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NEVERENDING ♾️ The NEVERENDING Beer Thread

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I used to love the animated commercials with the animals they had back in the late 70s/early 80s. I didn't read the entire post. Has anyone ever had National Bohemian (Natty Boh)? It used to be a staple in bars, restraurants and homes in Baltimore back in the day. It's trying to make a comeback. Natty Boh's logo looks like a distant cousin of the Pringles dude.
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You are so right about their logos. They both look Italian. Natty Boh is the ultimate non-pretentious beer. I would never drink it at home by myself or even over dinner with a couple friends but at a bar, especially seeing live music, it just adds a certain swashbuckling mischieviousness to the evening. It will give you a headache, but the beer and the word bohemian, just seem to go together so well.
 
On Saturday discovered that Tesco's (the biggest supermarket chain over here) has started selling 'Super Bock'. Super Bock is the beer of northern Portugal and its very nice. Quite strong (5.5%), but doesn't taste it.

It brings back memories of a great holiday in Oporto when I was 18. After a night of drinking Bocks I found myself talking to a Portuguese girl who spoke better English than I did :-$ :-b :p.

She also battered me at Darts.
 
noj said:
On Saturday discovered that Tesco's (the biggest supermarket chain over here) has started selling 'Super Bock'. Super Bock is the beer of northern Portugal and its very nice. Quite strong (5.5%), but doesn't taste it.

It brings back memories of a great holiday in Oporto when I was 18. After a night of drinking Bocks I found myself talking to a Portuguese girl who spoke better English than I did :-$ :-b :p.

She also battered me at Darts.
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[OT]Seriously OT, but doesnt it seem like folks living in Europe can't help but sound cosmopolitan?....'oh this weekend we went to Paris and had croissants in front of Notre Dame cathedral'.....I dunno, I realize travelling to foreign countries is comparable distance-wise to us yanks travelling to different states, but it just doesn't carry the same connotation saying 'I spent the weekend in Germany drinking Bittberger' as it does to say 'I spent the weekend in Kentucky drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon'.[/OT]
 
Maister said:
[OT]Seriously OT, but doesnt it seem like folks living in Europe can't help but sound cosmopolitan?....'oh this weekend we went to Paris and had croissants in front of Notre Dame cathedral'.....I dunno, I realize travelling to foreign countries is comparable distance-wise to us yanks travelling to different states, but it just doesn't carry the same connotation saying 'I spent the weekend in Germany drinking Bittberger' as it does to say 'I spent the weekend in Kentucky drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon'.[/OT]
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How true... how true...

So I tried some Red Hook Blondes a couple weeks ago and fell in love. Problem is, I cannot find them up here, and will have to drive the hour into Denver and buy them... time to stock up and visit Bill's Sports Collectables while I am there.... ;-)
 
Tranplanner said:
I had a few KLB Raspberry Wheats at the T.O. laefest, just to make JNL jealous! ;-)
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Speaking of JNL we should get her opinion on Steinlager - should it be the National Beverage?
 
Holy CRAP JNA! And to think I'm about to move back to Weld County. :-c

I should check the papers here, that was right in my backyard. :-c :-c

Better watch what I drink... ;)
 
michaelskis said:
Wow... that is wrong on so many levels. It would the same as many of us getting fired for living in a different town.
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Not much goes on around here MSkis...
 
Tranplanner said:
I had a few KLB Raspberry Wheats at the T.O. laefest, just to make JNL jealous! ;-)
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Well... it worked! :p

Maister said:
Speaking of JNL we should get her opinion on Steinlager - should it be the National Beverage?
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No one drinks that stuff! It's probably okay but there are plenty of other kinds I'd rather drink. I don't know any Steinlager drinkers. Weird huh, how it gets marketed as our favourite beer?!
 
JNL said:
No one drinks that stuff! It's probably okay but there are plenty of other kinds I'd rather drink. I don't know any Steinlager drinkers. Weird huh, how it gets marketed as our favourite beer?!
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Much like Budwiser is the "King of Beers" and "America's Finest Lager"...

Anyone know where I can pick up some Blue Berry Beer in the Mid West?
 
JNL said:
Well... it worked! :p

No one drinks that stuff! It's probably okay but there are plenty of other kinds I'd rather drink. I don't know any Steinlager drinkers. Weird huh, how it gets marketed as our favourite beer?!
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I heard the same thing goes for Foster's drinkers (or lack thereof) in Australia. Yet all the commercials in the states show Australians drinking it... hmmm weird. And actually the Foster's "Australian for beer" Lager we buy in the states is actually brewed in Canada.... :cool:
 
More Tax on Beer Causes Concern in Ohio

Headline from and Article from the AP Wire:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationw...93446.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

Highlight:
"... if the Legislature decides to double the beer tax to help ease the state's money crunch."

