Beer in the new era

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.

gonna have to seek out that Sierra!

Its that good. Get thee some if you can.

anyone tried Gordon's from Oskar Blues?

I've had the Gordon and liked it, but the Old Chubb from them is good too and much more reasonably priced ($9 for a 6-pack at BevMo), so it gets my money.

Just had a Vertical Epic recently and liked it. Gonna try the Harvest Ale.

been on a brooklyn black chocolat stout kick, no lie.
but right now i am drinking a 24 oz can of Genesee Cream Ale.

my wife speaks longingly of brooklyn brews, i don't think i've ever had a single one. : /

Man my uncle (of upstate NY stock, now living in VT) LOVES Genesee. loves it.

Brooklyn beers I can take or leave. They're good and all, but I think the distributor here in Chicago must charge a lot because they always seem overpriced in the stores.

one reason i miss chicago is that the area just seems to get a lot of beer from everywhere and even the divier sports bars have excellent brews on tap. and binny's is just O_O

Yeah I was at the Binny's formerly known as Sam's on Saturday, could have spent my entire paycheck. I got a 12er of Summit Extra Pale to take to a Halloween party with ilxors.

that sierra nevada sounds nice. gonna look for that tonight.

I am not a huge Bells fan but holy shit Bell's Quinannan Falls Lager

I think I am in love

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/287/58981

Oh man, haven't seen that one yet. Although I did see a large, Bell's branded delivery truck/trailer the other day, that was a first.

I am completely in love with Six Point beers lately. Red Hook Bait and Tackle has something on tap right now called Sweet Reaction (the bartender said it was "what they made before sweet action" and didn't know anything else) -- so delicious. I also kind of like the fact that it's not in bottles at all - makes it more exciting to get it when you go out.

I also kind of wonder whether the local-ness of the brewery just leads to more consistently fresh beer.

i love the whole can revival for good beer idea. had a few of the oskar blues and i like but don't quite love 'em. old chub was a little sweet for me. i like their little yellow pilsner, though.
was in Chico last weekend and my bro-in-law gifted us an estate harvest - trying to wait for some kind of special occasion; or maybe just the weekend.
got a sixer of Lagunitas Brown Shuggah (9.9%) yesterday. now that i think about it it may be on the sweet-ish side like old chub; but i still likes

I also kind of wonder whether the local-ness of the brewery just leads to more consistently fresh beer.

― portrait of the artist as a yung joc (Hurting 2), Thursday, November 11, 2010 4:06 PM (34 seconds ago)

I've always been a big fan of Orion beer, a great light "American-style" beer from Okinawa, Japan but it wasn't until I had it in Okinawa that I really understood what happens to beer during transport (sea/air/land), the beer was miles better, like a completely different flavor.

i think some beers might be less forgiving for shipping (thinking lighter pilsner types moreso than dark ales). another key factor though , imo, is where/how it was wherehoused before it gets to you, too

yeah the quinannan falls is draft only so grab it if you see it on tap somewhere before it goes away.

i would be more down with the can revival thing if the 21st amendment stuff wasnt among the worst $$$$ beers i have ever had.

i always enjoyed guinness as a great chillout sesh beer but when i had it in dublin it was on another level.

yeah i had the same experience but all the locals kept making fun of me because i wasnt ordering the far superior in their opinion tap budweisers.

laugh ended up being on me tho because apparently budweiser is brewed over there and when i finally had one it was fucking awesome in an almost kirin ichiban + sorta way

i mean the budweiser served in ireland is brewed locally duh i cant make my brain type this late in the day

http://images.ukcs.net/14930/rat-milk.jpg

I've always been a big fan of Orion beer, a great light "American-style" beer from Okinawa, Japan but it wasn't until I had it in Okinawa that I really understood what happens to beer during transport (sea/air/land), the beer was miles better, like a completely different flavor.

― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Friday, 12 November 2010 00:10 (1 hour ago)

Yeah, I always order Orion when I go to the local Japanese place. It's very clean tasting so it goes well with delicate flavors. But no surprise it's better in Japan. Had a similar experience with Mexico and Bohemia -- there it was one of the best beers I had ever tasted, but trying it when I got back was disappointing.

http://robeystreet.com/blog/2010/11/19/secret-santa-holiday-beer-exchange/

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dope Australian ale of the moment http://i51.tinypic.com/11l3fao.jpg

When I moved to st Louis I was shocked at how much better the budweiser tasted!

