Picked up an eight-pack of Bell's Oarsman at Meijer Saturday. I was originally attracted to it by the packaging, but was very pleased with the product. Just the right fruity tartness to be pleasing.
You smug Midwesterners with your easy access to Bell's products, makes me sick.
For a while now, Stone has been distributing IPAs that are labeled Drink By 00/00/0000 (that being the date).
The most recent was a tangerine IPA that was Drink By 10/31/2016. Being that, I waited until last night to enjoy it while giving candy out. It was very tasty and smooth.
You smug Midwesterners with your easy access to Bell's products, makes me sick.
I think I've seen Bells for sale in the northeast, well Buffaio at least.
I can get two hearted ale at the better grocery stores around here. It's awesome. I contemplating a run to one of the two bottle shops in the town next door. I am craving sours. I had a New Belgium Fruit Fly a few nights ago, which was my first sour. Any recommendation of sours?
I'm all ears because I love the sours too. Unfortunately, I've noticed that if you buy them in bottles they are NEVER as good as what you can get on tap at a brewery or bar. I think sours really benefit from the extra freshness and crispness you can get from a new keg.
Still, there are some good bottled ones out there and I've noticed more of them around this year than last year so I think it's a growing and improving segment. Boulevard Brewing's Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale is my go to at my local store. I see a few other sours that list having a strong grapefruit flavor in them but I'm always hesitant to try them since I am not a fan of grapefruit. Jolly Pumpkin has some good sours and farmhouse ales as well, but it seems like they only bottle them in those big 750 ml bottles and I hate buying those. However, if you're ever in the Ann Arbor, Detroit, or Traverse City areas they are worth checking out. I recall having a really good sour from Anderson Valley Brewing and their "Highway 128" series but cannot remember the exact name and unfortunately cannot find it on their site now.
With sours you may want to give them a chance to 'breathe' a few minutes before drinking - open a bottle before dinner and let it sit on the kitchen counter while you're eating and then drink it afterwards. Warming up just a few degrees really opens up the taste.
It's been a long time since I drank-what are sours?
Beers that are intentionally acidic. Lots of Belgian beers (e.g. lambics, krieks) are sours
Beers that are intentionally acidic. Lots of Belgian beers (e.g. lambics, krieks) are sours
So, how bout the redesign of them old milwaukee cans?
I'm sure that's no accident seeing as how they're both likely going after the same market demographic. But I believe Old Milwaukee has had the same colors on their packaging as Bud for decades.^ The colors on those Old Milwaukee cans look like they would be Budweiser.
Atwater's Decadent Dark Chocolate Stout makes my Top 5 personal favorites list.WSU MUP Student said:There have long been some chocolate beers that I've really enjoyed but it always seems like it's a 50/50 split between good ones and bad ones. I really like North Peak's Dubious Black Chocolate Stout and Atwater's Decadent Dark Chocolate Stout.I don't know about coconut though. I just saw a newspaper article about a coconut beer here in Michigan that is 15% ABV... I'll pass. That's too much for me.
Beer prices at the Braves' new SunTrust Park:
Domestic draft beer: Large (24 ounces): $10, small (12 ounces): $5
Craft draft beer: 16 ounces, $9.50
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Beer prices at the Braves' new SunTrust Park:
Domestic draft beer: Large (24 ounces): $10, small (12 ounces): $5
Craft draft beer: 16 ounces, $9.50
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Beer prices at the Braves' new SunTrust Park:
Domestic draft beer: Large (24 ounces): $10, small (12 ounces): $5
Craft draft beer: 16 ounces, $9.50
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I never know what to say when I hear things like this. Personally, I would never pay those outrageous prices for draft beer, but they must be turning a tidy profit or they wouldn't be keeping those prices up in the stratosphere. Yay for capitalism, I guess.
I wonder if prices are that high - in part - to "help" people self regulate how much beer they consume?
I will milk one very expensive beer and perhaps two for the course of the game, but that would be my absolute limit.
$5 for a 12 oz. budmillercoors draft is still too much. Sounds about right for the price of maybe a pitcher these days. Heck, I remember routinely paying $3 for pitchers during college daze.
Strong camel flavor.
That's a good thing? Ever had a goat flavored beer?![]()
You read that right. I meant to type camel, not caramel. I just loves me a good bovine flavored ale.
You read that right. I meant to type camel, not caramel. I just loves me a good bovine flavored ale.
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You could call it camel piss (a pilsner?) and make a small fortune off of it. People would buy out of sheer novelty.
When I was in grad school in Detroit we could still get pitchers for $3 - $5 at the bars around campus. This was around 2007 and 2008 and the neighborhood around the campus was still pretty derelict. These days, there has been so much redevelopment in that area that a pitcher of even the crappy stuff is closing in on $8 or $10... such is the price of progress. Of course, now there are a lot more bars in the area of the campus so there are much better beer and food options available. I'm told that one of my old haunts still offers cans of Black Label for $1 though on certain days and that seems like the ultimate bargain.
Wicked Weed brewery in Asheville just got bought by InBev for an undisclosed amount. I really hope they don't try to change things, WW has been fantastic with many different and experimental ales. They were also one of the Asheville beer pioneers.
I'm crossing my fingers.
Wicked Weed brewery in Asheville just got bought by InBev for an undisclosed amount. I really hope they don't try to change things, WW has been fantastic with many different and experimental ales. They were also one of the Asheville beer pioneers.
I'm crossing my fingers.
It's not being well received. Below are a few of the articles written on the subject.
I LOVED their sour beers, easily some of the best sours on the market. Their sour brewer just left for the Scotland based BrewDog. That brand is toast. I won't give WW another dime. Pernicious was a solid IPA too, oh well.