Favorite beer

[El_Sol]

Duvel is VERY good, El Sol. Probably the only Belgian beer I can stomach, since I seem to be the only person who thinks the Belgians should stick to waffles.

Belgians are terrible. Do not like them at all.

My favorite beer has changed over the years, but right now it's Young's Double Chocolate Stout. Fantastic.

Young's Double Chocolate Stout is awesome. I like me a good Oatmeal Stout too. Has anyone ever had a banana bread beer? I can't remember who makes it.

I just bought me some Spaten Oktoberfest and Shiner Oktoberfest to enjoy during the Miami v. New York game. I don't know why I bought the Shiner though. All their beers taste the same. I should've bought the Spaten Optimators. Oh well, you live and learn, right? Well, I guess not when you are drinking.

Best,

El_SOL

 

[Mira]

I tried Founders Cerise a couple weeks ago and can't get enough of it. Need to try other varieties of Founders.

 

[El_Sol]

Hear Ye, Hear Ye!

If any of you rat bastards want to drink some real bier on Friday Oct. 15, 2010 around the Dallas, TX area meet me at the Bavarian Grill. Some friends and I are going to get our German on, the more the merrier.

Best,

El_Sol

 

[spikechiquet]

My list of beers drank over the last day:

New Glarus Totally Naked
New Glarus Spotted Cow
New Glarus Moon Man
Sam Adams Boston Lager
Bell's Two Hearted Ale
Summit Wheat Beer
Arcadia Ale Scotch Ale
New Belguim Hoptober

That's just what was in the fridge, still grabbing a few while I watch Purdue/NW, mainly because I am hoping that starting Dan Persa over Dwight Dasher for my college fantasy team was a good idea this week. So far? No.

 

[imjustagirl]

I had the Sweetwater Blue tonight. It's their fruit beer. Very very good. Tried a taste earlier this week from KG's stash.

Also had some sort of Oktoberfest, but can't remember what it was.

 

[DanOregon]

Just about any Nut Brown Ale works for me.

 

[Shifty Squid]

I had the Sweetwater Blue tonight. It's their fruit beer. Very very good. Tried a taste earlier this week from KG's stash.

Also had some sort of Oktoberfest, but can't remember what it was.

Their Blue is almost certainly their best beer, most of which I find fairly mediocre. But Blue is a nice summer beer, though the blueberry flavor does linger a long time, meaning it's not a particularly good session beer.

As far as Oktoberfests go, I like them better than most lagers, but I still detect the distinct odor of feet. Paulaner does a pretty good one, though. Brooklyn has a new one out called Post Road. The Sam Adams one is serviceable, as Oktoberfests go. For fall beers, I lean toward pumpkin ales, myself. I really dig the new Southern Tier PumpKing and the Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale.

 

[cjericho]

I had the Sweetwater Blue tonight. It's their fruit beer. Very very good. Tried a taste earlier this week from KG's stash.

Also had some sort of Oktoberfest, but can't remember what it was.

You drink with Kevin Garnett?

 

[Buck]

Kevin Garnett endorses this in Manilla.

"Pale yellow, airy head. Aroma of methanol and egg fart. Soft and medium bodied. Glue dominates the picture. No bitterness. I wonder what quality control means at Asia Brewery Inc? Do they check if rats survive drinking it, or are they just happy if their product turns out to be a liquid?"

 

[terrier]

When I have the $: Foster's, Samuel Adams Summer Ale

At a Chinese restaurant: Tsingtao

At a bar; Bud, Coors Light

Local: Narragansett

Outisde New England: Yeungling, Iron City

Cheapie: Red Dog, Icehouse

 

[cougargirl]

This weekend, my former college editor and I broke bread over Geary's Whiskey Infused Hampshire Special Ale ... wow.

 

[AD]

might be yuengling....

 

[mjp1542]

I had the Sweetwater Blue tonight. It's their fruit beer. Very very good. Tried a taste earlier this week from KG's stash.

Also had some sort of Oktoberfest, but can't remember what it was.

