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NEVERENDING ♾️ The NEVERENDING Beer Thread

zmanPLAN said:
Left Hand is one of the many Northern Colorado breweries that I haven't tried yet... or visited. Perhaps a trip to Longmont is warranted soon... there's probably a good golf course round there too. ;-).
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Finished off the Left Hand and, to be honest with you, I was a little disappointed. Not that I would discourage anyone from trying it, but some of their flavors actually overpower the beer. The regular Sawtooth Ale was pretty decent, but otherwise the assortment was pretty meh.
 
In the fridge now:

Leinenkugel Sunshine Wheat (355 ml bottles)
Dale's Pale Ale (355 ml cans, for drinking by the pool at the apartment complex)
Shiner Hefeweizen (355 ml bottles)
New Belgium Mothership Wit (355 ml bottles)
Unibroue La Fin Du Monde (355 ml bottles)
Unibroue Terrible (750 ml)
Joseph Spelt Ale (750 ml)
Trader Joe's Christmas Ale 2007 (750 ml) (unavailable in Texas)
Great Lakes Brewing Company Christmas Ale 2008 (355 ml bottles) (unavailable in Texas)
Stone Smoked Porter (650 ml)
Stone Old Guardian 2006 Release (650 ml)
Real Ale Brewing Company Brewhouse Brown Ale (355 ml bottles)
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock* (unavailable in Texas)
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Marzen* (unavailable in Texas)
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen* (unavailable in Texas)
Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier* (unavailable in Texas)
HeBrew 9: Jewbelation 5766 2005 (650 ml)
HeBrew 10: Genesis 10:10 2006 (650 ml)
HeBrew Bittersweet Lenny's R.I.P.A. 2006 (650 ml)

Consuming them slowly, because I'm desperately counting calories.





* Otherwise known as Maisterbrau. However, now he doesn't have to depend on my bringing it up from Cleveland for Stanfests.
 
PrahaSMC said:
Finished off the Left Hand and, to be honest with you, I was a little disappointed. Not that I would discourage anyone from trying it, but some of their flavors actually overpower the beer. The regular Sawtooth Ale was pretty decent, but otherwise the assortment was pretty meh.
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I really don't like the left hand beers. I thought the sawtooth ale was terrible. It had the same sort of taste that fat tire has that I can't stand.
 
Dan said:
* Otherwise known as Maisterbrau.
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Back in the high school days, we used to get the similarly named Meister Brau for both price and volume as it was sold in a GIQ (Grand Imperial Quart) bottle. Trust me, there's nothing subtle about driving around and trying to drink out of a huge bottle artfully disguised in a brown paper bag. Pretty much took both hands to hoist it when it was full.
 
ofos said:
Back in the high school days, we used to get the similarly named Meister Brau for both price and volume as it was sold in a GIQ (Grand Imperial Quart) bottle. Trust me, there's nothing subtle about driving around and trying to drink out of a huge bottle artfully disguised in a brown paper bag. Pretty much took both hands to hoist it when it was full.
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It might not be subtle but it gets the job done. It can even be done with style and class too. See, here's the ever-refined Martha Stewart pounding a 40 of Olde English.

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[ot]could some computer-savvy Cyburbian turn Martha poundin' a 40 into an avatar?[/ot]
 
Now drinking ,,,

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It's got that old German Fraktur "gonna' go conquer a few countries" font on the label, so it has to be good! :D Actually, it tastes much like other German lagers I've had; quite good, but there's not too much you can do within the limits of the Reinheitsgebot to make it really stand out among the hundreds of other German lagers. That's why I like more unusual German brews, like rauchbiers, kolsch beers, bocks, and so on.
 
This weekend I had a couple Lagunitas Undercover Investigation Shutdown Ales. Tasted like a very strong esb - maybe an Imperial ESb, i'm not sure. Really good though- and 9% abv.

Apparantly it was brewed in rememberence of the Lagunitas Brewery being shut down for a while by the ABC after an undercover investigation revealed that they were smoking way too much of the green stuff while brewing.
 
imaplanner said:
Apparantly it was brewed in rememberence of the Lagunitas Brewery being shut down for a while by the ABC after an undercover investigation revealed that they were smoking way too much of the green stuff while brewing.
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HORSESHIT! Gaddam meddlers. When will the media learn! :-@:-@:-@

Who cares, man!:-@
 
I'm swinging by the local beer mart (huge selection of micros) at lunch in about an hour and a half. Any suggestions? I'm specifically interested in trying some new lagers, kolches, helles, and/or begians.
 
