The Beer Thread!

[Lurch]

Had some of this last night during a radio session: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/700/2023/

[drewba]

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If anyone is in to Gueuze, https://belgiuminabox.com is doing "volume deals". After shipping, the price per 750ml bottle was roughly $14 which is $6-8 cheaper than you can find in stores (not to mention my local beer stores generally sell out instantly of Drie Fonteinein Oude Gueuze, at least). Also the glassware is basically impossible to find in the states.

I can buy Ouede Gueuze at my local Whole Foods and a few other spots around. Now if they had any Cantillon available I would be all over this.

Oh well that's awesome...too true about Cantillon. Etre Gourmet does have Cantillon in stock but they put max-3-bottl- limits on any Cantillon they have available and I couldn't make the shipping worth it.

[nubbinator]

A couple super locals (within Orange County), a couple locals, and a single gypsy brewery brewed in SC (they brew at various breweries) ranging from 3% to 15%.








Valiant makes one of the best IPAs I've ever had.  I'm drinking the Evil Twin right now (can a 3% beer be considered beer?) and it's damn good, but definitely not for everyone.

Had some of this last night during a radio session: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/700/2023/

Definitely one of their better beers, but I'm not a huge Elysian fan.  Bifrost was pretty solid and I feel like they had another based around that that was even better.  The Golden Boot Ale was pretty good too.  Their big one was their Jasmine IPA, but I'm allergic to Jasmine and it makes my mouth go numb.

Edit:  I remembered, it was the Bye Bye Frost.  And if you ever see a bottle of Iron Horse Irish Death, try it out.

Also, the Dan K IPA is killer.  Nice and herbal and earthy without treating of pure marijuana and a nice abd balanced beer.

[HoffmanMyster]

KeyCon x BeerThread

[jwaz]

20% off at whole foods, the homie even saved me some Cantillon 

[Bigpock]

When in Florida ^.^

[digi]

KeyCon x BeerThread

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Damn son, I'd buy it just for that label. My favorite beer is Trout Slayer from Big Sky (Montana), best Wheat beer on Earth...yep, I said it. =)

[jwaz]

couple frambizzles nbd. headed to France this week with a potential stop in Brussels at Cantillon, etc for more of the good stuff.

[ghostjuggernaut]

When in Florida ^.^

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Very nice. Florida cracker is a favorite of mine.

[Bromono]

I actually like this a lot

[noisyturtle]

Ugh, this thread is motivating me to get my license renewed. I miss beer 

[Sed8op8]

(I no longer drink but sampling and procuring different tasty brews used to be one of my favorite things to do in the world)
Had some friends came up from Brooklyn and copped them a trunk full of this and heady tops surprisingly this was the one they went on and on about for 3 hours straight  ) I can sympathize I liked the double but that's me but they are both very good !

[unipsykal]

This thread is making me thirsty. Got something special for the holiday, three more hours on the clock... *sigh*

[suby4me]

(I no longer drink but sampling and procuring different tasty brews used to be one of my favorite things to do in the world)
Had some friends came up from Brooklyn and copped them a trunk full of this and heady tops surprisingly this was the one they went on and on about for 3 hours straight  ) I can sympathize I liked the double but that's me but they are both very good !

Hey another Vermonter! I agree the beer up here is pretty good. I didn't know much about beer till I came up here for school and hung out with my new friends in Colchester. I'm really digging these beers:



The sunshine is good, I remember a bunch of my friends went crazy for a mad run down at the local beer place (beverage warehouse) during a break in class. It was hilarious.

[Sed8op8]

(I no longer drink but sampling and procuring different tasty brews used to be one of my favorite things to do in the world)
Had some friends came up from Brooklyn and copped them a trunk full of this and heady tops surprisingly this was the one they went on and on about for 3 hours straight  ) I can sympathize I liked the double but that's me but they are both very good !

Hey another Vermonter! I agree the beer up here is pretty good. I didn't know much about beer till I came up here for school and hung out with my new friends in Colchester. I'm really digging these beers:

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The sunshine is good, I remember a bunch of my friends went crazy for a mad run down at the local beer place (beverage warehouse) during a break in class. It was hilarious.

good ole winooski

[HoffmanMyster]

Door County's "Little Sister"

"Belgium style with hints of orange and spices"

It's good! 

