Portland is for porters...
... Bridgeport Brewing Company, that is.
During our family vacation this year, we stopped by the Bridgeport Brewing Company (good food too). Old Knucklehead, BlackStrap Stout, Beertown Brown, their signature IPA, and the Ropewalk Amber all stood out. Blue Heron Pale Ale was decent, but nowhere as good as the others. Try their sampler. FWIW, their food is actually pretty decent too!
Devildeac introduced me to Oregon's Rogue Brewery beers a number of years ago ... but Bridgeport was wonderful. The last minute directions to Bridgeport Brew's Portland location were GREATLY appreciated, Devildeac.
2005's Physical Anthropology meetings were held in Anchorage, Alaska in March ... FANTASTIC location, what with the GLACIER BREWHOUSE. The Amber Ale, IPA, and Oatmeal Stout are in the rotation all year round. The seasonals are nice too. Their Beam Scotch Ale was solid ... their selection requires that you stay in Anchorage at least four nights:
http://glacierbrewhouse.com/beers2.htm
Note the RAZZ XXXMAS!
Schlafly Oatmeal Stout is certainly still produced. The Tap Room & Bottleworks are still in business in St. Louis (15th anniversary Ale comes out in October this year). They are having a Green Festival this weekend:
http://www.schlafly.com/
But can you get Schlafly Oatmeal at Blueberry Hill? THROATY?? I heard that they have a Schlafly seasonal. It was so nice when you could get Schlafly at the former KC Masterpiece restaurant!
After I'm done in Carbondale, will drive to St. Louis ... and Schlafly is on my list of things to do. I am spending less than 24 hours in St. Louis.
African Beers that I love: Three Horses, Mamba, Kenya's Tusker lager. In most cases, you have to get the beer fresh, as the stuff changes quickly within the bottle. There is nothing like doing a long hike, followed up by a tall 3 Horses. It's a mediocre pilsener by most folks' standards, but it's the one pilsener I love... sentimental reasons. Star Brewery some years ago also had a decent shandy.
Cheers,
Lavabe
Anderson Valley Brewing Company . . .
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Originally Posted by
cato
Okay, I have to admit that I am not a big fan of Fat Tire. It's fine, but IMO most brew pubs will have better offerings. And as far as beer that I can get at the local supermarket, I prefer Anderson Valley Brewing Company's
Boont Amber Ale. I'm not sure how widely available this is outside of California, but if anyone gets a chance to try it, I highly recommend it (and most other offerings from Anderson Valley).
They have a distributor in Charlotte, NC. We have a chance of getting some!
Which one of these is not like the other?
Check out my dilemma at Blueberry Hill's draught Saturday night in U-City:
New Belgium 1554 Black Ale
New Belgium Fat Tire
New Belgium Seasonal Tap
Pabst Blue Ribbon
Schlafly Hefeweizen
Schlafly Pale Ale
Schlafly Seasonal Tap
Which one of these ... is not like the other?!?!?!!:D
Assuming I get some New Belgium at Schnuck's, what should I get on draught?
Cheers,
Lavabe
Tony Packo Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers
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Originally Posted by
ohioguy2
Did you enjoy the relish? How about the pickles and peppers?
I'm not a relish-on-dog guy. I am now ... at least with Packo's.
The pickles & peppers are fantastic. So, I'll have to wait on the dogs until March, when I am next in Ohio.
And it goes well with Schlafly's.
Thank you for the suggestion. Yumm!
Cheers,
Lavabe
Finally something to contribute...
I'm not much of a beer drinker. Sort of feel I paid my dues to the beer gods when I was in college, though it was crappy beer. When in Germany though, I most certainly would partake of a beer or two or however many it was as German beer is soooo smooth.
The other night while grocery shopping I decided to peruse the beer aisle and a six pack of Killians Irish Red literally jumped into my cart and would not leave. Rather than fight it, it was a little late, I decided to bring Mr. Killian, or to some Lord Killian home. Now I am a bit biased being an Irish lass, but I really liked it.
Anyone want to share thoughts on Killians?
Spelling... the Grammar Police
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devildeac
Schafly's Pale Ale-Think Bass Ale-a smooth, mildly hoppy ale resembling an English IPA which is typically not as hoppy(bitter) as an Americal IPA. Next, the Schafly's APA(American Pale Ale)
It's Schlafly, not Schafly.
Think the arch-conservative Phyllis Schlafly ... same family.
Gee... I hope this doesn't get bumped to the PPB!;)
Cheers,
Lavabe
My favorite beer wins a prize!!
From: http://www.dailypress.com/business/d...,1226895.story
"The 13th annual United States Beer Tasting Championship Summer Competition featured 421 beers from 169 breweries. St.George Brewing Company was named the Grand Champion for its Golden Ale within one of nine categories for types of beers."
ymm, beer(or recruiting 2007)
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throatybeard
We're pleased to report that to the class of 2007 we've added a 6er of Christmas Ale.
Sounds like a very versatile player. Now, if we can come with a real bruiser or two like an imperial stout, barley wine or a high gravity belgian style ale, then I think beeradvocate.com might have us with the top class of 2007, especially with the addition during early signing of some good practice brews, err, players, like Schlafly's APA, #15 and Mr. Oatmeal Stout. Once, again, a hearty and hoppy thank you to Mr. TB in the selection process.:D
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout
After PMing back and forth with Devildeac I ventured into the land of chocolate beer and bought some 2007-2008 Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout last week. I've only had one, which I did enjoy for the most part. But I swear I had a mini hang over. Could be that there was 10.6% alcohol in it.
I recently started to appreciate dark beers, had my first Guinness recently, so was a little hesitant in trying this beer. But, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
I did have a chocolate chip cookie with it, never would have thought to have a cookie and a beer together, and both went down well together. It took me a while to drink it, actually there was one last gulp in the glass but as the last few sips didn't taste quite as good as the first few, figured I might as well stop. Did have a little bit of a buzz when I went to bed and hour later and woke up with a headache.
I could taste the chocolate and coffee in it, and will have another one, though not right of way.
I did also buy one other chocolate beer. The guy at Whole Foods said he felt like he was drinking a candy bar when he drank it. Will give that a try soon.