posh beers and ales and stuff thread

[keltoi]

WB dude, fred.

[Candiru]

Niiice! BBC is one of my favorite beers ever (and fav fap material)

 

Could you tell that all three stouts come from the same brewery by their sweet and smoky taste profile?

 

Everything from Goose Island I've had is top notch. Their Belgian styled Matilda and Sofie are awesome as well. There's a bit of beer snob controversy about them being bought out by Anheuser Busch, but if it doesn't effect the quality of their brews and makes them more available, then who cares?

[encey]

Totally -- it just means more people will get to enjoy them.

 

The Coffee Bourbon Barrel Stout has been my favorite!

[Fred McGriff]

WB dude, fred.

 

hey duder.

 

Pizza Port's Bacon and Eggs is so good. Had it at the GABF this year, it knocked my socks off, and I just had it again on location in San Diego yesterday and it was just as good as I remember it. probably my 2nd favorite beer ever.

 

quite good.

[chassis]

Lets give this one a go

[kaini]

had one of these the other night

 

 

very nice, but i'd imagine they get a bit sickly after two or three.

[Guest Aserinsky]

That Banana Bread Beer is amazing, I could very happily sit and drink 3 or 4 of those without feeling sickly! It is quite rich and sweet but the subtle hopiness kinda balances that sweetness out; I find it really easy to drink anyway. Wouldn't be something I'd choose as a session beer though,

 

I'm currently waiting for it to get warm so I can start drinking this again; I picked up a bottle not too long ago but it doesn't taste right in the winter. Usually I find ginger style ales too sickly and rich, but this one is awesome!

 

[chassis]

Lets give this one a go

 

Oh fuck, I'm only through my second bottle and Im tipsy as fuck. 8% what do you expect.

 

Taste is dark as fuck, would recommend.

[Guest Ron Manager]

yeah, the Banana Bread Beer is really good. definitely worth having if you see it anywhere on tap, which i found a lot nicer than the bottle (although that's pretty much always the case).

[kaini]

I'm currently waiting for it to get warm so I can start drinking this again; I picked up a bottle not too long ago but it doesn't taste right in the winter. Usually I find ginger style ales too sickly and rich, but this one is awesome!

have you had crabbie's alcoholic ginger beer? i like to mix two of them with a bottle of buckfast in a big pitcher for a sort of tramp version of dark and stormy. it is quite delicious.

[Eggs]

 

 

Edited March 31, 2013 by Eggs

[beerwolf]

A lot of people have told me about this Banana Bread Beer, and its delicious taste. For some reason I've always swerved it (I tried banana beer in Tanzania and it was foul, perhaps thats got something to do with it lol) I think I might get some today.

Edited March 31, 2013 by beerwolf

[Guest Aserinsky]

 

I'm currently waiting for it to get warm so I can start drinking this again; I picked up a bottle not too long ago but it doesn't taste right in the winter. Usually I find ginger style ales too sickly and rich, but this one is awesome!

have you had crabbie's alcoholic ginger beer? i like to mix two of them with a bottle of buckfast in a big pitcher for a sort of tramp version of dark and stormy. it is quite delicious.

Yeah I've had Crabbie's quite a few times, tends to disagree with me for some reason. Their ginger wine is decent though, works well as a mixer. Plus that tramp version of dark and stormy sounds delicious, now I've gotta see where I can get hold of a bottle of Buckfast to try this out.

[hello spiral]

The first time I saw that Blandford Flyer I got quite excited 'cos I used to love Blandford Fly:

 

 

It was really rich and gingery, to the point where it would burn your tongue the way decent ginger beer does.

But it obviously wasn't very popular because it started to disappear from shops and I would snap up any bottles I stumbled across.

 

Then I saw Blandford Flyer late last year and nigh on wet myself with excitement. I bought several bottles and triumphantly took them to a friends house.

 

I was so disappoint.

 

It's like they showed the bottle some ginger and then poured sugar into it. I get the feeling Badger are trying to make it more popular by making it so sweet but I wish they hadn't discontinued the original Blandford Fly.

 

tl;dr: I done liked a drink and wish 'twern't different.

[luke viia]

not exactly posh but I like em

 

 

drunkest easter morning I've had in a while

[encey]

I took a beer tour in Seattle Saturday and we went to Hale's. They served Supergoose DIPA on nitro! It was ... okay. Overall, not that impressed with Hale's, although it doesn't suck!

 

Most interesting brewery on the tour:

 

[Fred McGriff]

One pint of beer.

[joshuatxuk]

Here's the most quintessential German beer I drank recently paired with the most quintessential German cassette I recently aquired:

 

Edited April 19, 2013 by joshuatx

[Fred McGriff]

Just picked that up on vinyl last week.... good idea...

[encey]

Just got into an argument about whether Rogue's Voodoo Doughnut Maple Bacon beer is the worst beer ever or not.

 

I agree it's not subtle, but I think that's the point. They argued that any beer that has to inject its flavor so heavy-handedly is wasting the basic beer ingredients that could have made that flavor on their own.

[MadameChaos]

Just recently discovered this ale. Brewed down my ends.

 

[Hugh Mughnus]

Glorious glorious IPA...

 

[joshuatxuk]

Just got into an argument about whether Rogue's Voodoo Doughnut Maple Bacon beer is the worst beer ever or not.

 

I agree it's not subtle, but I think that's the point. They argued that any beer that has to inject its flavor so heavy-handedly is wasting the basic beer ingredients that could have made that flavor on their own.

 

I had Rogue's Oatmeal Stout last night and that was very much a good "traditional" beer, and I think it was aimed at doing that. I'm with you, it's called Voodoo Doughnut Maple Bacon after all!

[ghOsty]

I'm super curious about the Voodoo Doughnut, but I'm afraid I'll hate it and have wasted a purchase...

[Guest uptown devil]

Glorious glorious IPA...

 

had this last night, love it. killer deal for $6 a bottle. Edited April 19, 2013 by uptown devil