/Sprite/seltzer (maybe 10%-25%-65%) combo comes semi-close to replicating the gaseosa I encountered in Madrid. And maybe better than the pre-mixed T.D.V. that came pouring out of the bar spouts in the dive bars; that seemed more like orangeade mixed in. It's not like this haute couture mixology. One step more complex than the also good, but too sugary, calimocho.
Anyways, an ideal summer long drink, since you get to sip a lot of tasty liquid without too too many calories or too much booze. :cool:
Rolle Bolle by New Belgium
I am actually a fan
Founder's Dirty Bastard. Last day here.
Hey I got offered a new job today too! :cool:
E: it's supposed to start on Monday through so I might be doing a final phone 'welcome to our place!' thing while driving. That's a little weird.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on June 27, 2013, 12:01:50 AM
Founder's Dirty Bastard. Last day here.
That's one from Founders I have not yet tried. I like their Double Trouble, and pretty much anything else they make.
I had a nice Belgian Trappist Tripel last night: Westmalle. I had had a Westmalle glass for ages but had never tried it. Damned good.
Cans of San Pellegrino limonata and aranciata were on sale at the grocery store, so they're comprising the soft-drink component of my current tinto-de-verano style wine cooler; Frontera "Vintage Red" is continuing to comprise the wine portion. :swiss:
Cracked open a 22 oz. bottle of this, in honor of our resident ethnic Albertan:
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Three Floyds may be the best brewery in North America IMO. I've volunteered to go visit a difficult client in Munster, IN simply to have a chance to spend time in their taproom.
I make infusions of chopped fruit soaked in vodka. This week we've been drinking Bosc pear vodka. It's a taste of winter in the sauna like Florida summer.
One cup of green tea. This no coffee thing's going to be rough.
Quote from: fhdz on July 03, 2013, 12:49:47 PM
One cup of green tea. This no coffee thing's going to be rough.
In the past year, I made a successful transition from couple cups of coffee a day to one cup of tea...though I do still have caffeinated tea.
Quote from: fhdz on July 03, 2013, 12:49:47 PM
One cup of green tea. This no coffee thing's going to be rough.
Try switching to decaff coffee. Fills the psychological need, but minimal amount of caffeine. :)
I switched months ago, and it's going pretty well. I had family over the weekend, so made some 'real' coffee and had half a cup - man did I ever feel the caffeine.
Quote from: Barrister on July 03, 2013, 12:53:16 PM
Quote from: fhdz on July 03, 2013, 12:49:47 PM
One cup of green tea. This no coffee thing's going to be rough.
Try switching to decaff coffee. Fills the psychological need, but minimal amount of caffeine. :)
I switched months ago, and it's going pretty well. I had family over the weekend, so made some 'real' coffee and had half a cup - man did I ever feel the caffeine.
I sort of feel like if I'm going to drink something that gives me coffee breath, it had better have caffeine in it.
Yerba mate dude. :cool:
My back hurts, so I am self medicating with Captain Morgan Private Stock. Good excuse at least right?
Finally got my mitts on a bottle of Engelszell-- the only Trappist beer I hadn't had yet. Or to be more precise, the only Trappist brewery I hadn't had a beer from yet. Might crack it open tomorrow.
It's the only Trappist brewery in Austria & one of only two located outside of Belgium :showoff:
Water
They had a few new Evil Twins on draft down at the local pub. Excellent.
http://eviltwin.dk/beers/
Waiting for them to figure out how to tap the La Trappe Witte at this place.
Having a Moinette Blonde while I watch.
Bacardi and diet coke. The Bacardi is winning. Wife will be back from Jazzercise soon. I don't reish aving to eat Chinese food thne. Damn.
Quote from: Liep on July 09, 2013, 04:03:49 AM
They had a few new Evil Twins on draft down at the local pub. Excellent.
http://eviltwin.dk/beers/
Dang, they make/made a lot of styles. I have not tried any yet. They have the US-made stuff at a couple local places. Might pick some up. What do you recommend?
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on July 10, 2013, 06:15:22 PM
Bacardi and diet coke. The Bacardi is winning. Wife will be back from Jazzercise soon. I don't reish aving to eat Chinese food thne. Damn.
:D The Bacardi is, indeed, winning.
Supporting the locals.
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Bud Select 55. I can't drive 55, but I sure as hell can drink it. :cool:
That's a great slogan I just thought up, but as you probably guessed, the beer sucks ass.
Points in its favor: 1/3 calories of real beer; (slightly more than) 1/3 the alcohol of real beer, at like 2.5% ABV.* So you can have one or two or three with no real ramifications except a cool drink going down the hatch. Like with a ham sandwich.
And what I really figured out in it's favor: if you're a whiskey man, that is a straight-up bar-drinking whiskey man (as Otto described once memorably about the art of getting plastered), it's the ideal chaser.
*Before Euros get testy, American beer (e.g. Bud) has always had as much alcohol content as any European lager e.g. Heineken/Stella/most pilsners, and a good deal more than most British ales. The ABV vs. ABW thing tends to confuse; 3.2% ABW (under which you're good to sell at gas stations etc. in Utah, Colorado, Minnesota, etc.) = 4.0% ABV. Bud and kin hover around 5.5% ABV; the good German pilsners I love are usually in the high 4s. So the Yank pisswater can't-hold-his-drink thing is probably true, but not because of weak alcohol beer. Weak taste, obviously.
I picked up one of the cheap white spritzers you get in the fridges near some supermarket checkouts. The ingredients are soda water and "White Wine from Italy".
It's not so good.
I prefer a proper Viennese wine for spritzer, to be honest. And it's better at a Heuriger, where you order wine and water separately in bulk and then mix them yourself. Also: food at the Heuriger is often awesome.
Speaking of Austrian booze, I had that Engelszell Gregorius last night. It's brewed (or infused) with honey, so I was worried about it being overly sweet. There is some sweetness, but it's actually pretty well balanced. Could pass for a Belgian dark ale easily. 9.7% ABV.
I don't think I've ever had an Austrian beer under 8%, not that my sample size is very large.
Haven't tried that yet. Of the higher % ones, have you tried the Samichlaus?
Personally, I prefer my beers to have around 5% - with the occasional bock (Andechs is awesome).
Quote from: derspiess on July 10, 2013, 07:24:33 PM
Quote from: Liep on July 09, 2013, 04:03:49 AM
They had a few new Evil Twins on draft down at the local pub. Excellent.
http://eviltwin.dk/beers/
Dang, they make/made a lot of styles. I have not tried any yet. They have the US-made stuff at a couple local places. Might pick some up. What do you recommend?
I wish I could remember the names of two I tasted, but it's not exactly names that makes any sense and it was late. I do remember the styles though: an Imperial Stout and an IPA.
I've only tasted one beer from them that I didn't like and it was called 'Tørst' or something.
Quote from: Syt on July 12, 2013, 12:12:23 PM
Haven't tried that yet. Of the higher % ones, have you tried the Samichlaus?
Personally, I prefer my beers to have around 5% - with the occasional bock (Andechs is awesome).
Yep, I first had Samichlaus back around 1994-ish (damnit I'm old). Love it.
I drink beer mostly for refreshment, so the high-% ones are usually out for me.
I've seen AC/DC beer in cans at the supermarket this morning - it caught my eye because the cans were not the usual 0.5l, but pint sized (0.568l). Some internet research suggests it's brewed by Karlsberg (not Carlsberg), but I have no idea about their quality.
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I also noticed that they have the Danish beer Faxe in the handy 1 liter cans. :lol:
Quote from: Syt on July 13, 2013, 02:56:25 AM
Some internet research suggests it's brewed by Karlsberg (not Carlsberg), but I have no idea about their quality.
I very much doubt it's going to be high.
Yeah, gimmick beers are rarely drinkable. Except the Ottakringer varieties: "16er Blech" in a tin sheet design (16er Blech or 16er Tin is a colloquial term for Ottakringer in the can, because they're in Vienna's 16th district), and Ottarocker for the open air festival season.
Speaking of Faxe (not a particular fan of this rather bland beer): more companies should advertise like this:
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Though I think this would might have sparked controversy in the U.S. among the native American population. :P
Gin and Tonic.... my new favorite drink
Water cut with Ice.
Real men take their water neat.
Never said i was a real man ^_^
Blanche de Chambly-- with a free matching glass.
calvados Domfrontais. LeMorton reserve. If I can't sleep, I'll get blotto.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 17, 2013, 06:03:41 PM
calvados Domfrontais. LeMorton reserve. If I can't sleep, I'll get blotto.
:thumbsup:
I wish I had my old McDonald's glasses from the 70's with me. That would add a touch of class drinking from Grimace.
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 17, 2013, 06:09:22 PM
I wish I had my old McDonald's glasses from the 70's with me. That would add a touch of class drinking from Grimace.
:lol: Grimace wearing a beret.
Quote from: katmai on July 14, 2013, 01:31:27 AM
Never said i was a real man ^_^
And don't we know it.
White Russian
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 17, 2013, 06:09:22 PM
I wish I had my old McDonald's glasses from the 70's with me. That would add a touch of class drinking from Grimace.
PURPLE DRANK
Quote from: derspiess on July 17, 2013, 06:25:14 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on July 17, 2013, 06:09:22 PM
I wish I had my old McDonald's glasses from the 70's with me. That would add a touch of class drinking from Grimace.
PURPLE DRANK
:lol:
I made some Sangria the other night. Used a nice Spanish Red and some Remy. Then added some vodka. ANd a touch of Doctr Mcguillicudy's Vnailla shnappes. Then I had a suck day today
this hsit is strong.
Shitty rum and Coke Zero.
Oh, I had my first bottle of Yuengling last week. Shit was so cash. I would be a very happy man indeed if I lived east of the Mississippi.
Trappistes Rochefort 6. Good hops, a bit yeasty, light finish. Good beer for the summer.
Widmer Alchemy Ale. Possibly the most perfectly balanced pale ale.
Cherry Dr. Pepper.
Apple moonshine. :cool:
The Original Banquet Beer.
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PLZ SEND TWO (2) 22 OZ. BOTTLES KTHNXBYE
To celebrate Christmas in July I'm having some 2012 vintage Great Lake Christmas Ale.
If you know how i can, i will :P
Also comes in can.
9 am, 28°C. Instead of hot coffee for breakfast I revert to Afro Coffee Espresso from the fridge.
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Yes, I've been choosing ice coffee instead as well. My choice, Cocio's Ice Coffee, their commercials are different in style, but utilises familiar gimmicks.
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Quote from: Caliga on July 27, 2013, 07:43:20 PM
Apple moonshine. :cool:
I had a little too much. :blush:
Yesterday, starting at noon and ending around 1:00 AM, I had 12 beers and one cocktail. We ended up in a Mexican karaoke bar dancing.
That's the song George Thorogood *should* have written.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 28, 2013, 03:22:45 PM
That's the song George Thorogood *should* have written.
:D It's a bit of a long title, but otherwise I concur. Also: the original was by Rudy Toombs, 1953. George made it his own, though, I'll give you that - but so did John Lee Hooker 11 years prior.
My buddy and I were the only two white dudes in this bar, btw. Nobody acted weird toward us at all, to their credit, but I still felt like a super-white dork. Oh well. :D
Ensure.
Ensure strawberry flavor. A flavor that Satan apparently pisses in, as it is AWFUL.
Homemade red wine - my boss - on of them actually - makes this; and I'm his official tester. This one is... still too fruity for my taste - but it does the job.
G.
Schlafly X IPA.
This bottle tastes like monkey ass. I think it's contaminated. Sigh.
Quote from: Grallon on July 29, 2013, 08:11:03 PM
Homemade red wine - my boss - on of them actually - makes this; and I'm his official tester. This one is... still too fruity for my taste - but it does the job.
G.
I've gotta say, it's a pretty good gig to be someone's official wine taster. :)
Dale's Pale Ale, poured into my Oskar Blues Brewery glass-- which I just realized is cracked around the rim :(
Quote from: Scipio on July 29, 2013, 08:22:14 PM
Schlafly X IPA.
This bottle tastes like monkey ass. I think it's contaminated. Sigh.
Quality control is the number one thing that young breweries screw up. Hopefully they don't make it a regular thing.
Happy IPA Day!
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/dailydish/la-dd-hop-to-it-thursday-is-ipa-day-20130730,0,2369352.story
Hop Devil IPA.
Next up: Kust naar Kust (Belgianized version of 50 West's Coast to Coast IPA)
Angel's Envy
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I think I may have converted a scotch drinker to bourbon.
Got one of those Magic Bullet blenders and just made pina coladas in it. :cool:
So I finally made it out to Cincinnati's newest brewery last night-- a place called Rhinegeist (it's in Over the Rhine, hence the name). They had an event for an Imperial IPA ("Sabre Tooth Tiger") they were tapping. They had hyped it up over the past few weeks, and made you buy $10 tickets to get in (which got you a beer and a glass to keep, which is a fair price). It lived up to most of the hype. But their regular IPA, which is called "Truth", is much better. They have a nice hoppy wheat beer, a golden ale which is very malty, and a pretty nice English session-type ale.
They're located in what was once the Christian Moerlein bottling facility, which is a fantastic atmosphere. Their logo & branding are excellent IMO. Check out the tap handles:
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The half-growler looks like some old-style medicine bottle with their logo:
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Gin (New Amsterdam) & tonic.
I had a daiquiri. It was the kind Hemingway had in Cuba. The kind with lime and rum and sugar. It was good, but I didn't want another.
Lilja's Pulling Boat Pale Ale. Brewed in Wisconsin & has some sort of Norwegian connection. Funky aftertaste but pretty tasty.
Quote from: Caliga on August 04, 2013, 01:31:43 PM
Got one of those Magic Bullet blenders and just made pina coladas in it. :cool:
Pina coladas again. :cool:
I got a couple of six packs of Goose Island 312 and Honker's Ale. The 312 is what I drink at the bar I hit up on Fridays for Jeep weirdo happy hour, but the Honker's Ale is something I'd never had until tonight. Like em both.
Had a Snow Cone yesterday. Girly, but damn, there's a bunch of liquor in that sucker. Pucker, rum, vodka, blue Curaçao...
Also, I love that Dave & Buster's mixes their drinks strong, as opposed to shit chains like Applebee's, where the stuff's so watered down that I'd have to drink a pitcher before getting tipsy. :angry:
Saw a pile of these on crazy-sale in the supermarket, and we had to have them. It was glorious.
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We?
Tasted a bunch of stuff I couldn't normally afford to buy: an Hermitage from Chapoutier, a Meursault Charmes premier cru, a Giacosa Barberesco, a Barolo from Aldo Conterno, Pontet Canet 2009 (highly rated but plainly not ready to drink), also a Ramey Chardonnary which is in my price range but not really my bag. Also tried part of the Heidsieck range; actually preferred the non-vintage Charles Heidsieck to the super-duper $175 tete de cuvee so I picked up a bottle of the NV. BTW garbon, that's champagne.
Also bought 6 bottles of Chateau d'Aulee Cremant de Loire. That's sparkling Chenin Blanc (+20% Chard). Not champagne.
Doesn't sound like champagne.
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Quote from: Scipio on July 29, 2013, 08:22:14 PM
Schlafly X IPA.
This bottle tastes like monkey ass. I think it's contaminated. Sigh.
Hopefully it was just your bottle. I didn't try any when I was at their taproom in St. Louis (so much to choose from), but I had heard good things about it so I brought a growler full of it back from their taproom. Gonna bring it in tonight to serve as a "guest beer" at a local brewery here.
Schlafly's cask-conditioned India Brown Ale was outstanding. Also liked their Oud Bruin and Bourbon Barrel Ale.
Also visited Alpha Brewing while I was in St. Louis and did a flight of all 10 beers they had on draft. They put some funky herbs & flavorings in their beer, which sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. They had session ale flavored with mint leaves that was refreshing but not something I'd want more than a pint of. I also had a nice sour ale flavored with Tamarind, which I didn't even know existed prior to reading the menu. And their Imperial "Storter" (damn I hate that name) was decent. Not a beer there above 40 IBU and most are within the 10-15 range, so not a place for hopheads. But some worthwhile beers, for sure.
Accidentally opened a Breckenridge Amber Ale from a sampler 12-pack :yuk: I like a nice malty amber ale from time to time, but this was so vegetal it tasted like cooked carrots.
Cleansing my palette with a Breckenridge Lucky U IPA. Much better.
Thinking about stopping by Three Floyds on my way up to Chicago Saturday.
What is a guest beer?
Quote from: citizen k on September 06, 2013, 06:44:50 PM
Quote from: garbon on September 06, 2013, 06:25:23 PM
What is a guest beer?
BYOB?
Correct, in the sense I used the term. Traditionally it means when a brewery serves a beer from a different brewery on one or more of its taps. You have to pay a special tax to have that privilege, so some breweries pay to do so and some don't. My neighborhood place doesn't, so we regulars sometimes sneak in outside beers to share after the non-regulars and management have left. This is usually after the official closing time.
Oh I see. Interesting.
Quote from: garbon on September 06, 2013, 09:03:24 PM
Oh I see. Interesting.
They make good beer there, but they've been struggling so much just to keep up with demand that they've had to suspend their limited 'Snapshot' series, so it's usually their 7 year-round beers plus one seasonal. Again, they make awesome beer & all, but sometimes we want to share something we've discovered. Our favorite bartender is always more than happy to oblige.
Yeah I just didn't know that was an option anywhere.
Drinking a beer called Chickow! from a local brewery called Triple Digit. Bottle conditioned 'Hazelnut Double Brown Ale', 10% ABV. A bit on the sweet side, somewhat winey, overall a solid, sippable brew.
Rogue Dead Guy Ale.
Nice thats one of my favorites.
Apple juice box
Southern Tier Warlock Imperial Pumpkin Stout. Pumpkin ales are better than what they used to be-- more pumpking pie-like. But it just makes me wish Thanksgiving would hurry up & get here.
Ensure. The wife keeps buying Strawberry. :yuk: :yuk: :yuk: :yuk: :yuk: :yucky: :yucky: :yucky:
Drink it anyway :contract:
There are starving elderly people in Asia who would love to have your Strawberry Ensure.
:lol:
It got drunk.
Cocoa, before I go to bed. :we need a burning the candle at both ends smilie:
Molson Export. Labatt 50. :Canuck:
Green Flash West Coast IPA.
Taking dreadful fitness slogans and applying to drinking.
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Around this time Friday I'll be drinking Paulaner Oktoberfest at the...
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Will the waitresses be wearing the Kraut tit dresses?
Wasser. What great stuff.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 16, 2013, 03:20:17 PM
Will the waitresses be wearing the Kraut tit dresses?
Shit, yeah. And several of the other guests will as well. I didn't pay for VIP tent tickets for nothin' :contract:
Quote from: derspiess on September 16, 2013, 03:29:06 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 16, 2013, 03:20:17 PM
Will the waitresses be wearing the Kraut tit dresses?
Shit, yeah. And several of the other guests will as well.
:blush:
Quote from: derspiess on September 16, 2013, 03:29:06 PM
Shit, yeah. And several of the other guests will as well. I didn't pay for VIP tent tickets for nothin' :contract:
:ccr:
If you post a pic of some nice sets I promise not to punch you in your package.
Quote from: garbon on September 16, 2013, 02:26:27 PM
Taking dreadful fitness slogans and applying to drinking.
You need to stop reading Buzzfeed.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 16, 2013, 03:33:57 PM
Quote from: derspiess on September 16, 2013, 03:29:06 PM
Shit, yeah. And several of the other guests will as well. I didn't pay for VIP tent tickets for nothin' :contract:
:ccr:
If you post a pic of some nice sets I promise not to punch you in your package.
Okay. The pretzel girls are usually your type-- petite.
Had some Buffalo Trace bourbon the other day at a party. Very smooth, quite vanilla-y I thought. How representative is that of bourbon in general?
Seltzer. :Joos
Diet Moxie. :homestar: :yankee:
More seltzer. :thumbsup:
Moxie :yuk:
Quote from: Jacob on September 16, 2013, 03:50:38 PM
Had some Buffalo Trace bourbon the other day at a party. Very smooth, quite vanilla-y I thought. How representative is that of bourbon in general?
I actually don't think I've ever tried Buffalo Trace (not one of the bourbons I can get for free, unfortunately). If you're asking if vanilla notes are common in bourbon then I would say yes. If you're asking about smoothness then the answer to that depends entirely on the quality of the product. Crappy bourbons are extremely rough. For example, I tried Four Roses Yellow Label for the first time this weekend. :x
Roughness is part of the appeal of bourbon for me.
Quote from: Jacob on September 16, 2013, 03:50:38 PM
Had some Buffalo Trace bourbon the other day at a party. Very smooth, quite vanilla-y I thought. How representative is that of bourbon in general?
I'm sure Cal will have a more detailed(/Jim Beam-sponsored) answer, but Buffalo Trace is high-end. Some of the high-end ones are "spicier" or "hotter" than others. Most of the bourbon market is still the cheaper ones, where the proof is the main consistent taste variable, in my experience.
EDIT: Too slow. I had a fifth of Four Roses a while back, didn't mind it a bit. But that would probably not be a good follow-up to Buffalo Trace.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on September 16, 2013, 03:57:39 PM
I'm sure Cal will have a more detailed(/Jim Beam-sponsored) answer
:rolleyes:
So anyway Jacob, have you ever tried Knob Creek? :)
Quote from: Caliga on September 16, 2013, 04:01:26 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 16, 2013, 03:56:04 PM
Roughness is part of the appeal of bourbon for me.
:hmm:
If I want smooth I drink blended Scotch. If I want sweet I drink Irish. If I want to feel like a murderous cowboy outlaw, I drink bourbon.
Ok. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on September 16, 2013, 04:00:46 PMSo anyway Jacob, have you ever tried Knob Creek? :)
Nope. Buffalo Trace is the first bourbon I've had... unless Johnnie Walker Blue Label is bourbon, but I'm pretty sure it's not?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 16, 2013, 04:03:38 PMIf I want smooth I drink blended Scotch. If I want sweet I drink Irish. If I want to feel like a murderous cowboy outlaw, I drink bourbon.
When (if ever) do you drink single malt?
Quote from: Jacob on September 16, 2013, 03:50:38 PM
Had some Buffalo Trace bourbon the other day at a party. Very smooth, quite vanilla-y I thought. How representative is that of bourbon in general?
Buffalo Trace is my favorite bourbon (Knob Creek is a close second). I'd say Buffalo Trace is probably the more vanilla-y bourbons-- but other than that I'd say it's pretty representative of top shelf small batch bourbons. Glad to see they've expanded distribution. When I spoke to their CEO 4 or so years ago they hadn't yet been able to distribute west of the Mississippi.
Quote from: Jacob on September 16, 2013, 04:10:13 PM
Nope. Buffalo Trace is the first bourbon I've had... unless Johnnie Walker Blue Label is bourbon, but I'm pretty sure it's not?
Nope, it's Scotch.
Quote from: Jacob on September 16, 2013, 04:10:37 PM
When (if ever) do you drink single malt?
I drank single malt for a stretch after college as a snotty affectation.
Quote from: derspiess on September 16, 2013, 04:11:46 PM
Buffalo Trace is my favorite bourbon (Knob Creek is a close second). I'd say Buffalo Trace is probably the more vanilla-y bourbons-- but other than that I'd say it's pretty representative of top shelf small batch bourbons. Glad to see they've expanded distribution. When I spoke to their CEO 4 or so years ago they hadn't yet been able to distribute west of the Mississippi.
Buffalo Trace has a CEO? I thought they were owned by Sazerac? Do you maybe mean you talked to their Master Distiller? :hmm:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 16, 2013, 04:03:38 PM
Quote from: Caliga on September 16, 2013, 04:01:26 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 16, 2013, 03:56:04 PM
Roughness is part of the appeal of bourbon for me.
:hmm:
If I want smooth I drink blended Scotch. If I want sweet I drink Irish. If I want to feel like a murderous cowboy outlaw, I drink bourbon.
Single malt and small batch bourbon are the only types of whiskey I drink these days. And mostly bourbon.
Jake, I also highly recommend Woodford Reserve, and that one isn't owned by Beam so I have no reason to push it other than the fact that I think it's an outstanding bourbon.
Quote from: Caliga on September 16, 2013, 04:13:21 PM
Buffalo Trace has a CEO? I thought they were owned by Sazerac? Do you maybe mean you talked to their Master Distiller? :hmm:
Yes, and he's a Brit. See under bios: http://www.buffalotracemediakit.com/history.html
Quote from: derspiess on September 16, 2013, 04:11:46 PMBuffalo Trace is my favorite bourbon (Knob Creek is a close second). I'd say Buffalo Trace is probably the more vanilla-y bourbons-- but other than that I'd say it's pretty representative of top shelf small batch bourbons. Glad to see they've expanded distribution. When I spoke to their CEO 4 or so years ago they hadn't yet been able to distribute west of the Mississippi.
I'm not sure if this is a sign of better distribution as I had it at a friend's house, and she'd gotten it as a gift from some Americans of unknown (to me) provenance, so they might have purchased it East of the Mississippi.
In any case, Buffalo Trace put American small batch bourbon has my respect :cheers:
I'll try some Knob Creek on your and Caliga's recommendation should the opportunity present itself.
Knob Creek also gets my vote for coolest liquor bottle ever.
Quote from: derspiess on September 16, 2013, 04:17:10 PM
Knob Creek also gets my vote for coolest liquor bottle ever.
Cooler than the vodka that comes in a "crystal" skull bottle?
Quote from: Caliga on September 16, 2013, 04:07:56 PM
Ok. :cool:
And if I want to feel like a Transam driving Mullet head I drink Jack. :P
Quote from: derspiess on September 16, 2013, 04:16:01 PM
Yes, and he's a Brit. See under bios: http://www.buffalotracemediakit.com/history.html
Huh. I could swear Sazerac owns BT. Then again that doesn't mean they can't appoint a CEO to a subsidiary division.
FUN FACT: BT makes another high-end brand called William Larue Weller. William Larue Weller was Princesca's great-great-uncle. :bowler:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 16, 2013, 04:18:29 PM
And if I want to feel like a Transam driving Mullet head I drink Jack. :P
I drink Jack because it's delicious. :cool: If Princesca ever switched to working for Brown-Forman I'd start getting JD for free. :showoff:
I drank a Manhattan made with rye (CC) when I was in Montreal. Asked for rye to show support for our neighbors to the north.
BTW, if anyone ever feels like getting pulverized, but in a relatively elegant manner, Manhattans are a good way to go. You will definitely feel it in the morning though.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 16, 2013, 04:28:14 PM
I drank a Manhattan made with rye (CC) when I was in Montreal. Asked for rye to show support for our neighbors to the north.
Isn't that how they're usually made? :huh:
Quote from: Barrister on September 16, 2013, 04:39:21 PM
Isn't that how they're usually made? :huh:
My understanding is the original recipe called for rye, as it was a Prohibition drink. Most American bars in my experience will make it with bourbon.
Correct.
Arctic Panzer Wolf by Three Floyds. Doesn't hit you as hard as their other Imperial IPA, Dreadnaught, but it doesn't lack for taste. Picked it up right there at Three Floyds a little over a week ago.
