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8/7/2008 4:04:07 PM

Xingu

8/7/2008 4:51:29 PM

OK, so I just got back from LA. While in some uppity brewhouse, I tried a bottle of Maredsous 8. Thanks to it being LA, the shit cost $9/bottle. But I tried it anyway based on the description.



This is my new favorite beer. Absolutely delicious. Total wine sells it, but only in Pint bottles. I think I'll try Trader Joe's next. Flying Saucer and Raleigh Times have it on tap (or at least that was of a few months ago). I'm going to check it out hopefully this weekend to see how it is on tap.

Just thought I'd put that out there.

8/13/2008 3:02:38 AM

tonight it was the ying / captain m's.

8/13/2008 3:35:17 AM

Hmmmm, my favorite is none.

8/13/2008 3:46:43 AM

cheap: coors lite and yeungling

other: magic hat 9, abita purple haze, amstel lite, dos equis

don't like: bud lite, heiniken

8/13/2008 9:17:14 AM

next time i come home i'm bringing back as much dogfishhead 90 min, victory hop devil and hop wallop, and all that other good hoppy shit as i can fit in my damn car

8/13/2008 9:19:13 AM

one of my friends tried a strongbow the other night, i tasted it. it tasted like some welch's sparkling white grape juice. for real.

kinda weird.

[Edited on August 13, 2008 at 10:33 AM. Reason : smithwicks ftw]

8/13/2008 10:33:09 AM

Quote :

"OK, so I just got back from LA. While in some uppity brewhouse, I tried a bottle of Maredsous 8. Thanks to it being LA, the shit cost $9/bottle. But I tried it anyway based on the description. This is my new favorite beer. Absolutely delicious. Total wine sells it, but only in Pint bottles. I think I'll try Trader Joe's next. Flying Saucer and Raleigh Times have it on tap (or at least that was of a few months ago). I'm going to check it out hopefully this weekend to see how it is on tap. Just thought I'd put that out there."

I had my friend try that (he hasn't had much experience with different types of beer and I wanted him to try a decent belgian) He came to the same conclusion as you

8/13/2008 10:35:03 AM

Still Brooklyn Brewery's Black Chocolate Stout



I have only seen it at Total Wine

8/13/2008 10:41:32 AM

i hate trying random beers and getting stuck with one i dont like

so i typically get bud light or bud select

michelob ultra or any michelob in general is my favorite or any pumpkin ale that is not blue moon

8/13/2008 11:39:13 AM

bud select

8/13/2008 12:01:17 PM

i was going to say the same. i know a lot of people who don't like to try new beers so settle for a miller. i am always caught off guard.

8/13/2008 12:02:10 PM

hobgoblin cask ale

8/13/2008 12:19:05 PM

^^^thought i was the only person that thought that

8/13/2008 12:20:32 PM

perhaps we are the only sane people on earth?

8/13/2008 12:24:18 PM

Absolutely fucking ridiculous:



Sammy Smith Winter Welcome. They only carry it during the winter season though. Me and my last girlfriend broke up right before Christmas after I had already bought her a bunch of gifts (ipod nano among other things). The only thing I wanted back was a 4-pack of this beer that I left in her fridge.


After that I really do love Chimay. Preferably the red cap...but enjoy the blue and white caps also:





And this beer might give the Winter Welcome a run for its money. I've only had it a couple times though. Need more research :

8/13/2008 12:33:58 PM

I have a fancy Chimay glass....never tried the stuff though!

8/13/2008 12:34:55 PM

duvel

8/13/2008 12:38:42 PM

I want to try this chocolate stout everyone's been mentioning.

8/15/2008 12:37:21 AM

the chocolate stout is really good.

i've have to say that i don't have a favorite, just a grouping of favs...

rogue hazelnut would probably be my all around fav (b/c it's smooth AND tasty).

8/15/2008 12:39:56 AM

I'm not sure which chocolate stout you people are talking about but this one blows all the other ones out of the water:

8/15/2008 12:50:51 AM

8/15/2008 12:52:41 AM

8/15/2008 12:54:12 AM

BEER....... I need a lot of that from the last few weeks

8/19/2008 12:50:48 PM

8/19/2008 1:16:50 PM

anyone ever try steel reserve?


