Scaparri Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 It's all about the Amber Bock whenever you are at a Busch park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 ^It's all about waiting until you leave to get actual beer when at a Busch park... dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily>piers Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 It was a hot day and the beer was cold and refreshing! And I didn't walk into any doors! My usual tipple of choice though is Corona! And Matt, what's this about the Brits and Bud, I thought we all drank Black n Tan! E x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exit english Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Corona? UGH. I've tried, honestly, I have tried. I cannot get through a full 12 Oz. of that stuff. -Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily>piers Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 You should try it the way me and my housemate drink it, after anything else in the house, usually 2 bottles of rose, half a bottle of leftover white and some gin or brandy depending on who's donated what! We also usually end up running up the street in our PJs, I'm sure my ASBO is on its way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugged One Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 So this past Thursday after work, at the invite of our new BA friends Deuane and Carolyn, we met up at the nearby Brewhouse Grille. They have a pretty kick ass happy hour here and we met a bunch of really cool local beer enthusiasts. We're hoping to do this at least once a month from now on. I finish up with another 22oz of Sierra Nevada Harvest. Fresh, tasty, and only $3. Awesome! Kim's even gets in on the action with a 22oz Pliny of her own. OK, I actually helped her finish hers because we needed to make it home. Deuane and I enjoy a special happy hour treat. 22oz of Pliny the Elder for $3. Yes, you read that right. Happy hour at Russian River itself can't even top that! And this was a nice fresh keg too, not that unbalanced stuff we had at the Drafting Room the other week. Oh my! And they have something special on tap. Back at the Brewhouse Grille for the first time in awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 Here's a few from before the Orlando trip. Yum, to Bells! Poo. I have to share. How did this get here? So delicious, it gave me a double chin. Mmmm, New Glarus Spotted Cow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba83 Posted November 3, 2007 Share Posted November 3, 2007 ^^ What happened to your Sharks jersey Heath? Also, I am sooo jealous of 22oz Plinys for $3 a piece. You would have had to drag me out of that place if I was there. It tasted a lot like Arrogant Bastard to me. Not quite as complex or hoppy though. Definite alcohol esters and cherries, with a lot of malt and some bready/toffee type flavors. Seems like a nice example of the Winter Warmer style. Samuel Smith's Winter Welcome Ale. I brought this one over to my uncles because he likes Samuel Smith a lot. This one surprised me a bit, with some flavors that I just can't put my finger on. It wasn't all that great, and I expected a little bit better stout from the guys who make Ol' Rasputin. Time for North Coast's Old No. 38 Stout. Basically a double IPA mixed with an amber... The amount of hops is mouth smacking, with great grapefruit flavors... With that said, the malt is somehow always there too, generous additions of both with a huge flavor profile. Back at my uncles, this time he picked up something we hadn't had in a while... The excellent, most pissed off beer ever, Undercover Investigation Shutdown from Lagunitas. I love it. I still prefer Hop Harvest, but this beer is actually quite similar in flavor profile. The centennial hops definitely add some spicyness and the cascades balance it out with a little citrus. Overall delicious, 2nd favorite Sierra Nevada brew. Sierra Nevada Celebration! It's an IPA, dry hopped with both Cascade and Centennial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekRx Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Last night it was time to celebrate with all the nurses from work who passed their OCN certifications this year. Since I was put in charge of the celebration, there was only one place I could think of to have it, Union Jacks! and I know where and how I'll be celebrating on Thanksgiving weekend Loaded with raspberry flavors and just delicious and to finish off our night, some Founder's Blushing Monk. More Stone for Dave, this time the IPA Nice flavors in this one too, pretty solid well balanced IPA. I'd expect nothing less from Founders More IPA for me, this time Founder's Centennial Dave keeps trying to get all the Stone brews, like Ruination more of my Wipeout. Good thing I have a DD! as I promised if she passed, I bought Shelly a Golden Monkey Oh yeah! Just pure awesome and I followed that up with some more excellence, Pizza Port's Wipeout IPA My coworkers managed to kick the Sly Fox, so they replaced it with Humboldt's Nectar Ale IPA. Pretty good stuff even our physicians assistant came out with us, hearing me talk about how awesome their beer selection is at UJs. They weren't disappointed Cindy, Ronnie, and Dave get their drink on Lots of enjoyment going on at the other table too Even Cherie decided to have a beer, something she hadn't done in a long time. Smuttynose Pumpkin was her choice I was very pleased with the Founder's Breakfast Stout, also on tap. So much coffee tastes, mmm mmm good Cathy wasn't too pleased with the taste of the Sly Fox, as you can