Comments on: International

By: mfinn

mfinn — Mon, 08 Dec 2003 04:10:51 +0000

for what it’s worth…why do people always jump on me for being drunk when i’m not…and then let me go do whatever w/out a care when i’m blind and barely standing? happens to the beast of us I guess.

By: mig

mig — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 19:08:19 +0000

Good springtime drink… Perhaps just regular beer. Or wine. No special drink occurs to me right now… Market opportunity. Let’s invent one. My suggestion: Eierlik

By: scotty the body

scotty the body — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:22:16 +0000

that is something the US brewers dont really usually understand, the seasonal brews. us brewers will stick some cranberry or nutmeg in beer and call it xmas brew. no good, IMO. i liked the austrian seasonal stuff better. bock tooward christmas. sturm in the autumn. radlers in the summer. the hot mulled cider, wines and whiskey aroound the holidays… it all made more sense. what the good fruhlings beverage

By: scotty the body

scotty the body — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 16:18:45 +0000

ahhh.. i miss eurobevs. while the us has a ton of amazing and, i would argue, even some of the best beer, and a few amazing bourbons, most of the truly good stuff is in euro land (tequila, however, is another matter. i really like the regional flavors and the fact that they are readily available or just a short journey away.

i am going to have to begin the single malt education.

By: mig

mig — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 02:02:22 +0000

Beta and I just finished a can of Belle-Vue Kriek beer I bought at that Belgian stand I was talking about – she wanted to taste it, so I poured a little into a glass and she took a sip and gave me the glass back. Which is what I was hoping – that she wouldn’t like beer. 14 is too young to get started on that.

Judging from the label of the can, “kriek” means cherry. The beer had a mild cherry taste. Not nearly as bad as it sounds.

Aberlour, huh? I’ve never heard of it. I’ll keep my eyes peeled. I used to drink Laphroaig, just because people familiar with it would say, “how the hell can you drink that stuff?” (strong iodine aftertaste, but good against colds, or so I told myself).

By: chris

chris — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 01:45:44 +0000

Back when I used to drink and get into fights with myself, I loved Aberlour. Smokey, smooth and warm. Once, I became the unwitting victim of a lecture on Single Malts from another drunk at a bar who insisted on buying me a snifter of Johnny Walker Blue Label for comparison- although I agreed with him at the time to shut him up (and out of respect for the price tag), I swear I secretly liked Aberlour better.

By: joeri

joeri — Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:19:26 +0000

Sure we have "Christmas beers" in Belgium, not only Bock type, but every sort: http://web.wanadoo.be/fredjevh/delouvre/xmas.html

By: mig

mig — Tue, 02 Dec 2003 01:56:23 +0000

What? Belgium has more than one strong, dark beer?

It was on the sweet side, just slightly sweet. And strong. Like I said.

Oh, that reminds me. Bock beer season is approaching. Strong, bitter beer drunk around Christmastime hereabouts. Have you got that too? No doubt. Every brewing company in Austria puts out at least one, so you must. About twice as strong… or more… than normal beer. Normal European beer.

By: joeri

joeri — Tue, 02 Dec 2003 01:32:41 +0000

http://www.negia.net/~brew/westmalle.html

By: joeri

joeri — Tue, 02 Dec 2003 01:31:40 +0000

Hmmm. Strong dark Belgian beer. Might be Westmalle, for instance. Or – if the beers at the bazaar were more commercial – probably Leffe. Not so bad, but a traditional Trappist (like Westmalle) is to Leffe what Johnny Walker is to Oban. Good to have you drinking nevertheless :)