Now if I could get my hands on some of that elusive Three Floyds Zombie Dust...
Weihenstephaner original. I have the day off tomorrow, so I'm thinking about switching to the booze. The Laphroaig is calling to me.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on September 17, 2013, 10:11:13 PM
Weihenstephaner original. I have the day off tomorrow, so I'm thinking about switching to the booze. The Laphroaig is calling to me.
First time I ever had Laphroaig it tasted like rubber. But then it grew on me :)
Quote from: derspiess on September 17, 2013, 10:25:58 PM
First time I ever had Laphroaig it tasted like rubber. But then it grew on me :)
Seawater and smoke. Love the stuff. :)
These next couple days are going to be so long. Ueberdrome/Zinzinnati Oktoberfest this Friday. Kasseler Rippchen, Pork Demi Spaetzle, pretzels, Hudepohl bierwurst & strudel all washed down with Paulaner Oktoberfest Wiesn. And maybe some Christian Moerlein Oktoberfest or Salvator.
We've already arranged for our cab ride home :)
Don't forget my tit dresses.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 17, 2013, 11:00:56 PM
Don't forget my tit dresses.
On it. Do you want me to skip the plus-sized gals (the dirndl can be flattering to them), or include everything?
Quote from: derspiess on September 17, 2013, 11:10:17 PM
On it. Do you want me to skip the plus-sized gals (the dirndl can be flattering to them), or include everything?
No bellies please.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 17, 2013, 11:12:12 PM
Quote from: derspiess on September 17, 2013, 11:10:17 PM
On it. Do you want me to skip the plus-sized gals (the dirndl can be flattering to them), or include everything?
No bellies please.
Silly Yi. The dirndl dresses show no bellies. And they hide large asses. Which is why I said they're flattering to large women.
Quote from: derspiess on September 17, 2013, 11:19:59 PM
Silly Yi. The dirndl dresses show no bellies. And they hide large asses. Which is why I said they're flattering to large women.
OK. Give me the works.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on September 17, 2013, 11:21:03 PM
Quote from: derspiess on September 17, 2013, 11:19:59 PM
Silly Yi. The dirndl dresses show no bellies. And they hide large asses. Which is why I said they're flattering to large women.
OK. Give me the works.
You got it.
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on September 17, 2013, 10:32:02 PM
Quote from: derspiess on September 17, 2013, 10:25:58 PM
First time I ever had Laphroaig it tasted like rubber. But then it grew on me :)
Seawater and smoke. Love the stuff. :)
Thank you for your support. :cool:
I finally found some dry sherry down here, but apparently that doesn't mean the same as fino, and it turned out to be as sweet as maple syrup. :yucky:
I used it to deglaze the pan I had fried shrimp and garlic in it. It made a decent sauce. :bowler:
I'm drinking: filtered water. Giving the ol' liver a break in preparation for Oktoberfest. Less than 2 days away!
Oh, also:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/09/17/223345977/auto-brewery-syndrome-apparently-you-can-make-beer-in-your-gut
:huh:
Deschutes Brewery's Jubelale, one of my favorite Winter Ales.
Had Pepe Nero and Pere Jacque 2013. Great stuff.
Also, Ransom Old Tom gin with Fee Brother's Orange Bitters is great.
Quick Oktoberfest weekend AAR:
Friday: Ueberdrome was fun, but seemed to be about half the crowd we had last year. Rained the entire time from about 7:00pm, which put a damper on the crowd and some of the events for the night. I think I got a pic or two for Yi, but they may be a little blurry. Food was as awesome as last year's, beer was as well, but unless they drop the VIP ticket back down to 2012 price for next year or add something, I may not buy one.
Saturday: Took a two & a half hour tour given by the Over the Rhine Brewery District organization. Got to tour three old abandoned breweries, including Jackson Brewery which dates back to 1852. Went into the old lagering cellars for a couple locations, one of which was just recently re-discovered and unsealed. Then we headed over to Rhinegeist to try their "Oktoberfest ale", which was a good effort but an average ale at best and nothing like an Oktoberfest maerzen lager.
Sunday: After the Bengals-Packers game we headed over to the main Oktoberfest downtown and I was reminded why I usually avoid it. Too many people, not enough atmosphere. So we headed over to the Ueberdrome to wrap up the weekend.
Probably had my fill of Oktoberfest/maerzen style beer for a while, though I didn't drink too heavily at any point. And in this area there will be several local Oktoberfest celebrations each weekend through October, some of which are much nicer than the mega-Oktoberfest downtown.
I haven't been up to Cincinnati in a while. I miss the Hofbrauhaus. :(
OTOH we found an awesome German restaurant down here (Der Gasthaus) that actually is run by real Germans and has great food. :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on September 24, 2013, 10:15:43 AM
I haven't been up to Cincinnati in a while. I miss the Hofbrauhaus. :(
OTOH we found an awesome German restaurant down here (Der Gasthaus) that actually is run by real Germans and has great food. :hmm:
Get up here. There are several new places you need to see. And many of them serve goetta in various forms.
Quote from: derspiess on September 24, 2013, 10:24:48 AM
Get up here. There are several new places you need to see. And many of them serve goetta in various forms.
Like what, and where are they? I prefer to not cross the Ohio into Yankee territory. :)
Quote from: Caliga on September 24, 2013, 10:27:08 AM
Quote from: derspiess on September 24, 2013, 10:24:48 AM
Get up here. There are several new places you need to see. And many of them serve goetta in various forms.
Like what, and where are they? I prefer to not cross the Ohio into Yankee territory. :)
If you can make it up here, give me enough advance notice & I'll show you guys around. For a while, the only places worth visiting were in Newport, KY but Cincy got off its ass and built some nice places to eat/drink.
Moerlein Lager House, just across the river in Cincy. Large-ish restaurant with brewery on premises: http://www.moerleinlagerhouse.com/
We also just recently got a Yard House near the Lager House.
Rhinegeist, a new brewery located in Over the Rhine in the former Christian Moerlein bottling building. Really cool place, in spite of the hipsters: http://rhinegeist.com/
Several nice little food/beer joints in Over the Rhine as well. They're re-developing that district at a rapid pace now & it's looking pretty nice. And I feel safe enough to take my family there during daytime hours. If you're unfamiliar with OTR: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-Rhine
The oldest continually operating saloon in Cincy, Arnold's: http://www.arnoldsbarandgrill.com/
Outside of downtown, there are four new breweries I'd recommend:
http://listermannbrewing.com/ - not much on atmosphere but they have some good & interesting beers, including a peanut butter porter and a smoked bock.
http://www.madtreebrewing.com/ - they make several good beers, but my favorites are their IPA & barrel-aged imperial stout. They don't serve food, but usually have a good food truck parked in the lot.
http://fiftywestbrew.com/ - cool, retro place that makes great beer but can't decide on what their year-round beers are. They are located in an old building that was once a speakeasy/liquor smuggling operation and at a different time, a brothel. Their food is not that great, so I stick to the free pretzels & snack mix.
http://mtcarmelbrewingcompany.com/ - my favorite place. Don't judge them by their horrible website. They are located in an old farmhouse & have an excellent atmosphere plus some great year-round beers. It's my regular Friday evening hangout. They don't serve food but you can bring your own or order carryout delivered there.
Three Floyds Robert the Bruce, one of the few Scottish-type ales I like.
Next up, the highly coveted Zombie Dust by Three Floyds. People go frickin' mental for that stuff around here, partly because it's so hard to get.
Slug from a bottle of Stoli, because I've got a headache and can't get to sleep.
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2009/06/13/scripts/cincy.shtml
Don't think I can post the link to the audio, but it's available in the link above.
Garrison Keillor masterfully encapsulates Cincinnati's brewing heritage-- and it's pork-eating heritage.
QuoteCincinnati poem
Saturday, June 13, 2009
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We're in Cincinnati and it's good to be here
In a city of pork and a city of beer.
Old beer signs everywhere you walk:
"Good Old" Brucks, Brenner's XL Pilsener, John Hauck
Barbarossa, King Gambrinus, or Crown.
You eat you some Pork hocks with leeks and garlic cloves, you need beer to wash it down.
Similarly, to go along with a pint of beer, you need more than a pretzel
You need Pork Meatloaf with brown gravy and spaetzle.
A big pork sandwich and something to drink,
Geisbauer, Bierbrauer, Linck.
Nothing chintzy
Here in Cincy.
Like it or not, Cincinnati was not vegetarian.
It went for pork shanks with bread dumplings and a pitcher of Bavarian.
No lemonade, no cranberry juice, no apple cider,
But a big mug of Weber's, Lackman, Jackson, Mohawk, Gerke, Burger, or Foss-Schneider.
And all of the pig was used, even the snout
To make Bierwurst, Mettwurst, Bratwurst, piled high with sauerkraut.
Beers with distinguished names like Butcher & Weidmann and Windisch-Muhlhauser
To give a sense of dignity to the drunken carouser
City of suds and city of swine,
Some greasy goetta sausage and a glass of Christian Moerlein,
Or Little Kings cream ale
Beer by the bottle, the barrel, the hogshead, and the pail,
Golden brown glasses of beer with nice big heads
And Hudepohl-Schoenling, Cincinnati's finest, hu-dey "Hu dey think gonna beat them Reds"
It was the national capital of beer.
In 1890, they produced a million barrels a year.
Old breweries along McMicken Avenue on the hill north of Liberty Street,
Making beer out of water, yeast, sugar, plenty of hops, and wheat.
Oh in Cincinnati there was lots to do:
You had a Hudy and a Pork cordon bleu.
Cincinnati was a regular culinary riot.
How sad to be on a diet.
What a terrible loss.
To miss out on the roast pork loin with beer sauce.
And it is politically incorrect
And you may object
To my saying so, but I suspect
Something joyful and boisterous and profane
Was lost when we decided to abstain.
A man sitting down to pork braised, roasted, fried, boiled, battered, with a glass upraised,
A man who is a little fried himself and his eyes are glazed.
That may have been the night he became your daddy
Here in Cincinnati.
"Military Special" vodka and diet grape soda.
Time to drunkenness....under 5 minutes.
Quote from: Tonitrus on September 27, 2013, 08:10:01 PM
"Military Special" vodka and diet grape soda.
Time to drunkenness....under 5 minutes.
:thumbsup:
:( There should at least be a certain process to getting drunk.
I just had a Gumballhead wheat beer. Now having a Pride & Joy session ale. Yes, I'm on a Three Floyds kick. A
A glass of my ersatz tinto de verano: a deceent measure of cheap red wine in a tall glass with a few ice cubes, a splash of 7-Up, and filled with seltzer.
Quote from: Tonitrus on September 27, 2013, 08:10:01 PM
"Military Special" vodka and diet grape soda.
Time to drunkenness....under 5 minutes.
Guess I'm not the only guy around here going on a bender.
Coffee.
A few shots from the OTR Brewery District tour a week & a half ago:
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Clyffside Brewery, which went through several owners before, during (they made illegal beer until 1925) and after Prohibition. Note the brewer's star at the top, which is not the Star of David. They're supposed to do some renovation on this building but it hasn't really started yet.
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Jackson Brewery, which was the oldest brewery in town that lasted more than a decade. It's undergoing a lot of work right now and the developers plan to segment it into a restaurant, brewery, and theater. Needs quite a bit more work before it's ready for any of that.
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Lager cellar/tunnel under the Jackson brewery. It's three stories underground and was only recently unsealed. Very extensive, and it was all dug out by hand in the mid-1800s.
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Hudepohl lager cellar. Most of the brewery over top was demolished, and they were going to build a parking garage or something on the lot before they discovered the tunnels underneath and had second thoughts. This one was partly flooded from the storm that came in the previous day.
At its height, the Over the Rhine district had as many as 18 operational breweries. For a while it was down to zero, but we now have three and hopefully counting.
Most of the old buildings are still standing, and the trend has thankfully moved from demolishing them toward renovation.
Where are my fucking tit dresses, Welchy McWelshman? :mad:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 01, 2013, 04:32:08 PM
Where are my fucking tit dresses, Welchy McWelshman? :mad:
WORKING ON IT
Having an Augustinerbraeu Muenchen Maximator doppelbock. Love the old school label & foil top. Also love the fact that it's imported by some outfit in King of Prussia, PA. Oh, and the beer is pretty good, too.
Nothing, october is my yearly dry month.
Ozzy was right. Wine is fine, but whiskey's quicker.
Drinking water. I feel so drained after giving blood that I bet a single session ale would get me loopy.
Bleh. I'm not a fan of smoked beer to begin with. But when I buy a pricey German maerzen without reading the label very closely and smoke assaults my palate-- nasty, and disappointing. I'm sure there's some nice, subtle flavors in there that are rendered invisible by the strong smoke smell. I like many beer styles, but smoked beer/rauchbier is definitely not one of them.
Cleansing the palate with a Dogfish Head Burton Baton oak-aged Imperial IPA.
STILL WORKING ON IT SPEESH?????
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 09, 2013, 08:15:05 PM
STILL WORKING ON IT SPEESH?????
Yes. Just a couple more local Oktoberfests to go. And if I have to, I'll swing by the Hofbrauhaus in Newport and snap some perv photos of the pretzel girls for you.
The first Oktoberfest was disappointing in the pressed-juggs department. It rained like crazy that night, which kept a lot of people away.
You have to.
Chimay Peres Trappistes Grande Reserve 2012. Was gonna cellar it, but it's perfect now.
And Yi, I've got one more Oktoberfest to go-- keep your fingers crossed. This one's probably going to be mostly beer geeks like me, but hope springs eternal.
Chinon tonight.
Brew Free or Die IPA and some Theraflu.
Quote from: fhdz on October 15, 2013, 10:32:05 PM
Brew Free or Die IPA and some Theraflu.
Some nice hops in that beer.
I'm toasting the Cardinals victory with a bottle of Zombie Dust from Three Floyds. First time I had that beer, I didn't think it lived up to the hype. Having had a few now, I have to say the hop blend is pretty damned awesome.
On a totally unrelated note, Cincinnati took the Gold and Silver at the Great American Beer Festival for the double bock category: Samuel Adams and Christian Moerlein (first GABF medal!) for their Emancipator. Ohio breweries took 10 medals overall, which ties a record.
Quote from: derspiess on October 15, 2013, 10:48:16 PM
Quote from: fhdz on October 15, 2013, 10:32:05 PM
Brew Free or Die IPA and some Theraflu.
Some nice hops in that beer.
I love pretty much everything 21st Amendment does.
I think I'm going to give up beer for cocktails and wine.
Basil Hayden, straight. :cool:
This reminds me: through Princesca I exchanged geneaology notes with one of the guys she works with who is descended from Jim Beam (alot of family members are still in the business), and it turns out she's related to Jim Beam. :showoff: Jim Beam was her great great great great great aunt's great nephew. Since he was of Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry, I checked my ancestry and I appear to be related also, but much more distantly to the point that it's pretty insignificant: 8th great grandmother's husband's second wife's fourth cousin.
Cal married his cousin.
Quote from: PDH on October 25, 2013, 08:56:08 PM
Cal married his cousin.
:D
The closest relationship I've found between us is this: Princesca had a g-g-g-g-g-g-grandfather named Needham Dees who was a North Carolina planter. Apparently he may have also been my 7th cousin 8 times removed, though the links there are very tenuous.
I'm pretty sure we've got to be more closely related than that, though. We both have Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry and at one time she had ancestors living in York County, Pennsylvania at the same time that I had ancestors living within a few miles of hers.
Another fun fact: I was working on one of my maternal lines recently and I found that I appear to be a direct descendant of Sir Francis Windebank (12th great grandfather), who was Charles I's Secretary of State. :cool:
Where are you working on all these from?
Quote from: garbon on October 25, 2013, 09:20:02 PM
Where are you working on all these from?
Various online sources. I've been working on my genealogy for like 15 years.
Yet still not a Kentucky Colonel.
Quote from: Ed Anger on October 25, 2013, 09:30:36 PM
Yet still not a Kentucky Colonel.
...and you can help change that, my good man!
I don't see what is in it for me.
Ten Cal Approval Points.
Jesse James is my great great uncle. Can I have some free booze? :P
Quote from: Caliga on October 25, 2013, 09:07:52 PM
I'm pretty sure we've got to be more closely related than that, though. We both have Pennsylvania Dutch ancestry and at one time she had ancestors living in York County, Pennsylvania at the same time that I had ancestors living within a few miles of hers.
:blink: Impressive.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on October 26, 2013, 01:46:47 AM
Jesse James is my great great uncle. Can I have some free booze? :P
Ok, come on over. I've got tons of booze. :)
Hey Cal, current Atlantic has a moderately lengthy article on the barrel revolution in bourbon making. Might be worth your while to check it out.
I think you might have mentioned it before, but I didn't know before reading the article that the law requires that all bourbon be aged in *new* oak barrels. Use them once, then ship them off to scotch makers.
Quote from: Caliga on October 25, 2013, 09:12:10 PM
Another fun fact: I was working on one of my maternal lines recently and I found that I appear to be a direct descendant of Sir Francis Windebank (12th great grandfather), who was Charles I's Secretary of State. :cool:
What about the other 16,383? :P
I did my genealogy and found I'm descended from Adam & Eve. :o
Quote from: Peter Wiggin on October 27, 2013, 07:46:38 PM
I did my genealogy and found I'm descended from Adam & Eve. :o
I did mine, and found out my paternal grandfather would polish off a fifth of gin over the course of a night, alone, listening to classical music, when he was stressed out.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on October 27, 2013, 07:23:32 PM
Hey Cal, current Atlantic has a moderately lengthy article on the barrel revolution in bourbon making. Might be worth your while to check it out.
I think you might have mentioned it before, but I didn't know before reading the article that the law requires that all bourbon be aged in *new* oak barrels. Use them once, then ship them off to scotch makers.
Well, sort of. The barrels are newly-manufactured, but then they char them prior to actually putting the white dog into them. So technically they are new, but burned. :)
Also the used barrels could go for multiple secondary uses depending on the market for them. Sometimes they go to Scotland, sometimes they go to breweries (which themselves can only use a used bourbon barrel once IIRC). And if the market is shitty enough, sometimes they get sliced in half and sold to Home Depot as planters.
Jim Beam sells barrels to the general public a couple of times a year. Princesca's aunt (who lives on the knob above the distillery) does in fact use spent bourbon barrels as planters. :yes:
Beam also ships some of their spent barrels to Spain to be used in the aging of sherry. Beam owns Havey's Bristol Cream so they may use their own barrels for that, but I'm not sure.
Quick double or triple of vanilla Stolichnaya and diet soda. My jaw is killing me. Or was. Tough actin' Tenactin!
Might've been a triple. Or just a tumbler half full of vodka. Didn't exactly measure anything.
Several beers. A number of Fireball-related shots. A number of gin & tonics after.
Lordy.
Coffee.
Later, I will be drinking beer, and some of it very bad, all day. It's the 4th Annual Outlaw Homebrew Competition.
Old Fashioned with Basil Hayden. :cool:
Had three different winter/Christmas beers from last year. All three aged well.
Having some of the Sam Adams winter or Christmas wheat beer. I don't have the bottle here with me. Whatever it's called, I think I like it.
I think it's just called Sam Adams Winter Lager. It's a solid winter beer, if a bit light on the alcohol. I generally prefer the ones you can keep or age for a while.
I had to go get another one just now, so I took the opportunity to actually look at what I'm drinking. "White Christmas" Limited release ale brewed with spices blahblahblah.
Here it is: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/35/86393
Oh, cool-- they're making that again.
I like the change from "standard" winter beers.
Pouring myself a couple of glasses of Black and Tan Half and Half, with the Magic Hat stout as one half. I haven't liked any Magic Hat beer I can remember trying, but this was the only stout in the supermarket that wasn't imported, and it's pretty good. :bowler: "English"-style, as opposed to the Guinness-type...
Now I'm having a glass of my tinto de verano (en otoño, verdad.) :) Which everyone insists on calling a "wine cooler." :rolleyes:
Bring back Zima.
Quote from: Ed Anger on November 13, 2013, 08:45:17 PM
Bring back Zima.
:lol:
When I was in college Zima was still in limited release. My roommate found a DIY recipe for Zima on Usenet called Zewma; which was equal parts Mountain Dew and Coors. We got a 40 of Coors and a 2 liter of Mountain Dew and tried it. It wasn't as vile as it sounds. It didn't taste like Zima, it tasted like Mountain Dew and Coors together at the same time as two distinct tastes; similar to the way oil and vinegar interact.
A cheap-ass Malbec. Definitely doing the trick. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on November 13, 2013, 07:57:18 PM
Pouring myself a couple of glasses of Black and Tan Half and Half, with the Magic Hat stout as one half. I haven't liked any Magic Hat beer I can remember trying, but this was the only stout in the supermarket that wasn't imported, and it's pretty good. :bowler: "English"-style, as opposed to the Guinness-type...
I always wanted to like Magic Hat but never had anything I particularly liked. I worked with a guy who had been in their senior management (and I believe went back) who always evangelized their stuff. But when their distribution made it to Ohio I was less than impressed with it. I'm guessing they were originally pretty decent but expanded production at the expense of quality.
Last night I had the seasons first Frambozen from New Belgium. Always limited release, always good.
Coffee. Mostly decaf (3/4 of the cup) and only one cup these days. Sigh.
Quote from: PDH on November 14, 2013, 11:06:41 AM
Last night I had the seasons first Frambozen from New Belgium. Always limited release, always good.
Nice. It's officially less than a month before New Belgium is available in Ohio. We're the only "new" state that doesn't have to wait until their new facility in NC starts up production :)
It is only 60 miles to the New Belgium Brewery. Of course, it is in the heart of evil, Fort Collins, Colorado (home of the worst university in the world, Colorado State University). Still, they can be forgiven that because they make good stuff.
Screen in elevator this morning told me that while many people have drinks on friday as a way to end the week, it is also great the start the week with a monday night happy hour. wtf?
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on November 14, 2013, 11:34:40 AM
Coffee. Mostly decaf (3/4 of the cup) and only one cup these days. Sigh.
It's what I've had to resort to as well.
Though I can at least take a second cup in the afternoon.
:(
Admiral Someone rum and ginger ale. Lots of the rum and rather less of the ale.
Admiral Nelson?
Thasit
Quote from: derspiess on November 14, 2013, 10:40:51 AM
I always wanted to like Magic Hat but never had anything I particularly liked. I worked with a guy who had been in their senior management (and I believe went back) who always evangelized their stuff. But when their distribution made it to Ohio I was less than impressed with it. I'm guessing they were originally pretty decent but expanded production at the expense of quality.
Every Magic Hat variety I've tried tasted like it had perfume in it. :hmm:
Long Island Iced Tea. I realized that after my recent stock-up, I have all of the ingredients. :blush:
Tequila, lime, and club soda.
Quote from: fhdz on December 05, 2013, 09:11:24 PM
Tequila, lime, and club soda.
In that order? :unsure:
I was given a bottle of Lander Brewing Co's Big Bad Brett. I will report on it later.
Las Rocas 2009 Garnacha, purchased from the brand new, downtown Hattiesburg wine and liquor store.
I hope these kids make it.
Based on their selection, they need some help. But this is a suitable bottle of Garnacha for 12.99.
Mike's Hard Party Kit. All of it.
Quote from: Barrister on November 18, 2013, 11:00:49 AM
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on November 14, 2013, 11:34:40 AM
Coffee. Mostly decaf (3/4 of the cup) and only one cup these days. Sigh.
It's what I've had to resort to as well.
Though I can at least take a second cup in the afternoon.
:(
Why are you guys off the caffeine?
I'm drinking glögg, with pepparkakor and a lussekatt. :mmm:
Quote from: The Brain on December 07, 2013, 05:35:16 PM
glögg
Furniture.
Quotepepparkakor
Death Metal.
Quotelussekatt
Death Metal.
Close. :)
Skovlyst Julebryg, a dark golden christmas ale. I can't really taste the pinewood or cinnamon it advertises, but then again I'm a little sick. It does have a nice hoppy finish though.
Bristow Gin
Speesh: you have dark hair, you sing in harmony, and your last name is Jones. :ph34r:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 08, 2013, 10:24:14 PM
Speesh: you have dark hair, you sing in harmony, and your last name is Jones. :ph34r:
:unsure:
WELSH
No.
Yes. You welshed on my oktobertits.
I tried. The tits just weren't there.
Believe me, it hurt me even more than it hurt you.
Tis the season for rum and eggnog.
What does the eggnog replace?
Quote from: The Brain on December 09, 2013, 05:13:03 PM
What does the eggnog replace?
For me, nothing. Its the only time of year I drink rum.
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 09, 2013, 05:14:12 PM
Quote from: The Brain on December 09, 2013, 05:13:03 PM
What does the eggnog replace?
For me, nothing. Its the only time of year I drink rum.
So it's rum, eggnog, sodomy and the lash? Sounds a bit much.
Quote from: The Brain on December 09, 2013, 05:16:20 PM
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 09, 2013, 05:14:12 PM
Quote from: The Brain on December 09, 2013, 05:13:03 PM
What does the eggnog replace?
For me, nothing. Its the only time of year I drink rum.
So it's rum, eggnog, sodomy and the lash? Sounds a bit much.
Just rum and eggnog. But I can see why the folks who drink straight rum might be driven to trying the lash and sodomy.
Eggnog :yuk:
A "finger" of The Black Grouse whisky on ice. It's a great scotch in my book. :scots: Much superior to your Common Workaday Famous Grouse.
I bought it since it was marked down several bucks to $22 for a fifth at the state liquor outlet. Cutty Sark was also marked down to $17, but I'm glad I sprung for the extra; it's much for flavorful than the normal cheap scotches I buy, apparently having a measure of Islay whisky mixed in.
According to at least one source on the Internet, it was formulated not that long ago to appeal to the Stockholm market. :uffda: Also from the net, it seems to be a cheap way to get at the Talisker real single-malt experience, which I've never tried.
Just had some Vietnamese coffee my buddy's wife brought back from there for me. Damned tasty from french press.
Quote from: derspiess on December 09, 2013, 05:46:44 PM
Eggnog :yuk:
Turns out not all eggnog is created equal. We have some Aussie friends visiting and they report that our eggnog is much better than what passes for eggnog down under.
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 13, 2013, 12:48:05 PM
Quote from: derspiess on December 09, 2013, 05:46:44 PM
Eggnog :yuk:
Turns out not all eggnog is created equal. We have some Aussie friends visiting and they report that our eggnog is much better than what passes for eggnog down under.
Well, then I'm hoping yours is much better than what is available here.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on December 09, 2013, 11:16:39 PM
A "finger" of The Black Grouse whisky on ice. It's a great scotch in my book. :scots: Much superior to your Common Workaday Famous Grouse.
I bought it since it was marked down several bucks to $22 for a fifth at the state liquor outlet. Cutty Sark was also marked down to $17, but I'm glad I sprung for the extra; it's much for flavorful than the normal cheap scotches I buy, apparently having a measure of Islay whisky mixed in.
According to at least one source on the Internet, it was formulated not that long ago to appeal to the Stockholm market. :uffda: Also from the net, it seems to be a cheap way to get at the Talisker real single-malt experience, which I've never tried.
