so you like Fat Tire?
OK Dummy.

I don't even give a shit about Fat Tire really. I'm just kinda sick of you.

'Tevs, babe.

So have you had any nice new beer lately, Jerkass

I have.
New Glarus Coffee Stout still the best of the year!
Other things I've tried are not worth mentioning.


and yourself?

Is there anything else I can do to appease you, good sir?
The internet is.

no joking. Your meat grinder scenerio will be seen to be the truth.

There's a place called Berkshire Mountain Distillers that's part of the Berkshire Brewing Company that makes gin, vodka, bourbon and rum. I think I had the rum over my girlfriend's friends house on NYE and it was decent but then we tried some other rums that were really good and smooth. I forget what they were. Her friend had the most amazing selection of liquor I've ever seen.

Let us go for LIBERTY & down any SAM ADAMS brew. Forty

Actually, around here it's appeal is that you can't really get it. You couldn't get it at all east of the MS until a few years ago and the blue laws here are so fucked that distributors basically control the markets, so you can't get it.

Its not my favorite, but in the words of Alvin Holmes: "it drink pretty good"

But I have a lot of friends who have never had it, so I picked up some for the office.

Because I run my own business, and we have a bar and a Thursday night happy hour at the office. I like to do that type of shit for my peoples.

Let us go for LIBERTY & down any SAM ADAMS brew. Forty

Spanish Peaks Crystal Weiss

I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, especially those who don't like sweet, fruity beers.
It certainly fits the style guidelines given by Rate Beer. I certainly wish I would have researched this style before buying a cheap sixer of this beer.

German Kristallweizen


Kristalweizens are the third member of the German Wheat trifecta. Deriding by many beer lovers as “castrated hefeweizens”, kristalweizens are known for their filtered, sparkling colour. They have the classic spritzy carbonation of wheat beers, and the same tart wheat notes and signature components of banana, bubblegum and spice. The body is light, and alcohol ranging around the 5% mark, give or take half a point.

Fair enough.

Got back from Athens, OH from the Jackie O's release. Here's the haul:

2x Dark Apparition Kopi Luwak
2x Dark Apparition Vanilla Bean Rum Barrel
2x Quincedence
1x Oil of Aphrodite
1x 2008 Shoreline Bourbon Lost Sailor
1x Hoptimum
6x Flower Power - didn't notice the best by date was December - waste of $11
6x Columbus IPA - wish I would have bought another sixer of this instead of that ancient FP. This is a brilliant IPA that would be absolutely incredible if it didn't have a harsh bitterness in the middle.

Kyle, Derris, I foresee a weekend trip. Kyle can tow First Mate and Babgee carriage behind a poo-powered motorcycle, and I can drive some sort of 8feet to the gallon hot rod.

Or, we could get a VW hippie buss powered by fast food grease. Either way, I thought this was apropos: http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/02/06/tr ... l?src=dayp

It also appears that the Times reads our threads, or possibly the satellite is still orbiting: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/04/dinin ... y.html?hpw

I will definitely do this - I plan to try to chill on those big boys for a bit, and not just guzzle them as if they were BLs or High Lifes or whatever. Hopefully it will go good with my hanging out at home and watching movies during the work week plan.

On a side note does that Warsteiner fridge keg work with that Krups thingy they make for Heinekens? Because I was thinking of getting one for the office, strictly BECAUSE I CAN, but even that type of move isn't worth it if you can only drink Heine-blech.

Never had this before, very tasty.

There are some Abita haters here, but Turbo Dog is one of my favorite beers.


GAR - how is the 13th Colony gin? I can't stand gin, but my 'rents told me about this distiller opening up in Americus a lil' while back. I checked it out on-line, but their packaging design makes it look cheaper than Popov or Mr Boston's.

If you're interested, here's an interview with the co-owner of 13th Colony.

With a statement like that, smart money says this guy moved to Americus from Sheboygan.

So, I broke into these St. Bernardus Wit for the Super Bowl. Really good beer. Very clean and refreshing tastes when it's very cold, but it also reveals the citrus,mandate has a bit fuller feel when it's what I will surmise is optimal temperature. Damned good beer that while it's not overwhelming, 4 sipped over the life of the game gave me a pleasant buzz. Can't wait to try those others.

Stu - I haven't cracked it. The packaging leaves something to be desired but I am hoping that is a side effect of start up costs, not an indication of the contents of the bottle. The cat at the package store told me that the feedback he had gotten said the Vodka was comparable to Tito's - which is good shit.

I went with a Mix and Match sixer for this game, and the highlights were:

North Coast Brewing Company Old No. 38 Stout

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/112/408

Wasatch The Devastator Dopplebock

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/112/408

I shouldn't have tried Samuel Adams Latitude 48 IPA, since it just didn't pass for a great APA. It wasn't bad, but I could have went with a Sierra Nevada or New Belgium and enjoyed it a whole lot more.

I like Turbo Dog a lot.
A surprisingly light, drinkable beer for something with such a dark color. I like it a lot.

And, as to Fat Tire: not a big fan, but New Belgium does make a very, very good summertime beer in their Mothership Wit. Not usually a fan of any sort of fruit in my brew, but the citrus in this one actually works very, very well. Maybe my favorite summertime beer... duking it out with Bell's Oberon. (Depending upon the year, I sometimes like it better.)

And, that New Glarus stout: I'll have to try it, as I am a fan of the Spotted Cow.

Turbo Dog - The best thing Abita makes, in my mind, which explains how a lot of folks like it (my self included) and yet people don't care a lot for the brewery as a whole.

Fat Tire - It's not bad. I used to like it a lot, probably because as Gar said iut was hard to get... artificial scarcity. Last time I had it I was a little let down, but as usual Jerkass doesn't do subtle or shades of grey, everything is KILLER or UNDRINKABLE. The truth is in the middle - it's a fine enough beer, it's welll made, and a lot of people dig it. Nothing to get worked up over.

New Glarus Stout - That's a good little brewery but they are not in the upper league. I love them, I've been there to visit them 4 times, and I will love Spotted Cow til I die. Moon Man was a good beer, and I like Hearty Hop enough to have bought a keg of it. They're a solid B+ brewery, but not more than that right now. They use hard water, so the beers all taste a little flat and lifeless to me. They also use a narrow range of hops, I think, which makes their beers taste similar.

Gar - Glad to hear the St Bernardus did you right. I'd love to road trip to some breweries. I do that up here when I go motocamping, usually. Neuro and I hit up Long Trail last time up in VT.

And "Forty" is a bot, right? Or a foreigner with mild retardation? I'm confused.



I got so many good beers for my birthday last night. 35 years young... cheers bitches!

was that earlier or later in the night?

I think of Abita a lot like I think of Sam Adams. They were proto-craft breweries paving the way for all of the American breweries we have today. To do so, they had to make beers that somewhat appealed to Miller/Bud drinkers because there wasn't much of a market for craft back then. Now they're kind of stuck in making beers with more mass appeal that aren't that interesting.

Turbo Dog is good though.

I think their amber is alright, too, FWIW, or at least I used to. I haven't had any Abita in a long time for reasons kinda like what you're saying. There are a lot more choices now.