What Was the Last Beer You Drank?

Meteornotes · October 15, 2006

Due to the satanic NFL TV rules, we had to go out to watch the Eagles game today. While out, I enjoyed a Sam Adam's Oktoberfest, which was quite tasty. Too bad my drinking of such excellent beer did not somehow cause an Eagle victory...

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mr_teisco_delrey · October 15, 2006

DerekRX - Was that a Coor's Light tap next to the Hoptimus tap in one of the pictures? I trust you had a talk with the proprietor of the establishment about that.

To all the experts in the forum, my wife and I want to try one of the Oktoberfest beers. Any recomendations?

DerekRx · October 17, 2006

Yes, that was a Coors tap, but I'll let them keep a few "redneck" beers on tap as long as they have the ratio the way it should be 20:1 (20 good beers to 1 bad).

As far as Oktoberfests go, you can't go wrong with Spaten if you can find it out your way (or any of the authentic German ones; Becks, Lowenbrau, etc). As far as American ones go, Sam Adams is a good choice overall. But if you have any craft brewed Oktoberfests around you, by all means, try them.

As for me tonight, time for another pumpkin ale, this time the Imperial Pumpkin from Weyerbacher. Really strong ale with a nice mix of pumpkin and spices. Not a session beer like Pumpkinhead though, WAY too strong for that (at least on a Monday)

Awesome stuff, just not something I could drink a lot of

Thanks to Tom, I was able to get some this year, unlike last year

Sean Menefee · October 17, 2006

I just got in on a few bottles of Sam Adam's "Brown Ale."

Not anything super special but I could session this beer for sure. Pretty tasty.

Sam & "The Bastard"

Not worthy of "The Bastard" glass on an intensity level….but still a tasty brew.

PhishyBrewer · October 17, 2006

Mmm... Anderson Valley's Poleko Gold Pale Ale

mightypotato · October 17, 2006

Monty Python's Holy Ail.

I saw it at the Beer Store on the weekend and said "oh hells yes". It actually wasn't too bad. Better than I expected. But then again, I wasn't expecting much.

It also had an awesome label, complete with the caption:

"Tempered over burning witches"

DerekRx · October 17, 2006

Tonight was time to finally taste the last of my Southern Tier variety pack, the Porter. While I'm not too big into porters, it was nice and dark with a nice chocolate coffee taste and was pretty drinkable. Its no old leghumper or anything like that, but it wasn't bad, and pretty much what you'd expect it to be, not a surprise like the others in the pack.

Surprisingly good with some coffee and chocolate hints. It actually tasted like a porter, hooray Southern Tier!

Southern Tier Porter, prepare for a porter, but expect something odd

Rugged One · October 18, 2006

With Fall in full swing and Halloween fast approaching, I'm going to give this week's selections a theme. Pumpkin Ales! Yes everybody's fall fan favorite. I've got six different ones chilling in the fridge and I'll profile a new one each night this week.

We'll kick the week off with the original, that put pumpkin ales back on the map in 1984, from Buffalo Bill's in Hayward, CA. And it's an OK one. Nice balance between the pumpkin and spice flavorings. Good taste up front but the finish is kind of lacking. A little too watery. I'm interested to see how it stacks up against some of the others this week.

Buffalo Bill's Pumpkin Ale. The original Pumpkin Ale but how will it stack up?

DerekRx · October 18, 2006

To go with my pumpkin pie snack tonight, I decided to go with the pumpkin pie of beers, Pumpkinhead!

Plus you don't have to chew, just drink! and the burps taste better too

All the goodness of pumpkin pie, in liquid form, with alcohol as a bonus!

JimmyBo · October 18, 2006

Sadly my last one was water...I mean Bud Light at Knott's Halloween Haunt

I had to sober up to drive home so I turned to Bud Light

Bud Light = Water

JimmyBo · October 18, 2006

Sadly my last one was water...I mean Bud Light at Knott's Halloween Haunt

I had to sober up to drive home so I turned to Bud Light

Bud Light = Water

FlyerACE1 · October 18, 2006

Ellen and I were out visiting my sister-in-law (wow, that's weird!) this past weekend and we had dinner at one of my favorite brewpubs- Willimantic Brewing Company/ Main Street Cafe in CT. I decided to sample two of their four IPA's (I kid you not!). The first one was V.E.G. IPA which had a nice hop flavor but not very complex. The second was called II IPA which was just what the name implied- a double IPA. At about 9% alcohol, this one tried to be a Dogfish Head 90 Minute but fell just a bit short. It was certainly more complex in flavor and the high alcohol content gave it the sweetness I enjoy. Definitely better than the VEG. Sadly, they hadn't tapped the Rail Mail Rye which I so love from there but the IPA's were a nice choice and the first I've had since getting back on the beer. No photos yet again. I promise a few from my honeymoon very soon.