The Stockholm market is vital.
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 13, 2013, 12:48:05 PM
Quote from: derspiess on December 09, 2013, 05:46:44 PM
Eggnog :yuk:
Turns out not all eggnog is created equal. We have some Aussie friends visiting and they report that our eggnog is much better than what passes for eggnog down under.
They drink it in the summer.
One of these things is not like the other.
One of these things just doesn't belong.
Can you tell me which thing is not like the other?
Before I finish this song:QuotePatron, Hennessy, Grey Goose And Jack Daniels Dominate Popular Music, Study Finds
If popular music is any indication, liquor brands like Patron tequila, Hennessy cognac, Grey Goose vodka and Jack Daniel's whiskey are doing incredibly well. The four were name-dropped more than any other liquor brands in the most popular songs between 2009 and 2011, according to a new study.
Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health and the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that 23.2 percent of the 720 songs analyzed mentioned alcohol. Of those, 6.4 percent name-checked specific brands.
The genre of music that included the most references to alcohol was rap, hip-hop and R&B (37.7 percent), with country (21.8 percent) and pop (14.9 percent) coming in second and third place, respectively.
Patron, Hennessy and Grey Goose, which are all considered premium products, are more commonly mentioned in R&B, hip-hop and rap, according to the study. Whiskey and beer brands were more often mentioned in country or pop music.
"Given the heavy exposure of youth to popular music, these results suggest popular music may serve as a major source of promotion of alcohol use among youth," said the study's co-author David Jernigan in a press release. "The findings lay a strong foundation for further research."
But according to another study that Jernigan co-authored, published in February by the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, underage youth most often drink other beverages, like Bud Light, Smirnoff and Budweiser.
Clearly the fault of the Beastie Boys:
I got a hat, not a visor
I drink Budweiser
Maybe a catchy campaign can get kids into healthier stuff? This spud's for you.
I have loved some ladies. And I have loved Jim Beam. And they both tried to kill me in 1973.
I got a nice bottle of 15-year old scotch for my birthday. Very smooth.
Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Christmas porter.
I had some kefir for breakfast.
Can I be: man of culture? :pinch:
Starting with the Pyramid Snow Cap, later will open a Paulaner Salvator and finish the night with an Orval Trappist Ale. Happy New Beer!
Monopolowa. I am not always kin of DGuller4Heisman, but tonight I am Russkie.
Juice box.
Quote from: fhdz on January 06, 2014, 09:00:23 PM
Monopolowa. I am not always kin of DGuller4Heisman, but tonight I am Russkie.
As the w indicates, that's Polish.
Quote from: Queequeg on January 09, 2014, 02:56:02 AM
Quote from: fhdz on January 06, 2014, 09:00:23 PM
Monopolowa. I am not always kin of DGuller4Heisman, but tonight I am Russkie.
As the w indicates, that's Polish.
And wiki notes it is made in Austria.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 06, 2014, 10:28:08 PM
Juice box.
I love the shrieking from the wife when she catches me drinking one. OMG THOSE ARE FOR THE KIDS
Quote from: derspiess on January 09, 2014, 09:27:04 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 06, 2014, 10:28:08 PM
Juice box.
I love the shrieking from the wife when she catches me drinking one. OMG THOSE ARE FOR THE KIDS
I just imagined the screechy Hispanic voice yelling. Thanks.
Quote from: Ed Anger on January 09, 2014, 11:13:04 AM
I just imagined the screechy Hispanic voice yelling. Thanks.
It's really more nasally. Not that that's much better.
Does she call you: pendejo
Quote from: Caliga on January 10, 2014, 07:47:39 AM
Does she call you: pendejo
No, she calls me "gordo". I can always tell if she's pissed at me when she calls me by my actual name. I call her: Grumpita. Or her last name (Pinto) if I'm mildly pissed at her or trying to get a reaction.
Vodka, again. Not Russian, as our pedantic friends pointed out. Austo-Polish?
Not sure I care. Drinking vodka certainly isn't about celebrating national identity.
I got my dad his favorite drink for New Years; Drambuie. Some kind of Liqueur he developed a taste for when worked a bar.
Quote from: fhdz on January 10, 2014, 10:55:04 PM
Vodka, again. Not Russian, as our pedantic friends pointed out. Austo-Polish?
Not sure I care. Drinking vodka certainly isn't about celebrating national identity.
Actually, you were right all along, since DG is from Lviv/Lwow/Lemberg. :smarty:
On the other hand, you were wrong, since DG is a Jew, you're downing vodka, and "A shikker iz a goy." :P
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on January 11, 2014, 12:47:25 PM
Quote from: fhdz on January 10, 2014, 10:55:04 PM
Vodka, again. Not Russian, as our pedantic friends pointed out. Austo-Polish?
Not sure I care. Drinking vodka certainly isn't about celebrating national identity.
Actually, you were right all along, since DG is from Lviv/Lwow/Lemberg. :smarty:
On the other hand, you were wrong, since DG is a Jew, you're downing vodka, and "A shikker iz a goy." :P
:lol:
With DG I know two people from Lviv.
I am drinking water.
Jack and Coke.
Margarita... second one of the night. First one was at a Mexican joint, and I made the second one. Picked up pineapple juice and orange juice so I can make Rum Punch this weekend along with Pina Coladas (already had the Coco Lopez for that). Princesca and I decided to try to ward the winter away with tropical drinks. :)
Ensure. Strawberry flavor.
Quote from: Caliga on February 07, 2014, 08:44:38 PM
Margarita... second one of the night.
Thank you sir, I'll have another. :)
Schlitz. Tallboy. 'Merica.
Quote from: Scipio on February 07, 2014, 10:22:14 PM
Schlitz. Tallboy. 'Merica.
:thumbsup: :cheers: :beer:
Rum punch x 2.
Mt. Carmel Deeper Roots Coffee Brown.
Capri sun. Still tastes like shit.
Powerade Zero. The blue kind that tastes like the other kinds except it is blue.
Blue has electrolytes in it.
Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye. Too Rye. Insufficiently Ruthless. Too much damn Ruth.
Quote from: Scipio on February 15, 2014, 09:16:57 PM
Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye. Too Rye. Insufficiently Ruthless. Too much damn Ruth.
I've developed a soft spot for rye beers, but I sort of agree.
My raging 3-beer Saturday concludes with a Listermann Peanut Butter Porter. I was a good boy this weekend & did not attend Cincy Beer Fest. I missed out on a lot, but I'll be better off for it tomorrow, that's for sure.
Cafe con Leche made with Cafe Pilon instead of the usual Cafe Bustelo. I think I like Pilon a tad better... it seems a little smoother. :cool:
Commie.
Uh no, this is made by Miami Cubans. You don't get any more anti-Communist than that.
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 15, 2014, 09:09:26 PM
Capri sun. Still tastes like shit.
:lol: I remember those days when you were desperate for something that wasn't water and raided the kids' drinks.
Quote from: fhdz on February 21, 2014, 09:43:58 AM
:lol: I remember those days when you were desperate for something that wasn't water and raided the kids' drinks.
Yeah, I'm still there. What puzzles me is why the wife gets all pissy about it.
Quote from: fhdz on February 21, 2014, 09:43:58 AM
Quote from: Ed Anger on February 15, 2014, 09:09:26 PM
Capri sun. Still tastes like shit.
:lol: I remember those days when you were desperate for something that wasn't water and raided the kids' drinks.
I still drink their juice boxes. 3am and I just had a Neurontin nightmare? Apple juice fits the bill.
Just as long as they have some left, I'm safe.
My in-laws are due in Sunday for "only three weeks", so I expect to be drinking heavily during that period. I've given my liver a rest for the past few days in preparation.
This evening is set aside for this one.
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Have you had it before? I think I've seen at one place near my house.
Some greek pale ale called Septem. It's nice and bitter but has no aftertaste at all. A bit boring.
I was a little late in trying it, but I finally had the 2014 Cincinnati Beer Week collaboration beer. It's an "Imperial Pilsner" and does succeed in being a stronger-tasting pilsner. Not a fan, but I'm not a fan of the trend towards taking every beer style and making an "Imperial" version of it. It particularly shouldn't have been done with a pilsner. A pilsner should be light and subtle. Not everything is better when you just amp up the strength.
No harm in experimenting, but you don't use an experimental beer for an occasion like this. The 2013 collaboration was a Baltic Porter and 2012 was a very tasty Barleywine (of which I helped kill the last keg a couple weeks ago), both of which are solid beer styles.
Now I have 5 more of these things left from my 6-pack that I gotta try to pawn off on my friends...
Quote from: Liep on February 26, 2014, 03:50:14 PM
Some greek pale ale called Septem. It's nice and bitter but has no aftertaste at all. A bit boring.
Does Septem deviate from a traditional pale ale? :ph34r:
Quote from: derspiess on February 26, 2014, 04:00:22 PM
Quote from: Liep on February 26, 2014, 03:50:14 PM
Some greek pale ale called Septem. It's nice and bitter but has no aftertaste at all. A bit boring.
Does Septem deviate from a traditional pale ale? :ph34r:
I'm afraid I don't get whatever it is you're getting at. :(
A deviated septum is when the cartilage in your nose is fucked up.
I am drinking a Coke Zero with some Sinfire (think Fireball, but less sweet and less syrupy). Delicious.
Shit beer geeks say.
http://vimeo.com/64558227
Drinking the one & only North American Trappist beer, Spencer. They just released it in the past couple of months and I was lucky to have a buddy of mine in Massachusetts bring some down. Good stuff. They're starting out on a probationary period of sorts and are only allowed to brew one type of beer for their first five years, a Belgian-style golden ale.
Had a bottle of wine.
Shroominous by Blank Slate. Brown Ale brewed with shiitake mushrooms. They managed to pull it off.
My drink of choice these days is 2 shots of Fireball and a bottle of Angry Orchard over ice. :beer:
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Revolution. Eugene x 6.
Drunk!
Woke up at 4 am and drank a large bottle of mineral water. No hangover!
Quote from: Liep on February 26, 2014, 03:50:14 PM
Some greek pale ale called Septem. It's nice and bitter but has no aftertaste at all. A bit boring.
If only it was Italian and made near Rome...then it could be Tiber Septem.
Vodka. Tito's, to be exact.
Coffee, brewed Japanese style. Which looks quite like normal filter coffee, but the angles on the thingy is optimized for coffee dripping and there's other mathematically thought out features on it too. So, it tastes like coffee.
:D
Quote from: fhdz on March 21, 2014, 11:58:32 PM
Vodka. Tito's, to be exact.
That's the "well" vodka at the bar I work at. The past two nights I've been drinking Boulder Nitro Shake for my end of night beer. Quite tasty.
Missed out on a tapping of this stuff from Mikkeller-- a healthy 12.1% imperial stout aged in calvados barrels. What I didn't miss so much was the $12/snifter they were charging for it.
https://www.thepartysource.com/express/item.php?id=35103
In Cincy we have a Starkbierfest this weekend-- all beers are 7.5% and up (Ohio limit is 12%). I was gonna skip it because I'm trying to moderate things a bit, but I've been good the past few days so I'll probably go if I can hitch a ride with someone.
Quote from: Liep on March 22, 2014, 04:23:05 AM
Coffee, brewed Japanese style. Which looks quite like normal filter coffee, but the angles on the thingy is optimized for coffee dripping and there's other mathematically thought out features on it too. So, it tastes like coffee.
:lol:
Lagunitas' Copper Ale. Pretty good, but I'm at 3.5 and I'm feeling more bloated than drunk.
Apricot brandy.
Gonna hit up Deschutes Brewery this weekend.
Taking a drive to Seattle and stopping on the way. I'll have some beer, maybe meet fhdz if I can, my cousin in Seattle has a new baby. This can't be bad.
Then, next month...Austria.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on March 30, 2014, 11:08:21 PM
Gonna hit up Deschutes Brewery this weekend.
Sweet. I had had several of their beers back in my trips out west and they just recently started distributing in Ohio. I like their Mirror Pond and that Hop Henge experimental IPA they do. Black Butte may be my favorite, though. I really like that they're one of the few larger-sized craft brewers that still brew with fresh leaf hops rather than hop pellets.
I went to that Starkbierfest and paced myself since I didn't want to come home fitshaced. So I paced myself, got samples in 4 oz. cups (except for when they goofed and gave me a full pint in exchange for my sampler ticket-- wasn't gonna argue with that).
Everything on the tap list was local. Had a really solid Dark IPA that was a dangerous 10.5%, a tasty but probably slightly overhopped Maibock that I believe Christian Moerlein just released, an 11.5% Belgian Quad aged for a year in a bourbon barrel (hence the name "Grand Crow")-- tasty but 4 or 6 oz is about enough. Star of the show was a Belgian style IPA from Listermann. I think it was finished with Galaxy hops-- superb beer.
Mirror Pond is my wife's favorite beer. We first had it a few years ago on tap at Blind Onion (http://www.blindonion.com/) Pizza, which seems to exist only in Reno and Portland.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on March 31, 2014, 09:53:16 PM
Mirror Pond is my wife's favorite beer. We first had it a few years ago on tap at Blind Onion (http://www.blindonion.com/) Pizza, which seems to exist only in Reno and Portland.
My wife's beer tastes have regressed. I started her out on wheat beers and blonde ales and had her getting into pale ales a while back, but nowadays she has fruity mixed drinks or nothing :bleeding:
This morning I heard of yet another new local brewery opening up this summer and realized I totally lost count of the number of breweries we have here. When I moved to Cincy in 2002 there were just two breweries: a Rock Bottom location and the now-defunct Barrel House. And both of those were only brewpubs-- no retail production.
Now we have 18 (if you count BJ's Brewhouse) with two more set to open this year and at least two others that are also in the works. One just opened its doors and is not on this map, plus they excluded Samuel Adams for whatever reason: https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=207679843217335961035.0004de54bc7361d74484a&ie=UTF8&t=m&ll=39.206719,-84.535675&spn=0.425649,0.439453&z=10&source=embed&dg=feature
It's to the point where it's very difficult to keep up with everything. Most breweries have a tap room or restaurant and there are still four I haven't been able to visit yet. Good problem to have, I suppose.
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:console:
At least we know what Zanza looks like now. :)
G&T!
I got a SodaStream for my birthday last week. I've been drinking lots of yummy carbonated water. Sometimes I get wild and through a lemon wedge in there after. :cool:
Quote from: Barrister on April 01, 2014, 04:43:07 PM
I got a SodaStream for my birthday last week. I've been drinking lots of yummy carbonated water. Sometimes I get wild and through a lemon wedge in there after. :cool:
Great way to cut out sugary or diet soda. Sometimes I just want something cold with bubbles :)
I've been thinking about getting one of them for my bar. I never have club soda around when I need it. :glare:
Soda Stream gets the Ed Anger seal of approval. Plus it pisses of certain politcial types. Look up 'blood bubbles'.
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 01, 2014, 09:21:43 PM
Soda Stream gets the Ed Anger seal of approval. Plus it pisses of certain politcial types. Look up 'blood bubbles'.
:lol:
I've been using it since it was called Soda-Club back in the late 90s or so. I actually still have an old Soda-Club bottle and cap that still fit perfectly. They used to pick up the CO2 canisters at your doorstep (might have been regionally limited), since no stores did refills. I just went and exchanged a canister at Staples, which seemed a really odd place for it, but shows how much it's taken off.
I love seltzer and drink probably 3-4 bottles a day, so it is massively convenient and economical if you have decent tasting tap water (or use some kind of Brita filter, I suppose).
I do have serious misgivings about the occupied-territory aspect of the company, but I don't generally envision consumer choices as my primary vehicle for changing the world. Or maybe I'm such a seltzer fiend that I'm just physically incapable of taking a principled stand on this. :blush:
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 01, 2014, 09:21:43 PM
Soda Stream gets the Ed Anger seal of approval. Plus it pisses of certain politcial types. Look up 'blood bubbles'.
:lol: I honestly had no clue about that. I will buy: more.
I had an Upheaveal IPA from Widmer last night. I was not: upheaved. But I suppose that's a good thing. It's a solid beer with great balance. And it's bottle-conditioned, meaning natural fermentation, meaning small bubbles, meaning pleasant velvety texture. But at 85 IBU I expected something a bit hoppier.
International Beer Units?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 02, 2014, 10:59:15 AM
International Beer Units?
It's a measure of bitterness, though I'm not sure what it stands for.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 02, 2014, 10:59:15 AM
International Beer Units?
International Bittering Units. It's a measurement that takes into account the amount and types of hops used in a beer. As a rule of thumb, the more IBU, the more bitter/hoppy the beer. But apparent bitterness/hoppiness can vary depending on other factors.
Here's a chart that lists general IBU ranges by beer type: http://www.brewersfriend.com/2009/01/24/beer-styles-ibu-chart-graph-bitterness-range/
Which ingredient gives beer its sweetness?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 02, 2014, 11:53:16 AM
Which ingredient gives beer its sweetness?
The grains. Usually malted barley but sometimes wheat, rye, oats, corn and rice area also included (the latter two are considered adjuncts and are used due to their lower cost). I won't go through the malting process as fascinating as it is, but basically the malted grains are mashed/boiled to extract the sugar (maltose) which is then eaten by the wonderful little yeasties, which pee out alcohol and fart CO2. In nearly all cases, the yeast does not ferment all the sugar (notable exception being the "dry" beers that were a fad a couple decades ago), so that residual sugar is the sweetness element.
Quote from: derspiess on April 02, 2014, 10:56:09 AM
But at 85 IBU I expected something a bit hoppier.
International Bunny Units?
Quote from: derspiess on April 02, 2014, 12:21:24 PM
The grains. Usually malted barley but sometimes wheat, rye, oats, corn and rice area also included (the latter two are considered adjuncts and are used due to their lower cost). I won't go through the malting process as fascinating as it is, but basically the malted grains are mashed/boiled to extract the sugar (maltose) which is then eaten by the wonderful little yeasties, which pee out alcohol and fart CO2. In nearly all cases, the yeast does not ferment all the sugar (notable exception being the "dry" beers that were a fad a couple decades ago), so that residual sugar is the sweetness element.
So is the sweetness a function of the grain used, the type of yeast used, the length of time you let them piss and fart, or all three?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 02, 2014, 12:34:08 PM
So is the sweetness a function of the grain used, the type of yeast used, the length of time you let them piss and fart, or all three?
Yeah. If I didn't know any better, I'd think you already knew a bit of that :hmm:
Well, if it's a tradeoff between alcohol and sugar, then it just naturally the follows.
The power of logic!
Quote from: derspiess on April 02, 2014, 12:48:12 PM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 02, 2014, 12:34:08 PM
So is the sweetness a function of the grain used, the type of yeast used, the length of time you let them piss and fart, or all three?
Yeah. If I didn't know any better, I'd think you already knew a bit of that :hmm:
There is a limit. You can dump all the sugar in there you want and keep the fermentation going as long as you want, but eventually the alcohol content gets too high for the yeast to continue any more. They, ugh...piss themselves to death. :P
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 03, 2014, 02:45:48 PM
There is a limit. You can dump all the sugar in there you want and keep the fermentation going as long as you want, but eventually the alcohol content gets too high for the yeast to continue any more. They, ugh...piss themselves to death. :P
Yeah, I'm going to do an oak aged imperial stout at some point and I'll probably use a Neutral Grain yeast, which has a high attenuation rating.
I had a pisco sour with dinner. Ok, three. :blush: It's got some sort of an odd, mysterious flavor to it but delicious nonetheless.
Quote from: Caliga on April 03, 2014, 09:10:12 PM
I had a pisco sour with dinner. Ok, three. :blush: It's got some sort of an odd, mysterious flavor to it but delicious nonetheless.
Maybe the egg whites?
:hmm: It could be... it's not like their presence wasn't obvious because the drink was so foamy though. It tasted like the base was lemonade with bitters added and then whatever the fuck pisco is (some sort of brandy I think?)
Somersby Pear Cider :bowler:
Made by Carlsberg Croatia :tracksuit:
Laphroaig Quarter Cask Scotch. A very nice affordable dram.
I could really go for an old Fashioned but it seems unlikely tonight.
It's National Beer Day today, but for some reason I still had to come in to work :angry:
Also, I'm knocking the dust off the old brewing equipment and will brew an IPA next weekend.
Taphouse Grill, Seattle. 160 beers on tap. That's not a typo.
I had:
Odin's Gift
Good red ale. Pretty dark but smooth too. Hops about what you expect in a red. Good choice.
Elysian "The Immortal" IPA
I had to try this one, yeah? I liked this one quite a lot. Hoppy without being sour, good body and well balanced. One of the best ones I've had in months, and I was at Deschutes a couple days ago.
North Coast Pranqster Belgian Style Ale
Okay NC is one brewery that I know I will never hate what they make. I had this on recommendation from the hott Japanese bartender to go with my Caesar salad and it was a winner. This is the perfect beer to order for your girl if she doesn't know what to get. It's got everything good about Belgian style, spicy, aromatic, interesting and light--and nothing bland.
Quote from: PRC on April 05, 2014, 07:14:16 PM
Laphroaig Quarter Cask Scotch. A very nice affordable dram.
Thank you for your support. :cool:
Quote from: Queequeg on April 05, 2014, 07:40:11 PM
I could really go for an old Fashioned but it seems unlikely tonight.
My drink of choice lately. :bowler:
Stopped by my favorite local brewery yesterday to drop something off for a buddy who works there. They had just bottled their IPA and had 15 slightly underfilled bottles they couldn't package. I got them: all :D
Quote from: Caliga on April 08, 2014, 07:11:40 AM
Quote from: PRC on April 05, 2014, 07:14:16 PM
Laphroaig Quarter Cask Scotch. A very nice affordable dram.
Thank you for your support. :cool:
:rolleyes: And then you get offended when I refer to you as a shill for your wife's company. :P
No, in this case I'm thanking him for supporting my distillery, as I own a piece of it. :bowler:
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2014, 07:31:17 PM
No, in this case I'm thanking him for supporting my distillery, as I own a piece of it. :bowler:
Is it by chance in measurements of square feet? If that's the case, I'm an owner as well.
:hug: Hello, fellow laird!
519264 in the house. :cool:
Still not a Kentucky Colonel.
*checks* Yep, BA is the real deal. Did you see who owns plot 640522 btw? :D
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 09, 2014, 07:56:56 PM
Still not a Kentucky Colonel.
When you can prove you actually have a Commission I'll be impressed. Like I said in my reply to BA, I looked him up and he ain't bullshittin. :sleep:
You aren't getting my name. Nice try, Major Knockers.
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2014, 07:57:25 PM
*checks* Yep, BA is the real deal. Did you see who owns plot 640522 btw? :D
I saw that. I didn't know if that was the Johan or one of the other 100,000 people with his name in Sweden. :lol:
OH HAI DID I ALSO FORGOT TO MENTION I AM IN THE TRILATERAL COMMISSION GUYS? :punk:
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2014, 08:01:16 PM
OH HAI DID I ALSO FORGOT TO MENTION I AM IN THE TRILATERAL COMMISSION GUYS? :punk:
And a Lizard!
Cynar and soda. :frog: :eyetie: Love that weird aperitivo with a drawing of an artichoke on the front. :licklips:
At Red Hook right now. :)
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2014, 07:58:13 PM
Like I said in my reply to BA, I looked him up and he ain't bullshittin. :sleep:
He registered under Benedict Arnold? :huh:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on April 09, 2014, 10:02:32 PM
Quote from: Caliga on April 09, 2014, 07:58:13 PM
Like I said in my reply to BA, I looked him up and he ain't bullshittin. :sleep:
He registered under Benedict Arnold? :huh:
No, but he probably recognized my name from the facebook group. I do feel a little sad that he's friends with Raz, but not me though. :lol:
pFriem IPA.
BA score 88
I'm at Tasty N Sons, Portland
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on April 09, 2014, 11:03:59 PM
No, but he probably recognized my name from the facebook group. I do feel a little sad that he's friends with Raz, but not me though. :lol:
This oversight has been corrected. :)
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 09, 2014, 07:59:11 PM
You aren't getting my name. Nice try, Major Knockers.
Wait, he still hasn't figured out your name. After you have given it like a dozen times?
I'm realizing now that we have reached a point where pretty much anywhere you go in the US, you can order an unknown beer in a style you like and it's near-certain it will be good.
Go us. :)
Quote from: Razgovory on April 11, 2014, 08:18:21 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 09, 2014, 07:59:11 PM
You aren't getting my name. Nice try, Major Knockers.
Wait, he still hasn't figured out your name. After you have given it like a dozen times?
:shifty:
I never said I didn't know his name Raz. :)
The question is, is it my actual name? :shifty:
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 11, 2014, 09:02:24 PM
The question is, is it my actual name? :shifty:
Does anyone care that much? :unsure:
As for drinking, Metamucil. :yucky:
Quote from: garbon on April 11, 2014, 09:03:33 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 11, 2014, 09:02:24 PM
The question is, is it my actual name? :shifty:
Does anyone care that much? :unsure:
Cal seems obsessed.
Not at all. Re-read the last page or so. I never asked for it.. that's a strawman you introduced and then Raz fell for. :hmm:
Prying into people's lives and then pretend you aren't. Typical of a human resources guy.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 11, 2014, 08:21:36 PM
I'm realizing now that we have reached a point where pretty much anywhere you go in the US, you can order an unknown beer in a style you like and it's near-certain it will be good.
Go us. :)
Or conversely, you can order most anything made by a well-reputed brewery & be confident that it will be well-made. I remember in the 90s a lot of beer geeks were worried that the microbrew trend would die out and we'd be back to seeing Bud, Miller, & Heineken as the choices in most places.
So I brewed my IPA over the weekend. Even though I was brewing in the garage, the whole house smelled of roasted grains and later pungent Columbus and Simcoe hops. Did everything the right way & didn't take any shortcuts other than using some malt extract (might build a mash tun in the future).
Keeping my fingers crossed-- most people I hang out with are either home brewers or professional brewers, so the bar is pretty high.
I am drinking my afternoon mint tea. :bowler:
I bought some beer about two weeks ago. I was on my way home from work so I was still wearing my suit, but I also had on my prescription sunglasses (it was bright outside and I was too lazy to switch to my regular glasses). And I was carded!?! 39 years of age and they asked for some ID. :lol:
Got home yesterday and the airlock was bubbling like a mofo. That Austrian BRY-97 yeast is doing its job. I had never used dry yeast before & was a little skeptical when the homebrew shop dude told me just to sprinkle it on dry, but so far so good.
I should probably go ahead and bottle the mead that's been sitting in my secondary fermenter for three years now. :lol:
That's probably how procrastinating vikings did it. I'm guessing mead stays drinkable more or less indefinitely?
Well I hope so, as it fermented out to 35 proof. :cool:
Wow. What kind of yeast did you use? That has to be about the upper limit to what you can get without distilling.
Quote from: derspiess on April 15, 2014, 12:11:56 PM
Wow. What kind of yeast did you use? That has to be about the upper limit to what you can get without distilling.
Some champagne yeast... I forget the exact strain (think it was from Lalvin).
