Alcohol thread

[Travesty]

It's become fun to hate on recently.

Eh, I'm 33, and people have been "hating" on it since I was 17. It's nothing new. Same with those lemonade and raspberry beers, too.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

I prefer nice cold refreshing macro brewed beers (that's where the real parties at right?). Nothing like sipping on an ice cold can of Natti Ice from a wino bag on a warm summer day (although to be honest I haven't actually sported any wino bag around my can lately but who knows rent aint cheap).

However, I don't think variation hurts. While I don't feel great about it, I have spent a lot of hard earned cash on some of the monastery brewed (trappist ales) Belgium styled beers lately. I highly recommend looking for a bottle of Rochefort or Westmalle. Both are top rated beers meant to be drunk out of a special glass (although I just use a cheap cocktail one).

The good thing about Nati light/Ice is you get double the bang for your buck since all you have to do is piss back into the can and your ready for round 2 while still getting the exact same quality in beer

 

[Yowza]

DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs: The good thing about Nati light/Ice is you get double the bang for your buck since all you have to do is piss back into the can and your ready for round 2 while still getting the exact same quality in beer

Well, I seriously doubt that.

I think you should try it and seriously tell me which you think is more refreshing. I can't say I'd ever do the same though.

Colossal Spoons: Rochefort 10 is my favorite beer. 6 and 8 are good, but 10 is amazing.

Yeah, I just wish I could find it in a larger bottle so I didn't have to pay so much for a small one. Out of the 11 trappist breweries I've wanted to try the Westvlelan one but I believe that's not sold outside of Belgium for a reasonable price?

Colossal Spoons: I want no parts of any macrobrews though

Fair enough. I usually beer sample different craft breweries and whatnot but I have to still say macros are still worth buying if only because there are no pretenses behind it; something worth appreciating. The industry and standards done into making it certainly qualify them as a drink to be enjoyed by all levels of society. We have such fine selection today, I think people take for granted some of the bounties to be enjoyed in today's society not seen by previous generations. Who knows what a king from medieval Europe might think if an ice cold freshly made champaign of beers (Budweiser) was served to him on a warm midsummer night.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Well, considering am an alcoholic I can safely say I've had my fair share of Nati in all varieties and it most def is glorified piss water. I don't drink anymore but am pretty informed on most forms of booze

 

[Yowza]

How about water? Maybe that's the next step?

I think Nati Ice is a good session beer that's refreshing. Is there something in the manufacturing process you think is sub-par?

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

How about water? Maybe that's the next step?

I think Nati Ice is a good session beer that's refreshing. Is there something in the manufacturing process you think is sub-par?

If you can buy a rack of it for less than $20 you can most certainly understand that the beer you are about to consume is of sub-par quality when it comes to it's manufacturing and ingredients. Like most things in life you get what you pay for

 

[Yowza]

Our manufacturing standards we have today ensure quality control to a certain degree. If something is cheap that doesn't necessarily mean it's crap.

I'm not pretentious about what I drink. With that being said, I enjoy more expensive varieties as well and can appreciate what goes into them.

 

[PЯOVOSҬ]

Going to down a few whiskey's tonight for sure.

 

[Yowza]

Got a bottle of Westmalle Tripel (2nd favorite trappist Ale).

I also went with a totally random pick (no idea why I bought this) from a craft brewery "Perennial Artisinal Ales" out of Alabama called Aria, which is a Belgian style ale fermented with 2 different strains of yeast to create a honey/green tea kind of flavoring supposedly. I checked out their website and they certainly have some unique flavors that seem to mesh well with the various styles of beers they produce that strikes me as avante-garde. From a Saison styled beer brewed with chamomile flowers to an Imperial Stout brewed with coffee to an English Style Barleywine and more, I think I've just discovered a new company I may be sampling from the next few months. Their "Woodside" (tripel with Missouri honey) I'm going to be looking for next. I mention all this because I think if the flavoring compliments the style and meshes well into the brewing process, why does there need to be a category of "flavored beers" as opposed to a unique craft avante-gard beverage one can have?

 

[Blitzkrieg Bop]

Makers 46 is good.

 

[KevanG]

It's been a weekly thing for me now to pick up a litre of the cider I sell. I'm half tempted to get a 2lt as it's just $12 but I'd rather not push it. 1lt at 7% is enough weekly for now.

 

[gwynplaine]

I like cold, dry Sake.

 

[Yowza]

Gotta love the Manhattan's. I've been wanting to get those Luxardo cherries to garnish the drink with but dang they're expensive.

 

[PЯOVOSҬ]

 

[Six]

I didn't really start hating on alcohol until I had to start babysitting people instead of having fun. I know some people who practically turn into adult sized toddlers after drinking. And yes I am aware that not everyone gets like that when they drink, at my drunkest I can still keep myself out of trouble.

 

[XtremelyBaneful]

Ah...gotta bump this thread coz I've been drinking way more than I used to. My workplace has a happy hour every Thursday so naturally (or unnaturally) I've been drinking every Thursday