Beer!

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Opening up my last Schlaflys Pumpkin ale.

I picked up a 6pk of that last night because my fellow beer snob buddy at work was raving about it and I swear it's not the same recipe they had back in September.  This batch is really good!

it is really good.

My wife and kids are out of town, so I'm here with a 4-pack of Founder's Breakfast Stout to keep me company.......seriously, toho, thanks for recommending this so highly....it's probably the tastiest beer I've ever had.

bassman wrote:

My wife and kids are out of town, so I'm here with a 4-pack of Founder's Breakfast Stout to keep me company.......seriously, toho, thanks for recommending this so highly....it's probably the tastiest beer I've ever had.

Yeah, that's a good one!

"It's the most wonderful t-I-I-I-me of the year..."



Picked up a 6pk of this and behind it some leftover Pumpkin Ale.   I swear the later batches of the pumpkin ale did not use the same recipe as the stuff that was out in September.  The later Schlafly Pumpkin Ale tastes more like it did 2 years ago.   Haven't tried this year's version of the Christmas Ale yet but I've got some chillin' in the fridge now.  I'll report back....

EDIT: This year's version of Schlafly's Christmas Ale is as good as last year's.

tohostudios wrote:

"It's the most wonderful t-I-I-I-me of the year..."



Picked up a 6pk of this and behind it some leftover Pumpkin Ale.   I swear the later batches of the pumpkin ale did not use the same recipe as the stuff that was out in September.  The later Schlafly Pumpkin Ale tastes more like it did 2 years ago.   Haven't tried this year's version of the Christmas Ale yet but I've got some chillin' in the fridge now.  I'll report back....

EDIT: This year's version of Schlafly's Christmas Ale is as good as last year's.

well i know where i am headed this weekend!

Just picked up another 6er of Schlafly's Christmas Ale as well as this year's Sam Adams Winter Sampler pack.  I'm bummed they replaced the Chocolate Bock in the SA pack with Chocolate Cherry Bock.

I had some Redds Apple ale and for being mass produced beer it is not awful.

I was wondering how that was.

tohostudios wrote:

I was wondering how that was.

i was a little surprised it was a macro-brewer to be honest.

I love regular apple cider, especially this time of year. I may have to try that.

Kegging the Christmas Ale tonight!!

Hamer12 wrote:

Kegging the Christmas Ale tonight!!

Home-brewed? How long is the drive from STL to Louisiana?

Had a few Troopers the other other night

had some Redds Apple Ale. Good stuff!

Enjoying the last bottle of the Founders Breakfeast Stout I bought a couple of weeks ago.  I sure would love to taste this stuff on tap...

I haven't tried much new in awhile but had a Black Bear Stout from Alameda Brewery Saturday. I give it an excellent.

My evenings have been disturbingly beer-free of late. I must do something to rectify that soon.

Fat Freddy wrote:

My evenings have been disturbingly beer-free of late. I must do something to rectify that soon.

What is wrong with you????

Too much other shit cutting into my valuable drinking time....
Fear not, the holidays are coming, and being in close proximity with my extended family always brings out my inner alcoholic; so I'll make up for the lost time.

Drinking my last Trooper beer.

Was at Save Mart and it looks like they cut down on their supply. Too late to get to BevMo. So I picked up New Belgium's winter IPA. It was the only other holiday brew besides Sierra Nevada's Celebration and Sam Adams' Winter Lager, both which I've tried. I really wanted something new. The NB is a great recipe, but I'm really IPA'd out, as all I've bought this year are mostly NB which specializes in IPA's.

Anyway...I've been in the mood for a good strong porter or stout with a festive twist. Any recommendations?

If you can find it, Southern Tier's Choklat will soon be coming out.  It's a black stout made with semi-sweet chocolate.   Have you tried New Belgium's "1554"?  It's a good black lager.  This time of year most of the seasonals are either IPAs or Belgians.   I picked up a bottle of St. Bernardus Christmas Ale; it's their Belgian ale with spices added.

Or try the Sam Adams Winter Variety pack.  The only one in there that I didn't like was the Juniper IPA (naturally).  There's an ale called "Old Fezziwig" that's part of the collection that is great but unfortunately I've yet to see it available in a six pack.

Deschutes Black Butte Porter is always a good fall back. I'm guessing they have it in Cali though it's not really festive.

tohostudios wrote:

If you can find it, Southern Tier's Choklat will soon be coming out.  It's a black stout made with semi-sweet chocolate.   Have you tried New Belgium's "1554"?  It's a good black lager.  This time of year most of the seasonals are either IPAs or Belgians.   I picked up a bottle of St. Bernardus Christmas Ale; it's their Belgian ale with spices added.

Or try the Sam Adams Winter Variety pack.  The only one in there that I didn't like was the Juniper IPA (naturally).  There's an ale called "Old Fezziwig" that's part of the collection that is great but unfortunately I've yet to see it available in a six pack.

1554 is my all-time favorite brew.

The Sam Adams winter pack is a standard here every year, love that Fezzwig. I'll look for the Choklat and DH's recommendation here. Gonna hit the BevMo this weekend to load up.

Deschutes Black Butte Porter is outstanding!