Cheers + BIERS

[WizardBeast]

Just got back from dinner at Nimbus Brewing Company in Tucson. Food was really good. Fried jalapenos on a cheeseburger = win. Beer was okay. The Dirty Güera Blonde Ale, surprisingly, was the best one. It was very good. The pilsner was decent too. The others were drinkable but not particularly great. Disappointed with the oatmeal stout.

have you had Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout? it's VERY nice.

also Obsidian Stout from Deschuttes.

I love oatmeal stouts. Hell, I made a batch that for some reason didnt carbonate AT ALL. I use it for cooking now

that works! porters and stouts are very awesome in chili, in beef stew, in homemade barbeque sauces, and as a base for mushrooms/onions to go on steaks and burgers.

[mooyagi]

Just got back from dinner at Nimbus Brewing Company in Tucson. Food was really good. Fried jalapenos on a cheeseburger = win. Beer was okay. The Dirty Güera Blonde Ale, surprisingly, was the best one. It was very good. The pilsner was decent too. The others were drinkable but not particularly great. Disappointed with the oatmeal stout.

have you had Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout? it's VERY nice.

also Obsidian Stout from Deschuttes.

Yup! It's yummy, though I prefer their Vanilla Porter. Can't recall if I've had the Obsidian Stout. Sounds familiar.

[mooyagi]

I love oatmeal stouts. Hell, I made a batch that for some reason didnt carbonate AT ALL. I use it for cooking now

that works! porters and stouts are very awesome in chili, in beef stew, in homemade barbeque sauces, and as a base for mushrooms/onions to go on steaks and burgers.

Porters and stouts are wonderful.

[Monmisreal]

that works! porters and stouts are very awesome in chili, in beef stew, in homemade barbeque sauces, and as a base for mushrooms/onions to go on steaks and burgers.

Hell yea. I did find out that a little bit of my oatmeal stout goes a LONG way in cooking Forgot that I wanted a really heaving hitting oatmeal flavor. I made a stew with it once and it was extremely oatmeal flavored. Wasnt bad but my first bite was definitely shocking. Hell, the chipotle porter I ended up with a year ago went all into cooking stuffs. Didnt like the taste as a beer but it was awesome for brauts

[KDibildeaux]

Just got back from dinner at Nimbus Brewing Company in Tucson. Food was really good. Fried jalapenos on a cheeseburger = win. Beer was okay. The Dirty Güera Blonde Ale, surprisingly, was the best one. It was very good. The pilsner was decent too. The others were drinkable but not particularly great. Disappointed with the oatmeal stout.

The beers were pretty meh. Probably the least impressed I've been with a stout

[KDibildeaux]

Tried a San Tan Gordo Stout. I liked it

[Monmisreal]

http://m.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/09/01/ale-chief-white-house-beer-recipe

White House beer recipe has been released. Gnoff being gone kind of killed this thread Fell to page 2, thats just not right.

Damn, they have two newbs running the white house brewing Chefs are not brewers!

[mooyagi]

http://m.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/09/01/ale-chief-white-house-beer-recipe

White House beer recipe has been released. Gnoff being gone kind of killed this thread Fell to page 2, thats just not right.

Damn, they have two newbs running the white house brewing Chefs are not brewers!

If it sucks I'm voting for Romney

[Monmisreal]

They dont seem like they would be bad, its just upsetting the two guys making it are chefs and used TOTALLY wrong terminology for everything lmao

[WizardBeast]

the original Swedish beermeister, gnoff, is arriving in Denver in 10 days!

i have to worry about a gnoff-approved menu (pickiest eater ever?) but perhaps if he's drunk enough the whole time he won't care!

along with the lovely Nicky Poo, we will be attending North America's largest beer festival on OCt 11 and Oct 13...weee!

i'm doing a Denver stay-cation so we could just be drunk for 11 days straight as I was in Gothenburg in March.

this will also be the first time seeing gnoff since his LASIK surgery, so no more thick glasses for him (just beer glasses)!

