can we make this a nice beer thread?

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2009 1:28 pm

That Collaboration Not Litigation I had camping was, as Shiv told me it'd be, pretty fucking good. Every sip, all the way through the bottle, I'd sorta notice again how good it was, though some of that may have been from how glad I was to finally be sitting down after that hike.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Sen. Posh Oltorf LooGAR Wrote:

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

toots and the midols Wrote:

fat tire

= The Wrens for the beer world. It's ok, actually better than ok, but the hype is an order of magnitude over what the beer warrants. Great example of scarcity driving up perception.

Sierra Nevada is a better Pale Ale.

I've never had Fat Tire before but Sierra Nevada is MEHtastic. I can drink it in a pinch but its one of my least favorite beers priced at $5-6+ a six pack and commonly found on tap. I really don't prefer it over bud even.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2009 2:02 pm

Jesus. You'd take a bottle of Bud over a Sierra?

shiv · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2009 2:04 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

That Collaboration Not Litigation I had camping was, as Shiv told me it'd be, pretty fucking good. Every sip, all the way through the bottle, I'd sorta notice again how good it was, though some of that may have been from how glad I was to finally be sitting down after that hike.

splurge and get the piraat next time you go over that market.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2009 2:06 pm

I saw it on the shelf.

I swear I could just buy a pistol and rob that place. I want everything on that one last shelf past the cooler.

billy g · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:41 pm **Posts:** 9020

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

Jesus. You'd take a bottle of Bud over a Sierra?

In theory, I'd be pretty ambivalent about the choice. I'd probably not order either. If I'm only having one drink, it probably wouldn't be a beer anyway unless I'm eating something like Crabs or Bratwurst or in a place with much better choices. If I'm planning on swilling beer all night, I'd definitely choose bud over sierra.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Tue May 26, 2009 2:46 pm

billy g Wrote:

Crabs or Bratwurst

nice

Busty Rhodes · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2009 4:37 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

Smuttynose makes a scotch ale?! They're nextdoor out here and I haven't seen it.

Must. Find.

So I've got a 22 of this waiting for you when you come in July. DAT GOOG.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2009 4:44 pm

billy g Wrote:

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

Jesus. You'd take a bottle of Bud over a Sierra?

In theory, I'd be pretty ambivalent about the choice. I'd probably not order either. If I'm only having one drink, it probably wouldn't be a beer anyway unless I'm eating something like Crabs or Bratwurst or in a place with much better choices. If I'm planning on swilling beer all night, I'd definitely choose bud over sierra.

Proving that taste is subjective, Sierra is probably my favorite beer.

Busty Rhodes · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2009 4:48 pm

Sen. Posh Oltorf LooGAR Wrote:

billy g Wrote:

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

Jesus. You'd take a bottle of Bud over a Sierra?

In theory, I'd be pretty ambivalent about the choice. I'd probably not order either. If I'm only having one drink, it probably wouldn't be a beer anyway unless I'm eating something like Crabs or Bratwurst or in a place with much better choices. If I'm planning on swilling beer all night, I'd definitely choose bud over sierra.

Proving that taste is subjective, Sierra is probably my favorite beer.

Yeah it's in my top...3 for sure. Just picked up a case this weekend.

shiv · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2009 7:40 pm

Quote:

The beer itself is beet red, quite literally. Magic Hat used actual beet juice in the process of making the beer to get the unique bright red color of the beer. There is a slight beet taste throughout due to the use of actual juices rather than simply beet sugars.

one of the worst beers i've ever tasted. avoid.

discostu · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2009 7:44 pm

Cap'n Squirrgle Wrote:

Jesus. You'd take a bottle of Bud over a Sierra?

If I were to answer this, it'd be, "hell yeah." As I've said before, I HATE over-hopped pale ales.

And yes, that Wacko Summer Ale is fucking atrocious, and red.

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2009 8:28 pm

post lawn-mowing, porch-sitting and enjoying:

will be buying that again for sure.

up next:

Danny Don't Rapp · **Joined:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:20 pm **Posts:** 1530

Pictures takes too much time, so in the last couple days I've had:

Bear Republic Hop Ryd Rye - B
Samuel Smith's Oatmeal Stout - B
Southern Tier Back Burner - B+
Weihenstephaner Hefe Weissbier - A

and from my last post:

Dogfish 120 Minute IPA - A-
Dogfish Burton Baton (draft) - A
Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA (draft) - B+
Breckenridge 471 Small Batch IPA (draft) - B
Bluegrass Jeffersons Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout (draft) - B
Williamsburg Aleworks Drake Tail IPA - B-
Ayinger Celebrator - A
Stone Russian Imperial Stout (draft) - A
Harpoon IPA - C+
Weyerbacher - Old Heathen - B

I also took a nice swig of Flying Double Double Dog backwash topped with a couple bowls worth of marijuana ash, drunkenly thinking it was a few ounces of the actual beer sitting at the bottom of the bottle. I'd have to give that an F.

