Last Chance for a Dance Ripple... 1971 vintage.

Actually, its leftovers night... last mixer of Sailor Jerry rum, 6 Bud... yep, Bud... & 3 shots of Gekkeikan sake, picked up on a cold night wanting something warm.

Oh sure, i'll regret it tomorrow... but it makes tonight kinda fun, cant wait til Sundee...



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Becks Dark and some Vodka

Always a Heineken ;)

Drinking a bottle of Boulevard [Smokestack Series] Collaboration No. 1 -- a historic collaboration between Boulevard and Jean-Marie Rock, the brewmaster of the Trappist monastery Orval.

I think that I'll review this beer:
750mL bottle served into a 2009 Boulevard Smokestack Series chalice

Damn, this is pretty. I expect nothing less from a Smokestack Series beer; Boulevard brewmaster Steven Pauwels has mastered the art of perfect looking beer. Collaboration No. 1 is no different. It pours a very pale lemon shade of yellow. Though super-light in color -- light enough to see the carbonation bubbles rise in pretty pillars to the top of the glass -- there is just enough cloudiness to the body to lend the bear a hazy glow when held to direct light. The stark white head is two fingers or more at its peak with fairly sticky lacing. I don't know the exact detail of the old-world brewing methods that Pauwels and Rock used but these techniques sure delivered a gorgeous beer.

The aroma strikes first with a very drying sort of band-aid phenolic thing before lending to the airy, doughy pilsner malt. As the beer warms and opens up there are frankly Orval-like Beligan pale ale aromas coming out. Lots of apple skin and lemongrass and bittering hops. Its yeasty for sure but there is a restraint holding things back. Its pretty fruity for a pils but plenty good smelling.

The fruit phenols are imminently noticeable on the tongue. Apple skin and pear flesh and squeezed lemon brighten up the malt. The pilsner malt is clean and bready and a great backbone for the yeasty flavors and the leafy, astringent hops. Brewing spice -- clove, most likely -- swirls around all of the flavors as the beer warms. This is as much a Belgian Pale as it is an old-world Pils; whatever it is it is a clean, technical, well-executed brew.

I typically prefer my pilsners to be very light in mouthfeel but there are some stronger, more yeast-centric flavors in this Imperial strength pils. Thankfully the body has been thickened to accommodate the increased flavor profile. While medium-bodied, Collaboration No. 1 doesn't sacrifice in carbonation level. The beer is at all times lively and prickly with jets of bubbles. This carbonation helps keep this refreshing, a key quality of a good pilsner. That sense of refreshment works with the flavors to make this a very drinkable beer, especially with food. This would be delightful with a grilled burger or a simple summer salad.

When this beer was announced there was some trepidation at the fact that it would be an imperial pilsner. After all, this is a monumental event for craft beer! This beer marks the first time that an American craft brewery has collaborated with the brewmaster of one of the seven Trappist breweries worldwide! Shouldn't such a huge collaboration -- one between the Brettonamyces loving brewers of Saison-Brett and Orval -- be something more daring, more innovative? Imperial Pilsner sounds boring but this beer, I assure you, is not. Pauwles and Jean-Marie Rock used long-extinct brewing methods to craft a beer that Rock has wanted for years to give to the world. This refreshing, delicious pilsner is worth buying and enjoying not only because it is a limited release, not only because it is an important collaboration, but because it is a flat-out very good beer. Don't miss out.

One of my FAVES! A great WR is damned good vodka fun. And the Boulevard follow-up MUST BE either an Irish Ale or a Bob's 47.

Rye manhattan

Kessler Blended Whiskey. "Smooth as silk."
Over Ice.
Recession and all.

BUURRP BEER.

From the Streuselschnitzen Hefeweizen Sturm und Drang line.

Drinking Jack and decided to try adding a new mixer. Found some Peach Snapple. "Snapple Jack?" Not great. Next glass will be neat.

joose. not fancy style but still delicious. grape now, orange later.

