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Interesting... I have to admit I didn't know that Guiness did anything other than the one beer.
I've got a black logger I brewed this winter ready to bottle. It was my first crack at loggering. I kinda wish I had done a dopplebock or hellis or something, but am still interested how this guy turned out.

Akk. I just noticed this post.
Interesting.
I just had a 1 year aged bottle of Jolly Pumpkin sour stout. Comparable? I really enjoyed it.

 

this beer right here.. 10 bucks a 12 pack and probably the best "cheap" beer you will get. only during the spring. i need to horde some for this summer.




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Great thread.

I'm a big Guinness drinker myself . . . but when I'm in the mood for something different i nearly always choose between these two 'Abbey beers' - Leffe Blonde Beer & Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse.

They have a nice complex taste that you can savor . . . . so much better than swilling-back endless generic lager.

 

<3 Heresy!

 

Big fan of that Leffe Blonde over here.



I have to say Chimay Blue is my first choice for Abbey beers and a few times a year i'll pick up a couple bottles of
Rochefort 8 which is mind blowingly good if you haven't tried it.

 

^^^ Yeah, i like Chimay Blue & Red.

I haven't tried Rochefort 8 . . . i will give it a go if i can find it

 

Just had a bottle of Fantôme Hiver.

(not my pic)
I have no idea what year's release it was, and the recipe changes every year.
If I had to guess it was one from 2010 or so... just a guess based on the label.
Anyone had this?
The one I had was lemon-citrus sour, earthy funk, barnyard funk, highly carbonated, absolutely refreshing quite thin and dry. It was a lot lighter in color than a lot of photos I see online as well.

 

Great thread you've got here !

Feel easier to contribute than kaiju ones for now.

I love beers and love to discover new ones but I do have some 'comfort zone' too.

Those are the ones:

A sunny end of the afternoon, I'll always go for a Blanche with a slice of lemon.


My table beer used to be Leffe Blonde but since a couple of years now, my taste changed and swap it for Grimbergen Blonde. Wonder what you guys Leffe drinkers think about it.


But then, what I really like is bitter beers. As a slightly bitter beer, I do favor the Taras Boulba, which is surprisingly tasteful for such a light beer.


For more bitterness, I'll go for a XX Bitter.


When it's colder, I'll go for an Orval. Great with heavy salty crepe or game dish


My favorites triples are Karmeliet (surprisingly light tasting for a triple) and Westmalle



I do like to get one dark beer from time to time. Am not much of a Chimay drinker though. Feel much closer to Rochefort (8 or 10), Westmalle Dubbel, Achel and St Bernardus Abt 12.

That's about it for my safe bet list. But as I said, what I like most is to discover new ones.

 

^^^ nice. couple i've never seen before. i've tried Triple Karmeliet and liked it

 

Beer are too important a matter to be relegate to second page.

I had the occasion to test a very nice Dupont yesterday. A season beer called 'Avec Les Bons Voeux'. A nicely spiced bitter beer with a beautiful head. I don't know how difficult it might be to track one of those outside of Belgium but it is definitely worse tryin'.

Yep, that is a problem with people around the globe speaking about beer. We simply don't get the same stuff. And foreigners beer are simply outrageously expensive. I find most of those I mentioned at my local supermarket or night store.

 

I had a pair of golden monkeys today and managed not get slapped, wake up someplace strange, or impregnate anyone.

 

I love rauchbier (when I can find them). Victory's Scarlet Fire is one of the more drinkable rauchbiers I have had.

 

my favorite choice :

 

havent had that one from jolly pumpkin. but it sounds maybe in the same realm. I'll have to see if I can find that...
the sour black was pretty much how it sounds.. a blackened sour. it had the black flavoring and also earthy and woody from the barrels with a very sour finish.
tasted better the more you drank and after you learned its ways.

I'm thrilled that the Weyerbacher "Riserva" is back out with the 2012 edition. a ridiculous 11.5% sour!!

 

I've had a small glass of this. I feel the same way.. I had it once and I was over it. If I am sipping a beverage I will just stick with my Pappy Van Winkle 12 year.

 

this beer was one of the best id ever had, and i only had one. it also came in an awesome bottle (which i still have) by an artist that i look up to.

"Filled with Bokrijks Belgian Ale, the showpiece of Meer, Belgium’s Brouwerij Sterkens, it has notes of fruit and spice. This medium bodied Belgian countryside maltwine also has a bitter bite as a result of secondary fermentation in the bottle – a perfect tonic to accompany a session of monster-gazing!!!"

http://alchemicale.com/monsters

 

Unibroue is probably my favorite Canadian beer. I had enjoyed the apple Ephemere before, and when I saw a new version made with currant, I had to have it. Treat yourself to a pint.

 

"16th anniversary" strong belgian ale from Two Brothers. when i say strong, i mean 16%ABV
you'd guess it was more like 9 or 10% when drinking it though. not tough to drink but damn is it potent.

 

I just had one of these:



Really nice IPA from a small brewery in Sweden. It appears to be the only Swedish beer that has won a medal at the European Beer Star Awards.