BEER THREAD!

Post by **Omphalos** » 17 May 2008 16:00

Mandy wrote:
Omphalos wrote:
Mandy wrote:It'll still get you drunk!
Sorry, Honey, but not me. I absolutely cannot get a buzz off the stuff before I am barfing because my stomach is so damn full.
You can't catch a buzz off 5 or 6 beers?

Off of Bud and its ilk? Not even if I beer bong them. I tell you, that stuff is vitamin water.

Spice Grandson · Post by **Spice Grandson** » 17 May 2008 16:08

Found this at my local grocery store. Bought a six pack and took it home. Piss-poor excuse for a wheat beer. I could see completely through it! Back to my Pyramid Hefeweizen. Ahh! Now THAT'S wheat beer.

GamePlayer · Post by **GamePlayer** » 17 May 2008 17:39

Robspierre wrote:
GamePlayer wrote:

You leave me broken, shattered, I lie
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot, then we can die

Take me out!

Not a bad beer at all, but its 13.00$ a six pack at my local store so its more of a special treat beer.

Rob

But it's soooo good

I'm not an every weekend kinda of drinker, I'm more like a once-a-month drinker. So I can afford it

Spicelon · Post by **Spicelon** » 17 May 2008 18:19

http://www.northernbrewer.com/alekits.html

Post by **Freakzilla** » 17 May 2008 22:10

It's a Heineken and Wild Turkey night.

Post by **Omphalos** » 18 May 2008 03:52

Glenmorangie, coca-cola and UFC fights for me.

Robspierre · Post by **Robspierre** » 18 May 2008 22:01

Omphalos wrote:Glenmorangie, coca-cola and UFC fights for me.

Glenfiddich, ginger ale, and honey wheat pretzels

Rob

A Thing of Eternity · Post by **A Thing of Eternity** » 18 May 2008 22:16

I like most micro brewed beverages from BC, lots of great types to choose from, but my old fall back beer is always Black Label Extra Old Stock.

Spice Grandson · Post by **Spice Grandson** » 22 May 2008 16:08

Robspierre wrote:
Omphalos wrote:Glenmorangie, coca-cola and UFC fights for me.
Glenfiddich, ginger ale, and honey wheat pretzels

Rob

Damn! That sounds great!

Spice Grandson · Post by **Spice Grandson** » 22 May 2008 16:13

Tried these recently. The red and the blue are fairly high in alcohol content. You can check out the wiki article on them here which links to their Belgian site.

Flavor: Meh. S'okay. They claim it's silky smooth. Not too sure about the silky part, but it had a nice full flavor with a slight bitters after-taste. My wife didn't like the after-bite. I did, though.

Post by **Omphalos** » 22 May 2008 16:47

I have drunk a LOT of Chimay in my time.

Tleilax Master B · Post by **Tleilax Master B** » 22 May 2008 17:01

I love a good Chimay. I actually brewed one myself once that came out quite nice. I cultured the yeast from the bottle and did a starter. Then pitched that into the wort. It came out VERY nice; so naturally it was gone in a couple of weeks

I have a Barley Wine in the fermentor right now (1.13 SG!! Probably will come out to about 11-14% alcohol)

I'm brewing an Altbier this weekend and Bohemian Pilsner. Probably doing an APA the weekend after. Its brewing season around my house!!

Post by **Omphalos** » 22 May 2008 17:18

Barley wine, huh? Looking to spend the entire summer stewed and drooling?

Spicelon · Post by **Spicelon** » 22 May 2008 17:21

Tleilax Master B wrote:I love a good Chimay. I actually brewed one myself once that came out quite nice. I cultured the yeast from the bottle and did a starter. Then pitched that into the wort. It came out VERY nice; so naturally it was gone in a couple of weeks

I have a Barley Wine in the fermentor right now (1.13 SG!! Probably will come out to about 11-14% alcohol)

I'm brewing an Altbier this weekend and Bohemian Pilsner. Probably doing an APA the weekend after. Its brewing season around my house!!

OMG! A homebrewer! yay!

Are you feeling the pinch yet on hops and grain prices?

I'm not doing all-grain batches yet, still doing extracts. But lots of variables none the less. Great hobby.

Tleilax Master B · Post by **Tleilax Master B** » 22 May 2008 17:22

Omphalos wrote:Barley wine, huh? Looking to spend the entire summer stewed and drooling?

Can't think of a better way to spend it!!

orald · Post by **orald** » 22 May 2008 17:25

Spicelon wrote:Great hobby.

Yes, I'm sure all the great druglords also say that.

