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Picked up an interesting beer by Dogfish Head- "Robert Johnson's Hellhound Ale." Named after the famous blues musician, it's brewed with lemons as a tribute to another bluesman, Blind Lemon Jefferson. Not something I'd buy normally (sounds like a shandy), I'm a fan of Robert Johnson so I thought it be fun to but Robert Johnson on vinyl and drink a beer named after him.
Yeah, they did the Hellhound on My Ale the first time a year or two back - in celebration of Johnson's 100th birthday, as I recall. A good beer. 11% if I recall correctly. Been awhile since I had some.
Picked up an interesting beer by Dogfish Head- "Robert Johnson's Hellhound Ale." Named after the famous blues musician, it's brewed with lemons as a tribute to another bluesman, Blind Lemon Jefferson. Not something I'd buy normally (sounds like a shandy), I'm a fan of Robert Johnson so I thought it be fun to but Robert Johnson on vinyl and drink a beer named after him.Yeah, they did the Hellhound on My Ale the first time a year or two back - in celebration of Johnson's 100th birthday, as I recall. A good beer. 11% if I recall correctly. Been awhile since I had some.
I'll probably wait until it gets a little warmer to have it. Sounds like something that would be good on a hot day. Now for the winter- the other night I had Smuttynose Zinneke- a belgian style stout (made with belgian yeast) aged in bourbon barrels. Very good. It had a nice smooth finish that went very well with the cigar I was smoking.
Ain't nothing more satisfying then a ice cold bottle of Fort Garry Dark.
I think I'll have one right now!
*heard barleywine mentioned thrice and was summoned from his demiplane*
Brooklyn Brewery's Monster Barleywine.
I fished one out of my dad's beer cooler back around xmas.
Didn't look at the label and poured it in a pint glass.
Took it at my normal speed... didn't notice.
Damn.
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in the town Wächtersbach, here in my County, there has been a brewery owned by the Lords of Ysenburg-Büdingen since 1578 the "Princely Court-Brewery Wächtersbach"
In 2001 the very broke current Lord sold the brand name to a big company and the brewery was closed.
in january a new brewery was opend by a cooperative of citizens of Wächtersbach, the "Bürgerbräu Wächtersbach" (Peoples Brewery), they will produce high quality, organic beer in the varieties Pils, Kellerbier, Hefeweizen, Doppelbock
It is still hard to get but I am very excited and can't wait to taste it
"Bürgerbräu Wächtersbach" (Peoples Brewery)
Sorry for the correction, but its "Citizen's Brew", rather. "People's Brewery" would be "Volksbrauerei".
Not that it's important.
in the town Wächtersbach, here in my County, there has been a brewery owned by the Lords of Ysenburg-Büdingen since 1578 the "Princely Court-Brewery Wächtersbach"
In 2001 the very broke current Lord sold the brand name to a big company and the brewery was closed.in january a new brewery was opend by a cooperative of citizens of Wächtersbach, the "Bürgerbräu Wächtersbach" (Peoples Brewery), they will produce high quality, organic beer in the varieties Pils, Kellerbier, Hefeweizen, Doppelbock
It is still hard to get but I am very excited and can't wait to taste it
Mmmm, lords of beer. If I was beer owning lord, that's what I would call it.
I had Harpoon 100 barrel series "Director's Cut" the other night. It is supposed to be a blend between a pale ale and stout. Tastes like a darker pale ale with a slight malty finish. It was ok. I would have rather had either a pale ale or a stout.
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I tried a new one last week which should have a special appeal to Paizonians: 8th Sin black lager from Hop City Brewery
Quite tasty. Unfortunately, it is currently only available on tap.
I recommend that folks in the Toronto area keep an eye out for it.
And, it opens up the possibility of another Runelord!
Bought 24 cans of Guinness and 24 bottles of Harp for my next Kingmaker session which happens to fall on St. Patty's day. I used to get Bass but I find I don't really like Bass anymore (than learned that its no longer brewed in England but NY now).
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Huzzah! The owner of the beer store I usually shop at has expanded into the space next to his store with a separate store - Bottles, Packs & Growlers!!! He serves food, which means he can bypass the usual Pennsylvania law of only selling by the case. He's got singles, six packs, four packs, you name it!!
After getting a Facebook notification they had opened, I finally got a chance to stop in yesterday. Picked up a 4 pack of 90 Minute IPA, a 4 pack of Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout, and 3 big bottles of Hellhound On My Ale!
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Iron Maiden introduces their own beer:
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Bought 24 cans of Guinness and 24 bottles of Harp for my next Kingmaker session which happens to fall on St. Patty's day. I used to get Bass but I find I don't really like Bass anymore (than learned that its no longer brewed in England but NY now).
I've only ever seen the term 'St. Patty' on the interwebs.
I have a bunch of Irish friends and when we got together to watch the Ireland v Wales 6 Nations game (yes, Wales lost. Now shutupaboutthatallright) I asked a bout 'St.Patty'.
They laughed and asked "Who the f@$! is St. Patty?"