Yeah....

imaplanner said:
I'm swinging by the local beer mart (huge selection of micros) at lunch in about an hour and a half. Any suggestions? I'm specifically interested in trying some new lagers, kolches, helles, and/or begians.
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Have you tried the Alaska Kolches yet? I liked that.....;) Or you could just keep drinking the imaplanner official brew PBR:-x:-o:-c:eek:|:e:
;):D
 
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Some faves:

RCH Old Slug Porter
Victory Storm King
Warsteiner Dunkel
DAB
Founder's Kentucky Breakfast Stout
Morland Old Speckled Hen
Three Floyds Dark Lord Imperial Stout
Robert the Bruce Scottish Ale
Rogue Dead Guy Ale
Rogue Shakespeare Stout
Bosteel's Kwak
Synebrychoff Baltic Porter

Plenty more I'm just not thinking of right now. I've got a collection of probably 300-400 bottles of all different beers that I've tried. They FINALLY opened a bewpub in my town which I might be trying this weekend.
 
They ought to have a carbonation scale to rate beers, don't you think? Heck, maybe they do and I just don't know it.

Sometimes the amount of carbonation becomes a critical measure of much I like or dislike a beer. It's as important as body, bitterness, or head retention if you ask me.
 
Maister said:
They ought to have a carbonation scale to rate beers, don't you think? Heck, maybe they do and I just don't know it.

Sometimes the amount of carbonation becomes a critical measure of much I like or dislike a beer. It's as important as body, bitterness, or head retention if you ask me.
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There is - just individual breweries generally (never?) will not label that, and individual bottles can vary or sometimes go flat. Carbonation affects body and head retention and even bitterness- co2 actually adds bitterness to the beer. Carbonation is measured in volumes of co2. A typical american ale will (should) have about 2.5 volumes of co2 - which is 2.5 gallons (as a gas) of co2 per gallon of beer.
 
July is "Oregon Craft Beer Month." I will do my duty. I call on all cyburbians to drink up and enjoy your Rogue, your Ninkasi, your Bridgeport, your Pyramid, your Terminal Gravity, your Descutes, your Full Sail, your Lompoc, your Widmer, your Upright, and all your other Oregon Brews.

Some facts:

Oregon is the second largest hop-farming state in the US
Oregon is the second largest craft beer producer in the US
Of the states, Oregon is the fourth largest craft beer market in the US
Of cities, Portland is the largest craft beer market in the US
Portland metro has more breweries (40) than any other metro area in the world

To the breweries, Cyburbians, to the breweries!!:b::b::b::b::b::b::D
 
Oregon? I didn't know they brewed beer in Oregon ;)

I tried a bottle of Firestone Walker Union Jack IPA last night. Wow what a good beer. Very mellow for an IPA.
 
Otis said:
July is "Oregon Craft Beer Month." I will do my duty. I call on all cyburbians to drink up and enjoy your Rogue, your Ninkasi, your Bridgeport, your Pyramid, your Terminal Gravity, your Descutes, your Full Sail, your Lompoc, your Widmer, your Upright, and all your other Oregon Brews.

Some facts:

Oregon is the second largest hop-farming state in the US
Oregon is the second largest craft beer producer in the US
Of the states, Oregon is the fourth largest craft beer market in the US
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What's the number 1 state?
What's the number 1 state?
What's the number 1 state?

Heee hee heee.

j/k.

Some of my favorite breweries are in Oregon. I've especially been digging the Ninkasi brews lately.
 
imaplanner said:
What's the number 1 state?
What's the number 1 state?
What's the number 1 state?

Heee hee heee.

j/k.

Some of my favorite breweries are in Oregon. I've especially been digging the Ninkasi brews lately.
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OK.

I'm guessing: Washington for hops; California for producing; and California, New York, and Colorado for consumption.
 
Beer Served at the "Beer Summit" at the White House:

Bud Lite (Obama)
Sam Adams Light (Gates)
Blue Moon (Crowley)
Buckler (Biden)
 
JNA said:
Beer Served at the "Beer Summit" at the White House:

Bud Lite (Obama)
Sam Adams Light (Gates)
Blue Moon (Crowley)
Buckler (Biden)
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The only thing worth drinking on the list is the Blue Moon.
 
