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08-29-2010, 05:32 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
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I hate beer .. nasty smell as any other alchoholic drinks
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08-29-2010, 07:19 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
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I pick this because it is the first of the guiness posts, but if you want a Stout - and I mean a stout that all other stouts call "Absolutely Fucking Stout," try to find St Ambroise Oatmeal Stout (also called St Ambroise Noir). It is the stoutest stout that has ever stouted my taste buds. Also has a bucketload of iron in it, so for beer lovers who are anemic (and even anemic beer likers, you could probably get used to it), I think it's the way to go. It works better than the iron pills the doc gives out. Has much flavours of coffee and dark chocolate (both of which I despise, but I still count St Ambroise among my top 2 - tied with Aventinus - and I REALLY love beer)
Other than that, I like Aventinus by Sneider & Sohn for its richness and flavour. I *takes break for rabbit stew* like Warsteiner - they're a generally good brewery - but their Dunkel wheat beer is particularly good. Weihenstaphaner is excellent as well. I also like Caledonian 80/-, which has something of a long-standing reputation. St Peter's Ale is nice, organic, and comes in a bottle that makes one thing of medicine. The Hosten Brewery is a good one too, and they make a Maibock and a Festbock that I *really* like.
I also hope that the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) carries Black Witch in October (same people who make Hobgoblin), since it's something of a Halloween beer, tastes awesome and has an eminently displayable bottle.
Kilkenney is very good and a pub-favourite for me, with a very solid, fine, soft head and good flavour. Smithick's is a pub-fav for me as well, but I tend toward German and English beers when buying at the LCBO.
What started me on beer (despite my German heritage :P Germans are stereotypical beer drinkers), is Innis & Gunn. It's a Scottish beer that's done in old whiskey casks, and is a very good high-quality beginner beer. It has a good flavour, but none of that bitter, annoying aftertaste that the crappy beers like Labat and Budweiser (badweiser?) and such things try to reduce by making them comparable to sex in a canoe.
I also like Fruli and this raspberry beer that I just tried today (and may I say it is absolutely phenomenal with apple-cinnamon waffles), though I think of them as more desert beers, if such a concept exists. They are extremely om-nom-nom-nom, like Strawberry (or raspberry) Daquiry, but for people who want beer instead of cocktails.
Trappist beer is excellent, though a rare treat for me due to its price for small quantities. Chimay makes several good brews, and I have even seen it in largish bottles (in contrast to the usual Belgian - especially good Belgian - habbit of bottling in a smaller 1/3 litre bottle). I like to call Trappist beer "God-Beer," when suggesting to my friends that they try it, since God said "Make beer," so they spent 500 years perfecting it...
In any case, I really like trying new beers, and the LCBO has a decent rotation of them. As long as they bring back Black Witch for Halloween....
Wolfie: One drinks beer because one likes beer (unless one drinks Coors, Bud, Labat, or maybe even JR, though it's better than most super-cheap beers, and cheaper as well.
Pineapple Try buying the more expensive beers - they range from good to excellent. Just... drink less of them. I don't spend less than 2.50 Canadian dollars on a beer, unless it comes in 6-packs, the only one of which I get is St Ambroise Noir (though it is possible that you don't like beer). If you really want to like beer, just keep drinking good beer for a while, and you'll grow to like it soon enough.
Vidicated Jin Do you like black licorice? If you don't, that's probably a good reason why you don't like absinthe.
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You are correct, my friend.
Must mention - First reply is a reply that pains my beer-loving heart.
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08-30-2010, 10:40 AM
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#78
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Smexyville, Colorado
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I certainly agree with you about Warsteiner.. and their dunkel is delicious.
My super awesome neighbor brought us some Konig Ludwig Weissbier, it was quite a treat. It was wheaty and refreshing, to say the least.
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09-24-2010, 08:31 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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I got to try this delicious Belgian beer, Lindemans Kriek Lambic tonight for the first time. It is a fruit beer, but it is done quite well, and ooooh mmm the black cherries... It think it makes for an excellent desert beer. Nom nom nom!!
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09-24-2010, 09:06 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: colorado USA
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My man is PO'd at me because I've drank all of our beer.
I don't know what to get him to make up for it.
Thanks for bringing this thread to life again in such a timely manner, AD! How did you ever know the predicament I was in?!
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09-26-2010, 03:19 PM
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#81
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Smexyville, Colorado
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Its the beer-force.
The beer-force connects us, it flows around us and through us.
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09-26-2010, 03:22 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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I drank some miller last night bleh
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09-26-2010, 03:32 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Smexyville, Colorado
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Miller is disgusting... it's even worse than Coors.
If you want to drink a decent pilsner, try Pilsner Urquell. I think it is cool and refreshing.
