What beer are you drinking Summer 2010

[Pieface]

Weinstaphaner hefeweiss for the past couple of days and chimay red prior. Both good drops but I think I favour the Chimay ahead of the Weinstaphaner.

Will have to try and lay my hands on some of the Chimay Blue!

[nor02lei]

From a recommendation I got at Helsinki beer festival in April me, my lady partner and her daughter with boyfriend did visit a brew bar in Helsinki in the weekend. They had very good beer with a ale they called amber ale that tasted like an punchy IPA and an imperial porter as the best. A very surprising fact was that the beer was much cheaper than this type of beer in a Swedish quality bar. If anyone will visit Helsinki I would be glad to give directions.

Leif

[nor02lei]

Yvonne and me had a side by side of Bigfoot 2009 and 2010 yesterday. She liked the 2009 better and I the 2010, but we did both agree that the storage had taken away quit a lot of the hop character in the 2009 and let other flavours thru.

Leif

[cigarnv]

I am not big on flavored beers but will dabble a bit in pumpkin ales during the fall. I was given a bottle of pumkin ale made by the Williamsburg Alewerks that is probably the best I have ever had. Great flavor, good pie spice but very well balanced. I have tried finding some locally with no luck... if you see it, try it.....

[ggilbertva]

I am not big on flavored beers but will dabble a bit in pumpkin ales during the fall. I was given a bottle of pumkin ale made by the Williamsburg Alewerks that is probably the best I have ever had. Great flavor, good pie spice but very well balanced. I have tried finding some locally with no luck... if you see it, try it.....

I'll stop tonight, I believe either Wegman's had it or Total Wine.

[cigarnv]

I'll stop tonight, I believe either Wegman's had it or Total Wine.

Greg, I tried both Total and Wegmans by me with no luck...

[ggilbertva]

After a very long day, relaxing with a Sierra Nevada Glissade.

[sailor22]

Last night I tried a Hebrew Ale - really liked it --- then I had a Mendocino Red Tail Ale - liked that too. For years I thought most smaller brewerie's beers were not so good but it turns out it is because my friends kept pushing IPA's at me. Now I know I prefer an Ale to an IPA - by a mile. Just don't dig the bitter hoppy thing much.

I have a Mendocino Black Hawk Stout to try tonight. This is fun.

[cigarnv]

Sammy Smith Pale Ale with dinner last evening..... one of the classics that never lets one down but as of late a bit over shadowed by the american craft tidal wave........

[smokinjoe]

After working my freakin' arse off today around the house, this Bluegrass Brewing Bourbon Barrel Stout is really...I mean REALLY...hitting the spot.

[spun_cookie]

Going to Folsom Nights in a few. But, to prime the pump, working:

o St Peter's Sorgam beer (Non Wheat, Rye or Barley Grain) - differnt

o Belhaven Scottish Stout

I am sure a few more will go down before we blow this joint...

[cigarnv]

Revisited a Terrapin Monks Revenge last evening.... a cross between an IPA and a Belgium...... I am not sure thay got either right on this one. Possibly a matter of personal taste but IMO they created a brew that was less then the sum of its parts..... A pass for me.....

[unclebunk]

Goose Island Harvest Ale which they describe as "an American ESB." I used to love their flagship Honkers Ale but find myself drinking Goose Island IPA more often these days. Now the seasonal Harvest Ale is my favorite.

[cigarnv]

Just finished up a 5.3 mile walk and settled in with a nice Flying Dog Classic Pale Ale. Clean and crisp... very easy to drink. The perfect "health" drink to follow up forced exercise.... sure beats carrot and beet juice!!!

All I need now is a cigar and some of those ribs Greg is smoking up.....

[Gillman]

I too did a long walk today, and concluded with a canned VB from Australia - very good stuff, I was pleasantly surprised. VB originally meant Victoria Bitter, whilst (we will stick with British idiom) the beer itself seemed quite like a lager. But very drinkable. I'd much rather have a well-made commercial (mass-market) beer than a poorly conceived or brewed craft beer.

Gary

[ggilbertva]

...and those Ribs turned out quite nice. Used a single piece of applewood for light smoke.

Yesterday while cooking up the ribs and the subsequent feasting, I enjoyed three distinct beers; Blue Moon Seasonal Pumpkin, Ry(e)an Ale, Terrapin Sunray. The Blue Moon was an impulse buy since this was something new. I'll admit, it was a nice beer and one I like better than the normal Blue Moon.

[smokinjoe]

Oooohhh....A little nip in the air as the sun goes down. Makes this Great Lakes Blackout Stout all the better. I had a cord of firewood delivered last weekend in preparation for outdoor fireplace season. This coolness, and this exceptional stout, almost makes we want to go fire one up.

[SBOmarc]

While Joe contemplates firing one up, A Stone Brewery Ruination IPA.

[smokinjoe]

While Joe contemplates firing one up, A Stone Brewery Ruination IPA.

Well played, sir. Ya know, when I re-read that after posting, I wondered if somebody would hit on that. Oh gosh, I did it again...

BTW Marc, congrats on your Phils. Best team in baseball. :toast:

[cigarnv]

Flying Dog Porter to end the evening.... pretty pedestrian brew that does not hit may bells as porters go....easy drinker but won't be on future buy lists...

[SBOmarc]

Well played, sir. Ya know, when I re-read that after posting, I wondered if somebody would hit on that. Oh gosh, I did it again...

BTW Marc, congrats on your Phils. Best team in baseball. :toast:

Thanks Joe, and you are most likely correct for late September. If you can say that in late October, that would be even better.

[smokinjoe]

Terrapin Rye Squared after my run. This beer jumps around on me. It ranges from OK to spectacular. Probably the most mood/palate condition sensitive brew I work. Today it'sl pushing the spectacular range.

[rocky480]

A damp, windy, cool morning yesterday made me realize that fall really had arrived, so on the drive home I thought a couple of seasonal beers would be in order. So, I compared the Williamsburg Pumpkin Ale (thanks to Reid's post) against the Dogfish Head Punkin Ale (a favorite of my wife's). I'm generally not a fan of the pumpkin flavored beers, but the Williamsburg was very enjoyable and completely outclassed the Dogfish Head for my tastes. I finished with the last bottle of Legend Brown Ale that I had. I've been underwhelmed by this brew, particularly at it's price point, and I don't plan on giving it another shot.

[cigarnv]

A damp, windy, cool morning yesterday made me realize that fall really had arrived, so on the drive home I thought a couple of seasonal beers would be in order. So, I compared the Williamsburg Pumpkin Ale (thanks to Reid's post) against the Dogfish Head Punkin Ale (a favorite of my wife's). I'm generally not a fan of the pumpkin flavored beers, but the Williamsburg was very enjoyable and completely outclassed the Dogfish Head for my tastes. I finished with the last bottle of Legend Brown Ale that I had. I've been underwhelmed by this brew, particularly at it's price point, and I don't plan on giving it another shot.

Don't drink all that Williamsburg Mike!!!!:grin: :grin:

[unclebunk]

Belhaven Wee Heavy and a pour of Springbank 10 will be had this evening before going to see the great Scottish rock band Teenage Fanclub. This is going to be a great night!