Well, the french beer is on the other camera.

St Peter's - Cream stout

I always like the packaging, if I'm not crazy about the beers. This one was better than some others, because (I think) roasting malts to a dark color adds a lot of flavor without requiring a ton of skill. It was pleasant, a little on the mild side, and perfectly enjoyable, though certainly not a big memorable event. B

Cisco Brewers - Santa's Beer'ed

Christmas present in the fridge from Shiv! And we got a big'ol motherfucking tree yesterday, so what better occasion to bust out a santa-pun-themed beer? It was good, too. Spicey, medium roast malt, and turned out to be a great precurser to the mulled wine Neuro brought over later. Like all their stuff, it tastes peculiar, minerally, and kinda good. It's hard to explain, and I continue to attribute it to the water they use out there on the island, for lack of a better explanation. B

Yeah I getcha, I wasn't trying to tell you that you did or didn't like a beer. Just making a side observation, ie "nobody in the US makes a hefe that tastes like the germans for some reason." In my case, I do like the german flavor better, fwiw.

this was pretty good. i'm not much of a stout guy but i liked this. i can't really remember much of it though since i've since moved onto those weyerbacher imperial pumpkin beers.



i've had the former a couple of times in the past month and just found the latter. they're both good but not great beers. maybe kind of a step above harpoon. both are 6 packs and are around $10 though so they're kind of a good deal.

got this in my fridge. am. very. excited.

apologies if this has been covered already, but has anyone else been watching the Discovery Channel's Brew Masters with Sam Calagione from Dogfish Head?

i just read about that on their site. going there next week.

I haven't watched that yet, but he came off as a pretty cool bro in the Beer Wars documentary.

Entertaining show. I feel as though I should be drinking a beer while watching it, though.

this has potential to be a good program but i'm afraid DSC will spin this into a reality show about the two guys running dogfish. i'm hoping it will venture into brewing science than just their marketing forays & ensuing hijinks.

it got scientific in the "Chicha" episode.

I would watch that happily, if I had cable. Maybe it'll make netflix.

really good show, well done imo. but fuck if it didn't make me go right out and buy that Bitches Brew box set....

nothing new, but had a bunch of these over the weekend.

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St Peter's - Cream stout

I always like the packaging, if I'm not crazy about the beers.


TOTALLY Agree. I am sucked into buying one of these every year when I am in TX. They're not bad per se, but merely OK.

I celebrated Thanksgiving on Saturday with this beer:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/7375/45317

Haha. I want to taste the brew. My CD copy of the Miles classic will do just fine.

Cool new label. They keep changing them every few years, I see.

I love the Skal.

Oh and Shiv and I made a beer run to a good local store (new to me) so I got a shit ton of goodies. Holding off on drinking, though, until after the wife's fast / cleanse thingy... don't feel right making her watch me enjoy myself.

I tried alot of beers last night after going to the First Friday Art Walk, most of them were local brews without Beer Advocate or Rate Beer pages, but here is the list.

Zulu American Pale Ale from Schilling Bridge Brewery

Mochochino Milk Stout, the Empyrean Brewery Beer Quest winner brewed by a friend


Spezial Ungespundetes from Brauerei Spezial
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/913/14570

Weyerbacher Mike
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/392/62873

Weyerbacher November
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/392/63493

Grand Cru from Upstream Brewery

Summit Horizon Red Ale
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/467/49279

this was really good but i almost couldn't finish it.

My local beer place just ordered me a case of the Allagash White....

The sensation I got when I saw that was distinctly unpleasant.

Recents:

White Birch - Aloha (Belgian)

I heard great things about their stouts. New local up in NH, a guy who made beer for friends forever and finally incorporated. He's already had 2 interns (?!), this is an offering from #2 on his way out. It was... not good. Cloudy as fuck, sweet, sour, ... it tasted like an unfinished beer. Like 1/3 fruit, 1/3 sour mix, and 1/3 tap water. [sad trombone] C-



Rogue - Yellow Snow IPA

I snatched this up because I love the mini fridge kegs. I drink a lot of beer, and I hate lugging all the bottles out to the recycling. This is a good IPA (thank Beer Jebus), but when I did the math, it's still $3.57 per 12oz glass. Why in the FUCK did they charge so much for it? I'm halfway through it, and there are no Dalen-style Bro's in the building to help a duder out in finishing it, so I'm on my own. My building is much more Sauv Blanc than Stout. A-

jesus, that shit looks like cider.

Yep. I'm all for yeast still in the bottle, but this was... chewy.

Love the mini kegs, too. I think you can make it through, Cap. I BELIEVE.