Eat, Drink, & Be Merry

by **furls** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:03 am

Heading to Cleveland in July for my annual pilgrimage in which I consume about 4 cases of GLB then bring 4 more back to CT. This year I may leave some of my kids behind to make room for a couple more cases.

I am pretty sure that GLB is the only way that I can justify coming back to Cleveland. Who the fuck (besides me) vacations in Cleveland? Man, I vacation like Cleveland sports fans spectate, in the most painful, masochistic possible manner.

by **JCoz** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:11 pm

Erie Warrior wrote:2 of these left

And picked up a sixer of these

Decent for a 15-10 loss

What's a 15-10 mean?

Love Lagunitas IPA BTW. I actually think it's probably the most well balanced IPA I've had.

I'd chose it over any other I've had, with the exception of Torpedo if I'm looking for a little more firepower.

by **JCoz** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 11:05 am

Anyone else had Flying Fish Exit #4?

Its labeled as an American Trippel, basically a Trippel IPA, freakin smooth as hell at about 10%.

Really really good, Think its been around for a few years took a gold in the GABF.

by **Erie Warrior** » Sat Sep 03, 2011 12:36 am

by **jclvd_23** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 3:39 pm

Local store here has a 12 pack of Spaten Oktoberfest on sale for 11.99 this week. Any thoughts on how the Spaten brand holds up compared to others when it comes to their Octoberfest beer?

by **motherscratcher** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:16 pm

jclvd_23 wrote:Local store here has a 12 pack of Spaten Oktoberfest on sale for 11.99 this week. Any thoughts on how the Spaten brand holds up compared to others when it comes to their Octoberfest beer?

Haven't had the Spaten. Just picked up some GLBC and some Bells Octoberfest which are both good . I forgot how easy to drink the GLBC is. Start in and 3-4 are gone before you know it. Let me know how the Spaten is and I'll keep my eyes open for it.

by **motherscratcher** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:19 pm

I got this text from a buddy a few days ago:

Bells brewery "THE ORACLE". A double IPA that puts Lake Erie Monster in a figure four leglock and makes it beg for mercy.

Anybody have any of that stuff?

by **RickNashEquilibrium** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:55 pm

motherscratcher wrote:I got this text from a buddy a few days ago:

Bells brewery "THE ORACLE". A double IPA that puts Lake Erie Monster in a figure four leglock and makes it beg for mercy.

Anybody have any of that stuff?

IMO, the 2 are not comparable outside of both being classified as Double IPAs. Personally, I find Oracle to be way too bitter/dry and quite unbalanced. I wouldn't call it bad, per se, but its too far on dry hoppiness for me to enjoy. How much does your friend enjoy hops? In that respect, I would say Oracle is a lot hoppier/pinier and Monster is much easier to drink. Oracle is a palate crusher.

As for your Oktoberfest question, go try Ayinger Festbier or the new Marzen they have at Winking Lizard. Spatan is one of my favorites and I was completely underwhelmed by last years edition of GLBC. Paulaner Oktober-Marzen can be drank by the gallon as can Hofbrau Marzen. Bell's has been a flagship of the craftbrewing explosion, but like GLBC, I find that their beers all have a similar finish in their hops profile that gets a bit annoying.

by **RickNashEquilibrium** » Fri Sep 09, 2011 4:58 pm

Also, if you can find Schmaltz Freaktoberfest, get some. They have it up at 1899 for $4.50 a crack which is pretty steep, but I loved the stuff. Definitely not for everyone as its big on the Marzen/Malt profile, and could be classified as being a bit sweet. Worth a try, and its fun to look at (bright reddish-orange hue, slightly transparent).

by **Erie Warrior** » Sat Sep 10, 2011 12:25 am

RickNashEquilibrium wrote:Schmaltz Gay?

by **jclvd_23** » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:35 am

motherscratcher wrote:
jclvd_23 wrote:Local store here has a 12 pack of Spaten Oktoberfest on sale for 11.99 this week. Any thoughts on how the Spaten brand holds up compared to others when it comes to their Octoberfest beer?