According to a restuarant owner "In my eyes, that sort of taxation amounts to
almost persecution."

More and more states are considering higher alcohol taxes after years of raising cigarette rates.

This year, Kentucky and Washington state hiked their liquor tariffs. Montana, Indiana and North Dakota rejected higher beer taxes.

Interesting weblink: Stop the Beer Tax: http://stopthebeertax.com
Over the Border - a potential problem mentioned in article and nicely illustrated (MAP) on this website.

Just when Bear wanted a beer. :-{
 
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Bear Guzzles Campers' Beer, Eats Food

DUNBAR, W.Va. -- Larry Gaynor and his brother had to cut their latest fishing trip short after a black bear ate their food and guzzled their beer.

Hearing a noise, they looked outside their tent and saw the bear with its mouth clamped on their cooler. Larry Gaynor said the bear dragged the cooler 30 yards into the woods and flung it against a tree, scattering a case of Coors Light.

"He only drank three cans," Larry he said. "He would've drank all of them if it would've been Budweiser."
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My emphasis sure sounds like the makings for a commercial ?



From the AP Wire:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationw...11786.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
 
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Anyone hear of Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA? I bought a bottle and have not to drink it. Yes, it was an $8 bottle. My friend picked one up and said it was well worth it. I'll try it tonight. I think the brewery is out of Vermont or Delaware.
 
Well, I don't have time to read this entire thread...but I feel like I have a second home now! :-D

Dogfish Head is out of Delaware. The head brewer, Sam Calagione is bordering on brewing genius. Right up there with Lee Chase from Stone (San Diego) for pushing beer styles to their maximum. Both of which are surpassed by Tomme Arthur from Pizza Port (Solano Beach, CA) in terms of incredible accomplishments in brewing!

Cheers! :b:
 
I feel better about buying some Dogfish Head. That was a lot of cash for one bottle. I'll tell you all how it goes tomorrow.
 
I hope you like lots of hops!! Personally, I think the 90 Minute is a much better and much more balanced beer, but the 120 Minute is meant to be a huge alcohol, hop-bomb and it is exactly that!

If you want to the story behind the "minute" names, let me know!
 
I was flipping through the news channels this morning and stopped on Fox News of all channels, since they were showing (and drinking) beer at 7 am in the morning. Apparently Samuel Adams is coming out with a new brew called Utopia. At 50 proof and $100 a bottle, I would hope it's good. Yowsa!
 
Natty Light...Good

Natural Light :b: , hands down at 4.8% of the whole U.S. market, is the BEST BEER :-D (well, 4th most selling that is). :-D :-b

Bill

source: Information Resource Center, Inc. (2002-2003)

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“I love scotch. Scotchy, scotch, scotch. Here it goes down, down into my belly...”

- Ron Burgundy
 
jenniplans said:
I was flipping through the news channels this morning and stopped on Fox News of all channels, since they were showing (and drinking) beer at 7 am in the morning. Apparently Samuel Adams is coming out with a new brew called Utopia. At 50 proof and $100 a bottle, I would hope it's good. Yowsa!
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Not new and honestly not very good! Sam Adams has long been on the kick of making sure that they own the record for highest alcohol percentage beer with Utopia. Last year's price was about $150 and the beer is just not very good, even the 3 year old aged version that I had!

But to be fair to Sam Adams (why, I don't know), I will give them their props for trying something experimental when it comes to brewing. But if I wanted to drink something that tasted like Cognac, I would buy Cognac and not beer. Nice looking bottle though! Utpoia
 
zmanPLAN said:
I feel better about buying some Dogfish Head. That was a lot of cash for one bottle. I'll tell you all how it goes tomorrow.
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You know, Prana was right, the Dogfish 120 minute IPA was HOPPY. Thick and full of alcohol too. It was okay for me, but I tend to shy away from Hoppy beers and probably won't buy this again.
 
zmanPLAN said:
You know, Prana was right, the Dogfish 120 minute IPA was HOPPY. Thick and full of alcohol too. It was okay for me, but I tend to shy away from Hoppy beers and probably won't buy this again.
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Never had the Dogfish. Would like to try it, though cuz I'm a real hophead. My favorite hoppy beer is Bells 'Harvest Ale' - it's reminiscent of drinking a field of hay...
 