I've got these in the fridge:

Dogfish Indian Brown Ale
Great Divide Hercules Double IPA
Great Divide Titan IPA
Lagunitas Censored Ale
Lion Stout
Oskar Blues Old Chub
Sierra Nevada Stout
Victory Old Horizontal

paper · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2009 11:18 pm

boner pills Wrote:

Quote:

The beer itself is beet red, quite literally. Magic Hat used actual beet juice in the process of making the beer to get the unique bright red color of the beer. There is a slight beet taste throughout due to the use of actual juices rather than simply beet sugars.

one of the worst beers i've ever tasted. avoid.

fucking ew...that sounds terrible

paper · **Posted:** Wed May 27, 2009 11:21 pm

Danny Don't Rapp Wrote:

and from my last post:

Dogfish 120 Minute IPA - A-
Dogfish Burton Baton (draft) - A
Weyerbacher Double Simcoe IPA (draft) - B+
Breckenridge 471 Small Batch IPA (draft) - B
Bluegrass Jeffersons Reserve Bourbon Barrel Stout (draft) - B
Williamsburg Aleworks Drake Tail IPA - B-
Ayinger Celebrator - A
Stone Russian Imperial Stout (draft) - A
Harpoon IPA - C+
Weyerbacher - Old Heathen - B

I also took a nice swig of Flying Double Double Dog backwash topped with a couple bowls worth of marijuana ash, drunkenly thinking it was a few ounces of the actual beer sitting at the bottom of the bottle. I'd have to give that an F.

that's a pretty accurate memory for a black out night

Danny Don't Rapp · **Joined:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:20 pm **Posts:** 1530

A couple of them are iffy (for example, I thought for a couple seconds whether to give the Breckridge a B or B+), but it's pretty accurate. I was pretty drunk for a while, but I didn't fully blackout until about 2/3 of the way through the 120 minute, which was my last beer of the night. I don't remember a single thing from the one or two hours post-beer drinking though.

shiv · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 12:45 am

i was going to get the weyerbacher merry monks earlier but saw that it was 9.4% and decided to not go crazy tonight so i just got avery karma.

Cap'n Squirrgle · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 9:50 am

boner pills Wrote:

Quote:

The beer itself is beet red, quite literally. Magic Hat used actual beet juice in the process of making the beer to get the unique bright red color of the beer. There is a slight beet taste throughout due to the use of actual juices rather than simply beet sugars.

one of the worst beers i've ever tasted. avoid.

This settles it. That brewery can't seem to find its own asshole with a flashlight. I want to like them because they're small and Vermont, but yeah, I never do.

HaqDiesel · **Posted:** Thu May 28, 2009 11:29 am

i am quite sure i blew through a sixer of that wacko seasonal without once noticing that it was red.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

Did you think you were pissing blood at least?

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beer cans used to be so cool

Danny Don't Rapp · **Joined:** Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:20 pm **Posts:** 1530

Last couple days:

Erdinger Pikantus - C+
1809 Berliner Style Weisse - B+
Bells Kalamazoo Stout - B-
Stone Levitation - B+
Dogfish Red & White - A
Green Flash West Coast IPA - A
Moylan Moylander DIPA - B

Rick Derris · **Posted:** Sun May 31, 2009 10:58 pm

Franziskaner Hefeweizen

Extremely easy to drink. Nice and summery.

tentoze · **Posted:** Sun May 31, 2009 11:01 pm

Rotating between St Pauli Girl, Blue Moon, and Spaten Oktoberfest.

Senator LooGAR · **Posted:** Sun May 31, 2009 11:05 pm

paper Wrote:

boner pills Wrote:

Quote:

The beer itself is beet red, quite literally. Magic Hat used actual beet juice in the process of making the beer to get the unique bright red color of the beer. There is a slight beet taste throughout due to the use of actual juices rather than simply beet sugars.

one of the worst beers i've ever tasted. avoid.

fucking ew...that sounds terrible

Aside from Magic Hat fucking sucking my ass, I am intrigued by this -- I love beets.

can we make this a nice beer thread?

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