Thread: Beer

Originally Posted by ryan_a

If you guys would like to try the celebration or Big Foot maybe you guys could put money in my paypal and I will send some to you if you want. I would imagine shipping would be expensive, and I have no idea how to ship beer. But if you like Barlywine Ale the Bigfoot is awesome and worth trying. The market by my place will get me as many cases as I want. So if any of you guys want to buy a case or whatever let me know. It would probably be about $25 +- plus shipping.

Anybody that can't get celebraton ale in their home town, take Ryan up on this. It's amazing! It's sooo good, and it's now or wait 'tll next year. It doesn't last long in my fridge. We have been quaffing it for 2-3 weeks now and lovin' it.

Originally Posted by xman

Sounds like things have been getting better down there.

I've heard of places like that. Sounds nice. Almost too good to be true.

Cool story... Back in '93-'95 I was stationed in Merced with the USAF. Went up to Modesto for an Oktoberfest that the chamber of commerce was putting on. $25 for a pint glass and entry. Once inside, food and all the beer you could stand. Every major brewery had representative tables, and several of the semi-local micros. St. Stans, Sierra Nevada, etc. I spotted the SN table immediately upon strolling in with my empty glass and made a beeline. Standard greetings, etc and he proceeded to fill m glass halfway. I gave him an odd look, he shrugged, and I slammed it. He filled it halfway again. What's the deal? I said. Rules, sir, you know. Ok then, I said, your sore arm, not mine. I came back several more times, then he told me shit man, here you go. Filled me up and then pulled a glass out for himself. I pulled up a chair and stayed there until my wife dragged me out. Turns out the rep for them got sick and he was the only one who could come. According to him, he was the #2 behind the head brewmeister at SN. Told me all kinds of cool stuff, we had a blast. He couldn't leave the table, so I made schnitzel runs for us. Couldn't talk him out of that cool banner he had draped over the table though. You know the one, the creek running down, the colorful label on the pale ale bottle. A bud of mine bartended at a place called Mulligan's in Merced, a sports pub, and they had a rotating plethora of SN's on tap. Didn't take me long to get hooked. By the time I did the 'fest in Modesto, I knew what I was looking for. Now I'm in FL. I can find the odd sixer of pale ale, and now and then find some Bigfoot, but that's about it. The porter is one of my all time favorites, but it's tough to come by. Sometimes I miss the west coast..................Jeff

One of my favorite types of beers are the Belgian styles. Anybody here from Belgium...If so, you are lucky.

Originally Posted by ryan_a

One of my favorite types of beers are the Belgian styles. Anybody here from Belgium...If so, you are lucky.

Belgium is the greatest place on the planet. Greatest food, greatest Beer, nicest people. I wish I were there.

I really want to go there! I have Belgian beer glasses specific to the beer, and the beers to go with them, just haven't been to Belgium...need to go!

I was there in '99 and had a great time. Spent a day or so in Brussles, and the rest of the time near Brugge. They have something called a "brown bars" which I can only describe as someting like a beer library. They'll have about 10 taps and a hundred or so different beers in bottles. The beer list is several pages long. If you go in the late summer or early fall, the mussles are in season and all the resturaunts have 'em on the special. They're oh-so-good with a couple of beers.

My favorite beer? FREE beer!

For everyday drinking (well maybe every other day) I am pretty easy to please...anything that is not Budweiser...I just prefer beers with a heavier taste. My favorite is Guiness!

Steven

So many beers to choose from, I cannot pick just one.