KSK Commenter BONUS Draft: Beer
05.25.07
It’s Memorial Day weekend, so let us choose our favorite brews. I have stated many times that I am a beer whore and NOT a beer snob, so any beer suits my fancy. But if you’re more particular, this may be for you. If you missed last evening’s draft, here’s a quick chance to make up for it.
The rules: Pick any beer. If it’s obscure, leave a link. PICK ONE BEER ONLY, COMMENTER LARRY BURNS. Once 10 other people have picked, you may pick another.
My pick? Chimay.
Delicious and TWICE the alcohol!
Enjoy the weekend. Missing your cheerleader? Try a Google search. I’m sure something will turn up.
UPDATE: Different varieties by the same brewer or label are fine.
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I don’t know about that. I’m not sure I agree with your ideas. I’ll just agree to disagree. Thanks for the post.
i enjoyed the article, you have a nice blog.
Ugh, I’m dyslexic.
Jesus, Goose Island barely squeaks in, and not one self respecting individual mentions Gordon Biersch? I mean dear god, get it together!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Biersch
“Alec Brandon said…
No one from Chicago here?
I’m going with 321.”
Are you from Chicago? It’s 312 big guy. You know, like the area code.
And I apologize ahead of time if you happen to suffer from the MJF shakes and just mistyped it during a spastic convulsion.
Nice! Leffe Brown is still on the board.
Paraphrasing what BDD said in the original post, tastes good AND knocks you on your ass.
Victory Golden Monkey – gotta love the 10% alcohol
Well, I’m way late, but I feel the need to represent the Northwest:
Pyramid Snow Cap and Mac and Jack’s African Amber.
And for whomever asked earlier, they still make Olympia; you can usually buy it by the can at hipster bars on Capitol Hill.
Gulden Drach (Gold dragon) 10% baby!
Several good ones left:
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald Porter
St. Bernardus 12
Rochefort 10
Goose Island Imperial IPA
Stone’s Double Bastard 2006
and the most elusive beer of all time:
Westvletern Abt 12
Since noone’s still picking I’ll just take them all.
(Why do I always have to hit Publish twice in order to post?)
I too love Boddington’s.
The bartender at Fado’s in Denver knew how to pour.
HAHAHA. Looks like we all deserve to be drunk during this weekend. Polished off some Dos Equis Amber and some Silver Bullet this weekend along with some Sam Summer.
Will be downing more brews tonight. God, I love summer.
Heartland Brewery’s Stmbling Buffalo Ale is the Tits. And I love the name
The best ever is Red Seal Ale from the North Coast Brewing Company in Ft. Bragg, CA. Awesome bitey red ale with a nice hoppy finish. The perfect thing for foggy Mendocino Coast afternoons.
Or perhaps the Boont Amber or Hop Ottin’ IPA from Anderson Valley Brewing Company in Boonville. It’s a hard choice. But basically NoCal rocks the hops!
this is not about beer
(sorry)
but this is the most racist/dumb/stupid/ thing i have ever seen
This is also why true hoop should not have gone to the wwl.
On a post about butler going to the 16 year olds birthday this was found.
pctx1030 (5/27/2007 at 1:23 PM)
Guns+Blacks=Trouble,Murders,and Felonies. I’d say Caron is a much better Black than most Blacks in the NBA, but I hope he keeps this up. Time will tell just exactly what kind of person he is.
wtf? did he mean to post this in his kkk message board?
KSK just turned into Fark.
Great Lakes Eliot Ness. Badass name for a badass beer.
Damn… Big Daddy Drew would have picked Yuengling. Best beer ever. Damn.
No one from Chicago here?
I’m going with 321.
And I’ll wrap this up with Schnitzengiggles.
“I want to stick my dick in it!”
Samuel Smith’s Organically Produced Ale
To the three of you that picked the Oatmeal Stout, how do you do it? To me that shit is like drinking a loaf of bread.
Thank you Drew for picking yuengling near the top of the draft order. Spent a few weeks in the Philly area and fell in love with that beer and here it is four years later and I am still pissed cause I cant buy it in Cincinnati.
