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What beer are you drinking (or rating) II: second bottle

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No doubt that corporate beers will suffer. Sure, they follow the recipe for ingredients, but they'll often close the original brewery and often brew on a much larger scale. This is obviously to make more beer, but the conglomerates use bigger brewing methods to save money and often use less workers. Unfortunately, the large scale brewing doesn't quite work as well as something brewed on the smaller scale.

You have also touched on a favorite subject of mine. Drink local!

In most urban areas of the US, most will feature a local micro or brewpub. Even in my neck of the woods, there are a few nice local brews. Other than some Belgian and UK beers, I try to drink local or within 1 state away whenever possible.
 
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spade2you said:
In most urban areas of the US, most will feature a local micro or brewpub. Even in my neck of the woods, there are a few nice local brews.
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I live in a place where there is only one local brewpub called the Cannon Brewpub in Columbus,GA. They have great beers and food too. Fortunately, there are a couple of good beverage outlets to get micro and craft brews and it only takes about 10 minutes to get to them from my house.

Last night I worked on the first of several Weihenstephaner Doppelbocks I have. That is great stuff. I also have Old Rasputin RIS, Hooker Doppelbock, Smuttynose Imperial Stout and one more Chatoe Rogue Black lager. Choices, choices........
 
#625
I'm not sure what makes it dif. It's what's printed on the label.

EDIT: I don't normally drink barley wine so I'm not sure how it would compare with others. It reminds me somewhat of McEwans Scotch Ale believe it or not which i can no longer find here in VA. :hmm:
 
#626
I had these two last night:
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The Lagunitas had a lot less bite than I thought it would. And the Milk Stout was fantastic. Very smooth to drink yet still tasted like a stout.
 
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sneha1965 said:
I'm not sure what makes it dif. It's what's printed on the label.

EDIT: I don't normally drink barley wine so I'm not sure how it would compare with others. It reminds me somewhat of McEwans Scotch Ale believe it or not which i can no longer find here in VA. :hmm:
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I think that's just what they call it. It's not a recognized BJCP style and I'd like to think that barley wines are the definition of imperial.
 
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Pilgrim said:
Yesterday six of us visited Odell's Brewing Co. and Fort Collins Brewing, and between them we tried samples of about 32 beers.

That still leaves New Belgium Brewing, Coopersmith's, Funkwerks and the local Budweiser plant as tasting visits we need to make.

It's a time-consuming job, but we're up to it!!! :p:D;):hyper:
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Have you managed to find a sub for the Bud gig yet?
 
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spade2you said:
You have also touched on a favorite subject of mine. Drink local!

In most urban areas of the US, most will feature a local micro or brewpub. Even in my neck of the woods, there are a few nice local brews. Other than some Belgian and UK beers, I try to drink local or within 1 state away whenever possible.
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My neck of the woods has one brewpub - it's called charlies and their brew is a pale lager that sells for 5$ a pitcher. Unfortunately, it's really not very good at all and that's the only brewpub we have. Although, there are a few restaurants and a couple of pubs/bars that are now selling some ontario craft, and some even have it on tap! So good beer is getting easier to find in Windsor, though it can still be pretty difficult it's at least slowly getting better :)
 
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I just had this (on tap, not from the bottle YET - there are 4 bottles in the fridge now!) last night, and my one word review is:

WOW!!! :eek: :hyper: :D

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Y'know how you get a "coffee stout" and after a couple sips you think "...hmm...well, I can kinda get a hint of coffee here...hmm..."?

This is NOT that beer. The coffee hits you right over the head BEFORE you take the first sip - it smells like a fresh cup of coffee, and tastes amazing.

I highly recommend this to anyone that is a fan of stouts and likes coffee, best of both worlds.

Also, I had it paired with a pumpkin ale (Dogfish Head) as a "dirty pumpkin", and it was like drinking a slice of pumpkin pie while sipping coffee...man. Good stuff.
 
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pie_man_25 said:
My neck of the woods has one brewpub - it's called charlies and their brew is a pale lager that sells for 5$ a pitcher. Unfortunately, it's really not very good at all and that's the only brewpub we have. Although, there are a few restaurants and a couple of pubs/bars that are now selling some ontario craft, and some even have it on tap! So good beer is getting easier to find in Windsor, though it can still be pretty difficult it's at least slowly getting better :)
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Sucks you don't have a good one in your area. In Omaha we have several. Given your lack, that sounds like as good of an excuse as any to brew your own. ;)
 
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spade2you said:
Sucks you don't have a good one in your area. In Omaha we have several. Given your lack, that sounds like as good of an excuse as any to brew your own. ;)
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I have every intention of doing so, I just need to look into some equipment first. Also, I think I'd really only be brewing 1-2 gallon batches all grain, as opposed to 6 gallons. the standard 6 gallon (25 litre) batch is enough beer for me to drink over six months, and to be honest, I kinda like to drink a different beer every month.
 
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