The Beer Thread

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feeds@yuku.com (flatpickingfiend) — Tue, 12 May 2009 07:05:13 GMT

That routine is definite grounds for a nice beer or 3.

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feeds@yuku.com (banjobenw) — Mon, 11 May 2009 21:46:05 GMT

I'm breaking my not drinking during the week thing and having a Sea Dog Riverdriver Hazlenut Porter... I deserve it after driving for 7 hours and working 8 hours today though...

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feeds@yuku.com (flatpickingfiend) — Mon, 11 May 2009 07:25:18 GMT

I think i've tried the Summer Ale and wasn't overly ecstatic about it, but it's been a while back so I may have it confused w/ another beer. I tried Sam Adams White Ale this weekend and it's pretty good. Light & crisp.

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feeds@yuku.com (TheYodeler877) — Sun, 10 May 2009 23:03:44 GMT

dmcowles wrote:

TheYodeler877 wrote:
Mm, last night I had some Samuel Adams Summer Ale (I think it was an ale?). It reminded me of eating wheat thins, or something. It had a very familiar flavor that I couldn't put a finger on.

Toasted wheat underpinnings. (That's an old UMGF phrase being mocked here, in case you're...

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feeds@yuku.com (dmcowles) — Sun, 10 May 2009 11:49:06 GMT

TheYodeler877 wrote:
Mm, last night I had some Samuel Adams Summer Ale (I think it was an ale?). It reminded me of eating wheat thins, or something. It had a very familiar flavor that I couldn't put a finger on.

Toasted wheat underpinnings. (That's an old UMGF phrase being mocked here, in case you're wondering.)

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feeds@yuku.com (TheYodeler877) — Sun, 10 May 2009 11:14:55 GMT

Mm, last night I had some Samuel Adams Summer Ale (I think it was an ale?). It reminded me of eating wheat thins, or something. It had a very familiar flavor that I couldn't put a finger on.

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feeds@yuku.com (flatpickingfiend) — Wed, 06 May 2009 07:13:27 GMT

Ben, I drink once a week, usually Saturday evening. I really love beer, but I don't want the daily habit.

Ron, I'm pretty sure Lone Star is still very popular in Texas, and maybe Pearl too. I've heard several Texan's talk about Lone Star as the only beer they'll drink if they can get their hands on it.

Twodogs, I agree Sierra's Celebration is most excellent. I think it's the same recipe every year so far as I know(?).

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feeds@yuku.com (twodogs2) — Wed, 06 May 2009 05:07:48 GMT

Sierra Nevada is GREAT beer. The Celebration Ale this year was EXCELLENT!!

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feeds@yuku.com (VerMonster65) — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:52:45 GMT

Lone Star and Pearl...big favorites at the North Fort Polk (Louisiana) enlisted men's club ca. 1970.

I can remember 3.2 Budd at Fort Dix, and also some 3.2 local beer (whose name escapes me) that was brewed in Philly. I've got a story about beer in the barracks that I'll relate at a later time. Actually, I've got a few of them, but in this one I was probably the luckiest trainee on Fort Dix!

I don't...

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feeds@yuku.com (banjobenw) — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:25:05 GMT

flatpickingfiend wrote:
I try most everything I come across, but my favorites so far are Stella, Yuengling traditional lager, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and Magic Hat Circus Boy (a hefeweizen), all preferably on tap.

I really liked Yuengling when I was down around NY, NJ, MD etc. I've never found it up here. My favorite beer...

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feeds@yuku.com (flatpickingfiend) — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:00:37 GMT

Ole Ben Franklin said, "Beer is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy".

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feeds@yuku.com (spectroid) — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:44:15 GMT

I just remembered something that, if not as bad as Vietnamese beer, is darn close to it....the 3.2% beer(?) sold in the beer halls on post when I was stationed at Fort Hood in the early 60's. All that stuff did was to cause fights, give you a terrible headache, and make you pee a lot. I think it was called "Pearl" or "Lone Star" or something...it was vile, but as a buck private back then, it was the cheapest stuff available.

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feeds@yuku.com (ArtNH) — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:44:59 GMT

To my tongue, most lite beers taste like beer-flavored seltzer water.

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feeds@yuku.com (David Hanners) — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:29:29 GMT

I think most of the "light" (or "near") beers one finds in convenience stores and the like have a lighter alcohol content because most local or state ordinances restrict sale of the "heavier" stuff to liquor stores. At least that's been my experience in the places I've lived. I just remember I always avoided buying booze at convenience stores because it never did anything for me.

That'd be a great line for a song: "She was as light as...

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feeds@yuku.com (spectroid) — Tue, 05 May 2009 10:19:52 GMT

On Malta, there are a lot of British style pubs, owned and operated by retired Royal Navy men. All with Bass Ale on tap. At first I wasn't too impressed with a room temperature pint, but after a few, they were pretty good...This thread also reminded me of what the Limey's call "Tops". A draft beer (San Miguel...this was in Hong Kong and Singapore) topped off with Lemon Squash ( concentrated lemon flavored drink base which is hopefully banned in this country). They go down...

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feeds@yuku.com (FlatpickaHD28) — Tue, 05 May 2009 08:10:38 GMT

I'll second the vote for Yuengling lager especially on tap... It is a staple of the watering holes in these here parts...

I'd like to find their Porter on tap some where. There is Half - Half on tap in some places. IMHO it ruins the taste of 2 excellent beers to mix them...

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feeds@yuku.com (flatpickingfiend) — Tue, 05 May 2009 07:09:08 GMT

Twodogs, where can a body hear the melody to that song?

I'll try the Sam Adams Imperial line when I run across it for sure. I try most everything I come across, but my favorites so far are Stella, Yuengling traditional lager, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, and Magic Hat Circus Boy (a hefeweizen), all preferably on tap.

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feeds@yuku.com (twodogs2) — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:48:35 GMT

Sam Adams Imperial series is real good.

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feeds@yuku.com (twodogs2) — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:42:39 GMT

********
GARNET'S HOMEMADE BEER Time: 2/2 Tenor: D Bass: C
- Ian Robb, 1978, on: From Different Angels
- Music: Barrett's Privateers (Stan Rogers)

Oh, the year was Nineteen Seventy-eight
(How I wish I'd never tried it now)
When a score of men were turned quite green
By the scummiest ale you've ever seen

CHORUS:
God damn them all, I was told
This beer was worth its weight in gold
We'd feel no pain,...

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feeds@yuku.com (spectroid) — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:18:53 GMT

VerMonster65 wrote:

spectroid wrote:
Any of you Vietnam Veterans remember Bau Mi Ba (33) beer from Southeast Asia...

I remember that stuff. Also remember a rumor that it contained formaldehyde. Only tried some once...don't remember how many I had, but I do remember getting a wicked...

The Beer Thread

feeds@yuku.com (TheYodeler877) — Mon, 04 May 2009 00:05:29 GMT

Hey - the title says it all