Foo - The official BEER thread

Ah yes, another Friday rolls around and yes, it's time again for "It's Friday evening, let's try some beers we've never had before" Friday.

The theme this Friday - Wintery dark ales and other miscellany.
First cab off the rank - Krusovice

Apparently this is a beer from 'Bohemia' somewhere in the Czech Replublic, which is funny, because it smells nothing like dreadlocks and BO. In fact, it just smells like a beer. That's about the only English on the can, but what I do know is that it's, well, a beer, contains a p1ss-ant 3.8% alcohol, and comes in a very regal black, red and gold can. It's a black ale, very English in it's composure with a typical clean finish, but a pleasant malty sweet taste with just a hint of hoppy goodness. Not a bad drop on a rainy winters night......

mmmm... dark ale.

English 'Tanglefoot' ale lives up to it's name with serious alcohol content. Velkopopovich (dark or pale) another fave

mmmm... dark ale.

English 'Tanglefoot' ale lives up to it's name with serious alcohol content. Velkopopovich (dark or pale) another fave


Brahma is the Brazilian equal.. but it taste pretty @#$@# up.

Give me Murphy's any day!

...and comes in a very regal black, red and gold can...

If you're talking about Black Label, I'm with you.

We've got the Oregon Brewers Fest here this weekend.

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Participating Breweries for the 2004 Festival