Quote from: Caliga on April 15, 2014, 12:13:34 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 15, 2014, 12:11:56 PM
Wow. What kind of yeast did you use? That has to be about the upper limit to what you can get without distilling.
Some champagne yeast... I forget the exact strain (think it was from Lalvin).
I used a champagne yeast to ferment a doppelbock back when I was in college. The temperature in my parents' garage was just perfect one winter to ferment a lager. It fermented to about 12% or so and then froze when my mom left the garage door cracked one night. I threw out the ice and ended up with-- an eisbock! Tasted horrible but didn't take much of it to get a buzz.
I'd do a mead just for the hell of it but I don't know anyone else who would drink it.
If you've never had mead, it tastes very different from what you might think. I was shocked the first time I had some, but I do enjoy it.
Quote from: Caliga on April 15, 2014, 01:24:02 PM
If you've never had mead, it tastes very different from what you might think. I was shocked the first time I had some, but I do enjoy it.
I've had it a couple times. Wasn't crazy about it the first time but the second one I had was decent. I prefer it a little on the dryer side. I have access to lots of free honey from my uncle in WV so it would be cheap to make.
Resell the honey. profit!
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 15, 2014, 01:48:53 PM
Resell the honey. profit!
I end up with so much honey, maple syrup, jam, and deer jerky from that farm sometimes that I could almost set up at a farmers market.
Okay, apparently the yeast was doing a little too well. When I got home with the kids, Tommy looked at the fermenter & said "Daddy, I think your beer is done." The foamy krausen had blown through the air lock and spilled over on to the lid. So I sanitized a different airlock & replaced it. Bam, 20 minutes later same thing happened. So I had to fashion a makeshift blowoff tube (heh) and that seems to be holding.
Hops smell awesome, at least. Gonna dry hop it in the secondary fermenter but that almost seems like overkill.
Quote from: derspiess on April 15, 2014, 08:11:10 PM
Hops smell awesome, at least. Gonna dry hop it in the secondary fermenter but that almost seems like overkill.
This is American microbrewing we're talking about. :mad: No such thing as hops overkill.
The recipe lists the IBU as "100+". Maybe the strong Columbus & Simcoe hops can cover up any mistakes I made :)
I fucking hate the American obsession with hops. :bleeding:
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on April 17, 2014, 03:46:50 AM
I fucking hate the American obsession with hops. :bleeding:
Same. :hug:
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on April 17, 2014, 03:46:50 AM
I fucking hate the American obsession with hops. :bleeding:
It has spread to New Zealand and Australia :contract:
Anyway, there's a time for malty, and there's a time for hoppy. It just so happens that most of the innovations in recent years have been in hop varieties, which add layers of complexity that were unheard of 15-20 years ago. Plus it's cool that you can take identical base recipes and make completely different-tasting beers just by changing the hop(s).
My next homebrew will probably be a brown ale with a humble 15-20 IBU :)
I don't hate hops per se, but I do hate most IPAs I have tasted, and truth be told prefer unhopped styles of beer.
They grow hops in the northwest. All the breweries up there have some insanely-hopped brews. Most of them have other stuff as well though.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on April 17, 2014, 02:29:08 PM
They grow hops in the northwest. All the breweries up there have some insanely-hopped brews. Most of them have other stuff as well though.
When I was out in Medford/Grants Pass, OR a few years ago we took a jet boat excursion on the Rogue River. We went through an area that had been used for hop farming but was now a protected wildlife area-- you could still see hop vines growing.
The boat stopped at a lodge several miles downriver. We stopped there for brunch w/ mimosas, which don't do much for me so I asked for just the sparkling wine. After a couple sips I noticed what looked like a tap on the far wall, which turned out to be Black Butte, which I had never had before. It instantly became my favorite porter-- lots of roasted coffee taste & moderate alcohol content.
:P Nice.
I was just on that river a few days ago in Grant's Pass. There was a busted out dam next to the lodge. I asked the lady who ran the place about it and she seemed pretty pissed about it having been removed. Something about endangered fish or something. They still had all the power generation and transmission equipment there and everything.
I've been going with Jack's Abbey Smoked Martzen, Bell's Oarsman (Berlinerweisse), and Bell's Consecrator (Doppelbock) for my shift beers of late. All very damn tasty. :beer:
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I've been going with Jack's Abbey Smoked Martzen, Bell's Oarsman (Berlinerweisse), and Bell's Consecrator (Doppelbock) for my shift beers of late. All very damn tasty. :beer:
I had the Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen last fall, and didn't realize it was smoked despite it clearly saying "Rauchbier" on the label. Could not finish it. I can handle a tiny bit of smokiness in my beer but damn that was harsh. Consecrator is nice.
There are a couple new beer bars around here (one opening today) that include language about educating people about beer in their mission statement. Leaving aside the weirdness of a bar having a mission statement, it seems a little condescending to assume your average patron for one of those places (which by definition specializes in craft beer) needs to be educated.
Can anyone recommend a good Islay scotch? I'm rationing my Laphroaig 15yo since it can't be replaced anymore, but since it eventually going to run out, I'm going to need a suitable replacement. Is the 18yo (which replaced the 15) similarly fantastic, or is there something else I should check out instead?
Oh, currently: Cedar Creek Brewery's Belgian Style Dubbel ("Special Release"). Apparently, this thing was brewed in some tiny little joint in a town called Seven Points, TX. Looks like a former restaurant or something on Street View. Pretty good stuff though.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/29745/102394/
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on April 19, 2014, 12:32:25 AM
Oh, currently: Cedar Creek Brewery's Belgian Style Dubbel ("Special Release"). Apparently, this thing was brewed in some tiny little joint in a town called Seven Points, TX. Looks like a former restaurant or something on Street View. Pretty good stuff though.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/29745/102394/
Really small breweries can be hit or miss, but when you find something good from them it's kind of a bonus because it's not something everyone can experience.
My best friend moved from Denver to Houston and went into some sort of beer shock/withdrawal for a few months. I kept asking him what good local beers he's found and to scout out the scene for whenever I can make it down there to visit and his reply was always "Shiner. Everything is Shiner down here."
Finally he has started exploring & has found some apparently decent beers from around Texas. Hardly anything that gets distributed up here, though.
So the place that opened downtown Friday was a pretty cool little joint and pretty unique for Cincy although I'm sure they have places like it in other cities. It's relatively small for a bar and you order your beer fast-food style (reminds me of Chipotle for some reason) and then find a table or some other spot to drink it. They have 20 taps and I think about as many bottled beers available and can do either pints to consume on premises or growlers, half-growlers, and 6-packs to go. They even have a walk-up window. I think they have some light fare available or you can bring your own food.
It's not really a destination itself-- it's more of a place to stop by on your way home from work or after dinner. My office is too many blocks away for it to be convenient for me as a quick after-work stop, but I like the concept.
Having a Fat Tire, which is still $3 a bomber here somehow.
Daiquiri. I love simple syrup.
Quote from: derspiess on April 21, 2014, 07:14:17 PM
Having a Fat Tire, which is still $3 a bomber here somehow.
New Belgium is one of the few reasons I still let Fort Collins exist. O'Dell is alright too.
Quote from: derspiess on April 21, 2014, 07:14:17 PM
Having a Fat Tire, which is still $3 a bomber here somehow.
This was the first beer I ever tasted that I didn't hate. :lol:
I think my actual words were "Damn, beer
tastes like this?"
I like how 11 hours ago USAToday noted that powdered alcohol had been mistakenly approved in US and that had been reversed. 3 hours later Fox News reported the initial approval. :)
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Any correlation with attendance/performance visible in that chart? :hmm:
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on April 23, 2014, 12:40:09 PM
Any correlation with attendance/performance visible in that chart? :hmm:
If there is, it's awfully fuzzy. For example, the Marlins draw pitifully small crowds and the Angels are near the top in attendance. Doesn't seem to correlate to cost of living differences, either, which often influences other things like ticket and food prices.
Only thing I'd venture to spot, with my limited knowledge of baseball, is that the cheap beer is concentrated in the crummy and/or low-turnout teams But not vice-versa.
The Marlins stink
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Crap the beer at Longhorns baseball games is as expensive as the Marlins.
Melted ice at the bottom of a fountain Wild Cherry Pepsi from Taco Bell.
I am: classy.
Quote from: Valmy on April 23, 2014, 05:22:16 PM
Crap the beer at Longhorns baseball games is as expensive as the Marlins.
But the 100 degree temperature water from the fountains is free!
Got my IPA bottled Saturday-- I ended up with a little under two cases-worth due to sampling, samples taken for hydrometer readings, and a small amount that my auto-siphon would not reach and got left behind. Which is all well & good, because the beer that actually made it in the bottle is nice & clear. Samples tasted like a somewhat yeasty flat IPA, so hopefully the bottle conditioning does its thing and I have drinkable beer in a week & a half.
Went ahead & brewed a brown ale. Did the same as I did with the IPA & did not rehydrate the yeast-- just sprinkled it on dry. Probably going to let this sit an extra week in the primary fermenter and even longer in the secondary. In past experience a little extra time tends to impart some nuttiness.
Found a store in Barcelona that carries a few yank IPA beers, including Sierra Nevada Torpedo, which was one of my favorites while I lived in the US. I'll go and buy a few tomorrow. In my experience, low-demand imported beers tend to come out a bit stale since they sit a lot of time in the store until they are sold, but I miss a good IPA.
Quote from: celedhring on April 30, 2014, 10:52:50 AM
Found a store in Barcelona that carries a few yank IPA beers, including Sierra Nevada Torpedo, which was one of my favorites while I lived in the US. I'll go and buy a few tomorrow. In my experience, low-demand imported beers tend to come out a bit stale since they sit a lot of time in the store until they are sold, but I miss a good IPA.
I've always liked Torpedo. IPAs are a sort of paradox when it comes to shelf life. On one hand, the extra hops should help preserve the beer for a longer time, yet on the other hand you do lose some of the fresh hoppy flavor after a certain point-- while still drinkable it's not going to taste as the brewer intended.
My all-time favorite beer is Orval*, and we Orval fanatics get frustrated because it seems impossible for us to get our hands on a bottle that is less than 4-6 months old. It stays drinkable for two years but it tastes better as close to the bottling date as you can get. I've had it in Belgium about 3 weeks after it was bottled and I can attest to the difference.
*their Pale Ale of course-- their Patersbier is unobtanium in the US.
Prosecco, Aperol and St. Germain. Spring, it's happening! :w00t:
Keeping my alcohol consumption minimized due to the fact that I'm taking penicillin (from what I've gathered, alcohol can reduce the effectiveness of antibiotics although it's not directly harmful otherwise).
But I've sneaked tastes of my IPA here & there. On Friday with just 6 days in the bottle the carbonation was light and I got very little hop aroma but the hop bitterness was there. On Sunday & again yesterday it was a different story-- nice, frothy head & hoppy Simcoe aroma. Not as smooth on the back end with more alcohol taste than a 5.2% beer should have, but I'm hoping that mellows out a bit with age. Bottle conditioning usually takes 2 weeks or more but as always I was impatient.
Brown ale should hopefully be ready to go into the secondary in a few days. Might brew something Sunday if my brother in law is up for it. Probably a single-hop (Galaxy) Pale Ale.
So, I'm off to Cleveland tomorrow/later today and Thursday to indulge in some baseball and beer smuggling. I've been sent with a list of beers to nab for friends if I can find them. Big on the list are 3 Floyds Brewery, as they don't distribute to NY and have a great reputation. I only wish I could somehow locate some Dark Lord. If only you were closer, Speissy, I'd arrange a meetup and steal some of your new homebrew. :ph34r: :beer:
We've finally got a decent pub in my bit of London. I went in on Sunday and Monday and walked past it yeterday.
They have three different beers (i.e. non-generic lagers) on tap which they apear to change every day. They also have maybe 15 varieties of bottled beers.
So far, had:
- a couple of pints of a very nice Mad Goose English Pale Ale. Lots of flavour, some bite but not overly hoppy like many pale ales these days;
- a couple of bottles of the wonderful London Fields Black Path Porter, a favourite of mine for drinking at home, nice to see it in a pub.
- a pint of Trooper, the Iron Maiden branded beer. It was OK, a quite old-fashioned English bitter - balanced or bland depending on how charitable you want to be
- a pint of Adnams Ghost Ship. A decent enough IPA
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on May 07, 2014, 01:46:31 AM
So, I'm off to Cleveland tomorrow/later today and Thursday to indulge in some baseball and beer smuggling. I've been sent with a list of beers to nab for friends if I can find them. Big on the list are 3 Floyds Brewery, as they don't distribute to NY and have a great reputation.
Ohio is a pretty good state to buy beer. We get a lot of the stuff from the Rockies and West Coast that don't make it to the East, and pretty much every major East Coast and Midwest brewery.
I'm guessing Great Lakes distributes in your neck of the woods-- they make some amazing beers and are probably the best brewery in Ohio. Their brewpub is decent, but if you're hitting any of those I would definitely suggest Market Garden, Brew Kettle, or Fat Head's.
As for Three Floyds, last I checked they did not list Ohio as one of the states they distributed to, but they definitely do some limited distribution in Cincy. Whenever any quantity of any of their beers shows up at any store, Facebook and Twitter blows up. Keep in mind most of their more popular beers are hop bombs, though even if you hate hops you have to appreciate the Citra goodness that is Zombie Dust. Their Robert the Bruce is pretty much the only Scotch Ale I like, as it manages not to overdo the sweetness. Pride & Joy is a good session-type ale that is not particularly hoppy. Gumballhead is a moderately (to me) hopped wheat. Jinx Proof is decent and one of their few lagers. And Man-O-Awe is a surprisingly unhoppy pale ale.
QuoteI only wish I could somehow locate some Dark Lord.
I've found it to be unobtanium, unless you go to Dark Lord Day or someone who went *really* likes you. Or if you're willing to spend way more than what a bottle of beer is worth. I'd like to try it, but it's one of those beers that IMO couldn't possibly live up to the hype. And don't get me started on Dark Lord Day itself.
But yeah, you would be a hero back home if you were able to score some.
QuoteIf only you were closer, Speissy, I'd arrange a meetup and steal some of your new homebrew. :ph34r: :beer:
:D I'd be more enthusiastic about loading you up with some local beers that never make it out of Ohio or even Cincy. Not a whole lot of local beers are distributed in the Cleveland area, but if you can find Madtree Happy Amber (comes in orange-colored cans) or their Gnarly Brown (comes in yellow-ish cans) or Mt. Carmel Amber, I think you'll like them. Christian Moerlein is one Cincy brewery that definitely does distribute in Cleveland. I like them & all, but they can be hit or miss.
Thinking of brewing a raspberry wheat for the summer. If I do, I may name it after our own Raz.
Quote from: derspiess on May 07, 2014, 11:23:19 AM
Thinking of brewing a raspberry wheat for the summer. If I do, I may name it after our own Raz.
It tells you how it tastes.
Lazy Magnolia Brewery Song of the South Berliner Weisse. It's berlinerweissey.
Quote from: Scipio on May 11, 2014, 08:33:57 PM
Lazy Magnolia Brewery Song of the South Berliner Weisse. It's berlinerweissey.
That's one style that has been neglected by most breweries around here. I have a hankering for a nice Berliner Weisse, maybe without so much fruit stuff.
I have my brown ale in the secondary (it's gonna be a little on the sweet side since I fell a little short of the final gravity) and brewed a single hop Galaxy pale ale last night.
Might collaborate with a buddy of mine who has a mash tun and do an all-grain barleywine to be bottled sometime before Christmas.
I did a Brown Ale once. I was trying to mimic Newcastle but it came out tasting more like Samuel Smith Nut Brown, which is by no means a bad thing.
Quote from: Caliga on May 12, 2014, 09:18:43 AM
I did a Brown Ale once. I was trying to mimic Newcastle but it came out tasting more like Samuel Smith Nut Brown, which is by no means a bad thing.
I like making brown ales because you can relax and not worry about being too precise about everything. They're very forgiving and if you mess something up it will still taste good. They're the best beer to brew as a beginner's first batch, but of course these days everyone wants to do an bourbon barrel coffee imperial stout as their first.
Pape-Clement 2001
Drinking window is now open.
Quote from: derspiess on May 12, 2014, 09:37:31 AM
I like making brown ales because you can relax and not worry about being too precise about everything. They're very forgiving and if you mess something up it will still taste good. They're the best beer to brew as a beginner's first batch, but of course these days everyone wants to do an bourbon barrel coffee imperial stout as their first.
I think I did a cream ale as my first. A beginner should definitely start with an ale vs. a lager.
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Quote from: Scipio on May 11, 2014, 08:33:57 PM
Lazy Magnolia Brewery Song of the South Berliner Weisse. It's berlinerweissey.
That's one style that has been neglected by most breweries around here. I have a hankering for a nice Berliner Weisse, maybe without so much fruit stuff.
Grab some Oarsman Ale by Bell's. I think it's amazing. Apparently the online rating sites have no fucking clue what a Berliner Weisse should taste like. I just looked it up and... wow.
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on May 13, 2014, 01:19:37 AM
Grab some Oarsman Ale by Bell's.
I think one of my local bottle shops carries pretty much everything from Bell's. I'll check that out.
QuoteI think it's amazing. Apparently the online rating sites have no fucking clue what a Berliner Weisse should taste like. I just looked it up and... wow.
Another style that trips people up is Gose. "OMG it's sour and salty!"
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on May 12, 2014, 10:40:00 AM
Pape-Clement 2001
Drinking window is now open.
Such a great vintage. I'd wait another couple of years though for the tannins to soften a little.
I don't have any of the good stuff cellared and ready to drink at the moment. At least another few years before the Leoville-Poyferre 2008 comes round.
Will stick to Rhones and Beaujolais until then and hope the Chinese continue to crack down on corruption and the Bordeaux market continues to deflate back to semi-reasonable levels.
Quote from: derspiess on May 13, 2014, 08:34:41 AM
Another style that trips people up is Gose. "OMG it's sour and salty!"
Definitely. If it isn't hopped beyond recognition, it isn't a legitimate beer for a lot of people. I cannot wait for the IPA fad to die away. It's already on the downward trend, which is nice to see. There are so many great styles of beer out there, that everyone going apeshit over IPA's and overhopping everything is incredibly annoying and silly in my opinion.
I really liked the Gose beers I've had (once to try it from a brewpub in Burlington, and once in Boston when I was given it by mistake, instead of the pilsner I'd ordered -- quite a surprise, as you can imagine.)
I think I've had one alcoholic drink in the last year. :hmm: :hmm: :hmm:
Quote from: mongers on May 13, 2014, 06:04:02 PM
I think I've had one alcoholic drink in the last year. :hmm: :hmm: :hmm:
Haven't been feeling British lately? :( :bowler:
What are the characterstics of a bitter?
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on May 13, 2014, 05:07:12 PM
Quote from: derspiess on May 13, 2014, 08:34:41 AM
Another style that trips people up is Gose. "OMG it's sour and salty!"
Definitely. If it isn't hopped beyond recognition, it isn't a legitimate beer for a lot of people. I cannot wait for the IPA fad to die away. It's already on the downward trend, which is nice to see. There are so many great styles of beer out there, that everyone going apeshit over IPA's and overhopping everything is incredibly annoying and silly in my opinion.
Couldn't agree more. Some of these IPAs are so over-hopped, you might as well suck on a lemon. The worst thing is that I like traditonal style IPAs but am avoiding trying out ones I don't know because of the current high risk of getting a mouthful of hops and bugger all else.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 13, 2014, 07:20:25 PM
What are the characterstics of a bitter?
It's just another name for pale ale.
Quote from: Gups on May 14, 2014, 03:41:10 AM
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 13, 2014, 07:20:25 PM
What are the characterstics of a bitter?
It's just another name for pale ale.
If you see the term on a US beer, it usually means they're going more self-consciously for an English-style version of pale ale.
Quote from: Gups on May 14, 2014, 03:38:23 AM
Couldn't agree more. Some of these IPAs are so over-hopped, you might as well suck on a lemon. The worst thing is that I like traditonal style IPAs but am avoiding trying out ones I don't know because of the current high risk of getting a mouthful of hops and bugger all else.
It's a fair point. Today's "American Pale Ales" are hoppier than the hoppiest IPAs we had in the 90s. And a lot of people who recently discovered craft beer go straight for the hoppiest beers and disregard some of the excellent non-hoppy beers out there. That gets annoying for me when talking to those types about a good stout or amber I recently had.
I do love hops. I'm a big fan of modern IPAs, West Coast IPAs, Double/Imperial IPAs, etc. And frankly hoppy beers are where most of the innovation is taking place. You can get some incredibly complex flavors from different hop blends or even from a completely single hop beer.
But I don't want a hoppy beer all the time. I love stouts, ambers, German/Czech pilsners, doppelbocks, Lambic, Saison, Sours, etc. Unfortunately, about half my friends who drink craft beer drink solely IPAs. If it ain't got hops, they don't want it.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on May 13, 2014, 05:26:06 PM
I really liked the Gose beers I've had (once to try it from a brewpub in Burlington, and once in Boston when I was given it by mistake, instead of the pilsner I'd ordered -- quite a surprise, as you can imagine.)
The first time I tried a Gose I didn't even know what it was until a few weeks later. The brewery sometimes labels it as a "pale wheat ale". And it was restrained in its sourness and saltiness. Second one I had was from Westbrook in South Carolina, and it packs a whallop of sourness. Once the vinegary sour shock wears off, it's pleasant. I've only been able to track down three German Goses thus far, and they've been nicely balanced on the sourness and saltiness. Freigeist Geisterzug Gose was about perfect for me.
Gose may be the perfect summer beer for me. Fairly low alcohol, light body, and thirst-quenching sourness.
Had a Petite Saison beer the other day that was horrible. I like the concept, but I have yet to have one that was preferable to drinking water. My local brewery is launching a Citra Saison today and I also hope to get a sneak preview of their Double IPA.
Quote from: Gups on May 13, 2014, 12:32:10 PM
I don't have any of the good stuff cellared and ready to drink at the moment. At least another few years before the Leoville-Poyferre 2008 comes round.
I picked up a few of those as well a couple years back.
Also have some backstock on the Bartons from the days they were still pricing ridiculously low.
I don't really drink much Bdx anymore for the same reason as you.
Has anyone here tried Raging Bitch IPA?
Quote from: Syt on May 23, 2014, 11:47:59 AM
Has anyone here tried Raging Bitch IPA?
Yep, it's made by Flying Dog, which was originally in Denver but now doing most of their production in Frederick, MD. It's a Belgian-style IPA, which means it's going to have a yeasty/estery taste in addition to the IPA hoppiness. It's not as heavily hopped as most American IPAs are these days. Very nice beer overall & packs a punch-- I think the ABV is over 8%. A rough European equivalent taste-wise is La Chouffe Houblon Dobbelen IPA Trippel.
Might be checking it out then. I've noticed that the corner shop for organic food has a pretty good selection of brews, at least judging from what they put out on the curb.
A couple weeks ago I dug out an old Bavarian doppelbock I forgot I had in my cellar & I swear it must be 3+ years old. It was Weißenoher Bonator and it came in a 500ml swing-top recloseable bottle. It was damned tasty.
Quote from: derspiess on May 23, 2014, 01:49:38 PM
swing-top recloseable bottle
Some brands use them over here. Back home in Holstein, the most famous one was Flensburger who advertised with the "plop". Their "Magnificent Seven":
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Dithmarscher, a smaller brewery from my area, also uses those bottles. In low German they called it Beugelbuddelbeer (Bügelflaschenbier).
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They're highly sought after by homebrewers, as you can imagine. The most common here are from Grolsch, and unfortunately they are green bottles which means the beer gets skunky if exposed to too much light.
Today, Brevog brewery, from the booth at the Ljubljana farmers market.
Kramah (http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/bevog-kramah-india-pale-ale/213316/)--Hoppy, US West Coast style. I could have told you it was done by North Coast or Stone and gotten away with it. Right in line with those guys and that's a complement.
The 3rd Pill (http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/33155/107857/)(Tak)--Another IPA, lots of citrus. Mrs. MIM chose this one.
http://www.bevog.at/index_sl.html
I did not try the porter.
The new American style, particularly the west coast IPAs seem to be taking over the world. Something Coors could never do.
Awesome. Interesting to see how far some beer styles have spread. Last time I was there, IPAs were completely unknown in Argentina. Amber ale & lager was all the rage, plus traditional German styles.
...while in China, $44 bottles of PBR are the new status symbol.
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:lol: That's hilarious.
Ossum. :lol:
How much are they offering for a can of Schlitz?
In the last day and a half, I've tried various brews from Stiegl--mainly because they seem to own Salzburg and there's nothing else available in the joint where I happen to be at the time. None of them were much good. Budweiser with flowers in it, essentially. The hefe was decent.
Oh, I tried the local Yugoslav swill (Lasko and Union) last week too. Total garbage. Noticeably riced-up with that telltale metallic aftertaste. Not much market penetration for anything else yet, but the market booth I mentioned was insanely popular with the locals so that will surely change. Beer is "Pivo" in Slovenian. Probably in several other Slavic languages as well.
Europe not living up to the pedestal from which they've been mocking Bud Lite all these years so far. I'm sure that will change shortly. Otherwise, I'll have to declare Slovenia the beer capital of the EU. :P
Starobrno (http://www.starobrno.cz/cs-CZ/uvod.html) tonight. I'm not sure exactly which variant I had because it was the only one on the menu and labelled only as Starobrno. Czech beer this time. I'm assuming it's another big-market variant (which by the way I cannot find anything other than those in the supermarkets here--it's all Stiegl, Gosser and the occasional Heineken--but I've only been to one Interspar and a couple smaller markets. Markte. ).
Anyway the Czech one was pretty good. Solid, mid-color lager. Little hopiness and smooth. Easy to drink, and not very high in abv. (You rarely see anything over 5% in the stores either.) It was about like a Killian's maybe. Not every beer needs to blast your face off with hops, and this one is decent for those times.
It's tough to see from their website. Stupid green bottles (Heineken company I think.)
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on May 25, 2014, 02:52:12 PM
In the last day and a half, I've tried various brews from Stiegl--mainly because they seem to own Salzburg and there's nothing else available in the joint where I happen to be at the time. None of them were much good. Budweiser with flowers in it, essentially. The hefe was decent.
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. I think I've only had maybe 3 or 4 beers from Austria.
QuoteOh, I tried the local Yugoslav swill (Lasko and Union) last week too. Total garbage. Noticeably riced-up with that telltale metallic aftertaste. Not much market penetration for anything else yet, but the market booth I mentioned was insanely popular with the locals so that will surely change. Beer is "Pivo" in Slovenian. Probably in several other Slavic languages as well.
We have a huge international food store nearby that has a big beer selection. On a whim the other day I picked up several Eastern European beers I hadn't ever tried. They were fairly cheap, so what the hell. The two Ukrainian beers I've had so far have been pretty bad. Plus they use those damned green bottles. I was warned about those in a beer magazine article. The Polish Okocim "OK" wasn't too bad and I'm thinking maybe I had had that before. But I'm really dreading that Lithuanian Triple Bock that is way cheaper than a 12% (!) beer ought to be.
