Beer in the new era

any dark or brown beer does it for me in the winter. fuller's london porter or wolaver's brown ale f'rinstance.

but I'm kinda focused on autumn here guyz

im still focused on autumn beers too...just anticipating the winter beer duldrums.

so if you had to pick one lawnmower beer what would it be?

Miller High Life for me.

i also love thinking about beer at 9:46am.

Winter is like the best time for beer drinkin' -- stouts and porters and all things dark and malty.

Though right now I'm loving Lagunitas A Little Sumpin' Sumpin'. Super hoppy, but more citrus/floral than aggressive bitterness.

disagree summer and autumn for beer drinkin! haha.

so if you had to pick one lawnmower beer what would it be?

sol

red stripe!!

the only seasons I like to drink beer in are summer, spring, winter and fall

yeah true. I LOVE BEER ALL TIME.

i don't mind having ipas or more summery beers in winter, getting drunk makes me feel v warm.

winter time beer drinking must be done by my wood stove. cozy beer.

'GANSETT 'FEST OBTAINED

i like flying dog dogtoberfest but the name is so stupid. also i will never drink a beer called "a little sumpin sumpin."

btw i like harpoon winter warmer, cad i think we disagree about every beer?

i hope that isn't true! what are some other favs?

BEHOLD

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/edwardiii/IMG00159-20101020-2234.jpg

(ok, so maybe it's not the greatest oktoberfest ever, but it is better than spaten's)

I have also alerted the authorities

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4rzen#United_States

that's a badass can!

I know! they say if they sell a million cases this year, they'll reopen the RI brewery. we could use the jobs so I guess I better get started on polishing these off.

where did you score that?

a liquor store

yeah no shit. im in mass and cant seem to find it.

a place in cranston, RI - hometown of the original narragansett brewery!

can't remember the name of the liquor store tbh, it used to be called nikki's... which is a very RI answer to yr question btw

cranston!!!!!!!!!!!

yes!!!!!!!!!!!

So I'm doing this thing where I drink the whole beer list from my neighborhood bar. It's going to make me drink a lot of beers that I normally wouldn't even think to order. Like porters, because I hate porters. Here's what I've had so far:

Stone IPA
3 Floyds Gumballhead
Lefthand Milk Stout
Two Brothers Domaine Dupage
Great Lakes Dortmumder Gold
Tyranena Rocky's Revenge
Dark Horse Reserve Special
O'Fallon Smoke

I started with my favorites but quickly realized that I need to get the unfamiliar ones out of the way first. Actually like the porter, which is surprising. The Tyranena is a brown ale that was really good and a style I don't normally like.

Add Metropolitan Flywheel Lager to the list. Too light and fluffy though.

lately... coors, bud. in 16 and 24 oz cans. dark times.

Cool project, Jeff. I should try that!

Currently enjoying a BridgePort IPA. Solid if unspectacular.

i always want to send ian $20 in the mail when he posts like that

you can paypal me, harbl! ;) it's not that i don't have money actually, i just spend it on food and weed and records and so lately i have been trying to keep the beer budget low.

For some reason I really am not a fan of Bridgeport's IPA - it tastes like the homebrews I've made which isn't a good thing.

Still drinking the list at my local:

New Holland The Poet
Founder's Red's
New Holland Dragon's Milk

All good! Surprised by the poet since I don't normally like oatmeal stouts.

Finally tried Founders Breakfast Stout. Was enjoying it until someone I was with had a sip and said it tasted like soy sauce.

Also, what do you consider yr local, Jeff? Delilah's?

Dmk burger bar. Because they got this drink the list thing, I'm here like every other night.

Turn anything into a game/competition and I'm hooked.

Ha. I think Sheffield's has something like that, too. Anyway, we should hang out there sometime. I loved their salmon burger.

(DMK, that is.)

A byproduct of drinking the beer list is that I'm most likely going to end up eating the burger list as well. Somehow that seems less glorious.

Let me know when you want to go.

Oh no, not in my home bar!!!

Green Flash Le Freak. Tasty, potentially deadly.

North Coast Pranqster. Drinkable. Tasty.

Wow, I suck at describing beer. Especially while actively drinking beer. Just try everything.

I had a Le Freak a few days ago. Will drink again.

the winters are out around my town....time to retreat to shit beer for the winter.

Been drinking a ton of Rogue John John Ale. Like an Arnold Palmer for alcoholics.

http://www.rogue.com/images/misc/john-john-diagram-large.jpg

like the diagram!

you know what? franziskaner dunkel can eat my shorts. that shit is way too sweet.

i dunno what i was thinking. i almost never like wheat beers. but i had a trappist thing that i liked and thought i might be ready to branch out. i was not.

I had the Stone Vertical Epic 10.10.10 and the Sierra Nevada Estate Harvest Ale last night.

The Vertical Epic was a Belgian trippel, with some botanical additives. 9.2%!!! Belgians are not usually my thing, but this was pretty great.

The Estate Harvest Ale might have been the best beer I've ever had. Wonderful hop/malt balance, full and well-crafted flavors, and a wonderful effervescence.

Will go back and get another of the Estate this evening. So good.

anyone tried Gordon's from Oskar Blues? a "double-red ale" ... I got a growler of it last week and polished it off probably too quickly. kind of pricey though, one of those $11 for a 4 pack beers.