There was a beer thread going but it up and disappeared faster then a Kovalchuk contract. So here's my unofficial, official beer thread.

Let me get this mother started by telling you all (yinz) about Drop Top Amber Ale by Widmer Brothers.

It's great. It's really great!

$32 bucks/case here at my local beer distributer (a new place with an absolutely awesome selection!), and it's good. Most micro-brews don't give me a hangover, and I suspect it's because they don't load their beers up with crap, just quality. This one is no exception.

But what I really want to talk about, is the taste. In my own words it's not quit fruity, not quit hoppy, definitely not bitter, very smooth, and for lack of a better word, distinctive. After every sip you look forward to the next one!

http://www.widmer.com/beer_droptop.aspx

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

I want to drink BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER.

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Atwater Brewery's Vanilla Java Porter........fuckin amazing. Im sure irony has heard of it, brewed in Gods Bowel Movement of a City, Detroit.

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"I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I got my two Stanley Cup Rings plugging my ears...." -Patrick Roy in reference to Jeremy Roenick's trash talking

Terrapin Rye Pale Ale.

Awesome!!

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

I have a Rye IPA in one of my fermentors right now...I love the spiciness rye provides, it goes so well with hops.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

oh HELLS yeah, that stuff is great.

I'll also put a shout out for:

Sierra Nevada - Pale ale
Sierra Nevada - Torpedo
Dogfish head - 60 min IPA
Dogfish head - 90 min IPA(hold onto your fucking hat)
Sam Adams - Black lager (A lot of S.A's stuff disappoints me, but the black lager was special)
North Coast Brewing - Old Rasputin russian imperial stout (dont bother holding on, your hat is gone, this shit is so smooth and high gravity it always manages to sneak up on me.)

I like hoppy beers, so I'll probably give that Terrapin Rye Pale Ale a try. I gotta try some of that dogfish stuff, also. I just checked out their site and they make booze, too!

http://www.dogfish.com/brews-spirits/th ... /index.htm

For you Sierra Nevada fans, I got a 750ml corked and wired bottle of that 30 year aniversary brew. It was $10, but it was worth it. I've had bold beers before that tried to have big hops and do the rich malty thing all together, and failed. But not this one. For lack of a better description, there was really a lot going on with that beer and it was really good.

http://www.sierranevada.com/index2.html

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This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.
--Emerson

The 2 guys that founded Sierra Nevada came from my homebrew club

I have bottles of BigFoot going back 6 years.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

Dude, Jimi Hendrix used to babysit me.

I swear I just posted this thread, but it's gone. I was saying good call on the Drop Top to X-pens Fan. It's probably Widmer's best brew IMO, and Widmer are one of the major micro-breweries in Portland.

The Widmere brothers are starting to get a little big for their britches if you ask me.

http://brookstonbeerbulletin.com/widmer ... a-brewing/


I get in a beer nerd impotent rage at widmere because they call their American wheat style beer a "heffeweizen" (so does Pyramid) so when a less knowledgeable consumer actually tries a heffeweizen, they compare it to those versions and assume something is wrong with the real thing.

/hint: heffeweizen tastes like bananas and cloves...not budweiser.

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Hold my beer and watch this...

I bought a case of Merry Monk. BIG mistake. It's too rich, and too strong. I put the rest in my basement, I'll try to pass it off on guests someday! lol

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"I love that you know how to do that." Cheryl/Carol/Crystal

"And I love that I have an erection that doesn't involve homeless people." Kreiger

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"...they came down into the stands and asked if I knew how to do play by play. I said...No. But. I'll take a shot at it if you want".- Rick Jeanneret

I've got a new favorite; Ommegang's Abbey Ale.

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