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Post by T. Miller on Apr 21, 2005 19:41:58 GMT -5
Jager and I are partaking of yet another Saranac brew, the Caramel Porter. I definitely like this brew - starts with a pleasant bitterness that mellows into a fine caramel presence (really, it delivers what it promises!), sort of the way a marshmallow dissolves on your tongue. Solid bodied, but smooth, it's a liquid version of a Werther's Original. Very enjoyable and very satisfying. I vote this brew to be nummy!
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Post by UncleJager on Apr 21, 2005 20:33:14 GMT -5
[quote author=T. Miller I vote this brew to be nummy! [/quote] You were very proffesional till you lost it all on the last sentence. TSk TSK! I however have to agree that this was one great brew a definate 5 out 5.
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Post by UncleJager on Apr 21, 2005 20:54:29 GMT -5
Okie....I your trusted beer drinking monkey off-shoot have some reviewing to catch up on.
Saranac Pale Ale This was my least favorite out of the 12 different beers in this set. It was extreemly hopsy especialy for something as plain jane as pale ale. 1 out 5
Saranac ESB Extra Special Bitter, this was the first time I tried this varient and found that it was pretty much a straigh pale ale, atleast from this company. I didn't find it to be more bitter then other beers I had. 3 out 5
Saranac, Roggen Bock This is a ruby-red beer made in the german rie-style. It had an overal mild taste with no noticable after taste. It was smooth on delivery and a medium body. Overal it was unique though my sense fail to tell me what exactly it was about it that made it so. 4 out 5
Saranac Indian Pale Ale An american original first made by the indians (I suppose) I was said to be extra hopsy but I found it to be quite mild especialy compaired to their Pale Ale which was advertised as mild hopsy. Nothing special here. I have a theory that the lables had accidentaly been switched on a batch hence the inconsistancy in advertised and real flavor. 2.5 out 5
Saranac Mazenbier This was said to be in competitor to Pilsners and Austrial Ale made by the Germans. I would say that it blows the pants off any Pilsner. This one had a definate honey/sweet sense to it though not as obvious as something like a honey lager. Best way to discribe it is a cross between a pale ale in character and a wheat beer in taste. 5 out 5
Saranac Black and Tan This was a mild black beer experiance with a slight hops flavor and less sweetness then the usual black beer, but still that great black beer aftertaste. A good varient on one of my favorite styles. 4.5 out 5
A note of Spooks Barley Wine beer.....it sucked! a definate 1 out 5, a very strange organic flavor I don't care to experiance again.
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Post by UncleJager on Apr 29, 2005 11:51:35 GMT -5
Beamish, Beamish & Crawford PLc. Ireland, Stout To celebrate St. Patty's I bought some genuine Irish Stout recomanded by Rolling Stone or some such magazine. I described it as warming you up fast and going down smoot and chocolatety. And that is pretty much what it was like. Imagine starting with your pint of guinness giving is a strong semi-bitter chocolate flavor and about the richness of one of those Starbuck's hot chocolate things. Give that a more noticable aftertaste kind of reminisant of the cask flavor of whiskey, u know that sort of chared wood flavor. TING you have this brew. An interesting experiance that I might repeat if I feel like drinking something so heavy again. Good if you want to feel full but not bother yourself with the inconviniance of chewing. 4out5
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Post by UncleJager on May 12, 2005 10:42:32 GMT -5
Recently, I went a little more international after mostly trying Saranac and Irish beer. I picked up some Sapporo, Franziskaner, and a Russian wheat beer. (I have no idea what it's name was since it was all in Ruski) Sapporo, interestingly brewed in Sapporo city, is Japanese, but the one I had was sadly brewed in Cananda. Not that canadian beer is bad, but I would hardly call something from up the road "import" and definatly not authentic Japanese. Having said that, I greatly enjoyed my beer. It was cold, crisp with no noticable aftertaste. It tasted like what my mind thinks of as "beer". Surely something to have again, now only if it came in a 12pak. Franziskaner, made in Munich, Germany i had the white version of this before, so this time I tried the dark version. I was an interesting and pleasent experiance. I like the idea of drinking something dark, but not heavy, and as you might have already noticed i love wheat beer. I can't remember if there is any significant difference in the taste/body of the two types. I would drink both equaly. Russian Wheat, was of the unfiltered baltic variety. I was sort of worried intriged by it. Knowing russia I was a little worried about what it was gonna be like. I was expecting to taste that brass taste that you sometimes get with tap water. But I guess you don't really get that here, cause everything taste like clorine here. Anyways, there was no supprises, which was good, but also disappointing. I was wishing it had a unique espect to it. But it was still high quality, smooth, semi-sweat and light. Good stuff, with the extra fun of watching the particles settle in the glass after each swig.
