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Will do. Any idea when its supposed to hit?
codswallop
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That's a pretty light golden ale. Are you from Australia? From Victorian brewers (e.g. may not be too easy to find out of Vic), you might try Kooinda's Valhalla Golden Ale, Two Birds' Golden Ale or Cavalier Brewing's Courage.
For more adventurous fruitiness, you could try Moon Dog's Melon Gibson, Temple's Scarlet Sour or Prickly Moses' Blueberry Hefeweizen. Note that all these are not the same style as the above beers.
Looks like it is distributing pretty quickly, lets pour has it in Washington already.
Cool. Let me know if you find it anywhere, I wouldn't mind giving it a try too. I live just a mile or so from Beverage Warehouse so I'll pop my head in there this week if I get off early enough.
Cool, I work at LMU just down the street as well. FYI they said they are getting parabola on Friday when I called.
distantmantra
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It's all over the Seattle area now.
threetri333
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I'm a very light drinker. A margarita takes me out.
Can anyone recommend a light enjoyable drink?
Can anyone recommend a light enjoyable drink?
distantmantra
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Don't believe his lies.
I just tried a 2011 and 2012 and thought it was amazing.
Calling it an IPA might be a little misleading though, at 18% ABV it is almost a barleywine.
distantmantra
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My problem with 120 is the complete lack of balance. Tastes like apricots and rubbing alcohol.
Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier. Cheap and available just about everywhere I think.
Well, of course.
Nobody will argue with that. Don't know why you are expecting antagonism.
The 90 Minute is a king among IPAs, though.
I think most of us have accepted that almost everything interesting in the world of beer is now happening in North America.
While I do think it's a nice IPA, it's not even the best IPA that Dogfish makes. I prefer both 75 min. and Burton Baton to 90 min.
I agree for the most part if we're strictly talking ales.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I disagree.
scissorfight
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got 3 parabolas to age, and 1 to try fresh. i think getting multiple bottles of this will be a yearly tradition from now on.
I'd argue that.
distantmantra
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Belgian beers are great (Cantillon, 3F, Fantome, the Trappists, etc.), but there's a ton of great stuff being made in North America right now.
There are tons of great (new) beers made all over the world right now. Microbreweries doing interesting things isn't an exclusively American phenomenon. Talk about their products dominates this topic because GAF as a whole is rather US-centric I think.
Every now and then I stumble upon an American beer (like Flying Dog) but they're still very rare here in Europe. Likewise I can only cringe when I see what prices people pay for Belgian beer outside of the continent. Australia is especially fucked.
codswallop
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Luckily for us we've got a metric shit-tonne of local crazies brewing great stuff here too. The Great Australasian Beer Spectapular (GABS) this month will have some outstanding stuff. Bummed I won't be able to make it, despite it being in the city in which I live.
Here's the list from last year. From memory there were beers made with tea, sarsaparilla, coconut, karakaberry, chipotle, beetroot, kiwi fruit, etc.
http://thelocaltaphouse.blogspot.com.au/2011/11/draft-beer-list-for-2012-great.html
Nice! When I was in NSW last year I tried out some stuff but only found products from microbreweries in stores, never saw anything anywhere on tap except some pubs in/around CBD in Sydney that brewed their own stuff.
codswallop
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In Australia the big companies still buy the lion's share of taps and there are tons who don't understand beer isn't just a fizzy yellow thing. It's not uncommon to walk into a big pub and only see two or three taps and nothing worth drinking at all.
I believe it's worse in NSW than Victoria where I live, but slowly improving.
Drink all the Cantillon you can
Just go to a Carrefour and knock yourself out. Even a 75ml bottle of a solid brand like Chimay shouldn't knock you back more then 4. The price difference even compared to here in the Netherlands is pretty big.
Get some Duvel Tripel Hop (with fancy Sorachi Ace) hops - it's pretty good (and limited time only) stuff. Otherwise, Rochefort, Ciney, Orval, Kwak, Tripel Karmeliet.
so true when its new. Let it age out and it gets much much better. Still, a crazy unbalanced beer, but does improve.
Etrian Oddity
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Shiner Ruby Redbird. Oh, how delicious this blend of ginger and grapefruit is. Sometimes I love being Texan.
I think I agree with you. Though I've never had a St. Bernardus.
codswallop
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Got some other suggestions on limited or stuff that's difficult to find outside of Belgium? Preferably available in big cities.
Hoping to get to the Cantillon brewery in July, seems like the tour is a bit ordinary, but I still want to see it. Considering maybe making the trek to Rodenbach as well (will either be in Ghent or Bruges so it might not be a big hike) as that seems interesting with all their giant barrels.
distantmantra
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The Cantillon "tour" is totally worth it. I had a blast there in 2011.
never had westy but i like 10 better than bernardus
I've only had a St. Bernardus and it was pretty damn great. I'll have to track down a Rochefort since I won't pay the crazy price for a Westvleteren nor spend the time looking for one.
Beer Advocate actually has St. Bernardus rated as the best of the 3, even if they are all very similar. Nevermind... had quads sorted by number of reviews. They all have pretty high scores anyways.
Maybe some of the St. Feuillien beers, I'm a big fan of their Grand Cru. Caracole if you like amber beers. Affligem is pretty solid stuff too, though I think Affligem/Chimay/Rochefort/MaredSous's range of beers are pretty close to eachother. St. Bernardus is really something different. Liefmans Goudenband is one of a kind too, in my opinion.
Almost all of the above should be available at a big supermarket in Belgium. If you like your beer to be a bit more bitter then most other Belgian stuff, try Orval and Chouffe Houblon. Orval is the one Trappist beer that's completely different from all the other Trappists; Houblon is Chouffe's IPA.
codswallop
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Excellent, looking forward to it. Guess I'll be drinking the wife's free drink from the tour, too. Unless Cantillon have a beer white wine drinkers could enjoy...
Thanks for the tips. I've had quite a few of these guys locally (the big ones, e.g. Orval, La Chouffe, Rochefort, Chimay, etc) so am looking at more of the smaller, lesser known ones I'll not be able to find back home, whether that's a special release, or only a local one, or a small place that only distributes locally.
The only current special one I know right now I consider recommending is the one I mentioned, Duvel's Tripel Hop. In Carrefour they usually carry all the seasonal/temporary stuff seperately from the regular stock so shouldn't be hard to spot those.
A beer I tried recently is Super des Fagnes Blonde. Never heard of it before but it's a bit like Tripel Karmeliet, little more subtle taste.
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