Alcoholic Beverage of Choice?

"Aventinus is a great beer. The wife loves her Belgians too. There's a brewery here in the states called Onmegang. They're officially a subsidiary of Duvel and make some great ales. I've for a clone of their dubbel fermenting right now. Their quad is superb in the cold dark months of the North American winters"

My old mans just been to Belgium and brought us back a crate of the Westvletren 12, made up! America streets ahead of us though in terms of craft brewing, as much as it pains me to admit it! A mate is a brewer at a small(ish) local brewery and always moans about the boring beers they churn out.

Westy 12! Lucky bàstard! There was a release here last year. Couldn't justify the $85 for a six pack though.

The amount of craft breweries here is astounding. There's two in my town of 40,000 people alone. Love hanging out in the brewery just trying all the new experiments they've done

comment by I didn't think we'd sign Mata, sincerely 1984China. (U11181)
posted 39 minutes ago
Manfrombelmonty, I guess my experience of being attacked by drunks, racist abuse thrown at me and my dad being in a racist drunk attack when I was a kid are all fine to you then.
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lol how did we get here?

Are there any to watch out for? Obviously the main ones we get over here are Brooklyn, Anchor, Flying Dog, etc but we're actually changing up our bottled beer range at work at the moment so I've been putting the feelers out..

Manfrombelmonty, I guess my experience of being attacked by drunks, racist abuse thrown at me and my dad being in a racist drunk attack when I was a kid are all fine to you then.
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Well my experiences of being attacked by sober people, racist abuse thrown at me and my dad being in a racist sober attack have made me think drinking is the way forward.

One of the best cocktails out there has to be a head spinner called a 'Harlem Mugger', which is based on 3 white spirts;

Vodka, Gin, Tequila, Champagne, Cranberry juice and a slice of lime - all poured into a tall glass full of ice.

Guaranteed, after two of these you'll be wondering why you've suddenly got a speach impediment and a silly grin in your face.

Pricey but well worth it!

comment by gratedbean (U4885)
posted 6 hours, 58 minutes ago
Are there any to watch out for? Obviously the main ones we get over here are Brooklyn, Anchor, Flying Dog, etc but we're actually changing up our bottled beer range at work at the moment so I've been putting the feelers out..
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Founders
Sierra Nevada
Six Point
Firestone Walker
Jacks Abby
Ballast Point
Rogue
Stone

All of these are probably big enough for export. Founders having probably the best variety and some of the tastiest

Sierra Nevada is another one gaining popularity over here, but I'll keep an eye out for the others! Nice one.

Sierra Nevada torpedo is a great IPA. They do everything quite well.

I can't emphasize enough just how great Founders are, though. I know it's available in N Ireland so should be elsewhere in the UK.

Founders Double Chocolate Coffee Oatmeal Breakfast Stout is easily the best beer to have passed these lips.

Am hoping to replicate an Oatmeal Imperial Stout for my next brew

Also, just in case anyone's worried, none of the beers I've mentioned have turned me into a violent racist one man hate crew.

Just saying, y'know