QuoteEurope not living up to the pedestal from which they've been mocking Bud Lite all these years so far. I'm sure that will change shortly. Otherwise, I'll have to declare Slovenia the beer capital of the EU. :P
Belgium makes up for all other EU countries' shortcomings. Even with the consolidation they've had, I'm still blown away by the quality and diversity of what they brew. And they didn't rest on their laurels-- they've incorporated some American innovation back into some of their beers.
Btw I remember discovering some Slovenian wine in the mid-90s that was surprisingly very tasty, particularly for $3 a bottle.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on May 27, 2014, 03:42:16 PM
Starobrno (http://www.starobrno.cz/cs-CZ/uvod.html) tonight. I'm not sure exactly which variant I had because it was the only one on the menu and labelled only as Starobrno. Czech beer this time. I'm assuming it's another big-market variant (which by the way I cannot find anything other than those in the supermarkets here--it's all Stiegl, Gosser and the occasional Heineken--but I've only been to one Interspar and a couple smaller markets. Markte. ).
Anyway the Czech one was pretty good. Solid, mid-color lager. Little hopiness and smooth. Easy to drink, and not very high in abv. (You rarely see anything over 5% in the stores either.) It was about like a Killian's maybe. Not every beer needs to blast your face off with hops, and this one is decent for those times.
It's tough to see from their website. Stupid green bottles (Heineken company I think.)
My impression of Czech beers is that they're all either in the bohemian pilsner style or are based on it. Darker beers just taste like a darker, more roasted pilsner. Not that that's entirely a bad thing-- Pilsner Urquell (on draft) and Staropramen are awesome beers on draft. Czechs seem to love those damned green bottles, though.
Sloe Gin Fizz on my deck in the afternoon sun with some steaks on the grill.
Now that is living.
There is a place in Salzburg that makes their own schnapps and brandy. There's a tasting room full of every kind you can imagine. We tasted a bunch of things and ended up going with a bottle of apricot and a caraway schnapps. Yeah, caraway. Like pumpernickel bread. It's surprisingly good.
Europe is redeemed. A couple days ago we went to Siebensternbräu (http://www.7stern.at/ENG/en_index.html) on suggestion from Syt.
This is one of those places that somehow manages to do just about anything they try fairly well. Or at least refuses to serve up anything that isn't high quality. I tried Marzen, Maibock, Prager Dunkles and Rauchbier (//http://). Then I was fairly confident with these guys so I bought a couple bottles of IPA to take home, which I tried the next day. They will refill those bottles really cheap if I go back, but alas I don't live here. :P
Not much to add to the beer descriptions the website gives. The dark lagers are surprisingly less bitter than I expected. The Marzen is what it tastes like the mass-market ones you find in the groceries are trying to be. I can't really explain it better than that. The Maibock which isn't listed was a seasonal one I think. Dark amber, fairly strong at 6.3. I think this is a Bavarian classic. Usually that's what bock means IIRC. It's...better than Shiner. :P
Dunkles is another kind that you can generally find at a grocery store around Vienna, and I actually prefer them to most of the pilsners and stuff that dominate. I have figured out to get these if I'm not sure and the choices are sparse. So I've had several different ones now. Mrs. MIM liked both this one and the Rauchbier, which is unusual for dark lagers.
Aaaaaand the IPA which I bought without trying out of trust. It was a very solid, down the middle, American style version that had everything it's supposed to have and nothing it isn't. Not strong in alcohol for this style. I can fault nothing. If it was an experiment, it succeeded. It was labeled as seasonal also, so not a staple of theirs I guess. The Brevog Kramah from last week was a guns-blazing-volume-to-eleven IPA and I loved it. This one is more...civilized. For a different mood. And I loved it too.
Glad you enjoyed your visit there. :)
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Quote from: MadImmortalMan on May 27, 2014, 05:35:51 PM
There is a place in Salzburg that makes their own schnapps and brandy. There's a tasting room full of every kind you can imagine. We tasted a bunch of things and ended up going with a bottle of apricot and a caraway schnapps. Yeah, caraway. Like pumpernickel bread. It's surprisingly good.
Caraway grappa is my favourite kind of spiced grappa. It's typical of the South Tyrol area. It's excellent :mmm:
L.
Interesting NYT article on yeast genetics:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/science/craft-beer-at-the-genetic-level.html?_r=0
I opened a bottle of my single-hop Galaxy pale ale (which I've named Galaga) just 5 days after it was bottled. It was not fully carbonated yet, but tasted okay. The sample I tried the next day was pretty much fully carbed, and was pretty awesome if I do say so myself. I brewed it from a kit I bought at my local homebrew supply store, so I can't claim any real credit-- all I can really say is that I didn't screw it up.
The brown ale I had brewed still tasted a little sweet. Dunno if I overdid something in the recipe or it was not the best recipe, but it came out tasting and looking more like a malty-sweet porter than what I would normally think of a brown ale. Gonna set those bottles back and see if they improve with some aging.
Next up is a Pliny the Elder clone I'll be brewing with another brewer. The amount of hops it calls for is insane.
Brewed the Pliny clone last night. I had so much hop aroma wafting through the air that my senses were completely overloaded. I opened a Zombie Dust last night to drink while I was brewing and tasted almost no hops in it. That was really weird.
Quote from: Syt on May 31, 2014, 08:41:21 AM
Glad you enjoyed your visit there. :)
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I went there on the way to the airport. :lol:
Not kidding. Long story. And Mrs. MIM left her new dirndl in the apartment! The lady is going to mail it to us.
Unlike 7Stern, these guys were perfectly happy to sell me every beer on the roster in a batch for tasting. (Most US breweries do this now. I asked each time.) It was a small glass of each, like .25 L per.
Anyway, the highlights: the Rye IPA done in partnership with a brewery in Athens, GA called Terrapin Brewery. If you're gonna have a brewery in Athens, it probably should be called bulldog brewery or something but what the hell. This beer was good. Not hops in your face good or alcohol cooking your guts good or even chocolate puckering your face up good. It was just beer good. If primitive man were inventing beer and finally got it down to a satisfying mean, this is what it would be. It's not anything in particular. But it's also everything at the same time. I liked that a lot. This is stranded on a desert island beer.
Mrs. MIM really likes the German weiss beers, and it doesn't seem to matter if they are dark or light. These guys had (a darkish) one she really liked a lot, even compared to the ones she generally picks out (Pyramid Hefe, etc.).
The IPA was good too and said "from PA to Vienna" in the description. I don't know if that's another collaboration, but it sounds like it. Hoppy in the extreme. Bitter. I thought it was ok, the wife didn;t like it. She stull does not go for it if it's just over the top silly hops. Strangely, she didn't have a problem with the Kramah (I keep bringing that up...). They had the obligatory pils and a dunkles, which was good. There was lots of American-style shit on the menu like "hot" wings (nothing "hot" in Austria is more than marginally tasteful. If Austrians go to Thailand, they will spontaneously combust.) These were habanero and the staff were astonished that I ate them at all, but I got a wienerschnitzel (pork) and a batch of spicy (lol) sausages with sauerkraut too. Paprika counts as spicy, kids. :P
Oh, again maibock. I wish I knew the Bavarian beer calendar. There must be one. Theirs was good also. They had a blend of dark lager and maibock which they called black and tan. This tasted remarkably like Guinness.
Yeah, spicy food here isn't very spicy. Except for a few Indian places (one place served "medium" in a way that I lost speech for a few minutes - and I've been known to cook my chili so that it can bring tears to your eyes).
My English colleague who spent quite some time in Thailand laments it, too.
Maibock is actually of North German origin - see Einbeck.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maibock#Maibock_or_helles_bock
I'm partial to Weizen beer myself, esp. the dark ones. Austrian Edelweiß is pretty good in that regard. But then again, I'm not a connaisseur commes vous. ;)
Shame about the Dirndl! :(
So do the beers taste fresh at European breweries? Sounds like a silly question, but I've been to a few breweries where some of the beers did not taste particularly fresh. The one European microbrewery I visited (in Brussels, no less) was a huge disappointment. They only made three beers to begin with, and of those they only had one available. It was an unremarkable American-style blonde or amber and tasted like it was a little past its prime.
Speaking of Maibocks (btw Mai- = May), I had an excellent one a few weeks ago at our local Hofbrauhaus. I'm not sure if it was 100% true to style since a Maibock is supposed to be based on Helles and this was a deep amber color. But it had a wonderful sweet malty aroma and taste-- reminded me of a stronger Oktoberfest/Maerzen.
Just from my experience, I'd say you got a bad deal. One I tasted had the been-in-the-tap tubes-too-long distinctiveness but that's all.
They seem to have high quality standards even when they are serving up pilsner junk. It may be bleh, but at least it's not skunky.
Also, a couple of the pils I had were remarkably not awful--as you may have noted, I'm pretty biased against them. It was more of a bees and flowers thing than anything else. Bees and flowers make good pilsner.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on June 03, 2014, 12:08:52 PM
Just from my experience, I'd say you got a bad deal. One I tasted had the been-in-the-tap tubes-too-long distinctiveness but that's all.
They seem to have high quality standards even when they are serving up pilsner junk. It may be bleh, but at least it's not skunky.
Also, a couple of the pils I had were remarkably not awful--as you may have noted, I'm pretty biased against them. It was more of a bees and flowers thing than anything else. Bees and flowers make good pilsner.
Why the pilsner-hate anyways?
I'm not the beer-geek that you or derspeiss are, but the eye-opening thing for me in Europe was how good the czech pilsners were. I buy them sometimes in Canada, but it's hit or miss whether they'll be skunky. But more-or-less fresh in Prague they were wonderful.
Quote from: Barrister on June 03, 2014, 12:43:12 PM
Why the pilsner-hate anyways?
I'm not the beer-geek that you or derspeiss are, but the eye-opening thing for me in Europe was how good the czech pilsners were. I buy them sometimes in Canada, but it's hit or miss whether they'll be skunky. But more-or-less fresh in Prague they were wonderful.
I enjoy a good, fresh all-malt pilsner. They're great in hot weather or for a change of pace. Sucks that some truly good ones come in green bottles & get skunked. But the knock on them is that they're just not as flavorful as ales or darker lagers.
My supermarket is selling beer 25% off for the long weekend. I picked up a couple of bottles of Leffe Brune. :mmm:
Their Brune is good. Last time I got a 6-pack of their Blonde it took me a while to get through it.
I think Leffe Brune would have qualified as the official drink of the 2008 Brussels Languish Meet(TM). :D
I had a Lithuanian triple bock. It was drinkable but an ominous 12% abv. Holy crap.
Quote from: derspiess on June 06, 2014, 11:31:18 PM
I had a Lithuanian triple bock. It was drinkable but an ominous 12% abv. Holy crap.
You don't seem to see the high abv beers outside of the Anglosphere yet. There may be laws (the Vienna strong IPAs I had were still in the 5-6% range), but it will happen.
I should mention that the Bevog brewery I liked so much was actually in Austria, not Slovenia. It's in Bad Radkersburg, near the borders of Austria, Hungary and Slovenia.
So maybe it's not a law. The Vienna breweries I liked rarely went over 6%, which is unusual for an American brewery now.
Yeah, the regular Austrian brews will generally be around 5%. There's a few special brews like Samichlaus which go into the double digits.
And some breweries do christmas bock, which obviously is higher, too. Though I guess my favorite bock remains Kloster Andechs Doppelbock (bit hard to get here).
A Blue Hawaiian. Third one of the afternoon. :cool:
Fifteen years ago, a friend of mine studied in the Netherlands, and brought back a few grams of good weed and a sixpack of 12.5 % Grolsch "Het Kanoon". The beer was good, but it hit like liquor.
I'm no expert of beers anymore, but dissing a good pilsner smacks of snobbery.
Most European countries make pilsners, bocks and bayer. I liked them all. The only beer I've disliked was a German supermarket chain one. There was a distinct dishwasher flavour to it.
I'd like Sam Adams to go bankrupt, just because of their commercials.
Quote from: Syt on June 07, 2014, 02:58:03 AM
Yeah, the regular Austrian brews will generally be around 5%. There's a few special brews like Samichlaus which go into the double digits.
And some breweries do christmas bock, which obviously is higher, too. Though I guess my favorite bock remains Kloster Andechs Doppelbock (bit hard to get here).
Samichlaus is too strong to be sold in Ohio, so I have to buy it in Kentucky. Just finished the last one I had from the 2011 bottling.
Weird. I know some states have an upper proof limit on fermented beverages but I thought they were all Great Plains/Western states like Utah, Kansas or Oklahoma or something like that.
NPR ran this story on All Things Considered yesterday about the emergence of canned craft beer:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/06/10/320645347/brewers-have-been-all-bottled-up-but-now-theyre-canning-it
It mentions a couple Cincinnati breweries that opened last year and opted to can their beer rather than bottle it.
The only one I know who tried it in the last five or six years was Buckbean. They went under. They had some bad problems with product consistency that earned them a bad rep.
Oskar Blues, Sixpoint, and Bells have all done it pretty successfully.
Apparently this is building up as the next manufactured outrage:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-beer-ingredients-petition-20140611,0,86312.story
On one hand I think breweries ought to disclose what additives they use in their beer. And if people get turned off by this or that in their Budweiser or Coors, it should help the craft breweries.
On the other hand, it's much ado about nothing. OMG they use starches/sugars from GMO corn (leaving aside the fact that corn ought not to be in beer in the first place). And some of the "controversial" ingredients are being misrepresented-- like the charge that Guinness uses fish bladders in their beer. They use isinglass, which is a clarifying agent that is derived and processed from the the dried swim bladder of a fish, yeah. But that stuff coagulates with yeast and drops to the bottom of the vat. It does not end up in the final product.
Lol local brewery made what I guess is a Hungarian Hefeweizen:
:lol:
So my local homebrew shop ran a special on ingredients. I bought kits for a Raspberry Wheat and a Red Rye Pale Ale.
I'm a little disappointed that the Raspberry Wheat kit has raspberry extract flavoring instead of something more natural. I plan on using canned raspberry puree instead but I don't even know if that's something commonly carried in grocery stores.
I'm at Mammoth right now having an Epic IPA. :licklips:
I think I had that from a can a while back. Good west coast IPA.
Canada Dry and Crown Royal :)
Quote from: garbon on June 23, 2014, 09:19:00 PM
Canada Dry and Crown Royal :)
What a waste of a fine Crown Royal. :(
Quote"Cosmos and Sex on the Beach are like, not things people actually order unless they are horrible humans."
"Sex on the Beach is for people who are willing to say the ludicrous salad names at Just Salad out loud."
"Sex on the Beach is for people who would never actually have sex on a beach."
"Or sex anywhere."
:D :weep:
edit: actually this full discussion is pretty fun. http://www.buzzfeed.com/emmyf/frozen-margaritas-from-dads-new-blender #YesRazGaysAndBuzzfeed #hashtag
So the gays don't drink Cosmos anymore? What's the big gay drink these days?
Shhhhhhh :mad:
Quote from: derspiess on June 26, 2014, 03:54:34 PM
So the gays don't drink Cosmos anymore? What's the big gay drink these days?
When I go out I see a lot of...cranberry & vodka + bud light. I guess mimosas get an honorary mention on the brunch side.
Ah, back to the basics then.
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I had a Cosmo last time I was in a gay bar.
Miller Lite x 100
I'm going to crack open my growler of IPA 395 from Mammoth later for the holiday.
It's an American IPA with thyme and sage. It tastes like my backyard smells when it rains. I bought the growler when we were there a couple weeks ago.
One of the girls at the bar there mentioned that the whole staff goes once a year to pick their hops in Bend. No wonder that city has one brewery for every ten residents.
Why is it that when negroes drink a 40 it's ghetto, but when white boys drink a growler it's uptown? :P
Is there Colt 45 or purple drank in the growler? If not then there's your answer. :)
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 04, 2014, 04:15:17 PM
Why is it that when negroes drink a 40 it's ghetto, but when white boys drink a growler it's uptown? :P
You generally don't drink straight out of the growler and don't keep the growler in a paper bag.
I drank a pint or so of some nearly flat Imperial IPA from a local brewery last night. It was left over from the night before & I just couldn't bring myself to pour it out.
And a group of friends & I killed a half keg of the same IIPA at our second annual campout behind the brewery last Thursday. I took it pretty easy on July 4th to make up for it.
My wife really wanted the growler so she could re-use the bottle. I admit it's a good one. They put a seal on it so we could drive away with it though.
She'll put olive oil or something in it probably.
Quote from: The Brain on June 27, 2014, 12:46:59 PM
I had a Cosmo last time I was in a gay bar.
I had a gin-and-tonic the last time I was at a true gay bar...two summers ago I guess.
I had a Vodka Coke and then a Bud Light on Saturday when at the gay bars.
http://abc7.com/sports/self-serve-beer-stations-make-debut/164112/
Quote from: derspiess on July 08, 2014, 09:42:12 AM
http://abc7.com/sports/self-serve-beer-stations-make-debut/164112/
People are gross.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 07, 2014, 07:14:31 PM
My wife really wanted the growler so she could re-use the bottle. I admit it's a good one. They put a seal on it so we could drive away with it though.
She'll put olive oil or something in it probably.
I have so many damned growlers, my wife is threatening to throw them out. That would require her to put something in the garbage/recycling, though, which she is apparently incapable of doing.
Sweetwater Brewing in Atlanta is expanding into Ohio soon. Oddly enough, one of the brewers at my favorite local brewery recently left to go work for them.
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It's wheat beer mixed with grapefruit juice at 2.5% alcohol. Perfect for a hot summer evening after running about 5 miles. :mmm:
That's considered a radler, right?
I brewed a hefeweizen this past Saturday and used Weihenstephaner liquid yeast that comes in a "smack pack" where you can give the yeast a head start with some nutrients by rupturing the nutrient packet inside the sealed pouch. I saw bubbles coming out of the airlock 3 hours after I sealed the fermenter, and then yesterday the yeast were happily burping a steady stream of CO2 bubbles.
I plan to take half of it and bottle it as a standard hefeweizen, and add some raspberry puree to the other half to make the long anticipated Razgovory Wheat.
Speesh: what do you think of Glaurus? I tried the Scottish ale (not my favorite type of beer) and drank the unfiltered Spotted Cow, which was OK.
New Glarus is a solid brewery. I haven't had all their beers but the Spotted Cow is my favorite. I haven't had their Scottish ale, but I'm not a big fan of them either.
:ccr
I found a Pabst Blue Ribbon on the shelve at the supermarket today and had to try it. It's very refreshing in this heatwave we're having at the moment, but blander than most beers, even the other stock American's I've tried.
Strange. I'd say PBR has a much stronger taste than Millerbud.
Quote from: derspiess on July 21, 2014, 03:31:07 PM
That's considered a radler, right?
Traditional Radler (or Alsterwasser as it's called up North) is usually 50/50 beer and lemonade. But non-lemon varieties have been around for a couple of years now.
I had a hankering for some amaretto last week, so I got some Amaretto. Been having it with diet coke and rum. Good combo.
Had a Triple IPA with a purported 420 IBU and 11% ABV. Tasty for the first few sips but a full one just feels a bit much.
Maalox
Lol Olds.
Get off my lawn
A Sierra Nevada Summerfest (seasonal pilsner-type offering) and an Otter Creek Vermont Lager (ditto). Both very tasty and I always enjoy buying US-made pilsners/lagers.
The Summerfest is probably overall the better beer -- more complex and floral, etc. But the Vermont Lager says it is modeled on the North German pils (which is my fave) and you can taste it -- more astringent and crisp, with blunter hops (without being just too hoppy for the style, like Victory Prima Pils is, even though it's good.)
Although I like virtually all styles quite a lot, from Bud Light to the "gose" salty/sour beer I had lately, but I think I've found my niche for myself in the beer world, because I could never be a beer snob or even a beer "guy," too much dedication.
But I love my pilsners and there aren't that many North American microbrewed ones to choose from. (I'm including Sam Adams, though I guess that pisses off some beer HIPSTERS since they're too big, but their Noble Pils is year-round these days and it is high quality.)
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on July 22, 2014, 11:10:57 PM
Although I like virtually all styles quite a lot, from Bud Light to the "gose" salty/sour beer I had lately, but I think I've found my niche for myself in the beer world, because I could never be a beer snob or even a beer "guy," too much dedication.
That's good. They're the worst. It's like wine snobbery for Epsilons.
I'm at work, so I'm having a jug of tap water on my desk.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on July 22, 2014, 11:10:57 PM
A Sierra Nevada Summerfest (seasonal pilsner-type offering) and an Otter Creek Vermont Lager (ditto). Both very tasty and I always enjoy buying US-made pilsners/lagers.
The Summerfest is probably overall the better beer -- more complex and floral, etc. But the Vermont Lager says it is modeled on the North German pils (which is my fave) and you can taste it -- more astringent and crisp, with blunter hops (without being just too hoppy for the style, like Victory Prima Pils is, even though it's good.)
Speaking of Victory, their Summer Love is probably my absolute favorite summer beer. Has lots of taste and still light enough to drink on a hot day. Plus on the label they have pictures of every single thing I like to do during the summer.
QuoteAlthough I like virtually all styles quite a lot, from Bud Light to the "gose" salty/sour beer I had lately, but I think I've found my niche for myself in the beer world, because I could never be a beer snob or even a beer "guy," too much dedication.
I can't believe I was ignorant about gose until last year. Really cool beer style. And you are a beer guy, just of the omnivore type.
QuoteBut I love my pilsners and there aren't that many North American microbrewed ones to choose from. (I'm including Sam Adams, though I guess that pisses off some beer HIPSTERS since they're too big, but their Noble Pils is year-round these days and it is high quality.)
Yep, pilsners are a bit rare. I can think of a couple breweries around here that do them year-round. A lot of smaller breweries just don't like doing lagers, period (which makes sense on a small scale-- they involve more work). Sometimes Kölsch is about the closest you'll find.
It's 28°C in the apartment, so I'm having a white wine spritzer (based off Federspiel).
Lol that was the drink that got Ned Flanders in trouble in Vegas.
White spritzers are probably the most common alcoholic summer refreshment in Vienna, together with Aperol Spritzers, though the latter's popularity has waned a bit after being trendy a few years ago.
At a Heuriger you would often order a jug of the vinyard's fresh wine with a jug of water and mix at the table. You can spend hours jabbing like that, with some food from the place's buffet counter (rich, fatty Austrian food like pork roasts, dumplings, dumplings, sausages, sweet deserts ... ).
I need to do that during my vacation again.
I like to take cha...sparkling wine and combine it with aperol and st germain.
Isn't that what an Aperol Spritzer is? :unsure:
I don't know, typically I've seen them without that last ingredient.
Sorry, I thought that St. Germain would be mineral water; I now know that it isn't. :)
Ah :)
Southern Prohibition Brewing's Jack the Sipper ESB. It's become my daily beer.
Had three liters of beer at the German American Club. One liter of Warsteiner Premium Verum, one of Warsteiner Premium Dunkel, and one of Spaten Marzen. Feeling pretty good. :cool:
Behind us there was a table of... Schwarzes. Das ist nicht mein Volk :mad:
Dropped by Specs this evening:
Wasatch Apricot Hefeweisen: Uh...interesting...
Konig Pilsner: Good as always.
Stone Levitation Ale: Haven't gotten to it yet
I'll be hitting up Pittsburgh this coming week. Anyone know of any PA beers that aren't available in NY worth getting? That or local beers to the 'burgh? I'm tempted to piss on Heinz Field, so I'll be sampling while I'm in town.
Quote from: derspiess on July 15, 2014, 10:49:09 AM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 07, 2014, 07:14:31 PM
My wife really wanted the growler so she could re-use the bottle. I admit it's a good one. They put a seal on it so we could drive away with it though.
She'll put olive oil or something in it probably.
I have so many damned growlers, my wife is threatening to throw them out. That would require her to put something in the garbage/recycling, though, which she is apparently incapable of doing.
just bought a nice stainless steel growler perfect for taking on hikes.
Been drinking a lot of midnight sun beers and local King St brewery as well.
Been going out most every Saturday night and amazed to see how pervasive the popularity of Jameson seems to be.
Mainly coffee, though I did have a can of 'cider' a few months back. un.:bowler:
Iced coffee. Or an Ice Latte as they called it, but it was ice cubes, espresso and milk. Yuck.
But I can't drink normal coffee in this heat.
Quote from: Liep on July 28, 2014, 06:28:03 AM
Iced coffee. Or an Ice Latte as they called it, but it was ice cubes, espresso and milk. Yuck.
:huh:
Quote from: katmai on July 28, 2014, 04:14:34 AM
just bought a nice stainless steel growler perfect for taking on hikes.
Is it the vacuum-insulated kind? I bought one on Amazon a while back and love it. Weird how the outer part can warm up while the inner part stays so cool. Nice bonus is that it's actually like 68 or 69 ounces rather than the standard 64, so you get a small bonus if it's filled all the way to the top.
Quote from: garbon on July 28, 2014, 08:17:31 AM
Quote from: Liep on July 28, 2014, 06:28:03 AM
Iced coffee. Or an Ice Latte as they called it, but it was ice cubes, espresso and milk. Yuck.
:huh:
Which part doesn't make sense? :huh:
The yuck bit. I love iced lattes.
Hmm, I forgot to add that they put in this clear syrup as well. It made it very sweet and I'm used to black coffee with no sugar.
Quote from: Liep on July 28, 2014, 08:24:49 AM
Hmm, I forgot to add that they put in this clear syrup as well. It made it very sweet and I'm used to black coffee with no sugar.
Ugh, I hear you. I don't mind milk/cream in my coffee but I can't stand it when it's very sweet. That's a coffee-flavored milkshake, not coffee.
Quote from: Caliga on July 28, 2014, 08:25:50 AM
Quote from: Liep on July 28, 2014, 08:24:49 AM
Hmm, I forgot to add that they put in this clear syrup as well. It made it very sweet and I'm used to black coffee with no sugar.
Ugh, I hear you. I don't mind milk/cream in my coffee but I can't stand it when it's very sweet. That's a coffee-flavored milkshake, not coffee.
That might make sense if the coffee content has been severely limited.
Quote from: Liep on July 28, 2014, 08:24:49 AM
I'm used to black coffee with no sugar.
I'm not sure why you would order a latte hot or cold. :D
Quote from: garbon on July 28, 2014, 08:27:35 AM
Quote from: Liep on July 28, 2014, 08:24:49 AM
I'm used to black coffee with no sugar.
I'm not sure why you would order a latte hot or cold. :D
Well, Iced espresso didn't sound very good either. I had to try.
Quote from: Liep on July 28, 2014, 08:30:44 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 28, 2014, 08:27:35 AM
Quote from: Liep on July 28, 2014, 08:24:49 AM
I'm used to black coffee with no sugar.
I'm not sure why you would order a latte hot or cold. :D
Well, Iced espresso didn't sound very good either. I had to try.
I'm an espresso guy as well but never had any desire to do an iced one. Latte is too much milk, so an iced espresso with a dash of milk works okay. I'm sure there is a name for that but I have no clue.
Another 30+ day, so I tried another iced coffee variant. 'Ismokka', espresso and chocolate milk with ice. Better.