I'm a big fan of hoppy beers too; some of my favourite at this time of year are the IPAs that come out - perfect summer beers.

Beer festival this weekend in my village - with a heat wave predicted too it should be a good weekend.
 
Maister said:
Never had the Dogfish. Would like to try it, though cuz I'm a real hophead. My favorite hoppy beer is Bells 'Harvest Ale' - it's reminiscent of drinking a field of hay...
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Favorite hop monsters:
Stone Ruination (CA)
Bell's Two Hearted (MI)
Rogue I2PA (OR)
Great Divide Hercules (CO)
Three Floyd's Dreadnaught (IN)
Bear Republic Racer X & Racer 5 (CA)
Dogfish Head 90 Minute (DE)
Alpine Brewing Pure Hoppiness (CA)
AleSmith IPA (CA)
Mountain Sun Kind Ale (CO) not bottled
Anderson Valley Hop Ottin' (CA)

:b: :b: :b:
 
Lawmakers Seek to Create N.Y. Beer Trail

Headline and Article from the AP Wire:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationw...26587.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

Highlight:
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Lawmakers are encouraging residents and visitors alike to enjoy a tall, cold one. A bill making its way through the Legislature aims to create a New York state beer trail, similar to those the wine industry has successfully used to attract millions of oenophiles to the Finger Lakes, Hudson Valley and eastern Long Island.

Under the bill, which has already passed the Senate, the Empire State Brewery Trails Program would create an "I Love NY Beer" promotion that will include a brewery trail, vacation itineraries, and "brewery passports" with information on breweries and surrounding attractions as well as discounts and other incentives.

Weblink:
Brewers Association: http://www.beertown.org
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Beer festivals in Colorado are in full swing right now!

Ft. Collins this weekend.

Salida on July 2.

Keystone, Aspen, Vail, Durango and others that I can't remember all have beer festivals in the next 2 months.

And then Great American Beer Fest at the end of September!!

It's good to be a beer snob in Colorado right now!;) :b: Cheers! :b:
 
How bout the worst beer?

Steel Reserve 211??

CAMO?? (in the camouflage can...naturally)

Both taste like dog pee to me, hence they make good "camping beers", or "fishing beers". Still never been too frunk to dish, er is it drunk to fish..
 
prana said:
Beer festivals in Colorado are in full swing right now!

Ft. Collins this weekend.

Salida on July 2.

Keystone, Aspen, Vail, Durango and others that I can't remember all have beer festivals in the next 2 months.

And then Great American Beer Fest at the end of September!!

It's good to be a beer snob in Colorado right now!;) :b: Cheers! :b:
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I'll drink to that.:b: Although it looks like Sunday (the day I cannot make it) is the day to go to the FTC brewfest. Many from work are going and possibly some friends.
 
My liver hurts today, and is going to be really painful by Monday. started with Creemore and finished with Sierra Nevada IPA.

Beer and rib festival season starts this weekend in TO, but I'll be in the country.

Here is a math question for you all, and I'll try to figure it out shortly.

I am drinking mill street brewery organic beer (http://millstreetbrewery.com/main.htm) The question is, it comes in 195 ml bottles and is 4.2 % alc. So how many do I have to drink to equal 8 bottles of 341 ml that are 5% to be equally drunk. Assume I've eaten the same thing before each drinking expereince and am up to drinking beer that night.




I'll let you know the answer tomorrow, if I wake up in time.
 
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donk said:
Here is a math question for you all, and I'll try to figure it out shortly.

I'll let you know the answer tomorrow, if I wake up in time.
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Almost 17 of the little guys, I think. Good luck with that
 
I googled around voer the weekend ins earch of a good beer store in the Cleveland area. Turns out that one of the best is just a couple of block from my house - Warehouse Beverage. An hour ago or so, I stopped by the store, and left much, much poorer. Here's my booty - six packs* of the following:

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Don De Dieu - Unibroue (Canada)
Castle Lager - South Africa Breweries (South Africa)
Weihenstephan (Germany)

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Sweaty Betty Blonde - Boulder Brewing (United States)
Wittekerke - De Brabandere (Belgium)
Sleeman Cream Ale - Sleeman Brewing (Canada)

The selection at this little hole-in-the-wall store is outstanding, and I could have lingered for hours. It's nowhere close to Premier Gourmet in Buffalo (700 beers!) or Applejack's in Wheat Ridge, Colorado, but it's still damn fine.

