Booze

so 32 Oz...is 1Litre? so bugger all. Americas can't drink. FACTS are FACTS.

becuase in america we dont use the metric system with our drugs. it all comes in ounces or denominations of a ounce.

Surely you didn't think I was serious?


Well, I was.

o so true



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I text you yesterday skippppah cause I was in B-town and you never replied. On second thoughts I think I sent it to your old number

I was at a friends earlier and he had a box of Harvest Moon Pumpkin Ale in his fridge. The ale is from the makers of Blue Moon, obviously. I jumped at the chance to drink it so I could redeem the honor of pumpkin ales after having that Post Road last weekend. The Harvest Moon was 10x better. It had the same basic smell, but it wasn't as overwhelming. As far as taste; the nutmeg, cinnamon, and pumpkin flavors were subtle and went down very smooth, so it was actually enjoyable. I couldn't play beer pong with this all night, but I could definitely chill and drink a 6-pack while watching a football game or something. It was 5.6% alcohol by volume.

That sounds fucking delicious. I definitely need to start trying out random beers once I get a source of income.

Yeah, pumpkin kicks lots of ass.

That will be why I didnt get it then

Why were ya down here?

Meeting up with Jemmmmm

Did you go to our pier!??!?! and see our pavillion1?!?!?!?

OMG COURSE. WHERE ELSE IS THERE TO GO IN BRIGHTON? LOL

Pumpkin ale?

REALLY?

America has so many bullshit gimmick products it's ridiculous.

No where!!! BRB GOING TO PIER.

Fill me in. I'm not denying or anything, I actually wanna know what I'm missing out on.

Lately Ive been enjoying lots of Baltika 8.

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greatest shit ever

Colt 45 is better.

2kilo of carling is betterer.

Blue moon is crap.
It's a Coors product.

Sam is crap too.

and you are.....

He is beer.

By the way, I had Pabst Blue Ribbon for the very first time this weekend. I know it's odd, seeing as PBR is extremely cheap and very easy to find. Just never had the opportunity. It was a pretty good beer, as long as it was ice cold. As soon as it became a bit warm it got to be a pretty nasty, can-like, taste...even though I bought a bottled six-pack.

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I'm thinking Sunset Wheat, or a German beer this weekend.

Tyskie
Is that from the same brewery that makes Zyewic?

The only decent stuff I've seen in this post is Flat tire, Leffe, Newki is all right, Bass is decent, and London Pride they make some good stuff (I think, it's been a while).

Stella is crap! I have no idea who started the rumor that Stella is good, but they were lieing.
At least with InBev taking over Stella is starting to show up next to Bud taps here in the states. This is getting the typical American light golden lager (Mega brews) crowd to at least try something else, it may help lead to a more adventurous attitude towards beer.

Try something in one of the tall cans on nitrogen. Boddington's, Tetley's, Old Speckled Hen, Beamish, Bellhaven, Young's Double Chocolate Stout.
Nitro beers are smoooth and creamy. No bite from over carbonation. Doesn't make you feel bloated from all the CO2.
Don't be intimidated by the color. Just because it isn't piss colored doesn't mean it is going to be heavy and bitter. Beer isn't supposed to have so much rice in it that it is almost clear. If I wanted Sake, I would buy Sake.
You should be able to taste the malts in your beer. You should be able to smell and taste the hops in your beer, if applicable to the style.

If you are a bit intimidated by amber colored beers (what beer should look like, or darker), try starting off with a kolch (or spelled koelsch, koelsh, or how ever). It has a small percentage of wheat, no hop aroma, and little to no hop flavor (more towards no hop flavor). they typically come from Germany, but a couple of the US versions (not all) are good examples.

Try something new, try something local. Support your local breweries, not the corporate mongers that are what you typically think of when you think American beer. If the place is local enough, stop by.

In case you haven't figured it out, I'm pretty serious about my beer. So much so that I started brewing my own at home.

I've been wanting to brew my own. Tips?

If you can ever find this stuff it it amazing.

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Ginger beer with about 6% I think, tastes really nice, so good on a hot day.

Beerwise... without going local as I dont think many New Zealand beers get imported over there I would go with

Becks.
Haagen, although thats quite bitter.
Export Dry.

Oh and this.

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Tatses amazing. Steinlager PURE. The original is for niggers, but the pure is pure amazing.


Oh and I tried Millers high life the other month. Ummmm, yeeeah, tasted like I was drinking salty water.

I haven't had any good beer in ages. I'm really wanting to pick up a six pack of Samuel Adams Oktoberfest and Winter Lager sometime soon.

Oh wait, I did try Bud Light Lime this weekend. Way better than Miller Chill.

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I thought Bud Light Lime was tasty as shit.

I had Samuel Adams...Summer Ale I believe; Didn't like it.

I've only had Boston Lager and absolutely loved it. Isn't Summer Ale supposed to taste like citrus?

Yeah, the BL Lime was really good. I didn't have high hopes for it since I had already tried Chill and didn't care for it.

Yeah, first off, dfon't go with MrBeer. Any beer kit where you don't do a boil will not produce good beer.

Sanitation is the most important thing, followed by fermentation teperature. Most beers ferment mid 50's to 68F.

Lagers are tough at first because they require cold temps (usually a dedicated fridge with a controller) but you can get buy putting the fermentor in a tub with water and swap out frozen water bottles once or twice a day.

You should be able to pick up a kit and your first recipe for well under $100.
Check out http://www.brewingnews.com/southernbrew/sebndirectory.shtml to find a homebrew shop near you. You might need to travel, or go out of state, I don't know where in the state you are located. Keep in mind that until you figure a few things out, you might not be able to tell if you are getting good advice. If you are making beer you like who cares.
Just go in with an idea of what you want to brew and tell them you want to brew your first batch.
You can get away with a couple of buckets, lids, airlocks, racking cane, thermometer, botteling wand, and sanitizer. You can go back for bottles or collect your own. See what they try to set you up with.

Keeping everything clean is important. If you can boil the full 5 gallons (about 52 bottles worth, or 2 cases)
go for it, but most stoves can't handle it.
Oh, if you are doing this inside a new spraybottle (no chemicals) with water can come in handy. When you are boiling (especially if you are using dry malt extract) it will start foaming up and will boil over. you can spray the foam a bit and it will settle back down for a minute or two. Once the hot break occurs, the foaming will subside, until the next hop addition. So you will need some decent headspace in the pot. Boilovers make a super sticky mess.

Good luck man, there is tons of good info out there. John Palmer puts out a great book that works well for new brewers as well as expereinced, much better than some that have been out for a lot longer inmy opinion.



The Sam seasonals vary a bit year to year.
the past year or two of summer ale has been off a little.

They use grains of paradise and lemon zest (skin without the white pith, more flavor compounds than the fruit)
and a few other ingredients that vary year to year.


If you think the bud light lime was good, try the clamatto.
Yeah, 'cuz bud light will taste so much better with artificial clam juice and artificial tomato flavor.
You can't polish a turd.