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Post by TNBear on Mar 30, 2008 9:12:03 GMT -5
Really, I haven't seen language like that since LongShot and I were calling each other names in a beer thread in the old forum. Nowadays when someone calls me a beer snob I just smile and nod and get on with my life. Maybe the meds are working.
Back on thread, indeed Rogue makes wonderful beer. Does anyone remember HopPocket Ale? One of the first aggressivly hoped beers from the East Coast. Made in VA just outside DC, I think it became available in GA 5 or 6 years ago.
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Post by Felix on Mar 30, 2008 10:43:47 GMT -5
In a lower-case aside, tncrashfx muttered: I didn't misspell flavour as I was trying to be a word snob to fit in with the beer snobs! Heh. Or with certain folk hereabouts lately setting up shop elsewhere. * profound bow* Although British spelling in a U.S. setting is not always snobbish; SKB uses such spelling quite a lot, and calling her any kind of snob would be intolerably inaccurate. (And hazardous. *snerk*) Speaking of SKB, she has been scarce for awhile. I miss her, and Ares.
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Post by mouse on Mar 30, 2008 11:58:02 GMT -5
just found this thread... and i'm all amused. My mother's husband owns Mac's and my brother JC works there. HAH. But yeah Bruce tends to get some beer in there that isn't just blech. He gave me a couple suggestions last summer when I was tryin to explore the various tastes. Not a redneck dive, just mom&pop.
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Post by rebelgrunt on Apr 4, 2008 21:46:39 GMT -5
since we are on the subject I suggest a little song in honor of our liquid bread...sing along if you know the words...ahem... What is the malted liquor? What gets you drunker quicker? What comes in bottles or in cans? Can't get enough of it, how we really love it, makes me think I'm a man, I can kiss and hug it, but I'd rather chug it, fill my belly out to here, I could not refuse a, I could really us a, Beer, Beer, Beer. I can't remember how much I have had, I drank a twelve pack with my dad, BURP! Thats my son the drunken manly stud, I'm proud to be his bud. Here have some pretzels. No! I'll call it quits, those things give me the Schlitz! Drink with your family, drink it with your friends, drink till your fat, stomach distends. Beer is liquid bread it's good for you. We like to drink till we spew. Ew! Who cares if we get fat? I'll drink to that. As we sing once more. What is the malted liquor, what gets you drunker quicker, what comes in bottles or in cans?(BEER) Can't get enough of it, how we really love it, makes me think I'm a man. I can kiss and hug it, but I'd rather chug it, fill my belly out to here. Golly I adore it, come on damn it pour it, do it for me, brew it for me, feed it to me, speed it to me. The most wonderful drink in the world. HOORAY!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------ or for you old school drinkers Immanuel Kent was a real pissant Who was very rarely stable. Heidegger, Heidegger was a boozy beggar Who could think you under the table. David Hume could out consume Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, and Wittgenstein was a beery swine who was just as sloshed as Schlegel. There's nothing Nietzsche couldn't teach ya 'bout the raisin' of the wrist. Socrates himself was permanently pissed. John Stuart Mill, of his own free will, after half a pint of shandy was particularly ill. Plato, they say, could stick it away, 'alf a crate of whiskey everyday! Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle, and Hobbes was fond of his Dram. And Rene Descrates was a drunken fart: "I drink, therefore I am." Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed; A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- strangely enough in the middle of writing this thread I had the uncontrollable urge to get a beer...I didn't have any at home so I went out to the store and got one...just goes to show the power of the amber (many shades) fluid...burp... www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPLutvB_9ZA&feature=related
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Post by bluckarma on Apr 5, 2008 7:06:28 GMT -5
So this week I had someone give me a big ass bottle of Corsendonk Belgian Abbey Pale Ale and it was really good. I've never had any other Abbey Pale Ale other than Hennepin which really wasn't in the same league. I will say this. When you uncork the bottle (it is corked) the son of a gun comes out at a startling velocity. I mean seriously startling. If you have never had a Belgian it is kind of like a lager only a bit more flowery and fruity tasting. Very nice.
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Post by bluckarma on Apr 5, 2008 14:26:32 GMT -5
So for this evening I have a six pack of Dale's Pale Ale. If you can get it try it. Oh so good.
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Post by TNBear on Apr 6, 2008 16:01:51 GMT -5
This afternoon I'm enjoying a large bottle of Old Guardian Barlywine Style Ale from Stone Brewing in CA. Good stuff.
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Post by LimitedRecourse on Apr 6, 2008 16:40:54 GMT -5
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Post by bluckarma on Apr 6, 2008 17:31:56 GMT -5
bummer it doesn't look like they have a distributor this far south.
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Post by fishpants on Apr 12, 2008 2:08:33 GMT -5
I'll give them credit for a fine beverage, but they're not as ye olde school as they proclaim. The names have been sold off, and De Koningshoeven Brewery has snagged the rights to most of the Belgian trappist/monk/abbey beers, and they will always taste the same. Consistently the same, year after year.
Now if you want a real Belgian ale , try an Ale Delirium Tremens or an Ale Delerium Nocturne by Brouwerij Huyghe...
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Post by Longshot! [ Saint ] on Apr 13, 2008 2:29:51 GMT -5
TNBear IS a beer snob, and Negra Modelo & Sam Adams Light STILL reign as Beers Supreme.
Next?
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Post by TNBear on Apr 13, 2008 3:53:58 GMT -5
Negra Modelo IS good beer, although I prefer my Sam Adams on the heavy side.
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Post by fishpants on Apr 19, 2008 1:13:33 GMT -5
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Post by Tsavodiner on Apr 19, 2008 2:26:13 GMT -5
There's a N-word Modelo 'light', now, but I likes that Two Horses.
