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by **Bentz!** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:55 am

mooyagi wrote::shock: This is the greatest beer name ever

That is awesome! It makes me want to start boozing it up already.

by **EvilDan** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:44 am

Hangover cure of the day.... Murphy's Irish Stout.

Edit: It's the same beer, but doesn't have "Irish" in the title anymore. And It's also brewed and distributed by Scottish and Newcastle.

Now before I start getting shit that it's the piss beer of whatever country, the Fosters, the Corona, the Heineken, the Becks, etc. It's an easy drink, and QUIT SENDING YOUR SHITTY BEER TO AMERICA! Everyone keeps their best stuff for themselves. SHARE! :cheers:

by **raspberry*tart** » Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:18 pm

I love the excitement Gnoff. What is first place?

by **vikingbitch** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 9:51 am

Bentz! wrote:
mooyagi wrote::shock: This is the greatest beer name ever

That is awesome! It makes me want to start boozing it up already.

That looks awesome!! :deathmetal:

by **mooyagi** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 10:54 am

gnoff wrote:
gnoff wrote:I have a 100 USD bottle saved for tomorrow

oh sweet lord that beer was fucking amazing!

Out of my about 4300 beer ratings it took the second place straight up!

Great Divide Barrel Aged Yeti, and most of it I can say is:
DAMN!

Score! Beer bar in town has the Great Divide Yeti! Featuring Great Divide beers all weekend. Well, I know where I'm catching the Women's World Cup game :givebeer:

Might not be the same you had. This one is a chocolate oak aged Yeti. Still sounds great!

by **mooyagi** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 11:19 am

Ah thanks for the clarification. They also have on tap from Great Divide:

Colette
Old Ruffian (I think. Kinda hard to read the picture)
Claymore
Titan IPA
Smoked Baltic Porter
Hades

by **mooyagi** » Sun Jul 17, 2011 3:00 pm

The porter was pretty damn good though nothing spectacular. A couple of them they had run out of last night (notably the Yeti) and failed to update their beer list online :evil:

Decided to go with the cheaper option after the porter and not have the other kinds that were still on tap. :beerwink:

by **Monmisreal** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:44 pm

Ugh I had a sample of this terrible smoked porter sunday night. It was like drinking liquid smoke. Ended up following that sample up with a Festina Peche and a bunch of random IPAs

by **Monmisreal** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 12:48 pm

Hrmm, I really cant think of it now. To get a similar taste all you need to do is grill up some BBQ, burn it all hell, then inhale the smoke. I normally dont mind smoked porters but this one was way too overpowering.

by **Monmisreal** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:04 pm

haha youd love it. It was pretty funny that I followed that beer up with the Peche since that one gets served in a girly glass

by **Monmisreal** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:16 pm

lmao damn Framboise. Its always one of the last beers I drink before I finish the beer rail card at bar I go to. Last thing I want is a picture of me holding that exact description

by **Monmisreal** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:21 pm

Majority are too sweet for my taste but I love then as part of a mixed beer.

by **Monmisreal** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:28 pm

gnoff wrote:A lof of them can be super nice if mixed ith for example Hoegaarden or similar wit beer

I mainly like the dry and or sour ones though, can't too sugary or they taste like fruit juice

mmmmm Sour beers *drool* Sours are slowly becoming my favorite style, but they arent on tap often and the bottles are usually too expensive for me to randomly buy.

Yea, some of the mixes ive tried are pretty damn good. Youngs and Framboise is nummy haha.

by **Monmisreal** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:35 pm

Yea ive noticed sours can be really hit or miss too. Ive had some farmhouse wild ale that just tasted rancid as hell, but I love a good sour beer. Girl and I found out that the Abbaye de Saint Bon-Chien tastes really good until the end of the keg. We had the bottom keg at the bar and it was soo sour it was almost undrinkable haha.

by **Monmisreal** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:53 pm

Nice, ive looked into trying my hand at a sour but it seems like more trouble/time than its worth

by **mooyagi** » Tue Jul 19, 2011 6:03 pm

Monmisreal wrote:Hrmm, I really cant think of it now. To get a similar taste all you need to do is grill up some BBQ, burn it all hell, then inhale the smoke. I normally dont mind smoked porters but this one was way too overpowering.

