Beer

jack · Post by **jack** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:23 pm

you know, we really need a thread about beer.

i'm drinking a redhook ESB, one of my favorite beers while mixing this weeks brody tune. love the beer, hate the new label. they had such a classic label on the old ESB. the new label looks all corporate and miller looking.

what the fuck happened to this company anyways. gives fremont a bad name. but i still like the beer ok.

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:43 pm

yeah beer's good.

Smalltown Mike · Post by **Smalltown Mike** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:50 pm

Canadian, I am. Our beer rocks.

But whenever I go to the U.S., I'm all over the Magic Hat #9. Great, great beer. And the other one by the same brewer: Fat Angel? Or is it Phat Angel?

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:52 pm

i'm drinking root beer. 8)

jack · Post by **jack** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 9:58 pm

plus, you can post drunken ramblings in the beer thread and nobody can give you shit. as long as it's a beer drunk rambling, which this is becoming.

Märk · Post by **Märk** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:05 pm

I'm drinking a Molson/Carling Black Ice right now, and there's 14 more in the fridge. This is seriously the least expensive beer you can buy around here, and I like it. It goes down great, doesn't give me a headache like most other crap lagers (Molson Canadian, Labatt's Blue, etc) and, get this- it's got 6.1% alc/vol. It basically gets me buzzed, I don't feel like crap after drinking a lot of it, and no hangover the next morning. Cons: I think it's making me fat.

Great thread idea, BTW. Beer. I don't think anyone has ever talked about beer before on the entire internet </sarcasm>

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:18 pm

Sven wrote:Great thread idea, BTW. Beer. I don't think anyone has ever talked about beer before on the entire internet </sarcasm>

yeah, i think most people skip talking about it and go straight to posting pictures of themselves drinking it.

jack · Post by **jack** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:27 pm

HeuristicsInc · Post by **HeuristicsInc** » Sat Feb 11, 2006 11:24 pm

smalltown mike wrote: But whenever I go to the U.S., I'm all over the Magic Hat #9. Great, great beer. And the other one by the same brewer: Fat Angel? Or is it Phat Angel?

I've recently discovered that a local store has many other kinds of Magic Hat beers. However they give no description or style information on the packs. Any suggestions? What kind is this angel?

I have this Smuttynose IPA which is crazy ass bitter. Too much I think, despite its New Hampshire origination.
-bill

Lyricburglar · Post by **Lyricburglar** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 3:56 am

fodroy wrote:i'm drinking root beer. 8)

That cracks me up! If they sold something called "root beer" in Australia they would sell it by the truckload

. The could aslo make a premium version, called "Sexual Intercourse Beer".

I drink XXXX - which probably explains why Mr Fourex is my current avatar.

But I suppose, seeing how I always seem to become much more charming and attractive the more beer I drink - perhaps XXXX is root beer?

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Five Great Beer-drinking Songs:

1: Two More Beers - Blockparty
2: Beer There and Everywhere - The Beatles
3: A Good Beer For The Roses - Elvis Costello
4: It Was A Very Good Beer - Frank Sinatra (thank you "The Simpsons")
5: Rock and Roll You Gave Me All the Best Beers Of My Life - Mac Davis

deshead · Post by **deshead** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:22 am

It's 9:11am on Sunday. There are 0 retail outlets you can get booze at in Toronto right now.

Sigh.

Smalltown Mike · Post by **Smalltown Mike** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 8:47 am

Caravanray wrote: Five Great Beer-drinking Songs:

My favourite ever beer drinking song is Let's Drink Some Beer by Gang Green.

I think (think) Fat Angel is a pale ale, but I'm not positive. #9 has a hint of apricot, which is better than it sounds, and isn't sweet like a cooler. Those are the only two I've tried, but both are great.

boltoph · Post by **boltoph** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 9:57 am

smalltown mike wrote:I think (think) Fat Angel is a pale ale, but I'm not positive. #9 has a hint of apricot, which is better than it sounds, and isn't sweet like a cooler. Those are the only two I've tried, but both are great.

When you come to America here in Boston we'll drink all the Magic Hat varities, brutha! Although my usual weapon of destruction is Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.

Humble patience was a Magic Hat seasonal special in autumn. That's a good one too.

I drank Polish beer last night. It was a big bottle, and damn good. Like a German Pilsner, sorta. Ok well then i had a couple Becks and a couple Heine's too.