I'll do an iced mocha with skim milk every now & then, particularly if there's an option for darker chocolate.
My homebrew repertoire, for this year anyway: https://untappd.com/BlueHenBrewing/beer
Oh, and I'm currently drinking a Madtree PsycHOPathy, a nice locally made West Coast IPA.
Quote from: Liep on July 29, 2014, 07:59:01 AM
Another 30+ day, so I tried another iced coffee variant. 'Ismokka', espresso and chocolate milk with ice. Better.
Have you ever tried Vietnamese iced coffee, made with condensed milk?
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 31, 2014, 02:04:28 AM
Have you ever tried Vietnamese iced coffee, made with condensed milk?
I tried that for the first time a few weeks back. I liked it but it was a little too sweet for me.
Right now I'm drinking Courvoisier XO. :cool:
Whiskey sours.
I had Spaten Pils at the German-American club's biergarten earlier. Never tried that one before... it was good. :beer:
Quote from: derspiess on July 30, 2014, 10:59:42 PM
My homebrew repertoire, for this year anyway: https://untappd.com/BlueHenBrewing/beer
Raz has a beer named in his honor? That's awesome. :lol: Looks like a pretty decent selection. :cheers:
Peach/white grape juice.
Water.
Got to work tomorrow.
Hell or High Watermelon (wheat bear w/watermelon) from 21st Amendment Brewery.
Pretty darn good. :)
Last Saturday I went to what might be the smallest nanobrewery I've ever visited-- Quarter Barrel Brewery in Oxford, OH where Miami University is located. They're set up mainly as a restaurant/beer bar and have only one of their own beers on tap at any given time. They had just switched to their blonde, which is probably my least favorite type (save for the Belgian variety). On first taste it was like a standard blonde with that weird pale malt aftertaste, but after a few more sips the Nelson Sauvin hops really took over, giving it a nice fruity balance. The description was vague but I believe it was a single hop beer. Probably the best American blonde ale I can recall drinking.
And last night I tried the Birra Etrusca Bronze from Dogfish. Don't anyone tell grumbler but it has a small amount of hops in it. Kinda wished it had more. They put all kinds of funky stuff in it, including gentian root and myrrh resin. The only pleasant taste was the pomegranate.
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21613317-forget-obamacare-and-unemployment-big-issue-florida-beer-jugs-howling
I did not realize there were three states where growler purchases were illegal. WTF
Gin and tonic, from a minibar. :(
Quote from: derspiess on September 03, 2014, 01:04:26 PM
And last night I tried the Birra Etrusca Bronze from Dogfish. Don't anyone tell grumbler but it has a small amount of hops in it. Kinda wished it had more. They put all kinds of funky stuff in it, including gentian root and myrrh resin. The only pleasant taste was the pomegranate.
Weird hippie beers often suck in my experience. I had some weird thing from Magic Hat once that tasted like I was drinking perfume. :yuk:
Got a bunch of a good Rieslings from the Crush progressive sale (prices go down every day but quantities limited) plus a couple bottles of decent red burgundy and 2 bottles of 2011 Taylor Fladgate
Quote from: The Minsky Moment on September 03, 2014, 07:06:57 PM
Got a bunch of a good Rieslings from the Crush progressive sale (prices go down every day but quantities limited) plus a couple bottles of decent red burgundy and 2 bottles of 2011 Taylor Fladgate
Strikes me as a bit much to be drinking at one time. :hmm:
Just had a single malt...take the edge off my day.
Quote from: garbon on September 03, 2014, 07:13:55 PM
Strikes me as a bit much to be drinking at one time. :hmm:
Swirl and spit, no problems.
How...wasteful!
We have a new local brewery opening tomorrow. It's in a generic-looking 1950s firehouse and it has a kind of cheesy firehouse theme. Plus the name (Old Firehouse Brewery) isn't too imaginative. But it's something new and I got invited to their soft opening :punk:
Gin and club soda.
Quote from: fhdz on September 05, 2014, 08:02:59 PM
Gin and club soda.
The consonants man returns with a classy drink, welcome back. :cheers:
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Quote from: fhdz on September 05, 2014, 08:02:59 PM
Gin and club soda.
The consonants man returns with a classy drink, welcome back. :cheers:
:cheers: If it's good enough for the British Navy, it's good enough for me.
Quote from: derspiess on September 03, 2014, 04:33:49 PM
http://www.economist.com/news/united-states/21613317-forget-obamacare-and-unemployment-big-issue-florida-beer-jugs-howling
I did not realize there were three states where growler purchases were illegal. WTF
We're still pretty mercantilist when it comes to our beers. Distributors have geographical zones and the whole works. I think there are only two for the whole state of Texas. Economics circa 1755.
One of the local breweries decided to go with this label for their Oktoberfest beer this year.
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I guess he's hairy enough for garbon :mellow:
:unsure:
Not hairy enough?
Anyway, at 6:00pm today I will be drinking Paulaner Oktoberfest. Hopefully they have the original maerzen and not the lighter Wiesn stuff they put on the shelves last year. And I'll have to work in a Franziskaner Dunkel (my official Oktoberfest beer since 1996).
Foodwise, it will be the usual pork schnitzel, spaetzle, pretzel w/ beer cheese, brat/mett/weisswurst, & sauerkraut. Skipping lunch to make up for it :)
Last night I had a surprisingly good Imperial Stout from Japan, of all places. It was a bit hoppy for the style but I wasn't offended. Only flaw was that it was a little undercarbonated. I gave it 4/5 on Untappd. Dark Sky Imperial Stout from Baird Brewing Company.
Trying to get as far as I can on Untappd for the Been Connoisseur badge. I'm level 6 (meaning at least one beer from 30 different countries) and I think I can get to level 8. Level 10 (50 countries) will probably take a while as I hit the easy ones long ago.
Oh, I also had a pale ale flavored with paw paw.
Quote from: derspiess on October 02, 2014, 02:25:21 PM
Last night I had a surprisingly good Imperial Stout from Japan, of all places. It was a bit hoppy for the style but I wasn't offended. Only flaw was that it was a little undercarbonated. I gave it 4/5 on Untappd. Dark Sky Imperial Stout from Baird Brewing Company.
Trying to get as far as I can on Untappd for the Been Connoisseur badge. I'm level 6 (meaning at least one beer from 30 different countries) and I think I can get to level 8. Level 10 (50 countries) will probably take a while as I hit the easy ones long ago.
Was the Japanese beer from Hitachino Nest? They've got some solid beers.
No, it was from a very American-sounding brewery: Baird Brewing Company.
I haven't ever had any of that Hitachino but it's on my list.
Miller Lite with tomato juice to lower the alcohol content.
Quote from: Siege on October 03, 2014, 02:32:38 AM
Miller Lite with tomato juice to lower the alcohol content.
:yuk:
Anchor's California Lager. :licklips:
Long live lager! :swiss: I predict the microbrew lager to be the next big craze. It's already happening a bit, but I'll go to a well-stocked beer section looking for a good American-made pilsener and come up fruitless. So it results in me purchasing a so-so import, scrapping the beer buy altogether, or radically shifting gears (towards the Genessee/Naragansett cheapie side or the quality ale side) so I don't come back empty-handed. I think non-Americans would be surprised at the piles of decent-to-great ale that are stacked up alongside the Bud Lite in a big but mid-range supermarket or liquor store beer aisle, but without a lager among them, even while the imports* have shrunk to basically Guinness, Bass, Newcastle, Beck's, Stella, Heineken, plus maybe Urquell, Leffe, and Warsteiner if you're lucky.
They're harder to produce for small or home operators and they have less cachet, associated as they are with bingers (at least in the UK) and sharing company with your Stellas and Carlsbergs and generic "national" beers like Peroni and Efes, let alone Bud and Miller. And I think one has to concede that for the true beer 'obsessionados' (just coined that term :)), there is ultimately less going on flavorwise with lagers and, other than stupidly flavoring them, their horizon holds fewer possibilities.
But an excellent lager is a beautiful thing, a hallmark of simplicity and refinement, that imparts flavor and refreshment in equal measures. The archetype for me is a German pilsener, a North German one (I think), not the Czech though that's fine too. I'm not huge on the amber colored American lagers a la Sam Adams Boston Lager, though they are fine in their own right.
*Canadian and Mexican beers excepted from "import" status for the purposes of this post, per the Internet-rhetoric provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement, effective 1/1/94.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on October 03, 2014, 05:13:07 PM
Anchor's California Lager. :licklips:
Long live lager! :swiss: I predict the microbrew lager to be the next big craze. It's already happening a bit, but I'll go to a well-stocked beer section looking for a good American-made pilsener and come up fruitless. So it results in me purchasing a so-so import, scrapping the beer buy altogether, or radically shifting gears (towards the Genessee/Naragansett cheapie side or the quality ale side) so I don't come back empty-handed. I think non-Americans would be surprised at the piles of decent-to-great ale that are stacked up alongside the Bud Lite in a big but mid-range supermarket or liquor store beer aisle, but without a lager among them, even while the imports* have shrunk to basically Guinness, Bass, Newcastle, Beck's, Stella, Heineken, plus maybe Urquell, Leffe, and Warsteiner if you're lucky.
They're harder to produce for small or home operators and they have less cachet, associated as they are with bingers (at least in the UK) and sharing company with your Stellas and Carlsbergs and generic "national" beers like Peroni and Efes, let alone Bud and Miller. And I think one has to concede that for the true beer 'obsessionados' (just coined that term :)), there is ultimately less going on flavorwise with lagers and, other than stupidly flavoring them, their horizon holds fewer possibilities.
But an excellent lager is a beautiful thing, a hallmark of simplicity and refinement, that imparts flavor and refreshment in equal measures. The archetype for me is a German pilsener, a North German one (I think), not the Czech though that's fine too. I'm not huge on the amber colored American lagers a la Sam Adams Boston Lager, though they are fine in their own right.
*Canadian and Mexican beers excepted from "import" status for the purposes of this post, per the Internet-rhetoric provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement, effective 1/1/94.
Hmm, within the craft beer movement (or whatever you want to call it) I think lagers will maybe gain a little more popularity but will hit a glass ceiling. I love a good pilsner as well. Dark lagers are fine, and Schwarzbier is the perfect cigar beer. Then you have the bock styles which are awesome. But ale styles tend to be more complex and lend more creativity than most lager styles (bocks are a notable exception).
And it's not that they haven't tried to do more with lager styles. A few months ago I had an "Imperial Pilsner" which was frankly an abomination. The taste profile of a pilsner is much better when subtle.
Anyway, speaking of Euro lagers, I found a Croatian beer a couple days ago-- Karlovačko Pivo. Once you get past the skunkiness (stupid green bottle!) it's a superb pilsner. I was expecting it to be like some dreadful Ukrainian beers I had over the summer and I was pleasantly surprised. I also bought a Romanian beer-- not expecting much of that one.
I had two Mai Tais with dinner. :cool:
Found a beer for Marty.
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Ooo.... I want to try that style so bad. I love Rauchbiers. :licklips:
By, does New Belgium distribute up your way? They do a good Graetzer in collaboration with 3 Floyds.
I'm not a huge fan of smoked beers in general but I like the Graetzer style.
Mihalia, see if your place carries Old Dominion lager. Probably the best lager I've ever drunk. Incredibly crisp and clean.
Quote from: derspiess on October 18, 2014, 06:32:46 PM
By, does New Belgium distribute up your way? They do a good Graetzer in collaboration with 3 Floyds.
I'm not a huge fan of smoked beers in general but I like the Graetzer style.
Off and on. I'll try to pull some strings at the bar I work at to nab some. That or just go to the source and con some of the beer reps into carrying some. I'm currently in the process of bribing my aunt to smuggle me some 3 Floyds next time she comes to New York. I have yet to have a Graetzer, though I've read about them. They definitely seem like something I'd enjoy thoroughly.
Graetzer is hard to find, though I'm guessing we'll see more being brewed in the next year or two. I had never heard of Gose until the middle of last year & it's starting to appear all over the place now.
I haven't had coffee at work in a long time but lack of sleep made it necessary today. I have grown weak - I haven't been hit this hard by caffeine in a long while. :weep:
Quote from: garbon on October 23, 2014, 02:29:42 PM
I haven't had coffee at work in a long time but lack of sleep made it necessary today. I have grown weak - I haven't been hit this hard by caffeine in a long while. :weep:
Yeah - I cut out caffeine at least a year ago.
I can have about a half cup with no major effects, but if I drink more than that I get the shakes pretty noticeably. :Embarrass:
At my last job (more than 2 years ago), I used to drink coffee daily so had lots of caffeine all the time.
Here I switched to just having a cup of tea. I guess that caffeine content is really low in comparison. :D
Very hard for me to OD on caffeine, even if I've been without it for a while.
There was this one place at my old work on the ground level that had coffee that I called crack coffee. Even with my regular coffee dirnking ways, it would always wire me out if I had a full cup. It was really surreal as before that I'd never had any caffeine problems other then in college when I would caffeine binge during all nighters.
Today I had lemonade with pickled plums at a Vietnamese restaurant. It was a sweet, salty, chunky lemonade with a taste of plum. It was a odd to my tastes, but I guess the Vietnamese love salty lemonade.
I quite like Bulleit rye. It's got a touch of caraway in it. It works.
Tried various flavors of Aloe Vera drink. According to the tin produced in South Korea and distributed from Slovenia.
Rather good, even if it tastes a bit artificial, and the Aloe Vera jelly bits floating in it feel a bit weird in the mouth at first.
I think I like guava and pomegranate best.
Looking forward to the Dogfish Head Tap Takeover at the bar I work at tomorrow. On the list so far:
Kvasir | Scottish Gruit | 10%
Theobroma | Chile Beer with Cocoa Nibs | 9%
Midas Touch | Ancient Ale | 9%
Birra Etrusca | Bronze Ale | 8.5%
Red & White | Witbier with Pinot Noir Juice | 10%
Positive Contact | Beer/Cider Hybrid | 9%
61 Minute | IPA with Syrah Grape Must | 6.5%
90 Minute | Double IPA | 9%
World Wide Stout | Imperial Stout | 15-20%
:beer:
Coffee
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on November 09, 2014, 10:55:11 PM
Looking forward to the Dogfish Head Tap Takeover at the bar I work at tomorrow. On the list so far:
Kvasir | Scottish Gruit | 10%
Pretty tasty. Makes a good winter beer IMO.
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Theobroma | Chile Beer with Cocoa Nibs | 9%
Have not tried this yet but it sounds interesting. It's distributed in Ohio but I've never seen it in any bottle shop here.
QuoteMidas Touch | Ancient Ale | 9%
Classic.
QuoteBirra Etrusca | Bronze Ale | 8.5%
I tried to like this one. I forget the stuff they use to provide the bitterness but it's just off-putting. Wasn't a huge fan.
QuoteRed & White | Witbier with Pinot Noir Juice | 10%
Have not had it but sounds like something I'd like. Pretty strong for a witbier, though.
QuotePositive Contact | Beer/Cider Hybrid | 9%
Sure this is good, too.
Quote61 Minute | IPA with Syrah Grape Must | 6.5%
Had this a couple weeks ago for the first time. About as close to a Session IPA as you get from Dogfish.
Quote90 Minute | Double IPA | 9%
Already enough been written on this one.
QuoteWorld Wide Stout | Imperial Stout | 15-20%
I keep meaning to get a bottle or two to cellar for a few years when it's available here.
Did you guys get a hold of any 120 from the latest release?
Not that I'm aware of. At least for sale to the public. The bar manager might have nabbed some for himself. I'm not a big IPA guy, so I generally don't bother nabbing them.
Princesca bought a bottle of Leinenkugel's Orange Shandy, didn't like it, and gave it to me. It's... weird. But not necessarily bad.
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on November 10, 2014, 04:59:37 PM
Not that I'm aware of. At least for sale to the public. The bar manager might have nabbed some for himself. I'm not a big IPA guy, so I generally don't bother nabbing them.
It's worth trying, even if you're not a hop-head. The booziness overtakes the hoppiness, in a good way.
Tea. Milk no sugar. Out of a Thermos flask. This office has no kitchen/fridge/kettle/microwave :mad:
Quote from: Caliga on November 10, 2014, 07:13:19 PM
Princesca bought a bottle of Leinenkugel's Orange Shandy, didn't like it, and gave it to me. It's... weird. But not necessarily bad.
Does she give you anything else? :)
Hoegaarden :)
So post Dogfish Head event: My favorite was the Theobroma. It wasn't as chile or as cocoa as I would have liked, but it was very drinkable. The Positive Contact came in second with the Kvasir rolling in third. The 61 was terrible in my opinion. The one nice surprise was that they brought a Randall and did a 90 minute/grapefruit juice combo which was tasty. The bar manager and I are now pushing to get one for the bar.
Daiquiri
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on November 15, 2014, 06:16:19 AM
So post Dogfish Head event: My favorite was the Theobroma. It wasn't as chile or as cocoa as I would have liked, but it was very drinkable. The Positive Contact came in second with the Kvasir rolling in third. The 61 was terrible in my opinion. The one nice surprise was that they brought a Randall and did a 90 minute/grapefruit juice combo which was tasty. The bar manager and I are now pushing to get one for the bar.
A couple places here have a Randall and they see plenty of use. Very cool what you can do with them.
I'm drinking a Sweetwater IPA, which has a great nose but is restrained even by East Coast IPA standards.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thrillist/8-breweries-in-awesomely_b_6146010.html
I've been to two of these, including Church Brew several years back. And I keep meaning to go to the "gentleman's brewery" in Dayton to see if it's worth the hype.
Newfoundland Screech Rum. :outback: :pirate :Canuck:
Although it is actually a Product of Jamaica :smoke:; that is imported via Somerville, Mass. :elvis:; I assume there is some tangible link to Newfoundland or at least Atlantic Canada? :hmm: :homestar: :ph34r:
I'd never noticed this one on the shelves before, so curiosity got the best of me. (It appears to only have US distribution in northern New England, to no-one's surprise.) The pricepoint was quite palatable. :licklips: And so's the screech, for that matter. :)
EDIT: Whoops, I missed that it is bottled in "NL" which must be Newfoundland. There's the connection, at the very least. :sleep:
Princesca had a phone interview with the controller at Wild Turkey today that went so well they immediately after scheduled an in-person for next week. The job will pay better and it sounds like a good opportunity for her in that there's a lot less bullshit bureaucracy there but...
... I'd go from free Knob Creek to free Wild Turkey? :weep:
Rogue Mead. Haven't tried it yet.
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Quote from: Caliga on November 19, 2014, 09:58:36 PM
Princesca had a phone interview with the controller at Wild Turkey today that went so well they immediately after scheduled an in-person for next week. The job will pay better and it sounds like a good opportunity for her in that there's a lot less bullshit bureaucracy there but...
... I'd go from free Knob Creek to free Wild Turkey? :weep:
Assuming they still make Rare Breed, you'll live.
Never had it. :hmm:
Quote from: derspiess on October 02, 2014, 02:25:21 PM
Trying to get as far as I can on Untappd for the Been Connoisseur badge. I'm level 6 (meaning at least one beer from 30 different countries) and I think I can get to level 8. Level 10 (50 countries) will probably take a while as I hit the easy ones long ago.
Found me an Icelandic beer-- Ölvisholt Lava. Once I drink it it will bring me to 42 unique countries :punk:
My local mega liquor store supposedly stocks a Finnish beer according to their website but I can't find it. They do have a Slovak beer I'll eventually buy, but it's only available in 6-packs and it's in green bottles so it'll be skunky. I think they also have a Korean beer.
Quote from: derspiess on November 20, 2014, 04:15:38 PM
Quote from: derspiess on October 02, 2014, 02:25:21 PM
Trying to get as far as I can on Untappd for the Been Connoisseur badge. I'm level 6 (meaning at least one beer from 30 different countries) and I think I can get to level 8. Level 10 (50 countries) will probably take a while as I hit the easy ones long ago.
Found me an Icelandic beer-- Ölvisholt Lava. Once I drink it it will bring me to 42 unique countries :punk:
My local mega liquor store supposedly stocks a Finnish beer according to their website but I can't find it. They do have a Slovak beer I'll eventually buy, but it's only available in 6-packs and it's in green bottles so it'll be skunky. I think they also have a Korean beer.
I once had a Lichtenstein beer - Lichtensteiner Brauhaus. For some reason I kept the label in my wallet. :showoff:
It was okay.
I'm definitely not at 42 different countries of beer though. By my rough count... 18.
So far I've got:
USA
Canada
Mexico
Argentina
Brazil
Costa Rica
Trinidad
Jamaica
England
Scotland
Ireland
France
Spain
Italy
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Lithuania
Russia
Poland
Switzerland
Austria
Ukraine
Greece
Turkey
Lebanon
Croatia
Romania
Czech Republic
Kenya
India
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
China
Japan
Thailand
Australia
New Zealand
That reminds me of a few actually.
I think I've got
Canada
US
Mexico
Brazil
Jamaica
England
Scotland
Ireland
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Denmark
Germany
Poland
Czech Republic
Hungary
Austria
Italy
Lichtenstein
India
Japan
21 total
Firestone Union Jack this evening. I also got a whole loin and cut it into 15 really thick steaks. I just got the fire going.
Had an entire pitcher of Warsteiner minus one glass at the German club tonight. :beer:
Having the first New Belgium Frambozen of the season. Now the holidays begin.
rum punch :cool:
Quote from: derspiess on November 19, 2014, 10:27:03 PM
Quote from: Caliga on November 19, 2014, 09:58:36 PM
Princesca had a phone interview with the controller at Wild Turkey today that went so well they immediately after scheduled an in-person for next week. The job will pay better and it sounds like a good opportunity for her in that there's a lot less bullshit bureaucracy there but...
... I'd go from free Knob Creek to free Wild Turkey? :weep:
Assuming they still make Rare Breed, you'll live.
Last night when I came home she was standing outside with the dog on a leash talking on the phone. I figured she was talking to her mom or something so I rolled down the window to say hi to the dog and happened to have gangsta rap on the radio.
"...20 INCH BLADES ON THE IMPALA..."
"Hey little homie!"
"... CALL HER, GET LAID TONIGHT..."
Turns out she was on the phone with Wild Turkey's plant director. :Embarrass: :ph34r:
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:hmm:
:lol: So is she gonna make the jump?
Quote from: derspiess on November 25, 2014, 03:44:01 PM
:lol: So is she gonna make the jump?
She's actually interviewing there right now. Dunno yet.
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:hmm:
linkie no workie.
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:hmm:
Didn't we see recently that Kentucky is one of the hardest places to live?
Quote from: garbon on November 25, 2014, 03:56:47 PM
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:hmm:
Didn't we see recently that Kentucky is one of the hardest places to live?
Not the part Cal lives in. Livin's easy 'round Loolvull.
Anybody have an opinion on cider?
I usually drink Blackthorn on the rare occasion that I can find it. There used to be a pub in town that had it on tap, but I haven't been back there since they switched out for Angry Orchard. I've yet to find an American-brewed cider that's quite as dry as I like it. There might be some variant of AO by now, I don't know.
My favorite cider is the pear cider by Ace.
Anyway you should be drinking Angry Orchard and liking it :angry: Try the Traditional Dry.
Quote from: Caliga on November 25, 2014, 03:39:42 PMhappened to have gangsta rap on the radio.
"...20 INCH BLADES ON THE IMPALA..."
"Hey little homie!"
"... CALL HER, GET LAID TONIGHT..."
:hmm: A song from 15 years ago? Must've been a
THROWBACK TUESDAY.....ONLY ON JAMMIN 99.9...TODAYS HITS AND YESTERDAYS FAVORITES
Co-worker just gave me a Jamaican ginger beer :pinch: too... much... ginger.
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on November 26, 2014, 09:43:48 AM
A song from 15 years ago?
:lol: I don't honestly remember what was on when I pulled in. When I wrote the post Little Troy was the first thing that popped into my head.
Kamikaze!
It's called using up leftovers. Now out of vodka and Cointreau. :weep:
I'm at the Bulldog English pub in Monterey having a Strongbow. I find it a bit on the sweet side but Mrs. MIM likes it. Will change to Firestone IPA in a minute.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on November 29, 2014, 09:29:17 PM
I'm at the Bulldog English pub in Monterey having a Strongbow. I find it a bit on the sweet side but Mrs. MIM likes it. Will change to Firestone IPA in a minute.
Eeek, yeah it's not too good. Get her a nice perry, for you I suggest:
http://www.westons-cider.co.uk/products/old-rosie-and-traditional/the-product/ (http://www.westons-cider.co.uk/products/old-rosie-and-traditional/the-product/)
Hey, Cal!
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/12/worlds_first_scrapple_beer_a_first_available_this_saturday_at_dogfish_head.html
:yucky:
Drinking Desperados.
As I move to dismantle my collection of alcohol, I fear things are going to get dicey.
All I have left is: vodka, kahlua, amaretto, aperol, st. germain, gin and creme de cassis.
Quote from: garbon on December 05, 2014, 08:16:37 AM
As I move to dismantle my collection of alcohol, I fear things are going to get dicey.
All I have left is: vodka, kahlua, amaretto, aperol, st. germain, gin and creme de cassis.
I found a bottle of tequila. First new mix is aperol, st. germain and lime. very tasty.
That sounds good. Aperol and Saint-Germain could make 88 unleaded taste sophisticated, though.
I've tried all the reasonably priced Italian amari amare amaros I could find; Cynar was a nice discovery, and so was Ramazotti. Aperol, I only like with the prosecco really. Fernet has its role.
But honestly nothing beats Campari in my book. Especially mixed with red vermouth (plus soda water = Americano) so you don't break the bank, since fine vermouths are cheap (Martini & Rossi, Cinzano, or Stock, depending on what flavor you seek -- all <$10 a fifth). :mmm: I could drink it for every meal.
I'm drinking a Guinness. I know it's meh, but I was in the mood, especially for this plate of fish and chips on such an icy night.
You need solid foods as well.
Last night Princesca brought home a bottle of Laphroaig 25-year cask strength... so I had to violate my usual rule about not drinking on weeknights. :mmm:
I brewed a Gose which is now done fermenting. Not sure why, but it has a lot of carbonation just from the fermentation. Almost feel like I could bottle it without priming sugar. Also, I think I added a little too much salt. The sourness and saltiness should be in harmony, but the saltiness overpowers it a little. This is all at room temperature, though. Maybe it'll somehow be a bit less salty when cold.
I miss homebrewing. Need to get back into it.
Quote from: Caliga on December 11, 2014, 05:57:16 AM
Last night Princesca brought home a bottle of Laphroaig 25-year cask strength... so I had to violate my usual rule about not drinking on weeknights. :mmm:
:thumbsup:
She also brought home a bottle of Jim Beam Black signed by Fred Noe, but we're gonna hang on to that one.
Quote from: derspiess on December 03, 2014, 11:08:03 AM
Hey, Cal!
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/12/worlds_first_scrapple_beer_a_first_available_this_saturday_at_dogfish_head.html
:yucky:
Just noticed this post. :) I'd try it fo sho.
