Thread: Good beer / ale

Originally Posted by ByronTodd

My current two favorites:

Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA - Oh my, even if you hate IPAs, this beer will make you rethink that.

Chimay Grand Reserve Blue - Wow. The definition of a Belhian beer (at least for me.) Good to great stuff.

The Chimays make me drool!! La Chouffe is a fantastic beer which I was only recently introduced to,also La Gullotine and Lucifer are great. There's so many Belgian beers that I love (I have a membership for the Belgian Beer Cafe in my city)

Originally Posted by Akady

May I ask who makes Fat Tire Abbey?

My bad, it's New Belgium Abbey. Fat tire is the name of their "signature" ale. The 1554 is also quite good.

Originally Posted by foundlingofdollar

The 1554 is also quite good.

Ditto here. I liked that brew quite a bit when I tried it this last winter. I don't see it around here at all these days. Was it a seasonal offering?

Originally Posted by joesixpack

Ditto here. I liked that brew quite a bit when I tried it this last winter. I don't see it around here at all these days. Was it a seasonal offering?

They do make some seasonals, but 1554 is brewed year round.

Originally Posted by foundlingofdollar

My bad, it's New Belgium Abbey. Fat tire is the name of their "signature" ale. The 1554 is also quite good.

Ok I was thinking thats what you were talking about. Its not New Belgium Abbey, its just New Belgium Brewing Company, they are based about an hour away from my house. Fat Tire is one of my favorite beers. The Springboard seasonal is a great light ale for the hot summer days.

Originally Posted by Akady

Its not New Belgium Abbey, ....

Actually, it is New Belgium Abbey. It's their abbey style beer. And, yes, it's from the same brewer. I can't get it out here, though I wish I could.

Oh you are talking about the beer New Belgium Abbey , not the breweing companies name. My bad I thought you were talking about the brewery not the beer.

Greetings Gents

I hope you don't mind me joining the beer discussion. Before I moved to Wales I lived in the West Midlands which has loads of Micro-Brewerys and excellent ales. Guess my favourites are Sarah Hughes' "Dark Ruby" (formerly Ruby Mild) and Enville Ale which is a honey based brew. There is also a very, very dark one called Gothic but I can't remember who brews it. You can lift this pint to a really bright light and still not see through it.

When I went to Canada 2 years ago I worked my way through the ENTIRE Red Rock catalogue, well except the Grasshopper as I don't like Lager, but the Jackrabbit had a nice kick to it.

OK KO! Any European brewery is a micro by Stateside standards

Only two breweries in our home town. Brains (Brains Beers - Traditional cask beers produced in Wales by Brains), who also sponsor the national squad, brew SA (aka Skull Attack locally & quaffable) Dark (deceptive) amongst other fine ales. Bullmastiff, who have no site, brew amazing gluggable beer with names like Dog's Bollocks & Son of A Bitch., ,

Originally Posted by Spike J

OK KO! Any European brewery is a micro by Stateside standards
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I don't know about that. Becks, Heinekin, and Smella Fartois, oops, I mean Stella Artois are pretty damned big by anyones standards. So is Guiness, for that matter.