BEER (and apparently, WINE)

LordVreeg · December 12, 2009, 10:53:39 PM

Bought a new 02 icewine for the lady for Xmas, and myself some 01 Balmoral Shiraz...details soon.

SDragon · January 03, 2010, 03:24:22 PM

I just discovered that I have a bottle of '02 Livingston Cellars Chablis Blanc. I'm probably not going to open it for quite awhile, but what should I expect when I do open it?

LordVreeg · January 04, 2010, 07:02:42 AM

Quote from: Rorschach FritosI just discovered that I have a bottle of '02 Livingston Cellars Chablis Blanc. I'm probably not going to open it for quite awhile, but what should I expect when I do open it?

Drink it sooner vs later, this is not a wine that is built to be excessivley aged.
This one should be very light, with some citrus and herb notes, would go well with a salad or fish,

SDragon · January 04, 2010, 10:35:24 AM

Do you think it might be able to last until April?

LordVreeg · January 05, 2010, 09:39:04 AM

a few more months will not change it too much. No stress..s

SDragon · January 17, 2010, 07:40:53 PM

As you may know. me and The Other have been watching the newest Batman series tonight, making drinking games out of the movies. We've been doing 'every time the word "fear" is uttered' for the first movie, and we're going to do "every explosion" for the second. We're only 33 minutes into the first movie, and we just got a scene that gave us 5 shots each. I'm definitely... feeling it now, and She's definitely... drunk by now. I think it's a somewhat decent time for one of the two of us to stop right about now :p

update: we were dead-asleep drunk before Batman even appeared. Good game, she said.

LordVreeg · February 12, 2010, 08:01:07 PM

Farina Barolo 03.
had with Roast Chicken.

Very sharp, ascerbic, with smoke and shallot taste. Acid balance really came on after it had been openned for an hour.

brainface · February 12, 2010, 08:08:02 PM

Sweetwater IPA.

I don't know, it tastes good or something. I think it may be that hops thing?

SDragon · April 13, 2010, 08:25:51 PM

Today, I picked up a few books at the local dollar store, one of which is aptly entitled Beer: Domestic, Imported, and Home Brewed. This, with any luck, will be a good guide for me through the world of ales and lagers.

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LordVreeg · April 13, 2010, 09:23:05 PM

Quote from: Rorschach FritosToday, I picked up a few books at the local dollar store, one of which is aptly entitled Beer: Domestic, Imported, and Home Brewed. This, with any luck, will be a good guide for me through the world of ales and lagers.

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we look forward to your report

SDragon · April 14, 2010, 09:18:14 PM

Will do. I hope to get a sampler of some sort, so that I have a variety to practice tasting.

limetom · April 15, 2010, 12:43:22 AM

Someone made this handy guide to the varieties of beer:

LordVreeg · April 15, 2010, 09:08:42 AM

Limetom scores big points. Friggin' yummy.

SDragon · April 17, 2010, 06:51:21 PM

Got the Summer Sampler from Blue Moon Brewery, a Tennessee-based pseudo-microbrewery owned by Coors. Tonight, I'm trying the Pale Moon, a "Belgian-style pale ale". These guys seem to have a thing for Belgian-style beer...

The head seemed to be very light, and it didn't last long, though this could have been the result of a bad pour; the head got to be large quite quickly.

The color is a tad darker than I expected, but it's still certainly light. Reddish, I'd say.

The aroma is noticeably hoppy, though I find it to be somewhat faint.

The flavor is somewhat bitter, but not overpoweringly so. Combined with a slight citrus flavor, it reminds me a bit of slightly dried orange rimes.

Overall, it's fairly decent.

LordVreeg · April 19, 2010, 03:45:04 PM

SD, nice review, BTW. Summer beers go really well with the right weather.

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