Patience grasshopper......I started out on this swill and Matt's Beer balls when I was 15. Soon I found life was too short to drink Shitty beer
Road Dog Porter, by Flying Dog. Greatest Beer on Earth. Note to Jeff: go back and read all 51 pages of this thread when you're not running to the Dropkick Murphys show at 9:30 Club.
Agreed. Yup. Needed to post again. And for some ********ed up reason a lot of the Quebecois were drinking Budweiser when I was up there in July 2000. Hello, you couldn't find any Molson XXX or Alexander Keith? I didn't get that. Not a huge fan of Foster's. And most of them fail miserably. Coors did not fail here. They did well with Killian's Red too. Pages 8-51 still left to go. Don't drink often any more. But there is still quality out there. Had something from Otter Creek a few weeks ago that rocked. Stockyard Oatmeal Stout is really good, which I got at Trader Joe's, which has become my beer store of choice. Sam Adams isn't as good as it used to be, but damn did I enjoy the Cherry Wheat beers before the concert. It's pretty much impossible to go wrong with any microbrew from Colorado or Vermont. DC area people, go here whenever you are in Nelson County, VA. I can't wait to go back there again this summer. The Gold Leaf beer was great, I had the lightest beer on purpose since I had a 30 minute drive up VA 151 which is a windy as all ********ing hell.
Never had it, and quite proud to say so. Are all of NB's beers slipping, or just Fat Tire, since they became national? I used to love Fat Tire when I lived out west. Smuttynose is high quality, as was Shipyard in its heyday (haven't had it since 2002). Sea Dog is always a good drink. When these guys were the Ipswich Brewing Company and not a contact brewer they used to make killer 64 oz jugs of Nut Brown Ale. Point being, even with Fat Tire slipping, if you're in New England or Colorado, access to quality beer is a non-issue for sure. I don't care if I'm not a Chicagoan, I like my Stockyard Oatmeal Stout http://www.traderjoesfan.com/beer/beer/stockyard_oatmeal_stout/ too.
Correct you are. Spanish Peaks brews made their way down to Denver occasionally and I always enjoyed them.
Health issues forced me to take a six month sabbatical from beer, but I have recently begun to be able to drink it again. Dinner at a friend's house on Saturday included one of these: and one of these:
I would say that they're all getting worse but Fat Tire especially since they mass produce the hell out of that one now. I also think that they've taken on too many new beers some of which aren't even Belgian styles. They might be making good money now but I have a feeling that it's going to come back and bite them, which is unfortunate because they used to be my favorite brewery.
i thought they were always overrated... not a fan of belgians i guess... the 1664, is that the year named beer? i liked it ok.
It's been so unseasonably warm in Columbus (cracked 80 a few times already this spring and broken a few record highs in the process) that last night seemed like the perfect occasion for a "summer beer." This may be my top choice in that - rather subjectively defined - category, at present: About $6-7 for a 750 ml bottle. Absolutely delicious and refreshing, with crisp carbonation and a lip-smacking natural lemony citrus character, all topped off with a billowy, brilliant white, wheat beer foaming head.
After a couple of weeks of miserably humid weather, yesterday was gorgeous here in central Ohio. So I decided to head out with the kids for a bike trip on the path near Granville, then visit Brews Cafe for dinner (for the kids) and a lovely excuse (for me) to have a beer or two. What I ended up trying was this: Which ended up being a damned good post-bike-ride beer. Actually, pretty delicious in just about any circumstances. While noticeably more hopped than is standard (IMHO) for the style (say, Dupont), it wasn't overly so. Highly recommended.