The idea is for members to share info on good beer.
So other may try someting new.
If you have come across a wonderful new brew or an old favorite post up with a Name, brewery, and a brief description.
I start off with one of my personal favs.
Black Butte Porter, DeChutes, a very nice well balanced porter.
So why a month. Howabout DMF Beer of the Day? I drink at least one per.
Quote from: FatguyRacer on November 06, 2008, 09:47:02 AM
So why a month. Howabout DMF Beer of the Hour? I drink at least one per.
Fixed. ;D
Shipyard - Pumpkinhead
Seasonal Brew.
Strong taste of cloves and some nutmeg.
Get it before the season is over.
(Excellent idea for a thread btw! [thumbsup])
Mmm.. That sounds good Blac ~
JM
Something people outside of the Pacific Northwest may be able to get:
Bridgeport Blue Heron...just a very good example of a standard NW pale ale. One of my all time favorite beers. Any beer made by Bridgeport is good though.
Local beer...not sure if it available outside of Seattle:
Maritime Pacific Brewing - Islander Pale Ale...another NW pale ale that is made with just a bit of wheat for body. Maybe my all-time favorite beer. Especially the cask conditioned version available at their tap room.
Beamish Irish Stout
Very Guines-like, dark with creamy head. Somes in an can to be poured into a glass and enjoyed very cold. Not quite as bitter as Guiness ~
JM
Ommegang Hennepin
Available year round
Belgian farmhouse style ale - yummy
http://www.ommegang.com/index.php?mcat=1&scat=3&yr=1 (http://www.ommegang.com/index.php?mcat=1&scat=3&yr=1)
Dogfish Head 60 minute India Pale Ale.
Hand down the best IPA I have ever tasted.
Starts a little sweet, but end with the bite you expect from an IPA. [beer]
Santa Fe Brewing Co, Chicken Killer Barley Wine. [bow_down]
CHICKEN KILLER BARLEY WINE
Chicken Killer Barley Wine is the revolutionary beer that will someday define America's unique Barley Wine style. It is brewed with twice the ingredients of the Santa Fe Brewing Company's other beers, and only half the usual amount of liquid is extracted from these ingredients. This makes one substantial beer. At over ten percent alcohol, Chicken Killer is actually as substantial as wine, but this is not to say that it is difficult to drink. On the contrary; be careful with this one. The flavors of the beer are at first as overwhelming as the intense Santa Fe sun. But in the same way our sun gives us the unrivaled brilliant colors of Santa Fe, the potency of Chicken Killer gives us the remarkable spectrum of flavors that can be found in no other beer, in no other city. If you did not have the opportunity to try last year's vintage, come try this year's!
Availability: year round
Starting Gravity: 22.5 degrees Plato
Ending Gravity: 4.5 degrees Plato
Malts: 2-row pale, 30-37 l. Carastan, 135-165 l. Crystal
Hops: Chinook, Hallertau, Crystal
Yeast: House Ale
Alcohol Content: 10.0%
Best beer I've ever had, hands down.
Quote from: yuu on November 06, 2008, 11:22:26 AM
Ommegang Hennepin
Excellent stuff, we recently discovered that locally at one of the grocery stores. The big bottle (something like 30oz) is like $5.57. Reminds me of Sam Adams' Cranberry Lambic
JM
Shiner Bock
Spoetzl Brewery, Texas
Great everyday drinkable brew, good clean bock, no aftertaste
Ommegang Abby Ale
Ommegang Brewery, Upstate NY
One of my favorite beers, ever - trappist style ale, great flavor, hints of this & that - if you ever visit Cooperstown, the brewery is just outside of the town, well worth the visit, and they have some other very tasty brews as well - Three Philosophers, for one...
Quote from: DesmoDiva on November 06, 2008, 11:23:08 AM
Dogfish Head 60 minute India Pale Ale.
Hand down the best IPA I have ever tasted.
Try the 90 min
Quote from: the_Journeyman on November 06, 2008, 11:32:06 AM
Excellent stuff, we recently discovered that locally at one of the grocery stores. The big bottle (something like 30oz) is like $5.57. Reminds me of Sam Adams' Cranberry Lambic
JM
Should be a 750ml
Sounds right, it's about the size of a bottle of wine, which makes it about 25oz. Not bad for pulling a number out of my ass [laugh]
JM
Quote from: FatguyRacer on November 06, 2008, 09:47:02 AM
So why a month. Howabout DMF Beer of the Day? I drink at least one per.
I see at least 7 great beers mentioned so far, all you have to do is ....if it's Tuesday must drink Belgium style, Wedensday drink Sout's ..............
Has anyone try Avery's Csar Russian Imperial Stout ?
Thick and rich, hoppy at IPA levels , and 9% +.
A most enjoyable beer for a cold winter night, watching the flames dance in the woodstove listening to some good tunes.
brooklyn's black chocolate stout is my fav seasonal this time of year. 10% and delicious to boot [drink]
they also have a special edition that is called special black ops, which is the black choclate stout futher aged in oak .