I've had one that tasted exactly like you've described yours, just with a hint of burnt bacon on the end :lol:

It was from Hollister Brewing Company in California. It was a special one time brew and I can't remember what it was called.

by **rnesta** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 10:56 am

Have any of you seen the blanco basura beer booze boxes?You get 5 mexican lagers & a 200ml bottle of tequila or bourbon with a shot glass in a handy little to go box.Brilliant! :heavydrink:

by **deadrose** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:19 pm

Heh, I just realized I never posted about the Seattle Beerfest at the beginning of the month. It was an odd year for me, once I got there I realised I wasn't really interested in drinking most of the beers they had available, and I wasn't even sick!

I finally solved the problem by going on a kriek and lambic binge, since they had several there I'd never had before. The 3 Fontainen Schaerbeekse Kriek was amazing! After that I went through the supply of Flanders Reds and sour browns and finally settled down to a couple of interesting beers I hadn't tried before, a vanilla and cocoa stout from Dieu du Ciel called Aphrodite (also known as Aphrodisiac), and a very unusual one from our local place, Odin Brewing, called Thor's Equinox, a Belgian strong style with angelica. Yes, Gnoff, this area was heavily settled by Norwegians and Swedes and it shows.

This weekend we're headed off to another beerfest across Puget Sound. Don't know if we're going to drive around or take the ferry yet. Myself I want the ferry, but that's because most of my life has been spent living on an island and I feel sad when I can't smell the saltwater (we're only about 3 miles away from the water, but the wind rarely blows up to us). Last Saturday was spent at a bellydancing festival, followed by cold pilsners and hefeweizens and fish & chips. A pretty perfect sort of day.

by **mooyagi** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:12 pm

gnoff wrote:oooh, bacon!

Perhaps it was called
Hollister The J
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/hollister-the-j/84663/
??

Maybe? I don't think so but I could be wrong. Memory is a bit fuzzy on their beer names :lol:

by **AlaskaRachel** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 12:08 am

Yummy

by **Fatum11** » Fri Jul 22, 2011 4:05 am

gnoff wrote:Timmermans Kriek Lambic
http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/timmermans ... bic/24975/
Not to be misstaken for the one sold as "Tradition" though, but ratebeer collects them both under the same one
Cherry beer to the sweet side, the tradition one is very evident in the chacter from spontaneous fermentation, so that one is rather sour (but oh so gooood)

I tried this beer tonight, I really like it! I found it better than the chocolate one, it's not as strong and of course sweeter.

by **Monmisreal** » Sun Jul 24, 2011 10:19 am

The liquor store across the street from me is starting to carry some Swedish beers so im prety excited about that. They now have Hantverksbryggeriet, Baronen Barley Wine and some Ale. I would have taken a picture of the ale but I forgot my phone at home when I went. I got the Barley Wine name from google since the bottle and label are VERY distinguishable haha.

I was trying to find the Green Tea IPA Collaboration but didnt have any luck.

by **Monmisreal** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:06 am

^
Damn thats pretty cool. You help them pick ingredients or actually brew it?

by **Maso** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:32 pm

Gnoff, not to go on details but how did you rank those beers here, 6 in Teerenpeli, 9 in Bruuveri and so on?

by **Monmisreal** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 4:56 pm

gnoff wrote:That time I was just there to help them brew it, or I asked to be a part of it, since they're friends of a friend

Thats awesome haha. You sir have some badass friends.

by **AlaskaRachel** » Tue Jul 26, 2011 11:52 pm

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU :evil:

by **Monmisreal** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:16 am

gnoff wrote:Haha, yes, sometimes they are at the top

Did you buy a bottle of "Baronen"?
If so, let me know how you like it!

Im going to try the ale soon but the Baronen might be a pass for me. Barley wines are extremely hit or miss with me and the tiny little bottle is 13 bucks

Website · by **KevinP** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:45 am

Dibildox post

:heavydrink:

by **deadrose** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 10:06 am

The Bremerton Brewfest this weekend was fun, but they greatly underestimated the crowd that would show up. There werre no chairs, tables, or spare canopies for shade, just standing around in the sun in the middle of a blocked-off street on the warmest day this year. Most of the small breweries had blown their kegs by 6pm, when the festival was supposed to run until 8 or 9, so the lines for the few remaining breweries were really long.

Our best surprise was a tiny brewery from Poulsbo, Slippery Pig, that served up a honey hefeweizen flavored with lemon verbena and a pale ale flavored with 10 lb (4 1/2 kg) of stinging nettles in the batch. They also have rhubarb and dandelion ales, so I see a road trip in our near future, with a supply of clean growlers in the trunk. Other real standouts were DerBlokken, 7Seas and Valholl brewing.

