The Beer Thread

medeski7 wrote:
I picked up Flying Dog's The Truth two days ago at perfect pour.  They had a few left.  Very nice dipa.

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Thanks guys. My wife just picked up a sixer of the Truth at P Street.

Now is that something i can bring over to a friends for snacks and beers? My wife says "DIPA's" aren't for everyone."

But what beer is? These friends brought a sixer of porters to our house last time. Good, but not our favorite. If they had brought Fat Tire or Brooklyn Lager, that totally wouldn't have been for everyone either. Everyone being my wife and I.

Should one have to tamper down your tastes if you're bringing over beer to a non-beer geek friends house?

James wrote:
Thanks guys. My wife just picked up a sixer of the Truth at P Street.

Now is that something i can bring over to a friends for snacks and beers? My wife says "DIPA's" aren't for everyone."

But what beer is? These friends brought a sixer of porters to our house last time. Good, but not our favorite. If they had brought Fat Tire or Brooklyn Lager, that totally wouldn't have been for everyone either. Everyone being my wife and I.

Should one have to tamper down your tastes if you're bringing over beer to a non-beer geek friends house?

If you're bringing something to a friend's house, I find it a nice gesture to bring something you'd think they would like/enjoy.

Also, if there are four of you, you should be bringing more than one six pack, so bring one that you know they'd like and if you want to bring a sixer of something fancy for you and wife, then do it.

There are four of us, but none of us are alcoholics. So a sixer will probably suffice.  Also, one person just had a baby and is nursing, so likely not drinking anything at all.

Also, we are bringing all the food, so they'll likely supply some beer as well. And it won't be catered to our tastes based on past experience.

Yada wrote:

James wrote:
Thanks guys. My wife just picked up a sixer of the Truth at P Street.

Now is that something i can bring over to a friends for snacks and beers? My wife says "DIPA's" aren't for everyone."

But what beer is? These friends brought a sixer of porters to our house last time. Good, but not our favorite. If they had brought Fat Tire or Brooklyn Lager, that totally wouldn't have been for everyone either. Everyone being my wife and I.

Should one have to tamper down your tastes if you're bringing over beer to a non-beer geek friends house?

If you're bringing something to a friend's house, I find it a nice gesture to bring something you'd think they would like/enjoy.

Also, if there are four of you, you should be bringing more than one six pack, so bring one that you know they'd like and if you want to bring a sixer of something fancy for you and wife, then do it.

James wrote:
There are four of us, but none of us are alcoholics. So a sixer will probably suffice.  Also, one person just had a baby and is nursing, so likely not drinking anything at all.

Also, we are bringing all the food, so they'll likely supply some beer as well. And it won't be catered to our tastes based on past experience.

Yada wrote:

James wrote:
Thanks guys. My wife just picked up a sixer of the Truth at P Street.

Now is that something i can bring over to a friends for snacks and beers? My wife says "DIPA's" aren't for everyone."

But what beer is? These friends brought a sixer of porters to our house last time. Good, but not our favorite. If they had brought Fat Tire or Brooklyn Lager, that totally wouldn't have been for everyone either. Everyone being my wife and I.

Should one have to tamper down your tastes if you're bringing over beer to a non-beer geek friends house?

If you're bringing something to a friend's house, I find it a nice gesture to bring something you'd think they would like/enjoy.

Also, if there are four of you, you should be bringing more than one six pack, so bring one that you know they'd like and if you want to bring a sixer of something fancy for you and wife, then do it.

If you drink more than 1.5 beers you're considered an alcoholic?

I hope you're bringing some mashed potatoes to that party!

Yada wrote:

James wrote:
There are four of us, but none of us are alcoholics. So a sixer will probably suffice.  Also, one person just had a baby and is nursing, so likely not drinking anything at all.

Also, we are bringing all the food, so they'll likely supply some beer as well. And it won't be catered to our tastes based on past experience.

Yada wrote:

James wrote:
Thanks guys. My wife just picked up a sixer of the Truth at P Street.

Now is that something i can bring over to a friends for snacks and beers? My wife says "DIPA's" aren't for everyone."

