ChangeMe
Grape Puncher
Posts:886
 | | 01/25/2006 3:09 PM |
| | Foret Belgian Saison Ale from Brasserie DuPont from .750 (7.5% alc) Clean and refreshing for a beer of this ABV. Very fine carbonation. Hint of clove. One of my favorite Saisons. From Beverages and More. | | | |
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Fred
Wine Thief
Posts:2673
| | 01/26/2006 1:42 AM |
| Dogfish 60 minute is now on tap in the house...ohh it's going to be a crazy weekend.  | |
"It's better to have your enemies inside the tent pissing out, then outside the tent pissing in." -- Lyndon Johnson | |
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ChangeMe
Barrel Filler
Posts:1475
| | 01/27/2006 6:38 PM |
| Hey Fred - Dogfish Head makes some cool beers. They have brewpubs in Rehoboth and Gaithersburg, which are both pretty cool places.
The shelter ale is excellent, and very approachable. The 60 minute IPA is, too (very approachable despite 6% abv!). The Chicory Stout is also good. I have found, though, a lot of variation in the 90 minute IPA. They are also making a 20% abv 120 minute IPA to be released in February 
Re: Magic Hat #9. I have had this a lot out of bottle and have noticed a lot of variation in the different lots. Sometimes a nice brightness, sometimes rather disjointed. For a fruit flavored beer, I think it is very good, but there are occasions when it strikes me that "ale" and "apricot" don't belong together. Still, a solid performer that I will continue to buy. | | | |
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skwid
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5452
| | 01/27/2006 6:51 PM |
| | Raybanz, there is a brewing around here that is well known for their fruit beers. Marin Brewing Company in Larkspur (just northwest of San Quinten Prison about a mile) has in the past made some really tasty fruit beers. However the variation can be quite large in the taste of the beer depending on where in the serving tank you got your been. With the first serving things seemed good and also at the end the fruit was vry pronouced. The middle of the serving tank seemed to provide the most variability. I think it all depended on how long the beer had been sitting in the tank. | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15756
| | 01/28/2006 8:14 PM |
| | In today's Wall Street Journal (Saturday 1/28/06) is a well illustrated article about reading the codes on cans and bottles of beer to determin when they were bottled. The idea being, of course, to be able to buy the freshest bottles available. | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5219
| | 02/05/2006 6:00 AM |
| allagash(portland maine) WHITE. | | | |
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TBird
Park Slope, Brooklyn
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5219
| | 02/05/2006 6:03 AM |
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TBIRD,
I have heard good things about this beer from others, but I can't seem to find it out here
i'll bring you some. funny enough, the person that had our place before us left 2 beers in fridge. they were brooklyn brewery beers. i figured it'd be crap. i have NEVER been more wrong!  | | | |
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Appreciative
Beaverton, OR
Grape Fermenter
Posts:418
| | 02/05/2006 4:38 PM |
| | It's was so nice to return to Black Butte Porter...like an old friend. | | | |
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NorCalVinoLover
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2202
| | 02/06/2006 6:49 PM |
| Oh man!!! I had an Oatmeal stout recently that just blew me away!
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Fred
Wine Thief
Posts:2673
| | 02/06/2006 7:20 PM |
| | For the superbowl I drank me some IC Lite! | |
"It's better to have your enemies inside the tent pissing out, then outside the tent pissing in." -- Lyndon Johnson | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Puncher
Posts:886
| | 02/08/2006 1:50 AM |
| Drinking Drake's IPA tonight.
Every time I have this I wonder why I buy any other bottled IPA's. Beats favorites like Lagunitas, Marin Brewing Co. and Stone. The distibutor must be fastidious about rotating stock because I've never had one that wasn't a dead ringer for a fresh Brew Pub Product. Intensely hoppy, both fruity and bitter, but plenty of rich malt to balance things out. Very long, fresh, hoppy, citrus rind finish that ends up dry, asking you to take another sip. 7.0 alc | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Puncher
Posts:886
| | 02/18/2006 7:43 AM |
| Strong Ale Month.
Every year, 21st Ammendment and Magnolia Brew Pubs offer 10 Strong Brews during February. Drink all ten during the month (therer's a punch card) and get a commemerative glass.