Unfortunately for me, an hour on the bow of the ferry plus the unshaded street, followed by an afternoon on a sailboat the next day, was too much for my poor eyes and I ended up with a case of photokeratitis and have spent the time since then hiding from the light and nursing my burning, watering, sunburned eyeballs. Today they're finally feeling about back to normal.

by **KDibildeaux** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:16 pm

KevinP wrote:Dibildox post

by **Monmisreal** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 3:55 pm

gnoff wrote:yeah, it's rather pricy over here as well
As for the barley wine, it's mainly to the sweet, malty, grainy, alcohol side, not overly bitter as some can be

Yea ive had a couple good ones at the beer hall we go to a lot, but ive also had some soo bad im glad it wasnt my first impression of the style.

by **Monmisreal** » Wed Jul 27, 2011 5:34 pm

Finally got the name of that smoked beer I couldn't stand a week back. It was Victory's Scarlet Fire. Girl and I are at the beerhall right now and its still on tap. You can enjoy that one by your damn self, ill stick to BBQ food instead.

by **EvilDan** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 6:57 am

Recently tried the Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout, which was pretty good. (I've been sticking with Imperial Stouts lately, with that one blip of Summer Ales.)

It seemed like a cheaper alternative to the Black Metal Imperial Stout at $9 for 4 12 oz. bottles at 9%. Yum. :givebeer:

by **mooyagi** » Fri Jul 29, 2011 8:23 am

EvilDan wrote:Recently tried the Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout, which was pretty good. (I've been sticking with Imperial Stouts lately, with that one blip of Summer Ales.)

There's a beer bar out here that has it on tap every now and then. Pretty decent.

by **EvilDan** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:32 am

I was actually really surprised by the Sam Adams Imperial Stout, as well. $10 for 4 -12oz bottles at 9.2%. :givebeer:

by **Monmisreal** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:37 pm

gnoff wrote:Sounds awesome!
mmmm
:)
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Exotic yet mild lager... Sublime complexity and intriguing malt character glow from this traditional amber lager. The hallmark beer style of Germany's Franconia region, this beer features beech-wood kilned malts for a softly smoky and rich flavor. Overall mild and mellow, this one's a fascinating treat!

haha yea that one is a pass for me. Finished brewing up my Oatmeal stout today so im excited about that

Just need to pick up some raspberries to add later. I cant wait to see how much better this all grain version will be compared to some stouts ive done in the past.

I actually have a brewing question for you, for the holiday season Im going to brew up a Sweet Potato Winter styled ale. I know how im going to add the sweet potatoes, but my girl was wondering if there was a way to get a slight roasted marshmallow taste in there too. The only thing I can think of is to use a roasted malt and then add vanilla beans, since after my Blackberry Imperial Stout disaster ive banned the use of extract, to the secondary. I could only really find 1 decent answer on a forum so I was trying to get more feedback before trying

by **Monmisreal** » Sat Jul 30, 2011 5:37 pm

mooyagi wrote:
EvilDan wrote:Recently tried the Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout, which was pretty good. (I've been sticking with Imperial Stouts lately, with that one blip of Summer Ales.)

There's a beer bar out here that has it on tap every now and then. Pretty decent.

Yea one of the ones we go to here has it on tap 95% of the time. Its great when I just feel like chewing my beer instead of drinking it

by **AlaskaRachel** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 2:30 am

tried one of these for the first time today. Not my favorite beer. Average and overpriced, IMHO.

Although it did bring me laughs. The cork shot off too easily and was (not exaggerating) half an inch from destroying a hanging light in my parents house. Also, it foamed so fast that for about 10 minutes I just had a full glass of foam with no actual liquid in it. My friend kept calling it "bubble bath beer."

by **mooyagi** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 9:59 am

AlaskaRachel wrote:tried one of these for the first time today. Not my favorite beer. Average and overpriced, IMHO.

Although it did bring me laughs. The cork shot off too easily and was (not exaggerating) half an inch from destroying a hanging light in my parents house. Also, it foamed so fast that for about 10 minutes I just had a full glass of foam with no actual liquid in it. My friend kept calling it "bubble bath beer."

Yeah it's not that great.

I know there's a premature ejaculation joke in that cork/foaming story somewhere :mrgreen:

by **Monmisreal** » Sun Jul 31, 2011 10:11 am

Yea I always considered Duvel and Chimay to be the Sony and Apple of the beer world. They are alright but youre paying for the name more than anything else.

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