It sounded dumb because:
- If you're going to shorten it, try Paddy.
- Although, Paddy is the abusive English nickname for Irish people.
- But that doesn't make Patty a good alternative because... that's a girl's name.
- So, just go with St. Patrick.
- In the words of one Irish friend: "I've never heard any who is actually from Ireland call it anything but St. Patrick's Day."
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Huzzah! The owner of the beer store I usually shop at has expanded into the space next to his store with a separate store - Bottles, Packs & Growlers!!! He serves food, which means he can bypass the usual Pennsylvania law of only selling by the case. He's got singles, six packs, four packs, you name it!!
After getting a Facebook notification they had opened, I finally got a chance to stop in yesterday. Picked up a 4 pack of 90 Minute IPA, a 4 pack of Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout, and 3 big bottles of Hellhound On My Ale!
Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout is ace. Good choice.
Bought 24 cans of Guinness and 24 bottles of Harp for my next Kingmaker session which happens to fall on St. Patty's day. I used to get Bass but I find I don't really like Bass anymore (than learned that its no longer brewed in England but NY now).** spoiler omitted **
Probably a New England thing, all the radio stations refer to it as St. Patty's.
I remember a couple of years ago, Nike got into trouble for making a Black and Tan sneaker because that's also offensive, though, black and tans (Guinness and Bass) are on the menus of all the English pubs I've been too. So this year, I'm going less offensive with half and halfs (Guinness and Harp).
Bought 24 cans of Guinness and 24 bottles of Harp for my next Kingmaker session which happens to fall on St. Patty's day. I used to get Bass but I find I don't really like Bass anymore (than learned that its no longer brewed in England but NY now).** spoiler omitted **
Paddy is also just a name, y'know. It's used pejoratively as a "they're all the same" type reference, but since St Patrick's name actually was Patrick (or more likely Pádraig if you're gaelicizing it), it is perfectly acceptable to say St. Paddy's Day.
St. "Patty's" day is wrong.
Interestingly, another affectionate sub for Patrick is "Packie" which in New England is also an affectionate name for the local liquor store... So I'll be using St. Packie's from now on.
Just saw this on Kickstarter for those of you that homebrew- it's supposed to help keep the beer fresh longer-
TapIt
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Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout is ace. Good choice.Huzzah! The owner of the beer store I usually shop at has expanded into the space next to his store with a separate store - Bottles, Packs & Growlers!!! He serves food, which means he can bypass the usual Pennsylvania law of only selling by the case. He's got singles, six packs, four packs, you name it!!
After getting a Facebook notification they had opened, I finally got a chance to stop in yesterday. Picked up a 4 pack of 90 Minute IPA, a 4 pack of Sam Smith's Oatmeal Stout, and 3 big bottles of Hellhound On My Ale!
Yes, it's been on my list of favorites for a good while. I just haven't had any for some time. I even made a homebrew clone once - pain in the ass, but it turned out pretty decent.
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I really hate Landshark.
Enjoyed some Hellhound on my Ale last night. I'm paying for it today though....
I'm still waiting for a nice weekend to enjoy it on my porch with some Robert Johnson playing in the background. I'm beginning to think it will never get warm this year.
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Bought 24 cans of Guinness and 24 bottles of Harp for my next Kingmaker session which happens to fall on St. Patty's day. I used to get Bass but I find I don't really like Bass anymore (than learned that its no longer brewed in England but NY now).** spoiler omitted **Probably a New England thing, all the radio stations refer to it as St. Patty's.
I remember a couple of years ago, Nike got into trouble for making a Black and Tan sneaker because that's also offensive, though, black and tans (Guinness and Bass) are on the menus of all the English pubs I've been too. So this year, I'm going less offensive with half and halfs (Guinness and Harp).
Real ones, the ones in England, don't have it.
In fact, I'd never heard of it before now. Probably because I live in a country where a lot of people have heard of the actual Black and Tans and they're about as fun as a very not fun thing.
Sorry, I shouldn't be jumping on stuff in Paizo's second best thread but this is just weird. Who ever came up with that name?
Back to the beer...
Every pub i've been into in the last few months has had some kind of coffee, chocolate or coffee and chocolate flavoured stout for sale.
Has the brewing industry gone mad!
Real ones, the ones in England, don't have it.
In fact, I'd never heard of it before now. Probably because I live in a country where a lot of people have heard of the actual Black and Tans and they're about as fun as a very not fun thing.
Sorry, I shouldn't be jumping on stuff in Paizo's second best thread but this is just weird. Who ever came up with that name?
Probably some Northern Irish unionist who thought he was being clever.
Relevant musical interlude (with a tip of the hat to the Anklebiter).
i don't like to play favorites... but Brother Thelonius, Belgian style dark ale is one I'm glad to know...
Enjoyed some Laughing lab last night.
Uno's has Widmer Pitch Black IPA on tap now which makes me very, very, happy.
Nantucket's Grey Lady, good.
Nantucket's Grey Lady, good.