Haven't had the Spaten. Just picked up some GLBC and some Bells Octoberfest which are both good . I forgot how easy to drink the GLBC is. Start in and 3-4 are gone before you know it. Let me know how the Spaten is and I'll keep my eyes open for it.

As RNE stated, the Spaten Oktoberfest was a solid brew...especially for the price. Also picked up a 4 pack of Dogfish Punkin Ale....enjoyed it as always.

by **Cerebral_DownTime** » Mon Sep 19, 2011 11:42 pm

and

I keep my beer fridge stocked to the hilt during football/hockey season.

There's also about a dozen loose dark beers of various kind and maker from when friends come over and bring their current beer of choice.

by **Erie Warrior** » Sat Oct 01, 2011 9:19 pm

Not bad. Fairly well balanced, 7.9%

by **scott** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:33 pm

I traveled downtown to a respectable beer shop and stood in line before it opened to pick up a bottle of this. It was sold out everywhere in NYC within minutes of being made available on October 3rd. This whole specialty beer thing is getting out of hand. $25 for a 750 ml bottle. First time I've ever lined up for a beer. Haven't opened it yet but I will soon, I lucked into a 2nd bottle and that I will keep for a couple year to add a little age.

Found this at a different shop. This is Founder's Scotch Ale aged in Bourbon barrels. I opened one last night. The taste was closer to a bourbon cocktail than a beer. This has been hugely popular, I didn't love it - I'm not bourbon fan. It be suspect it will mellow with age, the alcohol kick at the end is hot, so I'm throwing the rest of the 4 pack in a closet for a year as well.

by **MartyM** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:45 pm

been trying a bunch of different stuff nowadays.

Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale http://www.kentuckyale.com/beer/Pages/KentuckyBourbonBarrelAle.aspx

Tetley's English Pub Ale

Great Lakes

Sam Adams

Use to stick with MGD and Bud.

by **motherscratcher** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:53 pm

Scott - I can barely see that thing. Don't you have a big picture you could show us?

Marty - I had a Kentucky Bourbon Barrel two nights ago. The first time I had one I didn't like it, but damn if that stuff didn't really grow on me.

by **scott** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 3:13 pm

motherscratcher wrote:Scott - I can barely see that thing. Don't you have a big picture you could show us?

I even edited it once and thought I'd fixed it. Here's a better shot. Backwoods Bastard. Bourbon fans rejoice.

by **swerb** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:03 pm

That Bourbon Barrel Ale is awesome. And potent.

My "I only have time for one" beer at the bar next door to my office.

by **Erie Warrior** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:54 pm

High praise for this beer. Great pumpkin flavor, cinnamon balance is excellent. Very nice.

by **swerb** » Sat Oct 15, 2011 11:35 pm

This tonight ...

by **Erie Warrior** » Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:34 pm

by **peeker643** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 9:12 am

This is a good week:

and

by **Cerebral_DownTime** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 1:24 pm

What is that, some kind of mutant bird?

by **peeker643** » Sun Oct 23, 2011 7:09 pm

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:What is that, some kind of mutant bird?

Go fuck yourself and worry about the ovens on all the labels of the beers you drink.

by **JJN** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 3:31 am

by **mattvan1** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 9:37 am

by **Cerebral_DownTime** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:32 am

peeker643 wrote:
Cerebral_DownTime wrote:What is that, some kind of mutant bird?

Go fuck yourself and worry about the ovens on all the labels of the beers you drink.

Ovens?

by **Ziner** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 12:23 pm

mattvan1 wrote:

Solid selections, two of my favorites and go to's

by **mattvan1** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:14 pm

Ziner wrote:Solid selections, two of my favorites and go to's

The Modus is very "creamy" - if such a word can be used to describe beer. Like a Genny Cream Ale on 'roids.

by **Cerebral_DownTime** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:39 pm

lol.

You drink "creamy" beer.

by **mattvan1** » Thu Oct 27, 2011 4:40 pm

Cerebral_DownTime wrote:lol.

