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Straw, spoon, or straight from the cup/bowl?
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More black Costa Rican French Roast coffee.
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Straw, spoon, or straight from the cup/bowl?
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More black Costa Rican French Roast coffee.
MrBungle
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Hope its not that awful chipotle cheese dip they started peddling not long ago
M
moose eater
A Velveeta frappe'??
Chappi
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Stone Drink by 12/25
It’s honestly a bit of a let down. The carbonation is so low that it’s almost syrupy and due to that, kind of too sweet, like cough syrup sweet. It’s hard to get into. I love IPA’s- basically my go to but this one is just a mess. STONE how can you mess up the most important beer of the year lol
It’s honestly a bit of a let down. The carbonation is so low that it’s almost syrupy and due to that, kind of too sweet, like cough syrup sweet. It’s hard to get into. I love IPA’s- basically my go to but this one is just a mess. STONE how can you mess up the most important beer of the year lol
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moose eater
Half of a 22 oz. bottle of Lagunitas Imperial Stout, 9.9% abv, split with my wife into two (supposedly 12 oz.) draft beer glasses.
Anyone else ever notice that the typical/common draft beer glasses they fill & sell you in the bars/restaurants that they advertise as being 12 oz. glasses are actually only barely 11 oz.??
We don't drink in bars as a rule, very rarely, like once every half decade or less. Nor do we typically have more than 1 or 2 beverages in any given day, but as my wife pointed out, the companies involved owe patrons another beer after every 11 beers, based on the deception in the advertised size of the glasses.
Probably not the next hot-button political issue that will get picked up on in the National News, or motivate hordes of protestors to get out into the streets to light the barricades, but....
Anyone else ever notice that the typical/common draft beer glasses they fill & sell you in the bars/restaurants that they advertise as being 12 oz. glasses are actually only barely 11 oz.??
We don't drink in bars as a rule, very rarely, like once every half decade or less. Nor do we typically have more than 1 or 2 beverages in any given day, but as my wife pointed out, the companies involved owe patrons another beer after every 11 beers, based on the deception in the advertised size of the glasses.
Probably not the next hot-button political issue that will get picked up on in the National News, or motivate hordes of protestors to get out into the streets to light the barricades, but....
BakedBandit
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Fucking rip offs! Pint glasses ain't a pint neither most of the time.
M
moose eater
The EU sells a lot of 11.2 oz bottles, due to metric measurements of volume, rather than standard.
Some of my favorite beers come .8 oz. shy of what I'm accustomed to from U.S. breweries, but they tend to label them accurately on the bottle.
Just got a sixer of Guinness Export Extra Stout at 7% abv, and a sixer of their 200-Year Anniversary Export Stout at 6% abv; both of them 11.2 oz. bottles.
The Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout, rather than a 22 oz bottle, comes in an 18.7 oz., if I recall correctly. Just had one the other day. One of my favorites of all time, as far as flavor is concerned.
The U.S. is one of the last countries to abstain from the metric conversion. I was living in Canada when they began their transition toward a more pervasive or thorough metric form of measurement.
Some of my favorite beers come .8 oz. shy of what I'm accustomed to from U.S. breweries, but they tend to label them accurately on the bottle.
Just got a sixer of Guinness Export Extra Stout at 7% abv, and a sixer of their 200-Year Anniversary Export Stout at 6% abv; both of them 11.2 oz. bottles.
The Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout, rather than a 22 oz bottle, comes in an 18.7 oz., if I recall correctly. Just had one the other day. One of my favorites of all time, as far as flavor is concerned.
The U.S. is one of the last countries to abstain from the metric conversion. I was living in Canada when they began their transition toward a more pervasive or thorough metric form of measurement.
Chappi I have a hard time believing that you really think Stone screwed up that beer...
I still think it's delicious. If you push the ABV up higher than 8 or 9 percent the beer will be sweeter no matter how many hops go in.
I'm drinking Lagunitas Born Yesterday.
It's brewed with fresh wet hops and is also incredibly fresh and pungent, as I found the Enjoy By to be.
Fresh is best baby.
I still think it's delicious. If you push the ABV up higher than 8 or 9 percent the beer will be sweeter no matter how many hops go in.
I'm drinking Lagunitas Born Yesterday.
It's brewed with fresh wet hops and is also incredibly fresh and pungent, as I found the Enjoy By to be.
Fresh is best baby.
