Best/worst Beers?

[Mr King]

My buddy and I both have a birthday this week, and his girlfriend is throwing us a BYOB cookout and party. I picked up some Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier and some Krusovice Cerne to treat myself.

[Simon Tan]

Oddly delicious flavored non-alcoholic malt drink from Iran branded Istak.

Edited June 24, 2013 by Simon Tan

[Leo Niehorster]

Oddly delicious flavored non-alcoholic malt drink from Iran branded Istak.

Moderator (HBHN) please move this posting to the "Weird News" thread. Thank you.

[Simon Tan]

Bah.....I am restricted from drinking real alcohol by doctor. Bah!

[Mr King]

I had never had Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier until Saturday. I had picked it up on the advice of a German acquaintance, and I got to say he steered me in the right direction. That is one tasty beer.

[Rickard N]

Holy cow I'm marinated in beer after this weekend, beer tastings and the arbitrary beers at brewdog AGM. They've done a neat thing that prolly will hit the market soon. Freeze destilled beer, which is somewhat like a whisky but with the hops flavour.

 

/R

[Simon Tan]

Nuttin new. Malt liquor aka Colt45.

[Mr King]

.The Czech have got it going on. I wish that would be possible in the US without it turning into a total farce.

 

With the hectic pace of modern life, almost everyone has shifted to multitasking. The Czech Republic's second city has been brewing up a plan to let people get more out of the time they spend between hopping on and hopping off the tram.

Officials at Dopravní podnik města Brna (DPMB) - the company that runs public transportation in Brno, south Moravia - will be converting some trams into traveling pubs.

The program was developed in cooperation with Brno-based brewery Starobrno, which since 2003 has been part of the Heineken Group. The first public trial took place June 15, and the concept will undergo more testing during the summer.

Petr Syřiště, chief of marketing at Starobrno, said the project brings together two of Brno's biggest phenomena. "Proper Brnonians ride trams and drink Starobrno," he said. "We are proud to have realized this wonderful project alongside the transit company. On the pub tram, both citizens of Brno and tourists can enjoy our two most celebrated assets while traveling around the city in style."

The pub tram has 38 seats and 17 standing spaces, and has been designed to resemble a traditional Czech pub. During operation, passengers will be able to enjoy three types of beer from the Starobrno portfolio as well as hot beverages, soft drinks and food. Those concerned about the immediate aftereffects of beer need not worry, as the pub trams are fitted with restrooms.

The concept has been fermenting for some time. To make the project possible, engineers at DPMB spent three months refurbishing a K2R-design tram, which bends in the middle and is as long as two standard tram cars. The tram had to be retrofitted to facilitate the typical electrical components found in restaurants had power. Each tram will have a Wi-Fi connection, LCD screens and refrigeration to make sure the beer stays cold.

http://www.praguepost.com/news/16573-brno-puts-beer-on-track.html

 

 

Edited June 29, 2013 by Mr King

[BP]

Nuttin new. Malt liquor aka Colt45.

 

May I introduce you to the world's worst malt liquor? A mint-flavored Colt 45, with the delicious flavor enhanced by packaging it in an unlined aluminum can.

 

Yes, mint Colt 45, available about 20 years ago for a limited time. "Taste the Cool" really should have been "Vomit the Cool". You know you have truly plumbed the depths of booze when even a rugby team couldn't finish a case bought as a lark in a post-match ghetto liquor store.

 

[Simon Tan]

Damn dawg...menthol cool with my Colt....

[EchoFiveMike]

This is my "Cool Colt." Also very popular in the ghetto. At least with me. S/F.....Ken M

[Simon Tan]

You takin that 10-round mag cap seriously! Rayray jus has one for his HiPoint cuz its too spensive to buy another from Big Joe.

[EchoFiveMike]

No, this 10rd nonsense is just that. I just like this piece. This is just a decent size; for small or #2 gun I have a Kahr PM9. If a 124gn 9mm at 1150fps is OK, at 1300fps is better. S/F.....Ken M

[Mr King]

[Mr King]

Traveled down to Edwardsville, Illinois today to visit my brothers and their families. We split a bottle of Belgian Chimay Trappist beer. It was quite a good beer. The flavor to me was as if you took the base to a Belgian Lindermans Lambic, and left out the fruitiness. Even though it's a good high quality beer, I cant say I would pick it over other cheaper beers that I like better.

