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Samuel Smith's ales, porters and stouts are among my favorite beers, along with Guinness Stout and Chimay Red Trappiste Ale (Blue's OK too).
Cyrus said:Astronuc drinks the manly beers. I drink the kiddie hefewiezens and lagers.
Moonbear said:...mornings were VERY quiet until everyone got their coffee (we stopped at one B&B for a dinner and breakfast and at dinner they asked how many people would drink decaf in the morning so they had an idea how much to make, and NOBODY raised their hand).
TheStatutoryApe said:And apple juice with cute critters on the label.
BobG said:Coffee, on the other hand, is a completely different story. My blood pressure registers "might have been dead for a week" low until my first cup of coffee.
Moonbear said:You must have a great store near you that you can buy just one beer at a time, and can choose from such a great variety to try. Especially when trying something entirely unfamiliar, it would be nice to be able to get just one bottle and not buy a whole 6-pack in case it turns out to be nasty.
Moonbear said:You own a store? I had no idea! You're quite diversified...beer seller, helicopter painter...
You're in charge of the beer at the next PF gathering.
Cyrus said:Yesterday I had a leinenkugel summer shandy. I thought it was o.k., but not great. I didn't like that strong citris taste to it.
Wow. That's outstanding Cyrus. Should we PM you for orders? I want to try them all.Cyrus said:Yeah, I own it. :rofl: ... If you'd like to try one let me know.
dlgoff said:Wow. That's outstanding Cyrus. Should we PM you for orders? I want to try them all.
Cyrus said:Yesterday I had this:
http://blogs.eveningsun.com/troublebrewing/samsmit.jpg
Cyrus said:Sorry, that's illegal. Cant sell out of state.
Moonbear said:I can get moonshine more easily than some beers.
TheStatutoryApe said:Do they only allow Budweiser and Pabst or something?
Moonbear said:I think the cutoff is somewhere around 6% alcohol. You can get some decent beers, but some of the darker, stronger ones can't be sold here. If the limitation just applied to grocery store sales, that might make sense to me, but even the stores licensed to sell hard liquor can't sell stronger beer. I don't understand the rationale, if there is any, for that cutoff, since wine and hard liquor are both higher alcohol percentages.
Nope. Though, I've never heard the term tramp brew before either. I guess that's a British-ism?cristo said:I take it that means you can't buy 'beer' like http://gk007a0336.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/carls.htm.
Moonbear said:I guess that's a British-ism?
cristo said:Hmm, it must be. Ahh well, I'd be quite happy if they outlawed the sale of that stuff. I see tramps on buses at 9ish in the morning drinking that super strength lager.. it's really pretty disgusting!
Moonbear said:No "tramp" around here could afford the super-strength stuff. It usually is far more expensive than regular beers, so not exactly the choice of alcoholics or underage drinkers...they usually go for the cheap Bud and similar beer that can be bought by the case for what a bottle or 6-pack of the stronger beers costs.
TheStatutoryApe said:Around here they call it malt liquor.
Moonbear said:Oh, I didn't know those were so high in alcohol. I thought they were just large in volume. I've never even been tempted to try one of those, so don't know what they're like. But, I think I've seen those in stores around here...maybe because they call it malt liquor instead of beer, they can get away with it, which makes the law even more stupid!