Their Blue is almost certainly their best beer, most of which I find fairly mediocre. But Blue is a nice summer beer, though the blueberry flavor does linger a long time, meaning it's not a particularly good session beer.

As far as Oktoberfests go, I like them better than most lagers, but I still detect the distinct odor of feet. Paulaner does a pretty good one, though. Brooklyn has a new one out called Post Road. The Sam Adams one is serviceable, as Oktoberfests go. For fall beers, I lean toward pumpkin ales, myself. I really dig the new Southern Tier PumpKing and the Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale.

The Brooklyn Post Road is actually their Pumpkin Ale, and it's pretty good. They also have an Oktoberfest, which is OK but nothing special.

This weekend I had the Great Lakes Octoberfest, and I thought it was outstanding. But then again, I've decided I really, really like every Great Lakes I've had, especially the Eliot Ness, which might be tops on my list right now.

 

[Fly]

I had the Sweetwater Blue tonight. It's their fruit beer. Very very good. Tried a taste earlier this week from KG's stash.

Also had some sort of Oktoberfest, but can't remember what it was.

Their Blue is almost certainly their best beer, most of which I find fairly mediocre. But Blue is a nice summer beer, though the blueberry flavor does linger a long time, meaning it's not a particularly good session beer.

As far as Oktoberfests go, I like them better than most lagers, but I still detect the distinct odor of feet. Paulaner does a pretty good one, though. Brooklyn has a new one out called Post Road. The Sam Adams one is serviceable, as Oktoberfests go. For fall beers, I lean toward pumpkin ales, myself. I really dig the new Southern Tier PumpKing and the Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale.

The Brooklyn Post Road is actually their Pumpkin Ale, and it's pretty good. They also have an Oktoberfest, which is OK but nothing special.

This weekend I had the Great Lakes Octoberfest, and I thought it was outstanding. But then again, I've decided I really, really like every Great Lakes I've had, especially the Eliot Ness, which might be tops on my list right now.

Great Lakes is one of those breweries that can do little wrong in my books. Their O'fest and Xmas seasonals are titties, and Edmund Fitzgerald is quite possibly the perfect porter (and Mrs. Fly's fave beer).

 

[Chef2]

I had the Sweetwater Blue tonight. It's their fruit beer. Very very good. Tried a taste earlier this week from KG's stash.

Also had some sort of Oktoberfest, but can't remember what it was.

Their Blue is almost certainly their best beer, most of which I find fairly mediocre. But Blue is a nice summer beer, though the blueberry flavor does linger a long time, meaning it's not a particularly good session beer.

As far as Oktoberfests go, I like them better than most lagers, but I still detect the distinct odor of feet. Paulaner does a pretty good one, though. Brooklyn has a new one out called Post Road. The Sam Adams one is serviceable, as Oktoberfests go. For fall beers, I lean toward pumpkin ales, myself. I really dig the new Southern Tier PumpKing and the Weyerbacher Imperial Pumpkin Ale.

The Brooklyn Post Road is actually their Pumpkin Ale, and it's pretty good. They also have an Oktoberfest, which is OK but nothing special.

This weekend I had the Great Lakes Octoberfest, and I thought it was outstanding. But then again, I've decided I really, really like every Great Lakes I've had, especially the Eliot Ness, which might be tops on my list right now.

Their O'fest and Xmas seasonals are titties,

I have heard beer called good and bad, delicious and terrible, ****ty and spectacular, but never heard beer called titties!

Fantastic.

 

[yournamehere52]

Harp (all kinds), Guinness, Pacifico, Tecate, Okanagan Springs Porter, Sleeman's Honey Lager, Sleeman's Dark, Dead Guy Ale, Pyramid Wheat Ale, Sierra Nevada, Keith's Red, Anchor Steam, Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Chocolate Stout. And Rainier.

 

[Prince of Persia]

Lately, I've become a big fan of Lost Coast Brewery in Calif. If you like Blue Moon, you would probably like either their Great White or Tangerine Wheat. Trader Joe's sells Lost Coast beer if you want to give it a try.

