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I was constantly spilling the real thing all over my shirt, so I had to make the switch.RDV4ROUBAIX said:looks like someone has a drinking problem.Careful with that .1%
I was constantly spilling the real thing all over my shirt, so I had to make the switch.RDV4ROUBAIX said:looks like someone has a drinking problem.Careful with that .1%
buckler is a massive 0.5%. technically, drinking one buckler or even one 0.1 and then getting behind the wheel of a car is against the law where i live. the restaurants (and the label) warn about this. that is why the bottom two drinks were created; they have no alcohol in them at all.RDV4ROUBAIX said:looks like someone has a drinking problem.Careful with that .1%
If you like the Mill St, have you tried Beau's Lugtread Organic Lager?elapid said:In my fridge right now: Sleeman's Honey Brown Lager and Creemore Premium Lager. Other Canadian favourites include Alexander Keith's IPA and their new Premium White, and especially Mill St. Brewery's Original Organic Lager.
I drank Guinness in Ireland (including straight from the brewery in Dublin) and it was damn good. Still drink it here in Canada, especially in winter, but it is definitely not as good as it was on home soil.cody_57 said:Do I detect some serious beer snobbery here?
What on earth's wrong with Guinness? Okay, I know it doesn't travel as well as some of the others, but won't swap a good pint for anything else, except the odd Murphy's.
From the bottle? Anything cold!![]()
cody_57 said:Several things:
1) It's brewed under licence in many countries. The resulting beer tastes significantly different to Irish Guinness, so I'm told. In any case, I don't think the stuff they call Guinness down on this side of the equator tastes that great.
2) A lot of the pubs that have it here serve it ice-cold.
3) If I want a drink that tastes like coffee, I'll drink coffee, thanks![]()
Good post, except #3, which I would say "Nothing ventured, nothing gained".rgmerk said:Several things:
1) It's brewed under licence in many countries. The resulting beer tastes significantly different to Irish Guinness, so I'm told. In any case, I don't think the stuff they call Guinness down on this side of the equator tastes that great.
2) A lot of the pubs that have it here serve it ice-cold.
3) If I want a drink that tastes like coffee, I'll drink coffee, thanks![]()
Guinness is OK and I will drink some every once in awhile, it was the beer that got me away from the crap beer made by Anheuser Busch and the like. That being said I like Murphy's and Beamish better in that style.cody_57 said:Do I detect some serious beer snobbery here?
What on earth's wrong with Guinness? Okay, I know it doesn't travel as well as some of the others, but won't swap a good pint for anything else, except the odd Murphy's.
From the bottle? Anything cold!![]()
Funny how that is. It's brilliant in Ireland, and just good elsewhere. Even in Fishguard, right off the boat from Ireland it seemed different. Still bloody good though.elapid said:I drank Guinness in Ireland (including straight from the brewery in Dublin) and it was damn good. Still drink it here in Canada, especially in winter, but it is definitely not as good as it was on home soil.
In Ireland many pubs serve a second tap for Guinness extra cold. I haven't seen that at home. But I found that if the 'tender poured it right it was all the same temperature by the time he was finished.rgmerk said:2) A lot of the pubs that have it here serve it ice-cold.
i have not had native poured guinness, but even here on the left coast, it is good and creamy from the tap, or the can's they bring here.pedaling squares said:Funny how that is. It's brilliant in Ireland, and just good elsewhere. Even in Fishguard, right off the boat from Ireland it seemed different. Still bloody good though.
In Ireland many pubs serve a second tap for Guinness extra cold. I haven't seen that at home. But I found that if the 'tender poured it right it was all the same temperature by the time he was finished.
Yeah know, Guinees Extra Cold came out in the late 90s (I think), and I saw it for the first time in a pub in Dublin in '99. Of course I drank it in copious amounts but as you say about the temps I could tell very little, if any, difference. Upon inquiring to the bartender, I was informed that it was great marketing and approximately 2C degrees colder at the tap...that was it. Didn't stop me from drinking more.pedaling squares said:Funny how that is. It's brilliant in Ireland, and just good elsewhere. Even in Fishguard, right off the boat from Ireland it seemed different. Still bloody good though.
In Ireland many pubs serve a second tap for Guinness extra cold. I haven't seen that at home. But I found that if the 'tender poured it right it was all the same temperature by the time he was finished.
Oval is one of the Trappist beers brewed by Trappist Monks. There are only seven Trappist monasteries that brew beer. While not my favorite Trappist beer I do like it. Part of the deal with Belgian beer is serving it at the correct temperature. Too cold changes many of the beer's characteristics. Never drink it from the bottle and try not to pour the entire bottle in the glass you will drink it from. Many of the bottle fermented beers have yeast collected in the bottom of the bottle. Some like the tart flavor of the yeast, but I don't care for it.Bag_O_Wallet said:Has anybody out there tried Orval?
I tried really hard to like it, but I just didn't happen. Perhaps I'm too simple to enjoy its "complexity", but I thought it was like somebody tried to cover up cat wizz with perfume. Not that I've tried cat wizz or perfume!![]()
I know this gets dangerously close to being cycling related, but this has to be my favourite beer ad of all timefranciep10 said:I like Stella artois, Weihenstephaner and when in the US I drink miller high life.
scott you are the beer guy on the forum! make that BEER GUY!!!Scott SoCal said:Oval is one of the Trappist beers brewed by Trappist Monks. There are only seven Trappist monasteries that brew beer. While not my favorite Trappist beer I do like it. Part of the deal with Belgian beer is serving it at the correct temperature. Too cold changes many of the beer's characteristics. Never drink it from the bottle and try not to pour the entire bottle in the glass you will drink it from. Many of the bottle fermented beers have yeast collected in the bottom of the bottle. Some like the tart flavor of the yeast, but I don't care for it.
Try your next Orval at about 55 degrees (F), don't pour the entire bottle your glass and see if that makes a difference.
that's a good one i prefer this one thoughbadboyberty said:I know this gets dangerously close to being cycling related, but this has to be my favourite beer ad of all time
http://www.bestads.tv/view/2480/stella-artois-bicycle-race/