That being said my pick is any of the beers on tap at the Hofbrau House in Newport,KY
http://www.galenfrysinger.com/hofbrau_house.htm
La Fin Du Monde
the ice axe made by the alaskan brewing company for one restaurant in Talkeetna. It is stronger than wine. one beer and a hanburger and you’re feeling pretty good.
Zima.
(Kidding!)
WV: yvpukz — because I drank all that Zima
Why do I always show up late for these things? Damn Pacific time zone.
Anyway, Bridgeport makes a killer amber called Ropewalk. I usually don’t like amber because they remind me of Amber Lancaster. But this was a pleasant experience.
[sob]
COME BACK, AMBER!!!
Is the Olde English 800 the same as Ice 800? That was the malt liquor of choice just after high school. There’s a picture of a cat on the back side of the label. We used to say, “If the cat winks, you’re fucked.”
which beers tonight um?
Screw me?
I’ll bring Clint back like that!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_peaks_brewery
I missed so many freakin’ picks because I was trying to do some work this afternoon so I’m picking again.
Screw you UM, leave me alone.
I’m taking Triumph Maibock from Triumph Brewery in Princeton, NJ. I used to love that beer.
That’s what happens when I use CTRL+F and a person doesn’t know how to spell. IT IS ST. IDES not St. Ide’s. Right…
OK then I’ll take OB beer. It is from Korea. Had it once at a Korean BBQ spot in NYC once and it was refreshing….ahhhhhhhhh.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_Brewery
St. Ide’s was taken already. All the good Malt Liquor was taken already(goddamn what an oxymoron that is). Even Crazy Horse was taken. You could go for Ballantine’s XXX(the stuff in the green 40 oz.), but that shit sucks.
Sorry, kind of hard to keep track of 359 comments, especially when YOU ARE ACTUALLY DRINKING BEER.
I then pick El Presidente, the best Dominican export since phat asses, merengue, and baseball players.
(Flubby took Dos Equis very early, otherwise I would have taken that).
Carta Blanca
How could you heathens forget about St. Ides? The patron saint of drunk muthfuckas e’rywh’re.
“Yo Kaine, had 2 balls a Ides man…I’m fu’ked up…”
the 90 is amazing. the 120 has more alcohol and is a bit sweeter but the 90 has the best balance of the three.
I’ve had the dogfish head 90, but I haven’t been able to find the others around town.
The 90 was good though.
Olde Town, that’s a new one for me. The beer sounds pretty good but then there’s this…
http://www.churchinabrewery.com
now i’m confused.
jammq- OE has already been mentioned twice. come on people.
I was so moved by this draft that I went to Birreria Paradiso. The Dogfish Head 120 kicked my ass. After that the Speckled Hen was practically flavorless. I also tried the Dogfish Head Immort Ale. Tasty shit in its own right.
Old Towne Pale Ale, fuckers. I’m down but now out.
This legal-Black and Tan
God dammit, I missed this draft because I was drinking beer.
Since Sweetwater 420 is off the board, I’ll take one of their others.
Sweetwater Summer Hummer. Its a white ale brewed with coriander and orange peel.
Atlanta’s contribution to the beer game.
Wait . . . Wait . . . 347 comments and still nobody’s pulled the trigger? You pussy, wannabe beer snobs.
I’ll do it then, Olde English 800.
I still love this shit and I’m damn near 30. It’s delicious, always, always does the job, and is cheap. You know each one of you has succumbed to this liquid crack at least once in your life.
You know, 2 years ago at the Seattle International Beer (SIB) Festival, I had a smoked bacon-flavored beer. It was so god damned tasty that we kept going back for more 4 oz refills.
But then I got drunk enough to not remember the name of said scrumdiddilyumptious beer. Damnit. But I’m choosing that one. It was some foreign-ish type beer.
Hmmmmm bacon.
O’Douls.
Someone’s gotta be sober enough at the end of the night to drop you fuckers off in front of someone else’s house, put you on the wrong train or in a cab going in the opposite direction of which you live.
fat tire’s already taken, pussy
fat tire, pussies
And I’ve waited a bit now after taking two so close. So now I chose Sol Cerveza.
Ah, I almost forgot one final beer.
Samuel Smith’s Nut Brown
oh, this is for the rapture- hit control-F and type in “Brooklyn”
Whatever. I waited a few minutes. I grow impatient.
