The Beer Thread

I told y'all about it yesterday  ::)

Re: The Beer Thread
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FBS is grreeeeeat! I am really looking forward to the Meridien Pint brunch where they tap FBS, CBS, two years of KBS, Blushing Monk and Backwoods Bastard

sweetcell wrote:

James wrote:
For only $10 more the Founders brunch at Meridian is a slam dunk compared to that one.

this is the first i've heard of this brunch - why didn't you tell us about it before?!?
http://dcbeer.com/2011/11/15/meridian-pint-hosts-founders-beer-brunch/

the founders brunch is actually $25 more - there is an obligatory $10 gratuity and $5 tax, so $65 total.

i'm running a 15 km that morning… this might be the perfect recoup meal ;D

finally hit up churchkey tonight for the first time.  yes, bad boy, bad.

enjoyed:
MAHR'S BRÄU WEISSE
SCALDIS TRIPLE BLONDE
KASTEEL TRIPEL
SCALDIS NOËL
PANNEPOT
FOUNDERS BREAKFAST STOUT
(from http://www.birchandbarley.com/documents/CKDRAFTWEDNESDAY11-16-2011.pdf)

favs: scaldis tripel, scaldis Noel, and the breakfast stout (obviously).  pannepot was quite interesting but not quite a top 3 of the evening.  all beers were on tap.  
 
in reality what i enjoyed the most was the fact that someone else picked up the tab ;D  that, and the deep fried mac and cheese.  yes, i know you're not supposed to like it - but you try resisting that.  <game=over>

sweetcell wrote:
finally hit up churchkey tonight for the first time.&nbsp; yes, bad boy, bad.

enjoyed:
MAHR&#039;S BRÄU WEISSE
SCALDIS TRIPLE BLONDE
KASTEEL TRIPEL
SCALDIS NOËL
PANNEPOT
FOUNDERS BREAKFAST STOUT
(from http://www.birchandbarley.com/documents/CKDRAFTWEDNESDAY11-16-2011.pdf)

favs: scaldis tripel, scaldis Noel, and the breakfast stout (obviously).&nbsp; pannepot was quite interesting but not quite a top 3 of the evening.&nbsp; all beers were on tap.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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in reality what i enjoyed the most was the fact that someone else picked up the tab ;D&nbsp; that, and the deep fried mac and cheese.&nbsp; yes, i know you&#039;re not supposed to like it - but you try resisting that.&nbsp; &lt;game=over&gt;

what??? did this person know you won $600 this week????!

Did you mow down any "yuppies" as you drove home?

sweetcell wrote:
finally hit up churchkey tonight for the first time.&nbsp; yes, bad boy, bad.

enjoyed:
MAHR&#039;S BRÄU WEISSE
SCALDIS TRIPLE BLONDE
KASTEEL TRIPEL
SCALDIS NOËL
PANNEPOT
FOUNDERS BREAKFAST STOUT
(from http://www.birchandbarley.com/documents/CKDRAFTWEDNESDAY11-16-2011.pdf)

favs: scaldis tripel, scaldis Noel, and the breakfast stout (obviously).&nbsp; pannepot was quite interesting but not quite a top 3 of the evening.&nbsp; all beers were on tap.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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in reality what i enjoyed the most was the fact that someone else picked up the tab ;D&nbsp; that, and the deep fried mac and cheese.&nbsp; yes, i know you&#039;re not supposed to like it - but you try resisting that.&nbsp; &lt;game=over&gt;

speaking of Ommegang, local Costcos now have their Holiday gift packs

3 750s (Three Philosophers, Gnomegang and Hennepin) plus a nice tasting glass for 21.99 - seems like a great deal to me

But getting a Costco membership would kill my indie cred.

brennser wrote:
speaking of Ommegang, local Costcos now have their Holiday gift packs

3 750s (Three Philosophers, Gnomegang and Hennepin) plus a nice tasting glass for 21.99 - seems like a great deal to me

in that case I lost my indie cred in 1996  :D

James wrote:
But getting a Costco membership would kill my indie cred.

brennser wrote:
speaking of Ommegang, local Costcos now have their Holiday gift packs

3 750s (Three Philosophers, Gnomegang and Hennepin) plus a nice tasting glass for 21.99 - seems like a great deal to me

Trader Joes Vintage Ale 2011 out next week.

Great value, very good Belgian, made by Unibroue.

Or just get a four pack of your favorite Unibroue beer. It's about the same cost per ounce.

James wrote:
Did you mow down any &quot;yuppies&quot; as you drove home?

FYI there is this great alternative to the minivan called "the metro" :P

no way in hell i was driving after that many beers.  i could have gotten in an accident and damaged my car.

brennser wrote:
speaking of Ommegang, local Costcos now have their Holiday gift packs

3 750s (Three Philosophers, Gnomegang and Hennepin) plus a nice tasting glass for 21.99 - seems like a great deal to me

trader joes also have Ommegang Abbey Ale (dubbel) 750's for $6.99

James wrote:
Trader Joes Vintage Ale 2011 out next week.

Great value, very good Belgian, made by Unibroue.

