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Wine and Beer Enthusiasts
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I have had the 10 and 8 of Rochefort and love them both. I have not been able to find #6. Delirium is also one of my favorites.
Another one if you haven't tried it is St. Bernardus Abt 12......!
Unfortunately, i can't really handle beer anymore. That being said, when I could handle it, my favorite by far was this little gem from Michigan.
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One lucky person you are. I have been trying to get my hands on this bad boy for quite some time!!!
Lucky.
My current casual drinkers over the last month or so have been:
Abita Turbo Dog
DFH 60 Minute IPA
Sweetwater 420
Nothing overly exotic, but all very decent in their respective styles, available at the local grocery, relatively inexpensive for an afternoon/dinner beer
Also picked up a fresh growler of a fantastic local brew: Mile Marker Palm Beach Coconut Porter (MM70). Outstanding.
Abita Turbo Dog
DFH 60 Minute IPA
Sweetwater 420
Nothing overly exotic, but all very decent in their respective styles, available at the local grocery, relatively inexpensive for an afternoon/dinner beer
Also picked up a fresh growler of a fantastic local brew: Mile Marker Palm Beach Coconut Porter (MM70). Outstanding.
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Some great beers on display here; I have sampled (and really liked) most of the Belgian delights which have been posted here.
Today, - as I am in London, and in keeping with local preferences, I tried "London Pride", a perfectly nice, quite tasty ale.
Today, - as I am in London, and in keeping with local preferences, I tried "London Pride", a perfectly nice, quite tasty ale.
Yeah. You can't get it in Texas. It was at all the liquor stores in Chicago and Champaign.
Oh man, I might have to go for some Belgian beers tonight...
Ah, excellent. Enjoy, and sip slowly, as you savour them ...
That is awesome and as Scepticascribe said, sip slowly and enjoy them. To me they really are that good!
The wife scored this at the store today, Wilhelm Scream Pumpkin Ale from Magic Hat (it was new to us). Very solid, more to the spicy/pie flavor with lots of cinnamon and spice than a straight up pumpkin, nice malts with just a hint of sweetness.
We’re big fans of the fall seasonals, especially pumpkin
Another couple of excellent options:
Imperial Pumpkin Ale from Weyerbacher
Smashed Pumpkin from Shipyard's signature series
We’re big fans of the fall seasonals, especially pumpkin
Another couple of excellent options:
Imperial Pumpkin Ale from Weyerbacher
Smashed Pumpkin from Shipyard's signature series
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An excellent beer; as with my advice earlier, sip slowly, savour, ruminate, mull over matters, sip, savour, contemplate, speculate, ponder, sip slowly, savour, .above all, enjoy.
Wine: Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot noir, White/Pink Grenache.
Beer: Leinienkugel Red (any Red), Yuengling Traditional Lager, (most amber lagers), Hoegaarden Wheat Beer (any wheat), Shiner Bock (any bock), Fat Tire, 1554, Dos Equis, Lowembrau LowenWeisse, Sam Adams, Schell's Firebrick and Dark, and many more that currently elude me. Not listed in order of preference.
*One of the best beers I ever tasted was on a Milwaukee Pabst Brewery Tour, and I don't drink Pabst. The power of fresh beer?
*New Belgium Brewery seems to produce mostly fruity/ spicy beers like Fat Tire.
*Yuengling holds the title as the oldest US brewery 1829. Can't find it where I live (Texas). I believe it's East Coast or NE only.
*The most unusual beer I've had is a jalapeño beer (James Page?) it tasted ok, but not my cup of tea.
*I remember when I tasted Coors beer when it was not available on the East Coast and thought it was the best! Now, not so much.
*The best wheat beer I've had is a Lowembrau LowenWeisse Hefe-Weiss. Not imported to US as far as I know. Besides taste, it bubbled like champaign.
*I don't care for bitter stouts.
It is amazing what a number Prohibition did to beer in the US. It allowed the abomination called "Bud" to prevail. The key is does the beer still taste good when it's warm or does it remind you of horse piss? (Something hard to swallow) I grew up with Budweiser thinking beer was good for only one thing, getting drunk. It certainly did not taste good. Fortunately we are recovering nicely with micro breweries all over. And I no longer drink to get drunk.
Beer: Leinienkugel Red (any Red), Yuengling Traditional Lager, (most amber lagers), Hoegaarden Wheat Beer (any wheat), Shiner Bock (any bock), Fat Tire, 1554, Dos Equis, Lowembrau LowenWeisse, Sam Adams, Schell's Firebrick and Dark, and many more that currently elude me. Not listed in order of preference.
*One of the best beers I ever tasted was on a Milwaukee Pabst Brewery Tour, and I don't drink Pabst. The power of fresh beer?
*New Belgium Brewery seems to produce mostly fruity/ spicy beers like Fat Tire.
*Yuengling holds the title as the oldest US brewery 1829. Can't find it where I live (Texas).
I believe it's East Coast or NE only.*The most unusual beer I've had is a jalapeño beer (James Page?) it tasted ok, but not my cup of tea.
*I remember when I tasted Coors beer when it was not available on the East Coast and thought it was the best! Now, not so much.
*The best wheat beer I've had is a Lowembrau LowenWeisse Hefe-Weiss. Not imported to US as far as I know. Besides taste, it bubbled like champaign.
*I don't care for bitter stouts.
It is amazing what a number Prohibition did to beer in the US. It allowed the abomination called "Bud" to prevail. The key is does the beer still taste good when it's warm or does it remind you of horse piss? (Something hard to swallow)
I grew up with Budweiser thinking beer was good for only one thing, getting drunk. It certainly did not taste good. Fortunately we are recovering nicely with micro breweries all over. And I no longer drink to get drunk.
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I'll have a beer every once in a while, but stick mainly to red wine and cocktails. Trying to maintain my figure.
I'm partial to Barbera, Nebbiolo, Pinot Noir, Shiraz, and recently Malbec.
Here's two of my favorite bottles right now.....
Luisi Barbera D'Asti
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Failla Pinot Noir
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I'm partial to Barbera, Nebbiolo, Pinot Noir, Shiraz, and recently Malbec.
Here's two of my favorite bottles right now.....
Luisi Barbera D'Asti
Failla Pinot Noir
Glad you enjoyed it!
The Barbera d'Asti is an excellent wine, but one which, in my experience, needs a long time to breath and grow and open out properly, as it can be quite sharp if drunk within a short time of opening the bottle.
So Ive been on a bit of a Abita kick recently, the local grocery has been stocking quite a few selections: Turbo Dog like I mentioned above, Jockamo IPA, Purple Haze, the wife scored this the other day, new to us.
Nice roasted pecans aroma and flavor, with little caramel hints, very slight little hoppy finish. Really easy drinker with a delicious up front maltiness.
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Hm. Tonight your lovely beer featured at dinner, as did a few bottles of 'Orval' beer, followed by a cheese board (of English cheeses, mostly some classics, and a few locally made but excellent cheeses) and some 10 year old tawny port .
Ooh, delightful, I do enjoy Orval as well, and followed by a cheese plate and some port? Well, that sounds perfectly lovely. Which port did you indulge in?
A ten year old tawny port, from the Niepoort company .very tasty, and a rich ruby red in the (strangely small, but very elegant) port glasses we sipped from...
I haven't tried this one, but if it follows its predecessors I suspect it was delicious.