1st pick: Asahi. See above.
2nd pick: Samuel Smith’s Pale Ale. The Oatmeal Stout was already taken…
3rd pick: Pyramid Weisen varieties. That includes the Hefe and the Apricot. Great Bay Area beer.
4th: Maccabee Beer. #1 beer in Israel. Fighting for the tribe on the board.
5th: Lost Coast Great White Ale. Once again, Hoe and Blue Moon were taken. This is the Colt Brennan of this draft.
Wow, I’m late. And I’m thirsty.
First pick: Asahi. The 2nd best sake bomb beer. Fuck you, BDD, for taking Sapporo.
Brother Thelonious
Belgian Style Abbey Ale
Like a Belgian “Dark Strong Ale”, the beer is rich and robust with an ABV of 9.3%. The package is a 750 ml bottle with a traditional cork and wire finish and features a label picturing the jazz master himself.
Vital Statistics
Style: Belgian Style Strong Dark
Color: Dark mahogany
ABV: 9.4%
Bitterness: 32 IBU’s
Third pick:
Spaten Optimator.
WF
My second pick is staying local to Tempe. Four Peaks Brewing Company which is literally a ten minute stumble away. I will take Ts. Golden Pilsner.
I guess not many New Yorkers?
I didn’t see anybody draft the Brooklyn Brewery beers.
Put me down for all their drafts…
Brooklyn Lager
Brooklyn IPA
Brooklyn Weisse
Monster Brew
and so on.
Done and done.
I am late to the party but I was working before they sent me home and suspended me for the weekend. Thanks guys for Memorial weekend off.
Being from Minnesota now living in Tempe I will take Michelob Golden Draft Light. The thirty five sided beer that I can drink for thirty hours straight and have.
pike’s kilt lifter. some strong ass beer
Boulevard’s “Bob’s 47″
http://www.blvdbeer.com
It as inversely awesome as the Royals are bad.
Goose Island Matilda. Everything a redhead should be.
Scrimshaw from N Cali is delicious
http://www.northcoastbrewing.com/beer-scrimshaw.htm
Sierra Nevada Wheat ale is crispisima
Hoegaarden is the best commercialized Belgian Wite.
picked 3 cuz was late to the game…
@ trickdaddy
I took Gonzo Porter about 25 posts back. Way to check through the thread. The least you could have done is check the past fifty posts.
Theakston’s Old Peculier
See it here
Great – I can come in here in the 320s and still nominate Australia’s finest – Little Creatures.
It takes a certain intimacy with your beer to name one after the yeast. Gotta love those Aussies.
Gonzo Imperial Ale
http://www.flyingdogales.com/beer-specialty-gonzo.asp
burnsey….I could have sworn you went for the Molson XXX….damn…it just isn’t my day, I guess I should head home from work now…
Three Floyds bourbon barrel-aged Dark Lord Imperial Stout…..it was drafted first in a recent draft of ‘greatest THING ever’ so it seems appropriate to enter it here as well.
I went to Halifax some years back for a cousin’s wedding, and I really enjoyed the 2 or 300 Alexander Keith’s I drank that week.
Sorry American Oil, the Molson’s mine. I took the moonshine a long time ago.
I came into this late and was about to start shitting down some necks until Dave manned up and picked the best beer of all time with 3 Floyd’s Dark Lord Russian Imperial Stout.
Close behind that for hilariously delicious is Goose Island’s Bourbon County Stout.
Championship.
Balashi
From Aruba
Tastes like a Heinken with more personality and less skunk.
Haystack Black – Portland Brewing
Can’t even find it anymore
When I was 17, I drank some very good beer
I drank some very good beer, that I purchased with a fake ID
My name was Bryan Mcgee
I stayed up listening to Queen
When I was seventeen
Peter, GREAT choice with the gonzo.
I’ll go with the Three Floyds Dark Lord.
I’m signing Highlands Oatmeal Stout, another fine North Carolina beer.
so for my draft, I have Young’s Double Chocolate Stout, Duck Rabbit Porter, Fuller’s London Porter, Hofbrau Dunkel, anything from Yazoo Brewing, and Highlands Oatmeal Stout.
I dare anyone to say they beat me, overall top-to-bottom, on the dark beers.