[Sed8op8]

Door County's "Little Sister"

"Belgium style with hints of orange and spices"

It's good! 

Awesome glass Hoff !!

[iri]

[baldgye]

Am I the only one who struggles to drink beer/lager out of a can?? It just tastes bad compared to a bottle :/


Also Leffe on tap is like a whole different drink compared to when it's bottled

[Sed8op8]

I used to feel the same bald. I don't know if there's a difference in the aluminum or it might be nothing at all. I haven't gotten any of that stale metallic natty ice taste from any of these. I actually prefer SOME beers in a can. YMMV but they are using the can for more and more beers so I must not be the only one. This might be my imagination but sometimes I detect a crispness to canned beer that is lacking in bottled or tap. Some things just seem and taste right bottled and would be hard to imagine canned even sacrelige so I guess it really depends on the brew 

[baldgye]

I used to feel the same bald. I don't know if there's a difference in the aluminum or it might be nothing at all. I haven't gotten any of that stale metallic natty ice taste from any of these. I actually prefer SOME beers in a can. YMMV but they are using the can for more and more beers so I must not be the only one. This might be my imagination but sometimes I detect a crispness to canned beer that is lacking in bottled or tap. Some things just seem and taste right bottled and would be hard to imagine canned even sacrelige so I guess it really depends on the brew 

Yeah that's true I guess, I've not really tried that many beers that come in cans/bottles and on tap... for me bottles always have a sharper taste than tap, tap is much smoother (hence why Leffe is like heron on tap) but cans just leave a bad after taste... idk maybe I need to try more can beers or maybe they have gotten better at it.
I remember I smashed open a can of Carlsberg once and it had some bizzare ping-pong ball inside...

[unipsykal]

Hooray for weekend



wow its blurry.. who cares its gonna be tasty

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[iri]

beer in cans tastes fookin sweet, especially this one. lager with a capital L!

I remember I smashed open a can of Carlsberg once and it had some bizzare ping-pong ball inside...

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[Sed8op8]

I used to feel the same bald. I don't know if there's a difference in the aluminum or it might be nothing at all. I haven't gotten any of that stale metallic natty ice taste from any of these. I actually prefer SOME beers in a can. YMMV but they are using the can for more and more beers so I must not be the only one. This might be my imagination but sometimes I detect a crispness to canned beer that is lacking in bottled or tap. Some things just seem and taste right bottled and would be hard to imagine canned even sacrelige so I guess it really depends on the brew 

Yeah that's true I guess, I've not really tried that many beers that come in cans/bottles and on tap... for me bottles always have a sharper taste than tap, tap is much smoother (hence why Leffe is like heron on tap) but cans just leave a bad after taste... idk maybe I need to try more can beers or maybe they have gotten better at it.
I remember I smashed open a can of Carlsberg once and it had some bizzare ping-pong ball inside...

they were playing beer pong on the assembly line  ) . Guinness used to add these ping ping like balls in there cans that was supposed to make it taste like draught beer according to there advertising so maybe it was so.ething like that!

[HoffmanMyster]

I used to feel the same bald. I don't know if there's a difference in the aluminum or it might be nothing at all. I haven't gotten any of that stale metallic natty ice taste from any of these. I actually prefer SOME beers in a can. YMMV but they are using the can for more and more beers so I must not be the only one. This might be my imagination but sometimes I detect a crispness to canned beer that is lacking in bottled or tap. Some things just seem and taste right bottled and would be hard to imagine canned even sacrelige so I guess it really depends on the brew 

Yeah that's true I guess, I've not really tried that many beers that come in cans/bottles and on tap... for me bottles always have a sharper taste than tap, tap is much smoother (hence why Leffe is like heron on tap) but cans just leave a bad after taste... idk maybe I need to try more can beers or maybe they have gotten better at it.
I remember I smashed open a can of Carlsberg once and it had some bizzare ping-pong ball inside...

they were playing beer pong on the assembly line  ) . Guinness used to add these ping ping like balls in there cans that was supposed to make it taste like draught beer according to there advertising so maybe it was so.ething like that!

I'm not a beer expert, but they put those in there as a nucleation site, to get more heady bubbles.  At least that's my understanding.    I don't drink those sorts of beers much, so I don't encounter them very often.

[Flyersfan1]

One of my favorites!