see Amy came down from Bloomsberg to celebrate with her mom, and enjoyed a Pyramid Apricot Weizen while she was at it Proud of her passing, Shelly grabs a Franziskaner Dunkelweiss while her husband gets a Sly Fox Southern Cross IPA, one of this year's Project IPA brews Chocolate martini for Cathy, while Barb takes my advice and goes with the Atwater Vanilla Java Porter First up for me, Stone's 11th Anniversary Black IPA. Freaking fantastic on tap As usual, the draft list doesn't disappoint Back to Jacks to partake in a wide assortment of beers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Phew, these are the last pictures I took before heading to Orlando. I'm all caught up now. As many of you know I'm not a huge IPA fan, but I keep trying them in hopes one sways me. So a few weeks ago I picked up Sam Adams Imperial Pilsner. Yeah.....this is the first beer I actually poured out after about a third of it. I just couldn't take it anymore. Curse hopiness. I picked up some awesome stuff yesterday. The local beer buyer at the store we frequent has gotten to know me quite well, and put some stuff to the side for me, that isn't readily available in Chicago. I think he may be my newest bestest friend. In any case, it's good, small batch, expensive stuff, so I'll be waiting to get to those. One face says it all. Far superior than Sam Adam's Lambic, but still quite nasty. Abra decided she wanted to try Sand Creek's Cranberry Special Ale. Eh. Nothing to write home about. Drinkable, but nothing popped out at me.....not even blueberries. Mendocino Oktoberfest. That's the NY Mendocino.....I can't wrap my head around that yet. Holy hopiness Batman! Intense Hop experience, was an understatement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekRx Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 While down in West Chester yesterday visiting QVC, we decided to grab some dinner. Fortunately I knew of a place and wanted to check it out, as I hadn't been there before...and there was something I was really interested to try. Still has some pretty good flavors in it Today I decided to just knock out some more stuff left from the summer, like this Peachtree Pale Ale from Atlanta Brewing Our waiter was pretty cool and although they were out of the Oktoberfest, he gave me samples of some of their other stuff. Dunkelweizen, Pig Iron Porter, Saison, and Ironbound on cask. All were great, and I look forward to Iron Hill's expansion into my area later this month Iron Hill also makes fantastic food. I got the special, a lobster salad with sweet corn salsa, avocado, and a citrus vinaigrette. I practically inhaled this The newest beer on tap, their Pumpkin Ale. Another great one with lots of pumpkin taste and spices. Not as good as Jaw Jacker, but better than Smuttynose's and Rock Bottom's The place has 2 bars, one at the front and one at the back. It wasn't too full when we got there, but by 6pm the place was packed with college kids The tap list, all of which they brew themselves. And as you can see from the medals above, they win at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver quite often But this is the one I'm most interested in, Iron Hill, a chain of brewpubs in the Philly suburbs in the downtown area of the college town of West Chester we find lots of bars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hattuchili Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 Today I had my first, I guess, brazilian beer. I found that bottle and it said Malzbier, which was kind of German. So, I bought the bottle and I need to say it was really good. The German Malzbier is alcohol free but not this one, that is why it was also interesting for me. So, the Antartica is a dar beer with a sweet honey taste, which was really different, but I think I will have a few more, since I got the sixpack! --Soren yes, it is really good. give it a taste here it is Antartica Malzbier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugged One Posted November 5, 2007 Share Posted November 5, 2007 I wasn't sure if I was going to post these or not from last Saturday's visit to Balitmore since I didn't take any pics from the rest of the day's fun but here are some anyway. Afterwards, we continued our belated Halloween celebration with a viewing of The Nightmare Before Christmas in 3-D. Unlike last year, we finally got to see this one. Pretty cool too. Of course I had to pair one DuClaw October beer up with another. The Mad Bisphop of course! Kim really enjoyed it as well. *Note to self. Definitely bring growler next time!* It was pretty darn tasty too. Fairly sweet with a nice spice kick, I wish I had remembered my growler. ...cuz we still hadn't try their new Spiced Munich Dunkel that was just released on the 31st. Called appropriately enough, 31. Back at the Arundel Mills DuClaw for the first time in like 3-4 months. Kim and I decided to celebrate Halloween a couple of days late... