Booze The recommend-a-beer thread

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UnholyGoalie said:
Good stuff. Starts malty sweet then transitions to a nice medium floral hoppy profile and then finishes with a long lasting hop bitter finish. If you can get your hands on some, go for it!

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Thats a good one dude
 
Azagthoth said:
"Hefs", as clueless servers and customers (places like Chili's, Applebee's, etc) refer to them as their supposed brand name, are drinking nothing but a very cheap and watery American Wheat Ale.
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Had this happen at the bar on Saturday. I was at the Federal (nice place and the clientelle is quite nice) and my buddy asks the waitress what her favorite beers were. She responded with "hef" and whatever blueberry beer they had on tap.

I wasn't suprised in the least. I'd have been shocked if she said something like Ten Fidy.

He got a sample of the blueberry beer which I tried. Tasted like blueberry pie and nothing like beer.

Had a pint of Prima Pils which was okay but it's just not my style of beer. Pilsners remind me too much of what a warm crap beer like budlight tastes like. I had a bottle of Port Panzer a few weeks ago and it was similar. Good, but not great, IMO.

Had some Allagash Black and that's a solid beer. I think I've gotten burned out on Ten Fidy which is weird because I'm a stout/imp stout/IRS fiend. Ten Fidy is like drinking thickened soy sauce to me. I can have one once in a while but it's way too much for me these days.
 
UnholyGoalie said:
Had this happen at the bar on Saturday. I was at the Federal (nice place and the clientelle is quite nice) and my buddy asks the waitress what her favorite beers were. She responded with "hef" and whatever blueberry beer they had on tap.

He got a sample of the blueberry beer which I tried. Tasted like blueberry pie and nothing like beer.
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Was it this>>>>>
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The Pour House gets this quite a bit and the folks who drink it are folks who really don't like beer. They'll flat out tell you that, they don't like beer BUT love this crap. In other words, if he didn't have it, they wouldn't be there otherwise. So I cut him some slack - because I want to him to stay in business. But honestly, blueberry wheat ale people? For ****'s sake, just stick with Jamba Juice. When he pours a pint of this garbage the entire bar smells like a bakery - blueberry muffins. It's despicable stuff. Dreadful.
 
UnholyGoalie said:
Had some Allagash Black and that's a solid beer. I think I've gotten burned out on Ten Fidy which is weird because I'm a stout/imp stout/IRS fiend. Ten Fidy is like drinking thickened soy sauce to me. I can have one once in a while but it's way too much for me these days.
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Very solid indeed!

I had ten fidy once, and thought it was outstanding. I recall having it at Pizza Port Solano Beach. Tasted like an imperial stout blended with brown sugar, heh. I don't think I've bought any since they made them available in cans out here.

I'm burned out on the imperial stouts, kinda do that to myself every winter. I've still got quite a bit of them on hand, but will save them for next fall when the weather begins to cool down.
 
Over the weekend, tried The Bruery's Marron Acidifie. Pretty tasty. I can only imagine this getting better with a little aging. They were going fast from Provisions on Friday.
 
DRGinLBC said:
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Caution. Only drink if you like the taste of oak. Very prevalent in this beer.
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How did you like it? I have been continuously disappointed with Great Divide beers. Just had their Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti, and after 10 minutes of sipping on it, I was wondering why the hell it was so "hot" tasting. Finally looked at the label and realized they threw in cayenne? What the ****? Why, why, WHY would you do that to a chocolate oak aged stout? It's cool being experimental and all, but it just doesn't work sometimes!
 
Really liking Sierra Nevada's Glissdale. Picked up a 12 pack from target. Labeled as a Golden Bock. Has a nice floral hop taste combined with a light malt flavor. Good balance.
 
Azagthoth said:
How did you like it? I have been continuously disappointed with Great Divide beers. Just had their Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti, and after 10 minutes of sipping on it, I was wondering why the hell it was so "hot" tasting. Finally looked at the label and realized they threw in cayenne? What the ****? Why, why, WHY would you do that to a chocolate oak aged stout? It's cool being experimental and all, but it just doesn't work sometimes!
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You know, I have the same feeling with Great Divide beers. I want to like them...but every one I've had, I walk away feeling disappointed. For instance the Hercules. I found that to be flat out bad. Oak Aged Yeti...it was just okay to me.

This 17th...like I said OAK. Hits you right away. It's a good beer if you like a full flavor oaked beer. Defiantly something you should give a shot...but don't say I didn't warn you.
 
DRGinLBC said:
You know, I have the same feeling with Great Divide beers. I want to like them...but every one I've had, I walk away feeling disappointed. For instance the Hercules. I found that to be flat out bad. Oak Aged Yeti...it was just okay to me.

This 17th...like I said OAK. Hits you right away. It's a good beer if you like a full flavor oaked beer. Defiantly something you should give a shot...but don't say I didn't warn you.
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I absolutely love oaked beer. Maybe the oak will be so strong in this one it'll cover up what is likely a lousy beer, heh.
 
I haven't had too many GD beers, however I was pretty impressed with their Claymore Scotch ale. That's a good one AFAIC.

Yesterday I had a couple pints at Ladyface. Their new one, Worker's Co-hoperative, IIRC is a belgian style pale ale with saison yeast. Was a bright golden color with a creamy head. Had a floral hoppy profile with some pretty vibrant juicy tones that reminded me of fruit juice. Liked this one and would get it again.

The other one was their cask beer called Naked Lady. I believe it's their IPA served cask style. Had some aggresive hops to it that gave me a nutty flavor reminiscient of pecans and walnuts.
 
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Hmmm, Lagunitas imp stout. I usually just see the Cappuccino stout and last time I had it, it was a bit underwhelming. If I see the imp stout around I'm buying one.
 
UnholyGoalie said:
Hmmm, Lagunitas imp stout. I usually just see the Cappuccino stout and last time I had it, it was a bit underwhelming. If I see the imp stout around I'm buying one.
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The Lagunitas Imp Stout is pretty good this year. BevMo had some a few weeks ago. Do not know if they still have any in stock.
 
Metolius, anyone? I had been avoiding it like a red-headed kid sitting on the bench as a subsitute player. I finally got around to buying a 6-er because, not only did it have some cool fishing images on the label, but it was on sale. so I just had to, ya know?

the subject in question that has a rainbow trout on the label would be the Dolly Varden IPA. it has a bit of a sweet nose. the body is mildly hoppy but dry with a rustic flavor to it. the finish is somewhat syrupy.

not much of a tough, harsh, heavily hopped up beer like most other IPAs are, but this one is an odd beer.

think I'll pick up Metolius' other beer, the one with a dry fly on the label.
 
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