Thread: the BEER THREAD!!!

Originally Posted by SeeingRed

Are these places in the DFW area? That's a lot easier than Phoenix. I'm not about to buy some "Mr Brew" home brew kit online. Not a fan.

Yep.

You can get a better kit on-line.

www.homebrewing.org
www.homebrewmart.com
www.thehomebrewstore.com
www.homebrewzone.com

Just to list a few
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Raum

Originally Posted by DallasChief

I'd like to make my own Crown Royal. Anyone have the recipe for that?

Yea, but you might go blind if you make a mistake while distilling it.

Originally Posted by BigDaddyBronco

Yea, but you might go blind if you make a mistake while distilling it.

I've been told that something else I do might make me go blind but so far so good.

Originally Posted by DallasChief

I've been told that something else I do might make me go blind but so far so good.

But you got hairy palms.

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

This evening I will be enjoying a few bottles of my 13% homebrew.

niiiice . . . i've messed around with home brewing a bit, but i don't have the equiopment or the know-how to make my own mash-- yet. . . hopefully sometime in the near future. . . .

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

Good deal...I have a few contacts as well. I have a friend that owns a beer store and gets me the stuff you can't buy easily. i.e. Dogfish 120. I've also become pretty good friends with the guys at HomeBrew Headquarters and can get some deals there. But mostly, my uncle buys the stuff when we brew, so I always have minimal cost.

you have good taste, i see-- the 120 is one of my very favorites! my screen name isn't a coincidence. . . .

Originally Posted by dogfish

niiiice . . . i've messed around with home brewing a bit, but i don't have the equiopment or the know-how to make my own mash-- yet. . . hopefully sometime in the near future. . . .




you have good taste, i see-- the 120 is one of my very favorites! my screen name isn't a coincidence. . . .

Good call. What do you pay for the 120? In Texas it's illegal to sell anything over 18%, so I have to get it from a bootlegger.
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Portable vaporizer

Originally Posted by CoachChaz

Good call. What do you pay for the 120? In Texas it's illegal to sell anything over 18%, so I have to get it from a bootlegger.

in ohio it's illegal to sell anything over 13% , but it can legally be shipped into the state. . . i usually use one of these sites. . .


http://beergeek.stores.yahoo.net/usmicroale.html


http://www.liquidsolutions.biz/main/


when i lived in colorado it generally went for $10-11 per bottle. . . how much do you have to fork over?

Originally Posted by dogfish

i've gotta decide what i'm going to drink tomorrow night. . . .

decided to go with some bell's two-hearted ale-- a nice seesion IPA, nothing too fancy. . . i'm going to my buddy's place, and i'm not spending large dollars to take top-shelf beer for his wife's friends to swill down. . . the two-hearted is perfectly good. . .


i did splurge for a bottle of patron, though. . .



HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

Originally Posted by dogfish

decided to go with some bell's two-hearted ale-- a nice seesion IPA, nothing too fancy. . . i'm going to my buddy's place, and i'm not spending large dollars to take top-shelf beer for his wife's friends to swill down. . . the two-hearted is perfectly good. . .


i did splurge for a bottle of patron, though. . .



HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

You have a happy one too, dog! Cheers!

trying an interesting brew tonight-- ommegang chocolate indugence! as a rule i don't drink a lot of "flavored" beers that are brewed with sweet adjuncts like chocolate, vanilla, fruit, whatever-- but i'm definitely down to try new things, especially in terms of the stronger, darker beers. . .