 

[YankeeFan]

Goose Island makes some tremendous beers. The retail outlet & the brew pub mentioned in the article are across the street from each other and just a short walk from here.

Might have to go check it out:

Go ahead and get the double take out of the way: The beer that Goose Island is releasing Friday costs nearly $45 a bottle. Yes, you read right. Good thing it's a 22-ounce bottle.

Eagerly anticipated by beer geeks for months, Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout will be available at 9 a.m. at Binny's Lincoln Park location in bottles and on draft at 10 a.m. at the Goose Island Brewpub on Clybourn Avenue. Those are the only two places you'll find it through the weekend; next Monday it will be in many liquor stores that carry Goose Island's higher-end labels.

But probably not for long. Most observers expect all 940 cases — more than 11,000 bottles that will be sent to Goose's 18-state distribution network — to be sold within a couple of weeks. Binny's beer manager Adam Vavrick said customers have been calling about the beer for eight months.

"I don't it anticipate it will last more than that day," Vavrick said.

So what exactly is BCS Rare (as the Goose folks call it) and why on Earth would you spend $42.99 plus tax for a bottle? The Rare is simply an aged version of the already widely available Bourbon County Brand Stout. Two things make this version special: It has been aged for two years (nearly three times longer than the regular stuff) and in barrels that previously spent 23 years aging Pappy Van Winkle's bourbon (a significant upgrade from the Heaven Hill barrels Goose usually uses).

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/ct-talk-45-dollar-beer-1124-20101123,0,7812381.story

 

[mjp1542]

Just had a Founders Backwoods ******* last night. Wow, does that pack a wallop, but it is outstanding. It's aged in bourbon barrells, so it has that bourbon kind of taste with a good beer finish. It's tremendous.

Also very, very good is the Founders Breakfast Stout. If you love coffee and you love beer, this is the brew for you.

 

[Fly]

Goose Island makes some tremendous beers. The retail outlet & the brew pub mentioned in the article are across the street from each other and just a short walk from here.

Might have to go check it out:

Go ahead and get the double take out of the way: The beer that Goose Island is releasing Friday costs nearly $45 a bottle. Yes, you read right. Good thing it's a 22-ounce bottle.

Eagerly anticipated by beer geeks for months, Rare Bourbon County Brand Stout will be available at 9 a.m. at Binny's Lincoln Park location in bottles and on draft at 10 a.m. at the Goose Island Brewpub on Clybourn Avenue. Those are the only two places you'll find it through the weekend; next Monday it will be in many liquor stores that carry Goose Island's higher-end labels.

But probably not for long. Most observers expect all 940 cases — more than 11,000 bottles that will be sent to Goose's 18-state distribution network — to be sold within a couple of weeks. Binny's beer manager Adam Vavrick said customers have been calling about the beer for eight months.

"I don't it anticipate it will last more than that day," Vavrick said.

So what exactly is BCS Rare (as the Goose folks call it) and why on Earth would you spend $42.99 plus tax for a bottle? The Rare is simply an aged version of the already widely available Bourbon County Brand Stout. Two things make this version special: It has been aged for two years (nearly three times longer than the regular stuff) and in barrels that previously spent 23 years aging Pappy Van Winkle's bourbon (a significant upgrade from the Heaven Hill barrels Goose usually uses).

http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/food/ct-talk-45-dollar-beer-1124-20101123,0,7812381.story

Bourbon County Stout with about two years on it is one of the best beers around. Fresh, it's so hot (alcohol-wise) that (to me) it's almost undrinkable.

Fresh Bourbon County Coffee Stout, which was out earlier this year, was bomb.com. Hoping the newly released Bourbon County Vanilla Stout makes an appearance on our local shelves, since it came and went lickety-split in Chicagoland in about a four-day period.

Would like to try the Rare, but not thrilled about spending $45-50 for one 22oz bottle. And I sure as hell am not standing in the cold waiting in line to do so (not that I haven't done that for other recent beer releases...).