just had a couple of Crafty Hens,

tasty


http://www.oldspeckledhen.co.u...beers/old-crafty-hen

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Originally posted by billnchristy:
Absinthe.

Drank it once overseas...WHOA!

One of my wife's friends served me a shot of this in France in December 2014. That's the real deal right there. And yes, that's 89.9% alcohol. Not proof.

I actually had a sore throat at the time. One shot of absinthe cured it almost instantly. I was also incapacitated for a full minute. Crazy stuff.

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Sigh. ^ For a long while I was buying the 10/107 for about $35, easy as pie.

Damn you, Justified, Damn you....

$50.00 last year, the beauty and the curse of liquor sale controlled by the Commonwealth.

I know people refer to the "Justified Effect" as a real thing, I just haven't met anyone who would admit they became bourbon drinkers or who chose a brand because of a TV show.

Thats cause u dont know any hipsters. Thats a good thing.

Vanilla Java Porter

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Leinenkugel Oktoberfest and Summit Oktoberfest

blantons gold

followed by another vanilla pumpkin O'fallon beer

Went to dinner at a local German restaurant and had a Hacker-Pschorr Octoberfest there.

Now I'm home and sipping on a glass of Johnnie Walker Select Cask 10yr finished in a Rye cask. This was given to me for my b-day, it's actually not too bad, I kind of like it.

My local grocery store sells singles so I bought some more Octoberfest varieties. First up:


It's a little plain and not as good as Sam Adams.

Up 2nd:


Better than Brooklyn but not as good as Sam Adams

Up 3rd:


My favorite of the 3

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Hacker-Pschorr Original Oktoberfest.

A little of this is going down well tonight

St. Arnold's Amber Ale.

Against the Grain Brewery stout

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Originally posted by GrumpyBiker:
A little of this is going down well tonight



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Spotted that in a market today while getting potato salad; a pack of that comes home on my next trip to the store.

Picked up a single bottle of Dogfish Head's Punkin Ale and opened it tonight... can't say as I'd buy a six pack of this. Smells great, but it's a basic brown ale.

Southern Tier's "Pumking" or "Warlock" are better pumpkin beers, IMHO. Maybe that's the ABV talkin'...

Sam Adam's Fat Jack. Always a great drink, they get better with age.

After some white wine with dinner, a glass of Eagle Rare, which is m new favorite, followed by Dickel.

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Picked up a single bottle of Dogfish Head's Punkin Ale and opened it tonight... can't say as I'd buy a six pack of this. Smells great, but it's a basic brown ale.

Southern Tier's "Pumking" or "Warlock" are better pumpkin beers, IMHO. Maybe that's the ABV talkin'...

Ive heard good things on pumking. Ill try and grab a single.

An ESB I just kegged. Made it from a photo I took of ingredients at a brewpub. It would be a good Amber Ale (if I called it that), but for an ESB, I need to cut down on the crystal malt and add some gypsum to the water next time. A bit too sweet.

I think I'll have a Rum and Coke Zero with a fresh key lime to follow it up.

Ended up sharing Dominos pizza and a bottle of 2008 Stags Leap Cask 23. Quite a pairing.

Lagunitas Maximus, and Knee Deep Triple IPA. I like the KD IPA but at $12.00 for a bomber it's bit too much price for too little differentiation from other IPAs.

http://kneedeepbrewing.com