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picked up the last of this from my local guy:

exact33 wrote:

picked up the last of this from my local guy:

     

Just picked up another 6pk of that myself today.

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

picked up the last of this from my local guy:

     

Just picked up another 6pk of that myself today.

apparently the Christmas Ale is quite popular. The guy at my location said he has sold out pretty quickly.

Which makes me realize how spoiled I am here because it's readily available everywhere.  I only picked up my latest 6 pk of it because "it was there" and the Founders beer I was looking for wasn't.

Someone gave me a six pack of Winterbrew from JosephsBrau Brewing Co. One of those beers you find at Trader Joes. It's a Dark Double Bock.

That sounds great!  I love double bocks and dark beers.

My favorite beer review site BeerAdvocate seems to think this beer is a nice, affordable, winter session beer. Nothing wrong with that...

It's nice, nothing flashy but it was also free so it's very good.

Dark Horseman wrote:

It's nice, nothing flashy but it was also free so it's very good.

Free Is Good !

007 wrote:

Dark Horseman wrote:

It's nice, nothing flashy but it was also free so it's very good.

Free Is Good !

Unless it's an Anheuser Busch product. Even for free I prefer water.

tohostudios wrote:

007 wrote:

Dark Horseman wrote:

It's nice, nothing flashy but it was also free so it's very good.

Free Is Good !

Unless it's an Anheuser Busch product.  Even for free I prefer water.

My daughter's ex-boyfriend drinks Bud Light exclusively. I can take it or leave it.

Made a run to the beer store closest to me today looking for Southern Tier's Choklat. No luck but I did pickup some 2013 Schlaflys Russian Imperial Stout (I've been told this year's vintage is killer!), several other "spiced" Christmas beers and the only 2 bottles of Stone Vanilla Porter that they had left. I've heard this stuff is great.

I just had a Leinenkuegels Snowdrift Vanilla Porter tonight.......pretty tasty.

bassman wrote:

I just had a Leinenkuegels Snowdrift Vanilla Porter tonight.......pretty tasty.

Yeah, that's pretty tasty but like most of the Leinenkuegel line I thought it should pack more "oomph". All the components are there and it's a nice brew but I just felt like it could be great with a little more "oomph".

tohostudios wrote:

bassman wrote:

I just had a Leinenkuegels Snowdrift Vanilla Porter tonight.......pretty tasty.

Yeah, that's pretty tasty but like most of the Leinenkuegel line I thought it should pack more "oomph".    All the components are there and it's a nice brew but I just felt like it could be great with a little more "oomph".  

Agreed......I made up for it tonight with a Founder's Breakfast Stout....plenty of "oomph" in that.

bassman wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

bassman wrote:

I just had a Leinenkuegels Snowdrift Vanilla Porter tonight.......pretty tasty.

Yeah, that's pretty tasty but like most of the Leinenkuegel line I thought it should pack more "oomph".    All the components are there and it's a nice brew but I just felt like it could be great with a little more "oomph".  

Agreed......I made up for it tonight with a Founder's Breakfast Stout....plenty of "oomph" in that.

Yup!!! That one is definitely a winner!

I really want to try the Founder's Kentucky Breakfast Stout.......aged in bourbon barrels and about 3% more ABV.

I've never seen that but it sounds great.  I snatched up 3 cases of Founders Backwoods Bastard as soon as it came out.  That's their Scotch ale aged in bourbon barrels and its awesome.  And I don't even like Scotch ale all that much.

EDIT: Wow! BeerAdvocate loves KBS! http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1199/19960

Have to wait until April when it comes out.

Had some homeade Hard Apple Cider last night a friend made. He's considering going into business as his family has a small orchard operation and have to figure out how to survive. It was pretty good.

I love the taste of hard apple cider but it goes right through me.

I like Apple ale better than hard cider. I am really enjoying Redds Apple ale

Dipping into the Sam Adams Winter Variety Pack tonight.  The Cherry/Chocolate Bock is good but man, I wish they hadn't ruined it with the cherry because it was excellent as a Chocolate Bock before. The Old Fezsiwig's Ale is definitely the highlight of this collection.

Brought home 4 Motörhead beers today!

I was given a bottle of a German beer and I think it's a dark Hefe. Can't really read the label.

Dark Horseman wrote:

I was given a bottle of a German beer and I think it's a dark Hefe. Can't really read the label.

Who cares if you can't read the label?  That sounds good in any language.

tohostudios wrote:

I've never seen that but it sounds great.  I snatched up 3 cases of Founders Backwoods Bastard as soon as it came out.  That's their Scotch ale aged in bourbon barrels and its awesome.  And I don't even like Scotch ale all that much.

EDIT:  Wow!  BeerAdvocate loves KBS!  http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1199/19960

Have to wait until April when it comes out.

Yup, the BA guys went nuts over it.....I can't wait to try it!