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Post by PAININTHEASS on May 12, 2005 13:26:34 GMT -5
Mmmmmm....Sapporo..ALWAYS my beer of choice if avaible when dining out ..Great with..(well..duh..) Japanese or spicey foods or even a primo steak..i give Sapporo a 10 over Kirin and Kirin Ichibans 5. Sapporo blows most domestic and imported lagers outta the water..(NO Pearl Harbor reference intended)...Franziskaner is heaven on a hot day with a wedge of lemon..if the Russian beer was Baltika,i've tried that a few times and found it wanting,they should stick to vodka production.Overall it's grate to see that others are willing to try different styles of beer..nothing irritates me more than having someone try a micro or import and have them say..eeewwww THIS dosn't taste like Coors light!!..Goddamned Philistines...I've been drinking Saranac for many a year and always thought that for a semi-major brewer (they contract brew for Sam Adams and others) that their Saranac line was pretty damn good..i especially like the Black Forrest and i dunno if they still make it but, they had a summer berry ale that wasn't all that bad.BTW..Sapporo brewed in Japan can be had here..but unfortunetly due to globalism and outsourcing..a lot of so called "imports" are brewed in Canada and even the USA..like Fosters-Australian..i mean...Canadian for beer..MATE !!! Even friggin Coors is brewed in Virginia,last time i checked the goddamned Rockies were in Colorado..Can you believe that Corporations and advertisers would lie to the American public? SKOL !!!
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Post by UncleJager on May 12, 2005 14:17:49 GMT -5
U know what I think is the biggest rip-off?! Bud! And Miller! Their press says that they are made of traditional German recipies. I guess they mean German in that it came from Germantowne, State whatever. I fail to see how anything banned from sale in Germany, because it does not meet the regulation for the production of beer, can be called "made from traditional german recipies."
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Post by PAININTHEASS on May 12, 2005 20:50:42 GMT -5
Bud and Miller....Adjunct filled dish water..rice and corn are animal feed..but now that i think about it,who else but the herd drinks those shitty beers anyway.." yah yah,mine english is not,as you say,very good,but we Germans consider your american beer to be swill"
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Post by T. Miller on May 12, 2005 22:05:25 GMT -5
Here I am out of left field with another I tried and liked... Erdinger Hefe-Weizen. Brewed and bottled in Germany, site is www.erdinger.de . The value on this brew was very nice, $1.99 for a pint. When poured, it had a huge head, I guess from being bottle-fermented. The taste is clear and incredibly smooth, but short lived - there is no after taste whatsoever. It's almost like drinking one of those half-awake dreams. I found this smooth and mild beer very pleasant in today's hot weather, and would definitely purchase this again.
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Post by PAININTHEASS on May 13, 2005 6:00:17 GMT -5
Erdinger also has a filtered hefe called "Krystal"...its kinda weird ,being that they filter out the natural sediments of the typical weiss beer,so it's clear,hence the crystal name,but a really fine beer for the summer.Also,if you havn't yet,try a wedge of lemon in a tall weiss glass,then pour Fraziskaner over the lemon..it will foam and create quite a head but damn,definetly a nectar of the gods catagory beverage.
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Post by T. Miller on May 16, 2005 6:42:40 GMT -5
Erdinger also has a filtered hefe called "Krystal"...its kinda weird ,being that they filter out the natural sediments of the typical weiss beer,so it's clear,hence the crystal name,but a really fine beer for the summer.Also,if you havn't yet,try a wedge of lemon in a tall weiss glass,then pour Fraziskaner over the lemon..it will foam and create quite a head but damn,definetly a nectar of the gods catagory beverage. I'll definitely be on the lookout for other Erdinger brews- didn't see Krystal, but I'll ask about it next time I'm at the store. I usually go for lemons with my weiss, but I drank the Erdinger at work and didn't have access to one (yeah, my part time job is nice like that ;D ) I've always liked Fraziskaner - I want to sit down soon and figure out which of their brews I like best. Lemon is also good with Bass, btw. And still good with a chili-cheeze burger.
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Post by beefbrainmchitfist on Jun 1, 2005 19:19:00 GMT -5
and so further onward i trudge into the world of the better brew,
last . . yeah last friday before Animazement i had me a St. Pauli Girl Lager, reccomended to me by Big Beefbrain (me dad). I found it to be very clean and very refreshing but there was a particuar aftertaste that lingered so i required a wexford to remove the aftertaste and it did the job well. Don't think i'll bother with the St.P.G. special dark as it's cousin has left me wanting. Oh well, can't be happy with everything i try, but onward i shall move.
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Post by beefbrainmchitfist on Jun 4, 2005 10:39:59 GMT -5
WELL! I finally had me a Boddington's last night, and was of course pleased with the well structured ale, i mean it was a fort of flavor in my mouth fer cryin out loud and it was well employed fer washin' down me "more vinnegar than a sailor could stomach" chicken sandwich. Although i must say i did find something vaugely familiar about it though i haven't been able to place what it is . . . . . . hmmmmm
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LEGION
Canonised Regular Joe
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Post by LEGION on Jun 4, 2005 20:14:02 GMT -5
Boddingtons has a crisp,fresh, clear watery lightness flavored with hints of carmel and chocolate (roasted to perfection barley)..plus a tinge of sweet..the best fun is pouring it into a pilsner glass and watch the design in the cascading foam churning in the glass,like a dark fuzzy waterfall.They go down like heaven,but watchout for the catch-up..they sneak up on ya mighty darn fast...close to the guiness inna can but i think its a little (wee)bit better. I'd set sail inna pirate ship if the hold was filled with BODDINGTONS !!! YAAAA HARRRRRR...get me some plunder down under ...me old pal gasher and i are off to see the tick-tock man..he's a wery pert trig..
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Post by T. Miller on Jun 5, 2005 7:26:50 GMT -5
I think Boddington's has been the most universally liked beer here in the Hall so far...So it would seem that "Boddington's is The Official Beer of the Hall of Mirrors", eh?
I need to go have one and refresh my memory.. it's been a while...
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