Great Beer/Alcohol Thread

[Sample UF]

I don't drink alcohol but today was my brother's 23rd birthday, so I got him a bottle of Courvoisier XO.

[KenC]

Eh, I can't get too geeked out on trying to describe it other than it's a properly balanced and relatively easy drinking beer with some % and a good set of flavors depending on drinking temp. I used to pick it up at John's Market on Multnomah (near the curves).

Word. I'll give it a try. I think we have a keg shell that needs to go back to John's...

[801coppertop]

Along the lines of a more expensive vodka gets you less strong flavor, as is the case with gin the more you spend the smoother it gets. Gin in my opinion is the best of all liquor!

[KenC]

Along the lines of a more expensive vodka gets you less strong flavor, as is the case with gin the more you spend the smoother it gets. Gin in my opinion is the best of all liquor!

There really aren't any really expensive gins. Old Raj is like $60, and it's overpriced.

Most gins worth drinking are like $30 a fifth.

Nearly all of the dozen or so gins I have are local, so it's hard to make a recommendation without knowing how wide their distribution is. I think Aviation is available nationwide.

[emoshun]

I'd like to try more smoked porters as the season's changing.

I've had Stone SP and Alaskan SP, but I need to find Great Divide Brewing Baltic SP for a taste.

Who notices their beer palette changing with the season?

[Mlarsen]

Thats one of my go-to beers. I'm glad more and more places are stocking it.



This is boss shit.

[Dozyproductions]

There are some good vodkas out there. Ultimat, Jewel of Russia, Chopin, to name a few. I can appreciate them on their own in the right context. But it's no coincidence that vodka cocktails are a rarity on the menus of the country's top bars.

I think to truly appreciate vodka you need to be raised with it through your heritage. I've been sipping on Zubrowka since I was a little kid at the dinner table. (we're polish) A good vodka is never something for you to get sloshed over. I never understood why Chopin was considered that great but to each their own.



Way higher alcohol content and with plums is śliwowica. As with many of the spirits in Poland and those places, this is something you should watch out for. While camping some of the old timers would sip this or a home made citrus spirit and lights out.

[Optimator]

Who notices their beer palette changing with the season?

With the leaves changing color, so do my tastes in beer. I want more malty beers in the fall, like marzens and bocks.

Maybe even an Optimator. :giggle:

[Gooch]

(stay away from Lindemanns)

Why do you say this? I'm not trying to attack you or anything, my girlfriend loves the framboise. Is it the "Miller Lite" of lambic? (I know nothing about it, please educate me).

[Killacortes]

chuckanut kolsch and mannys ipa

[emoshun]

With the leaves changing color, so do my tastes in beer. I want more malty beers in the fall, like marzens and bocks.

Maybe even an Optimator. :giggle:

You silly goose!

[Peterkaczynski]

I think to truly appreciate vodka you need to be raised with it through your heritage. I've been sipping on Zubrowka since I was a little kid at the dinner table. (we're polish) A good vodka is never something for you to get sloshed over. I never understood why Chopin was considered that great but to each their own.



Way higher alcohol content and with plums is śliwowica. As with many of the spirits in Poland and those places, this is something you should watch out for. While camping some of the old timers would sip this or a home made citrus spirit and lights out.

this.

[RickSloan]

Farking Love Lindemanns and Strongbow cider or Magners

so good...

[emoshun]

Fuck I just remembered it's about that time again!

[DragonOrta]

Why do you say this? I'm not trying to attack you or anything, my girlfriend loves the framboise. Is it the "Miller Lite" of lambic? (I know nothing about it, please educate me).

Traditional lambic will have miles of complexity from the different flavors the bacteria and wild yeast have, while the sweetened lambics will just taste like a sweet dessert drink.

Lindemanns is back sweetened with artificial sweetener (i.e. Equal/Splenda) that the yeast can't eat, so it's a lot sweeter than traditional lambic. If you find a nice Cantillon Rose de Gambrinus or a Drie Fontienen Hommage, it'll be dry and sour with a fruity tartness, not a sweet fruit flavor like Lindemanns will have.