FlyerACE1 · October 18, 2006

Ignore this one. For some reason my reply got posted twice and I couldn't delete the second one.

PhishyBrewer · October 18, 2006

Taco Wednesday one means one beer for me on draft... Kona's Longboard Lager!!!

terrancew_hod · October 18, 2006

Sam Adams draft. I drove back from Orlando and stopped by a sports bar to meet a friend in town from L.A. and we planned some parts of my trip to L.A. for New Years. He's been in california for two years and hasn't been to any parks or sight see.

Rugged One · October 18, 2006

Thought I'd get around to putting up the pics from our recent 4+ day trip down to central Florida for the Halloween stuff. Normally Kim and I go down just for Halloween Horror Nights and BGA's Howl-O-Scream. This year we decided to add on a couple of extra days to check out the Magic Kingdom event and the Food & Wine Festival at Epcot. Of course everything was great but who really wants to hear about how the parks were? You want to see what beers I drank, right?

I'll try and put a new batch of pics up this week whenever I can.

We flew in early Thursday morning and headed straight to SeaWorld. Then it was off to the Boardwalk at Disney for some dinner before heading to the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party at The Magic Kingdom.

and myself, the hoppy Red Ale.

Then we switched it up. Greg the Oktoberfest...

At my recommendation, Greg goes for the Rocket's Red Ale.

Their Oktoberfest was on for the fall, so naturally I had to try it.

the Big River Grille and Brewing Works of course!

After Seaworld we headed to the Boardwalk for a pre-Disney dinner with my friend Greg and his girlfriend at...

This one kind of grew on me, as I had it multiple times on this trip. Definitley more spice than pumpkin.

The fall seasonal is back on. Jack's Pumpkin Spice Ale.

While I check out the organic Stone Mill Pale Ale. Probably the hoppiest thing I've ever had from AB.

Kim tries the new Wild Hop organic lager...

They had a couple of new things to sample.

Yeah, we're back at Seaworld and it's lovely Hospiltality House!

Rugged One · October 19, 2006

Time for another pumpkin ale tonight. The Post Road Pumpkin Ale, brewed by the Brooklyn Brewery. I have to be honest, I didn't care for this at all. Very thin body, I could hardly tell the pumpkin from the spices, and worst of all, it had a hoppy finish. Now normally I don't mind this at all in my selections, but NOT IN MY FREAKING PUMPKIN ALE!!!

Just not my cup of tea.

The Post Road Pumpkin Ale. This one could hit the road as far as I'm concerned.

PhishyBrewer · October 19, 2006

Hey!!! Wild Hop, I brewed that! That was fast. National rollout started a couple weeks ago.

DerekRx · October 19, 2006

^Good to know, Wally. I hadn't heard of it before, but Elissa called me today from Super Walmart for my beer order for the weekend, and that name sounded somewhat fun, so I went with it. Expect my review in a few days!

As for tonight, I went with my Avery Kaiser Imperial Oktoberfest. I could barely make out the Oktoberfest portion of it though, because the alcohol was so strong. Good stuff, but a little too much for me to enjoy as an Oktoberfest.

Thanks Heath!

Only one way to have The Kaiser, in the official Oktoberfest mug

PhishyBrewer · October 19, 2006

Why have Guiness when you can have Beamish! It's so much better!

BDG · October 19, 2006

Not my own photo, but it's what I had this evening...

Much better than all that American horse piss in this thread. Aargh, just kidding. It's Dutch beer that is horse piss.

Rugged One · October 20, 2006

Tonight's pumpkin ale get's things back on track. The Wild Goose Pumpkin Patch Ale from the former Frederick Brewing (now Wild Goose after being bought by Flying Dog).

This is a good one. Nice dark orange color and spicey pumpkin aroma. Starts out good with a nice blend of pumpkin and spices that sticks around through the finish. Very sweet maltiness on the back on too. This is a very good pumpkin ale.

I think this has limited availabilty right now. I know my place in Maryland only got in a single case of it. If your in the Mid-Atlantic region and see this at your local place, grab it!

The Wild Goose Pumpkin Patch Ale. Like pumpkin pie in a bottle!

DerekRx · October 20, 2006

I drank nothing tonight! I was IN Harrisburg for a flight, but couldn't get to ABC in time, and the stupid terrorist level thing won't let me bring any beer with me. So now that I'm in limbo in Charlotte and everything is closed, I'm beerless. I'll be sure to make up for that tomorrow!

RedBull · October 20, 2006

http://www.maruhn.de/bilder/bier/2002-04-03.jpg This was my last beer i had

Rugged One · October 22, 2006

So this weekend, Kim and I were supposed to go down to the parks in VA but at the last minute decided not to, opting to just hang around the area instead. Saturday, we hit up a couple of beer spots and then had an impromptu meetup with Adam and Ellen at Hersheypark In The Dark.