Quote from: Caliga on December 11, 2014, 11:04:46 AM
I miss homebrewing. Need to get back into it.
Definitely one of those things where it's easy to procrastinate getting started back. I try to brew something at least every month or two these days partly because I don't want to get out of the habit.
Quote from: Caliga on December 11, 2014, 05:57:16 AM
Last night Princesca brought home a bottle of Laphroaig 25-year cask strength... so I had to violate my usual rule about not drinking on weeknights. :mmm:
I just found out this stuff retails for $500 a bottle. :cool:
What does "cask strength" mean?
Means it's not diluted before bottling... they pour the contents of the barrels straight in to the bottles.
A whole lot of Julius Echter Hefe-Weissbier.
Quote from: garbon on December 12, 2014, 09:14:10 PM
A whole lot of Julius Echter Hefe-Weissbier.
:thumbsup: Tasty stuff.
Peet's Coffee Jamaica Blue Mountain.
Delicious.
Juice box. Got the stink eye from the kids.
They don't like it, they can pay the grocery bill. Little shits.
Quote from: derspiess on November 25, 2014, 03:44:01 PM
:lol: So is she gonna make the jump?
Offer incoming... probably getting it tomorrow. :cool: She may not necessarily leave for Wild Turkey though.
Today a lorry from my favourite company crossed my path; tomorrow I need to go buy some cider for Xmas. :)
Drinking is for pussies.
I work as Staff Duty NCOIC and post in languish from my gubmint computer.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 13, 2014, 12:15:05 PM
Juice box. Got the stink eye from the kids.
They don't like it, they can pay the grocery bill. Little shits.
No shit. My kids think it's funny but the wife goes apeshit, like it's tearing apart the natural order of things.
Quote from: Caliga on December 16, 2014, 10:24:49 PM
Quote from: derspiess on November 25, 2014, 03:44:01 PM
:lol: So is she gonna make the jump?
Offer incoming... probably getting it tomorrow. :cool: She may not necessarily leave for Wild Turkey though.
Offer extended and will be accepted tomorrow. Free Wild Turkey. Yay. :(
I just found out they own Cabo Wabo too, so at least there's that.
Also, I will now be pressured incessantly to move to Shelbyville since that's much closer to their distillery. :sleep:
Quote from: Caliga on December 18, 2014, 08:42:41 PM
Also, I will now be pressured incessantly to move to Shelbyville since that's much closer to their distillery. :sleep:
No! Don't betray Springfield! :mad: In drinking news, I got a few cases of Zombie Dust and Gumball Head from 3 Floyds imported from Indiana for my enjoyment. I really dig the Gumball Head.
Yuengling. :) An old friend of mine is in town on leave for the holidays and brought some from Florida. It's been a long time since I've had this stuff.
Was drinking Linie Akvavit. Which is why I don't feel particularly well right now, though it's much better than any other snaps I've tasted.
Schnaps, in my experience, is a yakking beverage.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 20, 2014, 02:19:26 AM
Schnaps, in my experience, is a yakking beverage.
Do you have sex with a lot of yaks?
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on December 19, 2014, 09:40:24 PM
No! Don't betray Springfield! :mad:
If we moved to Springfield that would be about a 40 minute commute for her, but well over an hour for me, so Shelbyville it is. I'd rather move to Simpsonville than Shelbyville since that's a bit closer to my office, and it'd still work for her, but it's insanely expensive. :sleep:
(No, I am not joking about any of the town names.)
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on December 20, 2014, 12:50:27 AM
Yuengling. :) An old friend of mine is in town on leave for the holidays and brought some from Florida. It's been a long time since I've had this stuff.
:o Did the Yuengling survive?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/12/20/the-days-of-the-year-when-americans-are-most-drunk-visualized/?tid=pm_pop
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Quote from: Benedict Arnold on December 19, 2014, 09:40:24 PM
In drinking news, I got a few cases of Zombie Dust and Gumball Head from 3 Floyds imported from Indiana for my enjoyment. I really dig the Gumball Head.
:thumbsup: I figured Zombie Dust might not be your thing. Gumballhead is a superb beer, maybe the best wheat beer made in the US. I finally got to try their Permanent Funeral at an event last week and it was surprisingly balanced, with a lot more maltiness than expected.
My Christmas Barleywine turned out quite well-- drained a few bottles at a party last Friday. Gonna cellar the rest. It's on the lower end of ageability at 8.2%, but should be good for another couple years.
Tried an early sample of my Gose and it's a bit heavy on the coriander and salt. Might do about half the measures for each in the next one. Nice bit of sourness does shine through, though.
Quote from: derspiess on December 22, 2014, 10:05:12 AM
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on December 19, 2014, 09:40:24 PM
In drinking news, I got a few cases of Zombie Dust and Gumball Head from 3 Floyds imported from Indiana for my enjoyment. I really dig the Gumball Head.
:thumbsup: I figured Zombie Dust might not be your thing. Gumballhead is a superb beer, maybe the best wheat beer made in the US. I finally got to try their Permanent Funeral at an event last week and it was surprisingly balanced, with a lot more maltiness than expected.
The Zombie Dust isn't that bad, it just isn't as tasty as the Gumball Head in my opinion. I wouldn't consider it one of the best wheat beers in America simply because I'm a huge hefe fan, so they rank higher. That being said, it is definitely one of the few times where a beer managed to live up to its hype in my opinion. Heady Topper was decent, but not earth shattering. My group has some Pliny coming in soon to taste. There have been a few others as well that I can't think of off hand.
I had some Pliny ages ago in Philly. Never had Heady Topper.
IIRC, we were talking about Graetzer a few pages ago. I found one from a Dutch brewery called Jopen over at my local bottle shop. Really tasty. Just enough smokiness to make it interesting. Generic-looking label:
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Also, as you can tell from the label it's fat free! I'm a little skeptical that it supplies 40% of your daily recommended fiber, though :huh:
Nice! If you're free for travel toward the end of January, I'll be in Cleveland for Tribefest. I can smuggle some beers from my neck of the woods for trade. :ph34r:
Went over to Wild Turkey today and tried Rare Breed. It is indeed delicious... reminded me a lot of Elijah Craig. I'm looking forward to getting it for free. :cool:
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on December 22, 2014, 06:26:45 PM
Nice! If you're free for travel toward the end of January, I'll be in Cleveland for Tribefest. I can smuggle some beers from my neck of the woods for trade. :ph34r:
I'll see what's on my schedule for the end of January. We were just up there a couple weeks ago (hit Great Lakes, Market Garden, Fat Head's, and Brew Kettle) but I wouldn't mind going back.
Quote from: Caliga on December 29, 2014, 08:23:00 PM
Went over to Wild Turkey today and tried Rare Breed. It is indeed delicious... reminded me a lot of Elijah Craig. I'm looking forward to getting it for free. :cool:
:thumbsup:
Found out I also had a case of Alpha King awaiting me from 3 Floyds. Wow. Incredibly tasty American style Pale Ale with a great malt finish. Definitely worthy of the high praise lavished upon it. At this rate, I'm going to have to start arranging for more deliveries. :ph34r:
Quote from: Caliga on December 29, 2014, 08:23:00 PM
I'm looking forward to getting it for free. :cool:
Me too. :(
Quote from: Benedict Arnold on December 30, 2014, 12:10:55 AM
Found out I also had a case of Alpha King awaiting me from 3 Floyds. Wow. Incredibly tasty American style Pale Ale with a great malt finish. Definitely worthy of the high praise lavished upon it. At this rate, I'm going to have to start arranging for more deliveries. :ph34r:
Yep, very nice balance of malt and hops. For a while it was plentiful here but for some reason it's now hard to find and we have a relative glut of some of their other beers.
If you can find it, you might like Man O Awe, a malty pale ale with restrained hops. Also Robert the Bruce, Jinx Proof, and Pride & Joy if you hadn't had those yet.
Ima quit the boozing for a month or so and do stupid shit like...running, but for one last hooyah I made myself a sixer at Total Wine:
Deschutes Obsidian Stout
Weihenstephaner Hefeweizen Dunkel x2
Victory Prima Pils
Schneider Weisse Aventinus
Unibroue Blanche de Chambly
Had some nice inexpensive Dow's Port when visiting a friend this evening. :bowler:
Local gypsy brewer call Quaff Bros brewed a "Bourbon Barrel aged Blueberry Cream Stout" at a local brewery and 750ml bottles were sold about a year ago. I cellared my bottle for a year to hopefully tone down the blueberryness and it worked. Bourbon flavor is still a little over-pronounced, though. Should have let it go another 6-12 months.
In reality it is a bourbon barrel aged Imperial Stout with a hint of blueberry. Pretty tasty, and gets better as it warms. Just wish I had picked up an extra bottle. Following up with an underfill (i.e., free) bottle of Mt. Carmel Winter Ale.
Tuesday night I had Root Beer Beer (which I have had before up here), which is fantastic if you like both beer and rootbeer. It barely tastes alcoholic at all, yet it's 40 proof. :hmm:
Last night the bartender and I started talking about bourbon and he ended up giving me this bourbon-barrel aged chocolate stout that was out of this world. I had four pints of it. :blush:
As an aside, some of the young ladies at my company really need to learn to control themselves at company functions. :wacko:
Quote from: derspiess on January 08, 2015, 12:03:35 AM
Local gypsy brewer call Quaff Bros brewed a "Bourbon Barrel aged Blueberry Cream Stout" at a local brewery and 750ml bottles were sold about a year ago. I cellared my bottle for a year to hopefully tone down the blueberryness and it worked. Bourbon flavor is still a little over-pronounced, though. Should have let it go another 6-12 months.
In reality it is a bourbon barrel aged Imperial Stout with a hint of blueberry. Pretty tasty, and gets better as it warms. Just wish I had picked up an extra bottle. Following up with an underfill (i.e., free) bottle of Mt. Carmel Winter Ale.
:D I didn't bother reading your post before I made mine just now. I wonder if this was the stuff I got shitfaced on last night. :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on January 08, 2015, 07:58:37 AM
As an aside, some of the young ladies at my company really need to learn to control themselves at company functions. :wacko:
I can fly in and spank them. :)
Quote from: Caliga on January 08, 2015, 07:59:37 AM
I didn't bother reading your post before I made mine just now. I wonder if this was the stuff I got shitfaced on last night. :hmm:
This is a local operation and a limited release so I doubt many bottles got outside of Cincy. You may have had some variation of Bourbon County Stout by Goose Island.
Quote from: The Brain on January 08, 2015, 11:05:20 AM
Quote from: Caliga on January 08, 2015, 07:58:37 AM
As an aside, some of the young ladies at my company really need to learn to control themselves at company functions. :wacko:
I can fly in and spank them. :)
No worries, I handled it chief. :)
Quote from: Caliga on January 08, 2015, 02:58:26 PM
Quote from: The Brain on January 08, 2015, 11:05:20 AM
Quote from: Caliga on January 08, 2015, 07:58:37 AM
As an aside, some of the young ladies at my company really need to learn to control themselves at company functions. :wacko:
I can fly in and spank them. :)
No worries, I handled it chief. :)
:cheers:
As the burnoff continues - St. Germain, Bombay Sapphire & Tonic
Is Campari good? I don't think I've ever had it before, and it seems I'm about to start getting it free by the case. :hmm:
Quote from: Caliga on January 12, 2015, 07:38:20 PM
Is Campari good? I don't think I've ever had it before, and it seems I'm about to start getting it free by the case. :hmm:
My parents are fond of it.
Definitely an acquired taste, one that i worked on but did not attain.
Well, I hope I acquire it then. I never have had to wonder about how to dispose of bourbon. :cool: :blush:
Send a couple bottles up my way if you have trouble acquiring the taste.
Campari. :mmm: My favorite beverage, bar none. With some decent red vermouth and a generous helping of seltzer... perfection. :pope:
All my friends growing up were Italo-American, and my best friend had a really old-school father who immigrated here as a teenager. So naturally the first time we got drunk as 13-14 year olds, it was on a bunch of straight Romana Sambuca and Campari from the liquor cabinet, plus a single warm Corona split 3 ways for a chaser. God I hated that shit at the time. :yuk: But what are you going to do, abstain? :huh:
Right now, I'm enjoying a glass of real quality pilsener for the first time in a long while. After a month or two of just Bud, Miller Lite, and co. when drinking beer. It really hits the proverbial spot. :cheers:
Glad to hear how much you love Campari. Please do me a favor and keep buying the shit out of it. :cool:
Will do, chief. :cool: But it's a definite luxury for me at $25 (N.H.) or $28 (Vt.) for 750 ml. A couple of promotional would definitely cement my brand loyalty, you know, since there are few similar and cheaper aperitivi floating around. Just putting that out there. :ph34r: :whistle:
The local thing tonight,
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I'm drinking a bomber of the classic Fat Tire, a beer people here were dying for two years ago but ignore now. Tough to beat it for $3 a bomber.
It was a special Ithaca Brewing night at the bar tonight, so I nabbed some Ithaca Excelsior 15 and 16 in bottles, and a bit of the oak aged 17 out of a cask. I also nabbed a pre-release Daydreamer Kolsch from my buddy who is now the head of sales for the company. All were quite tasty. I was happily surprised by the Kolsch, as it wasn't as hopped as most American attempts at the style.
Turks and Caicos Rum Punch. I just can't get enough of this shit. :blush:
Quote from: derspiess on January 16, 2015, 11:49:21 PM
I'm drinking a bomber of the classic Fat Tire, a beer people here were dying for two years ago but ignore now. Tough to beat it for $3 a bomber.
New Belgium is good stuff, once they got out of the region some people seem to hate on them - but really, they make a good brew (for Fort Collins greenie shit ass CSU supporter assfucks).
I started off with my signature Friday vodka martini, and have been rotating between Corona and some vin de table ever since.
Jesus. Why don't you put some Jagermeister and Tequila on top of that and make a perfect puke storm.
Quote from: Camerus on February 07, 2015, 12:05:34 AM
I started off with my signature Friday vodka martini, and have been rotating between Corona and some vin de table ever since.
:x
I agree for once with Yi!
kek no kidding
Finally caved and tried one of those flat whites everyone is jizzing over. It's pretty good :)
Quote from: Caliga on January 12, 2015, 07:38:20 PM
Is Campari good? I don't think I've ever had it before, and it seems I'm about to start getting it free by the case. :hmm:
I just did a shot of straight Campari.
BLERGH!!!!!!!!!!!! :yuk: :yuk: :yuk: :yuk: :x :x :x :x
umm... I mean.... please try it, everyone. :blush:
Chased it with a shot of limoncello. S'all good now. :)
Sipping on some of this after shoveling :mmm:
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So today is Hopslam Release Day here in my area. Getting ready to head over to pick up my allotment. Might stop and have one on draft; never had it that way.
Hipsters in Iowa City seem to be migrating to hard cider.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on February 09, 2015, 06:16:34 PM
Hipsters in Iowa City seem to be migrating to hard cider.
They'll come and then go, but zider can't be tainted by them. :bowler:
My brother is trying to get himself in shape for when he starts his spring/summer hiking trips, so to avoid temptation he gave me about 70% of his beer stockpile. Which is pretty significant. I'm going to cellar everything over 8.0%ABV, but even setting that aside I'm probably not going to need to go beer shopping for quite a while.
Also, Hopslam on draft was pretty awesome. May be about perfection as far as a Double IPA goes. Dangerous at 10%ABV.
Had about 2 liters of Spaten Lager at the German club tonight. Prost!
Quote from: derspiess on February 10, 2015, 01:54:43 PM
Also, Hopslam on draft was pretty awesome. May be about perfection as far as a Double IPA goes. Dangerous at 10%ABV.
The bar I work at is having a Bells/Founders event soon. We already have the keg of Hopslam in our cooler. I'm not a huge IPA guy, but both breweries are pretty solid with their products.
Princesca had a Negroni at dinner and I tried it. Now THAT is a good use of Campari! :beer:
Brewdog's Dead Pony Pale Ale. Strong flavor of lime.
Quote from: Syt on March 16, 2015, 01:37:39 PM
Brewdog's Dead Pony Pale Ale. Strong flavor of lime.
That's the Simcoe, Citra & Mosaic hittin' ya :thumbsup:
Quote from: Caliga on March 12, 2015, 09:31:21 PM
Princesca had a Negroni at dinner and I tried it. Now THAT is a good use of Campari! :beer:
Try swapping some seltzer for the gin to make an Americano -- just as delicious, in my book, and makes for a much less boozy aperitif.
Thanks for the suggestion buddy. I may try that this weekend.
It's my favorite. :elvis: :frog:
Make sure to have a bottle of decent vermouth (Martini & Rossi or Cinzano are fine and like ~$8 a bottle) that is actually fresh. Vermouth goes bad slowly but surely, and should be kept in the fridge for a limited time after opening it. It makes a huge difference. I know Martini & Rossi is sold in small 375ml bottles in a lot of places.
Got a sneak preview & tour this afternoon of a three level brewery/bar/restaurant set to open in 13 days. They still have quite a bit of finishing work to do, but the place is gonna be phenomenal. They plan to have 8 of their own beers on tap and a mix of 12 local and regional guest beers.
Of the beers I sampled, the most interesting (and surprisingly so) is a Key Lime Wheat.
Time for some:
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From Goliad Brewing, just opened in 2014. Add it to your list if you're ever in this area, Spiess. It's not bad.
I had a couple of mint juleps last night. :)
3 liters of Warsteiner last night. :showoff:
Quote from: MadBurgerMaker on April 12, 2015, 01:00:45 AM
From Goliad Brewing, just opened in 2014. Add it to your list if you're ever in this area, Spiess. It's not bad.
A black hefe, eh? Consider me intrigued. Hefes are probably my favorite style of beers. I've talked the bar manager at the bar I work for to carry more German style beers. They're killing it. Tis the season for them as well.
For a while Dunkelweizens were my favorite go-to beers. Nice roastiness on the front end but still a nice, estery finish.
I have my Gose recipe just about right-- may add a little lacto in my next batch.
Milk.
Found a bottle of Trooper Ale at the liquor store today! :cool:
Had an Aperol Spritz for the first time just now. Delicious! :cool: Three parts Prosecco, two parts Aperol, and a splash of club soda.
Some cheapish cava. Yay Monday! :blush:
Ugh. Some Captain morhgna nockoff. Entering the crash fphase. Ugh.
I got a Nespresso coffee maker for my birthday and have just tried it. I like it and it's ridiculously simple and quick.
I brewed my first two batches of the Spring/Summer. My 2015 YouDee IPA is in one fermenter and a summer-type session ale is in the other. Gonna infuse the summer ale with cold-brewed yerba mate. Zero idea how much to put in, so this will be the test batch.
Had a couple of Ayers Rock Black at the Aussie pub yesterday.
I had a Reissdorf Kölsch last night. All my beer geek friends detest Kölsch (OMG it's not an imperial stout or IPA!), but it's a really good summertime beer :)
IPAs jumped the shark about five years ago :yuk:
IPAs still have their place. With new hops being developed, there is always something new to try. Single hop pale ales (which are usually technically IPAs themselves) can be amazing with the right hop.
That said, you can spot a beer n00b miles away when he says he exclusively drinks IPAs
I don't like hoppy beer. :yuk:
Quote from: Caliga on June 18, 2015, 03:46:58 PM
I don't like hoppy beer. :yuk:
I do. But I also like malty beers.
Quote from: derspiess on June 18, 2015, 03:33:44 PM
That said, you can spot a beer n00b miles away when he says he exclusively drinks IPAs
This. So much this. Ugh. I hates them, precious. :mad:
Headed to Three Floyds in Munster, IN right now.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 19, 2015, 01:43:54 PM
Headed to Three Floyds in Munster, IN right now.
:cheers: My aunt is smuggling me back 4 cases shortly. Central New York craves 3 Floyds!
Just finished off a bomber of Dreadnought. Started the weekend Friday with a couple Zombie Dust on draft.
Yesterday I had some Commodore Perry and some Lake Erie Monster, both from Great Lakes Brewing. Those guys like to brew to seven and nine percent for most of their beers apparently. The Monster can surprise you at 9.1. Still, both good.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 27, 2015, 03:40:40 PM
Yesterday I had some Commodore Perry and some Lake Erie Monster, both from Great Lakes Brewing. Those guys like to brew to seven and nine percent for most of their beers apparently. The Monster can surprise you at 9.1. Still, both good.
They do a pretty wide range, but it seems like the higher ABV beers are the big sellers. My favorite Great Lakes beers are actually their moderate to low ABV beers. Eliot Ness is an excellent (possibly the best) Amber Lager and the Dortmunder is also great in its class. Edmund Fitzgerald is a really tasty porter, as well.
What did you try at Three Floyds? My brother was trying to get me to make a run up there last weekend but I had a birthday party to attend.
At TF I had a flight. Iirc it had Robert the Bruce, gumballhead, jinx proof, alpha king and zombie dust. If that's not correct it's pretty close. I also had Arctic Panzer Wolf which has a bitterness over 100 and a really nice barrel one called Dark Lord de Muerte.
Champ...prosecco. :showoff:
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 27, 2015, 04:13:38 PM
At TF I had a flight. Iirc it had Robert the Bruce,
Great scottish ale. Not a fan of the style, but love this beer.
Quotegumballhead,
One of the best American Wheat beers out there.
Quotejinx proof
Really nice session-type ale.
Quotealpha king
Love it.
Quoteand zombie dust.
Superb. One of my favorite beers.
QuoteIf that's not correct it's pretty close. I also had Arctic Panzer Wolf which has a bitterness over 100 and a really nice barrel one called Dark Lord de Muerte.
Arctic Panzer Wolf is one of my favorite Imperial IPAs-- I like it even better than Dreadnought these days. And people would knife their mom for a chance to drink that variant of Dark Lord (or any Dark Lord for that matter).
Three Floyds is a great brewery, despite their death metal fixation.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 19, 2015, 01:43:54 PM
Headed to Three Floyds in Munster, IN right now.
I've been to their newly opened bar here twice. Very good. :thumbsup:
Well here's some good news for you lads. When I was there the place was slammed and I had to wait an hour to get in. But, right next door, under construction, is a brand new Three Floyds facility at least five times as big. :)
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on July 27, 2015, 11:39:35 PM
Well here's some good news for you lads. When I was there the place was slammed and I had to wait an hour to get in. But, right next door, under construction, is a brand new Three Floyds facility at least five times as big. :)
Yep, they were holding out on doing that forever, claiming that they wouldn't sacrifice quality for quantity. But hopefully this means I can get Zombie Dust on a semi-regular basis.
I'll be flying over Munster, IN today. :cool:
Quote from: Caliga on June 18, 2015, 03:46:58 PM
I don't like hoppy beer. :yuk:
I thought the same thing but there are some amazing IPA batches coming out of the micros.
Quote from: Caliga on July 28, 2015, 09:42:16 AM
I'll be flying over Munster, IN today. :cool:
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Quote from: crazy canuck on July 28, 2015, 10:01:15 AM
I thought the same thing but there are some amazing IPA batches coming out of the micros.
I have tasted some IPAs that I thought were good, but it's just not my thing.
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Nope:
"MUNSTER MUSTANGS"
That's how I know I'm on final into Chicago. I fly over the high school stadium and then cross the border into Illinois.
Quote from: crazy canuck on July 28, 2015, 10:01:15 AM
I thought the same thing but there are some amazing IPA batches coming out of the micros.
Hops are where most of the innovation is coming from these days and "hoppy" no longer means super-bitter. For example, one local nanobrewery recently did a batch of their single-hop pale ale made with a newly developed hop called German Mandarina Bavaria. It had a very specific tangerine taste to it, all coming from the hop.
Quote from: Caliga on July 28, 2015, 10:06:39 AM
"MUNSTER MUSTANGS"
That's how I know I'm on final into Chicago. I fly over the high school stadium and then cross the border into Illinois.
You should visit Three Floyds if you happen to be on the ground near Munster during any of your Chicago escapades. Go for the death metal, stay for the Robert the Bruce.
They had a DIPA called Big Drunk Baby here that I quite fancied. The You Fucked Me Up And I'm Furious TIPA was also good.
I think maybe 11-12 out of 20 beers on tap was IPAs, a tad too much, because they also need a sour beer, an experimental beer, etc. Leaves very little room for stouts.
Quote from: Liep on July 28, 2015, 10:32:40 AM
They had a DIPA called Big Drunk Baby here that I quite fancied. The You Fucked Me Up And I'm Furious TIPA was also good.
I think maybe 11-12 out of 20 beers on tap was IPAs, a tad too much, because they also need a sour beer, an experimental beer, etc. Leaves very little room for stouts.
A place that "big" (don't know its actual size, but it's definitely big as in being a big deal) ought to have more than 20 taps. IIRC they serve Mikkeller, Three Floyds, and official WarPigs collaboration beers plus guest beers. I think they ought to have 40 taps. That would give them more room to work in stouts and other styles. Double IPAs are still driving the market, though, so I can sort of see why they're getting top billing.
Seems like a really cool place, though.
Speaking of Danish beer, I picked up a bomber (650ml) of Evil Twin Molotov Cocktail (Simcoe) the other day. I don't routinely drink 13% ABV beers, but this one just caught my eye. I'm on a self-imposed weeknight beer diet, so it will have to wait for the weekend-- preferably to split with a friend.
It's pretty big, but they have to fit in a BBQ kitchen as well.
Evil Twin is great, haven't had one in a while though. Last time I saw them on tap it was a sour beer iirc. I avoid those. :x
I like sours quite a bit, but I had a couple recently that were overdone. One local brewery made one with kombucha, and it had way too much of a vinegar taste to it. Could not finish it. Another brewery made one that was barrel aged with brettanomyces, lactobacillus, *and* pediococcus. They could have stuck with just one or two of those. It was tasty to start out with, but I was about done halfway through.
The problem with American breweries making sour ales is that they don't have the patience to age them like the Belgians do. Gotta get it kegged and out there on tap to bring in that revenue.
Was on Mikropolis last night. Lots of To Øl and Mikkeller. All I remember was a chocolate brown ale from To Øl that was just absolutely amazing.
We have a huge liquor store just over the river in Kentucky that decided to open their own brewery and tap room. Their own beers are good, but the reason to go there is their guest beers. They have 42 taps total and usually have at least a couple Mikkeller, Evil Twin and To Øl. Were it not for that place I would have barely had any of those beers. Also a couple brewers from Mikkeller came through a few months ago and did a collaboration Imperial Stout with their brewers. I don't get over there enough; too damned many options here these days.
It's National IPA Day! Drink up!
Ron Santiago de Cuba.
How is Ron these days?
He's been bottled up on that island a while.
Yellowtail White Sangria + Bulleit. I had to improvise as the former is so nasty.
Bulleit will soon be distilled less than 5 miles from my house. :cool:
God help us, the pumpkin ales are upon us. Thankfully, so are the Oktoberfest/Märzens. Great Lakes Oktoberfest is absolutely superb this year (killed a growler Saturday) and this year's Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest is different, but amazing once you adjust to it.
I also had a German one that was surprisingly terrible: Mad King's Fest from Moosebach. It's really more of a Bock, and a nasty sour undercarbonated one at that. It is to be avoided.