Basically, I'll drink any kind of beer. This thread makes me so happy! rÃ¶k

Fav 3 beer drinking songs?
3. Port of Amsterdam (Jacques something...forget the last name)
2. The Blarney Stone (Ween)
1. Another Day, Another Bottle (Time and Whiskey; actually more of a whiskey drinking song, but to me, just an all around "rock your face off" celebration.)

Next, we should have a poll on how many people have a Homer Simpson beer opener...got two of 'em in my family...

Dan-O from Five-O · Post by **Dan-O from Five-O** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:13 am

boltoph wrote:Basically, I'll drink any kind of beer. This thread makes me so happy! rÃ¶k

Me too!. My favorite is called "Free" beer.

boltoph wrote:Next, we should have a poll on how many people have a Homer Simpson beer opener...got two of 'em in my family...

Is that anything like sending someone else to fetch your beer for you and insisting they have it opened when they bring it to you? 'Cause if it is, I got 4 of them with the wife and kids.

My favorite beer song is Todd Snyder's "Beer Run". B double E double R U N...Beer Run.

Sober · Post by **Sober** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:16 am

"Beer, beer, beer, beer" - The Dubliners
"The Moonshiner" - The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
"The Mountain Dew" - Dubliners and The Pogues
"The Night that Paddy Murphy Died" - The Irish Descendants

Drinking song sidefight, anyone?

jack · Post by **jack** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 11:50 am

my favorite beers:
sierra nevada pale ale
anchor steam
redhook esb

especially if poured from tornado on haight street in san francisco:
anderson valley boont amber
rogue red ale

also, love the guinness, but only when poured patiently.

canadian beers i've never been that big on, although i used to drink alot of moosehead as a kid

also, this thread should have a sticky next to it. it is the beer thread after all.

deshead · Post by **deshead** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:10 pm

The Sober Irishman wrote:"The Mountain Dew" - Dubliners and The Pogues...Drinking song sidefight, anyone?

Here's my old band covering the Clancy Brothers' version.

Songs that get me drunk:
The Pogues "Whiskey You're The Devil"
Spirit of the West "Home for a Rest".

Boltoph wrote:Homer Simpson beer opener

Yup.

jack wrote:canadian beers i've never been that big on

I think we have it the same up here as you guys do. The big label brews are mostly crap (though that's relative ... Labatt's Blue is still beer, after all, and better by a mile than, you know, water.) Ya gotta go to the locals and micro-brews for the good stuff.

I go to this every year: http://www.beerfestival.ca/ ... All the local breweries are there, basically giving their beer away. You guys should all come up in August.

fodroy · Post by **fodroy** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 1:27 pm

Caravanray wrote:
fodroy wrote:i'm drinking root beer. 8)
That cracks me up! If they sold something called "root beer" in Australia they would sell it by the truckload . The could aslo make a premium version, called "Sexual Intercourse Beer".

I drink XXXX - which probably explains why Mr Fourex is my current avatar.

But I suppose, seeing how I always seem to become much more charming and attractive the more beer I drink - perhaps XXXX is root beer?

wow. does root beer really not exist in australia?

root beer is actually not an alcoholic beverage at all. it's just a soft drink. i'm not sure why it has beer in the title. but it's definitely the best soft drink in existence.

i'm actually not a beer person, so yeah. that was my lame contribution to the thread.

Leaf · Post by **Leaf** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:34 pm

I stick to beers like Molsen Canadian and Lucky for one simple reason.

Cheap.

Drunk.

ah.... yes.

Lyricburglar · Post by **Lyricburglar** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:35 pm

boltoph wrote: 3. Port of Amsterdam (Jacques something...forget the last name)

Brel

Denyer · Post by **Denyer** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:36 pm

root beer exists in australia. i used to drink it all the time.

Lyricburglar · Post by **Lyricburglar** » Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:42 pm

fodroy wrote:
Caravanray wrote:
fodroy wrote:i'm drinking root beer. 8)
That cracks me up! If they sold something called "root beer" in Australia they would sell it by the truckload . The could aslo make a premium version, called "Sexual Intercourse Beer".

I drink XXXX - which probably explains why Mr Fourex is my current avatar.

But I suppose, seeing how I always seem to become much more charming and attractive the more beer I drink - perhaps XXXX is root beer?
wow. does root beer really not exist in australia?

It think it's known as 'sarsparilla' - disgusting stuff - you'd have to be rooted to drink it