I had these five over two nights at 21st Ammendment. All were excellent.
Golden Doom Belgian Tripel 10.8% alc - 30 IBU (a good example of this style)
Double Trouble Imperial IPA 10.1% alc - 120 IBU!!! (worth a special trip)
Mac's Strong Scotch Ale 8.7% alc - 38 IBU (I thought this would be syrupy. It wasn't)
Hendrik's Imperial Espresso Stout 9.7% alc - 80 IBU (Hops overrule the espresso - nice)
Lower De Boom Barleywine 11.9% alc - 95 IBU (much more flavorful than previous austere versions) | | | |
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Dave Tong
Santa Clara, CA
Barrel Filler
Posts:1335
| | 02/21/2006 5:31 AM |
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Drinking Drake's IPA tonight.
That's good stuff. My local Costco carried it for a while, then stopped.
Pity. I've not seen it anywhere else except occasionally in BevMo. | |
http://scmwine.blogspot.com - My wine blog.
http://scmwine.wikispaces.com - your guide to the Santa Cruz Mountains and Santa Clara Valley
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Dave
Wine Thief
Posts:2899
| | 03/05/2006 10:10 PM |
| Oh dear, I discovered that Whole Foods stocks JW Lees Vintage Harvest Ale. I cleaned out the 1998, 1999, and 2000 vintages and made a serious dent in the 2002's. Also picked up some Fuller's 2004 Vintage Ale.
I was more excited about this than I was to find the 2003 Fonseca for $47 a bottle (of course, I cleaned that out too). | | | |
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Dave Tong
Santa Clara, CA
Barrel Filler
Posts:1335
| | 03/08/2006 9:03 AM |
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Oh dear, I discovered that Whole Foods stocks JW Lees Vintage Harvest Ale. I cleaned out the 1998, 1999, and 2000 vintages and made a serious dent in the 2002's. Also picked up some Fuller's 2004 Vintage Ale.
 Not round here they don't.
Ah, John Willie Lees. Good North West beer, that. Do you ever see Moonraker out here? | |
http://scmwine.blogspot.com - My wine blog.
http://scmwine.wikispaces.com - your guide to the Santa Cruz Mountains and Santa Clara Valley
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BellaDonna
Barrel Racker
Posts:1890
| | 03/10/2006 2:16 PM |
| Ok...I will admit that I've never been a beer drinker...I'll get a beer (Coors light) every now and then at a bar just because hard liquor will put me on the floor and I don't drink swill at bars/restaurants.
Recently, I have started getting beer with my meals. I had my first Tsing Tao two weeks ago with some Chinese food and I loved it. Yesterday, I had Dos Equis, which really didn't do it for me. I am really starting to enjoy beer with my meals over wine...yikes! | | | |
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DukeRiley
McMinnville, OR
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2000
| | 03/10/2006 2:41 PM |
| | Beer has a natural affinity for food, and can match with many foods that wine struggles with. | |
Heater Allen Brewing
www.heaterallen.com | |
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Edward Bowers
Palm Beach Gardens
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2072
| | 03/10/2006 9:32 PM |
| Starting St Pat's early. Off to Paddy Mac's to get into training with Irish beers tonight.
Guiness does not count as that is a stout, and Bass is an Ale, So will be playing my "Harp" tonight | | | |
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Dave
Wine Thief
Posts:2899
| | 03/12/2006 5:15 PM |
| | I really am starting to like Whole Foods. First trip, Rochefort Trappest Ale 8. Next trip, Rochefort Trappest Ale 6 & 8. Yesterday they had Rochefort Trappest Ale 6, 8 and 10! I bought some of each (especially the 10). | | | |
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Fred
Wine Thief
Posts:2673
| | 03/13/2006 10:39 PM |
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Starting St Pat's early. Off to Paddy Mac's to get into training with Irish beers tonight.
Guiness does not count as that is a stout, and Bass is an Ale, So will be playing my "Harp" tonight
Not to mention Bass is English if I recall. I had some Scottish Kelp beer over the weekend...It was really good. Really strong but really good. | |
"It's better to have your enemies inside the tent pissing out, then outside the tent pissing in." -- Lyndon Johnson | |
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