21st Amendment Brewery San Francisco CA Watermelon Wheat Fruit Beer
Alameda Brewhouse Portland OR no web site Wasco Indian Summer Ale IPA
Alaskan Brewing Co Juneau AK Alaskan Pale Ale Pale Ale
Allagash Brewing Co Portland ME Allagash White Belgian Style White
Anacortes Brewery Anacortes WA Anacortes Vienna Dark Lager
Anderson Valley Boonville CA Hop Ottin' India Pale Ale IPA
Bayern Brewing Missoula MT Bayern Trout Slayer Ale Wheat Ale
Big Sky Brewing Co Missoula MT Summer Honey Ale Herb and Honey Ale
Big Time Brewing Co Seattle WA Legacy Strong Ale
Boulevard Brewing Co Kansas City MO Bully! Porter Robust Porter
Boundary Bay Brewery Bellingham WA Dry Hopped Simcoe Pale Ale Pale Ale
Brewery Ommegang Cooperstown NY Ommegang Witte Ale Wheat
BridgePort Brewing Co Portland OR Ropewalk Amber Ale Amber
Caldera Brewing Co Ashland OR Caldera Dry Hop Pale Ale American Style Pale Ale
Cascade Lakes Brewing Co Redmond OR Blonde Bombshell Blonde
Deschutes Brewery Bend OR Twilight Ale Summer Ale
Dogfish Head Brewery Milton DE 90 Minute IPA IPA
E.J. Phair Brewing Co Concord CA E.J. Phair Pilsner Pilsner
Electric Brewing Bisbee AZ Electric Beer American Lager
Elysian Brewing Co Seattle WA AvatarJasmine IPA IPA
Far West Ireland Brewing Co Sammamish WA Mango Tango Belgian Style Wheat Fruit Beer
Fearless Brewing Co Estacada OR Fearless Scottish Ale Scottish Ale
Flying Dog Brewery Denver CO Hellerhound Mai/Heller Bock
Flying Fish Brewing Co Cherry Hill NJ Farmhouse Summer Ale Belgian-style Farmhouse Ale
Fordham Brewing Co Dover DE Fordham Lager Helles Lager
Four Peaks Brewing Co Tempe AZ Kilt Lifter Scottish Style Ale
Full Sail Brewing Co Hood River OR Sun Spot IPA IPA
Gentle Bens Tucson AZ Tucson Blonde American Ale
Golden Valley Brewery McMinnville OR Champagne Barrel Aged IPA Brut Wine Country IPA
Green Flash Brewing Co Vista CA Green Flash Hefeweizen German Style Wheat Beer
Hales Brewery Seattle WA Red Menace Big Amber Big Amber
Harpoon Brewery Boston MA Harpoon IPA IPA
Hazel Dell Brew Pub Vancouver WA no web site Steinbock Ale Bock
Keoki Brewing Co Lihue HI Kaua'i Sunset Pale Ale
Kona Brewing Co Kailua-Kona HI Longboard Lager Bohemian Style Lager
Lagunitas Brewing Co Petaluma CA Maximus IPA
Laurelwood Pub & Brewery Portland OR Organic Money Malt Liquor Malt Liquor
Lost Coast Brewery Eureka CA Great White Beer American version of Belgian Wit
Lucky Labrador Brew Pub Portland OR Got Hops? Northwest High Hop Ale
MacTarnahan's Brewing Portland OR Portland Ale Pale Ale
McMenamins Hillsdale Brewery Portland OR Backwoods Pale Ale Pale Ale
Michigan Brewing Company
Webberville
MI Celis White Belgian White Ale
Morro Bay Brewing Co Morro Bay CA no web site Dad's Pale Ale Classic British Pale Ale
New Belgium Brewing Co Fort Collins CO Fat Tire Amber Ale
New Old Lompoc Pub & Brewery Portland OR Condor Pale Ale Pale Ale
Oregon Trail Brewery Corvallis OR Oregon Trail Smoke Signal Rauch-Smoked Ale
Pelican Pub & Brewery Pacific City OR MacPelican's Scottish Style Ale Scottish Style Export Ale
Raccoon Lodge & Brewpub Portland OR Ring Tale Pale Ale Pale Ale
Rock Bottom Brewery Portland OR Righteous Ale Imperial Rye
Rockies Brewing Co Boulder CO Hazed & Infused Best Bitter
Rogue Ales Newport OR Gone Awry IPA American Style IPA
Roosters 25th St Brewing Co Ogden UT Junction City Chocolate Stout Chocolate Stout
Shipyard Brewing Co Portland ME Shipyard Export Ale Canadian Golden Ale
Sierra Nevada Brewing Co Chico CA Summerfest Pilsner Style Lager
Siletz Ales Siletz OR Mojo Ale Strong Ale
Smuttynose Brewing Co Portsmouth NH Smuttynose Robust Porter Robust Porter
Snipes Mountain Brewing Sunnyside WA Snipes IPA American IPA
Sonora Brewing Co Phoenix AZ Inebriator Stout Imperial Stout
Stone Brewing Co San Marcos CA Stone IPA IPA
Stoudt's Brewing Co Adamstown PA Stoudt's Pils German Style Pilsner
Terminal Gravity Brewing Enterprise OR no web site Terminal Gravity Pale Ale Pale Ale
Trinidad Brewing Co Trinidad CO Bon Carbo Stout Stout
Tuck's Brewery Portland OR no web site Red Rye Lager German Rye Lager
Uinta Brewing Co Salt Lake City UT Summer Solstice Kölsch
Victory Brewing Dowingtown PA Victory Prima Pils Pilsner
Walkabout Brewing Co Central Point OR no web site Workers Pale Ale NW Pale Ale
Walking Man Brewing Stevenson WA no web site Knuckle Dragger Strong Pale Ale
Widmer Bros. Brewing Co Portland OR Muscat Love Specialty
Wild River Brewing Grants Pass OR Double Eagle Russian Imperial Stout Imperial Stout
Wolaver's Certified Organic Ales Middlebury VT Wolaver's Organic Wit Bier Belgian Style White Beer
Wynkoop Brewing Co Denver CO Wixa Weiss German Weiss
Yakima Brewing and Malting Yakima WA Grants Madarin Hefeweizen Mandarin INfused Hefeweizen
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My current favorites on the list are Siletz, Stone Brewing, Anderson Valley

Good times! :beer:

For my Friday, I've got a variety of New Glarus brews. http://www.newglarusbrewing.com/beers.html
The Uff-da bock is my year round favorite. A nice diversion from my overdosing on Belgiums.
That Oregon Brewers Fest sound dangerous though...

Chimay (http://www.chimay.com/), served just above room temperature; it's mmmm mmmm good!

I just had Old Speckled Hen in a can last night for the first time with one of those Guinness type widgets inside.

