THE BEER THREAD(?)----->!!!

[01010111]

That is quite a tasty beer, I'm quite fond of it. Also, kudos on the Ergo Proxy in your sig.

I really shouldn't have so much to drink when I go out with my collegures on Fridays. That said, one of them is truly my friend.

I can't binge drink, Beer just makes me fucking tired without getting drunk. I'll just stick to Whisky when i'm out, also because there's never anything good on Tap because Aussie beer usually sucks.




I'd give a good recommendation to this. 8wired is one of my favourite breweries.

At lunch it was a pint and then two pints of whiskey and hard cider. And I'm just now getting home from drinking five beers and a rum and coke. It's been two weeks since I've had anything and I figured it'd be fun to drink a lot today. My earlier statement still stands, and that baby speaks the truth.

[ShaunNecro]

Last Night:

[bigchiefbc]

Got my homebrewed stout on nitro tonight. Gotta hav dat waterfall:

[skullservant]

Found this in my in-laws fridge tonight for the game. EXCELLENT, courtesy of my uncle-in-law.

[D.o.S.]

I used to buy Newcastle all the time. A) because I like it and B) because it used to drive my old home-brewing beer snob roommate up the wall.

[bigchiefbc]

I used to buy Newcastle all the time. A) because I like it and B) because it used to drive my old home-brewing beer snob roommate up the wall.

I'm a home-brewing beer snob, and I love Newcastle.

[D.o.S.]

I think it was mainly because he couldn't reuse the bottles for his own nefarious purposes.

[skullservant]

It was a great beer. I enjoyed it quite a bit. It had some taste shifting to it that I'd not experienced as extreme in a beer before. Fruity at first to a cofee like finish. Excellent

[bigchiefbc]

I think it was mainly because he couldn't reuse the bottles for his own nefarious purposes.

Well, you CAN re-use them, but they're clear, which makes them shitty bottles to re-use anyway. Sam Adams bottles are much better. But it's all moot to me, because I've basically stopped bottling altogether now that I have a kegerator.

[ShaunNecro]

[ShaunNecro]

I'm starting to post in here too much... Also, I'm out of glasses.

[Andrew]

Kinda nice. I dig it.

Lots of sediment on the bottom of the glass though - do you all drink up that shit? I was really weirded out by it for a while, it's pretty good I think.

[PetZounds]

Reporting back to say I'm having my second beer:
It's a Left Hand "400 Pound Monkey".
It says it's an "English-style" India Pale Ale.
What's the difference between English style and, uh, Indian style?

[pelliott]

Don't worry about sediment. It's likely barley/wheat or hop particulate that didn't get filtered out. And it makes the beer taste better.

Also, English IPAs are more in the old school style of an earthy, grassy, slightly bitter hop flavor. It's truer to the original style.

American IPAs tend to be more hop-forward and aromatic, particularly West Coast IPAs.

[PetZounds]

English IPAs are more in the old school style of an earthy, grassy, slightly bitter hop flavor. It's truer to the original style.

American IPAs tend to be more hop-forward and aromatic, particularly West Coast IPAs.

Cool, thanks!

All I've had/tried have been IPAs.
So I don't really know what really differentiates them from other beers because I don't have a standard for comparison.