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Joined: April 27 2005
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Posted: January 09 2009 at 14:51
Stella Artois is bleach, and where is Corona?
mmm... I don´t know, I think the best beer I ever drank was a dark one (I love me some dark beer)... I think it was Belgian, but I can´t remember it´s name...
Joined: January 31 2004
Location: Canada
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Posted: January 02 2009 at 14:45
Vibrationbaby wrote:
I find the exported Pilsner acquires a rather "skunky" taste.
I used to think so too, until I learned more about beer.
(I once sent a pint of Guinness back at a bar, saying it had "gone flat." I was too inexperienced to know it was supposed to be that way!)
Vibe, the "skunky" quality you describe will almost certainly be the smell of hops, not beer gone bad.
I have seen many North Americans turn up their noses at a perfectly fine European pilsner or lager, saying it has "gone skunky," because of their being used to bland, mass-produced, generic lagers which use chemical preservatives instead of the natural alternative -- hops (originally added to beer to extend its storage life).
I have smelled a growing hop plant, and yes, the buds definitely have that "skunky" smell (much like powerful weed).
As with many good things, it's an acquired taste.
Well, I must go out and shovel the driveway yet again, but don't cry for me -- the good folks at Sleeman's have provided some hearty holiday help :
Edited by Peter - January 02 2009 at 14:47
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.
Joined: February 16 2006
Location: Pennsylvania
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Posted: December 16 2008 at 10:17
Raff wrote:
NaturalScience wrote:
micky wrote:
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
wouldn't have been Pizzeria Paradiso by any chance
Indeed. Great place, always packed.. We always stop there for lunch whenever we're around Georgetown.
Awesome. The place will always be special for me because I took Lisa to dinner there right after I asked her to marry me.
Joined: December 24 2007
Location: Ukraine
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Posted: December 16 2008 at 04:45
Off this list, Guinness Draught is the only one I'm actually familiar with really. I tend to drink pretty local beer such as this>>>>> which is a good value for money lager.
Also , while not cheap beer, whenever I get the opportunity to drink it, I never pass it up because it's one of the finest beers brewed in Australia.
I pretty much cannot drink bitter lager though........always tasted really bad to me, have no idea how my dad can drink that stuff.
Joined: July 29 2005
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Posted: December 15 2008 at 09:12
NaturalScience wrote:
micky wrote:
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
wouldn't have been Pizzeria Paradiso by any chance
Indeed. Great place, always packed.. We always stop there for lunch whenever we're around Georgetown.
Joined: February 16 2006
Location: Pennsylvania
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Points: 31165
Posted: December 14 2008 at 21:37
micky wrote:
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
wouldn't have been Pizzeria Paradiso by any chance
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Joined: May 13 2007
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Posted: December 14 2008 at 10:46
Hawkwise wrote:
Abbot Ale Old speckle Hen
Sadly neither beers are what they were - Green King (or Greedy King as they are oft known) have become the pariahs of real ale acting like the Borg of brewers, assimilating dozens of smaller breweries and closing them down. I can never forgive them for what they did to Ruddles County either
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June wrote:
^ My GAWD, that is SO FUNNY and clever, June -- thanks for sharing it!! 
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. Great place, always packed.. We always stop there for lunch whenever we're around Georgetown.
which is a good value for money lager.
, while not cheap beer, whenever I get the opportunity to drink it, I never pass it up because it's one of the finest beers brewed in Australia.