Tleilax Master B · Post by **Tleilax Master B** » 22 May 2008 17:25

Spicelon wrote:
Tleilax Master B wrote:I love a good Chimay. I actually brewed one myself once that came out quite nice. I cultured the yeast from the bottle and did a starter. Then pitched that into the wort. It came out VERY nice; so naturally it was gone in a couple of weeks

I have a Barley Wine in the fermentor right now (1.13 SG!! Probably will come out to about 11-14% alcohol)

I'm brewing an Altbier this weekend and Bohemian Pilsner. Probably doing an APA the weekend after. Its brewing season around my house!!
OMG! A homebrewer! yay!

Are you feeling the pinch yet on hops and grain prices?

I'm not doing all-grain batches yet, still doing extracts. But lots of variables none the less. Great hobby.

Cool! A fellow homebrewer! I've been doing it for about 10 years now. Mostly do all grain, but occasionally I will do an extract or partial mash of some recipes I like.

The price of hops is absolutely fucking outrageous. Definately feeling the crunch. The only thing that has saved me is that I filled the freezer up with a whole bunch from freshops.com before the crunch hit. So i'm riding on a surplus right now for most of my beers, but its going to run out sooner or later

I also grow some of my own, Magnum and Cascades, so I do OK supplementing with those as well.

Got anything brewing right now?

Spicelon · Post by **Spicelon** » 22 May 2008 18:45

orald wrote:
Spicelon wrote:Great hobby.
Yes, I'm sure all the great druglords also say that.

:p

check yer PM's.

Spicelon · Post by **Spicelon** » 22 May 2008 18:50

Tleilax Master B wrote:
Spicelon wrote:
Tleilax Master B wrote:I love a good Chimay. I actually brewed one myself once that came out quite nice. I cultured the yeast from the bottle and did a starter. Then pitched that into the wort. It came out VERY nice; so naturally it was gone in a couple of weeks

I have a Barley Wine in the fermentor right now (1.13 SG!! Probably will come out to about 11-14% alcohol)

I'm brewing an Altbier this weekend and Bohemian Pilsner. Probably doing an APA the weekend after. Its brewing season around my house!!
OMG! A homebrewer! yay!

Are you feeling the pinch yet on hops and grain prices?

I'm not doing all-grain batches yet, still doing extracts. But lots of variables none the less. Great hobby.
Cool! A fellow homebrewer! I've been doing it for about 10 years now. Mostly do all grain, but occasionally I will do an extract or partial mash of some recipes I like.

The price of hops is absolutely fucking outrageous. Definately feeling the crunch. The only thing that has saved me is that I filled the freezer up with a whole bunch from freshops.com before the crunch hit. So i'm riding on a surplus right now for most of my beers, but its going to run out sooner or later I also grow some of my own, Magnum and Cascades, so I do OK supplementing with those as well.

Got anything brewing right now?

Getting ready to do a Chinook IPA.

I joined the local brewing guild, so we get pretty good deals on grain and hops. still costs a lot more than it used to. A lot of our members are hardcore, they order grain by the pallet, have there own "brewstands" with sensors and conmtrols and stuff.

I've got a couple of carboys, a keggle, a burner, a couple of tanks, some corny kegs - don't have a mash tun yet. It's really the last thing i need to go all-grain. Funny thing was I knew exactly why 1.13 SG was significant. That's a lot of yeasty food!

Tleilax Master B · Post by **Tleilax Master B** » 22 May 2008 21:35

Spicelon wrote:
Tleilax Master B wrote:
Spicelon wrote:
Tleilax Master B wrote:I love a good Chimay. I actually brewed one myself once that came out quite nice. I cultured the yeast from the bottle and did a starter. Then pitched that into the wort. It came out VERY nice; so naturally it was gone in a couple of weeks

I have a Barley Wine in the fermentor right now (1.13 SG!! Probably will come out to about 11-14% alcohol)

I'm brewing an Altbier this weekend and Bohemian Pilsner. Probably doing an APA the weekend after. Its brewing season around my house!!
OMG! A homebrewer! yay!

Are you feeling the pinch yet on hops and grain prices?

I'm not doing all-grain batches yet, still doing extracts. But lots of variables none the less. Great hobby.
Cool! A fellow homebrewer! I've been doing it for about 10 years now. Mostly do all grain, but occasionally I will do an extract or partial mash of some recipes I like.

The price of hops is absolutely fucking outrageous. Definately feeling the crunch. The only thing that has saved me is that I filled the freezer up with a whole bunch from freshops.com before the crunch hit. So i'm riding on a surplus right now for most of my beers, but its going to run out sooner or later I also grow some of my own, Magnum and Cascades, so I do OK supplementing with those as well.

Got anything brewing right now?
Getting ready to do a Chinook IPA.

I joined the local brewing guild, so we get pretty good deals on grain and hops. still costs a lot more than it used to. A lot of our members are hardcore, they order grain by the pallet, have there own "brewstands" with sensors and conmtrols and stuff.

