The Beer Thread

total wine

chantilly - got a case yesterday.  gone.  no more.

manassas - not got yet.  doesn't look like until next week.

just found a secret spot near where i live, that will give me the info later this week.  it's good to be local.

you folks getting all excited about CBS… pshaw.  now THIS is a rare beer:

White House brewing its own beer
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/09/16/earlyshow/main20107292.shtml



more: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/02/a-white-house-brewery-white-house-honey-ale/

if it comes from the white house . . . it will suck at what it does.

Thanks to Brennser for the Churchkey CBS tip. And thanks to my wife for grabbing the second to last bottle at Springfield WF. Great to live less than a mile away from a suburban WF with a work at home wife!

Springfield Total Wine scheduled to get 12 bottles tomorrow morning. First come first served, one bottle limit.

I'm giving up on CBS.  Especially since I have to rely on my brother to get it for me.

I did, however, have my first bottle on Stone 15 last night.  Really enjoyed it.  High octane at ~10% but it doesn't come across that way at all.  Really wish it came in 6 packs.

Shemp wrote:
New Hampshire likes beer

and apparently maryland doesn't?!?  those numbers must have been collected before i moved to MD, i'm sure i'm pushing up the state average.

James wrote:
Thanks to Brennser for the Churchkey CBS tip. And thanks to my wife for grabbing the second to last bottle at Springfield WF. Great to live less than a mile away from a suburban WF with a work at home wife!

Springfield Total Wine scheduled to get 12 bottles tomorrow morning. First come first served, one bottle limit.

so given that I hooked you up with the Churchkey info you're gonna invite me over to share that bottle, right…..right??  ;D

Taking the Belgian beer experience to new heights, Stella Artois has commenced its 15th annual World Draught Masters competition that asks consumers to demonstrate mastery of the iconic Stella Artois 9-Step Pouring Ritual. Six major U.S. cities are currently holding regional competitions where beer enthusiasts are trained in the 9-Step Pouring Ritual, then showcase their command of the process.
Doors open at 9 p.m this Friday at the National Building Museum. So go drink complimentary Stella Artois to your heart's content! All you have to do is RSVP to Championships@DraughtMasterUSA.com

i still might have a lock for some cbs, depending on the amount the place gets and how much i'm allowed to buy . . . if i get extras, perhaps i can finally crawl out of the boonies and meet some forum folk.  like the ubersexxy james ford!

Is there a reciprocal thing where Budweiser will be offering the same thing to six Belgian cities?

sweetcell wrote:
Taking the Belgian beer experience to new heights, Stella Artois has commenced its 15th annual World Draught Masters competition that asks consumers to demonstrate mastery of the iconic Stella Artois 9-Step Pouring Ritual. Six major U.S. cities are currently holding regional competitions where beer enthusiasts are trained in the 9-Step Pouring Ritual, then showcase their command of the process.
Doors open at 9 p.m this Friday at the National Building Museum. So go drink complimentary Stella Artois to your heart's content! All you have to do is RSVP to Championships@DraughtMasterUSA.com

CBS  is flowing at pizzeria Paradiso dupont. Stop on by!

Tonite it was Firestone's Double Jack Double IPA.  Not bad at all.

Finally had a Fat Tire on draft recently and was pretty disappointed. A friend of mine originally from Seattle brought back some bottled Fat Tire years ago, and I had very pleasant memories of it. Not sure if my palate has changed or if Fat Tire has changed. Probably a bit of both.

The Old Stein Inn (Edgewater, MD) reopened in late August, and I want twice in September. Great assortment of German beers. The food isn't quite as good as before the New Year's Eve fire which shut them down for 8+ months (new chef, I suspect), but it's still damn good. As for their beers, I'm a big fan of the Franziskanner, Ayinger, and Erdinger breweries. I usually finish the meal off with Lindeman's Framboise Lambic.

http://www.oldstein-inn.com/menu.php?page=bier&item=draught
http://www.oldstein-inn.com/menu.php?page=bier&item=bottle

Boo!

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/youngandhungry/2011/10/11/theres-a-tear-in-my-beer-no-more-growlers-at-dvines-and-de-vinos/#more-48248

recent purchases, mainly sixers of singles and some four packs

1.  founders - breakfast stout four pack  (whoa . . . damn . . . now that a man's beer!)
2.  abita - harvest wit (refreshing and light nice)
3.  boulder beer - mojo risin'  (double ipa) (double pucker and killer after taste)
4.  dominion - octoberfest (decent enough)
5.  new castle - winter ipa (crap . . . these new castle variations all taste the same)
6.  widmer brothers - okto festival ale (good for never heard of before)
7.  ayinger - brau weiss four pack (not as good as ocktoberfest)
8.  Orion tall bottles  (it is funny . . . in Japan, this is considered the worst, but i love it)

Tonight:

Three Floyds Alpha King…brought to us by the Indiana in-laws
Dieu de Ciel's Peche Mortel…brought home from trip to Montreal

Tomorrow:

Alesmith IPA…brought home from West Coast trip

Tried a bottle of Clutch beer last week. It was okay. Pretty much agree with others on here. First off, it easily passed my stomach test. It's the taste that, to me, was only so so. Definitely an acquired taste due to both the sour side and that heavy burnt carbon taste.

Drank a Young's Double Chocolate Stout a couple nights ago. That was nice though I think I'd prefer it with a tad bit of sweetness.

Sitting in the refrigerator:

Southern Tier's Krampus Imperial Helles Lager
Abita Purple Haze
Banana Bread Beer

Plan to try one later though don't know yet which one.