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l0g1c
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PostPosted: 05-09-2010 03:12 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Had one of these lately. A Russian Imperial Stout brewed by Norwegians :up: It was quite tasty.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/15711/37298

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PostPosted: 05-10-2010 09:18 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Unibroue Trois Pistoles
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/22/30

Went out for a bite to eat with my father-in-law and had one of these. Very good. Had a lot of heavy dried or stewed fruit flavors (like fruit soup if anyone knows what that is) mixed with the smells and tastes of a bbq. Great stuff.

The dad-in-law ordered all three of the bar's sampler flights, which was a total of 10 beers. I'm not going to bother naming them all. My wife drank two of the three belgium samples before I could even try them. :disgust:

Sister-in-law got a 32 oz glass of Grain Belt Premium. The glass was about a foot tall. Fucking :olo:


Later, we went to a Twins game and I had a a Summit EPA. Always a great standard. Shitty game, though.
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PostPosted: 05-10-2010 10:34 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


All of Unibroue's beers are excellent.
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PostPosted: 05-10-2010 02:41 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


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Brigand. Presumably the corniest label ever but tastes great. At 9% it's pretty head strong, three is too much (as I found out =).

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/212/668
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PostPosted: 05-10-2010 05:16 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


^never heard of it. And yeah that label!! Sippin on a Westmalle double myself:
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PostPosted: 05-10-2010 11:32 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Mendocino "White Hawk Select IPA" - was pretty good, if you like hoppy IPAs. Maybe not as good as Stone, but less bitter than the Dogfish 60min can be... though I'd have to try a few head to head for a real ranking.
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PostPosted: 05-21-2010 11:08 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


That Brigand label is awesome.


Had a Goose Island Stockyard Oatmeal Stout.
It was the first thing I tasted after 6 days in the Boundary Waters wilderness. Man, it was good. I haven't had a bad Goose Island brew yet.
After tasting it, I said, "Wow, there's a lot of chocolate and coffee taste in that."

Then I read the label and it said the same thing. I'm such a genius.

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I also had an IPA and a rye ale at the Boathouse brewpub in Ely, MN. They weren't bad, but forgettable. :shrug:
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PostPosted: 05-21-2010 08:18 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Drinking some Shiner Frost. I've had better, but it goes down well and is a pretty decent lager. I like some of their other offers better.

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PostPosted: 05-21-2010 09:15 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


i'm just snobbish enough that i refuse to drink that on grounds of a stupid umlaut. for a brewery that prides itself on its texas-german heritage that's pretty lame.
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PostPosted: 05-22-2010 08:34 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Have you guys aged any of your beer? I drank a 120 minute DFH IPA that was aged for 2 years and it was seriously mindblowing. Like, made a non-aged 120 minute look like a piece of shit. I don't know if I have the patience to age my beer.

But check out:
Lagunitas Hop Stoopid (CA)
Ale Asylum Mercy (WI)
Ale Asylum Hopalicious (WI)

Anyone here ever have Pliny the Elder? I need to find it.
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PostPosted: 05-22-2010 08:29 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


i used to live about 30 mins from lagunitas brewing company...iirc they got busted for handing out and smoking weed during their tastings. It's decent, most of it is too hoppy/citrusy - I remember the hop stoopid almost tasting fruity, but it's all got pretty high alcohol content. Honestly lagunitas has turned into the go to brand for hipsters when they're not ironically drinking pbr. Maybe living so close to the brewing company before and now constantly having to hear "have you heard of lagunitas?" like one sip is gonna make my mind explode just has me jaded.

edit: lol sorry for the rant. To contribute, the best beer I ever had was at a local bar, Russian River Brewing Co. in Santa Rosa, California (where I used to live, 20-30 mins from where Lagunitas is made). It's called Russian River Consecration, it's a sour ale that they make it old wine barrels. If you've never tried sour ale before though, be warned it's mostly a love or a hate thing. Unfortunately I don't know of any place to buy it other than that particular bar, out of curiosity just now I looked it up online and according to this site it's #2 sour ale in the world.
http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/TopBeer ... StyleID=52

edit 2: here are the distributors: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/distribution/94349/
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PostPosted: 05-22-2010 08:50 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Big Kahuna Burger wrote:
...Anyone here ever have Pliny the Elder? I need to find it.

lol holy shit, my mind kinda went blank after I read the hop stoopid so I just finished reading your post now. They brew this beer in the same exact little local bar I mentioned in the above post. Small world.
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/863
I don't know of anywhere else to buy it unfortunately. lol, I lived 10 minutes away from there, I worked only 2 minutes away, I'm starting to miss it.
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PostPosted: 05-25-2010 08:35 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


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im 7 pages late to the game but this is some kick ass stuff ^^^


and this is my all time favorite!