ommegang is a new york brewery that specilaizes in belgian style brews-- this one is based off traditional belgiun chocolate stouts. . . it's their tenth anniversary brew, and is a moderate 7% ABV. . . as dark and rich as you'd expect, but more on the dry side than the sweet in comparison to some of the other chocolate stouts i've had (like the young's special, for example). . . not bitter like cocoa, though-- more of a semi-sweet bakers chocolate kind of taste, quite smooth for a beer of this color. . . still has the spices you'd expect from a belgian, but they are subdued and very nicely counter-balanced by the chocolate and the heavy malt-- just prevalent anough to add a refreshing hint of bite to an otherwise mellow brew. . . the spice helps to clear the palate and provides a surprisingly clea aftertaste for a heavy beer, with a suggestion of toasted nuts. . . subtle and complex like a good wine, with many contrasting notes that balance each other out and add up to a very unique and excellent beer. . . not an everday drinker-- more of a holiday/dessert type of beer-- but very good! wish i'd bought a few more of these-- i'm going to have to keep my eyes open. . .

Originally Posted by dogfish

trying an interesting brew tonight-- ommegang chocolate indugence! as a rule i don't drink a lot of "flavored" beers that are brewed with sweet adjuncts like chocolate, vanilla, fruit, whatever-- but i'm definitely down to try new things, especially in terms of the stronger, darker beers. . .

ommegang is a new york brewery that specilaizes in belgian style brews-- this one is based off traditional belgiun chocolate stouts. . . it's their tenth anniversary brew, and is a moderate 7% ABV. . . as dark and rich as you'd expect, but more on the dry side than the sweet in comparison to some of the other chocolate stouts i've had (like the young's special, for example). . . not bitter like cocoa, though-- more of a semi-sweet bakers chocolate kind of taste, quite smooth for a beer of this color. . . still has the spices you'd expect from a belgian, but they are subdued and very nicely counter-balanced by the chocolate and the heavy malt-- just prevalent anough to add a refreshing hint of bite to an otherwise mellow brew. . . the spice helps to clear the palate and provides a surprisingly clea aftertaste for a heavy beer, with a suggestion of toasted nuts. . . subtle and complex like a good wine, with many contrasting notes that balance each other out and add up to a very unique and excellent beer. . . not an everday drinker-- more of a holiday/dessert type of beer-- but very good! wish i'd bought a few more of these-- i'm going to have to keep my eyes open. . .

Me too, Steve Dave...it's called Bud Light. Great taste...flowing easily.

18th Amendment

Originally Posted by dogfish

trying an interesting brew tonight-- ommegang chocolate indugence! as a rule i don't drink a lot of "flavored" beers that are brewed with sweet adjuncts like chocolate, vanilla, fruit, whatever-- but i'm definitely down to try new things, especially in terms of the stronger, darker beers. . .

ommegang is a new york brewery that specilaizes in belgian style brews-- this one is based off traditional belgiun chocolate stouts. . . it's their tenth anniversary brew, and is a moderate 7% ABV. . . as dark and rich as you'd expect, but more on the dry side than the sweet in comparison to some of the other chocolate stouts i've had (like the young's special, for example). . . not bitter like cocoa, though-- more of a semi-sweet bakers chocolate kind of taste, quite smooth for a beer of this color. . . still has the spices you'd expect from a belgian, but they are subdued and very nicely counter-balanced by the chocolate and the heavy malt-- just prevalent anough to add a refreshing hint of bite to an otherwise mellow brew. . . the spice helps to clear the palate and provides a surprisingly clea aftertaste for a heavy beer, with a suggestion of toasted nuts. . . subtle and complex like a good wine, with many contrasting notes that balance each other out and add up to a very unique and excellent beer. . . not an everday drinker-- more of a holiday/dessert type of beer-- but very good! wish i'd bought a few more of these-- i'm going to have to keep my eyes open. . .

I assume you've had Samuel Smith's Chocolate Stout
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Originally Posted by dogfish

as a rule i don't drink a lot of "flavored" beers that are brewed with sweet adjuncts like chocolate, vanilla, fruit, whatever--

I'm usually with you there, mostly a pale ale drinker, BUT i've recently been on a Magic Hat #9 kick. Its very lightly flavored with apricots, which works better than you might think. Give it a try if you haven't.

Do they make a Louisiana Hot Sauce beer? I could probably get behind that.