I've got a couple of carboys, a keggle, a burner, a couple of tanks, some corny kegs - don't have a mash tun yet. It's really the last thing i need to go all-grain. Funny thing was I knew exactly why 1.13 SG was significant. That's a lot of yeasty food!

Sweet! I wish I could quaff a pint with 'ya! I've wanted to build or buy one of those brewing sculptures, but I just haven't had the spare cash and the OK from the ol' Tank

Something about kids and bills; I don't know what she's on about........

I have much the same equipment. I use a converted Gott cooler for the mash tun and generally do 5 or 10 gallon batches. I have quite a few carboys and a demijohn. I am buying a 12.2 ga conical fermentor this summer, which I'm pumped about.

I make a pretty fair beer. There's a certain bug around here who can vouch for my Spannunsbogen Steam

Tleilax Master B · Post by **Tleilax Master B** » 22 May 2008 22:15

Here's a shot of my second year cascades. This will be the third year, which is typically when you start getting your best harvest:

Robspierre · Post by **Robspierre** » 22 May 2008 22:23

Tleilax Master B wrote:
Spicelon wrote:
Tleilax Master B wrote:
Spicelon wrote:
Tleilax Master B wrote:I love a good Chimay. I actually brewed one myself once that came out quite nice. I cultured the yeast from the bottle and did a starter. Then pitched that into the wort. It came out VERY nice; so naturally it was gone in a couple of weeks

I have a Barley Wine in the fermentor right now (1.13 SG!! Probably will come out to about 11-14% alcohol)

I'm brewing an Altbier this weekend and Bohemian Pilsner. Probably doing an APA the weekend after. Its brewing season around my house!!
OMG! A homebrewer! yay!

Are you feeling the pinch yet on hops and grain prices?

I'm not doing all-grain batches yet, still doing extracts. But lots of variables none the less. Great hobby.
Cool! A fellow homebrewer! I've been doing it for about 10 years now. Mostly do all grain, but occasionally I will do an extract or partial mash of some recipes I like.

The price of hops is absolutely fucking outrageous. Definately feeling the crunch. The only thing that has saved me is that I filled the freezer up with a whole bunch from freshops.com before the crunch hit. So i'm riding on a surplus right now for most of my beers, but its going to run out sooner or later I also grow some of my own, Magnum and Cascades, so I do OK supplementing with those as well.

Got anything brewing right now?
Getting ready to do a Chinook IPA.

I joined the local brewing guild, so we get pretty good deals on grain and hops. still costs a lot more than it used to. A lot of our members are hardcore, they order grain by the pallet, have there own "brewstands" with sensors and conmtrols and stuff.

I've got a couple of carboys, a keggle, a burner, a couple of tanks, some corny kegs - don't have a mash tun yet. It's really the last thing i need to go all-grain. Funny thing was I knew exactly why 1.13 SG was significant. That's a lot of yeasty food!
Sweet! I wish I could quaff a pint with 'ya! I've wanted to build or buy one of those brewing sculptures, but I just haven't had the spare cash and the OK from the ol' Tank Something about kids and bills; I don't know what she's on about........

I have much the same equipment. I use a converted Gott cooler for the mash tun and generally do 5 or 10 gallon batches. I have quite a few carboys and a demijohn. I am buying a 12.2 ga conical fermentor this summer, which I'm pumped about.

I make a pretty fair beer. There's a certain bug around here who can vouch for my Spannunsbogen Steam

I really need to sneak around Mesilla on my lunch breaks next semester........

Rob

Fantômas · Post by **Fantômas** » 05 Jun 2008 10:18

Freakzilla wrote:As far as Army jobs go, being in the Cavalry was kind of glamorous.

We were officially allowed to wear a Stetson instead of regulation head gear:

Umm, the rest of her uniform is NOT regulation...

Traditionally, once you earn the right to wear one, it's broken in by drinking beer out of it (see I'm not off-topic!). This stems from the old cavalry troopers letting their horse drink water out of it.
Like the saying goes...

If you ain't cav, you ain't shit.

Eye candy!

Phaedrus · Post by **Phaedrus** » 05 Jun 2008 21:49

I recently got incredibly sick off Busch Light, so the very idea of beer makes my stomach turn over a bit...

But other than that, I'm finding myself actually liking the stuff a bit. I'm a fan of Heineken, PBR, and Coors Light. Corona is nice on occasion, especially at the beach. I also liked Rolling Rock when I tried it.

I know, I know, I'm nowhere near as hardcore as you veterans, and I still prefer a good whiskey drink to beer any day. But maybe I'll come around to your side eventually. =P

EDIT: It's too bad we don't have a smoking thread to go along with this drinking thread...

Post by **Omphalos** » 05 Jun 2008 22:35

I prefer scotch to beer anyday.