The Beer Thread

Founders Imperial Stout tastes like it would be better with a few years of age whereas I don't think Breakfast Stout would really benefit from any aging.  I wish their Imperial Stout wasn't so limited, I've already drank my supply.

Monday's Valentines meal (at home):

Grilled Salmon, sweet potato fries and spinach salad with Lagunitas Lil Sumpin Sumpin Ale

Dessert: Dark Chocolate with Dieu De Ciel's Peche Mortel (sure wish I had brought back more than a six pack from Montreal last summer)

This was the draft beer list I faced at happy hour at Georgetown Birreria Tuesday (guess which two beers were gone by Wednesday?)…can't remember all the prices but nothing was more than $5.

Georgetown:
Bell's Hopslam  $4/12oz
Beer Here Dark Hops  $5/12 oz
Founder?s Double Trouble $3/12oz
Mikkeller Limoncello
Haandbryggeriet Dobbel Dram
Captain Lawrence Freshchester
Firestone Walker Double Jack  $3/12oz
Green Flash Imperial IPA $3.50/12oz.
Ithaca 13th Anniversary
Left Hand Twin Sisters
Mikkeller Koppi Coffee IPA
Oskar Blues Gordon  $3/12 oz
Stone Ruination  $3.50/16 oz
Terrapin Hopsecutioner
Uintas Detour
Yards IPA
On Cask: Troegg's Nuggest Nectar $3.50/16 oz

If you're a six figure earner with no kids and an affordable mortgage looking for ways to blow your money, it's probably worth it.

Personally, if I'm going to plunk down that kind of money for something beer related, i'd rather just buy $100 or $150 worth of beer and stick it in the basement and have three months worth of beer at my disposal.

slappy wrote:
Anyone been to Savor in the past? I'm wondering if it's worth the $.

I wonder how well Nugget Nectar holds up in draft form.  Anyone here had it that way?

Isn't most beer better on tap? Why wouldn't that be the case with NN?

I had a 4 oz sample last week at Churckkey, and it was pretty awesome.

StoneTheCrow wrote:
I wonder how well Nugget Nectar holds up in draft form.  Anyone here had it that way?

Jaguar wrote:

James wrote:
Drank two Founders Double Troubles earlier today. Damn, talk about a beer that sneaks up on you. It's 7pm and I'm done.

Gee Rhett, I remember the days when a half a beer would do you in!

Not sure whether to congratulate you or call AA.  :D

i think AA has a three-drink minimum.

James wrote:
Isn't most beer better on tap? Why wouldn't that be the case with NN?

I had a 4 oz sample last week at Churckkey, and it was pretty awesome.

I'm not convinced of that - but I concede that most people would disagree with me.

I nearly bought a 1/8 keg of NN last year to take over to a friend's beer box.  Might do it this year if he lets me stixk my head under the tap every day after work. 

Most beer is definitely better on tap than from the bottle.  Bottled beer is pasteurized and preservatives and carbonation are added to make sure it can last a while on the shelf without needing refrigeration.  None of this is done with keg beer, which is why it always needs to be refrigerated and typically tastes smoother and cleaner from the tap.

Savor is well worth it if you're a craft beer fan and want to try some beers you can't typically get in this area.  It's also a nice night out and something different from what you'd typically do on a Fri or Sat.  If you're sweating $110, then this probably isn't the right city for you to begin with. 

There are some variables that could make a tap not as good. Dirty lines to the keg and over/under carbonation, not stored at proper temp. But they'd be the exception not the rule.

Domestic beer kegs generally aren't pasteurized just filtered for bacteria and carbonated to various amounts.
Any foreign brewed beer keg is both pasteurized and filtered for transport, pretty much the same as the bottled.
Cask brews generally aren't pasteurized or have added carbonation beyond the naturally occurring.
(Learned from visiting a friend at Full Sail)

In the UK all kegs are pasteurized, filtered, etc. only casks aren't. (learned at Fullers brewery)

the problem is the taps are often not clean….

Belgian Fest
Max's on Broadway
2/18 - 2/20

The Belgian Fest is an annual tradition, featuring 102 Belgian beers on tap, with 50 more rotating in over the course of the weekend. Max's will also offer more than 175 bottles of Belgian brews, and a Belgian-inspired food menu.

i was reading that the price of barley has gone up 50% so to expect beer prices to go up…

Mini-Micros: A World Tour of Small Breweries

    * Date May 17, 2011
    * Time 7 p.m.
    * Location National Geographic Building, Washington, D.C.
    * Price NG Member: $75; General Public: $85

Prost! Tip a glass with celebrated brewmaster and author Garrett Oliver as he returns this spring, this time with a lineup of ?small wonders??micro-breweries that produce under a thousand barrels a year. These breweries may not make very much beer, but pack plenty of passion, creativity, and flavor into every drop. Accompanied by a variety of tasty treats.

Co-sponsored by RFD Washington, and presented with assistance from BURP (Brewers United for Real Potables).

http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/special-events/2011/05/17/mini-micros/

$85 for that is highway robbery. And that's coming from a big Garrett Oliver (though not necessarily Brooklyn Brewery) fan.

sweetcell wrote:
Mini-Micros: A World Tour of Small Breweries

    * Date May 17, 2011
    * Time 7 p.m.
    * Location National Geographic Building, Washington, D.C.
    * Price NG Member: $75; General Public: $85

Prost! Tip a glass with celebrated brewmaster and author Garrett Oliver as he returns this spring, this time with a lineup of ?small wonders??micro-breweries that produce under a thousand barrels a year. These breweries may not make very much beer, but pack plenty of passion, creativity, and flavor into every drop. Accompanied by a variety of tasty treats.

Co-sponsored by RFD Washington, and presented with assistance from BURP (Brewers United for Real Potables).

http://events.nationalgeographic.com/events/special-events/2011/05/17/mini-micros/

everythin' in dc has become so pricey.. how much was it in the 90s to do the beer tastings with michael jackson at brickskeller.. $35?

James wrote:
$85 for that is highway robbery.

it's damn expensive, but is it any worse that that "Savor" festival thingy where you can't drink for less than like $140 or $150?

The Belgian Beer Festival at Max's is really fun.  Lots of great beers.  If you've never gone, I would highly recommend it.

James Ford: today the gods have smiled upon you.  they have combined your two favorite things in the world: beer, and british royals.

Drink to Kate Middleton with a new beer
http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/celebrity.news.gossip/02/18/kate.middleton.beer.ppl/index.html

For a limited time only, at Trader Joe's for $7.99. Nice price considering a Unibroue four pack normally goes for $9.99 or $10.99. One of the two best breweries in Canada, imo (along with Dieu de Ciel).