Green Squall
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Almost all imports are 11.2 oz now with the exception of a few like Heineken and Corona. Even Red Stripe is 11.2 oz now. Labatt cans are still 12 oz though. Molson Canadian bottles and cans are still 12 oz thankfully.
Full Sail Brewerys Session Line from Oregon is 11oz I've noticed. What the hell Full Sail Brewery? We don't have the metric system in this country.
just curious what size bottles you prefer ?
,,we get all sizes in uk ,,sometimes i like the 11.2oz/330ml cans depends on the brew ,,not keen on 9.2oz/275ml bottles or smaller of any brew ,,they just go to quick
not overly keen on some of the bigger bottles 22.5 oz/660ml,,get warm to quick ..
currently drinking magners in 15 oz /440ml cans ,,they go down to quick but come in big packs
prefer this over all the other magner sizes and they do em all ..unfortunatly magners dont do an anti gout size
pints of ale rule
*all sizes approximate
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moose eater
The 18.7 oz. bottles of Samuel Smith's are nice, especially the Imperial Stout, which comes in under abv compared to someother higher test beers at 7.0% abv. As much as I like it, 18.7 oz is a bit much, but splitting it often results in too little.
I like a 16-oz. pint, but as written earlier, our draft beer glasses here are somewhat misleading; our (supposedly) 12-oz. glasses are only 11 oz., and our pint draft glasses are only 15 oz. nothing to break the bank, just a bit misleading, and I'm sure aimed at compensating bar keeps for what they lose in foam, etc, fro a keg, thus making a bit more $ over time.
When you get into the higher abv beers, a 22 oz. bottle is often too much for one sitting, unless splitting it.
The smaller size bottles are nice when you don't really want to catch too much of a buzz, but we don't get them here with any real decent beer that I know of, other than with questionable brew, like what they used to sell under the brand name 'Little Kings' or, I forget the name of the beer, but it was known as a 'wide mouth,' was green like a Heineken, and short and squat like a minature wooden keg made of glass.
I think when it comes to really good beer, the 11.2 to 12 oz'ers are right, as you can put one down, even in the 9% or so abv range, and not forfeit the next hour or two of productivity.
Sitting with friends in a pub? A nice pint glass of Irish stout or Scot ale is the ticket for me. And extra points if the glass is frosted, though in Ireland they may still be fond of their warmer beer.
I like a 16-oz. pint, but as written earlier, our draft beer glasses here are somewhat misleading; our (supposedly) 12-oz. glasses are only 11 oz., and our pint draft glasses are only 15 oz. nothing to break the bank, just a bit misleading, and I'm sure aimed at compensating bar keeps for what they lose in foam, etc, fro a keg, thus making a bit more $ over time.
When you get into the higher abv beers, a 22 oz. bottle is often too much for one sitting, unless splitting it.
The smaller size bottles are nice when you don't really want to catch too much of a buzz, but we don't get them here with any real decent beer that I know of, other than with questionable brew, like what they used to sell under the brand name 'Little Kings' or, I forget the name of the beer, but it was known as a 'wide mouth,' was green like a Heineken, and short and squat like a minature wooden keg made of glass.
I think when it comes to really good beer, the 11.2 to 12 oz'ers are right, as you can put one down, even in the 9% or so abv range, and not forfeit the next hour or two of productivity.
Sitting with friends in a pub? A nice pint glass of Irish stout or Scot ale is the ticket for me. And extra points if the glass is frosted, though in Ireland they may still be fond of their warmer beer.
just curious what size bottles you prefer ?
,,we get all sizes in uk ,,sometimes i like the 11.2oz/330ml cans depends on the brew ,,not keen on 9.2oz/275ml bottles or smaller of any brew ,,they just go to quick
not overly keen on some of the bigger bottles 22.5 oz/660ml,,get warm to quick ..
currently drinking magners in 15 oz /440ml cans ,,they go down to quick but come in big packs
unfortunatly magners dont do an anti gout size
pints of ale rule
*all sizes approximate
in uk ,,not warm but slightly chilled is the way to enjoy ales and stouts, frosty glasses and stout or ale is a no no ,totally changes the flavour if too cold ..don't get me started on guiness extra cold its a disgrace to the guiness family name
just drinking some Sadlers Thin ice and some Adnams ghost ship ,,gotta get the purine levels down too much cider lately and the gouts killing
man o man i love this ale
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CaptainDankness
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Just tried a few different Bourbons the last night bought a half gallon of my usual Wild Turkey 101 and a nip of Snob (Knob) Creek and Makers Mark along with a nip of Remy Martin Congac.