I treated myself to a make-your-own 6 pack tonight at Kroger. Right now I am enjoying a Sam Adams Cherry Wheat. Not bad for a fruit beer, a strong cherry taste at first which quickly fades to a good wheat beer. I look forward to my other beers in the pack.
 
rcgplanner said:
I treated myself to a make-your-own 6 pack tonight at Kroger. Right now I am enjoying a Sam Adams Cherry Wheat. Not bad for a fruit beer, a strong cherry taste at first which quickly fades to a good wheat beer. I look forward to my other beers in the pack.
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That's one of the few fruit beers I like. My favorite that I haven't had for so long is the Ruby from McMenamin's in Portland, it's an ale made with Oregon raspberries.
 
Was able to buy two 4-packs of Dogfish Head's Burton Baton. Very limited production and our specialty beer store was only able to get 2 cases. Two years ago the store would only sell two bottles per person and last year they were sold out before I got there.

I felt great being able to get those 4-packs.
 
I'm on a big belgian kick lately. Had some Allagash White the other day. Also had a Unibroue La Fin Du Monde triple this weekend. Both of these beers were very very good.

Last night one of the local beer bars had Boulder's Mojo IPA on tap. I enjoyed that quite a bit. Very very drinkable and had an excellent bright hoppy flavor.

In the fridge for either tonight or later this week is an Avery Salvation Belgian Golden Strong ale.
 
kjelsadek said:
That's one of the few fruit beers I like. My favorite that I haven't had for so long is the Ruby from McMenamin's in Portland, it's an ale made with Oregon raspberries.
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The manager of our local McMenamin's is on my planning commission. Am I lucky or what?

BTW, on our way east to Colorado a few weeks ago I stopped in at the Terminal Gravity brew pub in Enterprise, OR. Had a (a few, actually) really, really nice IPA. I would have taken some bottles with me but they said it didn't travel well and didn't handle heat. Since we were in the car going across the desert it didn't seem like a good idea.
 
I would just like to send my heartfelt gratitude to Innis and Gunn for their exclusive "Canadian Cask" release for Canada Day this year and I hope they do it again next year!
 
Otis said:
The manager of our local McMenamin's is on my planning commission. Am I lucky or what?
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Really? Very cool. When I was in Portland on my vacation my wife and I had breakfast at the local McMenamin's renovated joint the Kennedy School. VERY nice place. I saw they have several other nice looking projects as well that I'd love to stay at sometime if I ever get back that way.


By the way, on our whirlwind trip of the west coast my wife and I managed to stop at several nice brewpubs and breweries. Why not when you are in such a great brewing region as the Northwest?

We hit Rubicon in Sacramento, went to a great beer bar called "The Monk's Kettle" in San Francisco, went to Rogue Public House and Deschutes Brewery in Portland, made it to another good beer bar in Vancouver, BC called "The Narrow Bar", then hit both the Hales and Red Hook breweries when in Seattle. One heck of a trip and got a chance to try a lot of very good beers I hadn't tried before.
 
If one is fasting for Yom Kippur, is it okay to drink beer? After all, it isn't a food.
 
Dan said:
If one is fasting for Yom Kippur, is it okay to drink beer? After all, it isn't a food.
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If one places a great deal of stock in the wise old saying "never drink on an empty stomach; be sure to eat a lot of beer first", then I would say not. Otherwise, bottoms up.
 
Dan said:
If one is fasting for Yom Kippur, is it okay to drink beer? After all, it isn't a food.
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From The Jewish Outreach Institute: http://joi.org/celebrate/yomkippur/fasting.shtml
1. Lots of Water. This may be hard to believe after one is twenty or so hours into a fast, but most healthy adults can survive well over a month without eating. Most of the unpleasantness associated with a fast does not come from lack of food, but rather, from lack of fluid. The solution therefore is to super-hydrate beforehand. "Camel up" before a fast, drinking a great deal the prior afternoon, perhaps two quarts well in advance of your final pre-fast meal. At the time, you may feel you are going to float away. Before the fast is over, you will be glad you did it. Diluted orange juice is a good drink, as is water. Beer or other alcoholic beverages will dehydrate you, so try to avoid them.
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Emphasis is mine. :b: Looks like there's no prohibition, just good advice. Mazel tov.
 
Bubba said:
What, no in-depth tasting analysis? :b:
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No. I can't read my notes ;)

I will say that after tasting well over 100 beers, the standouts that I remember were

Allagash Confluence- A brett beer that was quite possibly one of the best beers i have ever had
Drakes Denoggonizer double IPA- which was a very very balanced double IPA - very citrusy hoppy with plenty of malt sweetness to create a perfect balance.
Stone brewing Sublimely Self Righteous Ale- A black IPA that is super complex and incredible
Beaver Street Wheat- I just remember really digging it
Sierra Nevada Kellerweis - A great beer. I could drink ALOT of this one
 
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