Very different from cask-drawn but damned good in it's own right. One of the best beers I've had in a while.

I really want a Point Bock.

Lost Coast makes a Russian Imperial Stout that is by far the best stout I've had and one of the strongest. It's way too warm to drink these in the summer, I can't wait until fall.

Cheers

Here are the Champions:
Aventinus, Chimay and DUVEL - It is the Slayer of beers.

and when it is still light out and warm some hoegardens.

Ales suck!

Kwak is really good but like most of those ales, they give me the nasties, in my head and out my tail

newcastle is my current fav.

Guinness: it's good and good for you! (unfortunately, due to my current state of unemployment, i've had to go with PBR and High Life these days, plus the occasional Yuengling's Lager or Black and Tan).

but i'll pretty much drink almost anything... except Corona or Coors Lite.

Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!! Carlsberg!!

Magic Hat, Long Trail.

Aventinus, Maudite, John Courage, some old Irish beer they stopped importing about 2 years ago supposedly because of Bush's election, its name starts with a C and it is creamy and wonderful. Caffreys Irish Ale!! That's it, I knew I would remember. I also have a taste for Old Mil, Old Style, and Linies, give them another chance with an open mind they are special in their own right, screw Bud and Miller though.

Then there is Strongbow and K ciders MMMMMMM. Make a snake bit, usually its cider and lager but I choose to replace the lager with Bodingtons Ale as it is nice and creamy. A snakebit is NOT cider and Guinness, people that think it is are wrong and give me the wrong drink.

Keystone light is my current prescription. That is what my apothecary prescribes for me. (12 ounces, multiple times daily.)

For my Friday, I've got a variety of New Glarus brews. http://www.newglarusbrewing.com/beers.html
The Uff-da bock is my year round favorite. A nice diversion from my overdosing on Belgiums.
That Oregon Brewers Fest sound dangerous though...

I went to college in Lacrosse WI and drank my share of New Glarus brews, no luck finding them out west which is a shame. Had a party with a keg of Cabin Fever once, bad move its like 18% or something outragous that shouldn't be considered beer, lots of vomiting, not by me of course but by my fellow party goers.

I always wondered how they make it as the alcohol should have killed the yeast at most 10%.

they stopped importing about 2 years ago supposedly because of Bush's election

? What does Bush's election have to do with Caffreys?

? What does Bush's election have to do with Caffreys?

I don't know, I just heard from a bartender in Chicago that Bush's election pissed off the Caffreys people and they stopped importing to America, I realize how far fetched that is but I thought I would share.

Can't believe no-one's said it yet :

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But then again, I order NewCastle when I go to the bar...

It's cool (but not surprising) to see some brews from Missoula on the roster for that microbrew fest in Portland, though... Someone's been really pushing the Moose Drool and Slow Elk and everything else from Big Sky Brewing out here - it's in most of the liquor stores. It was really nice when there were a few places that had it on tap out here... A little taste of my hometown out here in the big city :)

paligamy porter, why have just one (brewed in SLC Utah).

I ain't ashamed of PBR!

PBR is what I can afford and usually buy, Bass Ale is what I splurge on.

Home brew...
else
PBR for the cheap fixie
or my local favorite New River Pale Ale

Oh wtf any thing will do. I meet friends at a bar on Fridays for $2 24 oz draughts I usually get Seria Nevada or some Weat beer can't think of the name

friends dont let friends drink cheap beer

Tonight I'll start with a tip of the hat to Lance by drinking a Lone Star (the official beer of Texas) then perhaps a PBR followed by a Black and tan. then I'll round off the evening with another Peeber and a tall glass of water. Last night it was a Beck's dark followed by 2 Killian's and then a Sam Adams Summer Ale. Saturday it will be only water because I want to keep body and mind clean for a big Sunday ride.

friends dont let friends drink cheap beer

Thanks. So, you're buying the next round?

Make mine Labatt Blue

At McGlinchys I will usually order a "Flying Fish" which is a great local brew... at home its all PBR!*

My girlfriend likes Brooklyn Lager and Yeungling.... which will do if I am out of PBR... damn, I sound like an alcoholic.




