Beer!

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YouTube- Beer Beer Beer-The Pogues (subtitulado castellano) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChbrdtNbP4Q&feature=related

 

I know there are at least two beer thredz here but as I recall they are in the lounge......annnnnnd seein as I aint welcome der....here is yet a nuther thred bout that lovely golden nectar of hops, yeast and barley....dang I'm gettin thirsty already:D

 

YouTube- Irish music-In Heaven there is no beer-The Pogues & the Dubliners http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtH0j5f5qZA

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I love beer

I mean, I reallly really love beer,

 

Throughout the years I've enjoyed many varieties from the unbelievably cheap (well till you taste it) to the who the hell would pay that much for a bottle of it.

 

What has it all taught me?

 

Stuffy bier afishinados (or how'er the f*** you spell it) really like bitter beer with crap (sediment type stuff) in it...the nastier it tastes and the more it aggrivates your insides the more they talk about how good it is... and usually the more it costs....in short their idiots:D

 

Good beer comes in quantity, is readily affordable, doesn't inspire the trots, goes down easier than sodipop, and most importantly stays down.

 

For years after I graduated from highest alcohol lowest cost per can (which was always the canadian import Black label and Natural Ice or the american made Genesee cream ale :))

my favorite was Miller High for regularr boozin and mississippi mud for special occasions.

 

Coming from a state with a great brewing/brewery history (We still have some of the best breweries in the world almost all from german brewing roots) I have decided to get more adventurous and try some of the brews that made american beers great.

 

My first leap out of my comfort zone (beer is a rare treat and one case must last so a bad beer is a very very sad loss of brew funds) is Pittsburgh born Iron City Beer which surprisingly is different depending on whether you get bottles or cans.

 

My first impression of the bottled version was surprise. It has very small fine carbonation with no bite. VERY Smoooooooth, very nice, mild nutty flavor, and a very pretty amber pour with little foam (head). truely a lovely brew.

 

The canned version is different in character.

It is aggressively fizzy which I'd attribute to artificial carbonation (shame really).

But that aside the same nutty with a little hint of a cider tart still invites consumption.

All in all to me it was worth the extra 10 bucks...considering It compares very favorably with the much more expensive and very delicious Newcastle Brown Ale.

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YouTube - "The Parting Glass" The Pogues http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FD5xQVqmAU Why is it that the best drinkin music hails from europe?

 

YouTube- THE POGUES The Gentleman Soldier http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgjeyimEReM&feature=related

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YouTube - The Pogues - If I Should Fall from Grace with God http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrBLqp-s__o&feature=PlayList&p=76FEEA6D3531D10B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=3

 

Let me go down in the mud when the rivers all run dry:singer:

 

YouTube - The Pogues-The Sick Bed of Cuchulainn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1EVrKDkyk4&feature=related

 

so you dropped a button in the plate and spewed up in the church:singer:

 

YouTube - The Pogues - Body of an American http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgYml2eokLA&feature=related :phones:

 

reminds me christmas is soon:D:doh:

YouTube - The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrAwK9juhhY&feature=related

 

YouTube- And the band played Waltzing Mathilda http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPFjToKuZQM&feature=related oi oi oi! here's to you mates! Vets day was wendsday here you ausies gots one der?

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YouTube - The Dubliners & the Pogues - Whiskey in the jar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5WgYoRCs2U&feature=related

 

Yah post yer fave drinkin songs, stories, beers, games, activities, etc. if it be drinkin related (particularly beer related) here.

 

you'll get it eventually:hihi:

 

YouTube- pogues and dubliners -- irish rover http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fn-mNfUYF-o&NR=1

 

YouTube- pogues - dirty old town http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVUZuVZWHkk&feature=related

 

YouTube- The Pogues Glastonbury 1986 - Billy's Bones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWU86HPUHTY

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Ya no ifn yins scrole this two fast itll mak u sik:esick:

 

YouTube- Mountain Dew Ralph Stanley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpwtjfO3gjo&feature=PlayList&p=5D21A59BBFD088E3&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=42

 

 

 

HEY ALEX!!! WHERE THA F*** R U?!?!?!?

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WOOOOOO! hoo....ow....mornin after regrets sux much:(

 

Nothin' like tyin' one on to make ya feel alive, nothin' like the mornin after tyin' one on to make ya wish yins was dead.

 

Oh well lots of coffee....and plenty of the hair of the dog that bit me left.

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I know there are at least two beer thredz here but as I recall they are in the lounge......annnnnnd seein as I aint welcome der....here is yet a nuther thred bout that lovely golden nectar of hops, yeast and barley....dang I'm gettin thirsty already:D

 

you're only not allowed in the Lounge because you didn't ask to be allowed in the Lounge. send a pm to an admin and ask for Lounge permission. knock, and the door shall open. :)

 

as for beer, i'm pretty stuck on IPA's and just one brand of IPA that i found best after mucho test tasting (taste testing? ) :phones: oh, that would be Broken Halo IPA from Widmer Brothers in Portland Oregon, just across the mighty Columbia from me. the broken halo runs about $7 to $8.50 US dollars per six-pack.

