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What type of beer do you drink?
Just the normal mass-produced lagers (Bud, Coors, etc.)
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I try to drink local or micros
15%
 15%  [ 3 ]
I prefer import lagers (Coronoa, Kirin, Peroni and the like)
0%
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Preferably ales, Belgian or Belgian style
15%
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I brew my own
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Any and all of the above
35%
 35%  [ 7 ]
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Olde Gnarlywine! From Lagunitas brewery. 11% abv and great. You get a apple tartness you expect from barley wines but also a good strong hop aroma and flavor, yet not bitter at all! Very unique, very good.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 10:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Laugunita's, Anderson Valley, Stone (Off the top of my head, these are my top 3 favorite breweries), Anchor, Sierra Nevada... Plus lax marijuana cultivation..... why haven't I moved to California yet?
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here's what I picked up at THE giant eagle yesterday on the way home...

6 pack sam adams noble pils (this is good!)
Ruination IPA
2 Sam Smiths Imperial Stouts (had one two weeks ago and enjoyed it immensely)
Orval Trappiste Ale
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Let me know what you think of that Orval. I liked it more the first time than I did the second.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I gave in to the peer pressure and picked up a sixer of Sam Adams noble pils to try during the game.

Also feeling pretty special; I picked up a bottle of something called Scaldis Refermente for 15 smackers at GIANT eagle to try. I hope its worth it. Its 12% abv so I'll at least get a good buzz. I checked beer advocate and its only been reviewed by three other people!
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 4:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Have you had a pils yet? I think it's pretty tasty. Might get a few more for grass-cutting weather
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 5:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not yet, but I'll have at least a couple tonight. All the BA reviews are in the A- to B+ range so I have high hopes.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm drinking the Orval now... I don't know about it... Kinda tastes like furry black licorice. On facebook, I said that tastes the way polish music sounds
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I get the feeling that Orval varies more than your average ale from batch to batch.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's really cloudy and tastes like mulling spices. It's not bad, it's just kind of a chore to drink
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Its different, I'll give you that.
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 7:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Obama supporters would like this home brewers label.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=15414
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 2:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have to bottle my homebrew tonight. Had a little taste test on sunday and it shockingly seemed to still have some fermenting to do. I think I'm just going to bottle condition with less added sugar and take the chance that it undercarbonates. I don't feel like waiting anymore and I tried to turn the IPA into an Imperial IPA which I think tastes better a little less bubbly anyway.

Also, I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Finally going to crack that Scaldis Refermente I've been sitting on for a couple weeks. A wine bottle's worth of 12% abv goodness, all for me.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

So I worked from home today. Weather was kind of bad this morning and I had the option. I took it.

That means I'm drinking the Scaldis Refermente right now. I'm am officially reviewer #4 of it on BA; to me, that indicates that it must be pretty rare.

This wasn't cheap; 15 bucks at the GIANT eagle.

But it is basically my favorite beer of all time ever now. Its just super perfect in ever way. Great malty flavor, perfect balance between sweet and dry, sexy carbonation, a 12% abv kick in the jock, and no bitterness to speak of. It calls itself an amber ale. It sits somewhere between your belgian pale ale/trippel and your belgian dark ale/dubbel class. It has the dryness and citrus of the first, but a subtle hint of the sugar sweetness of the second. Its also light and bubbly like a trippel.

If you're lucky, they still have these at the GIANT eagle. My advice is eat the price...its worth it.
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sounds good... I hope they rotate the selection THE giant eagle... I want a pink elephant and this one you just mentioned Smile
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