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

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Eric Cioe said:
Stouts and porters are very closely related styles, and with some from each category I'm sure you could label a stout a porter or vice versa and no one would bat an eye. Porters I guess are heavier on the chocolate malt (unroasted dark malt) whereas stouts focus more on roasted malt, but that's a fuzzy distinction.

Fuller's London Porter is a great, great example of the style. I'm guessing the stouts you're familiar with are mostly of the Irish Dry category, stuff like Guinness and Murphy's. This won't taste quite like those, but they're just one branch of the stout tree. Stouts and porters are my favorite styles for sure, even though I drink a lot of other stuff.
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Cheers for the info, man!

My understanding is similar to this. What I've learnt is that the porter is named after the porter's in London who were fond of mixing an old brown ale, a newer one and a light one together. Time consuming for the barman, so porter was born and named after its patrons. And a stout is originally just a more 'stout' porter.

I certainly caught what you said about the Porter being heavier on the chocolate. And you're right about the Stout's I'm familiar with. I wouldn't like to base any opinions off of a single decent Porter and a few different Irish Dry Stout's, but I prefer the heaviness and thickness of these Stout's to a Porter. Like a creamy gravy :)

I've bought a Stout that comes from a very small time South Island brewery called Green Man. I've heard good things, and I'm hoping for good things too! Going back to my hometown to play at the National Jazz Fest but when I'm back in a week I'll let y'all know what their Stout is like!

Last night my girlfriend had a cider from an even smaller NZ brewery called Moa. They have a gorgeous cider that they age in used chardonnay barrels, but that feels more like a wine when you drink it. If I'm going to have a cider, I want it to feel like alcoholic apple juice, or else I'll just have a beer.

I hope to keep you lot updated on what some of our Kiwi drinks are like, while also supporting some of our countries best breweries who can be 5 man operations, or less.
 
#83
Well, looky here what I found at the beverage outlet. Couldn't resist, especially since it comes with a glass. Looks like another good week.....
 

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Out of all the trappists, Orval ( 4 years old ) is still my favourite.
Buffalo Black: VERY sweet ( almost too caramel-ish to enjoy) and packs quite a punch at 9%! It's nice for a couple of sips, I couldn't finish the bottle due to the overpowering sweetness...
Rodenbach: Still my favourite; sour and smooth, very refreshing!


I've gotta admit I've only really had Belgian ( apparently you guys would die for the things we have on tap, and cheap! Here... ;) ) and European beers, would love to taste some of the better American brews...
 
#86
I just had the Founder's Centennial IPA, poured into my plain pint glass. It was murky, and I'd say in the middle of orange golden, a lot lighter than a nut brown, but certainly a deeper colour. The smell was a quite floral, with some graininess in it as well. The flavour was pretty complex - going from a toasty malt flavour with some citrusiness and then a peppery spice with the alcohol's twang which faded into floral flavours with some bitterness and lingering sweetness, with some bitterness lingering in the mouth for a little while.

All in all, I really liked it, but I really didn't like the alcohol notes in it.
 
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Our guitar player, (who is a drinker of expensive scotch), brought me some goodness today including some more Chatoe Rogue Dirtoir Black Lager. But I'm most excited about this Liberator; been wanting to try this for a while. What a friend!
 

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UncleFluffy said:
It's very possible that it doesn't travel very well.

I spent my university career able to see the Boddington's brewery out the lab window. It tastes very different 6000 miles away. I'm guessing the same applies in this case.
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I would assume this too. I was surprised it came in a clear bottle. I thought light ruined beer or something along those lines :confused:

Skitch it! said:
Well it has got a slight burnt toffee edge to it and a little bite that's true, though I'll say as a moderate tobacco smoker unfortunately, I tend to go for food/drinks with some edge to register them. But it's an acquired one I think, quite strong tasting.
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I actually have a second bottle in the fridge. I'll have to give it a second taste test after my exam tomorrow. Otherwise, bring on the fish :D
 
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Had Invalid Link Removed tonight. Pretty decent as far as barleywines go. I've had ones I liked better, but this was pretty good.

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Took me forever to get the cork out though. Damn thing just wanted to stay put.
 
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