 

Widmer Brothers - Drink Responsibly

Broken Halo IPA is a beer produced in the spirit of traditional IPA products shipped from the UK to India in the late 1800s. The almost excessive amounts of Cascade and Columbus hops used in Broken Halo give it notable citrus and grapefruit aromas and flavors. The beer bitterness measures high but tastes smooth due to the full-bodied, Caramel malt sweetness. The finish is juicy, clean, and short lived. A devilishly bold, heavenly smooth India Pale Ale.

i did this week hower break tradition & drink a 20 oz Arrogant Bastard and enjoyed it very well thank you very mush...much.

 

Are You Worthy?

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You sound like the type of feller that would enjoy a Skull Splitter....To me bitter beer is a waste of perfectly good malt:hihi:

 

But of course to each his/her own I know many that love bitter brew and just as many that love pudwiper, la splatz, and coors (and apparently the shats that follow:hihi:).

 

Ironically I used (many moons ago) to love a Guinness on occasion....hated the wicked heartburn it inflicted though.

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You sound like the type of feller that would enjoy a Skull Splitter....To me bitter beer is a waste of perfectly good malt:hihi:

 

But of course to each his/her own I know many that love bitter brew and just as many that love pudwiper, la splatz, and coors (and apparently the shats that follow:hihi:).

 

Ironically I used (many moons ago) to love a Guinness on occasion....hated the wicked heartburn it inflicted though.

 

:friday: and here i have no beer!! :cry: not today anyway. :( Skullsplitter looks worth tasting aright. :hihi:

 

SkullSplitter - Orkney Brewery - BeerAdvocate

Taste: Big alcohol prickle right from the beginning in the form of dried cherries and brandy flavors. There are also some nice medium-sweet caramel candy flavors, but the alcohol comes through so strongly that they're kind of pushed to the back. Tasty beer for sure, but the alcohol fairly screams through this one, a bit more than expected at only 8.5% abv. This ends with alcohol, some puckering fruit, and a bit of minerality/smokiness which is nice. Hop bitterness is just bairly perceived on the finish.

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anything with an offensive/aggressive label is worth tryin' in my book. :evil: :eek: :D oregon, and portland in particular have a booming micro-brew industry that is nothing short of heaven. course, in heaven there is no beer, that's why we drink it here, and when we're gone from here, our friends will be drinking all the beer. :beer:

 

Northwest Microbrew | Oregon's Agricultural Progress

 

i honestly don't recall ever drinking a guinness. :shrug: prolly they got a lame label. ;)

 

i like some of the Rogue brewery stuff, but again initially drawn by in-yer-face labeling. :doh: :hyper: i think i started with their Yellow Snow IPA. :dog: :snow::)

 

Rogue Ales

Tasting Notes: Yellow Snow IPA

 

Pale golden in color with a hoppy fruity aroma. Big hop flavor up front complemented by medium body and hoppyness mid-pallet. Finishes with a characteristic lingering bitterness.

 

6 Ingredients:

Malts: Two Row Pale, Cara Foam & Melanoiden.

Hops: Amarillo.

Yeast & Water: Rogue's Pacman Yeast and Free Range Coastal Water.

 

Specs:

15º PLATO

70 IBU

76 AA

14º Lovibond

 

ps what the hell is a "Lovibond" & why the hell is it in my frickin' beer!!!??? :rant:

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This is an official warning: This thread contains coherent--albeit inebriated--content, and is therefore strictly prohibited within the Test forum which is reserved for content-free discussions.

 

You are being punished by having the thread moved to the Watercooler.

 

Further offenses will be punished by being required to drink a bottle of your favorite IPA. :)

 

Thank you for your cooperation.

 

A lovely day for a Guinness, :friday:

Buffy

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ps what the hell is a "Lovibond" & why the hell is it in my frickin' beer!!!???

:)

 

 

and here i have no beer!! not today anyway. Skullsplitter looks worth tasting aright.

I'll tell you what it really really lives up to its name and very quickly...was the first time I had a hangover three beers into an otherwise fun evening:D

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This is an official warning: This thread contains coherent--albeit inebriated--content, and is therefore strictly prohibited within the Test forum which is reserved for content-free discussions.

 

You are being punished by having the thread moved to the Watercooler.

 

Further offenses will be punished by being required to drink a bottle of your favorite IPA. :)

 

Thank you for your cooperation.

 

A lovely day for a Guinness, :friday:

Buffy

Sounds fair to me;)

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:)

:friday:

 

 

I wonder if anybody knows what causes alcohol induced sobriety:confused:

wonder if it really matters?

is it sobriety at all? or does a bloke merely fancy the buzz has gone away? Hmmmmmm...lets find out...Next weekend we drink ourselves sober yah?

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So there's beer on the moon? Or did I misread the "Recent Threads" list?

 

--lemit

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Good grief:rotfl:

 

One could hope....course it'd prolly be really skunky from millenia of existence there:esick:

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So there's beer on the moon? Or did I misread the "Recent Threads" list?

 

--lemit

 

you misread. it's "there's bear on the moon". but they drink beer, the bears that is. that's code , "bear" that is, for the soviets, meaning the russians are already living on the moon and drinking beer there. prolly, but not necessarily, russian beer. :) it's not widely known, but most the guys in this commercial are cosmonauts. the girl is their daughter, conceived on Luna Base 1. :friday:

 

YouTube - Russian Beer Commercial (Blonde Arm Wrestler) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6w71XVtRj0