Beer!

[matt_zak]

Title says it all. Who else here loves beer? What are your favorites? I'll start with my top ten:

IPA's : Aprihop by Dogfish, Ruination by Stone, RPM by Boneyard and Interurban by Freemont
Stouts: Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout, Porter by Scuttlebutt, Dark Star Imperial Oatmeal Stout by Freemont (my favorite of all things beer )

Ales: Tripel Belgian Ale by Scuttlebutt

Others: Ayinger Brau-Weisse and Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse

Honorable mention: Piney the Elder by Russian River, Creme Brulee (Imperial Milk Stout) by Southern Tier, Mint Chocolate Imperial Stout by Stone, Pilsner Urquell

Those are my favorites but there are MANY other beers that I could drink on a day to day basis.

Matt

[BlueFox]

Well, I love beer on Friday and Saturday night. In fact, it is an important component in evaluating new gear. My favorite is whichever micro-brew 12 pack Safeway has on sale that week.

[JJinID]

My favorites are Terminal Gravity, 10 Barrel, Stone, Deschutes, Rogue, Lagunitas, and Widmer.

[Dewster]

My all time fav!!

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[GaryProtein]

For the most part, beer is beer.

They are all different, some more than others.

Depending on my mood, I like Duvel, Chimay and Stella Artois Heinekin and Yuengling.

edit: I forgot to mention Grolsch because I haven't had it in a while.

[MrAcoustat]

Hi guys retired from Molson brewery's AHLB4147.jpg all i can say is that AFTER the firs two IT IS VERY difficult to SAY what kind you are drinking and these tests where done with VERY HEAVY drinkers believe me.

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[Shadowfax]

Beer nut here. Hard to list favs but at the moment I am finishing up several selections including a recent fav, Heady Topper by the Alchemist, which was recently Beer Advocate's #1 beer. Others listed are also on my list like Southern Tier, Rogue, Widmer, St Bernardus, Unibroue, Long Trail, Lagunitas, Green Flash, Allagash, Ommegang, Magic Hat....so many more.

Picking up my mixed case of Spring Beers later tonight from a yearly trade, my selection was Elder Betty by Magic Hat.

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[dlb2]

Hey Matt, there's a nice little brewery up here in MI called Founders. I believe that they just started shipping to TX a month or so ago. They have a nice line up that's worth checking out. Try Centennial Ale or Red's Rye for starters. They have one heck of a Stout as well...

[MDP]

I LOVE BEER !!!!!! My fat belly can attest to that ! I've been keeping it simple for a while...........Stella Artois , Every night !!

[Toobs]

I don't drink anymore, but when I did my favorite was Grolsch. Two 16 ounce snap cap bottles was enough to give me quite a buzz

[dlb2]

I don't drink anymore, but when I did my favorite was Grolsch. Two 16 ounce snap cap bottles was enough to give me quite a buzz

Grolsch had the best bottles. Good for home brewing!

[Mike]

I love beer (but beer doesn't love me)...goes right to the gut. But my favorites are:

1. Big Rock Traditional (Western Canada)
2. Rickard's Red (Eastern Canada) (tied for first)
3. Grasshopper (Western Canada)
4. New Castle Brown Ale (England)

I can tolerate AmberBock, Stella Artois, Amstell.

Mike
p.s. for the record, I can't stand Molson Canadian or Labatt's Blue. That's the crap Canadian's ship south! We keep the good stuff for ourselves!

[Shadowfax]

p.s. for the record, I can't stand Molson Canadian or Labatt's Blue. That's the crap Canadian's ship south! We keep the good stuff for ourselves!

Thats funny, and Stella is the Belgian Bud. Another funny one is Fosters Lager from Australia, where they don't even drink it because it is really just for export.

[Penthouse-D]

I enjoy a Palm when I can find it on draft. Well. maybe I enjoy 6 Palms....

[matt_zak]

Some very good beers suggested. I enjoy Stella when I can get it on draft vs. bottle.

[Petro85]

Funny you mention beer! I watch a friends dogs once a month and she works for a liquor company . She always tells me to take the beer. So I get sample bottles
1 or 2 of each. Lets me taste alot of different kinds.
This month is
Samuel smith - organic chocolate stout and organic pale ale and winter welcome ale
Red seal ale
Acme pale ale
Ayinger brauweisse
Anderson valley heelch o'hops
Haven't tried any of em yet. Most I usually hate but every so often there's a winner .

[dlb2]

I'm just getting ready to pop the top off of one of these double deuces...

[volks]

I love beer (but beer doesn't love me)...goes right to the gut. But my favorites are:

1. Big Rock Traditional (Western Canada)
2. Rickard's Red (Eastern Canada) (tied for first)
3. Grasshopper (Western Canada)
4. New Castle Brown Ale (England)

I can tolerate AmberBock, Stella Artois, Amstell.

