:beers: The Beer Topic
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Continuing the discussion from
If Columbus was locked in a Fox with a can of Joan of Arc beans, he would invest in $JPM:We should probably get this jeffed to a Beer thread where I can appropriately geek out about things without culturally appropriating this shit thread.
Let's just start a new topic. I want hear this beergeekery as someone who prefers drinking locally brewed beer (or beer imported from countries which Do It Right™) over the generic cheap stuff.
Recently I've mostly been drinking this:
(and others from here)Or this:
(and all of the others from here)Less local beers of note include:
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Local: Brugse Zot and Straffe Hendrik
Less local: Maredsous and OrvalHonorable mention: grimbergen, veddet
Mobile is a barrier to adding pictures
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So, this is the thread where everyone trolls me with great beer suggestions that I can't actually buy? Fine, I can play that game, too.
This year's local beer of the day has been Angry Angel from Big Boss.
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Fruity non- sweet: rodenbach and liefmans farao
Sweet: Liefmans Kriek and framboise (perfect to get the lady drunk)
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I've never had any of those
I still want to get some of the beer from the Westvleteren Brewery too - I think a Belgium beer "road trip" might be in order in the next few months.
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Sweet: Liefmans Kriek and framboise (perfect to get the lady drunk)
Liefmans Frambozenbier is
Fruili too.
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Westvleteren
I know one bar in Brugge who serves it.
At the monks you need to buy 1x 24 unmarked bottles in a wooden crate
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I can't think of anything to contribute at this time, as all the local breweries around me are pretty small and you're not likely to find any of them anywhere. There are a few places around here that serve trappist beers, though, which is great.
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At the monks you need to buy 1x 24 unmarked bottles in a wooden crate
I'm all for that. It's not that far away.
A 400 mile round trip is fine for good beer, right?
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Heineken.
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I know it isn't good but I like it.
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So, I'm supposed to post random beer from small breweries that I like here?
http://factionbrewing.com/defcon-ii/
Since I don't have any pictures of beer bottles (they don't bottle any of their beers AFAIK), here are some random pictures of the brewery:
http://www.u-strasse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/faction-5.jpg
http://diablomag-images.dashdigital.com/DM1411_208_DIG.jpg?ver=1413928468
http://insidescoopsf.sfgate.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/732/files/faction-brewing/faction11_31.jpg
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Scotch-Ale
Yes, that's 9.0%.
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"Only" 6.7%, but a really nice German Doppelbock. For some reason, this beer is available in many stores in the US, but really hard to find in Germany (unless you're near Munich).
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Heineken.
Just because they culturally-appropriated a couple of white girl songs to make some cool commercials for a James Bond movie doesn't mean it's good beer.
I suppose it's worth remembering, for future reference, that you like this stuff: it's a useful touchstone as for how much weight to assign to things you say.
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Shouldn't you already know that his opinions are worthless (no, no that isn't fair; they have negative value)?
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I just wanted to formally note it.
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I don't like Ales that much, too light a taste. Cream Stouts and Porters it is!
The indie:
http://www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Cream-Stout-Bottle-0008-150x150.jpgThe mainstream:
https://www.guinness.com/media/1538/guinness_draught_spritzr06bg1_resized_1600-h.jpg?anchor=center&mode=crop&quality=75&width=750
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I know it isn't good but I like it.You might be interested in a certain lawsuit...
New York man sues Foster's for not being brewed in Australia
US class action claims advertising gives false impression the amber nectar was imported when it is, in fact, brewed in Texas.
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Waterloo dark. It tastes like Guiness, minus the bitter flavor of a broken dildo that was just used to anally rape a contestant in a Taco Bell eating contest.
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Alcohol, like all other liquids, does not have a quality modifier.
However, there are base values for each brewable ingredient.
I don't know what the ABV is, but it's high enough that a cat will forget how to breathe after drinking four servings.
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Brugse zot:
Straffe Hendrik:
Maredsous:
Orval:
Grimbergen:
Damn these come in more colors then I rememberVedett:
Rodenbach:
Lindemans Faro:
Lindemans Kriek & Framboise:
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I'm a wine person.
I do not get beer. It tastes like piss on bread to me.
It's always a thing of curiosity to observe people interested in beer.
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The only local beer I tried worth a damn:
http://www.pivnica-medvedgrad.hr/stalna-piva-2/ (site is full of fancy JS, too much of a pain to c/p stuff).
I actually never knew most of them are below 5.0% alcohol vol. which is pretty much the standard for bottled piss here. Huh.
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You mean Foster's isn't
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Straffe Hendrik
Yes! One I can actually find around here! At a coffee shop called Benelux of all places, but it still counts!
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At a coffee shop called Benelux of all places
You do know that the Be in Benelux stands for Belgium, don't you?
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Yes, I get the Be-Ne-Lux thing. I was just remarking that the best place in town to get Belgian beer on draft is a coffee shop. If only that coffee shop also sold the stuff they do in the Netherlands...
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If only that coffee shop also sold the stuff they do in the Netherlands...
Mentally I can not grok a coffee shop that sells only coffee ...
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It appears the WiFi I'm on at the moment isn't quite as free as I thought...
The indie:
http://www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Cream-Stout-Bottle-0008-150x150.jpg
Trying to view directly:
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Not that I get it very often but rauchbier aka smoked beer.
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Sounds like something I'd try
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it's a useful touchstone as for how much weight to assign to things you say
I fucking love alcohol snobs. Beer, wine, whiskey, it's no different "You haven't spent the time and money I have on learning to notice the subtle differences in these drinks, so I'm better than you"
Some that I like:
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Don't think I've had Tribute, but Doom Bar is
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My 6th form college was literally across the road from St Austell Brewery. Fun times
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I fucking love alcohol snobs.
I'm no booze snob. I am, however, willing to call crappy booze crappy.
Heineken's somewhat more drinkable than, say, Budweiser, I'll give it that.
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I am, however, willing to call crappy booze crappy.
That's not what you're doing though, is it? You're calling a liking for booze you consider crappy a reason to never listen to someone. That makes you a booze snob
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You're calling a liking for booze you consider crappy a reason to never listen to someone.
You're overthinking this. I was just going for a quick zinger.
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...says the guy who likes Heineken.
The fuck? What does one have to do with the other?
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I was about to ask, "is that the Iron Maiden guy?" before I saw the label on the neck. Iron Maiden beer. Huh.
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I also like Guinness for imported brand, and for local one I'll name San Miguel.
Btw, I'll add that there is a problem in adding data-uri image here.
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