distantmantra
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Holy Mountain's first bottled release is the Pine Box anniversary beer. Great on tap, apparently it's slightly different in the bottle.
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Holy Mountain's first bottled release is the Pine Box anniversary beer. Great on tap, apparently it's slightly different in the bottle.
cyber_ninja
Member
Got some vintage DFH goodness:
Squall 2009
Olde School 2009
Fort 2009
World Wide Stout 2009
120 Minutes IPA 2008
Squall 2009
Olde School 2009
Fort 2009
World Wide Stout 2009
120 Minutes IPA 2008
Horatorobor
Member
How do you like beer?
I can't even stand the smell, and it tastes bad.
Unless I'm drunk.
I can't even stand the smell, and it tastes bad.
Unless I'm drunk.
I was once like you.
Now I'm giving brewery tours.
Chances are, you associate beer with mass market lagers. Try to get your hands on some of the fun stuff.
Horatorobor
Member
Thing is if going to buy and I see a 10 beer and a 10 liqueur, I'll buy the latter as ittastes better.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Serious answer...You just need to try more beers. It's easy to write it off when all you have tried is your standard college options. Once you've had great beer, you can stomach Bud Lite, Miller, etc at parties. You start to develop a palette, but it takes time.
The first beer I had that I liked was Magic Hat #9. From there, I just started buying single bottles of random shit to experiment. Find a local friend to explore with.
Horatorobor
Member
Serious answer...You just need to try more beers. It's easy to write it off when all you have tried is your standard college options. Once you've had great beer, you can stomach Bud Lite, Miller, etc at parties. You start to develop a palette, but it takes time.
The first beer I had that I liked was Magic Hat #9. From there, I just started buying single bottles of random shit to experiment. Find a local friend to explore with.
Where I'm from only two brands are on the top market so to say are they are both bad.
Sometimes I also see Heineken on local bar but people tell me it's worse the other so I never tried it.
distantmantra
Member
Seeing how you're in Portugal, 99% of the stuff we mention isn't available near you.
Here are some listings of bars and breweries in your country:
http://www.beeradvocate.com/place/l...&city=&s_id=&c_id=PT&zip=&area=&submit=Search
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Oh...I missed that you're from out of the USA. That makes it substantially harder. If it were possible, I'd gladly send you more delicious options!
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Got some vintage DFH goodness:
Squall 2009
Olde School 2009
Fort 2009
World Wide Stout 2009
120 Minutes IPA 2008
Mother of god. Those bottles of Olde School, World Wide Stout, and 120 Minute. Very jealous.
It's unique... you can really taste the blackberry. It's a bit acidic as result, but lacks the bitterness of an IPA. It's not particularly sweet either, thought the initial taste is almost like an unsweetened sparkling blackberry drink. The blackberry fades to reveal the base stout, which is dry. This is where a tinge of the bitter comes out. It "sweetens" up just slightly as you get used to it with all the flavors at play popping a bit more.
It's a bad beer to chug, it's one of the best beers I've had to play with on my tongue. Would recommend, it's a great specialty brew. There is a reason why these types of beers aren't mainstays though. It requires some contemplation while drinking.
nicoga3000
Saint Nic
Bottle of Creme Brule stout is chilling...
distantmantra
Member
My mom was in Oregon over the weekend and brought me a growler of Pallet Jack. Oh yeah.
No arguments here. One of the few beers I always go back to in a pinch whenever I don't know what to buy.
Link
The Autumn Wind
This is one of those beers I struggled to get through a few years back that I have no problem drinking now. I guess I leveled up or something.
Tarkus
Member
You've joined the elite IPA palates.
They've changed the label of bit and opened a new brewery in Mills River, NC. Don't get huge and lose what made you great in the first place SN.
"You've got a heart of gold. Don't let them take it from you."
8.5% session beer huh?
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
Hi beer GAF, any opinions on best lite beer? I'm exercising and counting calories but I don't want to give up beer entirely.
