Beer!

Dark Horseman wrote:

You had that? Cool. That's one my brother and I discovered that I can appreciate at times. A sipping beer if i've had one.

Lately I've been discovering Belgian ales. I hate "fruit beers" but Belgian ales get their "fruitiness" from the hops. It's an undefined fruit taste; unlike "fruit beers" which add flavors like lemon, cranberry or whatever.

I've discovered I like a specific style of Belgian ales; Belgian dark ales. North Coast brewery has a fine example of this style they call "Brother Thelonious". Recently I've discovered that Unibroue brewery from Canada also has a great one called "Trois Pistoles". Good stuff!

But as you said DH, these are definitely "sipping beers"; the ABV is generally around 9% or so so they're not "session beers".

EDIT: just poured another Old Rasputin. Still my favorite RIMP. I'm aging some of this in my basement.

I've had some of these:

while playing Left 4 Dead 2 with some friends. Beer works best while killing some zombies with an electric guitar

I discovered tonight that the store by me is now stocking Schlafly's!

Today is gonna be a good day! Just got back from a little beer shopping.
For starters i`ll have one of my favorite lagers:
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Moving on to a couple of bayers:
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And of course it`s not friday without:
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Ill have to see if Kansa is available here in the US.

exact33 wrote:

I discovered tonight that the store by me is now stocking Schlafly's!

Cool! Maybe next fall they'll have the pumpkin ale.

exact33 wrote:

Ill have to see if Kansa is available here in the US.

I know Newcastle Brown is available here.

exact33 wrote:

Ill have to see if Kansa is available here in the US.

It Hansa, with an H

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

I discovered tonight that the store by me is now stocking Schlafly's!

Cool! Maybe next fall they'll have the pumpkin ale.

they have some of the christmas ale so i suspect they will have the pumpkin ale.

exact33 wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

I discovered tonight that the store by me is now stocking Schlafly's!

Cool! Maybe next fall they'll have the pumpkin ale.

they have some of the christmas ale so i suspect they will have the pumpkin ale.

Oh man, grab some of that Christmas ale. This year's batch was great. The guy I work with would kill for some more of that. It went real fast around here.

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

I discovered tonight that the store by me is now stocking Schlafly's!

Cool! Maybe next fall they'll have the pumpkin ale.

they have some of the christmas ale so i suspect they will have the pumpkin ale.

Oh man, grab some of that Christmas ale. This year's batch was great. The guy I work with would kill for some more of that. It went real fast around here.

Ill go back and see. They had some 6 packs left.

And yeah, if they're carrying that, they'll have the pumpkin ale next fall.

tohostudios wrote:

And yeah, if they're carrying that, they'll have the pumpkin ale next fall.

I am anxious to try it.

Today I had a leftover beer from Christmas!

Borg Juleøl tasted great alongside the Enchiladas we had for dinner

kmorg wrote:

Today I had a leftover beer from Christmas!

Borg Juleøl tasted great alongside the Enchiladas we had for dinner

That looks like a nice, dark beer...

tohostudios wrote:

kmorg wrote:

Today I had a leftover beer from Christmas!

Borg Juleøl tasted great alongside the Enchiladas we had for dinner

That looks like a nice, dark beer...

I'm licking my chops. As soon as he said with Enchiladas I was hooked.

resistance is futile

James B. wrote:

resistance is futile

you will be assimilated!

Made another journey to Friar Tuck liquor. Came away with:

2 4 pks of North Coast Brewery Brother Thelonius Belgian Abbey Ale
1 4pk of North Coast Brewery Old Rasputin Russion Imperial Stout
1 6pk of Mendocino Oatmeal Stout
1 6pk of Avery Brewery Out Of Bounds Stout
1 6pk of Thomas Creek Doppelbock Lager
1 6pk of New Holland Cabin Fever (brown ale)
1 4pk of Whole Hog Russian Imperial Stout
1 bomber of Great Divide Yeti Espresso Stout
1 mini-bomber of Twisted Pine Espresso Stout

This place has cost me a fortune since I discovered it back in October.

I know what you are talking about, Toho, I dropped 200 bucks at our local fine brew establishment this morning!!

Yeah, I walk into that place and I'm like a kid in a candy store. Of the stuff I bought today, I've only tasted Brother Thelonius and Old Rasputin before; everything else was a blind buy.

So far I've only tasted two of the unknown beers and the Cabin Fever was excellent; the Mendocino Oatmeal Stout not so much.

I need to go back to the store to see if that Christmas Ale is still there from Schaflys.

exact33 wrote:

I need to go back to the store to see if that Christmas Ale is still there from Schaflys.

Yes. Yes you do. That stuff is great.

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

I need to go back to the store to see if that Christmas Ale is still there from Schaflys.

Yes. Yes you do. That stuff is great.

so mr beer snob - what kind of ale's are out there?

With all the Ale's out there, Tetley's English is still my favorite. I bottled my Irish Red tonight, I will have the rest of my kegging equipment soon so I can get serious about brewing!!