Beers of Note

Originally Posted by mistrzmiasta

I've seen the Two Brothers before, but I'm drawing a blank on The Matilda. Who makes it and what style?

It is a fantastic Belgian Pale from Goose Island... which means... (gasp) it is now made by AB-Inbev

weiss and belgian ales are matilda had a unique taste to it. the only way i can describe it is it tasted like a little IPA mixed with a belgian ale.

Confession time: Although I'm a big aficionado of beer, particularly big IPA's and IIPA's, over the last two weeks I have been enjoying buying cans of cheap, shitty beer and making shandies with them. I've been buying 24 oz cans of Steel Reserve (half the price of bud, 8.3% ABV) and mixing it 2:1 with lemonade for a happy hour cocktail. Pretty good actually.

Originally Posted by brew

Confession time: Although I'm a big aficionado of beer, particularly big IPA's and IIPA's, over the last two weeks I have been enjoying buying cans of cheap, shitty beer and making shandies with them. I've been buying 24 oz cans of Steel Reserve (half the price of bud, 8.3% ABV) and mixing it 2:1 with lemonade for a happy hour cocktail. Pretty good actually.

Look up raddlers... they are half beer half lemonade, had them out in germany years back. Mmmmmmmmm

Originally Posted by JJR4884

Look up raddlers... they are half beer half lemonade, had them out in germany years back. Mmmmmmmmm

My wife drinks Corona Light. Last night I took two of them and we each took a hearty swig, then I added 2 oz of Lunazul tequila and some margarita mix and lime wedges to each bottle to make a couple of margaritas to-go. Very tasty.

Originally Posted by brew

My wife drinks Corona Light. Last night I took two of them and we each took a hearty swig, then I added 2 oz of Lunazul tequila and some margarita mix and lime wedges to each bottle to make a couple of margaritas to-go. Very tasty.

cheladas! bud/bud light mixed with clamato....then I upscale it and mix a better beer and mr./mrs T. bloody mary mix....a red eye without the egg....slummin' it I guess

Alright, can one of aficionados give me recommendations on good dual tap kegerators? $1k budget, best one available. Needs to be reliable, efficient and have a good design. If I could spend less, than great! Will be in an office.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by JJR4884

Look up raddlers... they are half beer half lemonade, had them out in germany years back. Mmmmmmmmm

Raddler is beer/coke correct? I remember drinking those and the ones with lemonade in Germany but can't remember the names.

Originally Posted by brew

My wife drinks Corona Light. Last night I took two of them and we each took a hearty swig, then I added 2 oz of Lunazul tequila and some margarita mix and lime wedges to each bottle to make a couple of margaritas to-go. Very tasty.

Yellow Jacket - Drink the neck out of a corona, fill back up with bacardi limon And a 6 pack will fvck your world

A place right down the road from my place of employment is carrying this:



Ratebeer Rated 100 Points.
Beer Advocate : "A" "Outstanding"

Utopias is made with caramel, Vienna, Moravian and Bavarian smoked malts, and four of the five varieties of noble hops: Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, Tettnanger, Spalter, and Saaz hops. The beer is aged in scotch, cognac and port barrels for the better part of a year. A limited number of bottles are released each year-in 2007, only 12,000 bottles were produced, and in 2009, only 9,000 bottles were released.

The 2011 batch of Utopias was blended using the sherry casks (from Spain and Madeira) and the port casks (from Portugal), some of which have been resting for 18 years.


And they are asking $199 per bottle...

Buy it. That beer is an investment.


Better than silver


Seriously though, it will be worth a lot more than that in a few years. Past vintages have doubled or tripled in value.

Originally Posted by joeski3d

A place right down the road from my place of employment is carrying this:



Ratebeer Rated 100 Points.
Beer Advocate : "A" "Outstanding"

Utopias is made with caramel, Vienna, Moravian and Bavarian smoked malts, and four of the five varieties of noble hops: Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, Tettnanger, Spalter, and Saaz hops. The beer is aged in scotch, cognac and port barrels for the better part of a year. A limited number of bottles are released each year-in 2007, only 12,000 bottles were produced, and in 2009, only 9,000 bottles were released.

The 2011 batch of Utopias was blended using the sherry casks (from Spain and Madeira) and the port casks (from Portugal), some of which have been resting for 18 years.


And they are asking $199 per bottle...

If i find a local place selling it i'd buy a bottle in a heart beat. My gf's brother, dad and I have been talking about buying a bottle to try as soon as we can source it near us

I picked up a sampler of Sam Adams Latitude 48 IPA last night. I've had it before, but in the non-sampler variety. I didn't realize what the guy meant by "sample pack" before I bought it, but each bottle is brewed with different hop varieties. There's Zeus, Simcoe, East Kent Golding, Hallertau, Ahtanum, and the traditional Latitude 48 which uses them all. They're all pretty solid beers and it's nice to sample them side by side, or back to back. You can really differentiate between the different hop "personalities".

Originally Posted by bioman

Alright, can one of aficionados give me recommendations on good dual tap kegerators? $1k budget, best one available. Needs to be reliable, efficient and have a good design. If I could spend less, than great! Will be in an office.

Thanks.

Most people build their own from parts - since they can build exactly what they want. If you want built-in kegerators, it gets a little complicated because of air flow. I had a Summit built-in that was great. It had an extra squirrel fan installed in the back, so it could suck cool air in from under the front of the kegerator, so you could install it with zero clearance around the edges. I ordered the single faucet model from micromatics and then ordered a dual faucet tower and parts from Keg Connection (those guys are awesome, by the way).

My kegerator:



101 pages of custom kegerators at HomeBrewTalk.com: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/show...gerator-29053/

Keg Connection:
http://stores.kegconnection.com/StoreFront.bok
- they sell pre-built kegerators, too.

Oh, and don't buy a commercial kegerator because they are really loud.

Originally Posted by brew

Most people build their own from parts - since they can build exactly what they want. If you want built-in kegerators, it gets a little complicated because of air flow. I had a Summit built-in that was great. It had an extra squirrel fan installed in the back, so it could suck cool air in from under the front of the kegerator, so you could install it with zero clearance around the edges. I ordered the single faucet model from micromatics and then ordered a dual faucet tower and parts from Keg Connection (those guys are awesome, by the way).

My kegerator:



101 pages of custom kegerators at HomeBrewTalk.com: http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f35/show...gerator-29053/

Keg Connection:
http://stores.kegconnection.com/StoreFront.bok
- they sell pre-built kegerators, too.

Oh, and don't buy a commercial kegerator because they are really loud.

holy faaaawwwwkkkkk. I'd be dead if i had one of those! That thing is AMAZING>>>>!

Had this at a local steakhouse and wanted more. Kinda reminded me of Goose Island bourbon county stout just not as strong and not as flavorful. The beer is Joseph James Russian Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels. Brewery is local here in Nevada but I had the hardest time finding it. One guys said it was a limited run of only 45 cases. I found a case and bought them all!

just had a growler of this


a 6 pack of this(def refreshing/different tasting beer):


a pint of this:


a pint of this:



all were def good, with all but the first being a nice change of pace to other beers i have had.

Originally Posted by yellowssm

Had this at a local steakhouse and wanted more. Kinda reminded me of Goose Island bourbon county stout just not as strong and not as flavorful. The beer is Joseph James Russian Imperial Stout aged in bourbon barrels. Brewery is local here in Nevada but I had the hardest time finding it. One guys said it was a limited run of only 45 cases. I found a case and bought them all!

Nice, looks tasty! I have a thing for barrel aged stouts

Well, actually, barrel aged anything

Love this stuff. Always served with a slice of orange.