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Join Date: May 2004
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Anna really likes this one too. I'm not a fan personally (there's something in there that I can't put my finger on - I think it's chamomile, but haven't found anything online to back me up), but it's very popular on-tap here in MI.
I've been thinking about brewing my own lately too - seems like something I could figure flavors out and eventually do well - but knowing me I wouldn't follow through. If I'm going to do something in my basement it will likely involve copper coils and a "no open flames" sign at the door. So it goes. |
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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Smid disks Okay it is not pronounced like that. But it is good... JTA |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ottawa, ON
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We had a quick trip to NYC last weekend and I tried a Brooklyn Lager, which I have not had before. I quite liked it. A lingering cold had me a bit under the weather and I was not in much of a drinking mood, so I did not get to sample it as much as I would have otherwise liked.
I'd love to taste that rye beer that 709 mentions. When there's an eel in the lake that's as long as a snake that's a moray. |
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Been a massive beer binge lately.
Notables: Ballast Point Sculpin - sweet jesus this is a good beer but you must like the hops. A crowd pleaser. Port Brewing Old Visc - when they say like drinking motor oil they mean it. Flavour ++ Allagash - funky beers that seem to be either mixed with wine grapes or aged in barrel. Angels bleed from the tainted touch of my caress |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Hillsborough, CA
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Two more beers that I'll skip next time: Stone Vertical Epic (w/chiles and cinnamon) Straffe Hendrik Quadrupel...a little too heavy for me. Almost like a chocolate porter. |
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As for Chimay, if you now someone in NZ who would want "aged" 3L then I know some people. Cheap as chips, but a bitch to keep cold as the bottle is so fracking* big. *watching BSG again. Angels bleed from the tainted touch of my caress |
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Join Date: May 2004
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I just found an awesome independent grocer with all kinds of awesome stuff you can't get in other places, including awesome beer.
They have this big wall of single bottle (imports mostly) in their refrigerator, and you can "make your own 6 pack" for $9. Tons of great imported beers from Germany, England, etc. I got 4 pints of Boddington's (not from the wall just in general), a six pack of Dogfish Head IPA (allegedly won Best Beer in America 3x), and a make-my-own 6 pack full of Bavarian goodness. ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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I've been digging the Sierra Nevada Ruthless Rye IPA.
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I was looking for a silver lining but found these instead!
ø for Awesome - a monster beer from a local producer Hop Juice - names a bit of a giveaway. It's really hoppy (for the slow) Green Flash Rayon Vert - interesting beer, but hard to get fully behind when brett is typically classed as a fault Stone Ruination - nicely hopped big IPA. Angels bleed from the tainted touch of my caress |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Cleveland-ish, OH
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I'm not a big IPA/hoppy beer guy. I prefer hefeweizens and wheats, personally. I drink a lot of craft beers but I'm drawing blanks on which ones I typically get right now. There's a small brewery in Lancaster, OH, called Rockwill that is really good.
I also feel lucky to have Great Lakes Brewing Company in my backyard here in Cleveland. They have some really great beers and the bar/brewery is a great place to go. Every thursday they take one of their beers and they infuse it with something or alter it to have a special beer of the week. They always do fun stuff like that. Gordon Biersch in Columbus is also a really good bar/brewery. I'm not sure if they have other locations, but I'm only aware of that one. I'm actually going back down to Columbus in a couple weeks and going there and getting some of that Rockwill beer. Die young and save yourself.... @yontsey |
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If you like weisses you would probably like Saison Dupont. It's a belgian farmhouse ale and is one of my favorites. Also Pissenlit from Fantome is a really good beer for summer that is made with dandelions. Kind of hard to find though plus it's gotten really expensive the past few years.
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When I was in SF last month, had the chance to appreciate a couple tasty 'new to me' beers. The first was called 'Pliny the Elder'. Very tasty double IPA that wasn't over hopped and bitter (like most doubles taste to me). The second was a Rodenbach sour ale. Downright quaffable and delicious.
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The wife found a really good locally owned grocer recently and they have an excellent walk-in imported beer fridge where you can make your own six packs. There was an awesome German weiss-like beer I had but forgot the name (the label however is emblazoned on my brain). I'll try to remember to post it in there.
I also discovered I dislike IPAs pretty intensely. Way too bitter. ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Cleveland-ish, OH
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I can't stand IPAs or hoppy beers for that fact. There's a few select ones I like but I mostly drink wheats or hefes.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Canada
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I just had an IPA this week. Can't remember the name but it was something to do with a wolf. Had a few glugs and poured that son of a bitch down the drain. Ugh. First and last. I never imagined a beer could be so bad.
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They really are pretty bad. I like to think of IPAs as the hipster's beer of choice because the rest of us wouldn't understand why they like it. And it sounds cool when you order. "Yes I'll have a pint of the Che G IPA with a side of pine nuts, please."
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ottawa, ON
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Of course, some people honestly just like IPAs...
I like bitter, dry flavours in general. Anyway, give the Sleeman IPA a try, if available where you are. Nicely balanced and one of my favourites. When there's an eel in the lake that's as long as a snake that's a moray. |
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If I can find an IPA that doesn't have a bitter aftertaste / kill the flavor of anything I happen to be eating at the time, I'll try it. Is there a bitter scale for IPAs like the Skoville scale for pepper hotness? I think I'd be looking for something that registered as "bitterness so faint it almost doesn't have the right to be called an IPA".
The couple I tried (microbrew variety) were so bitter they made Guiness seem like chocolate milk. ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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Thunderbolt, fuck yeah!
Join Date: Jan 2005
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Sounds like y'all are drinking shitty over hopped IPAs. No wonder you hate them, they're fucking terrible.
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I would agree, though, that an IPA does not go with every food. But you can say that about different styles of wine too. A good, nicely-hopped IPA goes well with a grilled steak or hamburger. It is also fantastic with Indian food, for example. I really like it on its own too, without food. When there's an eel in the lake that's as long as a snake that's a moray. |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Hillsborough, CA
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You're lucky to have tasted Pliny the Elder. It's forever not in stock unless I hound my e-mail notifications.
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EDIT: just realized Toronado is the place in The Haight where I had Pliny. Can't remember the name of the place in The Mission. Last edited by tomoe : 2012-05-05 at 20:11. |
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Quite possibly. ...into the light of a dark black night. |
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I'll throw my hat in with IPAs. I'm enjoying a bottle of Full Sail IPA right now.
Chinney and I will be over here enjoying our dry, bitter beers, thankyouverymuch. |
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IPA's are delicious, and my favorite beer style by far. Sure, there's a lot of bad IPAs, just as there's bad every other style of beer, but the bad IPAs tend to stand out more because either a) the brewer didn't know what they were doing and just decided YAY HOPS, or b) it was intentionally hopped to an extreme to boost the flavor and IBUs just so the brewery could put something like that in their mix. In both cases, they have no fucking idea what a true IPA is. Moogs, calling IPA a "hipster drink" is akin to calling bourbon a "fad" - IPA has been around for nearly 200 years. And for good reason. Quote:
wrt IBUs - don't trust that list as far as taste. I've been drinking SN's Bigfoot Ale all day (a Barleywine-ish beer) and it's not any more bitter than the crap IPAs you've been drinking. So it goes. |
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¡Damned!
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Also, don't take that advice. I thought that by you buying the 60 Minute you were into it. The 90 Minute will only reinforce your hatred for IPAs (even if I think it's phenomenal), and god forbid you ever taste the 120.
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