Post by repulsionist on May 21, 2023 15:21:20 GMT -5
Orion Okinawa's Craft - The Black
Sometimes seen as the Orion Southern Star Black Lager, this black lager drinks smoother than Xingu and other black lagers I can recall having, like Modelo Negro among others. A very worthy drink if you can find this on draft or in store.
Last Edit: May 21, 2023 17:33:08 GMT -5 by repulsionist
Post by repulsionist on Jul 9, 2023 17:37:41 GMT -5
Windhoek Lager
A certain phrase injected itself into my consciouness upon first slug of this beer. That phrase? "Arrogant Piss". Dunno if anyone's noticed but some overseas-to-US manufacturers have changed the way they make their adjuncts. This beer and Tsingtao are two notable delinquents. The water used has a distinct, chemical, "retrieved from formerly unclean source" flavour. Windhoek, pronounced with a "v" sound as one might do in Afrikaans, is a Heineken/Steinlager like beer. I could further my malicious words towards this beer, but I fear retribution from SA BOSS.
Post by repulsionist on Jul 23, 2023 16:04:05 GMT -5
Kaiserdom Dark
Whole lotta blech on this one. No carbonation. Too smooth for drinking as a dark lager. Poured into a dimpled mug as suggested by beer type. Just a waste of cash on an old litre can. Boo.
Last Edit: Jul 23, 2023 16:04:30 GMT -5 by repulsionist
Post by ๐ cahusserole ๐ on Jul 23, 2023 19:30:33 GMT -5
thoughts on the demise of Anchor? I went out and got a 6 pack of Anchor Steam the morning I heard, thankfully there was still some available. that was a nice beer.
Post by repulsionist on Jul 23, 2023 20:38:48 GMT -5
Gutted to hear of its collapse, ๐ cahusserole ๐. Their California Lager is such a nice accompaniment to many dishes. To see they had done a Mexican style lager of late (San Pancho) twists the knife a bit more - knowing I will not likely experience the libation.
Anchor Steam was the go-to 30 years ago when seeking an original, craft beer at the bottle shop/convenience/Von's/whatever. I guess it's North Coast Brewing near term, when in a pinch and wanting an beer akin to Anchor Steam.
It's not hard to see why Anchor is going under. Where is the market for a craft lager today? With a local brewer, if any. Too bad it doesn't survive for Californians, I guess.
Post by repulsionist on Aug 9, 2023 21:55:56 GMT -5
Van Pur Lager
While it is easy to derive a joke about this beer being made for burly cats that like driving vans, it is not so easy to find this bottom shelf lager produced by a LLC in Poland. I've been doing a 6-year tour through odd lots of adjuncts, though few have noticed or thanked me for this work of sifting through the sands of bottle shops in Australasia to uncover international beers of varying quality and inconsistent refreshment. However, happiness it its own reward. And rewarded I have been in finding yet another "what the hell is this?", yet knowing exactly what it is by colouring of can: usually green and gold. I also found this beer's lookalike cousin, Edelmeister Pilsener, at the same hole-in-the-wall. Bated breath, and all that.
There's really no great discernment to tout from any of these adjuncts. It's not a Coors Banquet. It's not a San Miguel, which I've since found in a number of bottle shops.ย
Last Edit: Aug 10, 2023 3:36:35 GMT -5 by repulsionist
I find the Founders All-Day Session IPA to be a more than respectable low-impact IPA for when you want the satisfaction of crushing more than a few without the risk of later discomfort. I find the fact that it comes in 15-packs for the same price most other IPAs come in 12-packs to be more than respectable as well.
Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Aug 10, 2023 7:49:42 GMT -5
Two weeks ago we visited Miskatonic Brewing, which is about 20 minutes from us, and enjoyed many of their Lovecraftian beers. Love that place.
I also bought new canned beer for the first time in ages last weekend, and tried them both. I got:
Marz Brewing's Double Jungle Boogie - the regular Jungle Boogie is a wheat ale brewed with rooibos; Double Jungle Boogie is an imperial wheat ale. It was definitely more bitter/hoppy up-front, but not unpleasantly so, and rounds out to juicier, fruitier notes from the tea.