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PostPosted: 05-25-2010 11:31 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Toured Sam Adams and Harpoon this weekend.












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PostPosted: 05-26-2010 11:36 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Went to a bar with my wife's coworkers last night. Happy Hour was 1/2 off all drinks, so I had a manhattan. Went to order a beer after that, but the bitchy waitress wouldn't let me get in on the special because it was 7:02 and Happy Hour ended at 7:00. :disgust:

Instead, after 7:00, the special was 1/2 priced pitchers of Miller Lite. Jesus CHRIST that shit is awful. :puke:
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PostPosted: 05-28-2010 08:39 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


i read something by Pliny the Younger once. does that count?

ps- Pliny the Elder died during the eruption of Mt Vesuvius that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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PostPosted: 05-28-2010 09:04 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Big Kahuna Burger wrote:
Toured Sam Adams and Harpoon this weekend.



Did you try the Utopias? If so, how was it? I really want to try some.
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PostPosted: 05-29-2010 04:43 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


^misantropia^ wrote:
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Tried one of these yesterday at dinner, yummy :up:



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werldhed
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PostPosted: 05-29-2010 06:28 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Furthermore Fatty Boombalatty.
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This has me really confused, as pictures of it seem to range from clear yellow to copper to light hazy orange. The one I had was a dull, opaque brown, like a cappuccino. Even descriptions on beeradvocate are all over the place. wtf?
The taste was interesting, but not very drinkable for a "summer beer" like they say. It definitely tastes like a mix between a belgian and a pale ale. Unfortunately, it lacks the real character of both. It certainly tasted good, but I'm not sure I'm convinced I'd want to buy another one. I'm usually in the mood for either a belgian OR an IPA. Not both at the same time. Luckily, it was fairly cheap.

Odell 90 Schilling Scottish Ale.
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Lame. As the bartender said, this is "light, like a Summit with half a glass of water poured in." Of course, he said this as he was handing me the glass. Thanks for telling me that AFTER I bought the beer. :rolleyes:
Anyway, it wasn't that bad. Definitely drinkable, if slightly flavorless. Not remotely like a Scottish ale as the name suggests.

Schell's Hopfenmalz
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Ahh... Schell's, one of the oldest US breweries and our own local, corporate, semi-famous, big brewer (they're currently responsible for Grain Belt Premium). Amazingly, they put out a really good beer. I was pleasantly surprised by this one. I'd consider picking up a pack for a summer bbq crowd pleaser.
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PostPosted: 05-29-2010 08:17 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Just remembered the name of one other beer I had forgotten:

Weyerbacher Blithering Idiot.
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I've only had one other barleywine, and I didn't much care for it. This, on the other hand, was great. Heavy, fruity, slightly sour. The bartender tried to steer me to something else (figured I didn't really want a barleywine), and the beeradvocate.com folks don't seem to care too much for it... but it was just what I was in the mood for. The 11% abv probably wasn't a great choice for my third beer of the night, but it just meant I was "charming" the rest of the evening. :D
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PostPosted: 06-02-2010 09:54 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


http://www.gizmag.com/worlds-strongest-beers/15256/
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l0g1c
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PostPosted: 06-02-2010 02:49 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


werldhed wrote:
Just remembered the name of one other beer I had forgotten:

I've only had one other barleywine, and I didn't much care for it. This, on the other hand, was great. Heavy, fruity, slightly sour. The bartender tried to steer me to something else (figured I didn't really want a barleywine), and the beeradvocate.com folks don't seem to care too much for it... but it was just what I was in the mood for. The 11% abv probably wasn't a great choice for my third beer of the night, but it just meant I was "charming" the rest of the evening. :D


