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Comment on Man Cave Hot Dog Chili by TGTondini

TGTondini — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:18:22 +0000

This chili was absolutely devoured! People were skipping the hotdogs and eating bowls of this stuff…..I wanted to hide it and keep it all to myself! Really, it was just that good……

Comment on Hop Slam Ale by john Womack

john Womack — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 23:29:17 +0000

Agree. America, the wasteland of beer until about ten years ago, is now hopping with many new offerings. In fact, it hard to find as good a choice in Europe now as you can fine – in certain places – in America. The higher alcohol beers can be a bit hard to handle for some, but personally I treated San Adams Imperial White (which I can no longer find) as a wine, because it drinks like a good wine. Dogfish Heads are typical of beers I like to mix over the course of an evening for lots of good taste. Again, with 9 or 10% alcohol, they are perhaps best escorted with a less noble drink.

Comment on Hoegaarden Original White Ale by Hoegaarden Original White Ale | Beer For Beer Drinkers

Hoegaarden Original White Ale | Beer For Beer Drinkers — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:01:32 +0000

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Comment on Double Bastard Ale by John Setzler

John Setzler — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:15:13 +0000

Worthy or not, I finished the whole bottle, and I felt alot closer to worthiness shortly thereafter :)

Comment on Double Bastard Ale by Tom Devlin

Tom Devlin — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:44:41 +0000

So, you think you are worthy?

Comment on Arrogant Bastard Ale by Double Bastard Ale « Brews and Blues

Double Bastard Ale « Brews and Blues — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:32:52 +0000

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Comment on Storm King Imperial Stout by Tom Devlin

Tom Devlin — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:34:37 +0000

Now John, let’s be careful with this calorie counting nonsense. Imperial Stouts are in a class by themselves and should be treated with proper reverence. Thoughts of calories need to banished. Feelings of guilt may come through. These feelings will only cause unnecessary distractions from the task at hand.

The Victory is a terrific stout. Good choice.

Comment on Angry Angel Kolsch by Tom Devlin

Tom Devlin — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 21:17:55 +0000

John, thankfully the resolution did not last.

The Angry Angel is good stuff. Nice choice.

Comment on Pabst Blue Ribbon by john Womack

john Womack — Sun, 02 Jan 2011 05:24:55 +0000

In 1844, it was probably a good beer. It was almost certainly a local beer and there were probably a lot of great lagers and ales in the U.S. Prohibition destroyed the brewing industry in our country and when it came back it got caught in the web of commercial brewing corporations. Some local brews persisted until about the 1970s when Coors, Lucky Lager, Firehouse, Iron City and several other fine local beers were “nationalized” and sold coast to coast. Now, really good beers are returning to America under the guise of “microbrewing”. I have not tried the new Budweisers that their new owner is bringing in – they might be good – Check those out! Throughout Europe – except for Italy – you can order a “beer” and they will bring you a local brew – great. In America, you have to specify the brand you want. And as far as vienna sausages go, the last one I had was in Vienna, and it was a boiled bratwurst – delicious! But as far as the American “mistakes in a can”, I wouldn’t even put one of those in a Pabst – I think that might generate some karmic problems down the road.

Comment on Coney Island Freaktoberfest by John Setzler

John Setzler — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:19:30 +0000

Matthew, sorry you had an issue with it. I didn’t have that problem with mine. Typically when I get a bottle of beer that seems to be over carbonated, the beer will turn out to be beyond its recommended shelf life. I would assume that your bottle came from the 2010 batch, which means it should have been within the specified date range, but there is a possibility that it could have been from a previous batch. If you liked the beer beyond that issue, I recommend giving it another try :)