Howbout one of you Cali guys get me a case of Alesmith Speedway Stout 7-fiddys and ship them to me. I cannot find this stuff anywhere with 150 miles of my location.
As the temperatures drop, I'm indulging my affection for stouts and porters. Two favorites on tap at my local:
Great Divide Yeti Imperial Stout -- http://www.greatdivide.com/thebeers/yeti.htm (http://www.greatdivide.com/thebeers/yeti.htm)
Papago El Robusto Porter from Oak Creek Brewing up the hill a bit in Sedona -- http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2240/6069 (http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2240/6069)
And right after payday when I'm feeling wealthy, I tell 'em to draw my favorite Belgian, Gulden Draak (Golden Dragon) from Van Steenberge -- http://www.vansteenberge.com/htm/2en/21300en.htm (http://www.vansteenberge.com/htm/2en/21300en.htm)
Very fond memories as well of the Black Butte Porter from Deschutes Brewing; I'll have to track one down again soon...
I haven't been able to put down Schlafly's Dry Hopped APA for months. I think it started out as a seasonal but it's been doing so well.......
Take your standard Pale Ale and add some super hops. It's smooth as all get out, but still has a great hoppy bite. The local brewery also makes a Katy Trail (local) Pale Ale that they sell in restaurant as well as in gallon growlers that's ridiculously good.
Quote from: Jarvicious on November 06, 2008, 01:05:31 PM
I haven't been able to put down Schlafly's Dry Hopped APA for months. I think it started out as a seasonal but it's been doing so well.......
Take your standard Pale Ale and add some super hops. It's smooth as all get out, but still has a great hoppy bite. The local brewery also makes a Katy Trail (local) Pale Ale that they sell in restaurant as well as in gallon growlers that's ridiculously good.
Is that Schlafly's in St. Louis? The brewpub that's basically in the shadow of the wall of the Anheuser Busch mothership? Loved that place back when my parents lived there. The rumor I heard was that the owner was Phyllis' son, which would just pile the irony on even thicker...
(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa289/ZLTFUL/Beer/BrandprofileStoneMill.jpg)
(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa289/ZLTFUL/Beer/BrandprofileBareKnuckl.jpg)
(http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa289/ZLTFUL/Beer/BrandprofileBrewMasters.jpg)
Those are nationally available.
For regional/locals...
Olde Main Off Kilter Scottish Ale
Olde Main To Be Named Later Stout
Starr Hill Dark Starr Stout
Raccoon River Brewing Oatmeal Stout
Raccoon River Brewing Bandito IPA
Other nationals/Imports...
Warsteiner Dunkel
Sam Adams Black Lager
Sam Adams Oatmeal Stout
Sam Adams Double and Triple Bock
Sam Adams Oktoberfest
Becks Oktoberfest
Boddingtons
Tennant
Great part...at least one six pack in the fridge of each of the above listed except for the Brewmaster's Reserve. Hoping on that one for Christmas.
Also, first person to post with the one commonality of the three pictured beers above wins a six-pack of one of the products listed above (Bare Knuckle and Brewmasters Reserve excluded as they are only available in 6 barrel and 750ml respectively). And it isn't that they are all from that evil empire, Anheuser-Busch. :p
Good everyday beer is Fat Tire from New Belgium.
They also make a very good dark called 1554.
Unfortunately I cannot get New Belgium beers out here...
Quote from: NAKID on November 06, 2008, 04:10:12 PM
Good everyday beer is Fat Tire from New Belgium.
They also make a very good dark called 1554.
Unfortunately I cannot get New Belgium beers out here...
+1 for New Belgium and 1554 in particular.
I stumbled upon a sale at the local beer/wine distributor last night. $12 mix-n-match cases from among 2 pallets worth of odds and ends.
I came away with:
24 Gritty McDuff's Halloween Ale
18 Sebago HefeWeizen
12 Gritty McDuff's Pub Style Pale Ale
12 Casco Bay Riptide Red
12 Casco Bay Brown Ale
And 6 each of Geary's London Porter, Autumn Ale, and Winter Ale.
...All of which are brewed in Portland, ME, about 30 miles south of where I live. And all for less than the cost of Living the High Life. ($15/case)
I be a happy drinker for a little while. [beer]
Perhaps we should get a little active on http://beermapping.com/ too bad they don't seem to have beer selections/brands available as a search parameter
Sam Smith's one of the best all round beer IMHO
Samuel Smith's Old Brewery
Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England LS249SB
Organic Beers , Pure Brewed Lager, India Ale, Pale Ale, Nut Brown Ale, Taddy Porter, Oatmeal Stout, Imperial Stout
Winter Welcome Ale
Old Rasputin Imperial Stout
Love stouts and porters. Recently had this and it's great.
Produced in the tradition of 18th Century English brewers who supplied the court of Russia's Catherine the Great, Old Rasputin seems to develop a cult following wherever it goes. It's a rich, intense brew with big complex flavors and a warming finish.