Azadi Brewing's Kadak, a "Mumbai Cutting Chai Stout". Azadi is a newer brewery in Chicago that focuses on Indian flavors, and I love chai, so it was pure coincidence that I ended up with two tea-infused beers. The Kadak did not have strong notes of cinnamon, cloves, cardamom etc that you might expect from chai, and was more like a roasty tasty stout. It was good, but I was hoping for a bit stronger chai/spice flavor.
Post by repulsionist on Aug 13, 2023 16:03:08 GMT -5
Edelmeister Pilsener turned out to be exactly the suspect I thought it was: indistinguishable mass brew pilsener with imposing burgher on the can. Another rare beast captured and quaffed, no suitable trophy other than conquest.
Post by repulsionist on Aug 24, 2023 16:33:27 GMT -5
Chang - Lager Beer
Perhaps the best-known Thai beer around. Very pleasant in its adjunctive, though its current marketing strategy of making a more positive impact on alcohol's role in society is a bit cryptic, confusing, usw.
Post by repulsionist on Sept 14, 2023 21:48:04 GMT -5
Praลพaฤka - Pale Lager
Another pils from Bohemia. Another corner of the bottle shop barrens charted. No achievements unlocked. My prowl of the off license savannah continues.
Last Edit: Sept 16, 2023 0:22:58 GMT -5 by repulsionist
I had a few beers in Maine and brought home more than a few, particularly from Atlantic Brewing in Bar Harbor. I tasted a flight first, and the Brother Adam's Bragget Ale was so damn smooth, and they didn't sell individual bottles like the others, that I paid way too much for a four-pack.
Last night I made a huge mistake in which my love of a novelty beverage caused me to ignore common sense. This is injeolmi flavored beer. Injeolmi (์ธ์ ๋ฏธ), for those with minimal knowledge of Korean cuisine, is a sort of sticky rice cake coated with powdered dried beans. I do not care much for injeolmi as a food item and yet when I saw a tallboy of novelty injeolmi flavored beer in the icebox at the convenience store I immediately was like, "Yes! That is the tallboy of beer I'm buying tonight!" -2 out of 19.32 thumbs up.
Last night I made a huge mistake in which my love of a novelty beverage caused me to ignore common sense. This is injeolmi flavored beer. Injeolmi (์ธ์ ๋ฏธ), for those with minimal knowledge of Korean cuisine, is a sort of sticky rice cake coated with powdered dried beans. I do not care much for injeolmi as a food item and yet when I saw a tallboy of novelty injeolmi flavored beer in the icebox at the convenience store I immediately was like, "Yes! That is the tallboy of beer I'm buying tonight!" -2 out of 19.32 thumbs up.
I see that the company in Korea has a character like Beer-chan from San-X, "made from cute hops". We could all use more of this.
Last night I made a huge mistake in which my love of a novelty beverage caused me to ignore common sense. This is injeolmi flavored beer. Injeolmi (์ธ์ ๋ฏธ), for those with minimal knowledge of Korean cuisine, is a sort of sticky rice cake coated with powdered dried beans. I do not care much for injeolmi as a food item and yet when I saw a tallboy of novelty injeolmi flavored beer in the icebox at the convenience store I immediately was like, "Yes! That is the tallboy of beer I'm buying tonight!" -2 out of 19.32 thumbs up.
I see that the company in Korea has a character like Beer-chan from San-X, "made from cute hops". We could all use more of this.
Last night I made a huge mistake in which my love of a novelty beverage caused me to ignore common sense. This is injeolmi flavored beer. Injeolmi (์ธ์ ๋ฏธ), for those with minimal knowledge of Korean cuisine, is a sort of sticky rice cake coated with powdered dried beans. I do not care much for injeolmi as a food item and yet when I saw a tallboy of novelty injeolmi flavored beer in the icebox at the convenience store I immediately was like, "Yes! That is the tallboy of beer I'm buying tonight!" -2 out of 19.32 thumbs up.
