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The 'This beer rules!' thread

#61
I've had a couple good beers tonight. Stone Brewing (makers of Arrogant Bastard) has beer called the Cali-Belgique. It's an IPA but with a belgian yeast strain. Really interesting. I dig it.

I'm now on my second Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale. I have yet to have anything bad from this brewery, but their flagship is also their best IMO (though their Oatmeal Stout is fantastic too). It's just perfectly balanced.
 
#62
TheBigO said:
I've had a couple good beers tonight. Stone Brewing (makers of Arrogant Bastard) has beer called the Cali-Belgique. It's an IPA but with a belgian yeast strain. Really interesting. I dig it.
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How does it compare to some other Belgian beer styles? Does it have a sour acidic taste from a bacteria containing yeast strain or is it like one of the more "normal" Belgian beers?

This American/Belgian hybrid sounds like something I need to get my hands on for a night. Especially at 6.9% ABV :D

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#63
hbarcat said:
How does it compare to some other Belgian beer styles? Does it have a sour acidic taste from a bacteria containing yeast strain or is it like one of the more "normal" Belgian beers?
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Have you tried Fat Tire from New Belgium Brewing? It's fairly big out west but I don't how it sells in the rest of the country. If not, it's a American/Belgian hybrid as well, but very different. I've had all NBB's beers (call it job research, I was offered a position with them many moons ago) and I came to the conclusion that they were good, but just sort of americanized Belgian beers. Easy drinking, but not comparable with real Belgian ales the way some American styles can compare with their European counterparts (like Sierra Nevada or other pale ales) do.

Anyway, I was kind of expecting the same thing, but the Stone is a horse of another color. All their beers are super hoppy and have a very distinct taste. This isn't a marriage of flavors so much as it is a Stone IPA with some belgian accents. But I'm rambling. . .
 
#64
I love a good stout and I have started to appreciate the goodness of Belgian beers. Guinness and Murphys are usually my staples and I've been told to hit up McMenamins for their Terminator Stout. The Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout and Anderson Valley Barney Flats Oatmeal Stout are delicious. I like the McEwans Scotch Ale on certain occasions, but didn't notice the 8% abv until after I polished off a glass of Scotch and the 6 pack with a mate. That was a fun night...
 
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#70
Went home to visit the family in Pottsville a short while ago to surprise my mom for her birthday. Afterwards, my wife and I headed to check out Maroons Sports Bar (a bar in tribute to the stolen NFL championship that Pottsville was robbed of). I fully expected to be drinking Yuengling Lager all night - that's fine with me. Growing up in Pottsville "Vitamin Y" wasn't just a beer, it was a blood type ;)

Much to our surprise and delight, they had Franzikaner Hefe-Weizen and Lindemans Lambic Framboise ON DRAFT. I'd had the Franzikaner on draft several times at Zeno's in State College, PA (my home away from the dorm during my undergrad days), and we routinely buy both in bottles. I had NEVER seen the lambic on draft before. I'm looking forward to the long visit over Thanksgiving weekend (Wed-Sat). I think we'll be dragging my dad down to hustle some people in cricket and consume a few.
 
#71
I enjoyed a few Innis & Gunn at the bar the other night. Very delicious, although a bit more expensive than I would usually buy for a bar beer, but I was in the mood for something nice. Although I suppose the fact that it's 6.6% makes it a bit cheaper, since I ended up buying less and still feeling quite drunk. :p

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Chopper said:
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MY PICK AS WELL!

Shiner Bock is the best all-around sipping beer I've ever found. It has nice flavor without being heavy, seems to have very little tendency to promote hangovers, and it's a good ole Texas beer that's reasonably affordable.

And it's NOT that abomination called "lite" beer. That stuff is nothing more than lightly colored water. Yeeeeegs.
 
#76
A couple of friends and I got together for a porter tasting recently. We tried 8 different beers and the hands down favourite amongst us was the Paddock Wood London Porter (brewed in my home province of Saskatchewan, no less!). I second the Innis&Gunn offering; it is delicious, but at nearly $5 a bottle, not going to find a regualr place in my fridge.
 
#77
Anthbass said:
A couple of friends and I got together for a porter tasting recently. We tried 8 different beers and the hands down favourite amongst us was the Paddock Wood London Porter (brewed in my home province of Saskatchewan, no less!). I second the Innis&Gunn offering; it is delicious, but at nearly $5 a bottle, not going to find a regualr place in my fridge.
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$5/bottle for I&G? Wow! :eek: :crying:

It's $3.50/bottle here. I paid $5.50 for mine at the bar.
 

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