Vital Statistics
Style: Russian Imperial Stout
Color: Black
ABV: 9%
Bitterness: 75 IBU's
LA
Anyone care for Smithwick's. Brewed by the same brewary as Guinness. It's lighter, but still flavorful. I think it's pretty tasty. [drink]
Quote from: triangleforge on November 06, 2008, 01:09:07 PM
Is that Schlafly's in St. Louis? The brewpub that's basically in the shadow of the wall of the Anheuser Busch mothership? Loved that place back when my parents lived there. The rumor I heard was that the owner was Phyllis' son, which would just pile the irony on even thicker...
St. Louis it is, and for the record please don't use any decent brewer's name in the same sentence as Anheuser Busch ;D. I live close to STL and it's definitely on the list of things to do in the next year.
As for all you easterners looking to get New Belgium in your stores, it might be a while. In recent years it was a New Belgium initiative not to sell east of the Mississippi but I've recently found their stuff in Illinois so I'm sure it's well on it's way east. It is delectible stuff though.
My list, I like ales and stouts and it shows:
Fat Tire - Love it!
Old Speckled Hen, I'm not a huge hops guy but I love this. I went to the brewery with some Lotus car friends. I didn't even know they brewed it until I went in and that was one of the beers listed. "Hey! I've got a 6-pack at home!". Cool experience. The smaller breweries are nicer.
Cornish Mutiny - Like OSH but less hoppy and much smoother.
Rail Bender - I used to live near the Brew Pub/brewery. This was some awesome stuff. Bottle stuff is good but not quite as nice as at the Brew pub.
Guinness - Of course. [drink]
Pretty much any German wheat beer. Locally Penn Brewery made a Weisenbock and wow, that was the absolutely my favorite beer EVAR! :)
Quote from: bmonty72 on November 07, 2008, 12:37:35 PM
Anyone care for Smithwick's. Brewed by the same brewary as Guinness. It's lighter, but still flavorful. I think it's pretty tasty. [drink]
Yeah, had one last Friday. very nice.
Quote from: Jarvicious on November 07, 2008, 12:41:51 PM
As for all you easterners looking to get New Belgium in your stores, it might be a while. In recent years it was a New Belgium initiative not to sell east of the Mississippi but I've recently found their stuff in Illinois so I'm sure it's well on it's way east. It is delectible stuff though.
That, and New Belgium also donates generously to local causes and non-profits, with their charitable giving divided up based on the respective state-by-state sales of their beer. And since both my partner's employer & a non-profit I serve on the board of directors both have requests in to New Belgium, i'm not just enjoying a tasty brew whenever I open a Fat Tire, Abbey Ale or 1554, I'm takin' one for the team! [drink]
Quote from: Jarvicious on November 07, 2008, 12:41:51 PM
As for all you easterners looking to get New Belgium in your stores, it might be a while. In recent years it was a New Belgium initiative not to sell east of the Mississippi but I've recently found their stuff in Illinois so I'm sure it's well on it's way east. It is delectible stuff though.
They had it in western IL when I visited my older sister this summer. It needs to make it's way east quick. Yuengling is good, but I need variety....
No takers on my challenge?
Quote from: ZLTFUL on November 07, 2008, 04:18:16 PM
No takers on my challenge?
Well, according to the info provided, they all pair well with Hooligan cheese.
Michelobe's Bourbon Cask Ale
Good, solid pale ale with a wonderfully sweet bourbon aftertaste ~
JM
Rocked some Hoegaarden again last night. My fav. Belgian white. [thumbsup] (http://www.dac.be/foto/album00/hoegaarden.jpg)
Had some Blue Moon Harvest Moon last night. Not too shabby.
Quote from: ZLTFUL on November 07, 2008, 04:18:16 PM
No takers on my challenge?
They're all made with organic ingredients? :) I've had the Stone Mill (good) but not the others.
Had some Goose Island Harvest Ale last night, very good. [thumbsup]
Tonight it's gonna be Schell Octoberfest, also very good and my favorite Octoberfest of them all. [thumbsup]
Quote from: triangleforge on November 07, 2008, 02:29:25 PM
whenever I open a Fat Tire, Abbey Ale or 1554, I'm takin' one for the team! [drink]
Whatever helps it go down easier buddy ;D. Ahhh the sweet stench of justification......
Quote from: NAKID on November 07, 2008, 02:34:54 PM
They had it in western IL........
Where in Western IL? My condolences to your sis ;D. I had Yuengling for the first time a couple of months ago and wasn't that impressed. It's not to say that it's not a solid Lager, it just didn't seem to have any character. I equate it with any regional beer (Old Style) that people drink simply for the fact that it's "their" beer. I may be wrong though, I only had one bottle.
You're pretty right on from what I have experienced with Yuengling.
My sis lives in Detroit.........IL. Population 100.
The epitome of po-dunk....
From what I'm reading the DMF beer for November will propably be a Porter or Stout.
Which one is up in the air.
Any nominations??