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Re: the beer thread
« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2010, 09:07:05 am »
i am loving this one because it is perfect for the rainy winter days in portland...
and it tastes great too.
hopworks survival stout.

http://www.hopworksbeer.com/survival_stout.php

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Re: the beer thread
« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2010, 10:11:57 am »
just brought new beer from the store, called Piwo Ma?kowe. It's honey flavor. Looks promising.  I'll give it a flush as soon as  I'm done with the tandoori chicken I'm making. Those should blend together nicely. Or should I open it right away and drink it as an aperitif? ;)


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Re: the beer thread
« Reply #17 on: January 22, 2010, 10:48:15 am »
open it right away! what are you waiting for!!?!?!


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Re: the beer thread
« Reply #18 on: January 22, 2010, 11:21:37 am »
open it right away! what are you waiting for!!?!?!

yeah there is really nothing like drinking whilst cooking (except drinking whilst eating).  go tandoor go.

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Re: the beer thread
« Reply #19 on: January 22, 2010, 11:29:22 am »
to be on the safe side, apart from drinking while cooking and eating I'll have one more while resting after eating.  just to be absolutely sure the beer is good. it's heavenly btw.

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Re: the beer thread
« Reply #20 on: January 24, 2010, 06:07:21 pm »
A friend of mine just got back from NY and brought me a few bottles of Brooklyn Brewery East India Pale Ale. A nice combination between strong bitterness and fruity, lemongrassy hop flavor. Like it a lot. Envy all of you guys who live in the area and have access to it as well as their other beers. Their selection (pumpkin ale, black chocolate stout, mmmmm) is sure impressive and they all seem delicious when I read the descriptions.   

http://www.brooklynbrewery.com/beer/ 

According to the site, you can tour the brewery on Sat & Sun with no reservation in advance. I'd like to do that some day when I get a chance to visit NY again.


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Re: the beer thread
« Reply #21 on: January 27, 2010, 08:51:19 pm »
going down now:

dogfish head World Wide Stout

http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/the-brews/occassional-rarities/world-wide-stout.htm

really nice, always liked this one. rich.. and dark, but not overdone.

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Re: the beer thread
« Reply #22 on: February 05, 2010, 05:37:40 pm »
oh man there's gonna be arrogant bastard on tap for my growler this weekend.  ROUGH.

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Re: the beer thread
« Reply #23 on: February 11, 2010, 07:20:54 pm »
the FedEx man just delivered my next 12 bottles of my bi-monthly microbrew club! yee haw, as they say in the country...

we've got:

Sherwood Forest brewery
http://www.sherwoodbrewers.com

Sheriff's IPA
Friar's Belgian White


and


Sweetwater Brewery
http://www.sweetwaterbrew.com

Georgia Brown
420 extra pale ale



gonna have to crack open one of these browns!

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Re: the beer thread
« Reply #24 on: February 13, 2010, 05:55:44 pm »
new discovery today, this little bumblebee fella. dark brown-ruby color, dark malt, matured for two months, not pasteurized. six-pack ready to go. (well, a five pack only now)


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« Reply #25 on: March 10, 2010, 04:31:42 pm »
Ohhh yes!

Sorry for the late entry, but here goes, a list of some great ones from recently.

Pretty much anything by the Danish Mikkeller is fantastic, and this is one of the best new ones I tasted last year (not only from Mikkeller but by any brewery, highly recommend to check this out if you have a chance) - http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mikkeller-santas-little-helper-2009/112988/

These two by the same brewery are really light, good with food, but SURPRISINLY tasty considering the low alcohol: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mikkeller-drinkin-the-sun/105133/ and http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/Beer-Ratings.asp?BeerID=110815 (the latter reminds me a bit of Brooklyn Lager, which I really like too, but only a bit since this is more intensely hoppy)

And another one from Mikkeller, this also is a good 'session beer', not too strong, not too light: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mikkeller-single-hop-nugget-ipa/102814/

Something for dessert, perhaps, or breakfast: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/mikkeller-beer-geek-breakfast/53853/, and this is worth a taste too, definitely: http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/Beer-Ratings.asp?BeerID=85835

This one, by Goose Island, is INTENSE. Wow. The sweetness might be too much, or not, depends... a really interesting beer anyhow: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/goose-island-bourbon-county-stout/8909/

I need to get more by Dogfish Head, this is my favorite so far, a very personal double IPA, love it: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/dogfish-head-90-minute-imperial-ipa/10569/

The usual suspects, Rochefort 8 and 10, always good to have around, both my all-time favorites: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/rochefort-trappistes-10/2360/

This one is very much like a Trappist, but is actually not: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/st-bernardus-abt-12/2530/ - FANTASTIC, I recommend highly for friends of the Rochefort's, Westvleteren's and such...

And other Belgian ones, which I never get tired of, like the Hercule Stout, just fantastic: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/ellezelloise-hercule-stout/6701/ and Orval (just make sure it's at least a year from bottling) http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/orval/835/

I've been getting more and more to some really sour Gueuzes, Belgian as well, like http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/3-fonteinen-oude-geuze/11168/ and http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/cantillon-gueuze-classic-organic-bio/6925/

Cantillon has other great lambics too. If you are like me and prefer your lambic very sour, then you need to check this out: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/cantillon-kriek/6013/, almost as good as their Gueuze.

Back to Denmark. This is one of my all-time favorites as well, a very elegant, well-balanced double IPA: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/norrebro-north-bridge-extreme/38980/

Scottish BrewDog has some I like, some I don't, and this is one of their better ones I think, at least if you're into strong IPA's: http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/Beer-Ratings.asp?BeerID=76701

And last but not least, two HUGE beers from the US. This by Sierra Nevada is supposed to be a Barley Wine, but I think it's definitely more like a double IPA. HIGHLY recommended for those who like IPAs! Double that! http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/Beer-Ratings.asp?BeerID=371 And this one is a bit weird pehaps, but I really love it (some say it tastes like it's gone bad or something.. but they are WRONG), http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/Beer-Ratings.asp?BeerID=1653

That's all for now. Thanks for all those tips above, Taylor and others! I'll have to try and find some!

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Re: the beer thread
« Reply #26 on: March 11, 2010, 03:12:33 pm »
quite an entry into the new forum, antti. welcome back! and you've made me thirsty... tonight i'll reward my day full of data entry with something nice!

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Re: the beer thread
« Reply #27 on: March 13, 2010, 09:10:09 am »
just brought home a few bottles of Staropramen. Premium Lager and Dark. Will perfectly supplement the cod&vegetable eintopf i'm cooking.

http://www.staropramen.com/english/index.html


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Re: the beer thread
« Reply #28 on: March 17, 2010, 09:17:42 pm »
had this the other night @ beer table:

http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/aecht-schlenkerla-fastenbier/43277/

perfect

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Re: the beer thread
« Reply #29 on: March 28, 2010, 07:44:11 pm »
Brown's Whiskey Porter

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/9558/36163

nice.  not mind-blowing, but really well done.