But what beer is? These friends brought a sixer of porters to our house last time. Good, but not our favorite. If they had brought Fat Tire or Brooklyn Lager, that totally wouldn't have been for everyone either. Everyone being my wife and I.

Should one have to tamper down your tastes if you're bringing over beer to a non-beer geek friends house?

If you're bringing something to a friend's house, I find it a nice gesture to bring something you'd think they would like/enjoy.

Also, if there are four of you, you should be bringing more than one six pack, so bring one that you know they'd like and if you want to bring a sixer of something fancy for you and wife, then do it.

If you drink more than 1.5 beers you're considered an alcoholic?

I hope you're bringing some mashed potatoes to that party!

Interesting topic. 

When I go to someones house for a few beers, I usually bring the amount that I plan on drinking.    I'm not going to just carry a few bottles, so it's usually a sixer.  That would be the same if it were my wife and I heading over.  The thinking being,  you don't invite someone over and expect them to bring all the beer.  You have some of your own, just not enough for everyone so you say bring beer.  Then when you get there, you brought what you like, they have what they like.. you drink whatever, trying both and all is well; if they don't like your beer they're good because they have theirs and vice versa. 

Is that not right?

James wrote:
Thanks guys. My wife just picked up a sixer of the Truth at P Street.

Now is that something i can bring over to a friends for snacks and beers? My wife says "DIPA's" aren't for everyone."

But what beer is? These friends brought a sixer of porters to our house last time. Good, but not our favorite. If they had brought Fat Tire or Brooklyn Lager, that totally wouldn't have been for everyone either. Everyone being my wife and I.

Should one have to tamper down your tastes if you're bringing over beer to a non-beer geek friends house?

I would think most people would not like Double IPA's.  If you are bringing beer over to someoene's house you should bring beer that they would like as well.  I hate white wine but my mother in law only drinks white wine so when I bring wine to her house I have to bring two bottles.  You could do that as well.

imbecile wrote:

Yada wrote:

James wrote:
There are four of us, but none of us are alcoholics. So a sixer will probably suffice.  Also, one person just had a baby and is nursing, so likely not drinking anything at all.

Also, we are bringing all the food, so they'll likely supply some beer as well. And it won't be catered to our tastes based on past experience.

Yada wrote:

James wrote:
Thanks guys. My wife just picked up a sixer of the Truth at P Street.

Now is that something i can bring over to a friends for snacks and beers? My wife says "DIPA's" aren't for everyone."

But what beer is? These friends brought a sixer of porters to our house last time. Good, but not our favorite. If they had brought Fat Tire or Brooklyn Lager, that totally wouldn't have been for everyone either. Everyone being my wife and I.

Should one have to tamper down your tastes if you're bringing over beer to a non-beer geek friends house?

If you're bringing something to a friend's house, I find it a nice gesture to bring something you'd think they would like/enjoy.

Also, if there are four of you, you should be bringing more than one six pack, so bring one that you know they'd like and if you want to bring a sixer of something fancy for you and wife, then do it.

If you drink more than 1.5 beers you're considered an alcoholic?

I hope you're bringing some mashed potatoes to that party!

Interesting topic. 

When I go to someones house for a few beers, I usually bring the amount that I plan on drinking.    I'm not going to just carry a few bottles, so it's usually a sixer.  That would be the same if it were my wife and I heading over.  The thinking being,  you don't invite someone over and expect them to bring all the beer.  You have some of your own, just not enough for everyone so you say bring beer.  Then when you get there, you brought what you like, they have what they like.. you drink whatever, trying both and all is well; if they don't like your beer they're good because they have theirs and vice versa. 

Is that not right?

Depends on the situation I guess… I generally bring two six packs if it's for two people coming + other guests/hosts… but I don't think there's a right or wrong. Also, I generally drink more than 1.5 beers over an entire evening of hanging out with folks.

just bring Blue Moon sixer, a Corona sixer; orange and lemon slices and everyone'll be happy ;)

lime not lemon, pardon me

That seems to be the way things go with us and several of our couple friends. Not that there is a "right" way.

I don't recall either party EVER bringing more than a six pack or three bombers. Nor do I ever recall the hosts not having more beer on hand to supplement.