Guiness, 125 calories vs 110 for bud light.
distantmantra
Member
Maybe a nice sub-5% pale or session beer?
sharkmuncher
Member
Low ABV beers will generally also be lower calorie. I had the best luck just counting all 12 oz beers as 200 cal (~120 cal at 4% - ~240 cal at 8%) and limit your intake. You don't have to cut it out completely, because sometimes you need that 8% IIPA. Just my experience, but its much easier just to just nurse a single beer that you really want compared to being able to have two 12 oz pours of Guinness. Not really worth worrying about ~50 cal difference between a "normal" beer and those that call themselves "light."
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
Thanks guys. I think I'll pick up some Guinness.
Bell's Oarsman - 131 calories
Founders Session IPA - 147 calories
Abita Purple Haze - 128 calories
Stone Go To IPA - 135 calories
Firestone Walker Easy Jack - 135 calories
Lagunitas Day Time - 140 calories
Guinness - 125 calories
Generally, anything under 4% should keep you in the 130 calories or less range.
Berliner Weissbiers in general should be low in ABV and calories: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/style/87/
If you want something around 110 calories or less, that will be tough with craft beer. Some Berliner Weiss' may qualify. My calorie counting friend drinks Michelob Ultra for a healthy beer (95 calories).
ElectricKaibutsu
Member
Cool, thanks. I'll see what my local liquor store carries.
Next month I'll be in Asheville, NC for a day. The plan is to hit up a bunch of the breweries as they are close by. Heard Wicked Weed and Green Man are two of the better ones in the city. Want to definitely hit those two, maybe one or two more and then two bottle shops Bruisin Ales and App Vintners. Don't have my own rental car otherwise I'd probably spend the next day checking out some South Carolina Breweries.
Morgan Blackhand
Member
I think I have the celiac disease so no more beer for me. Fuck my life.
I don't really know anything about this disease, but can you drink gluten free beer?
Morgan Blackhand
Member
Yes but most of the gluten free beer that I know of suck
I've had a few good ones. Can't remember the names of them at the moment though I'll try to ask my buddy who's got celiacs for what they were called.
Morgan Blackhand
Member
Thanks, I'd appreciate that!
You "think"? Isn't that something worth to make sure of first?
Morgan Blackhand
Member
yeah I have a doctors appointment soon but all the symptoms are there so I'm already depressed.
It sounds like more and more breweries are making gluten-reduced beers, so maybe if your gluten intolerance isn't too great you'll still be able to drink decent stuff possibly.Yes but most of the gluten free beer that I know of suck
distantmantra
Member
We've got a new brewery here in Seattle called Ghostfish who is all gluten-free. They're making some beer styles (GF Saison?) that I've never seen GF before.
http://ghostfishbrewing.com/beers/
Granted you have to live here to try their beer. No distribution outside the area.
http://ghostfishbrewing.com/beers/
Granted you have to live here to try their beer. No distribution outside the area.
ErnieMcCracken
Member
You can still drink cider.
Good stuff. I must recommend their 4-Way IPA seasonal sampler as well. It's full of goodies. (Torpedo Extra, Ruthless Rye, Golden, and Blindfold Black).
Stone's Delicious IPA seems to be mostly gluten free
http://blog.stonebrewing.com/index.php/stone-delicious-ipa/
And apparently it's pretty good too.
http://blog.stonebrewing.com/index.php/stone-delicious-ipa/
And apparently it's pretty good too.
distantmantra
Member
Seattle got a Cantillon drop of Geueze and Lou Pepe Kriek yesterday. First one in a long time.
Tarkus
Member
That looks yummy. I'll have to find some of that for the weekend.
Chicago got a shipment of Geueze, LPK, LPF, LPG, and Mamouche. Sadly it somehow all sold out before I even realized stores had received it.
I didn't hear of one store announcing that they had it, yet it still sold out in one day. I guess people must have known it was coming and were ready to scoop it up.