Beer!

kmorg wrote:

exact33 wrote:

I had the last of this last night:

You see, THAT is a great beer! Forget about beer tasting chocolate, creem or pumkin, it's supposed to taste like beer!

I'm binging tonight with a couple of friends. Not sure what I'm gonna drink, except the 2 Borg Bokkøl I've leftover after Christmas. But I assure you, it's all gonna taste BEER!!

Here is what I'm drinking:

I don't only drink beers brewed with other flavors but I do admit I prefer them. I still like my Belgians however and that's just beer. And I just lucked into 2 bombers of Schlafly's Russian Imperial Stout (circa 2011) at the grocery store today. That's my favorite RIS especially after it's had time to age. These 2 bottles are already "pre-aged" which is great because the ones I have aging in my "beer cellar" are from 2012.

Only a few Belgian style beers but only Blue Moon and a pale one and only one oatmeal stout (blueberry oatmeal stout) so I settled for this:



Well, this turned out great. Probably one of the best beers I ever had. It is only a seasonal one so if I can find this sold near my home, I may have to stock up. It is not a real sweet beer, just a small hint of vanilla flavor, but not bitter in the least to me.

kmorg wrote:

exact33 wrote:

I had the last of this last night:

You see, THAT is a great beer! Forget about beer tasting chocolate, creem or pumkin, it's supposed to taste like beer!

I'm binging tonight with a couple of friends. Not sure what I'm gonna drink, except the 2 Borg Bokkøl I've leftover after Christmas. But I assure you, it's all gonna taste BEER!!

Here is what I'm drinking:

I enjoy the Bitburger a lot to be honest. It has great taste and is not heavy - a perfect lager. Ill have to see if my local place has that Borg. It looked good.

DallasBlack wrote:

Only a few Belgian style beers but only Blue Moon and a pale one and only one oatmeal stout (blueberry oatmeal stout) so I settled for this:



Well, this turned out great. Probably one of the best beers I ever had. It is only a seasonal one so if I can find this sold near my home, I may have to stock up. It is not a real sweet beer, just a small hint of vanilla flavor, but not bitter in the least to me.

Good choice DB! Avoid Blue Moon like the plague and if that Blueberry Oatmeal stout was the same one I had (Buffalo Bill's) you made a great decision. I haven't had that Leinie but that sounds like a good one to me.

Sound the trumpets! Get ready to write this down in the history books! I have found a stout I actually enjoy. Not just stomach it but literally love it:



Glad it worked out as a pint (550 ml) of this cost $4. It is highly thought of on Beer Advocate:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/113/571

I'm getting a tad drunk today. After that delicious oatmeal stout I decided to try the milk one again to see how I could handle it. While it was still too bitter, I drank it down with some mega stuff oreos and chocolate chip brownies. Now to end my beer drinking night I went back to my vanilla porter to end with a beer I enjoy.

[quote="DallasBlack"]Sound the trumpets! Get ready to write this down in the history books! I have found a stout I actually enjoy. Not just stomach it but literally love it:



Glad it worked out as a pint (550 ml) of this cost $4. It is highly thought of on Beer Advocate:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/113/571[/quote]

That's a GREAT one! My favorite oatmeal stout.
BTW, if you see Samuel Smith's Organic Chocolate Stout, you might want to give that a try too. I've liked everything I've had from this brewer except their imperial stout.

Tonight:


Yeah, I'm a Southern Tier fanboy.

Hacker Pschorr Hell - not a great beer but compared to the crap of munich beer like Paulaner and Loewenbraeu it's ok...can't hold a candle to Augustiner though (and doesn't come close to the best beer ever, Tegernseer Spezial)

My most recent beer haul:



Sadly, I must wait a day or so while I'm waiting for my sinus infection to pass (changes the taste of things and the beer is a bit harsh on my throat).

DallasBlack wrote:

My most recent beer haul:



Sadly, I must wait a day or so while I'm waiting for my sinus infection to pass (changes the taste of things and the beer is a bit harsh on my throat).