In this case, one person is driving and one person is nursing. And I myself typically usually don't have more than two (especially if the abv is 7 or more), whether I'm the driver or not. (Unless it's a bottle share party, that's another story.)

imbecile wrote:

Yada wrote:

James wrote:
There are four of us, but none of us are alcoholics. So a sixer will probably suffice.  Also, one person just had a baby and is nursing, so likely not drinking anything at all.

Also, we are bringing all the food, so they'll likely supply some beer as well. And it won't be catered to our tastes based on past experience.

Yada wrote:

James wrote:
Thanks guys. My wife just picked up a sixer of the Truth at P Street.

Now is that something i can bring over to a friends for snacks and beers? My wife says "DIPA's" aren't for everyone."

But what beer is? These friends brought a sixer of porters to our house last time. Good, but not our favorite. If they had brought Fat Tire or Brooklyn Lager, that totally wouldn't have been for everyone either. Everyone being my wife and I.

Should one have to tamper down your tastes if you're bringing over beer to a non-beer geek friends house?

If you're bringing something to a friend's house, I find it a nice gesture to bring something you'd think they would like/enjoy.

Also, if there are four of you, you should be bringing more than one six pack, so bring one that you know they'd like and if you want to bring a sixer of something fancy for you and wife, then do it.

If you drink more than 1.5 beers you're considered an alcoholic?

I hope you're bringing some mashed potatoes to that party!

Interesting topic. 

When I go to someones house for a few beers, I usually bring the amount that I plan on drinking.    I'm not going to just carry a few bottles, so it's usually a sixer.  That would be the same if it were my wife and I heading over.  The thinking being,  you don't invite someone over and expect them to bring all the beer.  You have some of your own, just not enough for everyone so you say bring beer.  Then when you get there, you brought what you like, they have what they like.. you drink whatever, trying both and all is well; if they don't like your beer they're good because they have theirs and vice versa. 

Is that not right?

I made some black bean tostadas tonight and served with Lawson's Double Sunshine.


Can't think of a restaurant meal that would make me as food and drink happy as I am now. Guess I'll cap it off with a couple of squares of Noi Sirius dark chocolate. Yummmmm.

Bagley wrote:
lime not lemon, pardon me

how fucking dare you

James wrote:
Thanks, You might as well have said Mars.

:'(

Bagley wrote:
7th street spirit shop in Frederick had a couple cases as of yesterday

Shoppers food warehouse on Mars/Germantown, Md got TEN cases of the Truth in…….

I made homemade pizza last night (with Vace dough, see: Gastronomical Banter thread) and paired it up with a Gandhi Bot. Terrific.

BrettnotBritt wrote:
I made homemade pizza last night (with Vace dough, see: Gastronomical Banter thread) and paired it up with a Gandhi Bot. Terrific.

What kinda pizza?

Yada wrote:

BrettnotBritt wrote:
I made homemade pizza last night (with Vace dough, see: Gastronomical Banter thread) and paired it up with a Gandhi Bot. Terrific.

What kinda pizza?

Nothing special. Just mozzarella, tomato sauce, and spinach. I'll be more adventurous next time.

If this beer is anywhere as near as good as OTWOA and is $11/six pack (what I paid at P Street Whole Foods), and is readily available at your local supermarket…it seems like that might spell trouble for DC Brau.

Bagley wrote:

James wrote:
Thanks, You might as well have said Mars.

:'(

Bagley wrote:
7th street spirit shop in Frederick had a couple cases as of yesterday

Shoppers food warehouse on Mars/Germantown, Md got TEN cases of the Truth in…….

James wrote:
If this beer is anywhere as near as good as OTWOA and is $11/six pack (what I paid at P Street Whole Foods), and is readily available at your local supermarket…it seems like that might spell trouble for DC Brau.

Bagley wrote:

James wrote:
Thanks, You might as well have said Mars.

:'(

Bagley wrote:
7th street spirit shop in Frederick had a couple cases as of yesterday

Shoppers food warehouse on Mars/Germantown, Md got TEN cases of the Truth in…….

i've had the truth. it's okay, nothing mind-blowing.  i put it up there with perpetual ipa.

excited to drink some heurlich lager tonight, the pre-prohibition lager the DC homebrewer researched and brewed with DC brau.