* sometimes I will actually drink water though.

I'd go with Deschutes Black Butte Porter. Brewed in Bend OR by Deschutes Brewing Co. For something a bit lighter Kilt Lifter. A Scottish Ale brewed at Pike Place Brewery in Seattle WA.
I have to admit that an ice cold PBR goes down really smooth on a hot day.

what does this have to do with fixed gear/ss?

Red Stripe, Pilsner Urquell, Bass, Anchorsteam, Corona...my personal favs lately

Red Stripe, Pilsner Urquell, Bass, Anchorsteam, Corona...my personal favs lately

All good. Haven't had it in years, but Anchor Porter is a good, dark brew.

Dammit, y'all...I picked a hell of a time to stop drinking. :(

BUT - when I do, I'm fond of Foster's, Beck's, Grolsch, St. Pauli Girl, Harp, Dos Equis.
LaBatt's Blue is also good.

Once I tried Tsing Tao, and couldn't even get through two of them; stuff's too damn
strong, but tasted great.

Whatever happened to Blatz?

Budvar (spelling?) the REAL budweiser.
Stella Artois, and Carlsberg are particular
favourites that I can get here.
then again I like Old Peculiar and especially a nice
cool Castle, lager or dark ale thank you very much.

Marty

My favorites:
Paulaner Salvtor dopple bock

Ayinger Oktober fest-marzen

Deschutes Obsidian stout(Way different than guinness) I think it might be a sweet stout, tastes like esspresso

Alaskan oatmeal stout

Alaskan smoked porter

Snoqualmie Falls Wildcat india pale ale

Most american style Brown ales ie. petes wicked, moose drool, my homebrew(people offered me full retail price for it, I said ok, now its gone:( )

Maritime Pacific Jolly Roger Christmas Ale

Stone Double Bastard Ale barley wine (big bro to Arrogant Bastard old ale)

Steel Reserve 211 high gravity silver label for when you want to get screwed quik and cheap, yet it tastes ok, unlike most malt liquor.(I don't drink 211 but all my mates do and they like it. I did try one. )

what does this have to do with fixed gear/ss?
It's a culture issue for the fixie / ss set. But apparently this thread got moved :mad:

Beamish Irish Stout any day of the week, morning or night. This is the REAL Irish beer. If that's not available, I'll try to find Murphy's Irish Red. For casual nights, or domestic-only, I'll drink Leinenkugels.

But my gut will explode if I mix and match the above in one night.

For casual nights, or domestic-only, I'll drink Leinenkugels.


Hear, hear.

I could only get that when living in Minneapolis; they seem to limit exports
to just the goofy honey/wheat stuff, at least here in the southeast.

:beer: Currently supping on a Newcastle Brown brewed at the Dingo Brewery.

But personally i,m a VB man (Victoria Bitter). :beer:

Friday rolls around again...I picked this one up on a whim--yeah, ok, it was the label-- and must say it's mity tasty, a good balance of hops and malt and $6.50/sixpack. From the Rockies Brewing Co. in Boulder.

It's a culture issue for the fixie / ss set. But apparently this thread got moved :mad:
Shifting is to complex when you've had your fix[ie] HA Ha Ha Ha..... ah man I crack me up.

Harpoon UFO...

Yummy...

Anything but Miller

whoo..PBR? MAYBE in a bottle

Red stripe, Grolsch

Lately have been buying pints of "Steel City" brewed in Pittsburgh
Probably an obscure beer

It's only Monday, but I'm enjoying a Thunderhead IPA, on sale for $7.50 per sixer. This stuff is amazing - I like a tasty beer on the sweet side. Superb lacing that clings nicely to the glass, nice head, golden or almost caramel in color. Flavorful without being heavy or bitter.

beeradvocate rates it an average B, which is a solid rating but I think it deserves better. Not sure what I would improve.

Anyone had Maudite ( the Dammed One) from Unibroue?

Not really good for when its hot out, but great flavor and a kick like a mule!

wow, nice find!

Best beer in a can...
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