Beer!

Tasting this one tonight.  Not bad but not great either.

Tried this one:



Better than the Rolle Bolle which never made it past the first sip, but after 3 drinks of it I found it too bitter. Luckily, I got a single bottle so no money was wasted, but this did not win me over. Must be the coriander. I replaced it with:

DallasBlack wrote:

Tried this one:



Better than the Rolle Bolle which never made it past the first sip, but after 3 drinks of it I found it too bitter. Luckily, I got a single bottle so no money was wasted, but this did not win me over. Must be the coriander. I replaced it with:

Yeah that one didn't do much for me either.

tohostudios wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Tried this one:



Better than the Rolle Bolle which never made it past the first sip, but after 3 drinks of it I found it too bitter. Luckily, I got a single bottle so no money was wasted, but this did not win me over. Must be the coriander. I replaced it with:

Yeah that one didn't do much for me either.

That sounds kind of nasty. Why would I want cilantro in my beer??

corplhicks wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Tried this one:



Better than the Rolle Bolle which never made it past the first sip, but after 3 drinks of it I found it too bitter. Luckily, I got a single bottle so no money was wasted, but this did not win me over. Must be the coriander. I replaced it with:

Yeah that one didn't do much for me either.

That sounds kind of nasty. Why would I want cilantro in my beer??

Didn't realize that coriander is cilantro. If I knew that, I wouldn't have bothered.

Back to my favorite Fall beer so far this year:

So I came close to picking up some obligatory pumpkin brew tonight, but it had been so long...



This has been my all-time favorite for a while now. Just a perfect, robust, malty beer all around. Pumpkin will be next week.

That 1554 black lager is great!

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

going to a pumpkin beer tasting tonight!

So how was it?  Any interesting discoveries?

yeah - stay as far away from the Shipyard Pumpkinhead as possible.  


I did like the Smuttynose and the Buffalo Bill.

Had a Fat Tire on tap today and while slightly better than from the bottle, didn't quite live up to the hype. Maybe it would be different if I have one of my more favorites on tap (any of the Unibrouges or New Belgian Abbey-neither avaliable in my area) it would be different. They would probably be available elsewhere in the U.S. but I can't drink on the road.

exact33 wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

going to a pumpkin beer tasting tonight!

So how was it?  Any interesting discoveries?

yeah - stay as far away from the Shipyard Pumpkinhead as possible.  


I did like the Smuttynose and the Buffalo Bill.

I had the Buffalo Bill last year and I thought it was awful. A decent one I've found this year is Horny Goat Pumpkin Ale. It's not great but it's one of the better ones I've tried this year.

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

going to a pumpkin beer tasting tonight!

So how was it?  Any interesting discoveries?

yeah - stay as far away from the Shipyard Pumpkinhead as possible.  


I did like the Smuttynose and the Buffalo Bill.

I had the Buffalo Bill last year and I thought it was awful.  A decent one I've found this year is Horny Goat Pumpkin Ale.  It's not great but it's one of the better ones I've tried this year.  

i dont see that one on the list my local carries.

Back to an ol' favorite:

DallasBlack wrote:

Back to an ol' favorite:

Good old reliable Maudite. My second favorite Belgian after Gouden Carolus.

Trying a new Belgian:


http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/604/2232

Pretty darn good Belgian with a darn high ABV content.

DallasBlack wrote:

Trying a new Belgian:


http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/604/2232

Pretty darn good Belgian with a darn high ABV content.

Haven't seen that one but since it has "Noel" on the label I assume it's a Christmas Belgian.

tohostudios wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

Trying a new Belgian:


http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/604/2232

Pretty darn good Belgian with a darn high ABV content.

Haven't seen that one but since it has "Noel" on the label I assume it's a Christmas Belgian.

I think you'd like it. As a matter of fact, knowing your tastes in Belgians, I'm pretty sure you would.

Tonight I'm having a Founders Porter while I'm letting a Capital Brewery Autumnal Fire chill.

I work with a guy who has Rams' season tickets next to a guy who's a big Wisconsin football fan. This guy goes back to WI for every WI home game. Fortunately, Capital Brewery is in Wisconsin and their season doppelbock "Autumnal Fire" is one of my favorites in the style. This past weekend, the guy went back to WI for the Ohio State/WI game and I ordered a case of Autumnal Fire which the guy I work with delivered today.

I can't wait to taste it!

made a trip to the local shop and got:

Fin City Pumpkin Ale - from Ocean City MD
Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale
Schlafly Pumpkin Ale

I've heard good things about that second one.

This whole "imperial pumpkin" thing is new to me this year.   I picked up a case and a half of Crown Valley's Imperial Pumpkin Stout this week and I love it. You wouldn't think pumpkin would work in a stout but strangely, it does.

tohostudios wrote:

I've heard good things about that second one.

This whole "imperial pumpkin" thing is new to me this year.   I picked up a case and a half of Crown Valley's Imperial Pumpkin Stout this week and I love it.  You wouldn't think pumpkin would work in a stout but strangely, it does.

Its one only review but the Fin City got a good rating:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/29661/92925

Its brewed not too far from me so I figured I would give it a try.

That sounds good!  I like the addition of vanilla; that's what the Crown Valley Imperial Pumpkin Smash does too.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/19832/98115

tohostudios wrote:

That sounds good!  I like the addition of vanilla; that's what the Crown Valley Imperial Pumpkin Smash does too.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/19832/98115

i saw a chocolate pumpkin ale but i didnt get it. It sounded interesting though.

exact33 wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

That sounds good!  I like the addition of vanilla; that's what the Crown Valley Imperial Pumpkin Smash does too.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/19832/98115

i saw a chocolate pumpkin ale but i didnt get it. It sounded interesting though.

You wouldn't think that combination works but it does. In fact, my local beer place sold out of their initial stock of Imperial Pumpkin Smash and I had to keep calling to find out when it was back in stock. My beer-loving coworker was back in Pea-Ay last week and specifically asked me to pick up a case for him if it came in while he was gone. So right now I'm sitting on about 3 cases of the stuff.

Sounds yummy!