You drink "creamy" beer.

Cream ale is a style of top-fermented American beer resembling a German Kölsch.

Unrelated to cream ales, the term cream is also sometimes used to describe a texture of beers pressurized with nitrogen, allowing cans (using a widget) and take-home mini-kegs to resemble true draft beer. Boddingtons pale ale is an example of a beer that uses this sort of packaging.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_ale

Stop being so angry all the time. If you weren’t so xenophobic regarding the German Beer Purity law you just might learn something. ;-) ;) :wink:

by **Ziner** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 12:07 am

Bet you bastards can't find this shit. I am working through my stash tonight. RNE we need to do another xmas ale trade.

by **Cerebral_DownTime** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 1:31 pm

mattvan1 wrote:
Cerebral_DownTime wrote:lol.

You drink "creamy" beer.

Cream ale is a style of top-fermented American beer resembling a German Kölsch.

Unrelated to cream ales, the term cream is also sometimes used to describe a texture of beers pressurized with nitrogen, allowing cans (using a widget) and take-home mini-kegs to resemble true draft beer. Boddingtons pale ale is an example of a beer that uses this sort of packaging.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream_ale

Stop being so angry all the time. If you weren’t so xenophobic regarding the German Beer Purity law you just might learn something.

You just love the cream (by that I mean semen).

by **mattvan1** » Sat Oct 29, 2011 7:37 pm

Cerebral_DownTime wrote: You just love the cream (by that I mean semen).

Weak sauce. No sense arguing the facts when you can always the drop the legandary "you like semen" line. Well played.

My hatred of Tall Teutons grows every day.

by **RickNashEquilibrium** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 2:07 pm

Ziner wrote:Bet you bastards can't find this shit. I am working through my stash tonight. RNE we need to do another xmas ale trade.

Anytime my man. I need a another list of west/pac coast breweries that ship to you in Colorado. Ten Fidy was awesome, but I'm dying for some Cali beers. BTW, for anyone on facebook, go take a a look at GLBC's page. They released Xmas ale in bottles at the brewery last week and 2 ladies came in and bought 33 CASES. That's about $1350 worth. JFC I bet they own a store and plan on reselling it at mark-up or putting it on ebay.

by **Love child of shawn kemp** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 4:42 pm

I have been sampling some 21st Amendment Brewery Live Free or Die IPA as well as their Black IPA. Both are in the 70 IBU range for hoppiness. Have also tried a few Lagunitas styles lately as well, L'il Sumpin IPA and can't remember the other. Lagunitas makes some stiff beers ABV.

by **Ziner** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 5:40 pm

Tonights passin' out candy brew

by **Ziner** » Mon Oct 31, 2011 10:47 pm

Had to call an audible, all out of Punkin ale. Looks like I might drink more beers than have trick or treaters show up. Little punks, I got the best candy on the block too.

Snickers
Milky Way
Three Muskateers
Twik
Payday
Take 5
Reese Cups
3 types of kit kats
3 types of M&Ms
Sour Skittles

Seriously NO ONE has a better candy selection than that.

Beer out of Milwaukee, recommended by the brewmiester at the beer store. Pretty solid stuff, a bit too spicy for my liking, but all and all not bad.

by **Commodore Perry** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 2:13 pm

When I'm not drinking Great Lakes Commodore Perry, this is my brew of choice. Very strong, at 8%. Great flavor, though try to get it fresh.

by **Cerebral_DownTime** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 4:51 pm

Fuckin' raisins.........

by **Erie Warrior** » Thu Nov 03, 2011 10:24 pm

Seriously, how awful were those fucking guys?

by **RickNashEquilibrium** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:35 pm

Stumbled across this. Westvleteren Trappist Ales considered to be the best beer in the world, will be shipping gift sets to the US in limited quantity. I have considering importing a crate of this stuff for awhile, but with a new house and the costs to get it over the pond, I'll have to wait.

http://beeradvocate.com/forum/read/4194074

by **FUDU** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 2:50 pm

Ziner wrote:Had to call an audible, all out of Punkin ale. Looks like I might drink more beers than have trick or treaters show up. Little punks, I got the best candy on the block too.

