Red Hook

[Tom Petty]

Well, yeah, compared to Nattly Light it's a freakin' stout.

I'm guessing you wouldn't be a fan of this former Red Hook product:

arnold - you try widmer's snow plow during christmas?

 

[ArnoldBabar]

Nah, I'm not a dark beer guy. Mack and Jack's African Amber is about as far as I'll go. My dad is all about those holiday stouts, though.

 

[Tom Petty]

Nah, I'm not a dark beer guy. Mack and Jack's African Amber is about as far as I'll go. My dad is all about those holiday stouts, though.

then do your dad a favor and get him a coupla sixers in december.

i like a good beer. could be pale, could be stout. but one thing is certain, snow plow just might be the best brew i've ever had.

 

[AgatePage]

Deschutes is probably the best chance you'd have in West Texas (but as someone who lived on the West Texas border, I can tell you there's still virtually no chance). Mirror Pond Pale Ale is their most well-known brew, and a damn fine one. But they make several other good ones. Bridgeport's IPA is maybe the best I've ever had, but I've rarely seen it in a store outside of the Northwest.

This is the same company that makes Obsidian Stout -- the best beer I've ever had. I seriously enjoy me a good stout. I will heartily endorse anything they make after that.

 

[Bruce Leroy]

Anybody in the Midwest should check out just about anything from Bell's. Three Floyds has some good beers too. Don't know how far Bell's goes, but I know it's slowly making its way as far as Florida from Michigan. They have a newer beer appropriately titled Hopslam that's nice.

 

[Tom Petty]

Anybody in the Midwest should check out just about anything from Bell's. Three Floyds has some good beers too. Don't know how far Bell's goes, but I know it's slowly making its way as far as Florida from Michigan. They have a newer beer appropriately titled Hopslam that's nice.

i'm so glad i don't have to drink mediocre beer any more.

 

[Layman]

Anybody in the Midwest should check out just about anything from Bell's. Three Floyds has some good beers too. Don't know how far Bell's goes, but I know it's slowly making its way as far as Florida from Michigan. They have a newer beer appropriately titled Hopslam that's nice.

TP, I (based on your posts) do respect your taste in beers. But if you're calling Bell's mediocre, I'll have to respectfully disagree. They make some very nice brews, in particular, their Oberon. Of course, that's the great thing about beer.... In order to confirm my opinion, I'll just have to go pick more up!
i'm so glad i don't have to drink mediocre beer any more.

 

[Layman]

Of course, my opinion would probably be more respected, if I was bright enough to use the quote function correctly.....

 

[ralph wiggum]

This thread just reminded me again why I love living in the northwest so much. Or at least one of the many reasons.

 

[STLIrish]

Harpoon I like--not sure where exactly it's brewed, Gola, but it's readily available here in the Northeast, which I realize is far from West Texas. Never tried Red Hook, I'll have to try it though.

Harpoon's brewed in Boston (or thereabouts). Good beer. But hard to find outside New England in my experience. Odds of West Texas, quite slim.
Boulevard, out of KC, makes a nice IPA.

i really didn't care for boulevard but i was a big fan of schlafly and the feisty bulldog, the place where i popped my schlafly cherry.

Schlafly is superb, most of their beers are better than the comparable Boulevards. But they've only recently begun expanding outside St. Louis, and only to KC, Memphis, Indy, those sorts of places. I was trying to think of something Angola might be able to get in Texas, as I think Boulevard is more widely distributed.
So 'Gola, if you're in the Lou, drink Schlafly.
And if in Michigan, Bells.

 

[Bruce Leroy]

Anybody in the Midwest should check out just about anything from Bell's. Three Floyds has some good beers too. Don't know how far Bell's goes, but I know it's slowly making its way as far as Florida from Michigan. They have a newer beer appropriately titled Hopslam that's nice.

i'm so glad i don't have to drink mediocre beer any more.

You're calling Bell's mediocre? Really?

 

[Tom Petty]

Of course, my opinion would probably be more respected, if I was bright enough to use the quote function correctly.....

don't worry about it, man. i've made a couple of posts here, and the quote function still sneaks up and kicks my ass on occasion.

 

[Tom Petty]

Anybody in the Midwest should check out just about anything from Bell's. Three Floyds has some good beers too. Don't know how far Bell's goes, but I know it's slowly making its way as far as Florida from Michigan. They have a newer beer appropriately titled Hopslam that's nice.

i'm so glad i don't have to drink mediocre beer any more.

You're calling Bell's mediocre? Really?

yes, yes i am.

and please don't confuse mediocre with bad. bell's is serviceable, just nothing to hang my hat on. i get some of the best beer in the world where i live, and i have a lot of variety.

 

[Angola!]

Harpoon I like--not sure where exactly it's brewed, Gola, but it's readily available here in the Northeast, which I realize is far from West Texas. Never tried Red Hook, I'll have to try it though.

Harpoon's brewed in Boston (or thereabouts). Good beer. But hard to find outside New England in my experience. Odds of West Texas, quite slim.
Boulevard, out of KC, makes a nice IPA.

i really didn't care for boulevard but i was a big fan of schlafly and the feisty bulldog, the place where i popped my schlafly cherry.

Schlafly is superb, most of their beers are better than the comparable Boulevards. But they've only recently begun expanding outside St. Louis, and only to KC, Memphis, Indy, those sorts of places. I was trying to think of something Angola might be able to get in Texas, as I think Boulevard is more widely distributed.
So 'Gola, if you're in the Lou, drink Schlafly.
And if in Michigan, Bells.

I'll check these out when I am in Austin in May. Austin tends to have a lot of beer you can't get in my neck of the woods.