Last night I made a huge mistake in which my love of a novelty beverage caused me to ignore common sense. This is injeolmi flavored beer. Injeolmi (์ธ์ ๋ฏธ), for those with minimal knowledge of Korean cuisine, is a sort of sticky rice cake coated with powdered dried beans. I do not care much for injeolmi as a food item and yet when I saw a tallboy of novelty injeolmi flavored beer in the icebox at the convenience store I immediately was like, "Yes! That is the tallboy of beer I'm buying tonight!" -2 out of 19.32 thumbs up.
That is a top tier beer mug.
It very quickly became my favorite at home beer vessel. Like I have other random pint glasses and the like but this one is great. Real solid. Can hold a tallboy with ease. Funny little German guy on it.
Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Nov 20, 2023 11:02:52 GMT -5
I have three kinds of beer to take with us for Thanksgiving:
Victory's Merry Monkey, a Belgian with cranberry, orange peel, nutmeg and cinnamon, and two from Off Color: Aquia Regia (barleywine) and Beer For Dealing With Your Family, a "winter warmer". All nice and high abv for feeling pleasantly fuzzy around loved ones.
I'm going to illustrate a Beer Pyramid. It will have only three levels: the small capper "Wow this is really good!"; Good; and Whatever.
The way some people go on about your many and various Whatever beers, you'd think there were pins under their fingernails. You're not going to be traumatized because you had to drink Budweiser, it's just a Whatever.
I'm going to illustrate a Beer Pyramid. It will have only three levels: the small capper "Wow this is really good!"; Good; and Whatever.
The way some people go on about your many and various Whatever beers, you'd think there were pins under their fingernails. You're not going to be traumatized because you had to drink Budweiser, it's just a Whatever.
One time I was hanging out back with the bands at an Oceano gig (that's a death metal band; my wife's cousins are in the band), and one of the guys offered me a Bud Light from their cooler. I said something like, "Oh no, I'm good. I'm fancy. I only drink, like..." and he cut me off and said, "What are you talking about? Just take it."
Anyway, that's a time I drank Bud Light. I succumbed to peer pressure.
I'm going to illustrate a Beer Pyramid. It will have only three levels: the small capper "Wow this is really good!"; Good; and Whatever.
The way some people go on about your many and various Whatever beers, you'd think there were pins under their fingernails. You're not going to be traumatized because you had to drink Budweiser, it's just a Whatever.
See, I only drink the top two levels My "whatever" is like, maybe a Sam Adams or a Blue Moon, but I would happily not drink at all rather than go for a Budweiser.
Post by repulsionist on Jan 7, 2024 14:10:48 GMT -5
Horn Disel - Ice Pilsner
A Lithuanian brand with no researchable history. No kiss of the hops, a la Schiltz. No cool mountain streams, like Busch. Really appreciate the foil cap to this imperial pint can.
Post by repulsionist on Jan 15, 2024 21:14:32 GMT -5
Budweiser (Belgique)
Does InBev maintain its Beechwood ageing across the Atlantic? Does the King of Beers know where it is in the Southern Hemisphere? Can its advertising phenotype have expression in a place where the dominant trait is Heineken?
Answer: No.
No 1 - Found in a 500ml can, this beer has some hint of the peak Beechwood ageing most commonly remembered in the 1980s version of Drinkability King.
No 2 - Budweiser barely scratches the veneer of Australasian drinking scene, in my experience. Just happy to see it in the bottle shops again after, say, 3 years.
No 3 - Basically hidden in a few of the shops near me. Not always there. Only the most prodigious of shops with the lowest wages paid to the employees has this for any duration of its temporary availability.
Last Edit: Jan 16, 2024 2:37:31 GMT -5 by repulsionist
My "whatever" is like, maybe a Sam Adams or a Blue Moon, but I would happily not drink at all rather than go for a Budweiser.