One of my favorite breweries. I worked a couple of summers back in college for my father on Nantucket. After a day's work, we'd go down to the brewery and get a growler of the Whale's Tail Pale Ale.
Sunday night drank a bottle of Shipyard's Double Scottish Ale aged in bourbon barrels (seems to be the new thing I'm seeing). At almost 12% alcohol, it tasted closer to hard liquor than beer.
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toady is GERMAN BEER DAY here in Germany
many brewerys make special editions for that day, the rules for that are batch size of max. 6000liters and every bottle numbered
me, I drink a Schlappeseppel Kellerbier, naturally clouded, 5.5%
why, because it was the only one in my fridge :-)
but it is quite good
in the town Wächtersbach, here in my County, there has been a brewery owned by the Lords of Ysenburg-Büdingen since 1578 the "Princely Court-Brewery Wächtersbach"
In 2001 the very broke current Lord sold the brand name to a big company and the brewery was closed.in january a new brewery was opend by a cooperative of citizens of Wächtersbach, the "Bürgerbräu Wächtersbach" (Peoples Brewery), they will produce high quality, organic beer in the varieties Pils, Kellerbier, Hefeweizen, Doppelbock
It is still hard to get but I am very excited and can't wait to taste it
I finally bought the new "Wächtersbacher Bürgerbräu"
I bought Landbier, Pils and strangely: IPA
IPA is complettly unknown here in Germany (I may have drunk some in USA but can't really remember)
The shop assistent was at a loss what an IPA could be, he guessed that it is some mix drink with lemonade and suggested to avoid it - without this thread I would propaply would have.
It does not help that the label of the bottle is a very bright yellowish green
I don't know how a IPA should taste, this one is a bit sourly and tastes slightly lemony
I am not sure if I like it
I keep my hope up for the other two beers
IPA is complettly unknown here in Germany (I may have drunk some in USA but can't really remember)
The shop assistent was at a loss what an IPA could be, he guessed that it is some mix drink with lemonade and suggested to avoid it - without this thread I would propaply would have.
It does not help that the label of the bottle is a very bright yellowish greenI don't know how a IPA should taste, this one is a bit sourly and tastes slightly lemony
I am not sure if I like it
An Imperial Pale Ale is usually very, very hopped. It should have bitter, floral taste and a big floral aroma. It often has the gold-brown color of a pale ale and the same bready finish, though there's been a lot of variation lately (white and black IPAs, etc).
It sounds like what you got was some kind of Shandy, which is actually a European thing that (sadly) has recently come to our shores. Please don't mix beer and soda. At least, don't ask me to drink it. It's funny, if I had to guess I'd say the Americans came up with that, but it wasn't us! We may make beer sugary and carbonated like soda pop, but at least we have the decency not to mix the two outright!
And it may have been the English who dreamt up the IPA, but I think we've improved it. The Black IPA, I believe is an American invention. Apologies if that's untrue.
IPA is complettly unknown here in Germany (I may have drunk some in USA but can't really remember)
The shop assistent was at a loss what an IPA could be, he guessed that it is some mix drink with lemonade and suggested to avoid it - without this thread I would propaply would have.
It does not help that the label of the bottle is a very bright yellowish greenI don't know how a IPA should taste, this one is a bit sourly and tastes slightly lemony
I am not sure if I like itAn Imperial Pale Ale is usually very, very hopped. It should have bitter, floral taste and a big floral aroma. It often has the gold-brown color of a pale ale and the same bready finish, though there's been a lot of variation lately (white and black IPAs, etc).
It sounds like what you got was some kind of Shandy, which is actually a European thing that (sadly) has recently come to our shores. Please don't mix beer and soda. At least, don't ask me to drink it. It's funny, if I had to guess I'd say the Americans came up with that, but it wasn't us! We may make beer sugary and carbonated like soda pop, but at least we have the decency not to mix the two outright!
And it may have been the English who dreamt up the IPA, but I think we've improved it. The Black IPA, I believe is an American invention. Apologies if that's untrue.
no, not a shandy, it is really the first try (that I have heard of) from a german brewery to make an IPA
shandy - beer+lemonade, we call it Radler or Alsterwasser is very popular here in Germany, me personally, I like Schöfferhofer Grapefruit, a yeasty wheat beer (Weißbier) mixed with grapefruit juice, 2% alcohol, great summertime drink if you still got to drive
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And it may have been the English who dreamt up the IPA, but I think we've improved it. The Black IPA, I believe is an American invention. Apologies if that's untrue.
IPA = India Pale Ale , originally brewed so the British in India could have access to beer from Blighty.
IPA = India Pale Ale , originally brewed so the British in India could have access to beer from Blighty.
And it may have been the English who dreamt up the IPA, but I think we've improved it. The Black IPA, I believe is an American invention. Apologies if that's untrue.
So noted in the quoted post. However, the Black IPA appears to be an american invention.
The New World Porter is a terrific example thereof.
Speaking of black IPAs, I just tried Lagunitas Wilco Tango Foxtrot at my local drinking establishment this weekend. Very nice!