[Mr King]

[Rickard N]

I've found a couple of new favourites. Modus Hoperandi from Ska Brewing and Jaipur from Thornbridge. The latter was sort of funny since I thought I had bought an Indian beer, it turned out to be an Indian Pale Ale from UK

 

/R

[richard g]

Have not read the whole thread but I brew my own beer, use just the basic Coopers kit stuff but it usually turns out quite enjoyable. Lagers always, 5% alc/vol mostly. Never have a hangover so something must be OK eh

[Guest Charles]

Have not read the whole thread but I brew my own beer, use just the basic Coopers kit stuff but it usually turns out quite enjoyable. Lagers always, 5% alc/vol mostly. Never have a hangover so something must be OK eh

You must have a good quality water supply; or your not drinking anywhere near enough .

 

Charles

[BP]

A local grocery is changing hands, the new chain is changing up their mix of beers. The guy who built a nice import and craft beer collection was blowing stuff out, hooking friends and regulars up with his best deal.

 

I got a growler filled, as well as all of these. Anybody care to take a guess at how much the beer in the pic cost me?

 

$12 after tax!

 

Edited October 18, 2013 by BP

[richard g]

 

 

Have not read the whole thread but I brew my own beer, use just the basic Coopers kit stuff but it usually turns out quite enjoyable. Lagers always, 5% alc/vol mostly. Never have a hangover so something must be OK eh

You must have a good quality water supply; or your not drinking anywhere near enough .

 

Charles

 

Both of them, specially the latter. Beer is cheaper in the US than here so for me it's not hard or expensive to brew my own. Besides I need to be grogged up to face the daily flak attack here

Edited December 20, 2013 by richard g

[Mr King]

[BP]

So this new beer garden opened downtown, named appropriately "Biergarten". The have full service inside and outside bars, along with two cornhole lanes and a fire pit.

 

But the really cool thing is the "beer wall" and community tables and booths. You go to the hostess station and sign up for their club, and they give you an RFID club card that you can load with money. If you blow through $20 too quickly they monitor you for liability reasons.

 

The card allows you to go back to the wall that has 8-10 different microbrews, imports, etc. on it, as well as shelves full of glassware, some specific to the type of beer you want. We just grabbed mugs.

 

Also scattered throughout this huge, handsome old building are t-top tables with community seating, with three or six beers on tap, as well as booths with three taps. You can go to any community table and lay your RFID drink card on the reader or insert it into the tap directly, and you get charged a per ounce price, per pour, based on the beer (what I saw ranged from $.25 to $.80). So you could literally have six ounces of a Belgian ale, then wash it down with a Sweetwater and leave.

 

There wasn't really any brew I hadn't had, but it was a cool concept, allowing patrons to walk around, play games and sample 40-50 different beers without going to the bar or needing table service. It can get spendy quickly, but you are having exactly as much as you want, of what you want, and you don't have to tip, as it is self-serve. Food was damned good as well.

[Rick]

Lately it has been "Third Shift" and "Fat Tire" at the local grocery store.

[sunday]

So this new beer garden opened downtown, named appropriately "Biergarten". The have full service inside and outside bars, along with two cornhole lanes and a fire pit.

 

But the really cool thing is the "beer wall" and community tables and booths. You go to the hostess station and sign up for their club, and they give you an RFID club card that you can load with money. If you blow through $20 too quickly they monitor you for liability reasons.

 

The card allows you to go back to the wall that has 8-10 different microbrews, imports, etc. on it, as well as shelves full of glassware, some specific to the type of beer you want. We just grabbed mugs.

 

Also scattered throughout this huge, handsome old building are t-top tables with community seating, with three or six beers on tap, as well as booths with three taps. You can go to any community table and lay your RFID drink card on the reader or insert it into the tap directly, and you get charged a per ounce price, per pour, based on the beer (what I saw ranged from $.25 to $.80). So you could literally have six ounces of a Belgian ale, then wash it down with a Sweetwater and leave.

 

There wasn't really any brew I hadn't had, but it was a cool concept, allowing patrons to walk around, play games and sample 40-50 different beers without going to the bar or needing table service. It can get spendy quickly, but you are having exactly as much as you want, of what you want, and you don't have to tip, as it is self-serve. Food was damned good as well.

 

Suddendly, that nice Berlin Biergarten on the banks of the Spree looks so provincial and old fashioned...

 

Snif...