Or just get a four pack of your favorite Unibroue beer. It&#039;s about the same cost per ounce.

thanks, i'm on that.  their last special batch, millenium, was really nice.  wasn't made by unibroue, tho.  do you know how much the Vintage 2011 will sell for?

Word on the interwebs is that some VA stores have gottten it and it's $4.99/bottle. Don't have it at my VA store yet, dangit.

sweetcell wrote:
thanks, i&#039;m on that.&nbsp; their last special batch, millenium, was really nice.&nbsp; wasn&#039;t made by unibroue, tho.&nbsp; do you know how much the Vintage 2011 will sell for?

cool, thanks.  i'll be hitting up the TJ's in Tysons the week after thanksgiving, hopefully it will have arrived by then and they will still have some left.

picked up some nice stuff . . . too lazy to post now.

but i did get four bottles of stone 11.11.11.

brennser wrote:
speaking of Ommegang, local Costcos now have their Holiday gift packs

3 750s (Three Philosophers, Gnomegang and Hennepin) plus a nice tasting glass for 21.99 - seems like a great deal to me

I got one last year.  The glass has a nice shape but the gold trim isn't holding up too well after a year of use.

Let us know what you think of that one. Reviews I've read have been mixed. It's a beer made with chilis.

I just bought a chilli pepper porter…Left Hand Fade to Black Vol. 3. Not a big fan of that brewery, but their Fade to Black series has been excellent, and this one it too. $9.49/six pack minus $1 coupon at Total Wine.

Also got a four pack of Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout. $7.49 minus $1 coupon.


Headed to the midwest for the holiday. Hope to bring home beer by Three Floyds, Half Acre, Goose Island, Columbus Brewing, and The Brew Kettle.

walkonby wrote:
picked up some nice stuff . . . too lazy to post now.

but i did get four bottles of stone 11.11.11.

I randomly found a few bottles of DFH's Bitches Brew at the Springfield Whole Foods on Saturday (just FYI in case you missed out on the limited run). They also have a favorite from when I lived in Richmond, Legend's Brown Ale. I was hoping to find some of the beers from this thread but the three year old claimed that looking a bottles was "boring".

this




is an incredible beer.  i must find more.

people get all excited about super-hoppy beers, but for my money belgian ales are where it's at.  i tried that beer a few months back, tasty but not quite my thing:

sweetcell wrote:
- http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/gouden-carolus-cuvee-van-de-keizer-rood-red/86944/
another weird spicy number.&nbsp; i&#039;m a fan of belgian beer, especially witbier, so i had high hopes for this one.&nbsp; it was damn tasty but the pungent herb-y smell was a bit much by the end of the bottle.&nbsp; very thick mouthfeel (just learned that word).&nbsp; i&#039;ll be keeping my eye out for the darker &quot;blue&quot; version.

James wrote:
You gotta try Cuvee van de Kaiser Blau. That&#039;s one of my favorite Belgians.

still haven't tried the blau yet.  need to get on that.

actually . . . i just realized i purchased the "rood" version.  your ode to detail back then was spot on about the beer.  my gay lover man and i agree it was top notch.  did not know there were other versions of it.

sweetcell wrote:

stevewizzle wrote:
I brew.&nbsp; How to brew is the best resource you can use to start.&nbsp; Theres a home brew store in Falls Church (MLHBS) which is very helpful as well.&nbsp; You could go in there and walk out with ingredients to start brewing right away.&nbsp;

http://www.northernbrewer.com/ is a good resource for supplies, they are priced very competitively.

http://www.homebrewtalk.com/ is a great forum, every question i&#039;ve ever had has been answered at some point on this forum.

awesome, thanks for the input.&nbsp; i will definitely have to swing by MLHBS (might even go tonight).&nbsp; there is also The Flying Barrel in frederick that i&#039;ve heard good things about.&nbsp;

what is you best tip for the newbie?&nbsp; anything you wish someone told you before you ruined your first batch?

best tip, which is commonly passed along for people starting off is, "Relax, don't worry, have a homebrew".  people often get caught up in one or two things, say your brew pot boiled over, or you didn't sanitize something before it contacted your ingredients, etc.  in the end, the small mistakes you make usually don't matter much.

i've ruined a few batches, and sometimes i've aimed for one thing, and got something completely different.  it's all a part of the process, and it's fun and interesting. i would say brew with a friend, it makes for an enjoyable time. i'd say start off with a kit, the LHBS has one for rogue dead guy, and has many others.  they can definitely get you started.  when i went in there the first time, i had no clue what i was doing and i didn't ask enough questions.  tried to play it off like i did all my research, when in fact, i didn't do nearly enough.  just be humble, and those guys will help you out and make sure you have everything you need. 

Went on a beer run yesterday. Came back with bottles of Heavy Seas Loose Cannon, Brookyln Black Chocolate Stout, Bells Java Stout, Troegs Mad Elf, and Schafly Reserve Imperial Stout.
Couldn't find Great Lakes Xmas Ale anywhere, but ordered a bottle of it at Dino last night with my burger. So good.