Beer!

thejokeriv wrote:

I like Yuengling!

I do too. Its my beer of choice now. Great taste + good price = nice package.

Made a major beer snob run today. Nothing but stouts and Belgians. Even picked up a gift set of Belgians complete with a glass constructed specifically for drinking Belgian ales. I learned that yesterday at International Tap House; they serve you your order in a different style glass depending on what kind of beer it is. For Belgians, they use a fluted style glass that looks like a brandy snifter so you can smell the flowery fruity hops. Stouts just come in a regular beer glass.

I was in St Louis Tues and Wed for a conference, enjoyed a lovely Guinness with my EXTRA HOT wings at Buffalo Wild Wings.

Tasty.

bassman wrote:

I was in St Louis Tues and Wed for a conference, enjoyed a lovely Guinness with my EXTRA HOT wings at Buffalo Wild Wings.

Tasty.

I've heard those extra hot wings are killer! Literally. While I love hot stuff, it just isn't worth the "aftermath" IMO.

I'm kind of working my way up the heat scale at BWW, every time I go I get the next hottest thing on the list.......we'll see how far I get.

Well one of my latest experimental purchases was a total bust. Samuel Adams Cinder Bock. I'm a big fan of bock beers but this was just awful. Check out this review from BeerAdvocate.com:

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Sure enough, this beer is a rauch one. The aroma is woody, with peat smoke, some hints of sweet caramel, and bacon.

Lots of smoky summer sausage up front, some sweetness in the middle like toffee and caramel, but finishes off smoky strong.

And that's what it tasted like; bacon beer. I couldn't even finish the glass; poured it and the remainder of the bomber down the drain. Blecch.

So bacon doesn't make everything better?

bassman wrote:

So bacon doesn't make everything better?

when you get old your tastebuds fail.

Trust me.

Another review said "I love BBQ but not in my beer".

This week I went back to basics and bought Mctarnahan's Amber Ale. It's one of the beers that helped me discover real beer, not mass produced crap.

Dark Horseman wrote:

This week I went back to basics and bought Mctarnahan's Amber Ale. It's one of the beers that helped me discover real beer, not mass produced crap.

Never heard of that. If it got you off of mass produced crap, it's gotta at least be decent.

It's a Portland craft beer, one of the first. My friends were drinking Coors Light etc. and I could never choke it down. Mctarnahan's is what I'd call a blue collar beer maker.

I'll have to keep my eyes open at my new favorite beer store. They get craft brews from all over the country.

BTW, aren't you out west somewhere? My favorite brewery is out there; North Coast. Check out Brother Thelonius Ale or Old Rasputin Russian Stout.

Welp, I am currently 11 bottles into my St. Patrick's Day 12 pack of Kililan's Irish Red... (hiccup)...

Fat Freddy wrote:

Welp, I am currently 11 bottles into my St. Patrick's Day 12 pack of Kililan's Irish Red... (hiccup)...

i cant wait to read this blog entry!!

exact33 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Welp, I am currently 11 bottles into my St. Patrick's Day 12 pack of Kililan's Irish Red... (hiccup)...

i cant wait to read this blog entry!!

No blog entry. Nothin' to say. Unless you really wanna hear about my niece's birthday party....

Fat Freddy wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

Welp, I am currently 11 bottles into my St. Patrick's Day 12 pack of Kililan's Irish Red... (hiccup)...

i cant wait to read this blog entry!!

No blog entry. Nothin' to say. Unless you really wanna hear about my niece's birthday party....

I think Ill wait for that until I have had 11 bottles of Kililan's Irish Red

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BTW, aren't you out west somewhere? My favorite brewery is out there; North Coast. Check out Brother Thelonius Ale or Old Rasputin Russian Stout.

I'm in Wa. and that Old Rasp is quite good. Haven't checked out the Brother Thelonius ale, what's it like?

Dark Horseman wrote:

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BTW, aren't you out west somewhere? My favorite brewery is out there; North Coast. Check out Brother Thelonius Ale or Old Rasputin Russian Stout.

I'm in Wa. and that Old Rasp is quite good. Haven't checked out the Brother Thelonius ale, what's it like?

Belgian style Abbey ale. Sweet/fruity but not "fruit beer" with notes of cinnamon and caramel.

Hmmm, don't really like my beer sweet, might need a sample before I buy.

Dark Horseman wrote:

Hmmm, don't really like my beer sweet, might need a sample before I buy.

Yeah definitely. It's not really sweet per se; it's like a cross between wine and beer. Hard to explain.

Drinking an Old Rasputin now. Mmmmmmmmm....

Mind if I rant for a minute?

It's been an extraordinarily sh*tty day here at Casa Del Freddy. My 4 year old came to my wife and I this AM saying his "ear hurt." When we took a look we found that he had a tick nestled in on the back of his ear lobe. We figure he must've picked it up while playing outside in the warm weather over the past few days. Naturally, the kid freaks. So my wife gets the tweezers, I put the kid in a hold and we go to work trying to pull it out... no dice, the little #@$#'er is in too deep. Soooo...off to the doctor. There it took me AND one of the nurses to hold my kid down while the doc pried it out with a thin tweezer and forceps. After listening to my kid scream and holler the entire time (to say nothing of repeatedly kicking me in the nuts while I was holding him down), I felt like I'd just gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson.

The icing on the cake? As I was giving my copay at the front desk on the way out the wife texts me to tell me that a very long time, very dear family friend has passed away. I didn't tell my son anything at the time, we waited till my older boy got home from school and we broke the news to them together. THAT was tough.

The point of this? I NEED A FRIGGIN BEER. So when the kids said they wanted pizza for dinner, I made sure we went to the pizza place next door to the discount liquor purveyor, where I ran in for a 12 pack of Yuengling Lager while our order was being prepared. Ahhhhh, sweet relief!!!!

Fat Freddy wrote:

Extraordinarily sh*tty day here at Casa Del Freddy. My 4 year old came to us this AM saying his "ear hurt." Took a look and found a tick behind his ear lobe. Must've picked it up while playing outside in the warm weather over the past few days. So my wife gets the tweezers, I put the kid in a hold and we go to work... no dice, the little #@$# is in too deep. Off to the doctor. There it takes me AND one of the nurses to hold the kid down while the doc pries it out with a thin tweezer and forceps. After listening to my kid scream and holler the entire time (to say nothing of repeatedly kicking me in the nuts while I was holding him down), I felt like I'd just gone ten rounds with Mike Tyson.

The icing on the cake? As I'm giving my copay at the front desk on the way out the wife texts me to tell me that a very long time, very dear family friend has passed away.

The point of this? I NEED A FRIGGIN BEER.

Wow. Rough day FF. Sorry to hear it. A "real" beer would make you feel much better ya know.

I'm enjoying a Samuel Adams Imperial Stout and its 9.5 ABV goodness.

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A "real" beer would make you feel much better ya know.

Dammit, you replied while I was adding some details to my original post. I gots me a 12 of Yuengling Lager, is that "real" enough? I figure I'm good for at least half of them tonight after the day I just had...

Fat Freddy wrote:

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A "real" beer would make you feel much better ya know.

Dammit, you replied while I was adding some details to my original post. I gots me a 12 of Yuengling Lager, is that "real" enough? I figure I'm good for at least half of them tonight after the day I just had...

Wow... that is a bad day and you deserve the Yuengling! Hope you get some downtime to chill and forget about the day!