Beer

[Husky25]

Yes, they definitely have their place. Show me a beer snob that won't drink some form of a mass produced domestic, and I'll show you a guy that has a 3 beer max.

Like that Dxxchebag in the Sam Adams commercial in the hipster hat and sunglasses?

 

[Chin Diesel]

Like that Dxxchebag in the Sam Adams commercial in the hipster hat and sunglasses?

Very bad actor portrayal or casting. Too obvious of a DB to be real.

 

[Husky25]

Very bad actor portrayal or casting. Too obvious of a DB to be real.

No. It's quite possible that the actor is really a DB...

I certainly want to punch him between the eyes every time I see it.

 

[Sky ball]

Lagunitas is a very good brewery out of Petaluma CA, enjoyed all of their stuff that I've tried. On par with Dogfish Head or Long Trail.

YES..Lagunitas IPA is my current Favorite. Not a fan of the others too much. Stone IPA a good one also but $$$

 

[Chin Diesel]

YES..Lagunitas IPA is my current Favorite. Not a fan of the others too much. Stone IPA a good one also but $

I'm officially off the Stone band wagon. Not sure why, but it doesn't do it for me. If someone buys me one at a bar, sure I'll drink it. But it would take a lousy beer list before I'd order one for myself.

 

[UC313]

No talk of anything out of the Blue Point Brewery? Im very partial to the Hoptical Illusion and the Toasted Lager.

 

[HuskyDogArt]

Back on topic to things we can enjoy.

Founder's Brewery out of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Some brewers just seem to get it right every time, every batch. Their vision and skill are such that their beer is pretty close to perfect. Like being born into royalty, enjoying a life of privilege, such it is to be a beer from Founders.
This Grand Rapids, Mich., brewery is one of the few craft beer creators consistently ranked in the Top 10 in the United States. Along with Cigar City Hunapu and Three Floyds Dark Lord, Founders’ Kentucky Breakfast Stout is, arguably, one of the five most anticipated single-day, brewery-sold-only releases on the planet. Folks line up the day before like they were camping out for Rolling Stones tickets ... all for the glory of procuring two bottles of Bourbon barrel-aged nectar. That, my friends, is a good beer.
How is it these guys get it? What separates Founders’ brewers from any other on the planet? How can they take the same ingredients available to everyone else and manage to coax liquid magic out of them?
Short answer: I don’t know. Why was there only one Michelangelo, one John Coltrane ... heck, only one Kurt Vonnegut?

http://www.pnj.com/article/20130904/ENTERTAINMENT05/309040009/Beer-garden-Porter-proof-Founders-reputation[/quote]

Cigar City is a great beer. I love Tampa Bay Brewing, too. great Food there...

 

[JayKoz]

Heady Topper is #1 for me, nothing touches that.

Something more local? Ghandi Bot by NEBCO.

 

[minidarren]

Ten Penny

 

[huskyrob1]

"Uncle Burt's Beer".....hard to find but it's great.

 

[geordi]

Drink Dos Equis! You'll be able to parallel park a train. Cuba will import cigars from you. Mosquitos won't bite you - out of respect.

 

[Kgun7]

A Maiden ESB? Wow. Want.

My friend owns a packie in Springfield ... I requested 2 cases of Iron Maiden ESB 6 weeks ago. He just told me that the Springfield Distributor will receive 100 cases this week, but don't expect to see any! The distributor has a current back log of 3000 cases!!!

 

[UConn76]

Some excellent beers here in Minnesota not sold anywhere else.

Surly Furious (Brooklyn Park). This brewery has a cult like following.

Fulton Sweet Chiild of Vine. (Minneapolis)

 

[HistoryMajor]

It's clear to me that if you're a beer drinker, that we live in the golden age. Can't believe that no one has mentioned Anchor Steam. Balantine Ale is great but some times is hard to find. The Great Lakes (Cleveland) IPA is excellent. Seneca pale ale is great. So many good beers and so little time.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Some excellent beers here in Minnesota not sold anywhere else.

Surly Furious (Brooklyn Park). This brewery has a cult like following.

Fulton Sweet Chiild of Vine. (Minneapolis)

Mich Golden Light.

I know a bunch of people from Minnesota and Wisconsin and they always bring back cases of that stuff if they're travelling by car.

 

[JayRU09]

Had a beer tasting yesterday with some people featuring:

From Russian River:

Pliny the Elder
Blind Pig
Temptation
Redemption
Consecration
American Beauty
Farking w00ten Stout

I..........I had a good time.

 

[HuskyBarker]

Gotta agree with Chin on the Hacker Pschorr ... and Spaten Oktoberfest a close second. For a local flavor I've been hooked on the Hartford Steam Nurse lately.

And I also agree on the domestic light theory ... nothing wrong with and ice cold Coor's light after mowing the lawn in 95 degree heat!

Whenever I'm in Hartford, I too prefer a Nurse to Steam things up
But really I prefer Guinness, Quality over Quantity!

 

[mauconnfan]

http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/10/beer_nut_yuengling_returns_to.html

 

[JayRU09]

Oh hooray you guys get to have that overrated crap too.

It falls into that same category as Stella/Heineken/Etc., it's everywhere but it's not Bud/Miller/Coors so therefore it has to be good! But it's not. It's crap.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Here's one from the Rockies.

Avery, from Colorado, sent us pretty much everything from its playlist. Two of my favorites- duganA Double IPA — strange spelling and all — and White Rascal Witbier. As witbier doesn’t get nearly the face time as hoppy ale does, let’s go ahead and check this one out a little more. A thoroughly drinkable wheat ale, it’s a pretty shade of cloudy straw yellow with an almost meringue-like head. Classic to the style, its scents and flavors bring loads of orange peel, coriander, hay and white pepper, plus a dash of saltine cracker. A creamy body with ample carbonation fizz, Rascal is one of those beers you pine for on a hot day but drinks great year-round.

http://www.pnj.com/article/20131023...Avery-White-Rascal-finally-wings-its-way-East

 

[WhereistheDove?]

Oh hooray you guys get to have that overrated crap too.

It falls into that same category as Stella/Heineken/Etc., it's everywhere but it's not Bud/Miller/Coors so therefore it has to be good! But it's not. It's crap.

Not sure I'd call it overrated. As far as cheap beer it's not bad at all. If you're comparing it to a lot of craft beers or more expensive brands then yeah, it doesn't stand up, but it's two different categories altogether.

 

[YearoftheHusky]

Has anyone ever had Cigar City Good Gourd? It's amazing.

 

[Chin Diesel]

Drink Dos Equis! You'll be able to parallel park a train. Cuba will import cigars from you. Mosquitos won't bite you - out of respect.

Heck no. I only know one guy who drinks the stuff. He's some old gray-beard dude. Always hanging on to our good times and bringing us down. We call him buzz kill.

 

[JayRU09]

In MA you're probably looking at it being the same price as a Brooklyn Lager or a Sam Adams Lager.

And it's nowhere close to either of those, and I'm not calling either one of those top level beers.

 

[WhereistheDove?]

In MA you're probably looking at it being the same price as a Brooklyn Lager or a Sam Adams Lager.

And it's nowhere close to either of those, and I'm not calling either one of those top level beers.

If it's the same price as those, then yeah, it's not worth it. I get it in NY where it's significantly cheaper.