Congrats, SR!

*ironic juxtaposition of post topics*

I drank a glass of delicious Boulevard [Smokestack Series] Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale at Jack Stack tonight and later had a bottle of Bell's HopSlam at home.

Thanks
if you're in the least interested, you'd check out that thread about what one is eating when returning from the gym. It's good shit. Also, you'd youtube
'sing' by Pablo.

Yeah BUOYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Water

Queens

Ahhh...

I cannot find a rye whiskey here in Spain. Shame...

Born & Raised my friend, all 25 years

Had a bottle of ultra-delicious Russian River Pliny the Elder today. After hitting up Oklahoma Joe's for the Wed. night burnt ends I went to Flying Saucer for a glass of Bell's HopSlam on-tap and a glass of Bell's Expedition Stout on-tap. Yummy day!

The day in beer started when the contents of my latest beer trade came in. I got:
2x Russian River Pliny the Elder (double IPA)
1x Russian River Consecration (American Wild Ale)
1x Stone Vertical Epic 09.09.09 (Imperial Porter with a Belgian yeast strain)
1x Alpine Brewing Co. Nelson (rye IPA)
1x Jolly Pumpkin Bam Noire (black Saison)
1x Victory WildDevil (IPA with Brettonamyces yeast)
1x Hair of the Dog Adam (old ale)
1x Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws '09 (barleywine)
1x Victory Prima Pils (pilsner)
2x Oskar Blues Ten Fiddy (imperial stout... in a can!)

listening to some metal and drinking original Coors

Big huge enormous suprise, bud light. I am getting married in three days so what the hell!

Hell is what, so enjoy it now!:evil:

Yes! Banquet Beer... i dont care what any booze snob say, i've seen the beautiful river that comes pouring down the mountain behind the Golden, Co plant... Ol Pete doesnt splurge on ingredients, but his water makes a great cheap beer.

Corona light

Boulevard Single Wide IPA. Yum.

Its noon but I don't care. I'm now drinking a goddamn Pliny the Elder from Russian River Brewing. (aka best beer in America. That I've ever had anyway).

Rip it energy fuel sugar free from dollar tree.

Jim Beam Black and water.

ugh, been there many a times, maybe get a swisher sweet to go with that ;)

I prolly will. Wine flavored with the wood tip for extra class.

lawls then it's off to the SNAKE BITE

Nah, the Buffalo bar. It's ladies night. Surely my JBB and wine swisher sweet breath will have the St. Joe hotnesses flocking to me.

Oompah!!!!!!!

Recently found out I'm allergic to gluten, so I'm having some Redbridge beer made from sorghum instead of wheat and barley. Surprisingly made by Anheuser Busch, and really very good to my beer snob tastes.

New Amsterdam Gin - it's not Saphire, but its damn tasty. Vote of confidence had been acquired by this product previously, but I'm surprised yet again at the quality for the dollar spent...

Then again, fresh lime makes a lot of gin taste decent, so...whatever.

Vodka tonic, gonna try an uzzo ? Shot in a minute!

Victory Prima Pils (perhaps the best American example of a pilsner).

That's a Bud Light Lime, right?

Yup. Same thing, just two bucks more a six pack. I only spend more money on beer to make myself look more cultured.

It's important that we build up the facade as effectively as possible.

I went to the bar and had 3-25 oz blvd wheats and one small one,decided to call it a night because i haven't drank in 2 weeks and well nzoner is trying to cut back

Lord knows that a veneer of superiority constructed to distance myself from the tubby man in a Dale Jr. shirt from when he was sponsored by Budweiser is the most important aspect of my personality. It attracts a specific gene pool for breeding.

Just because.

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Did I mention uzzo is delicious???!!!!

Then you would like Absinthe...

Ohhhhhhh. Brng it... I'd drink anything right now

Fun is the best thing to have, isn't it? Enjoy that Ouzo, and HBD!

