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Cylinsier · Master Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 13229 Location: Oh shi-

Lol...maybe you got a bum bottle. I thought Fat Tire was good...nothing to write home about but worth trying. Of course, I'm down in Raleigh, North Carolina a lot where you can pick it up at every grocery store and restaurant in town.

There's a much better beer from that brewery called Mothership Wit. Its a Witbier like Wittekirke or the inferior Blue Moon, but unlike the latter its done right. If you like that style, its probably the best I've ever had in it...unibrou's Chambly is close. I know you like Hoegaarden dick, and I think it blows that out of the water.
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Brant · Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 11:31 am Post subject:

Mmmmm, Hoegaarden. I want to drive to the South Side right now and have a couple of Hoegaardens with a headwich at Fatheads.
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dick · Journeyman Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 3134

First off, the word "inferior" should always precede Blue Moon. It really should be mandated by the FDA that it prints that on its label.
Laughing

I'm actually not a wheat beer fan at all. I avoid them at all costs unless its one I've never tried before or lack of other options. I used to sell Hoe, so there is some loyalty there. I still push it to the masses over Blue Moon. Never ordered a Blue Moon, never will.
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dick · Journeyman Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 3134

I could kill an Artery Clogger right now. Those greasy chips would melt in my stomach.
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Cylinsier · Master Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 13229 Location: Oh shi-

You guys should skip out of work and come up here. I'll meet you both for lunch.
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Brant · Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 12:08 pm Post subject:

That'd be nice. We'll have to do that someday.
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dick · Journeyman Joined: 28 Jan 2009 Posts: 3134

I'm not too far away working in Monroeville.
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Cylinsier · Master Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 13229 Location: Oh shi-

So I cracked the Hibernation Ale!

Looks great, reddish brown color with minimal head.

Smells rich and creamy with a bit of spice and a hint of hops.

Tastes....ah jeez, just okay I guess.

Feels moderate thick, but could do with a little more carbonation.

I feel...I don't know. For some reason I built this one up in my head and it started off so good. It is good, definitely better than average, but its not the home run I was thinking it would be.
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ellipses · Mod Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 9218 Location: WashPa!

What makes ales taste thick and oily?
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Cylinsier · Master Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 13229 Location: Oh shi-

I guess it depends on how much and what kind of sugar they are using to generate the alcohol.
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Cylinsier · Master Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 13229 Location: Oh shi-

Had a Sri Lankan beer with my Thai food last night called Lion Stout. It was in the style of something called an "Export Stout" but it was basically a slightly lower abv version of an Imperial Stout; still came in at 8% abv.

Very tasty and delicious, like RIS. Possibly even darker. Some good spiced notes too. Went with my pad thai really well. I might start looking for this beer to drink regularly.
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ellipses · Mod Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 9218 Location: WashPa!

I'm surprised pad thai works well with a stout... With asian food in general, I like something bright and crisp...

Even in selecting wines... regardless of what the dish is, I like to cut those layered spices with a high pitched white wine like a chardonnay or a riesling
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Cylinsier · Master Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 13229 Location: Oh shi-

Yeah, it seems counter-intuitive...I normally like a euro lager with spicy or asian food. But this just worked. Maybe because the pad thai at this particular restaurant mixed in shrimp and had a lemon flavor to it. If you think of the meal as a song, normally the spicy asian food is the bass. Its deep, hits your palette slow and hard. The lager balances that like a treble, being on the tip of your tongue and tasting sweet. But this pad thai was light and flavorful and not very spicy, so it was kind of like the treble. The stout, being heavy, less carbonated, and savory, gave it a foundation. I don't think it would work with pad thai other than from this particular restaurant.
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ellipses · Mod Joined: 29 Sep 2008 Posts: 9218 Location: WashPa!

The music analogy was perfect
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