Snickers
Milky Way
Three Muskateers
Twik
Payday
Take 5
Reese Cups
3 types of kit kats
3 types of M&Ms
Sour Skittles

Seriously NO ONE has a better candy selection than that.

Beer out of Milwaukee, recommended by the brewmiester at the beer store. Pretty solid stuff, a bit too spicy for my liking, but all and all not bad.

Sorry Ziner but I just lost a lot of respect for you, simply based on the fact you purchased Reeses Cups and gave them away.

:thumbdown:

by **JCoz** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:00 pm

So I finally tried some of this and I think its one of the very best Porters I've had, I think I'll drink many of these this fall/winter:

by **peeker643** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:38 pm

JCoz wrote:So I finally tried some of this and I think its one of the very best Porters I've had, I think I'll drink many of these this fall/winter:

Try Troegs's "Dead Reckoning" yet?

We went to State College two weeks ago, avoided the showers there and took two kegs (like 5gallon soda kegs) of homemade stuff. A black IPA and a Coffee Stout. We drank under a tent as it snowed, played washers and ate. Never went to the game. Did I mention the tent was set up in the hotel parking lot?

by **JCoz** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:53 pm

What do you do, bring hand pumps for that?

And I had dead reckoning in my hand last week, put it down for th O. I'll be trying it out soon.

by **peeker643** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 1:45 pm

JCoz wrote:What do you do, bring hand pumps for that?

And I had dead reckoning in my hand last week, put it down for th O. I'll be trying it out soon.

No, a bit more elaborate than that. CO2 feeding the kegs for pressure (and for carbonation earlier in the process), chill plate that feeds both lines so you can choose one variety or the other.

My buddy is pretty serious about it and we try and make something regularly so that we always have something on tap, etc.

by **JCoz** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:17 pm

peeker643 wrote:
JCoz wrote:What do you do, bring hand pumps for that?

And I had dead reckoning in my hand last week, put it down for th O. I'll be trying it out soon.

No, a bit more elaborate than that. CO2 feeding the kegs for pressure (and for carbonation earlier in the process), chill plate that feeds both lines so you can choose one variety or the other.

My buddy is pretty serious about it and we try and make something regularly so that we always have something on tap, etc.

Is it enclosed like a dual tap kegerator? Not sure exactly what you mean by chill plate.

I'd be interested in seeing a photo of the set up if you have one.

I'm trying to come up with a workable solution to bringing home some kegs of my homebrew back to cleveland for a party on the 4th next year, last thing I want to do is have a hand pump on it.

by **peeker643** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:25 pm

JCoz wrote:
peeker643 wrote:
JCoz wrote:What do you do, bring hand pumps for that?

And I had dead reckoning in my hand last week, put it down for th O. I'll be trying it out soon.

No, a bit more elaborate than that. CO2 feeding the kegs for pressure (and for carbonation earlier in the process), chill plate that feeds both lines so you can choose one variety or the other.

My buddy is pretty serious about it and we try and make something regularly so that we always have something on tap, etc.

Is it enclosed like a dual tap kegerator? Not sure exactly what you mean by chill plate.

I'd be interested in seeing a photo of the set up if you have one.

I'm trying to come up with a workable solution to bringing home some kegs of my homebrew back to cleveland for a party on the 4th next year, last thing I want to do is have a hand pump on it.

Kind of: looks a bit like this:

That goes in a 10gal cooler with ice. Gets cold fast and stays cold. Lines from each 'keg' run into it, cool beer and keep it cold and run out of it for dispensing.

I'll get a pic if I can. The Co2 keeps the kegs under pressure which eliminates the hand pumping, obviously.

by **peeker643** » Fri Nov 11, 2011 3:28 pm

Googled it and setup looks a lot like this. Though this doesn't show 10g cooler with chill plate:

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