That looks like a great beer haul DB!

Tonight:

Screw you kmorg! Your loss!
(wait for all the images to paint please)

This stuff is the nectar of the gods:
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/3818/40058
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/southern-tier-choklat/81812/

tohostudios wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

My most recent beer haul:



Sadly, I must wait a day or so while I'm waiting for my sinus infection to pass (changes the taste of things and the beer is a bit harsh on my throat).

That looks like a great beer haul DB!

Curious to hear what you think of that Belgian Abbey Ale. That's the "toned down" version brewed for mass consumption so if you don't like it I doubt you'd like Belgians in general.

tohostudios wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

My most recent beer haul:



Sadly, I must wait a day or so while I'm waiting for my sinus infection to pass (changes the taste of things and the beer is a bit harsh on my throat).

That looks like a great beer haul DB!

Curious to hear what you think of that Belgian Abbey Ale. That's the "toned down" version brewed for mass consumption so if you don't like it I doubt you'd like Belgians in general.

My sinus infection is still in effect (dripping and sniffiling whenever I'm up and around) and beer does not taste right. I have a left over steak I wanted to eat with my vanillia porter, I tried the porter and it just wasn't working. Hopefully it clears up in the next day or so and my taste buds get back to normal.

Tried my vanilla porter and some steak, but neither tasted right. Still need some more time.

tohostudios wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

My most recent beer haul:



Sadly, I must wait a day or so while I'm waiting for my sinus infection to pass (changes the taste of things and the beer is a bit harsh on my throat).

That looks like a great beer haul DB!

Curious to hear what you think of that Belgian Abbey Ale. That's the "toned down" version brewed for mass consumption so if you don't like it I doubt you'd like Belgians in general.

Verdict is....






















... , love it! A great tasting beer for sure.

One of the local cattle ranchers gave me a 6'er of quart bottles with his batch of homebrew.

An aquired tatse and meant to be consumed at room tempature (which I did) I liked the alchohol content. Strong but not over bearing.

The best part was he gave me some high end beef cuts to go with it.

A thank you for dialing in his quads last week.

James B. wrote:

dialing in his quads

Is that what you guys call it out there in big sky country?

SpectreFate wrote:

James B. wrote:

dialing in his quads

Is that what you guys call it out there in big sky country?

I think Brokeback Mountain was filmed here ?

On that note...I had this over the weekend and it was awesome!

Mainly I HAD to have that bottle for my collection but I'm also a porter/stout guy....I mean, it's not PBR or anything that nice. 32oz

I've had that Mississippi Mud before. Pretty good. I prefer dark beer so it was right up my alley.

SpectreFate wrote:

it was right up my alley.

and they just keep coming....

DallasBlack wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

My most recent beer haul:



Sadly, I must wait a day or so while I'm waiting for my sinus infection to pass (changes the taste of things and the beer is a bit harsh on my throat).

That looks like a great beer haul DB!

Curious to hear what you think of that Belgian Abbey Ale. That's the "toned down" version brewed for mass consumption so if you don't like it I doubt you'd like Belgians in general.

Verdict is....






















... , love it! A great tasting beer for sure.

Yeah for a mass-produced beer that Abbey Ale is really good. Now to see if you like true Belgians. See if you can find this in either a 4pk or a 22oz bottle. Around here the big bottles are readily available in grocery stores. It's by a Canadian brewery so you should be able to find it.


http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/22/33

T-Roy wrote:

On that note...I had this over the weekend and it was awesome!

Mainly I HAD to have that bottle for my collection but I'm also a porter/stout guy....I mean, it's not PBR or anything that nice. 32oz

That looks like something I'd like. I'm definitely a dark beer fanboy.

That is the only dark beer that the Albertson's 35 miles away slings.

I prefer dark beers and here they are as a rare as a Killen cassette tape in Kieth's music collection.