Red Mosquito

Chris_H_2 wrote:i can't imagine how much the flavors have fallen off in the oracle, which was bottled last august.

Yeah, I'm worried about that too. I had it fresh when I was in MI late last summer. We'll see how well they've held up.

Knocking back my last Dogfish Head 90. I've grown quite fond of these.

Bi_3 wrote:Knocking back my last Dogfish Head 90. I've grown quite fond of these.

I love me some Dogfish Head. I prefer the 60 minute over the 90 and I think my favorite Dogfish Head is Burton Baton. Delicious.

IMO the English make the best beer, I prefer their styles the most and the overall flavors of the yeasts and water they use. German beer is very good but is a little too simple for me usually.

We just got Bell's in Austin and I was drinking Kalamazoo and Two-Hearted all day yesterday.

Orpheus wrote:IMO the English make the best beer, I prefer their styles the most and the overall flavors of the yeasts and water they use. German beer is very good but is a little too simple for me usually.

We just got Bell's in Austin and I was drinking Kalamazoo and Two-Hearted all day yesterday.

Bells is great. Find an Expedition Stout and drink it. Be prepared for the inevitable four hour boner that will follow.

PHATJ wrote:

Orpheus wrote:IMO the English make the best beer, I prefer their styles the most and the overall flavors of the yeasts and water they use. German beer is very good but is a little too simple for me usually.

We just got Bell's in Austin and I was drinking Kalamazoo and Two-Hearted all day yesterday.

Bells is great. Find an Expedition Stout and drink it. Be prepared for the inevitable four hour boner that will follow.

speaking of, i had an expedition stout vertical from 2007-2016 last year. it's crazy how much the flavors develop over time.

This is a really nice easy drinking pale ale. It's a good example of why I like pale ale's so much.

Orpheus wrote:IMO the English make the best beer, I prefer their styles the most and the overall flavors of the yeasts and water they use. German beer is very good but is a little too simple for me usually.

We just got Bell's in Austin and I was drinking Kalamazoo and Two-Hearted all day yesterday.

Having real hand-pulled ales was one of the things I loved about traveling to England for work in the 00's.

Chris_H_2 wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

Orpheus wrote:IMO the English make the best beer, I prefer their styles the most and the overall flavors of the yeasts and water they use. German beer is very good but is a little too simple for me usually.

We just got Bell's in Austin and I was drinking Kalamazoo and Two-Hearted all day yesterday.

Bells is great. Find an Expedition Stout and drink it. Be prepared for the inevitable four hour boner that will follow.

speaking of, i had an expedition stout vertical from 2007-2016 last year. it's crazy how much the flavors develop over time.

Damn. That sounds awesome.

This is delicious. I've got a King Sue and an Intergalactic Warrior in the fridge. It may be a very Toppling Goliath night.

The King has come.

We went to our local brewery's St. Patty's day party. The special brew was called Stouty McStoutface.

doone wrote:We went to our local brewery's St. Patty's day party. The special brew was called Stouty McStoutface.

Love it

Bell's even brewed a special IPA just for their intro into the Texas Market. Kind of a stupid name, but cool nonetheless.

The damage from last night.

Rob wrote:New year round offering from Otter Creek. Delicious.

delicious, indeed. Otter Creek is kind of under the radar, but they make good stuff--especially IPAs (really the only kind of beer I have any sort of nuanced appreciation of). I still miss their now-discontinued Black IPA.

Orpheus wrote:Bell's even brewed a special IPA just for their intro into the Texas Market. Kind of a stupid name, but cool nonetheless.

I haven't had a chance to try any of this yet. Word on the streets is that it's just meh.

Hale's pale ale.

Manufactured in Seattle.

Damn good beer.

PHATJ wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:i can't imagine how much the flavors have fallen off in the oracle, which was bottled last august.

Yeah, I'm worried about that too. I had it fresh when I was in MI late last summer. We'll see how well they've held up.

I've drank a few of these now. No major changes to the taste.