Try the Heresy and Insanity if you get a chance. I've been drinking the shit out of it. :eek:
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PostPosted: 06-05-2010 08:35 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


http://www.theatlantic.com/food/archive ... eer/57672/
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PostPosted: 06-05-2010 09:30 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


had a Flying Dog "Double Dog" last night. it's like the dogfish head 120min... honestly, it's too strong. 11%ABV and an intense flavor. no thx. more novelty than beer, i'd suggest skipping it.
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PostPosted: 06-26-2010 12:21 AM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Giving New Belgium Ranger IPA a try. Very similar to Stone's IPA but slightly more subdued. Even if you don't like New Belgium give this a try. I think it's one their best offerings. Very good IMO.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/192/55081
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would you please calm the fuck down?
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Whatever blows your skirt up, Nancy.
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Schell's Hopffenmalz
I said it before, and I'll readily repeat it. This is surprisingly a quality drink. Nice work, Schell's.

Grand Teton Sheep Eater Scotch Ale
A very nice scotch ale. :up:
Sweet and caramely, with just enough of an earthy, peaty taste to balance it out. MAYBE just a little too sweet, at least for a sunny, hot day.

Bell's Two Hearted IPA
This remains one of my favorite IPAs. Can't go wrong with this.




Also,
olo plebs:




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bitWISE
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I actually just tried to bump this and wasn't signed in so quick reply failed, heh.

I just had:
http://www.breckbrew.com/beer/avalanche.html
http://www.breckbrew.com/beer/vanillaporter.html

Both incredible.

I also had this and it was also pretty tasty:
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/418/33933
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werldhed
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PostPosted: 07-23-2010 08:20 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


bitWISE wrote:
I actually just tried to bump this and wasn't signed in so quick reply failed, heh.

I just had:
http://www.breckbrew.com/beer/avalanche.html
http://www.breckbrew.com/beer/vanillaporter.html

Both incredible.

I also had this and it was also pretty tasty:
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/418/33933


Heh... pwnt TWICE. :D

That vanilla porter sounds strangely... awful.. yet good... :dork:
I'm intrigued.
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Strongest ever beer served up in dead squirrels



LONDON (AFP) – The strongest and most expensive beer ever created sold out within hours Friday, a Scottish brewery said, as they courted controversy by packaging the bottles inside the bodies of stuffed animals.

BrewDog, the self-described maverick brewery, presented the beer -- which contains a record 55 percent alcohol -- inside the bodies of dead squirrels and stoats.

Animal rights activists rushed to condemn the stunt.

"It's pointless and it's very negative to use dead animals when we should be celebrating live animals," Advocates for Animals policy director Libby Anderson told BBC Scotland.

"This seems to be a perverse idea."

BrewDog said the limited edition Belgian ale -- made with juniper berries and dubbed "The End of History" -- was also the costliest beer ever sold.

The squirrel bottles cost 700 pounds (1,000 dollars, 840 euros) each and the seven stoat bottles went for 500 pounds a pop.

All sold out within four hours of going on sale, BrewDog managing director James Watt told AFP.

Watt said the controversial drink was the last in a line of experimental brews, explaining: "For the final installment in the strong beer series, we wanted to create something epic, something monumental."

He said there were no plans to come up with a beer to beat this record, insisting: "We're quite happy at 55 percent."

As for the taste, Watt described "The End of History" as a "complex" beer with a multitude of flavours including honey, mint and cinnamon.

He recommended sipping the drink "much like you would a malt whiskey", served up in a spirit glass rather than a pint glass.
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Haven't tried this beer, looks interesting and expensive



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PostPosted: 07-26-2010 05:36 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I'm drinking Lagunitas Wilco Tango Foxtrot Ale right now. It's decent. Imagine having a great malty brown ale and dropping a shot of vodka into it. That's what this tastes like.
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PostPosted: 07-26-2010 05:55 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Big Kahuna Burger wrote:
I'm drinking Lagunitas Wilco Tango Foxtrot Ale right now. It's decent. Imagine having a great malty brown ale and dropping a shot of vodka into it. That's what this tastes like.



Heh... I just had a Lagunitas Little Sumpin' Sumpin' Ale today. Tasty. A nice amount of fruity hops, and less bitter aftertaste. :up:
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PostPosted: 07-26-2010 06:44 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


had a 512 IPA on Saturday... pretty good offering from a local (Austin) microbrewery. a bit sweeter up front than Stone or Dogfish Head, but still a bitter hop finish. :up: :up:
also it was $3.50 for a pint at Pour House.
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tastes good when i put it in my mouth.
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