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Re: If you have had a good (or bad) beer recently report the results here
« Reply #675 on: September 05, 2014, 12:48:25 AM »

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St. Bernardus Abt 12. Best beer I've ever had, hands down. It was pretty pricey though. Imported from Belgium.

+1. One of the best imo also.

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« Reply #676 on: September 05, 2014, 12:20:36 PM »

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Lagunitas' Little Sumpin' Extra.

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I ordered a pint of this, tasted it, and exclaimed, "Holy crap, this is a great beer."

It is. It really is. Drink it.

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Lagunitas IPA is pretty darn good too.

You weren't kidding.  Little Sumpin' Extra is great beer.  Kicking back after a stressful day at work and enjoying it immensely.  I got 5 more plus 2 leftover Lagunitas IPAs = a good drunken Friday.  Only thing that's missing is a Celtics game.

Highly recommend this beer.
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I'm constantly buying different stuff looking for another moment like that, not that taste, but something to be remembered. So based on reading this blog I kept my eyes open for the Lag's Extra and stumbled on it two days ago. My wife and I had one that evening. She loves all types of beer but when she tried the Extra she said it was maybe her perfect beer. Just enough hops but not overbearing and just sweet enough. I enjoyed it as well, a real good beer, highly recommended. We're not beer snobs just love the taste  :D
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« Reply #677 on: September 05, 2014, 12:43:43 PM »

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I went to deschutes brewery in portland oregon and had their black butte.  i'm not a dark beer fan, but it was really good.  this is the sampler i got.
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I went to deschutes brewery in portland oregon and had their black butte.  i'm not a dark beer fan, but it was really good.  this is the sampler i got.

I love Deschutes. I have the remains of a 12 of their Inversion IPA in my fridge at the moment.

Was that the Chainbreaker in the upper right? That's one of my favorite beers.
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« Reply #679 on: September 05, 2014, 12:59:26 PM »

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I went to deschutes brewery in portland oregon and had their black butte.  i'm not a dark beer fan, but it was really good.  this is the sampler i got.

I love Deschutes. I have the remains of a 12 of their Inversion IPA in my fridge at the moment.

Was that the Chainbreaker in the upper right? That's one of my favorite beers.

Great brewery.

I was drinking their Twilight Summer Ale on my birthday last week.  Very solid pale ale.


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« Reply #680 on: September 05, 2014, 01:05:14 PM »

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I went to deschutes brewery in portland oregon and had their black butte.  i'm not a dark beer fan, but it was really good.  this is the sampler i got.

I love Deschutes. I have the remains of a 12 of their Inversion IPA in my fridge at the moment.

Was that the Chainbreaker in the upper right? That's one of my favorite beers.

Great brewery.

I was drinking their Twilight Summer Ale on my birthday last week.  Very solid pale ale.

Armory XPA is another nice pale they do.

Not sure if they distribute Fresh Squeezed nationwide, but that's one of theirs I *really* like. I love Citra hopped beers.
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« Reply #681 on: September 05, 2014, 01:11:06 PM »

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my department bought some German import beer today called Schofferhofer

pretty juicy beer in my opinion, even more weird is that a German produced a girly beer :-p

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« Reply #682 on: September 05, 2014, 01:24:49 PM »

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St. Bernardus Abt 12. Best beer I've ever had, hands down. It was pretty pricey though. Imported from Belgium.

+1. One of the best imo also.



not bad, but rochforte 10 kills it, easily. of course, it must be at room temperature. yum.
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« Reply #683 on: September 06, 2014, 07:28:34 PM »

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St. Bernardus Abt 12. Best beer I've ever had, hands down. It was pretty pricey though. Imported from Belgium.

+1. One of the best imo also.



not bad, but rochforte 10 kills it, easily. of course, it must be at room temperature. yum.

Sorry man but i disagree. I like Rochforte 10 but Abt 12 is more balanced. 

Abt 12 has the all the tools to win the best beer award

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« Reply #684 on: September 25, 2014, 10:47:37 PM »

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First time trying Chimay beer. Tasty, cheap alternative to ABT 12




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« Reply #685 on: September 25, 2014, 10:55:18 PM »

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Chimay's amazing (though I never liked the white), but it's not especially cheap.  Look for some Ommegang for some cheaper Belgian style beers made in America (Chimay owns them).

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« Reply #686 on: September 25, 2014, 11:24:00 PM »

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Chimay's amazing (though I never liked the white), but it's not especially cheap.  Look for some Ommegang for some cheaper Belgian style beers made in America (Chimay owns them).

I starting to love Belgian beer.  The "white" citrus commercial ones like Hogaarden or lower level ones like Leffe Blonde are just "ok" though.

Never seen Ommegang before. I'll try it out.

You tried ABT 12 before?

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« Reply #687 on: September 26, 2014, 12:10:36 AM »

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Funny, I drink a lot of dark beers and love to sample all these micro brews out there, so many good ones but........as a poster alluded to it is not always the beer that's best but the moment you have it. Thinking now to add my best I came up with a list that are not what I would expect but are truly those that I will never forget.

Amstel Light off tap when you are flying high in Amsterdam, so smooth without that imported taste.
Milwaukee Best kegstand in a frat house basement.
Red Hook from the brewery after a day of skiing
Ice cold Coors Light/Bud Light from the can while playing horseshoes
Pabst Blue Ribbon at a local Fenway bar after a Sox game

Beer can be more about where you drink it and with who than how it tastes, that being said I don't think any of these beers sniff a top prize in a taste test




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« Reply #688 on: September 26, 2014, 01:00:11 AM »

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Chimay's amazing (though I never liked the white), but it's not especially cheap.  Look for some Ommegang for some cheaper Belgian style beers made in America (Chimay owns them).

I starting to love Belgian beer.  The "white" citrus commercial ones like Hogaarden or lower level ones like Leffe Blonde are just "ok" though.

Never seen Ommegang before. I'll try it out.

You tried ABT 12 before?

Yeah.  Excellent beer.  But it's a bit much sometimes - can't drink the really heavy stuff very often.  I really like their Prior which is a little easier to handle.

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Funny, I drink a lot of dark beers and love to sample all these micro brews out there, so many good ones but........as a poster alluded to it is not always the beer that's best but the moment you have it. Thinking now to add my best I came up with a list that are not what I would expect but are truly those that I will never forget.

Amstel Light off tap when you are flying high in Amsterdam, so smooth without that imported taste.
Milwaukee Best kegstand in a frat house basement.
Red Hook from the brewery after a day of skiing
Ice cold Coors Light/Bud Light from the can while playing horseshoes
Pabst Blue Ribbon at a local Fenway bar after a Sox game

Beer can be more about where you drink it and with who than how it tastes, that being said I don't think any of these beers sniff a top prize in a taste test

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