Mike
p.s. for the record, I can't stand Molson Canadian or Labatt's Blue. That's the crap Canadian's ship south! We keep the good stuff for ourselves!

Mine is very, very much the same as yours lol cept i would throw Becks in as well

[Mike]

Mine is very, very much the same as yours lol cept i would throw Becks in as well

Yes! Agreed.

[roncagg]

Just had a dogfish head 60 min. IPA, my rotation includes Smuttynose, Two Roads road 2 ruin double IPA (from nearby in CT!), sierra ruthless rye, sierra torpedo, any heavily hopped IPA! Man now I'm going to have to have a second one, writing that made me thirsty...

[dlb2]

Just had a dogfish head 60 min. IPA, my rotation includes Smuttynose, Two Roads road 2 ruin double IPA (from nearby in CT!), sierra ruthless rye, sierra torpedo, any heavily hopped IPA! Man now I'm going to have to have a second one, writing that made me thirsty...

Now THAT"S a list! Beck's, Ha!

[ILUVAUDIO]

Hi guys retired from Molson brewery's AHLB4147.jpg all i can say is that AFTER the firs two IT IS VERY difficult to SAY what kind you are drinking and these tests where done with VERY HEAVY drinkers believe me.

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Oh my, Molson beer!!! From 1989 to 1991 I was in grad school at Ohio State and while there, I fell in love with a Molson beer called Brador.....to this day, I still love that beer though sadly I have not had /seen it since I left Columbus.

I do love Duvel,Chimay and Stella Artois, but, I also love Negro Modelo and the dark Shiner. Sadly, I have not kept my beer drinking skills up but that will be changing soon...

Cheers,

[Sean]

Boulevard Wheat from Kansas City, MO; Stella Artois; Newcastle Brown Ale; Dundee Honey Brown; Shiner Bock (Texas); Dos Equis Amber; Budweiser.

[mdkim]

Rogue Dead Guy and Lost Coast Downtown Brown...mmmmm!

[sharkmouth]

Coopers Ale & my mostest favourite of late James Squire: One Fifty Lashes, my, I'm starting to salivate writing this, hiroo!

[VT Skier]

Heady Topper is an excellent beer, but anyone coming to northern Vermont should also look for Hill Farmstead Edward on tap. Shaun Hill may be our best brewer. Lawson's Finest Ales are also very good, as are many beers from Lost Nation in Morrisville and Trapp's in Stowe.

Sadly, these beers don't ship so you'll have to come visit to try them. Or invite me over and I'll bring a few along. Mike came very close to a Heady Topper last spring.

If you're able to come in September for the autumn color, you also have this to look forward to:

http://siptemberfest.com/

[Shadowfax]

Heady Topper is an excellent beer, but anyone coming to northern Vermont should also look for Hill Farmstead Edward on tap. Shaun Hill may be our best brewer. Lawson's Finest Ales are also very good, as are many beers from Lost Nation in Morrisville and Trapp's in Stowe.

Sadly, these beers don't ship so you'll have to come visit to try them. Or invite me over and I'll bring a few along. Mike came very close to a Heady Topper last spring.

If you're able to come in September for the autumn color, you also have this to look forward to:

Siptemberfest 2013 | Friday, Sept 27 & Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013

A coworker went to that beerfest and thoroughly enjoyed it. She was able to bring me a 4pack of Heady Topper. But then my friends were at their condo in Stowe and they brought me home a full case. Her brother is a brewer and also friends with a guy who brewed at Majic Hat, then Alchemist, and now is at one of the othe fine breweries you mentioned. The Lawsons Wry PA is good and all the Farmsteads are as well.

[Shadowfax]

Rogue Dead Guy and Lost Coast Downtown Brown...mmmmm!

Have you had the Double Dead Guy? Very nice indeed!

[mdkim]

Have you had the Double Dead Guy? Very nice indeed!

Have not seen this in yet where i shop. I'll definitely look for it.

[VT Skier]

I agree with Michael on Rogue Dead guy, an excellent beer, and I had to buy it in South Carolina. I'll look for the Double next time. Peeper (Maine Brewing) is another excellent pale ale, as is Smuttynose Finest Kind (NH). We're so lucky today with all of these small breweries.

[AudioExplorations]

Stone enjoy by IPA, 3 floyds dreadnaught, pliney the elder (although have only ever had my own homebrew version of pliney, using the recipe coming from russian river brewing co), founders centennial, racer 5, alesmith ipa.

[dlb2]

Founder's Centennial... Oh yeah!!! We have so many good breweries here in Michigan it isn't funny. I'm enjoying a nice Red Ale right now by another local brewery called Brewery Vivant. They make a beer called "Big Red Coq" that is my new fav.

