Your favourite beer

[_Gentleman of_the Snow_]

Speaking of US brews, I had Southern Tier's Gemini the other day. It's fantastic! My friends and I loved it!

Thanks to ABQ, I've had some fantastic Canadian beers... that I should've known about

Unibroue's La Fin Du Monde... amazing. That brewery in general is amazing.

I also found Dieu Du Ciel's Solstice, which, like Unibroue, is from Quebec, Canada, and it is great!

 

[Krondor]

We had "American Weeks" here in Finland, in a couple of beer restaurants. And damn I love american IPA's...

 

[ABQShredHead]

I think I'll have to go grab some 'gique beers for the weekend after all this talk about Belgium. I need to look hard to find Rochefort in corked 750's. My buddy up in Colorado was raving about getting one of the three corked 8s in the state. Bastard!

 

[Prog is King]

I like that Damnation is corked!

 

[ABQShredHead]

I'll probably end up with a Brother Thelonius (North Coast) and a Maredsous or Chimay. Unless I see something new... I still have a Samichlaus and an Old Guardian in the fridge. Speaking of which, if you see Stone's Old Guardian Belgo, get it!

Maybe I'll get lucky and come across the Ovila Dubbel.

 

[Prog is King]

Rochefort 10, incredible taste!!! Huge alcohol content. I wish I could afford this all the time. I will purchase 6 & 8 very soon!

 

[_Gentleman of_the Snow_]

I enjoy Maredsous and Chimay.
I just tried Chimay Blue on the weekend, and it was definitely enjoyable... the only problem (unfair to the brew) was that I had it after 4 different big beers, so it wasn't as WOW! as it would've been.

 

[_Gentleman of_the Snow_]

Anybody here ever try a Dark Lord? I haven't...

 

[ABQShredHead]

From Three Floyds? They have a VERY small distribution - actually, I think only to Chicago outside of Indiana. Gotta take a road trip...

 

[_Gentleman of_the Snow_]

It's unfortunate... because I want one NOW.

I should go to one of their Dark Lord Days!

 

[ABQShredHead]

Yeah, I want an Alpha King. Actually, I want all of their brews...

My dad is from Iowa and he and my mom went on a trip back to his family last summer. I was trying to convince him to drive and make a pit stop for me along the way, but he didn't understand the import of my request. haha

 

[_Gentleman of_the Snow_]

LOL, and some people never will!

 

[ABQShredHead]

If you're interested in reading about what American beer looked like before Prohibition destroyed a truly great industry, I came across this old article by the late (very very great in brewing circles) George Fix. Worth a read.

Explorations in Pre-Prohibition American Lagers

 

[Prog is King]

J-Dubya, I notice in your profile picture that you have a Newcastle Brown Ale in your hand. I really
like that beer. But today at the store I saw Newcastle Summer Ale and was wondering if you had ever
tried some?

 

[ABQShredHead]

FYI, May 16-22, i.e., next week, is American Craft Beer Week. Feel free to celebrate.

 

[_Gentleman of_the Snow_]

I forgot about that link you posted, Shred. I shall read it shortly.

I recently acquired 3 750mL bottles of Unibroue's La Terrible. I am so excited to try this stuff... as is Proulxski, whom luckily lives where this stuff is made.

We shall have a drink together, man!

 

[ABQShredHead]

Mmm, yeah, La Terrible is good stuff. But.... not American craft beer. Don't drink it till next week.

 

[_Gentleman of_the Snow_]

'Tis, of course, Canadian! I had some last weekend, and it was delicious!
I also had some Gulden Draak, which was also great.

 

[Prog is King]

My wife brought me home a couple of bottles of Leffe, a Belgian Blond Ale. It tasted very smooth
and like vanilla or caramel and citrus. Very drinkable. 6.6 alcohol content. I wanted to know where in Belgium it came from. Turns out it's mass produced by the European arm of Anheuser Busch. You can get cases at Costco for $26.00. Still very tasty though.

 

[ABQShredHead]

I think it's brewed at Stella, which is also owned by InBev, as is A-B. A-B is the US distributor.

But, wherever it's brewed and whomever it's brewed by, it's darn good!