i love fruity beer, so maybe i should get number 9 and give magic hat another chance.

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Magic Hat #9 is a fantastic brew. Def not a coffee taste to it. Fruit taste is fairly strong but still retains its ale status.

Sierra Nevada...you a fan?

i DO like SN. in small doses. i cant binge drink it though.

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If you like IPA's their Celebration brew is very good. Mellower IPA with subtle tones of pine with it. Honestly I cannot pound IPA's but I could down that. They also have another beer that really intrigued me. It is brewed in an open air format. It is called Kellerweis I believe. You need to pour half into a glass and swirl it until the foam goes down, then you proceed to fill it to the top after. The earth tones are very prominant. Give it a try. Cheers, bud.

ill have to keep an eye out for it. i looove trying new beers.

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Yeah, if you like fruity beers, look towards Belgium, France and parts of England.

That SN Kellerweis is a nice beer. It's a traditional German Heffe brewed in an open fermenter called a "coolship"...although this isn't very radical, all Anchor Steam beer is brewed the same way and most traditional English breweries do the same. SN shipped their entire brewing staff to Bavaria for a few weeks...twice... because they couldn't get theirs quite right.

</beer nerd>

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Hold my beer and watch this...

if you need to chug, chug Coors...it's cheaper

If you guys are SN fans, you should know they're going bi-costal with production for the first time
http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20 ... son-County

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Blech, #9. I had that during a bar crawl and I could barely force it down.

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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

Yeah, it's been a couple weeks since I found out, and i'm still totally jizzing my pants over this.

And speaking of Hoppy beers, I just made a 'pliny the elder' clone (Considered the pinnacle of IPA by various beer nerds and snobs around me) and it called for 15 oz of hops in a 5 gallon batch. I thought to myself, fuck it, put in one more ounce and you'll have A FULL POUND OF HOPS IN FIVE FUCKING GALLONS OF BEER. for anyone who doesnt know about brewing, thats....kind of insane. We'll see how it turns out.

If you're so inclined, I can get you a bottle of Pliny (I know how that stuff is coveted by East Coasters).
Although I actually prefer Russian River's "Blind Pig" which has almost an identical hop character but is only 5-6% alcohol.

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It's best on tap. Never drink it from the cans. It's disgusting. Bottles are good, but tap is best.

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Wheelhouse

Holy snizzbox, I might have to take you up on that. Especially after this batch gets bottled, it's always nice to have an original around with which to judge a clone.

I never said chug. I can down it in massive quantities over an extended period of time. I would never chug IPA's, 'tis to beautiful a taste to waste.

Looks like we should start a beer and maybe a liquor thread. Who is down?

Looks like you're already in one

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LOL. Woops. I did not even read the thread title.

I like beer. Beer is good.

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Wheelhouse

i like beer too, but i also like having a nice crown black, jameson 12 year, or manhattan.

Sweet Vermouth and Whiskey should not mix. I'm not sure if sweet vermouth and anything should.