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Re: The Beer Thread
« Reply #110 on: September 06, 2015, 04:56:48 AM »
about to hand out my award for:
 Best amerikan brewed Belgian quadrupel in bottles.  (never cans.)

Sixth Glass  (KC, mizzou)

any competitors?  and no, Ommegang (did they steal the Lion of Flanders logo?) 3Phils is not close to Sixth.
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Re: The Beer Thread
« Reply #111 on: September 06, 2015, 10:12:34 AM »
Pop another bottle of Brewdog's Punk IPA and I must say its starting to grow on me. Highly recommended   :)p5

Quote from: JoelT on September 06, 2015, 12:45:44 AM
Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA is definitely a wonderful IPA, very pleasant and easy to drink. The nose is very juicy; predominantly aromatic grapefruit, with a subtle touch of pine and caramelly malt. I don't find it as tropical as some IPA's that use mosaic hops (not a lot of pineapple, mango, papaya IMO). Taste largely follows the nose, crisp and refreshing, bitterness is not too aggressive. Pretty well balanced, though I do find it slightly sour on the back end, much like...well, grapefruit juice. Worth buying if you can find it fresh, though I can't remember if this beer had a bottling date - it needs one if it doesn't, as the hops need to be as fresh as possible for it to really shine (per the norm with IPA's). 
Agreed its a delicious beer and would love to taste 1 fresh off the brew.

Quote from: keanex on September 05, 2015, 04:15:26 PM
Deschutes Black Butte Porter is world class
Noted.
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Re: The Beer Thread
« Reply #112 on: September 06, 2015, 01:25:07 PM »
to all you beer drinking pirates: you actually have a Belgian Changstar member!  :)p6 I live since 15 years in Germany, but whenever I am in Belgium or my family visits me some nice Belgian beers are part of the luggage.
There are lots and lots of small brands of Belgian beer, and I guess many are hard to get outside of Belgium itself.
I personally am a little less into dark beers, so here my top three (at the moment) of strong blond / amber beers:

1) OMER (Brewery Omer Vander Ghinste at Bellegem)
2) DUVEL = old Flemish for Devil (Brewery: Duvel Moortgat at Breendonk)
3) KARMELIET (Brewery: Bosteels at Buggenhout)

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Re: The Beer Thread
« Reply #113 on: September 06, 2015, 02:55:56 PM »
Quote from: jexby on September 06, 2015, 04:56:48 AM
about to hand out my award for:
 Best amerikan brewed Belgian quadrupel in bottles.  (never cans.)

Sixth Glass  (KC, mizzou)

any competitors?  and no, Ommegang (did they steal the Lion of Flanders logo?) 3Phils is not close to Sixth.

Yeah that's a good one, but the best comes from Belgium. St. Bernardus Abt12. I know you asked for American ones, but asking for quads the road starts and ends in Belgium IMO. Victory V12 may be the best, closest American representation to Rochefort 10 from memory, but why but it over Rochefort 10 or Abt12?

Also Southampton Abt12 is phenomenal as well, but the same conundrum as above.
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Re: The Beer Thread
« Reply #114 on: September 06, 2015, 05:09:02 PM »
I need to head to the local "huge selection" adult beverage purveyor to purchase some of these great suggestions. Most of my beer drinking friends were all IPA nuts so their recommendations were just not compatible with my taste buds.

Need a grog pyrate!
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Re: The Beer Thread
« Reply #115 on: September 06, 2015, 08:31:15 PM »
Quote from: keanex on September 06, 2015, 02:55:56 PM
Yeah that's a good one, but the best comes from Belgium. St. Bernardus Abt12. I know you asked for American ones, but asking for quads the road starts and ends in Belgium IMO. Victory V12 may be the best, closest American representation to Rochefort 10 from memory, but why but it over Rochefort 10 or Abt12?

Also Southampton Abt12 is phenomenal as well, but the same conundrum as above.

Couldn't agree more, StB ABT12 was the first quad I loved, still do.
Straffe Hendrik is my current fav, and have tried most others- on tap or bottles.

Was focusing on amerikan brewed quads as a lower cost exploration category.

To any Belgian friends here- please PM me to arrange an export business agreement for the most amazing Westvleteren 12! Ha!
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Re: The Beer Thread
« Reply #116 on: September 06, 2015, 11:32:57 PM »
ABT12 is to Quads what Montecristo and Macallan are to Habanos and Scotch. Consistent and reliable prime performers.
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Re: The Beer Thread
« Reply #117 on: September 11, 2015, 05:20:45 PM »
Is Goose Island stuff any good?
They're being sold here now, but they're kind of expensive for my taste, three times the price of the Leffe's.
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Re: The Beer Thread
« Reply #118 on: September 11, 2015, 05:45:04 PM »
I assume you're talking about Sofie, Matilda, Pere Jacques and such?

Sofie is saison with some orange peel fermented with saison yeast, aged partially in wine barrels, and bottled with Brett. Over time the Brett will develop and dry out the beer further developing different flavors depending on a variety of conditions, namely which Brett strain, and temp stored.

Matilda is a Belgian Brett pale, dry, slightly tart, some floral characteristics.

Pere Jacques is perhaps the best dubbel out there, it's certainly in contention anyway. Bold with lots of dark fruit flavors: plum, cherry and fig, along with some peppery phenols.

Sofie would probably be the safest to jump in from Leffe Blonde if you wanted to try.
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Re: The Beer Thread
« Reply #119 on: September 11, 2015, 06:08:44 PM »
Oh boy, didn't know that they have so much options http://www.gooseisland.com/allBeers.html

Unfortunatly only the IPA and the Honkers are avaliable here at the moment, any thoughts about it?
Considering the ratebeer score they're both two of the less interesting beers that they have, err, thanks inBev.
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