[KDibildeaux]

Sounds awesome!

[mooyagi]

the original Swedish beermeister, gnoff, is arriving in Denver in 10 days!

i have to worry about a gnoff-approved menu (pickiest eater ever?) but perhaps if he's drunk enough the whole time he won't care!

along with the lovely Nicky Poo, we will be attending North America's largest beer festival on OCt 11 and Oct 13...weee!

i'm doing a Denver stay-cation so we could just be drunk for 11 days straight as I was in Gothenburg in March.

this will also be the first time seeing gnoff since his LASIK surgery, so no more thick glasses for him (just beer glasses)!

He got LASIK surgery? He's gonna look so weird without the glasses.

[WizardBeast]

the original Swedish beermeister, gnoff, is arriving in Denver in 10 days!

i have to worry about a gnoff-approved menu (pickiest eater ever?) but perhaps if he's drunk enough the whole time he won't care!

along with the lovely Nicky Poo, we will be attending North America's largest beer festival on OCt 11 and Oct 13...weee!

i'm doing a Denver stay-cation so we could just be drunk for 11 days straight as I was in Gothenburg in March.

this will also be the first time seeing gnoff since his LASIK surgery, so no more thick glasses for him (just beer glasses)!

He got LASIK surgery? He's gonna look so weird without the glasses.

he really does look better without them. not weird at all. we skyped last weekend.

[mooyagi]

the original Swedish beermeister, gnoff, is arriving in Denver in 10 days!

i have to worry about a gnoff-approved menu (pickiest eater ever?) but perhaps if he's drunk enough the whole time he won't care!

along with the lovely Nicky Poo, we will be attending North America's largest beer festival on OCt 11 and Oct 13...weee!

i'm doing a Denver stay-cation so we could just be drunk for 11 days straight as I was in Gothenburg in March.

this will also be the first time seeing gnoff since his LASIK surgery, so no more thick glasses for him (just beer glasses)!

He got LASIK surgery? He's gonna look so weird without the glasses.

he really does look better without them. not weird at all. we skyped last weekend.

We need to have a Skype party again.

[WizardBeast]

maybe when he's here?

[mooyagi]

Sounds like a plan! Try not to be too drunk for it

[WizardBeast]

Sounds like a plan! Try not to be too drunk for it

why is this a problem?

[mooyagi]

Sounds like a plan! Try not to be too drunk for it

why is this a problem?

Drunk is fine. Too drunk makes conversation difficult

[WizardBeast]

Sounds like a plan! Try not to be too drunk for it

why is this a problem?

Drunk is fine. Too drunk makes conversation difficult

i'm never too drunk to converse! i always try REALLY hard to sound sober!

[KDibildeaux]

maybe when he's here?

That would be fun!

[TOM CRUISE]

Yesterday was the happiest day of my life. i found out we will most likely be on 70K 2013 and i found Snow Cap Winter Ale and fucking Sleigh'r at the local supermarket.

[KDibildeaux]

Had a Sleepy Hollow: Guinness and Shipyard Pumpkin Head. It was interesting

[mooyagi]

Had a Sleepy Hollow: Guinness and Shipyard Pumpkin Head. It was interesting

Especially when you tried mixing it

I thought it was a pretty good mix.

We also had lunch at the Woodstock Inn Brewery. Was supposed to be breakfast but the jackasses stopped serving it too early At least with lunch we could order some beers. The Autumn Ale was excellent. Brewed with apple and cinnamon. Yummy!

[Monmisreal]

Had a Sleepy Hollow: Guinness and Shipyard Pumpkin Head. It was interesting

That actually does sound interesting.

I havent been drinking much beer at all lately. Outside of a couple of different homebrews ive been drinking more jameson and ginger ale cocktails than anything else lately.

[mooyagi]

Tomorrow we are planning on going to the Sunset Grill in Allston, Massachusetts. They have an incredible selection of beers. I am very excited.

