[AGR]

[size=small]Novices and Beer Lovers alike! May I suggest a few of my favorite books on Beer? Fun reading, and very informative!![/size]

"BEER" by Gregg Smith
"A Taste For Beer" by Stephen Beaumont
"Beer Companion" by Michael Jackson (he has many wonderful books on the subject)

Stephen Beaumont's website
http://worldofbeer.com/

Michael Jackson's website
http://www.beerhunter.com/

 

[00940]

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Originally Posted by eyeteeth Someone was drinking otherwise!!! Blasphemy!!! Unforgivable!!!

come on, nothing's better than a jupiler right at the bottle

 

[eyeteeth]

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Originally Posted by AGR Stephen Beaumont's website http://worldofbeer.com/ Michael Jackson's website http://www.beerhunter.com/

An online review site is http://www.beeradvocate.com/ but have'nt really looked at it enough to know how good it is.

 

[daycart1]

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Originally Posted by eyeteeth The disadvantages of memory? Sorry Sisyphus, I mean Rene. Samuel Smith Taddy Porter is nice once in a while. Dark beer I don't like:Samuel Smith Imperial stout.

Yeah, all the SAm Smiths are worth a try. Imperial stout is one of the super alcohol beers (though the SS version is only slightly extra iirc). The story is that they were for export to the Russians via the Barents Sea and would freeze in the hold without more alcohol!

 

[ipodstudio]

Here's that Tuborg Christmas beer which they sell every Christmas around Scandinavia. Great stuff!!

 

[redshifter]

outdoor man actually mailed me a couple of "kanon" beers from holland (i believe). they were great, and they lived up to their name with the high alcohol content. i can't find them around here, though.

 

[ipodstudio]

Staropramen, a Czech beer, is becoming very popular over here:

 

[PinkFloyd]

Try some of this your tastebuds will be in heaven: http://www.oldspeckledhen.co.uk/index2.html

 

[eyeteeth]

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Originally Posted by daycart1 Imperial stout is one of the super alcohol beers (though the SS version is only slightly extra iirc). The story is that they were for export to the Russians via the Barents Sea and would freeze in the hold without more alcohol!

I had had another Imperial stout with equally unliked results. But the alltime most undrinkable beer I've had was Swiss(?) 12% ale called 'Sami Klaus' brewed once a year for Xmas. I took a sip of this liquorice black liquid, shook my head, had another sip to verify, shook my head again and poured it down the drain. Another undrinkable was one made with jalapeno peppers but I considered that a novelty/joke beer.

 

[ipodstudio]

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Originally Posted by PinkFloyd Try some of this your tastebuds will be in heaven: http://www.oldspeckledhen.co.uk/index2.html

I did and my taste buds never recovered...

 

[AGR]

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Originally Posted by eyeteeth I had had another Imperial stout with equally unliked results. But the alltime most undrinkable beer I've had was Swiss(?) 12% ale called 'Sami Klaus' brewed once a year for Xmas. I took a sip of this liquorice black liquid, shook my head, had another sip to verify, shook my head again and poured it down the drain. Another undrinkable was one made with jalapeno peppers but I considered that a novelty/joke beer.

Samiclaus is about 18% by volume. It is actually considered a Barleywine. If you aren't used to such a beer, it is wayyyyyyyy over the top! I have 3 bottles still, I think. A 1996, 1997, and 2000.

 

[ipodstudio]

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Originally Posted by AGR Samiclaus is about 18% by volume. It is actually considered a Barleywine. If you aren't used to such a beer, it is wayyyyyyyy over the top! I have 3 bottles still, I think. A 1996, 1997, and 2000.

Blaaah! I hate that stuff. Tastes like beer with Vodka in it..

 

[AGR]

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Originally Posted by ipodstudio Blaaah! I hate that stuff. Tastes like beer with Vodka in it..

Ha! At one time, Samiclaus was the strongest beer in the world. Now; it's about the 5th strongest.

These types of beers are best enjoyed after dinner, in a snifter. These are not guzzler beers. Very much an acquired taste.

 

[ipodstudio]

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Originally Posted by AGR Ha! At one time, Samiclaus was the strongest beer in the world. Now; it's about the 5th strongest. These types of beers are best enjoyed after dinner, in a snifter. These are not guzzler beers. Very much an acquired taste.

What, you mean you make one beer last for hours..? Is that possible..

Think I'm mixing with the wrong crowd...

 

[AGR]

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Originally Posted by ipodstudio What, you mean you make one beer last for hours..? Is that possible.. Think I'm mixing with the wrong crowd...

Sure! After dinner sometimes, on the weekends. I can enjoy a 12oz. bottle of a good barleywine ale last pretty much through a movie.

Remember; all barleywine ales are not 18%! Bigfoot by Sierra Nevada is 9.6%. But; typically, barleywines are 9% and above.