Lagunitas Hop Stoopid (double IPA).

jacky jACK JACK

Going to try a light screwdriver on the ulcer

Rocking the Crown & Diet, as I have for sooooo long...

With occasional splashes of Ketel One and the odd beer or two for palate-cleansing...

Huzzah!

Blvd Pilsner + Wild Turkey 'Rare Breed'

And diet? Why are you polluting that Crown?

"Manning Chokes Again Ale", and it's delicious.

I've had three Bell's HopSlam tonight. That is quite enough, though I am considering a fourth.

I had an ice cold Sante Fe trail Root beer tonight, looked like a fancy beer but it was root beer, said it was microbrewed, it was diet and pretty good.

Sapporo.

I am considering a 22oz. bomber of Alpine Nelson (rye IPA).

****ed up, ran out of every mixer. So, found some country time pink lemonade in the cupboard and mixed it with clear rum.

Not so bad. I would kick my own ass though if it were a clear glass.... pink drinks just aren't cool.

antifreeze...

well, bye

Every Monday since How I Met Your Mother started has been Martini Monday.

tried the Sam Adams Noble Pils for the first time, really surprised me....has a pine flavor (yeah, sounds weird, but it cuts through the sweetness) along with a mild citrus flavor that is incredibly tasty and drinkable...haven't tasted anything quite like it, an instant favorite...

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The Noble Pils is a damned good beer. Had it in the brewmasters sampler pack a couple weeks ago.

The Noble Pils is the best thing Sam Adams has put out since their all-Hallartau Imperial Pilsner from a couple of years ago. Noble Pils is in the top 5, maybe top 3, American pilsners I've ever had. Its also a great instructional beer for learning how different hops taste, since it features only European noble hops (saaz, hallartau, spalt, tetenang).

Is the pine flavor from juniper berries?
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No, it comes from the hops. Pine is just about the most common lupulin flavor. The citrus component comes from the hop lupulin too. As does the floral flavors. Hops provide just about all the fruit or vegetal flavors in beer.

no clue, i'd just never tasted it quite so pronounced....it was weird, almost a savory as opposed to sweet beer....i'd had a few beers already, so my memory could be spotty too..but i would have gladly drank several more if it weren't a sunday night...

If you like that piney, citrusy thing (aka the flavor of hops, baby) then go and drink some pale ales and india pale ales. IPAs are loaded with delicious lupulin (the pollen like powder found in hop flowers) tastes.

Tommy Knocker Jack Whacker is delish.

cool, thanks for the info...never heard the word "lupulin" before...

drinking some Sam Adams Noble Pils. not too bad

Rye and Kool-Aid.
Oohhh Yeah!!!

My second ever bottle of Sailor Jerrys Rum... ahoy, avast, aye-aye yoho! a plunderin we go1

The first bottle about 1 month ago, went down sooo smooth & i was sooo fooled... that i ended up sliding, 90% involuntarily, out of my chair & onto the floor for atleast an hour, til i could crawl nto bed, i thought i'd been hit with a horse tranqulizer, completely unexpected & unintended.

Honestly, havent felt like that since maybe HS sophomore year... gather your thoughts & gird your loins with this stuff, i'm currently on guard against its effects, but that drunken bastard could crawl in under the wire at any time...

I had some Boulevard Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale and some Sam Adams Noble Pils throughout the course of the night.

A couple of Sam Adams Noble Pils followed by a Bell's HopSlam. YES, I still have some HopSlam left. I bought a shit ton of it because its a once-per-year release. I am down to three bottles. Such sadness.

More Sam Adams Noble Pils. I'm sad that this is a seasonal release; it needs to be available year-round. Right up there with the classic Sierra Nevada Pale Ale for the best value amongst widely-available session beers.

I'm going to take one of my 2008 Schlafly Reserve Imperial Stouts from my cellar and drink it tonight.