[Big B]

So True.

Hi guys retired from Molson brewery's AHLB4147.jpg all i can say is that AFTER the firs two IT IS VERY difficult to SAY what kind you are drinking and these tests where done with VERY HEAVY drinkers believe me.

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[BruceLet]

Sierra Nevada, Brooklyn Lager, Blue Point, Captain Lawrence. I'm not a connoisseur. If it's not PBR, I'll drink it.

[roncagg]

Just had some nice dogfishhead 90 minute IPA highly recommended!

[dlb2]

Just had some nice dogfishhead 90 minute IPA highly recommended!

Nice. Try their Raison D'être. Very tasty.


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[sharkmouth]

This is a very good ale

[Cory Cooper]

I don't really drink that much anymore, but back in the day...that's another story.

Every now and then, I have been know to enjoy a Guinness, Molson Golden, or a Budweiser...usually in that order of preference. Of course, being from Columbus, OH, I grew up on Bud.

C

[JJinID]

One of my newly discovered favorites is Fort George Brewing out of Astoria, Oregon - I'm liking everything that I've tried so far, especially the Vortex IPA!

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[Shadowfax]

Wile in Savannah a few weeks ago, I was introduced to a new favorite that I can't get here. I was able to find and bring a case home.

Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale

It's like sipping a real smooth buttery vanilla whiskey with a little carbonation.

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[Shadowfax]

The Kentucky Ale is now available in New Jersey for less than what I pain in Georgia. Regular and Honey Brown

I am on my way to Stowe in less than 24 hours but this year I will be standing in line for some Lawson's "Sip of Sunshine" which is a direct competitor of the Alchemist "Heady Topper" Same Hoppy kick but with a slightly Grapefruit/Pineapple finish.

I am unsure what is happening with Heady Topper distribution, but the owner drove 50 cases to Philly the other day and made the rounds to 5 bars in the city to serve up the 16oz cans at the bar only. There is also a rumor that they will start supplying a limited number of cases to the Philly area sometime soon. We shall see.

[Shadowfax]

Last week while in Jersey on vacation, we headed out to Belmar to a Smoothie Shop called "Stay Gold" (Ponyboy). I wasn't sure of the address so I punched in 8th & Main knowing it was on Main somewhere. As I turned onto 8th 2 blocks from Main, I saw the sign. I say to my wife, "Look Up....there it is". She replies BEER. I say, no look up at the Stay Gold sign, she says BEER. Apparently I was parking right next to a new Brew Pub called "Beach Haus Brewery" that has only been open less than a year. We sampled 2 flights and followed it up with a pint of the below, which I bought a few 4-packs. Its a nice tasty 2X IPA at 8.7%.

[Shadowfax]

I also just started knocking off the Foundation "Prototype" I brought back from Maine. Their best seller that you stand in line for like Heady and Sip of Sunshine is called Epiphany but there was none to be had. Every couple weeks they do a Prototype batch for fun or to see if it catches on. It was suggested that this one was as close to Epiphany as it gets so we bought a 4-pack. Keep in mind, this is May 4th, the day after our 30th anniversary.

So on the can, they really don't tell you what the beer is, but on the bottom they stamp the style and date it was canned. This beer was canned on May 3rd 2016, our 30th Anniversary day. I would say it falls right in between Heady Topper and Sip and is also an 8% in 16oz cans.

[tube-vds]

no, not what you think... ;-)

the beer is from a place in austria called F... and "Hell" is the type..

lol - and it also tastes good...

[Garth]

In the summer i drink Corona when in China I drink Harbin we use to get a nice beer from New Zealand Steinlager have not seen it in a few years

When I travel I just ask for the local beer. We have a local here that is nice steam whistle and Mill street Organic

[Shadowfax]

Finally got around to this tasty treat I brought back from Allagash

[CPP]

Boy do I miss my beer/Ale. Found out 4 months ago that I have a moderate wheat allergy, a rash and the tightening of the throat if I go overboard. This getting old crap sucks, no flour no good tasting bread etc... . And I still have a unfinished case of Chimay Blue just setting begging for me to drink it.

[Shadowfax]

Chris, I would be more than happy to help you end this dilemma, but sorry to hear of the condition.

That is one good beer, have you had any of the cheese?

[CPP]

Chris, I would be more than happy to help you end this dilemma, but sorry to hear of the condition.

That is one good beer, have you had any of the cheese?

You know I have seen it noted on a few sites, but in my little town its not stocked. At a risk I would love to try the pairing

[Shadowfax]

Chris,

I googled your state and came up with mail order options. Amazon was ridiculous, but for the daring...
http://www.joepattis.com/shop/select...14&typeNum=111

Shipped from Florida I think