The Beer Thread

[stevewizzle]

After drinking beer for 14 days straight I did not have a beer yesterday.  A new streak will start tonight.

OK.

[stevewizzle]

Online reviews were rather tepid and paled in comparison to Sofie Paradisi...(which I had and thought was good)

did you try the matilda lambicus?  based on the name, i would expect it to be a funkier/barnyard'ier/etc version of matilda.

as an expert on this subject (i.e., i've had both), sofie paradisi was incredible, and a huge leap from sofie regular, and matilda lambicus, as james ford has so eliquently put it, was rather ordinary.  high drinkability, but none of the characteristics that you describe really pop out.  however, i would drink 100 of them.

[Yada]

Uhh what.


http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/for/4055115052.html

[James Ford]

Only four months old!

Uhh what.


http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/for/4055115052.html

[atomic]

Had some Köstritzer Schwarzbier while watching beer fest.  It was so good (The beer not the movie)

[James Ford]

Why would they come to American when they could just go to Germany? What the heck is the Esquire Channel anyway? Any of y'all going to watch this show?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOF1KHN9wrg&list=TLyaalIujOEEE

[stevewizzle]

I've never gone to zwanze day or been to church key.  Trying to figure out when to go, what to expect, cost, and any other details.  Any advice on when to try to avoid the rush and how best get the full experience is greatly appreciated.

I've been twice, it's getting crazy every year.

Show up before the place opens, trust me...

i showed up at 130pm and they still had almost everything. 

the beers... man, i don't know. i don't know why people lose their shit for cantillon. i thought their kreik was fantastic, zwanze good, and the iris grand cru average. i'm not sure i'd ever seek them out, but if i saw them on the shelf i'd snag a bottle.

[James Ford]

I think we threw away half a glass of Cantillon Kriek when we were in Bruges. Not sure if it was the beer or us being beered out, or a combination of both. Count me as not a fan.

[sweetcell]

Only four months old!

Uhh what.


http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/for/4055115052.html

yeah, well, i have some 8 month old Pliny's but those are $200.

[Yada]

Confession: I drank a Hopslam from 2012 a few weeks ago and it didn't taste all that bad.

[i am gay and i like cats]

confession . . . people obsessed with rare beers, are idiots.  breweries that control peoples minds with their limited release bullshit, can suck my always releasing cock.

[atomic]

confession . . . people obsessed with rare beers, are idiots.  breweries that control peoples minds with their limited release bullshit, can suck my always releasing cock.

I agree with you on that.  Two tiny beers aren't even going to get me buzzed. 

[Yada]

confession . . . people obsessed with rare beers, are idiots.  breweries that control peoples minds with their limited release bullshit, can suck my always releasing cock.

People that can't get rare beers tend to not enjoy them. 

[sweetcell]

Confession: I drank a Hopslam from 2012 a few weeks ago and it didn't taste all that bad.

it won't be bad, it just won't be the same beer.  the hops will have faded a lot and since this beer is all about the hops...

[atomic]

confession . . . people obsessed with rare beers, are idiots.  breweries that control peoples minds with their limited release bullshit, can suck my always releasing cock.

People that can't get rare beers tend to not enjoy them. 

Doesn't seem very hard to get. Go on craigslist search for them.