It's really not THAT big a deal if you pour it into a regular pint glass but, if you want to do it the super-proper way, use a chalice.



EDIT: Oh God; I just noticed the Star Wars poster in the background. This is not my house. I REPEAT, this is NOT my house.

Uh huh. Sure.

A chalice?! Hold on whilst I bust out my Atari 2600 and blow the dust off of this Adventure cartridge!

If I had more room in my cabinets, I'd have more styles of beer glasses. The only ones that I probably wouldn't bother with are pilsners, since I rarely drink those.

I used to sneek a flask with Jagermeister and a bottle of root beer into the Garden when I had my season tix. That was definitely a good mix. But this shot sounds a little"different" (for lack of a better term). Maybe it's because I don't like cola? I don't know. I'd still try it out of curiosity, but I dont anticipate enjoying it.

Scott, just for the record, it's Fat Tire; not Flat Tire. Unless it's not the same beer that I'm thinking of. Is it the one with the bicycle on the label? If so, it's really damn good. Just make sure not to call it Flat Tire around Marie otherwise she'll shank you!

I'd call it Flat Tire. I didn't like it at all.

My bad. And I ain't afraid of no stinkin' puckbunnies!

Millenium Falcon ice cube trays. I WANT IT.

DFH Pangaea - the taste of the crystallized ginger comes through mostly in the head. Good stuff!

Tried the Unibroue Trois Pistoles w/dark chocolate on the deck last night w/our friends. I thought it was quite good.It went over well w/rest of the guests who tried it too. I almost bought a bar of ginger infused dark chocolate to go w/it but thought I had to stay w/reg dark choc. After trying the beer I think that it would be even better w/ginger choc.
Thanks for the recommendation.

Crappy red wine with raspberry ginger ale + ice in Solo cups. Hey, it was a backyard bbq.

On saturday night I had 2 things that were new to me:

Friends were visiting from West Virginia, and they brought back a bottle of West Virginia Moonshie. It was only 80 proof - which surprised most people- but I'd never had moonshine before, so I decided to try it. It tasted like rubbingg acohol. I can't imagine what the full-fledged version tastes like!

The other was Pimm's. It is supposedly an English liquer. It was mixed with Sprite and fruit (very much like sangria). Sweeter than expected, but very good.

Sounds...interesting?


On saturday night I had 2 things that were new to me:

Friends were visiting from West Virginia, and they brought back a bottle of West Virginia Moonshie. It was only 80 proof - which surprised most people- but I'd never had moonshine before, so I decided to try it. It tasted like rubbingg acohol. I can't imagine what the full-fledged version tastes like!

The other was Pimm's. It is supposedly an English liquer. It was mixed with Sprite and fruit (very much like sangria). Sweeter than expected, but very good.


*somewhat of a double post

Thirstybear in SF. Yum. The Kozlov Stout is a treat; the Golden Vanilla is tasty, and they had a strong belgian on tap as a special that was really fun. Most everything else was at least solid. Good stuff.

This is the predominate liquor in China. It is pretty much moonshine though. It's 52% and tastes like Everclear.

Had a Czech Budweiser tonight. It was delicious.

Apparently, you can buy real absinthe here. This is duly noted.

Pilsner Urquell? Shits gooooood.

No. Budweiser. The GOOD one.

I thought you meat the Generic Czech Beer Which is also good, well the dark version more so than the light.

Budvar?

I've always been intrigued. Sounds fun!

Huh. I thought that the U.S. had lifted the restrictions, but it turns out that it depends on what your definition of "real" absinthe is. In the U.S., it can be sold with a reduced thujone content.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe#United_States

Yes! I had the dark lager, and it was really interesting. It had a kind of smoky finish.

Rangerland Absinthe Night, make it so.

That's funny, I always thought that the difference was "with" or "without" wormwood.

Matt Harvey Strikeout shots fuck you up.

Budvar/Chezchvar is good stuff. However my favorite Czech beer is Staroprommen (I know I left an umlaut or two out).

Racer 5 and Sierra Nevada tonight. Good combo.

Got to try that, too - quite good!

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This won't end well.

Big surprise of the week - bourbon actually tastes good mixed with a little bit of coconut water. I like bourbon, anyway (mostly Bulleit lately), but the coconut water smoothens it a little bit.

Gin and Fentiman's Rose Lemonade. mmm

Anyone in San Diego? Had an Imperial IPA from Green Flash brewing and it was very very good. One of the best beers I've ever had.

In reality it makes no difference. Absinthe is just shitty tasting alcohol, nothing more.

And ultimately I couldn't find any anyway, rendering the whole thing moot.

On my last night, though, I did have a shot of Akvavit. If you like butane that smells vaguely of caraway seeds, then akvavit is the drink for you!

The Norwegian equivalent to moonshine.

There was Aquavit at my friends' wedding a couple weekends ago (groom has Norwegian heritage). Between that and the Medivka at the other friends' wedding (bride with Ukrainian heritage) a couple weekends before that, I haven't had a damn champagne toast yet this year.

fun, though - I like things that taste like butane + caraway etc.

For us IPA lovers, this is heaven in a bottle.

Duly noted. Will try ASAP.

Chris, I'm actually surprised that you HAVEN'T tried this yet. I know several of us here, myself included, have raved about it before. Get it as soon as you can. You shant be disappointed. It is as hoppy as you will ever get.

It's one of the beers that I keep meaning to try and just keep forgetting about. Maybe it'll be available at this event that I'll be going to next Saturday.

Yuengling is very good beer.

I wouldn't call it very good. But for the price it is very drinkable.

I'm drunk. That's what I meant.

Eel River Brewing Company Climax...

Might be a little hard to find on the east coast but it almost lives up to the name...

I want that glass!!!

Rogue



I guess it sounds bad enough to try for curiosity's sake. Although, I thought coffee beer would be good, also.

That looks too dark to be an IPA. I'll bet Kelly's Pkg Store has it. Is that sold in single bottles?