That's in addition to what's already sitting in the fridge - cheap but good beers from Trader Joe's.

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Damnit, refrigerator ... chill those brews!!!!

* excepting the Don de Dieu, I know.
 
Make sure the sleeman is ice cold, they taste waaaay better that way.

Went to the bier market Saturday night with a buddy and his wife. Had on eof my favourite low brow belgium beers - juplier. They also have my favourite low brow canadain beer on draft there - 50, but we had to go as my buddy's wife was feeling "old"

Turns out it is the place to go for staggette parties, there were 3 there that night, got a suck for a buck. What is it about me that makes me inviting to young engaged women?
 
Dan, a friend of mine in college would do marathon drives from Hartford, CT (where he grew up) to Greeley, CO, with a stop in Cleveland to see his sister.
I think he goes to that beer store you just went to. He said they have a greater selection of Colorado Micros than some stores in Colorado! :-c

I may have to go to this beer store in Cleveland to confirm this...:p

Z Man is thirsty.!
 
Neverending beer thread or just neverending thread? Hmm

This is about beer, but not a new one. This thread seemed best.

I am leaving work on a half day today. Myself and 3 of my friends have got into the tri-annual habit of taking a half or full day off from work, always on a Friday, and going on a pub crawl.

This involves the devouring of a massive fried breakfast at between 12-1, and then into the first pub. The rules are, never the same route (there are over 1000 pubs in Dublin, so this ain't hard), only Guinness can be drunk until the crawl is complete (it is far nicer here than the sour stuff you may have tasted elsewhere), One pint per pub. The crawl must consist of 12 pre-chosen pubs.

Oh yes, and the pubs can only be the older more traditional Irish pubs. Long skinny victorian bars for preference. No chrome/metal/loud music nightmare pubs. Its great way to spend the day, sitting in the boozer, with a pint of plain in front of you, knowing that your friends and peers are stuck in work. Then at 5 everyone joins you. Generally it continues after the 12 pubs into one or two more then onto a venue for some dancing.:p

Thank god its only a few times a year. I'll raise a toast to ye Ladies and Gentlemen
 
Have a good time Boru; sounds like a great laugh. I'm interested to know of your condition when your colleagues join you at 5. I predict an hour of 'catch up' for them!

Anyway, a couple of friends coming up this weekend so we're hitting the town (as far as you can 'hit' Matlock Bath!). Lots of quality pints and a curry to top it off.
 
USA Today article

A decent article about some of my absolute favorite brewers! Big beers are finding their niche growing right now... Big beers

But I am beginning to really hate the word "extreme". Starting with sports, particularly X-Game and other outdoor sports, but the trendiness of the word is still gaining popularity in beers too.
 
prana said:
A decent article about some of my absolute favorite brewers! Big beers are finding their niche growing right now... Big beers

But I am beginning to really hate the word "extreme". Starting with sports, particularly X-Game and other outdoor sports, but the trendiness of the word is still gaining popularity in beers too.
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I think there's even niches within the niches. I think there's a certain amount of dilution even within the 'craft beer' market where the term 'special' can mean either more or less. For instance Samuel Adams is really not a micro brew because they are fast approaching macro levels of production. At the same time their beers are distinctly flavorful full-bodied flavors that clearly earns the title 'craft beer'. When I think of 'special' beers I tend to think of barley wines like Bell's Third coast Old Ale http://ratebeer.com/beer/third-coast-old-ale/3213/
or maybe Thomas Hardy Ale http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-001842.php
Barley wines are a rare treat indeed. alcohol contents anywhere from 8% - 13%. Age in the bottle not unlike wine. Now that's special.
 
Seven more days till we folks in North Carolina can by beer that exceeds the 6% alcohol by volume limit that is a carry over from the days post prohibitions. Can't wait till i can the local breweries can start making and selling barly wine and the such.:-D
 
That is REALLY good news for you guys in North Carolina! And believe me, I have heard that many breweries are already brewing them and getting labels ready to go to the ATF for approval. That always takes more time than it should, but some big winter beers might be coming from local sources not to mention the influx of imports from other states and countries! You guys are going to get some great new beers very shortly!
 
NHPlanner said:
Beer as an economic development tool:

http://www.beerservesamerica.org/

There's a full page ad on the back of the latest Governing Magazine for this website.....
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Pretty sweet site! They have revamped it since the last time I was there. Total Economic impact, from what I could see, was lead by California with $22 billion followed by Colorado with $10 billion.
 
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