Tried Cynar, another fine Gruppo Campari product, last night for the first time.
It's pretty good. It can be drunk straight unlike Campari. :)
Tuella Douro DOC 2013 because any real red where I am now (Teutonia) is good enough. :)
I bought all the equipment to do all-grain brewing. It's time-consuming and a huge pain in the ass to deal with mashing and sparging, but there is something satisfying about starting with just grain and water and turning it into a sugary fermentable liquid. Whether or not it's worth the time and investment in equipment remains to be seen. I have a Porter in the secondary and a robust brown ale (really more of a Porter itself) in the primary.
But seriously, it's a pain in the ass to have to worry about mash temperature, efficiency, and all that. If end up with better-tasting beer, it'll be worth it all though.
Princesca brought home a nice haul from work yesterday. I finally got a bottle of Cabo Wabo, plus another (white) tequila I hadn't heard of before (Espolon). Also there was a bottle of Wild Turkey Buckshot, another Italian bitter Campari owns, two bottles of Skyy, a bottle of Canadian whiskey, and some other crap.
Slow smoking a whole chicken over hickory on the BGE now. Life is good. :cool:
Quote from: derspiess on July 28, 2015, 10:24:17 AM
You should visit Three Floyds if you happen to be on the ground near Munster during any of your Chicago escapades. Go for the death metal, stay for the Robert the Bruce.
btw my new house is right near a badass liquor store (it's not especially big, but it's super funky in terms of selection) and they have Robert the Bruce there (by which I assume you mean the 3 Floyds brand right)?
Bought some Robert the Bruce today and am enjoying it right now. :cool:
Good stuff. I'm not usually a Scotch Ale guy, but Three Floyds can make any style taste good.
Quote from: derspiess on December 06, 2015, 02:51:19 AM
Good stuff. I'm not usually a Scotch Ale guy, but Three Floyds can make any style taste good.
I wish it was less hoppy, but that's just my personal preference. Otherwise it's great.
Uhhhh...<words> then "Aecht O(S?)chlenterla Rauchbier (ges. gesch) weizen"? Well it's a weizen. Apparently from Brauerei Heller Bamberg? The label around the neck says "Original Schlenkerla Smokebeer." Smokebeer? Mer? :unsure: I haven't tried it yet. I'm just looking at it in the glass.
E: Holy christ it tastes like....well it tastes...smokey. I assume this is why it's called a smokebeer.
E2: Ah here it is, top label is in English on mine though:
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http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/263/1018/
Schlenkerla :mmm:
(Friends' parents are from Bamberg and occasionally bring bottles. And yeah, I do like Rauchbier.)
A lot of 'To Øl'. It was very good.
Blood orange, banana and mango smoothie. :mmm:
I have cut out drinking from Sundays thru Thursdays-- not even a beer or glass of wine with dinner. Sticking to it so far but man does it make the week feel longer. Will have to make an exception for Thursday this week, of course.
Problem is I have a ton of beer in the fridge and in the "holding area" in the pantry. And a lot of that needs to be consumed sooner rather than later. I may host a bottle share Saturday so people can help me drink it.
Cock And Bull Ginger Beer (soft drink) -- hits the spot, very hot with the ginger.
Kroger brand Seltzer Water -- plain, naturally -- since I threw my SodaStream in the trash a year ago!
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on March 15, 2016, 10:45:31 AM
since I threw my SodaStream in the trash a year ago!
You did it to protest Israel, didn't you??
I love my Sodastream; just wish I had an endless supply of CO2 ;)
Quote from: derspiess on March 15, 2016, 11:00:28 AM
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on March 15, 2016, 10:45:31 AM
since I threw my SodaStream in the trash a year ago!
You did it to protest Israel, didn't you??
Of course! I'm dedicated to turning every thread into an anti-Israel tirade. But really, I did. And I've been with them since they were Soda-Club back in '98.
I bought some Israeli made 5.56mm ammo a few days ago. This weekend I'll be sending jewbullets downrange!
Quote from: derspiess on March 15, 2016, 11:00:28 AM
I love my Sodastream; just wish I had an endless supply of CO2 ;)
I feel your pain dude.
Quote from: derspiess on March 15, 2016, 11:11:52 AM
I bought some Israeli made 5.56mm ammo a few days ago. This weekend I'll be sending jewbullets downrange!
How many did you buy, a dozen? Isn't ammo about $20 a round these days due to preppies hoarding? :D
Quote from: Capetan Mihali on March 15, 2016, 11:13:22 AM
Quote from: derspiess on March 15, 2016, 11:11:52 AM
I bought some Israeli made 5.56mm ammo a few days ago. This weekend I'll be sending jewbullets downrange!
How many did you buy, a dozen? Isn't ammo about $20 a round these days due to preppies hoarding? :D
Supply has increased and I think preppers have started running out of either money or space. You can find .223/5.56 for as low as a quarter a round.
I got my Israeli stuff for $.32/round: http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?item=AIMI556M193&name=Israel+Military+Industries+M193+.223%2f5.56X45+55grn+FMJ+30rd+box&groupid=21
I take it 'preppie' now has a different meaning from what it did when I was a kid.
Tropical - Cerveza Refrescante Canaria Desde 1924.
Not bad. Certainly much better than many can beer offerings.
Bonal, I think it is my favorite French quinquina wine-based aperitif, and as affordable for me as the decent sipping vermouth.
And don't tell me it isn't pleasing to the eye as well as the palate:
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Amber Szot cerveza sin filtrar
Basically what it says. Unfiltered amber ale, but with a touch of that fruitiness you get in beers like maibachs.
Chilean beers are very German/Austrian. Lots of things like dunkels around. As I get further south, I'm told the German influence gets pretty strong.
Hitlerbrau
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Duff is real.
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Drinking my favorite session ale. It started life as Madtree's Experimental Pale Ale #7, then they brewed it again as 007. Then they called it James Bond. Now it's PSA (Proper Session Ale). Lots of taste, won't get you sloppy drunk & has only 135 calories per 12 oz :)
I'm drinking Ribena. :bowler:
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Bumped into this in the "international" aisle, and since I'm looking for more interesting soft drinks these days, I decided to give it a shot. I had vaguely heard of it before and got the sense that it was something of a British institution.
I love it, even though it is admittedly empty sugary calories. [Tesco announced they were going to remove it from the shelves in a health initiative (while leaving Coke and Pepsi :hmm:), which caused predictable Twitter outrage and probably boosted Ribena's brand quite a bit in the short term. :lol:] '
I particularly like to make it with seltzer (it is a concentrated syrup that is supposed to make up 1/4 of the drink).
I had just a day before leaving Chile, we wanted to see the forts at Valdivia. There are some nice museums on the Calle-Calle river as well...and then this place popped up on yelp or tripadvisor or something. I don't know, my wife suggested it.
http://www.elgrowler.cl/
El Growler
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Valdivia is home to the beginning of Chilean beer. It was where the primary thrust of German immigration (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_colonization_of_Valdivia,_Osorno_and_Llanquihue) was and current home of the Kuntsmann brewery, which is the best one you can consistently find around the country. I didn't go there though. I had many Kuntsmanns while in South America and also a few from Cervecería Austral in Punta Arenas (which on a guess has got to be the closest brewery to Antarctica, right?)
El Growler had about 20 beers on tap. Six of those were their own, and the rest guest beers. I was a bit startled to see they had Mermaid, Islander and a couple others from Coronado. And they also had a couple of IPAs of their own (and the only IPAs I saw in the whole country). Which were incredibly good. So I was suspicious and asked some questions. The brewmaster turned out to be from where I now consider to be the new beer capital of the world: Oregon. :lol:
Glad to see growlers have made it to South America. Haven't seen any evidence of them in Argentina yet. I've had the Kunstmann Torobayo which is their English style Pale Ale. It was true to style and was made with that very unique Patagonia Malt, which I'd like to taste again soon.
Straight Marky Mark.
Had a very shitty Long Island last night - that I'd ordered in getting in a decent bit of alcohol. Note to the ignorant, Long Islands should not consist mainly of ice, coke and triple sec.
Quote from: garbon on June 19, 2016, 04:53:38 AM
Had a very shitty Long Island last night - that I'd ordered in getting in a decent bit of alcohol. Note to the ignorant, Long Islands should not consist mainly of ice, coke and triple sec.
:lol:
No it should not, preferably you should get drunk or at least tipsy from just one of those.
Quote from: garbon on June 19, 2016, 04:53:38 AM
Had a very shitty Long Island last night - that I'd ordered in getting in a decent bit of alcohol. Note to the ignorant, Long Islands should not consist mainly of ice, coke and triple sec.
:x
Cincinnati is finally getting some attention.
https://www.redfin.com/blog/2016/06/best-cities-for-beer-lovers.html
Quote from: derspiess on July 06, 2016, 09:11:15 AM
Cincinnati is finally getting some attention.
https://www.redfin.com/blog/2016/06/best-cities-for-beer-lovers.html
Huh. I am surprised to see San Francisco on there. I usually think about wine for that part of the country.
Most seem to be out there in Midwest, as one might expect. The Rust Belt may be kind of depressing but at least you can enjoy good beer.
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Huh. I am surprised to see San Francisco on there. I usually think about wine for that part of the country.
The craft beer movement pretty much began in San Francisco with Anchor. Plus particularly in California breweries sprung up to complement wine (in wine areas). Russian River Brewing is a great example-- it was originally founded by Korbel.
QuoteMost seem to be out there in Midwest, as one might expect. The Rust Belt may be kind of depressing but at least you can enjoy good beer.
A lot of it is a function of gentrification going on in those cities, which to me is the opposite of depressing. Unless you're in Cleveland or Detroit :P
Had some of that Kremlin Award Vodka (licensed by Russian gov't) and that went down so smooth. :cool:
Almost made me forget about their crusade against my people. -_-
Belhaven Best - this has to be the lightest beer I've ever tasted. Were it not for the head and pale Amber colour, I'd think it was water. :hmm:
Quote from: garbon on August 25, 2016, 07:02:35 AM
Belhaven Best - this has to be the lightest beer I've ever tasted. Were it not for the head and pale Amber colour, I'd think it was water. :hmm:
When my brother was in the UK a few weeks ago he was baffled by the low ABV of almost all the beer he had there. Took him several beers to feel anything. Mind you, he's accustomed to drinking beers 7.0% and up.
Shepherd Neame & Co Faversham Brewery IPA
Quote from: Syt on September 13, 2016, 11:54:06 AM
Shepherd Neame & Co Faversham Brewery IPA
Good Kentish beer that.
I now have 4 breweries within a couple of miles of my house and have been favouring those.
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Wine wise, going through a Rioja moment at present. Rioja Alta in particular - their 2005 and 2007 reservas are excellent.
Quote from: derspiess on July 06, 2016, 09:49:54 AM
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Huh. I am surprised to see San Francisco on there. I usually think about wine for that part of the country.
The craft beer movement pretty much began in San Francisco with Anchor. Plus particularly in California breweries sprung up to complement wine (in wine areas). Russian River Brewing is a great example-- it was originally founded by Korbel.
QuoteMost seem to be out there in Midwest, as one might expect. The Rust Belt may be kind of depressing but at least you can enjoy good beer.
A lot of it is a function of gentrification going on in those cities, which to me is the opposite of depressing. Unless you're in Cleveland or Detroit :P
Yeah, I first went to a craft beer bar in SF in the early 90s. I don't think I went to another one for at least 10 years.
When I wasn't drinking scotch, I drank Cheval Blanc and Rickard's White up in Montreal. Enjoyed them both. Wondering about the alcohol content of Cheval Blanc, because I was teetering one night.
Quote from: Gups on September 13, 2016, 12:04:44 PM
Quote from: Syt on September 13, 2016, 11:54:06 AM
Shepherd Neame & Co Faversham Brewery IPA
Good Kentish beer that.
Yes. I need to see if I can locate it in Vienna.
I've been drinking: just fizzy water and Coke Zero since last Friday. Resting up my liver for our Oktoberfest this Friday.
In about 5 hours I'll be drinking:
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I prefer Franziskaner or Edelweiß these days.
Edelweiß was immortalized by an Austrian band in the 90s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9oCZ0V6xIQ
Ayinger would be my choice for a Märzen but I'll make do with Paulaner since choices are somewhat limited in the tent. Love me some Franziskaner dunkelweizen though.
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Trooper
By Robinson's Brewery
I haven't tried it yet. But it's in my hand right now.
Okay, it's a bit like Newcastle, but it has a lot of Marzen grapey nuttiness in it.
The small town in which my latest project is headquartered has a microbrewery which serves the wonderfully named "Monkey Mouth":
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It's won some award as well; I thought it was quite drinkable.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on September 26, 2016, 05:54:28 PM
Okay, it's a bit like Newcastle, but it has a lot of Marzen grapey nuttiness in it.
It's sometimes on tap at my local. A pretty standard English bitter. Drinkable but quite bland.
I like it. I thought it'd be worse than it was since it's like a marketing thing obviously. But I've bought it several times and would buy it again.
Strong Bow Hard Apple Cider (Cherry Blossom...and maybe some honey/ginger/crisp apple...got a variety pack).
And maybe some Rainier beer later.
I am getting Siege-drunk tonight.
I'd had five and still sober, dammit. :mad:
Black Russian
Thread bump for some 4th Tap Renewal Tamarind Wheat Ale. Not bad. 4th Tap is a hippy co-op microbrewery up in Austin, so availability might be limited to...like....two or maybe three of us here. I doubt they've got much reach.
Have a 6er of Stone Citrusy Wit in the fridge for after this one is done.
A little thank you from the boss (everyone else got wine, but he's got me pegged as a beer drinker):
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Picked up a 15 year old scotch as it was on sale. So smooth! :cool:
Syt, I see some US craft brews in your gift there. Are some of those being brewed in Europe or were they all shipped over? If shipped, did they survive the trip well?
A couple times in the past I had a skunky Kona and figured it was because they had to fly it to the mainland.
I know Stone was planning to branch into the EU but I never heard about Rogue doing it.
I had a Dead Guy Ale just last night.
Good question, MiM. They were brewed in the US. They tasted fine, but I have no comparison what they would taste like at their point of origin.
The shop where they were bought: https://www.beerlovers.at/
The limes I have will be bad upon my return so I had no choice but to make a strong caipirinha. :cool:
CB and I had lunch at a Lebanese restaurant today where they served lemonade flavored with rosewater. It was really good, just a hint of floral taste to lemonade. It was a surprise to find it; I've never seen that before even with all the years that I lived in Detroit.
Loose leaf tea out of my new mug that has a built in strainer and lid for steeping. I feel so decadent! :blush:
Quote from: garbon on November 03, 2017, 04:47:08 AM
Loose leaf tea out of my new mug that has a built in strainer and lid for steeping. I feel so decadent! :blush:
I have one of those for work too. Much more convenient. and it allows me to easily drink tea supplied by a certain lovely wife of a certain Danish dude involved in the gaming industry.
I am using it right now :)
Well, now I'm jealous.
Had my first Black Velvet (Guinness and champagne). My brain trying to get around the concept (something like beer and something with bubbles) kept signalling to me that it was cider. :D
Quote from: crazy canuck on November 04, 2017, 11:19:41 AM
Quote from: garbon on November 03, 2017, 04:47:08 AM
Loose leaf tea out of my new mug that has a built in strainer and lid for steeping. I feel so decadent! :blush:
I have one of those for work too. Much more convenient. and it allows me to easily drink tea supplied by a certain lovely wife of a certain Danish dude involved in the gaming industry.
I am using it right now :)
Using mine again right now with some tea from the Australian company T2. Scots Breakfast: https://www.t2tea.com/en/uk/tea/scots-breakfast-loose-leaf-tea-T125AE196.html
I feel like I'm drinking a desert. :blush: :D
Alcohol. It's Monday night so I'm getting my drink on.
Now I only have one bottle of Bombay Sapphire left. :(
My old drunk thread was great. RIP Old Languish.
I believe I'll abstain for a few days. Bockfest hit me kind of hard last weekend.
Quote from: derspiess on March 05, 2018, 04:23:57 PM
I believe I'll abstain for a few days. Bockfest hit me kind of hard last weekend.
You're such a fucking woman.
So many local breweries do their own bock beer now for Bockfest. And I had to try them all. Plus the obligatory Salvator & Celebrator.
I'm no spring chicken anymore :(
Well I just got dumped so I'm gonna keep drinking.
:console:
Sorry, man.
Sapphire does go down pretty smooth :)
Thanks guys!
And it does. Time for my third now. Brb.
Sorry about that Brain.
Over the weekend I polished off our Gunpowder Gin we picked up in Ireland to sooth some of my own circumstances.
https://drumshanbogunpowderirishgin.com/
Good stuff :)
Next I will be turning to another Gin we picked up there. Might have to go back and get some more the way things are going.
When I was in Detroit last I found a Saison ale called "En Enfer" by Avant-Garde Artisan Brasseurs out of Quebec. I thought that was a clever name. (Une Saison en Enfer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Season_in_Hell) is a book by Arthur Rimbaud.)
On that subject, does anyone know if Bob Dylan or Rick Danko took the opening line to "This Wheel's on Fire" from the introduction to Une Saison en Enfer?
Was it good? The beer, I mean.
Quote from: derspiess on May 11, 2018, 02:56:19 PM
Was it good? The beer, I mean.
I liked it; it wasn't at all funky as Saison beers too often are.
Quote from: derspiess on March 05, 2018, 04:48:50 PM
So many local breweries do their own bock beer now for Bockfest. And I had to try them all. Plus the obligatory Salvator & Celebrator.
I'm no spring chicken anymore :(
:console: I hear ya, man. I have a tough time going back to back days. When I retired from the industry a couple years ago I lost the last of my youthful drinking powers.
When I was last in Detroit I picked up:
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(No, I didn't have it with Texas Medicine.) Detroit Distillery has some of the coolest labels for their liquors; and naturally naturally that one appealed to me. Unfortunately it's nothing to write home about; it tastes like Beefeater, but costs twice as much.
O'zapft is... :prost:
Old Forester (neat).
For an 'entry level' ryed bourbon it is, at least for me, surprisingly drinkable.
It's summer season, so time to make some cold brew coffee. It's less acidic than hot brewed, and just smoother to drink.
Last years' attempts were mixed in results. In 2016 I just put coffee grounds and water into a large jar. The filtering was a pain in the ass.
In 2017 I used a jar that had a compartment for coffee grounds in the lid, but the result was very weak.
This year I grind the coffee myself (a colleague recommended a manual grinder, as the electric ones run too hot a affect the flavor negatively). I pour 250 ml of coarsely ground espresso beans and 750 ml of water into a french press. I let it sit for 12-24 hours and than pour the extract through a paper filter. Easy, and especially easy to clean. :P
The result was 600 ml very strong cold brew. Pure, it tastes like chewing coffee beans. I drink it mixed 1 to 4 or 1 to 3 with water, milk, or tonic. Very refreshing in summer, and still getting my caffeine kick without breaking into sweats.
A cup of tea at 16:00 (CET/GMT+2 summer time).
Proper Brit time? :P No milk, or sugar of course. ;)
Quote from: Syt on June 11, 2019, 08:38:49 AM
It's summer season, so time to make some cold brew coffee. It's less acidic than hot brewed, and just smoother to drink.
Last years' attempts were mixed in results. In 2016 I just put coffee grounds and water into a large jar. The filtering was a pain in the ass.
In 2017 I used a jar that had a compartment for coffee grounds in the lid, but the result was very weak.
This year I grind the coffee myself (a colleague recommended a manual grinder, as the electric ones run too hot a affect the flavor negatively). I pour 250 ml of coarsely ground espresso beans and 750 ml of water into a french press. I let it sit for 12-24 hours and than pour the extract through a paper filter. Easy, and especially easy to clean. :P
The result was 600 ml very strong cold brew. Pure, it tastes like chewing coffee beans. I drink it mixed 1 to 4 or 1 to 3 with water, milk, or tonic. Very refreshing in summer, and still getting my caffeine kick without breaking into sweats.
For my cold brew I use a french press as well (I don't filter but perhaps I should). I use an electric grinder and don't really notice much heat being added.
But in the summer I still drink my hot coffee in the morning. For afternoon I'm all about my iced tea. The stronger the better :)
Lately I've been making Manhattans and Remember the Maines in my home bar. Had two Manhattans last night. :ph34r:
The latter drink is one I learned at a cocktail class a few weeks back and is really delicious. It's a rye based cocktail with sweet vermouth, Heering (cherry liqueur) and absinthe.
I thought absinthe was still banned in the US.
Nope, the ban was lifted maybe a decade ago?
I use Copper and Kings absinthe, manufactured right here in Louisville. :cool:
Also, I've gotten drunk several times strictly on absinthe, and nothing weird happened, so I'm not sure why it was thought to be so dangerous back in the day.
Quote from: Caliga on June 11, 2019, 02:25:15 PM
Lately I've been making Manhattans and Remember the Maines in my home bar. Had two Manhattans last night. :ph34r:
The latter drink is one I learned at a cocktail class a few weeks back and is really delicious. It's a rye based cocktail with sweet vermouth, Heering (cherry liqueur) and absinthe.
:o
I've been Manhattaning recently too!
Have been drinking a decent amount of local crafts. This past weekend was Monday Night Brewing's Fistful of Cake and a couple weeks before that was Reformation Brewery's "Wilder", which was quite nice for a lighter beer.
Quote from: garbon on June 12, 2019, 04:22:38 PM
:o
I've been Manhattaning recently too!
I recommend trying Rittenhouse Rye for your Manhattans if you haven't already. I made one with Old Forester the other night and it turned out pretty good.
Massive fire burning at a Jim Beam storage facility right now. 40,000 barrels of bourbon gone so far. :cry:
Hefe-Weißbier Naturtrüb Paulaner before and during some Wasteland 2 DC gaming.
It's been a while!
I get the feeling several of my co-workers are day drinking while WFH. That's one thing I could never really get myself to do while on the clock.
Bagaço/aguardente that's grape brandy for the non-Lusophones.
It's "only" 45% so not enough to serve as a disinfectant so might as well drink it since it matured in oak casks. :P
I'm drinking nothing at all. :( We've been under total lockdown for a month and a half here in Sri Lanka. I ran out of booze a month ago and the puritan Buddhist government isn't permitting alcohol delivery. :mad:
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on April 26, 2020, 05:44:06 AM
I'm drinking nothing at all. :( We've been under total lockdown for a month and a half here in Sri Lanka. I ran out of booze a month ago and the puritan Buddhist government isn't permitting alcohol delivery. :mad:
https://youtu.be/h4hP6nOB1dc?t=11
Time for another Hefe-Weißbier!
Quote from: Grinning_Colossus on April 26, 2020, 05:44:06 AM
I'm drinking nothing at all. :( We've been under total lockdown for a month and a half here in Sri Lanka. I ran out of booze a month ago and the puritan Buddhist government isn't permitting alcohol delivery. :mad:
You live in Sri Lanka? Huh. I had no idea. What is that like?
It sucks. Colombo has been under lockdown since March 20th. 40,000 people have been arrested for going outside. They're supposedly easing the curfew on Monday, but that's been pushed back more than once already, and we're only going to be allowed outside for one day a week, and only to get medicine and groceries. Liquor stores won't reopen.
It seemed like the virus was on its way to being contained until a week and a half ago, when dozens, or possibly hundreds, of sailors (who were living in barracks together) came down with it. They're the guys who have been patrolling the streets and arresting people...
It's fine normally, though. Colombo is a relatively developed city with a huge English-speaking middle class.
My favorite Korean drink
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Legendary libido? :hmm:
:lol:
Damn I want a legendary libido. :(
We'll all just have to live through Tim.
Can you send two crates, Tim?
0,5% beer, local grocery generic brand. Close in taste to Molson Dry/Labbatt Blue.
2 months without going to a bar now. I'm proud of me :P
Quote from: The Brain on April 30, 2020, 03:24:38 PM
Can you send two crates, Tim?
7,300 won at a market, 9-10,000 at a convenience store. So, not bad at all for one bottle by Western standards (Koreans will think it's expensive since Soju is like 1,200). Still, two crates would be pretty expensive, especially with the shipping added.
Quote from: viper37 on April 30, 2020, 06:35:50 PM
0,5% beer, local grocery generic brand. Close in taste to Molson Dry/Labbatt Blue.
2 months without going to a bar now. I'm proud of me :P
I've been going about twice a week since the thing started :ph34r:
It's been a while, but since it's lockdown time, back for some bagaço/aguardente. That's grape brandy (marc (de raisin) for the francophones), obtained through family connections.
Mount Gay Barbados Rum — 1703 Master Select.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 29, 2020, 05:19:22 AM
My favorite Korean drink
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Very nice :)
I love Korean drinks and their English slogans.
A mug of cocoa, forgotten how nice one is, haven't had this in ages. :bowler:
Cal, you ever tried Pappy Van Winkel?
My grandfather had his own bar in his basement with an enormous 50's era collection of barware. He died a couple years ago, and I was recently given a brandy snifter with a spout from his collection like the following:
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Does anyone know how you're supposed to drink out of that, or are you supposed to pour it into another glass, or something else? :unsure:
As far as I know the spout was just a variety of snifter. Some had long glass tubes, even.
I suppose it just helped keep the cognac off your starched shirt whilst you were expounding on the woes of the monied class during a long session of cigar-smoking post dinner enjoyment at the gentleman's club.
Quote from: PDH on April 29, 2021, 01:37:55 PM
As far as I know the spout was just a variety of snifter. Some had long glass tubes, even.
I suppose it just helped keep the cognac off your starched shirt whilst you were expounding on the woes of the monied class during a long session of cigar-smoking post dinner enjoyment at the gentleman's club.
That could be it, those were different times. Cigarette holders were designed to keep women from getting ashes on their clothes or getting smoke in their hat. It looks weird that you're supposed to drink from a spout.
They're for slamming Kamikazes at the yacht club.
A very nice Malbec. I love Malbec.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on November 16, 2020, 04:07:18 PM
Cal, you ever tried Pappy Van Winkel?
Just saw this post. Yeah. It tastes just like WL Weller, which while still rare, is actually obtainable. I have 3-4 bottles of Weller right now.
Quote from: The Brain on July 23, 2021, 09:46:01 AM
A very nice Malbec. I love Malbec.
I like Malbec too. :cool:
Have you ever tried JTS Brown? :smoke:
Quote from: Admiral Yi on July 26, 2021, 03:49:11 PM
Have you ever tried JTS Brown? :smoke:
:sleep: I have standards bro. I guess I'd use it as a mixer. :)
I didn't know it was a real bourbon. :P
I asked because of The Hustler.
Never seen it. :blush:
But yes it's real. I think Heaven Hill distills it these days.
This is mine, from a small producer in our wine growing region
https://www.hiddenchapelwinery.com/order-wine.html#!/Holy-Smoke-2018-Malbec-Case-of-12/p/57174379/category=0
Quote from: The Brain on July 29, 2021, 12:02:36 PM
Do you have a favorite? :)
I dunno, some shit from Mendoza.
Having what I think is my first alcoholic drink of 2025, a glass* of cider. :hmm:
* only one to hand as I don't appear to have any pint glasses in the house.