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Tuzvihar 
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 Posted: December 13 2008 at 16:54 |
This is something for you Micky, I guess:  
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"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."
Charles Bukowski
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micky
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Posted: December 13 2008 at 16:44 |
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Raff and I had a beer at some pizza joint in Georgetown today that was LIGHTS out
Mad Elf .. some Belgian beer... great stuff. Cherry, honey and chocolate malts. Sounds odd perhaps.. but lordy was it good.. and made Raff tipsy hahhaha. Strong alcohol content
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Mikerinos
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Posted: December 13 2008 at 16:37 |
 June wrote:
sean wrote:
I'm the boring one who likes to keep the alcohol out of his drinks, so i go either root beer or birch beer |
Birch beer? I actually had to look that up... didn't even know that existed. I've had something that I guess is called "spruce beer" in English, and boy that was awful. Does birch beer taste anything like that? |
Birch beer is pretty similar to root beer, but a bit stronger. I remember once my friend bought some ginger beer since it was cheap and it totally sucked.
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sean
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Posted: December 13 2008 at 15:39 |
June wrote:
[QUOTE=sean]I'm the boring one who likes to keep the alcohol out of his drinks, so i go either root beer or birch beer |
Birch beer? I actually had to look that up... didn't even know that existed. I've had something that I guess is called "spruce beer" in English, and boy that was awful. Does birch beer taste anything like that? [/QUOTE
I've never had spruce beer but if it was awful then birch beer wouldn't taste like it. birch beer is a soda that is among my favourites, and I don't even like soda very much.
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June
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Posted: December 13 2008 at 15:19 |
sean wrote:
I'm the boring one who likes to keep the alcohol out of his drinks, so i go either root beer or birch beer |
Birch beer? I actually had to look that up... didn't even know that existed. I've had something that I guess is called "spruce beer" in English, and boy that was awful. Does birch beer taste anything like that?
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sean
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Posted: December 12 2008 at 22:02 |
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I'm the boring one who likes to keep the alcohol out of his drinks, so i go either root beer or birch beer
Edited by sean - December 12 2008 at 22:09
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Vibrationbaby
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Posted: December 12 2008 at 10:40 |
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I find the exported Pilsner acquires a rather "skunky" taste.
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June
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Posted: December 11 2008 at 19:53 |
Tuborg and Carlsberg (sticking to my roots, although Tuborg is harder to find here) preferably, love Keith's Pale Ale too, Rickard's Red goes down like juice, it's also hard to resist, so does Sleeman's Honey Brown, and I do love me a cold nice Blanche De Chambly on a hot summer day too.
Although... I've once had the good luck of enjoying a Pilsner Urquell fresh from the tap in a pub in Prag, and that was probably the best beer I've ever had. Not half as good once exported, I found out later.
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someone_else
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Posted: December 10 2008 at 08:01 |
Raff wrote:
Being Italian, I am more of a wine drinker (and a very moderate one at that, though I love good wine), but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy good beer. The Belgians know what they're about, and my absolute favourite of their creations is the cherry-flavoured kriek (made with REAL cherries). Bliss ! |
I agree with this. Liefmans is the best kriek. And if you like kriek, I can also recommend gueuze. It is not made with cherries, not even red, but in their other properties these beers have some kinship. Gueuze and kriek are known as lambic or spontaneous fermenting beers.
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LinusW
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Posted: December 10 2008 at 07:56 |
Peter wrote:
 Finally, here is another nice beer from "across the pond" -- I bet many of our British friends on PA will know it, and appreciate it. I found it to be very fresh, very smooth, very refreshing -- and organic! V
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Oxford Gold 4.0% |
English Target hops give this beer a remarkable aroma. Late hopping with Goldings and fermentation by the Brakspear yeast creates a remarkable zesty aroma, a full fruity flavour and a golden colour. All Hops and Barley used in this beer are organically grown and produced.
