The Official Beer Thread

[Stella]

Not a bad saison from "the mitten" brewery: New Holland.

http://newhollandbrew.com/beer/mainstays/monkey-king-saison-farmhouse-ale/

[Randimus Maximus]

Had a couple Pliny the Elder drafts with dinner tonight. 

[LMT]

Bear Republic Racer 5 IPA tonight. 

[d3vi@nt]

Had a couple Pliny the Elder drafts with dinner tonight. 

Hard to find in bottles, but even harder to find on tap. I got lucky and found Pliny the Younger on tap once at Falling Rock in Denver a few years back. Those dudes can make some beer!

[LowThudd]

(Warning, slight rant content ahead)

So I bought a 12 pack of Guinness Draught for the first time in a long while, expecting the familiar 'PHFISHT' sound of the nitrogen capsule discharging and the lovely flowing cream head which gives way to glorious beer. None. So I am thinking I got a dud. No luck, as I grab another I see the small "Now Even Better. Drink straight from the bottle" message and NOW I get it. There is no capsul.

Now, it is still a great beer. But if I wanted Guinness straight from the bottle couldn't I just buy Stout instead?? I mean, why call it Draught, if it isn't actually being dispensed with nitrogen?   It does taste slightly stale compared to how I remember it, but maybe it is just a lapse in my memory.

Can anyone concur with me that the capsule version of Draught just tasted fresher?

[Triple J]

Bottle? I thought the Nitrogen capsules were only in the cans? 

[LowThudd]

Bottle? I thought the Nitrogen capsules were only in the cans? 

No, up untill recently, the bottles of Draught had them too. I guess I have to check and see if the cans still have them. I always have prefered the bottles. But I have been away from the Guinness for a while. Maybe this has been going on longer than I thought. 

Ahh, here we go. They are officially called widgets: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widget_(beer)

[LowThudd]

And lots of info here: https://www.google.com/search?q=guinness+bottle+nitrogen+capsule&rlz=1C1RNKB_enUS485US486&oq=guinness+bottles+with+capsu&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0j69i62l3.23590j0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

I guess I need to research to find when my Favorite beverage was actually adulterated. I guess the last few times I bought Draught it was cans.

[ungeheuer]

Never seen Draught Guinness in bottles here.  Never seen any bottled beer with the widget.

Last time I bought canned Draught Guinness.... the widget was missing.... like you, I opened the can in anticipation of the whoosh....   

Haven't bought any since.

Dunno about fresher tasting, but IMO the widget-enhanced Guinness was definitely smoother, creamier....  more like the pint you get served in the pub.  Being draught an' all.

[LowThudd]

Never seen Draught Guinness in bottles here.  Never seen any bottled beer with the widget.

Last time I bought canned Draught Guinness.... the widget was missing.... like you, I opened the can in anticipation of the whoosh....  

Haven't bought any since.

Dunno about fresher tasting, but IMO the widget-enhanced Guinness was definitely smoother, creamier....  more like the pint you get served in the pub.  Being draught an' all.

"Correctomundo!" - Sam Jackson as Jules in Pulp Fiction

That is what I meant to say.

[ungeheuer]

I wish Samuel L would strike down upon them with great vengeance and furious anger, those who de-widgeted and destroyed my Guinness.

[d3vi@nt]

Can anyone concur with me that the capsule version of Draught just tasted fresher?

Weekend research project! Thank you! 

[Randimus Maximus]

Hard to find in bottles, but even harder to find on tap. I got lucky and found Pliny the Younger on tap once at Falling Rock in Denver a few years back. Those dudes can make some beer!

Falling Rock does have quite the selection.  They've always been one of the first to get kegs of the Younger when it hits.  I still have not had a chance to sample that. 

[Buckethead]

New West Fest in Fort Collins this weekend.

Spent the afternoon drinking O'Dell's 5 Barrel Pale Ale and trying to stay out of the sun, all while listening to awesome live music.

It's a rough life, I tells ya. 

[yamifixer]

I had a black IPA from Blue Point Brewing called "toxic Sludge" over the weekend. Very nice

ALso just tapped an espresso Porter I made. It friggen' rocks. (I know it is heavy for a summer beer but the wife loves porter so I have to keep one on tap at all times)