[BigStar]

KeyCon x BeerThread

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Damn son, I'd buy it just for that label. My favorite beer is Trout Slayer from Big Sky (Montana), best Wheat beer on Earth...yep, I said it. =)

You dont drink beer. You've never drank beer

[unipsykal]

It's a full meal in this bottle

[Sed8op8]

It's a full meal in this bottle

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beer served with a fork  :thumb:

[Findecanor]

Flemish Sour Ale... Tastes as if someone had poured balsamic vinegar into the beer. #neveragain

[unipsykal]

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Flemish Sour Ale... Tastes as if someone had poured balsamic vinegar into the beer. #neveragain

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[Sed8op8]

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Flemish Sour Ale... Tastes as if someone had poured balsamic vinegar into the beer. #neveragain

lol observable by the 3/4 full bottle

[drewba]

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Flemish Sour Ale... Tastes as if someone had poured balsamic vinegar into the beer. #neveragain

That's a shame - Cuvee Des Jacobbins is one of the best examples of Flanders/Flemish Sour in the world. You might be one of those people that just hates the style and that's fair but check out Rodenbach Classic/Grand Cru (more fruit taste, less vinegar).

[iri]

[jbondeson]

A pint of Oasis Pale Ale. They were one of the first brewpubs in Boulder, CO, but shutdown a decade ago. I happen to have a keg of their pilot re-release in my kegerator 

Perfect for the end of a beautiful summer day.

[metafour]

[jwaz]

Finally hit up Brussels. 

[drewba]

Finally hit up Brussels. 

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Great choices, have fun!

[jbondeson]

Homebrewed Red Ale Salute to my beer drinking brethren!

[smknjoe]

Wow, jwaz. Nice!

This again...

[paicrai]

beer. #neveragain

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[iri]

Finally hit up Brussels. 

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Hope you are having a ton of fun there!

[sth]

Finally hit up Brussels. 

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dat luggage 

[jbondeson]

The 2015 Editions of my Daughter's Beer Duo.



Left: Blood Orange Wheat, Right: Strawberry Peach Wheat.

I only have another decade and a half to perfect the recipes for their 21st birthdays.

[ghostjuggernaut]

Charleston has its perks.

[jwaz]

Charleston has its perks.

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what a hall! have you cracked one or is it trade bait? :P

[ghostjuggernaut]

Charleston has its perks.

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what a hall! have you cracked one or is it trade bait?

I had some at the brewery, but that's it. I plan to hold onto them for now, but might try and trade them. I was just stoked they still had some left this long after release.

[zippox]

Homebrew American IPA. Pretty good but there's room for improvement

BTW if you guys are drinking IPAs, I recommend the Spiegelau IPA glasses. They do a good job increasing the perceived hop aroma and really kick the flavor up a notch when you get past half way due to the turbulent affect the ribs on the bottom have.

[esoomenona]

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[jwaz]

For those of you who were interested in the Mikkeller's Beer Geek Vanilla Shake that I posted earlier, here's your chance to get a special limited edition bourbon barrel aged version of it:

http://shop.mikkeller.dk/shop/beer/mikkeller-beer-geek-vanilla-shake/

I finally popped open a bottle of this stuff and its pretty amazing

It has a nice, smooth, thick, creamy mouthfeel. Flavors consist of lots of vanilla, coffee, some milk chocolate, and dark roasted malt. It tastes sweet, but with enough bitterness to balance it from being overwhelming. Low carbonation, very drinkable, thick stout that hides its 13% ABV very well.

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I bought three of these bottles back when you posted this. Cost me a pretty penny. I drank one then, and saved the other two. I cracked open the second over the weekend. I don't know how long beer lasts, or is supposed to last, but it still tasted fine.

You pick up the BA version? Regardless, a big malty high-octane beer like that will usually age amazingly for years, the alcohol burn will subside over time and the beer will get more complex. But it can really depend on which beer specifically (you wouldn't really want to age something with coffee because that will fall out immediately) and most people will buy multiples like you did and open one every year or so. I like to buy the subsequent release and try fresh vs the previous batch with a year on it, verticals are fun too. I mostly cellar sours but I have a few big stouts like Black Tuesday and Parabola which are both BBA and age very well.

De Mollen's aging instructions always crack me up :))