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One of my favourites when I want all the qualities you mention. Discovered it during spring and it's a regular in my "beer batches" 
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DavetheSlave
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Posted: December 10 2008 at 06:52 |
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Hey! You Guys! You don't have any South African beers in the list when they are very highly regarded. Good old Lion Lager and Castle Lager.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: December 10 2008 at 06:48 |
Youngs Double Chocolate Stout is definitely in my top 10 beers of all time, as is the following:
Dark, rich, full of flavour - just as good on gravity from the cask or bottled (actually works quite well cold too, which a lot of "proper" beers don't) - Highly recommended.
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Jon Lord 1941 - 2012
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Epignosis
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Posted: December 09 2008 at 21:50 |
I've had the privilege of enjoying that Double Chocolate Stout. 
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Peter
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Posted: December 09 2008 at 21:04 |
^ Yes Toaster, stout is very good -- but there are good and "real" beers in all of the beer "genres."
I had a very tasty porter on the weekend. If you can find this one (should be easy if you're in Ontario, like me), give it a go:
 Mill St. Coffee Porter -- good for shovelling snow!
Yes, it really has coffee in it, but it doesn't overwhelm the beer.
(Mill St. won an award as Canada's best craft brewer in 2007, BTW -- all of their beers are top notch. Their " Tankhouse Ale" is also especially tasty. Nice painted bottles, too.  )
 Did you know that "porter" got its name from the stevedores or "porters" who worked the London dockside, carrying passengers' heavy loads for hire? These stout labourers favoured strong, flavourful beers, and the burst of hearty energy they imparted. I appreciate porter when shovelling in the -20C snow, I can tell you!
I have had other stouts and porters with black cherry, oysters, oatmeal, and chocolate. This one is a delicious example of the latter exotic treat:
Young's Double Chocolate Stout
A winter treat from England. There really is chocolate added, but as with the Mill St., the addition doesn't overwhelm, but complements the flavourful roasty-toasty quality of the stout
Good for Christmas sipping!
Finally, here is another nice beer from "across the pond" -- I bet many of our British friends on PA will know it, and appreciate it. I found it to be very fresh, very smooth, very refreshing -- and organic! V
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Oxford Gold 4.0% |
English Target hops give this beer a remarkable aroma. Late hopping with Goldings and fermentation by the Brakspear yeast creates a remarkable zesty aroma, a full fruity flavour and a golden colour. All Hops and Barley used in this beer are organically grown and produced.
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Edited by Peter - December 09 2008 at 21:09
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Toaster Mantis
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Posted: December 09 2008 at 13:40 |
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Newcastle. ONLY STOUT IS REAL
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"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
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The Miracle
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Posted: December 08 2008 at 14:01 |
Heineken, Blue Moon and Corona are my top 3 right now... it changes all the time though, I'm as open minded towards beer as I am to music  I usually prefer light stuff (color wise, not "light" beer), though I quite liked the Shiner stuff, but not so much Newcastle.
Edited by The Miracle - December 08 2008 at 14:03
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The Whistler
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Posted: December 06 2008 at 21:39 |
Very Anglo selection you got there; being from LA, as I am, we have a plethora of Mexican beers to chosoe from as well. That said, my favorite beer is probably the Japanese beer Sapparo (sic?); of the beers listed above...hmm...Newcastle, I think. And I'm not usually an ale man, but Newcastle is definitely among my favorite of beers.
Special nods to Red Stripe, which despite my friends opinions, I find easy to drink, and Shriner, which is also (if memory serves) a good beer. Ha.
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"There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson
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JJLehto
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Posted: December 06 2008 at 21:04 |
Yuengling for me But I'm just a youngin' so I suppose I have a while to try them all 
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Peter
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Posted: December 06 2008 at 14:53 |
 You want some head with that beer, senor?
Glorp!
Buttwiper? That's for KIDS! 
Beery Christmas!!! 
Edited by Peter - December 06 2008 at 14:55
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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Peter
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Posted: December 06 2008 at 14:43 |
^ Hmmm.. using sex to sell alcohol... now there's a novel idea! 
Do you suppose that if I drank that brand of beer, girls like those would go out with me? 
"Polar: the beer that smells like _____, but tastes like _____." 
Must be good beer....
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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