Surprisingly not much of a difference between the Bourbons slight difference at the most but I couldn't find a big difference like a lot of Whiskey snobs speak of. Of course their is a difference between Jim Beam and the better Bourbons.
Even the Remy Martin Cognac expensive as hell was not much different of course you get a slight wine like flavor like other Brandy's but not really better than a good Bourbon. Certainly not worth the price difference.
Of course I do need to try out some Scotch whisky's now haven't tried any yet have tried Crown Royal and other Canadian whiskeys so far for price and quality I'm a Wild Turkey 101 man myself.
Rum is pretty good especially in mixed drinks but I prefer whiskey straight hands down from what I've tried at least. I do like lots of different liquor but my favorite is definitely whiskey for now.
Surprisingly not much of a difference between the Bourbons slight difference at the most but I couldn't find a big difference like a lot of Whiskey snobs speak of. Of course their is a difference between Jim Beam and the better Bourbons.
Even the Remy Martin Cognac expensive as hell was not much different of course you get a slight wine like flavor like other Brandy's but not really better than a good Bourbon. Certainly not worth the price difference.
Of course I do need to try out some Scotch whisky's now haven't tried any yet have tried Crown Royal and other Canadian whiskeys so far for price and quality I'm a Wild Turkey 101 man myself.
Rum is pretty good especially in mixed drinks but I prefer whiskey straight hands down from what I've tried at least. I do like lots of different liquor but my favorite is definitely whiskey for now.
i remember drinking Jim bean when i was about 12 with a mate ,,we got severely fucked ,,shouting we want jumping bean and other such oddities ,,i ended up on the floor laughing at me mucker puking ,,till he swallowed his tongue and i shit myself ,he really did turn a funny colour ,,i hadn't got a clue what to do ,,luckily my cousin came around to keep an eye on us (parents orders)..he'd just trained in the airforce and immediately grabbed a dart out the dartboard on the kitchen wall and stabbed me muckers tongue and dragged it out and off to a&e he went ,,luckily he survived ,,worst hangover ever
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moose eater
in uk ,,not warm but slightly chilled is the way to enjoy ales and stouts, frosty glasses and stout or ale is a no no ,totally changes the flavour if too cold ..don't get me started on guiness extra cold its a disgrace to the guiness family name
just drinking some Sadlers Thin ice and some Adnams ghost ship ,,gotta get the purine levels down too much cider lately and the gouts killing
man o man i love this ale
Not familiar with either of those.
I can drink a stout or darker red or brown ale cool, but warm's off the table. Warm they're just too filling, too full, too much.
When it concerns liquor I'm mostly a tequila guy, though lately we've been mixing the equivalent of our own maple liqueur, involving smoother Canadian whiskeys./ Something I really hadn't dabbled in since I was a youngster.
So there's a whole shit-load of really nice, smooth Canuck whiskeys that I'd not encountered before, and which are quite affordable.
Recently picked up a bottle of Hay Burner, and there's a bottle of Pendleton on sale right now in town that I saw. The smoother, less woody has been the Royal Crest. The Hay Burner is a 6-year oak aged house blend. Pretty nice. My wife has one on the rocks on and off. I make the liqueur a snifter at a time.
Otherwise my wife's mostly a wine and scotch drinker. I had been married to her for over 28 years when I became aware of her preference for scotch. She never asked for it, never bought it, etc. She's an amazing woman who asks for nearly nothing. She deserves much more.
Usually I stick to the reposado tequilas, and found one I -really- liked a lot, 'Espanita,' but they did the predictable brief period of intro pricing, then upped it about $8/bottle after folks got to liking it, and that's a game of shallow marketing that's offended me for years. So I haven't bought a bottle of it since.
Anyway, they had Lunazul on sale in town for ~$5 off, and they only had blanco/plata/silver; a cleaner tequila flavor but without the mellowing or complexities of a reposado. So I left my more common path, and plucked a bottle of the silver. Penny-pinching caused a deviation from habit. Not a bad detour, either. Decent stuff, for a lesser priced ta-kill-ya'.
M
moose eater
You nursing a cold, yesum? If the last item had been zinc instead of magnesium, I'd have likely been more certain of it.
Just finishing a moderately chilled (YOU SEE THAT HAZY?? MODERATELY CHILLED!!
) Founders Brewing Co 'Dirty Bastard' Scot ale @ 8.5% abv, then back to my quart peanut butter jar of R/O water, and trimming the last of the widow bomb.Did I mention I loathe trimming??