[Edited on August 19, 2008 at 1:32 PM. Reason : ..]

8/19/2008 1:31:52 PM

^^Brooklyn Brown is one of my favorite brown ales (their lager is great too), if you get a chance you should check out Terrapin India Brown Ale...it's pretty damn good also



[Edited on August 19, 2008 at 1:33 PM. Reason : .]

8/19/2008 1:33:00 PM

^^ I'm not sure if that was a joke or not, but I actually think Steel Reserve is about the best beer you can get for the price.

Especially triple export.

[Edited on August 19, 2008 at 1:33 PM. Reason : ]

8/19/2008 1:33:35 PM

nostradamus belgian brown ale.

8/19/2008 1:35:04 PM

Lately I drink a lot of Pabst.

Ballantines amd Colt 45 too.

8/19/2008 1:41:02 PM

been going to saucer a lot lately and tried some maredsous 8 because of this thread - it was pretty good

best beer i think i tried lately was Rogue American Ale

8/19/2008 1:42:23 PM

Right now:

8/19/2008 1:46:02 PM

Has anyone else had Shock Top? I tried one at a Bulls game and

I usually like Belgian whites, but this one had way, way too much citrus.

8/19/2008 1:46:45 PM

I can't afford to try awesome beers in a bar. Them shits are like $6-9 here on average.

8/19/2008 1:49:17 PM

its always hard for me to say no when i order a beer that i have no idea how much it is and they come back and tell me its a $10 bottle

because i guess i want to look high rollin or something

well that rogue american ale was $10 but a least it was 2 pints

8/19/2008 1:54:12 PM

Quote :

"Has anyone else had Shock Top?"

It's one of those fake microbrews made by Anheuser Busch, I try not to drink them

8/19/2008 2:00:20 PM

I hadn't heard of it at the time, but I saw a sign for it and figured I'd try something new ... bad idea. I need to not be so heavily influenced by signage.

8/19/2008 2:01:24 PM

I have a list of beer that I want to try. I will be making a trip to Sam's in Durham for some singles for taste-testing.

Duvel
Ommegang Abbey
Delirium Tremens & Nocturnum
Chimay Grand Reserve (Blue)
Allagash Odyssey

I hope to get this testing started this weekend.

9/2/2008 3:41:48 AM

right now it is

9/2/2008 5:06:19 AM

domestic: coors and yueng
micro: Big Boss Angry Angel/Hells Bells
import: Sol or Corona

HATE: Bud Select (probably the worst beer ive ever drank)

9/2/2008 11:10:11 AM

^ bud select is a light beer... if you don't like light beers you won't like it.
If you mean coorslight and not traditional coors i'd be confused on your tastes but coors orig and yeugling are both good for "foodlion beers"

your import tastes suck though


Dog fish head 90min ipa is a staple of mine and simply the best ipa I've found (I've had probably 50-100)

Highland's oatmeal porter is also amazing but on a different scale of awesome.
also i like Red hook's autumn ale and winter hook... bummer they're bud owned beers.

-f001


[Edited on September 2, 2008 at 11:16 AM. Reason : .]

9/2/2008 11:16:11 AM

I've added some more to my taste list...

Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat
Mackeson XXX Stout
St. Bernardus Abt 12
St. Bernardus Prior 8

I'll definitely have to split my list over a couple of weekends.

9/4/2008 5:02:38 AM

9/4/2008 6:38:55 AM

Completely forgot about Allagash. Fan of the regular Allagash White...because you can actually find it in a lot of bars and it's relatively cheap for a good wheat beer.

But these two Allagashes are pretty fucking awesome:

Allagash Black




Allagash Tripel

9/4/2008 7:18:38 AM

So with Bud no longer being American, who will stop drinking it?

9/4/2008 8:14:52 AM

Never drank any of that nasty shit to begin with.

9/4/2008 8:46:32 AM

strongbow isn't a beer

so...carlsberg or tuborg

9/4/2008 10:31:31 AM

Its time to go home and drink beer

9/5/2008 4:19:19 PM

woodchuck cider

set em up

9/5/2008 4:27:16 PM