The Beer Thread - Part 2

[shrugs]

Give me aa Westmalle Trippel anyday of the evening...


9.7% and get some 'tude real quick......

[LennyH]

Belgian ales...

*blech*

You need to keep drinking them until your attitude changes, Mr.

[jesus marion joseph]

Never heard of the flat corked beer phenomenon before. Maybe that place just got a few cases that were stored in some boiler room by the distributor.

[Captain Hate]

Belgian ales...

*blech*

I think it's time for Kelly to take away your posting privileges.

[Jason Bivins]

Seriously, Dolan. I assume you've had Duvel? Who doesn't like that? Shrugs turned me onto that stuff and it rocked my world.

[Douglas]

What Shrugs said: the Westmalle Trippel is an outstanding beer.

I've never had a problem with 3 Monts and it is probably the beer I drink most often at home.

[Scott Dolan]

Seriously, Dolan. I assume you've had Duvel? Who doesn't like that? Shrugs turned me onto that stuff and it rocked my world.

Duvel?

I wouldn't dump that shit down my toilet.

Seriously, I hate Belgian ales, it's the most disgusting style of beer there is. I don't like sweet beer. Give me dark lagers, double bocks, porters, stouts, etc...

[Jason Bivins]

You will be converted. Know that.

[Scott Dolan]

Nope, that door is officially closed and nailed shut.

Sorry.

[jesus marion joseph]

What's sweeter than a double bock? Maltiest shit out there. Get with the program, Dolan!

[Scott Dolan]

Two completely different variants of sweet.

[Jason Bivins]

I actually prefer the dry, grassy Belgian styles myself but I can get with the sweet'uns too. Of course I also love the styles Scott mentioned - Duck Rabbit, from Farmville, NC, is a dark beer specialist and they do a great Baltic Porter and Imperial Stout.

[shrugs]

Saison Dupont, perfect for the hot weather.

[LennyH]

Duvel?

I wouldn't dump that shit down my toilet.

Seriously, I hate Belgian ales, it's the most disgusting style of beer there is. I don't like sweet beer. Give me dark lagers, double bocks, porters, stouts, etc...

Have you had the Chimay Tripel? If not, try that if you get a chance. It's drier than westmalle and most of the others.

Or maybe you're just hopeless.

[Scott Dolan]

Chimay is just as wretched as the rest.

There aren't even varying degrees of suckitude when it comes to Belgian ales. It's simply a style of beer I find thoroughly disgusting.

[Jimmy Cantiello]

I sampled three beers while in Alaska recently. I had two from the Alaskan Brewing Company which is based in Juneau. The first one I tried was their Summer Ale. The second was their Alaskan Amber. I also had a chance to check out a beer from Silver Gulch Brewing and Bottling Co. based in Fairbanks which bills itself as the northernmost U.S. brewery. I tried their Coldfoot Pilsner Lager. If you want any details about any of these beers I'd suggest that you do the Google because I'm not a reviewer. I just drink the stuff. I will say, though, that I had no complaints whatsover with any of these beers.

[Scott Dolan]

I've enjoyed everything I've ever tried from Alaskan Brewing Co.

[shrugs]

12 packs of the Frontier ale were always in my fridge when I lived outside of Seattle.
I guess Alaskan is calling ESB nowadays.
Good stuff.

[Scott Dolan]

Their PA and IPA are both fairly outstanding brews as well.

The ESB is one of the best domestic bitters money can buy.

One damned fine brewing company, IMO.

I need to try their stout one of these days.

[shrugs]

When I was stationed in WA from '98 - '00, the prices on Alaskan were amazing.
I think I'm paying more to have Bud Light bottles around for neighbors who drop in. Good beer just isn't in their vocabulary. No need to watse good beer on someone who can't appreciate it.

[Scott Dolan]

No truer words have ever been uttered here.

[groover]

Finally got my Sudsbuddy beer cooler hooked up. A sixel (1/6 keg) of Flying Fish ESB is currently on tap.

[Jimmy Cantiello]

Just happened to be looking through some of the photos we took while in Alaska and our side trip to the Yukon Territory. We stopped for lunch in the Yukon and I sampled a couple of beers from the Yukon Brewing Company. I tried their Chilkoot lager and their Lead Dog Ale which is described by them as an "Olde English Ale".

[Vince Kargatis]

Jimmy, I don't know you, haven't met you, but you might be the friendliest lookin' guy on the planet.

[Scott Dolan]

And he lives up to the hype as well.

If you ever get the chance to meet him, don't pass it up.



James, looks like you've been putting on a little meat around the edges, Brother!! Mrs. JCant must be feeding pretty well these days.

[Jimmy Cantiello]

Vince, I always get that look of contentment when I have a beer in my hand.

Scott, I can't blame my recent weight gain on Joanne. I'm the cook in our house. The fact that I consumed mass quantities of food and alcohol on our recent cruise factors in as well. Back to business next week!

[Captain Hate]

My tour of Belgium continues with yet another alltime favorite beer. Kasteel bier Gouden Tripel d'Or. This is the schizz bitchezzz. 11% kaboom but with a taste that doesn't overpower you; definitely have a designated driver in place or, like me, park yer ass in front of your home stereo. Seriously, anybody that doesn't like this squats to pee.

[jesus marion joseph]

Ha ha! Never tried it, Hate, but I now feel duty bound to defend my masculinity!

[Gary Sisco]

Shrugs -- I keep some Bud around for the same reasons, both at the barn and the house, especially in summer, mostly for guys doing work for us but also because a lot of locals won't drink the good stuff. Etiquette here is to offer a beer to visitors or guys working, so I keep some of what I know they'll drink.

I'm not drinking at all these days (seven months) but I don't mind a Bud on a hot day if the beer's really cold. Trick is to hammer it while it's still good and cold, sometimes with a quarter finger of whiskey poured in the glass first, to make it more interesting.

It's funny (funny strange, not funny ha ha) how lines in the sand are drawn over beer. It's not a price thing. A lot of guys just prefer the schwag.

[Jimmy Cantiello]

I'm sure Tommy prefers Budweiser and the like but he rarely drinks that shit in front of me because he knows I'll bust his balls about it. One time one of my sisters-in-law came to my house for a party and brought her own Budweiser because she knew I wouldn't have any. Unbeknownst to me, when she went home she left a few cans in my fridge. The next day when I opened the fridge I was actually startled to see the Bud sitting on the shelf. I said in a loud voice to nobody in particular, "Where the fuck did this shit come from"? I was genuinely startled and clearly annoyed. After Joanne explained it's presence she insisted I overreacted. After telling her that the stuff was taking up valuable space which could be occupied by real beer, I handed it to her and told her to return it to her sister asap or I will dispose of it. The noive of some people!