Sure wish that Leah wouldn't talk 'bout things tasting on her tongue, and so forth....
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Post by TNBear on Apr 19, 2008 4:49:58 GMT -5
Perhaps the true definition of a beer snob: one that needs the Beer Advocate to tell him what to like.
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Post by bluckarma on Apr 19, 2008 5:32:59 GMT -5
Speaking of beer... I got a six pack of Dogfish Head Raison d'etre. I didn't really pay attention when I bought it. But it has little coffee beans all over the carton. It also has raisins in the mix. Yes coffee and raisin flavored beer. It was in a word. Wretched. I hated it so much that I opened a second bottle just to make sure the first wasn't some horrible accident in bottling. Sadly that was not the case. I took it from my fridgerator and put it on the front stoop straight away.
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Post by tnponder on Apr 19, 2008 6:13:19 GMT -5
Thanks for the chuckle!
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Post by TNBear on Apr 19, 2008 15:45:53 GMT -5
Most of the Dogfish Head beers I have tried I have really enjoyed. This one certainly sounds like an "aquired taste".
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Post by bluckarma on Apr 19, 2008 16:07:49 GMT -5
Most of the Dogfish Head beers I have tried I have really enjoyed. This one certainly sounds like an "aquired taste". Brother I love dogfish head 60 and 90 minute IPAs. That being said if you can acquire taste for that stuff you can subjugate the will of your tastebuds pretty handily.
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Post by Tsavodiner on Apr 19, 2008 17:14:33 GMT -5
Bluck, they's termites in that footing, there!
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Post by MSwafford on Apr 22, 2008 11:21:24 GMT -5
It's either Guinness or Killian's for me.
However if anyone should get to Indianapolis, they need to to check out Alcatraz and The Ram. They are both microbrews that serve excellent steaks as well.
Alcatraz had a porter (which name I cannot remember) that had a mild toffee flavor that was out of this world and The Ram had a stout called The Kiltlifter...nuff said.
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Post by bluckarma on May 3, 2008 8:31:30 GMT -5
I've been drinking Sierra Nevada SummerFest Lager 2008. This is some incredible tasting, very smooth and very full falvored pilsner. Give it a try if you can. It has to be my favorite beer of the moment.
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Post by BlackFox on May 3, 2008 9:32:34 GMT -5
Just want to say that Holmes Liquor Store off the Rocky Face exit in Dalton has the best damn beer selection I've ever seen. Most of it's in the cooler too. Blue Moon FTW.
/drink Bud Light most of the time though.
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Post by Justin Thyme on May 3, 2008 10:40:00 GMT -5
Can I find Yuengling Lager at Holmes?
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Post by bluckarma on May 3, 2008 13:46:41 GMT -5
Sadly no. You have to cross the stateline into tennessee. I don't think there is a distributor for Yeungling in Georgia yet.
The Party Mart in East Ridge does have Yeungling.
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Post by Tsavodiner on May 3, 2008 23:59:24 GMT -5
Seems rather obvious.
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Post by bluckarma on May 24, 2008 5:48:41 GMT -5
Went to Nightfall last night on opening night and they have really changed the beer situation around. They now have budweiser, michelob ultra, Redhook ESB and I think Bud-light on tap. You can still get the big snazzy aluminum bottles but at a $1 more per serving premium. Big River still has a small beer wagon with Vienna Lager, IPA and Light Lager. It is kind of disappointing because the lines for Big River are long long long and the lines for bud draft were almost non-existent.
The dismembered Tennesseeans were tight as always and the other band that followed them were alright too.
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Post by bluckarma on May 24, 2008 5:51:19 GMT -5
Oh and by the way I gave those remaining 4 dogfish head Raison d'etres away at a yard sale last weekend for free. Crazy old man came and took them as I was shutting down for the day. They still had the same label on them from my stoop only with the an addendum that you had to proove you were 21 or older. Crazy old man was with his grandson so that qualified as proof to me. That beer was in the driveway from 7:30 to 2 in the afternoon before anyone would take it.
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Post by TNBear on May 24, 2008 19:09:00 GMT -5
Glad you were able to unload those BK. Just goes to show there really is a reason "crazy old men" are around.
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Post by fishpants on Jun 16, 2008 2:12:57 GMT -5
Tried three new (to me) brews today and was overall pretty pleased - two out of three ain't bad...
Pyramid Apricot Ale: I'm not usually a fan of "flavored" beers, but this is a rare exception. It's an unfiltered wheat beer, and damn cloudy. Nose wise it's apricots all the way... almost too strong. Especially if it's ice cold, the smell makes you think it's going to be a nasty, cloying sweet fru-fru wine cooler. Taste wise it's actually a nice brew. Definitely strong on the apricots, but not overtly sweet at all. A nice taste of hops and yeast round it out quite nicely. I wouldn't drink it to get drunk, but paired with some cheese and fruit it would be a nice appetizer beer.
Horny Goat Wheat: Yes, I bought it just because of the name. Not a good buy, bad idea. Citrus and a hint of vanilla on the nose and then... disappointment. Artificial is the best term I can think of to describe it - it's Tang beer. If you're going to use the can as a party prop to impress drunken sorostitutes, dump the contents and refill it with Schlitz.
Stone Imperial Russian Stout:It pours like unrefined Siberian crude, and the darkness just stares at you like black gold. It smells of chocolate, espresso, raisins and rum. The taste hits you with a double barrel of flavour: it starts with smokey roasted malts up front, then the hops crawls up your throat and tickles your uvula. I just topped off my glass and damn it's thick... I'm going to snag a case of the Limited 2008 Spring Release and cellar it for a decade or so. Yes, it's that good ;D
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