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugged One Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Time to revisit an old favorite tonight. This is a great example of a big American Barleywine. A large and flavorful malt background balanced nicely by a equally huge hop profile and it isn't afraid to wear a little alcohol on it's sleave. One of the finer American Barleywines out there. The Hog Heaven from Avery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 Tonight I tired my third beer from Holland. The first two, Heineken and Bavaria, were not too good. How would this one fair? It was a good beer! Not great, certainly not within its style, but still very drinkable and being the 10% abv quad that it is, very potent as well. All around a smooth, malty beer that I'd love to have again Konings-hoeven, aka La Trappe. A "Trappist" Ale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba83 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 It has been a while since I've posted I see... I have been hard at work doing web programming though, yet still finding the time to drink a nice beer once in a while. It's a nice dry, irish tasting stout. Reminds me of Guinness on tap at first but follows the roasty flavors up with a nice chocolate undertone not present in Guinness. And I'll end the night with a North Coast Old No. 38 stout. I love the spicy qualities from Centennial hops, which is the only hop used here. There is a nice sweet malty caramel backbone to this baby as well, making it more well balanced than many other west coast IPAs. Finally caught up to last night, here we have the beautiful looking Big Eye IPA from Ballast Point. Sky rockets in flight, afternoon delight! I haven't forgotten you hoppy guys either! As seen here by the very floral smelling Kill Ugly Radio. Hands down one of the best beers I've had yet. I was really impressed. It comes off like more of an Imperial Russian Stout to me, but nevertheless, it is excellent. Deep deep roasted coffee and chocolate flavors, with a chewy mouthfeel. Surprisingly enough, the very high 11% ABV only complements the beer, without overpowering it. This is one damn fine dessert beer, and I felt guilty drinking the whole bomber by myself. He'Brew's Jewbelation Eleven. 11 Malts, 11 Hops, 11% ABV. Some sites list it as a double brown ale, but it's pretty dang black, a smidge dark brown. Ahhh, attack of the blurry obsidian stout, run for the hills!!! Smooth, soothing and warming. Some nice cherry flavors and roasted malts. Followed that up with some Jubelale I brought to my uncles for him to try. The bottle design sure is awesome! It never dissapoints. Time to drink a real beer. Revisiting Anchor Porter. i don't understand what's special or bitter about it. It tastes a smidge better than the other yellow fizzies out there, but that's about it. Foster's Special Bitter. The flash screwed up the color, because it was much lighter than this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Tonight, I went west-coast It was quite good! The aftertaste was more tangy than bitter to me, so I didn't mind the heavy hops. Never would have known the abv had it not been listed on the bottle as it was certainly well hidden. A great brew! An anniversary ale, this one seemed like a bolder version of the Censored ale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brilinjo Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 ^^Although Foster's is Australia's best known beer export, nobody here actually drinks it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba83 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 ^ Which beers do Australians drink that are brewed in Australia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugged One Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 I've got a bottle of that Jewbalation 11th myself Bubba. It looks like I'm going to have to crack into that soon based on your review. It may be getting cold outside but it's still the Fall. Ah, just as fresh and tasty as last year's. Tons of piney, fresh hop character with a dollop of citrus to boot. Good stuff! Some of this year's batch of Great Divide Fresh Hop. A Wet Hopped APA. And unlike like last year, I found some during the actual Wet Hop season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekRx Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 The beer week in review: and the taste wasn't that amazing either. Didn't taste very brown ale-ish to me Jesus, what a weird head Finally, Atlanta's Red Brick Ale. Supposedly a full-bodied beer by the label, but it pours more like a foam-bodied beer Oh yeah! What a fantastic barleywine. This beer better be revisited Scratch #4, dubbed the Flying Mouflan by those dudes at Troegs One darn tasty IPA, nice citrus and pine notes and a nice balance with maltiness Time to get my off-season inversion fix, thanks to Deschutes It's just an ESB, but it's another pretty good brew from Left Hand. Nothing to write home about, but also not a drain pour Started off the week with the Sawtooth Ale from Left Hand Brewing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 ^ Yeesh, and I thought Heath's pour from a few weeks ago was heady. I've been taking pictures all week, I'll get them up on Sunday, as my wife has out of town guests coming in this weekend. Which means one thing. I get to take them to the local micro brews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_teisco_delrey Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Definitely try to get to Munster, IN for a Three Floyds sampling. I went there a few weeks ago when I was in Chicago, I had the Gumball Head, and the Munsterfest seasonal. The brewpub is in an industrial park, but the beers were great. Pretty good burgers too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugged One Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 ^ We've been trying to get Matt to go to Three Floyds for over a year now. Good luck! By the way. That Red Brick Ale is terrible. I hated the taste of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 ^ Fear not my beer compatriot, I will be there this year! I may even bring my camera! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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