Wine and Beer Enthusiasts

[Dythuger]

Wine and Beer Enthusiasts

Oh, man... You are entering Beervana... Dozens of excellent microbreweries in Portland, and quite a few in Seattle.

I am pretty excited. We are visiting my sister in law in Portland. And whose husband is a sommelier that's opening a restaurant. They are really into the food and bar scene so it should be a really good trip.

The only one on my list is cascade. But there will be others. I was shocked when I saw how far Russian River was. I would love to go there one day but not feasible from Seattle.

Will just have to take a trip to San Fran.

Edit: fun fact. I just read that Yakima valley produces 78% of the nations hops.

 

[mobilehaathi]

A privilege of age. But, yes, I am in full agreement with you.

As a student, there are some (slightly embarrassing) memories (concerning consumption) that a veil is best drawn over; the sort of memories where quantity mattered, and quality was an, at best, optional extra.

Then, you age. You find that your capacity for enjoying drinking dross inexplicably declines. And you find that your palate has become somewhat more discerning. Naturally, this usually means that it costs more, as well.

And this means that it might help that usually you are paying for this, as, by this time in your life, some sort of income - scholarships, fellowships, miserable academic salaries, - or other means - usually accompany the development of a somewhat more discerning and sophisticated palate.

But yes. As I may have mentioned elsewhere, my cellar - here, at home, - and elsewhere - has been a source of quiet pride and considerable enjoyment. There are few pleasures in life to equal sharing a civilised glass of good wine or beer with congenial company.

And, I must add, the very best of one's cellar is wasted if not shared.

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I am pretty excited. We are visiting my sister in law in Portland. And whose husband is a sommelier that's opening a restaurant. They are really into the food and bar scene so it should be a really good trip.

The only one on my list is cascade. But there will be others. I was shocked when I saw how far Russian River was. I would love to go there one day but not feasible from Seattle.

Will just have to take a trip to San Fran.

Edit: fun fact. I just read that Yakima valley produces 78% of the nations hops.

Russian river, beer or wine, absolutely.

 

[JamesMike]

Having a few Rochefort Trappistes 8 beers brewed by Brasserie Rochefort while reading my book.

 

[Gutwrench]

A while back some of you recommended the Trappistes Rochefort 10 and I tried it. At the time I thought it was decent but not great. I don't like dark beers much.

Well, I've had it several times since and really liking it. I picked up a six pack last weekend and plan to pick up six more today. At > $36 a six pack I can't keep this up for long.

I don't know if I should thank or cast a pox on you people!

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Having a few Rochefort Trappistes 8 beers brewed by Brasserie Rochefort while reading my book.

Excellent. Enjoy.

A while back some of you recommended the Trappistes Rochefort 10 and I tried it. At the time I thought it was decent but not great. I don't like dark beers much.

Well, I've had it several times since and really liking it. I picked up a six pack last weekend and plan to pick up six more today. At > $36 a six pack I can't keep this up for long.

I don't know if I should thank or cast a pox on you people!

Whichever you think most apt in the circumstances……

However, is is always a privilege and pleasure to introduce others to the good things in life, don't you think?

In any case, I am delighted to learn that you are enjoying the Rochefort Trappist 10...

Like you, I didn't think I liked dark beers, either. It turned out that I was simply drinking the wrong dark beers…..

 

[Clix Pix]

I've had the Trappistes Rochefort 6 and 8, with a 10 waiting for just the right moment to sample it..... I like the 8 better than the 6, I think, but both are delicious.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

I've had the Trappistes Rochefort 6 and 8, with a 10 waiting for just the right moment to sample it..... I like the 8 better than the 6, I think, but both are delicious.

You really cannot go wrong with any of the beers in the Trappist Rochefort range; they are all excellent.

 

[mobilehaathi]

I've had the Trappistes Rochefort 6 and 8, with a 10 waiting for just the right moment to sample it..... I like the 8 better than the 6, I think, but both are delicious.

I sampled the triplet in order a few weeks ago and I think the 6/10 were my favorites. Not that I'd turn away the 8....

At this point I'm talking about differences in preference so small that normal variation caused by mood and context can change the order.

 

[rhett7660]

A while back some of you recommended the Trappistes Rochefort 10 and I tried it. At the time I thought it was decent but not great. I don't like dark beers much.

Well, I've had it several times since and really liking it. I picked up a six pack last weekend and plan to pick up six more today. At > $36 a six pack I can't keep this up for long.

I don't know if I should thank or cast a pox on you people!

Thank us.... Stellar beers!

 

[mobilehaathi]

Well, a happy series of events has left me with 4 pints of Bell's Oberon.

It is probably last year's stock, but I seriously don't care.

 

[Gutwrench]

Thank us.... Stellar beers!

Definitely, thank you. Big Tens all day yesterday and all afternoon today.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Definitely, thank you. Big Tens all day yesterday and all afternoon today.

That looks like a most welcoming cellar, and a fine collection of utterly drinkable beers. Well, I hope that you thoroughly enjoyed them.

