I'm not selling, especially since I can't stomach hardly any beer any more, but my guess is that you would like pretty much everything made by Hill Farmstead, including their IPAs. Very smooth, soft and flavorful. They also make great stouts, imperial stouts, porters and a ton of farmstead ales. Definitely something in the water there.
Me too. Tried too many IPAs to remember but I'll take an Allagash over all of them
Nothing better than a quality crispy boi in the Connecticut summer heat. Fox Farm, CW and Kent Falls are producing seriously high quality regular-rotation and one-off pilsners/lagers. Right now, you can’t throw a rock without hitting well made craft beer, from hazies to crispy bois, fruit slop, stouts, wild ales, etc., in our small state.
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With the newly unlocked beer thread and the recently deleted "Why is the Beer Thread Locked" gone, someone had mentioned last week about Kronenbourg 1664. It's a French beer. I had it for the first time at a British pub and was surprised it was French.
Anywho, French beer and a pizza paying homage to the Alsace region of France. I'd kill the sweet onion but the rest of the pie is on point.
France may be known for its wine, but this beer and pizza pairing is fire!
Originally cooked over a flickering wood flame, the rustic Tarte Flambée blends sweet onions and bacon lardoons with oats’ cheese and tangy Gruyere.
a) It's certainly not Bud Light or trying to be. It is more of a 1960's dad beer, like Schlitz or PBR or 'Gansett ilk. It uses the same recipe and Alsatian hops as it has for 357 years, more or less. Maybe you're using "Bud Light" to simply suggest ubiquitousness, but it's nothing like Bud Light taste-wise.
For reasons I cannot explain, the best Marzens I've had have almost all been brewed and consumed while in California.
Such a Millenial/GenX comment. The kids all need some "<insert overwhelming flavor here> bomb" to be interested.
Thanks for the link. Obviously I'm old... my getting hammered at Oktoberfests in CT/NY pretty much ended in the early 80s. I do still like Marzens, however, and they traditionally only come out in the Fall. I'm a bit sad in that after reading your last post, I took a look at the Hofbrauhaus site to see what beers they were serving for their Oktoberfest, and Marzen wasn't on the list. Then I took the dog out for a hike, then stopped for gas, saw they had some Sam Adams Oktoberfest for under $9, so I bought a six to scratch the itch. It's not a light lager.
Not a Marcus Samuelsson fan? OK, I agree with you on Scandanavia. Only so much one can do with herring. And Aqavit sucks.
I had a lot of 1664 when I studied abroad in France. Everyone in a while I will see it on the menu in the States (I think the last time was at a Yard House outside of Philly on the Jersey side of the Delaware). To me, it's an easy beer to drink, just not distinctive, which fills a need.With the newly unlocked beer thread and the recently deleted "Why is the Beer Thread Locked" gone, someone had mentioned last week about Kronenbourg 1664. It's a French beer. I had it for the first time at a British pub and was surprised it was French.
Anywho, French beer and a pizza paying homage to the Alsace region of France. I'd kill the sweet onion but the rest of the pie is on point.
France may be known for its wine, but this beer and pizza pairing is fire!
Originally cooked over a flickering wood flame, the rustic Tarte Flambée blends sweet onions and bacon lardoons with oats’ cheese and tangy Gruyere.
Pre-Covid, I've spent a lot of time in England for work, primarily London. Overall their food is bland, But, certain pub's do a better job than others with their staples, such as streak & ale pies and fish & chips. I stay a lot on the Knightsbrigde area of London due to where everything is and Hereford Arms, though usually crowded with locals, has been good to me. England also has some good Indian and SE Asia places, too. Addie's Thai is a take-out place across the street from the Earl's Court tube station that I have been happy with. Now, the food court at Harrods (basement) are is decent, but crazy expensive (+20 pounds more than Addie's for the same meal). Did try the 'real Maien Lobster rolls' at Burger & Lobster at Harvey's Nicols' food court (roof). If I wasn't from new England, would have thought it was decent. Outside of London (and one reason I stay in Knightsbridge), I was shocked how good of an Italian place Nonna Rosa was in Uxbridge.
Surprised to hear Lagunitas is in Europe. I can't imagine what it costs. I find it already overpriced for what it is here in PA. I don't recall seeing any US beers in Belgium, although I wasn't looking for any and wouldn't have bought one if I did find one.
I'd at least try one of the Heinekens to see if it tastes any different than it does here.
Somehow I missed this site before my trip, but I was looking up Zot, a beer I recall enjoying in Bruges, and this encyclopedia of Belgian beer showed up above the fold. As comprehensive as anything I've seen regarding Belgians. I counted 192 beers with full write-ups, and even then, there were solid beers I had over there that weren't on this list as I had about 20 different ones and only 9 are on this list, so a few were very local or even proprietary to wherever I was imbibing.