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09-26-2010, 06:59 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Back in Wisconsin(thinking about invading the south)
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This thread needs to be moved to Wisconsin, we've got tons of microbreweries, and of course miller, pabst to name a few. We would have more if it wasnt for prohibition messing Wisconsin up.
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09-28-2010, 10:03 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Smexyville, Colorado
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Heh heh... Colorado has plenty of microbreweries itself, O'dell, Breckenridge, Flying Dog, and many more... and of course we have our own domestic embarrassment, Coors.
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09-28-2010, 10:21 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: colorado USA
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LOL One of my brothers is friends with The Mr. Coors's grand daughter =)
What's your favorite local brew, AD? (sorry if I missed it)
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09-30-2010, 06:56 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Smexyville, Colorado
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That just depends... how local are we talkin? My favorite Colorado beers are a toss up between Sunshine Wheat and 90 Shilling Ale.
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09-30-2010, 07:08 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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Ape, you should ship me a different beer every week ^_^
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09-30-2010, 10:58 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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As far as Colorado beers go, have any of you ever drunk Avery's "Mephistopheles Stout". At around 16% alcohol, I think that this one is really more of a barley wine than a stout. It has an extremely rich, complex flavour and is definitely a "cold weather" drink. I've only had Mephistopheles once so far (it's bloody expensive and rare), but I loved it.
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09-30-2010, 02:06 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: New England
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One of my favorite beers is Maudite from Unibroue in Quebec. Their other beers are excellent, too.
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09-30-2010, 02:12 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Smexyville, Colorado
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Their Salvation Ale is pretty tasty too. I saved the bottle because the label was soooo beautiful.
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09-30-2010, 07:59 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: colorado USA
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Thanks for the suggestions.
It's been a slightly rough week, so the weekend might be designated for some drinking.
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10-01-2010, 04:55 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: In your trash can
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Cascade light on tap - yummy, for when it gets to 40 and I want a sip of the amber fluid.
I'm too embarrased to admit when I actually had my last beer.
This is why Tassie beer is the best
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94syGYcdGcU
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10-01-2010, 12:56 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
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I quite like Kölsch. They serve it in 0.1 or 0.2L glasses to make sure it stays at the right temperature in the time it takes to drink.
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If you want to drink a decent pilsner
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Or Staropramen, mmm.
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10-11-2010, 04:02 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Smexyville, Colorado
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So, Boulder Beer company puts out this delicious beer called "Sweaty Betty".... it tastes just like it sounds... yummy hottie.
There's an after taste that is not entirely unlike bananas. I likes it.
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10-11-2010, 04:24 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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ew irish wiskey. <shudders> I must quote a monty python sketch "if it's not scottish, it's crap.
I rarley drink alchohol, but appreciate a good single malt scotch.
if I want to drink a beer though, I want a stout.
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10-11-2010, 09:16 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: New Orleans, LA
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"So, Boulder Beer company puts out this delicious beer called "Sweaty Betty".... it tastes just like it sounds... yummy hottie.
There's an after taste that is not entirely unlike bananas. I likes it."
I don't know if they named it that because of the song... but there's a song called "Sweaty Betty" by a band named the Macc Lads. They were a punk band someone I knew liked when we were teenagers. Stupid purposefully offensive lyrics and whatnot.
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10-12-2010, 10:05 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Smexyville, Colorado
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Yes!! Music and beer collide!!
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10-12-2010, 04:07 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2010
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Originally Posted by ape descendant
I got to try this delicious Belgian beer, Lindemans Kriek Lambic tonight for the first time. It is a fruit beer, but it is done quite well, and ooooh mmm the black cherries... It think it makes for an excellent desert beer. Nom nom nom!!
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I prefer their framboise one, though I bought a bottle a few weeks ago and it tasted a little more sour than I remembered :/
I'm personally a huge fan of drinking at the breweries' bar, almost every fresh beers taste so much better than their bottled counterparts.
I actually really love paulaner Munich dark on tap but their bottled beer truly disappointed me.
Slightly off topic, one of my friends once told me this:
safi: drinking American beer is like having sex in a canoe
zes: ??? WTF?
safi: fucking close to water
I love that guy lol
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10-12-2010, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: northeast us
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Kirin Ichiban is pretty much a go-to anytime. Loves me some Japanese beer.
Other than that, I'm pretty fortunate to get access to lots of decent microbrews due to my near incessant wandering, so I'm always finding crazy things. Which works, because I have eclectic taste.
One place [ http://therunofthemill.net/ in Saco, ME] had a pretty solid selection, their Tarbox Cream Stout was the winner and set the new standard for smooth.
The Portsmouth Brewery [ http://www.portsmouthbrewery.com/] had a Hefeweizen that had such a prominent banana flavor I half-expected to need to peel my next one.
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