The Beer Thread

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

Birra Moretti La Rossa Doppelbock



Pours transparent mahogany with off white head, not much lacing.

Pretty light aroma of caramel malt, bread, toast, dark fruits and chocolate.

Taste is a *****-smack of very sweet caramel with a touch of dark fruits and a slight hop bitterness to finish it off. Medium body and medium/high carbonation.

This beer ain't bad, but a few sips in to my second helping and I'm admittedly sick of it. A consistent onslaught of caramel makes even a healthy child get a stomach ache. Add alcohol and age to the mix and you got a bad combo. Not to say this isn't good, but it gets old pretty quickly.

C+ (79)

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

Samuel Adams Imperial Double Bock



Dark brown and maroon with a small off-white head that goes away fast with no lacing.

Aroma is a dank whiff of dark fruits, with caramel and roasted malts right there with it. Smell is pretty darn hefty, and I like it.

Taste is roasted malts and caramel right away, with dark fruit being the backbone. The initial taste goes away pretty quickly. A slight touch of hops slowly comes forward and the malt settles real nicely. Body and carbonation are medium, it's very drinkable.

I really enjoy this beer. It has that strong double bock caramel roasted malt kick, but it doesn't last long. The aftertaste is subtle, perhaps a little too subtle, but it's what makes it drinkable. My opinion is that this should be a little cheaper, but it's nonetheless tasty.

B+ (88)

[Skinsfan1311]

I'll get that next time I go to the store I got the Maximus at.



Same here



Yeah, not a lot of bitterness, they seemed to substitute bitterness with blandness.



This will be the first Moretti I've had, did you like their stuff? I had 3 Loose Cannon's for dinner yesterday and called it a night. I must say that it's my favorite IPA, the only problem being that I drink it too fast. It's one of those beers that is so scrumptious that every time you look at the glass you realize it's almost time for a refill.

The Moretti is like most Italian beers that I've had. Refreshing lagers, but not real memorable.

I got married in St. Lucia in Jan, had "Peton" beer. Loved it! Double, have you ever had one? They don't export them to America due to cost, but you can get them shipped.

I'm not Double, but I drank a lot of it when we stayed in St. Lucia. It's pretty good, but there's something about the Caribbean that makes most beers taste good. Must be the heat, humidity and the sunshine.

BTW, one of my most memorable dives, was at the base of the Pitons. At approximately 110', the base of one of them meets the ocean floor. The visibility is superb and it was teeming with life. I saw the biggest school of barracuda that I've ever seen above us, there were hundreds 'em. It was kind of eerie. I also saw a huge grouper. Truthfully, the grouper made me more nervous. It was huge and very close.

Back to the beer. It seems to me that beers that taste great in the Caribbean, aren't so great when you have them stateside. Part of the reason is that vacation mode that seems to make everything good...and the other reason, IMO, is the way that the beer was handled. I'm sure that a lot of it is exposed to heat and light, which is a sure-fire way to ruin it...

[Mark Moseley]

Gimme a Samichlaus please;

Samichlaus Bier
“Samichlaus” beer is brewed once a year, in each case on December 6th, and stored and matured afterwards for over 10 months before it is bottled. "Samichlaus” beer can mature for many years in the bottle; older vintages obtain a complexity and receive their creamy warm aftertaste. This beer can be served with heavy meals and desserts, particularly with chocolate - or as digestive and meditations drink. According to the Guinness Book of Records, it is the strongest lager beer in the world with 14 % alcohol

[Ned Flanders]

A (95)

This is what I am drinking right now. It's freakin awesome! Clipper City/Heavy Seas makes some great brew

[grego]

This is what I am drinking right now. It's freakin awesome! Clipper City/Heavy Seas makes some great brew

when i first had the loose cannon about 2 years ago, i said that it was the best beer i had ever had. good stuff.

had some at the frederick beer festival yesterday. had some barley and hops, fying dog (the raging ***** was good- no band aid taste this time ), franklins (looked kind of like a mom and pop operation, but the IPA was really good), some german type of breweries' stout, johannsons (or something like that- it was getting late and hazy when i found them), brewers alley kolsh and IPA, some kind of sweet ale (too sweet for me) from, i believe, duclaws, and a few others i cant recall.

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

Yuengling Black and Tans tonight. Anybody else like these? Probably my favorite cheap beer.

[SkinzBoi85]

Cold Bottle Of Heineken =)

[GoSkins561]

Picked up a Delirium Tremens, pretty excited about having it with some pulled pork for lunch.

[d0ublestr0ker0ll]

Thinking about getting something from Southern Tier today...any suggestions?

[Sebowski]

Thinking about getting something from Southern Tier today...any suggestions?

Everything I've had from them has been fantastic.

Chokolat might be my favorite non-barrel aged stout
Unearthy is a great DIPA
Iniquity is an awesome black IPA

I have three more my brother sent me I haven yet to taste. I'll throw a couple in the fridge for tonight.

[HeyMista]

Thinking about getting something from Southern Tier today...any suggestions?

On a nice day like today...

Hoppe, Heavy Weizen, Krampus, UberSun, or Hoppe.

I prefer their Imp Stouts in the winter.

[GoSkins561]

Delirium Pint+ bottle(white glass bottle, pink elephants, dragons and alligators) is quite the beer. Very fruity belgian pale ale. It packs a pretty heavy punch, when we head back to the beach, I will be feeling pretty good.

I'm really digging it.

[Stew]

The Moretti is like most Italian beers that I've had. Refreshing lagers, but not real memorable.



I'm not Double, but I drank a lot of it when we stayed in St. Lucia. It's pretty good, but there's something about the Caribbean that makes most beers taste good. Must be the heat, humidity and the sunshine.

BTW, one of my most memorable dives, was at the base of the Pitons. At approximately 110', the base of one of them meets the ocean floor. The visibility is superb and it was teeming with life. I saw the biggest school of barracuda that I've ever seen above us, there were hundreds 'em. It was kind of eerie. I also saw a huge grouper. Truthfully, the grouper made me more nervous. It was huge and very close.

Back to the beer. It seems to me that beers that taste great in the Caribbean, aren't so great when you have them stateside. Part of the reason is that vacation mode that seems to make everything good...and the other reason, IMO, is the way that the beer was handled. I'm sure that a lot of it is exposed to heat and light, which is a sure-fire way to ruin it...

I never thought of the handling intransport... very good point. As far as vacation mode goes, you might be on to something, but i just loved the taste of the Petons. It might be because they are more directly from the brewery then beer we get state side (for the most part) but yeah vacation mode may play a role. Drop me an email if you ever plan on going back. I can defget you a break on my father in laws place.

[GoSkins561]

I did a bunch of dives in St. Lucia as well 13. We stayed at the Sandals Grand St.Lucian and dove mostly around Pigeon Island. In the 2 weeks we were there, we went out almost every day on the free dives the resort offered. The sand keys is one of my favorite places to dive because of the abundance of shark, St.Lucia offered tons of turtles, and octopus, which was really cool.