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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jun 28, 2012 - 12:42am PT
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You have to multiply by furlongs, and divide by firkins, to get from metric to imperial. Or maybe it's the reverse?
Anyway, I notice that David's beer is denominated in ml, and so have hope that it will be imported to the GWN.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Jun 28, 2012 - 12:57am PT
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I'm in line with apogee, but I have to reduce to get down to two. I think it's the prudent choice and from what I've read safe.
My brother died from drinking too much alchohol and besides being dead, he
suffered mightly from his diseased liver.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jun 28, 2012 - 01:05am PT
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My brother died from drinking too much alcohol
Sorry to hear that. And yes, despite my joking response above, there is a limit to how much anyone ought to drink, and that limit is pretty low. A lot lower than most of us wish it was.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 28, 2012 - 01:14am PT
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I had to give a commencement address in Eugene last week so I got dosed with
some gud stuff. The local Ninkasi comes to mind - pretty damn gud!
I inquired after it back here in Sin City but my preferred local pusher man,
aka Hamid The Uber-Friendly Christian Syrian, tells me Ninkasi is only fronted
by BevMo so I guess I won't be having any. I emailed them about the seeming
disparity of a micro-brewery's brew not being available to a micro-retailer.
They gave me some gobbledegook business school answer I didn't understand.
Their loss.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jun 28, 2012 - 01:19am PT
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I inquired after it back here in Sin City but my preferred local pusher man,aka Hamid The Uber-Friendly Christian Syrian, tells me Ninkasi is only fronted by BevMo
Weird. Ninkasi is available even in the grocery stores here.
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Jun 28, 2012 - 01:20am PT
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Yeah, Ghost, but you don't live in the Evil Empire.
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Ghost
climber
A long way from where I started
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Jun 28, 2012 - 01:27am PT
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Hmmm. I think Ninkasi was the Sumerian Goddess of Brewing, so maybe you should find a pusher that isn't a Syrian Christian? Might be some ancient vendetta that's messing up your access to a good beer.
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the goat
climber
north central WA
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Jun 28, 2012 - 02:07am PT
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Ninkasi is good, Stone is better and Ft. George is great IMHO. Fearless looks interesting. By the way, Estacada is near Clackamas, SE Portland.
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dfinnecy
Social climber
'stralia
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Jun 28, 2012 - 03:12am PT
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I'm in Australia, where bad beer costs about twice as much as good beer in the US, and good beer is just silly in terms of $.
But yesterday was a special occasion and I had a Duvel, which was,.... disappointing.
Best Aussie beer IMHO is Little Creatures Pale. But at $20 for a 6 pack I have taken to brewing my own, which means I don't get great beer very often. I'm still learning and have a long ways to go. But what I do get is mine. And that is pretty neat.
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Damn this looks high
Trad climber
Temecula, CA
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Jun 28, 2012 - 03:43pm PT
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THIS is the BEST. BEER. EVER.
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cliffhanger
Trad climber
California
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Jun 28, 2012 - 05:04pm PT
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I've always found Tooth's Sheaf Stout to be an extraordinary beer, although now it's called just Sheaf Stout by the new owner, Fosters.
One review says a scoop of ice cream into your glass of Sheaf Stout makes for a fine dessert.
Here's an excellent site, The Beer Trials:
http://www.fearlesscritic.com/beer/family/4/dark-ale
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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This is pretty darn gud, especially when you can find it on draft.
It puts you in the right frame of mind.
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Lasti
Trad climber
Budapest
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Best. Non-climbing. Thread. Ever.
I'll just put it out there: de gustibus non est disputandum.
I don't think there can be a generally accepted best beer. Not even for a single person. Sometimes you'll pick one and other times another. It's all good. Even the really crappy beer can be good after a long day.
Lot's of Belgian breweries were mentioned here. I used to live in Belgium and made it my mission to taste as many (normal) beers as possible. Given the limitations of my liver and wallet, didn't get very far, maybe 40 different beers. Didn't try all the mango, banana and other flavours, cuz' that's just crazy.
My personal Belgian short list would be:
Orval - first choice, the rest is in no particular order
La Chouffe
Trapistes Rochefort - any of their beers
Lindemans Kriek - very good on a hot day, has nothing to do with beer though
Chimay - the blue one
Westmalle Tripel
and a few I can't remember...
Lasti
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mountainlion
Trad climber
California
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It is a well known FACT that PBR is the best beer in the world. Especially after a hard days work on the rocks. At $6 bucks a bottle you must do more workin than climbin...otherwise I wouldn't have to explain that to you. Quit your job go climbin hard and give a PBR a try and see if you don't agree.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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Recently I've liked Palm:
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Just had a Russian River Hill 56, Row 21 Simcoe Hop IPA the other day. Very tasty!
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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PBR is fine at room temp, in fact better than most beers that are traditionally served that way.
In Australia, they drive around with their beer in a cooler w/o ice and it's called "Kimberly cool." On account of there's no effin' ice in the Kimberlys.
I had to read that in a book. If it were up to me and I had to choose a place to go to "travel" I would choose Oz, home of the real beer drinkers.
mountainlion, my shout. Two PBRs!
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Chaz
Trad climber
greater Boss Angeles area
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I've been drinking this for about a year now, ever since the guy at the liquor store suggested it ( he knows what I like, because I'm a really good customer at that liquor store )
And every year I drive up to Washington to visit my folks, and almost always end up staying one night in Petaluma. My flea-bag of choice is just a few blocks from Lagunitas Brewing, and always has been. But I never knew it until I looked them up on The Web.
I just now found this out.
So tonight ( I'm holed-up in Petaluma again, this time on purpose ) I paid them a visit, and kicked myself for never doing that before ( I never knew they were even there )
Lagunitas Brewing is BETTER THAN F*#KING DISNEYLAND. Happiest place I've ever been!
To start with, Dogs are welcome there. Mine had at least six to keep her company.
And the food is great, from what I could see. My Ruben sandwich was among the best I've ever eaten, and I eat Rubens all over the place.
Then, midway into my visit - while the sun was still shining - the band fired up. The two guys ( accoustic guitar and stand-up bass ) launched into a talking bluegrass rap sort of song.
Live music. Great beer. Great food. And DOG friendly. I don't care if I go to Heaven or not when I'm through now, because I've already been there and done that. It's in Petaluma!
I wish I had known about this joint years ago.
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