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Re: Beer/Ale/Lager Appreciation Thread Had this tasty little number last night: [ATTACH]1009[/ATTACH] I have had Belgian IPAs before, but this one combined a more distinctly American hop character with that well known malty Belgian flavor with good results. I really liked this one. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2

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I can't really add much to this thread. I'm not a big fan beer, and I don't really drink alcohol much at all. I'm not a big drinker overall. I've personally found the hops fad to have gone a bit over

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Had this tasty little number last night: [ATTACH]1009[/ATTACH] I have had Belgian IPAs before, but this one combined a more distinctly American hop character with that well known malty Belgian flavor with good results. I really liked this one. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
i'll have to see if I can find that. Not sure if it's available here. Have you had "Houblon Chouffe", from La Chouffe brewery in Belgium? That's probably my favorite hoppy Belgian, it tastes like summer in a glass if you can find an un-skunked bottle. I wish they'd stop using green glass already. St. Peter's is the worst offender...
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Houblon Chouffe? Never seen those around here' date=' only La Chouffe and McChouffe.[/quote'] Makes me wonder if it's something they intend only for the American market, given its hop profile. Anyway, if you like hops, it's an excellent beer, and one of the few hoppy beers I recall my wife enjoying. She usually hates the flavor, says it tastes like rotten salad.
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i'll have to see if I can find that. Not sure if it's available here. Have you had "Houblon Chouffe"' date=' from La Chouffe brewery in Belgium? That's probably my favorite hoppy Belgian, it tastes like summer in a glass [i']if you can find an un-skunked bottle. I wish they'd stop using green glass already. St. Peter's is the worst offender...
I've never seen it, but our import selection is controlled by the state, so I'm not surprised about that. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Ive been craving something frothy and hoppy, but I had to settle on Miller Lite. I'm not proud Sent from my LGMS500 using Tapatalk
I think I would rather drink my own urine. This, however, has been great after a hard day: [ATTACH]1017[/ATTACH] Strong, but it doesn't overtly pucker your asshole, despite the rather present citrus character. Really one of my favorite DIPA's, excellent stuff. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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It's hard' date=' making sacrifices like that. You just have to trust that they're for a higher purpose. :D[/quote'] My beer destiny is in my hands. I didn't say Coors Light. Miller will never be my first choice but it's the only American commercial beer I'll drink. That looks delicious. Where is that brewed out of?
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My beer destiny is in my hands. I didn't say Coors Light. Miller will never be my first choice but it's the only American commercial beer I'll drink. That looks delicious. Where is that brewed out of?
Any mass produced adjunct lager is worse than piss, because it is manufactured to taste like piss, whereas urine tasted that way because it is excreted waste. Coors and Miller are no different than Natural, Budweiser, Michelob, or others in this regard. This beer, however, was brewed by Firestone Walker. All of theirs beers that I've had are at least decent, but this one is excellent, sitting head and shoulders above the other beers I've tried from them. As far as the Jager goes, that is a soap dispenser my wife made from a used bottle. I hate Jager, even if I hadn't had it vomited onto me multiple times, I would hate it because of that sickly sweet anise flavor. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Any mass produced adjunct lager is worse than piss' date=' because it is manufactured to taste like piss, whereas urine tasted that way because it is excreted waste. Coors and Miller are no different than Natural, Budweiser, Michelob, or others in this regard. [/quote'] Can't argue with that..
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A metalhead friend of mine is coming to visit soon and stay with me. He's a beer appreciator you could say, has been craft brewing in a brew club for years so it's very much his thing. I'll be taking him to Lagunitas brewery which is really close to where I live. Any of you guys like Lagunitas? I find it to be distastefully over-hopped.

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A metalhead friend of mine is coming to visit soon and stay with me. He's a beer appreciator you could say, has been craft brewing in a brew club for years so it's very much his thing. I'll be taking him to Lagunitas brewery which is really close to where I live. Any of you guys like Lagunitas? I find it to be distastefully over-hopped.
I've had mixed experience with them. Some that I have tried more recently were excellent, but the first few I had from them were underwhelming. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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I normally tend to stay away from fruit flavored beer. But my favorite is Sam's blueberry witbier but a fruity IPA sounds interesting Sent from my LGMS500 using Tapatalk
It's not from any fruit addition, it's a fermentation characteristic of the yeast they use, very subtle. I dislike most fruit beers, with the exception of some sour lambics.
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It's my 2nd favorite Texas brew behind Shiner. Full flavor, hoppy and a little bitter. Pours a perfect frothy head even from a bottle. Sent from my LGMS500 using Tapatalk
I don't like Shiner, so that's not a great indication, nor does the idea of any "Texas Lager" make me salivate. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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It's not from any fruit addition' date=' it's a fermentation characteristic of the yeast they use, very subtle. I dislike most fruit beers, with the exception of some sour lambics.[/quote'] Have you ever tried saisons? One of our local brewers does a sour apple saison which is pretty good. Saisons taste a bit like more tart lambics, but use wild yeast, so they have a bit more variability while retaining that characteristic Belgian flavor. The same local brewer also does a Belgian style tripel called Brainless Belgian, which is kind of crappy as most American imitations are, but they've recently produced a variant called Brainless on Peaches which is fantastic. I don't usually dig fruity beers myself, but this thing was delicious, and it's been winning all kinds of awards. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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