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Finished drinking the list at my local. Finally I can go back to drinking just what I like.

what were the high and low points?

just received this as a gift, going to store it for awhile i think

http://www.drunkenpolack.com/images/speedway.JPG

i had a couple of good christmas ales a couple nights back:

http://10000vinyasas.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Sierra-Nevada-Celebration-Ale-2010.jpg

good hoppy beer, though i'm not really into hops that much.

had another one @ a nearby whiskey bar but i forget what it was.

having a massive glögg/seasonal ales party @ our house in a couple of weeks. any recommendations? for now i was going to go with some old favorites (st bernardus, delerium noel, scaldis noel.)

as mentioned above, celebration ale makes me fucking gag.

goin to this tonight

http://www.pigsear.org.uk/festivals.htm

(Note: page contains link to a file called "beers.xls" o_O)

http://armsbyabbey.com/on-tap/

this is whats on tap at my hang these days. Gotta try the RIGORMORTIS.

anybody want to tell me which of these i should try?

St Piran's Cornish Best Bitter
All Black Mild
Gowfers Gold
Mashie Niblic
Driver Dark Stout
Clyde Puffer Stout
MMX
Monkey IPA
Born In A Barn
Santa's Reserve
Alley Cat Ale
Penquin Porter
Leezie Lundie
Carnival Ale


Fremington IPA
Dark Mild
Salem Porter
XXXB
Miss Lapland
Premium
Special
Jingle
Lakeland Amber
Lakeland Best Gold
Hubble Bubble
Death Metal
Blonde Bombshell
Black Hawk
Cascade
Starry Nights
Happy Valley
Lawless
Xmas Dark Box
Potwalloper
American IPA
Rising Sun
Organic East London Gold
Piggy Winkle's Christmas Tinkle
Ho Ho Ho
Pandoras Box
Pigs Ear Brown Ale
Wheel Ale
Kernow Imperial Stout
Merry Maidens Mild
St. Georges Stout
Farmer Ray Ale
Mild
Pale
Legend
Lulach
Nechtan
Talcoran Stout
Wheat Stout
Winter Solstice
Chocolate Orange Delight
Chocolate Stout
Christmas Ale
Mr Tod
Iron Man
Nightmail
800
Meadow
Old Higby
IPA
Kudos
Bitter
Dark
Flash Rocket
Corineus
Spring Heeled Jack
Mrs Lovett's Most Efficacious Stout

Sworn Secret
Black Magic
Lazy Daze
Ferocious Fred
Highland Hopping
Orkney Porter
St.Magnus
Hobsons Mild
Butchers Best
Slaughtered Lamb
Ilkley Black
Chocolate Stout
Humbug
Jasmine's Chocolate Orange Stout
Gordon's 75 Gin
Pale Ale Centennial
A London Porter
Liverpool Pale
Best
Wild Boar Stout
IPA
Black Pearl Porter
Snow Goose
Noel Coward
Ice O Bar
Holly Daze
While Shepherds
Another Firkin Jumper
Thanksgiving
Flower Power
Black Cat Mild
Newcastle Coffee Porter
Cwrw Coryn
FMP
Mwnci Nell
Pinnacle Mild
Dirty Dick
Red Santa
JHB
Citra
Oblivion
Tranquility
Piston Porter
Estivator
Old Mill Mild
Light But Dark
Bitter
Artist Ale
Silent Night
Crows-An-Wra
Scilly Stout
Snowbound
Porter
1792 Imperial Stout
Pigs Ear Christmas Ginger Beer
Barley Wine
Red Ale
N1
Old Mariners
Royal Stag IPA
UXB
Dry Hopped Cascade Pale Ale
Dry Hopped WGV Pale Ale
Urban Dusk
Porter
Challenge
Stout
Misty Mountain
Wandle Ale
Powerhouse
Strange Brew
Betty's Big Sister
Wyvern
Gillingham Pale
Golden Harvest
Dambusters Dark Mild
Best
Amber's Ale
Red Barn Ale
Night to Remember
The Da Vinci Toad
Runner
I'm Still Standing Ex-Funeral Strength
Sporran Warmer Blonde
Highland Fling
Wispa
Wheatsheaf Ale
Rushyford Red
Blackie Boy Stout
Knight of the Garter
Conqueror

er.. sorry, without the breweries next to the names i guess that's a little hard to parse

Piggy Winkle's Christmas Tinkle

plz

Death Metal!!!

My current favourite pint is the beer that's brewed closest to my house: Redemption Pale Ale (est. Tottenham 2010). Extraordinary levels of flavour for a 3.8% beer.

A few interesting microbreweries springing up in London in the last few years: Sambrook's, Brodie's, Redemption.

Tracer, just try them all.

I've been on a bit of a beer hiatus since my drinking victory. Itching to get back.