Tonight, I opened an unusual port I only came across yesterday, a 'Quinta da Gaivosa Porto 10 Year Old White' port. Now, while I've long known that Gaivosa do excellent ports, especially the aged varieties, this is the first time I have had the opportunity to sample an aged white.

Needless to say, given its promise and its provenance, its is superb.

 

[Dythuger]

I was able to enjoy a zombie dust yesterday that was bottled....yesterday. Very few of the 500+ unique beers I have tried can compare. Everybody should have access to a fresh high quality ipa (technically an apa).

Anybody in MI going to founders this week for KBS? My tickets are for Saturday. I have never been for the release party. Should be a good time.

 

[Dythuger]

Kbs party tommorow and spring has arrived. Should be an awesome day.


I believe skeptical thought he would like curmudgeon. Should be coming out soon.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Kbs party tommorow and spring has arrived. Should be an awesome day.


I believe skeptical thought he would like curmudgeon. Should be coming out soon.

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What an attractively impressive label. I'm hooked already, and salivating surreptitiously in anticipation.....

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Just sampled (and savoured, and sipped) a sublime port.

The name of the brand is 'Quinta do Noval', which is a a port producer whose products I have sampled, but, have not until now sampled this particular port.

Now, this is a Tawny Port, and the label informs us that it dates from 2000, which is one of the details worth noting. However, the really interesting detail - the one worth heeding here - is the word above both the date and the description of the type of port (Tawny Port).

This is the word 'Colheita'. In the world of port, this means a port made from the grapes of a single harvest, from a single vineyard, a harvest deemed to be extraordinarily good, and that, therefore, means that the date is the date of the harvest, not the date of the bottling.

While most ports are blended, a Colheita is a port from a single, generally deemed pretty outstanding, vintage. Thus, Colheitas will state a specific year - rather than saying, that this is a '10 Year Old Port', or a '20 Year Old Port' - on their labels, and may have spent up to 20 years in oak barrels before being bottled.

Their colour is no longer that dark, inky colour of young sharp ports, being more 'tawny' (or mahogany) in colour. But……..as something to sip and savour…..this is a wonderful, smooth, elegant, lovely port wine….

 

[Dythuger]

Anybody familiar with the brewery? Seems quite interesting.

 

[mobilehaathi]

Anybody familiar with the brewery? Seems quite interesting.

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I don't know Hopleaf, but I do enjoy a Rodenbach Gran Cru....

 

[D.T.]

Discovered this outstanding chart so we can schedule our Founders purchases

... oh lordy, that small window for KBS ...

 

[Dythuger]

Discovered this outstanding chart so we can schedule our Founders purchases


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... oh lordy, that small window for KBS ...

It's a good one. And my wife, after about 6 years, acquired a taste for it.

I'm so relieved I got an allotment through the brewery. It's such a bear to get it from liquor stores by me. I'd be lucky to go to 10 stores and get 2 bottles total nowadays. Wasn't always like that. But the game has changed.

 

[Wirbowsky]

A while back some of you recommended the Trappistes Rochefort 10 and I tried it. At the time I thought it was decent but not great. I don't like dark beers much.

Well, I've had it several times since and really liking it. I picked up a six pack last weekend and plan to pick up six more today. At > $36 a six pack I can't keep this up for long.

I don't know if I should thank or cast a pox on you people!

You remind me that I put one in the fridge yesterday to drink while I am working at home today. I will open it in a few minutes. Funny to think that being Belgian and living in Belgium, an US forum about Apple will make me open that bottle.

 

[Gutwrench]

What does a six-pack of 10 cost there? I get it for a touch more than $6 a bottle here. I bought all they had on hand last week (11 bottles). Maybe they'll have more now. I really can't keep this up. I may need to go back to gin.

 

[lowendlinux]

Discovered this outstanding chart so we can schedule our Founders purchases


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... oh lordy, that small window for KBS ...

Founders is yummy it's localish to me when I'm "home"

What does a six-pack of 10 cost there? I get it for a touch more than $6 a bottle here. I bought all they had on hand last week (11 bottles). Maybe they'll have more now. I really can't keep this up. I may need to go back to gin.

It's cheaper here but it's still pee in a bottle and not worth it. Someday the Belgians will learn to brew beer

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Discovered this outstanding chart so we can schedule our Founders purchases


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... oh lordy, that small window for KBS ...

What a most interesting chart, and thanks for posting it.

While I have had beer (mostly Belgian and Trappist) for much of the past few days, this evening I sipped and savoured a bottle of Chablis.

This is a Chablis 1er Cru, from Vaillons and was characteristically intense, yet balanced, fruity with an underlying tempering acidity.

 

[Gutwrench]

It's cheaper here but it's still pee in a bottle and not worth it. Someday the Belgians will learn to brew beer

After a disastrous first round Iowa has fought their way back into the tournament. They probably still won't win. So I'm off to buy twelve more bottles of the "pea in a bottle" in preparation for the semis and tomorrow's finals.

Edit: Fourteen. The Hawks better make it worth it.