[deadrose]

Sunday we went to the Baron Brewing garage sale - they're leaving the beer business to pursue other things, including whisky distilling & mead. We picked up various things including a keg, a bunch of glassware, and a couple of cases of beer. Then we ended up sitting around with the guy and his wife, schmoozing away the rest of the afternoon while drinking some of the last Three Skulls IPA ever. It was a fantastic day.

[WizardBeast]

Sunday we went to the Baron Brewing garage sale - they're leaving the beer business to pursue other things, including whisky distilling & mead. We picked up various things including a keg, a bunch of glassware, and a couple of cases of beer. Then we ended up sitting around with the guy and his wife, schmoozing away the rest of the afternoon while drinking some of the last Three Skulls IPA ever. It was a fantastic day.

sounds awesome!!!

gnoffi arrives in Denver on friday, i have the whole top shelf of my fridge loaded with fall beers, some from out east when i visited mom in cleveland (and you can't get them here in Denver) and some rare stuff from around town. yay!

[mooyagi]

Sunset Grill and Tap was so much fun last night. I tried many beers. Some very yummy, some not so much. I must return there next Boston trip.

Berkshire Brewing Company Coffeehaus Porter (I've had this one before and I love it)
Southern Tier Double Cream Stout (Wasn't very good)
Southern Tier Creme Brulee (Good but only in small doses)
Atwater Vanilla Java Porter (Pretty tasty)
Ass Kisser Pounder Smoked Porter (Good but not great)
Jack's Smoke and Dagger (Very good)
Haandbryggeriet Norwegian Wood (My favorite of the night. Loved this beer)

Of course, when we got back from the bar I remembered that they had Smuttynose Baltic Porter on the menu. I really wanted to try that one.

[mooyagi]

I feel like I had more but I can't remember Maybe I should start writing these things down.

[WizardBeast]

I feel like I had more but I can't remember Maybe I should start writing these things down.

Beer nerd!

[mooyagi]

Looks like a couple more small scale brewers are planning on opening up shop in Tucson very soon

[deadrose]

Yeah, the Southern Tier Creme brulee has been way too vanilla for us the past couple of batches. We still love their mocha for dessert though.

[KDibildeaux]

Yeah, the Southern Tier Creme brulee has been way too vanilla for us the past couple of batches. We still love their mocha for dessert though.

I quite liked it, though it was only a sample. My sweet tolerance is pretty high, though

[Nicolas0928]

[WizardBeast]

Had some great beers at Great American Beer Fest from Cambridge brewing! what awesome stuff. heather beer, sake beer, kriek, yum...

[Jebus_Cripes]

Had this the other day. Not bad, it had a very smokey flavor. But it was WAY to expensive.

[Stained Class]

Had this the other day. Not bad, it had a very smokey flavor. But it was WAY to expensive.

Must have. I love that brewery too. Their double chocolate stout was one my fav from Beerfest this year.

[mooyagi]

Had some great beers at Great American Beer Fest from Cambridge brewing! what awesome stuff. heather beer, sake beer, kriek, yum...

CBC makes some good stuff.

[TOM CRUISE]

so the maple bacon beer is good ? I still have to try it. I found some German Winter Ale at a discount grocery store here in my town on Saturday and bought 4 bottles of it.

Schnee- Bock Winterliches Auer Festbier --- from Schlossbraueri Au Hallertau- German Winter Ale !!!! 7.9% was only $1.99 for a 1 pint, 9 oz bottle.

[WizardBeast]

so the maple bacon beer is good ? I still have to try it. I found some German Winter Ale at a discount grocery store here in my town on Saturday and bought 4 bottles of it.

Schnee- Bock Winterliches Auer Festbier --- from Schlossbraueri Au Hallertau- German Winter Ale !!!! 7.9% was only $1.99 for a 1 pint, 9 oz bottle.

personally i think the maple bacon beer is pretty bad...am i the only one?

enjoy your german brews!