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Clockwerk said:
This is kinda cool...Every year there is a local beer festival to raise money for a local avian research center. It's basically a lot of local breweries and national beer distributors getting drunk in a convention hall eating the food provided by local restaurants. Well this year they decided to put together the state's two biggest microbreweries together and make a collaboration near for the event. One brewery Choc specializes in Belgian abbey ales and the other Marshall's is known for their IPA....so they made a Belgian Style IPA. I can't wait to try it.
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They specialize in Belgian abbey ales ? :mad:
Belgian abbeys specialize in them, the others are bad rip offs.
 
eltoro507 said:
They specialize in Belgian abbey ales ? :mad:
Belgian abbeys specialize in them, the others are bad rip offs.
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Sorry, Belgian abbey type beers, don't mean to upset the Belgians... I've professed my love for your brews earlier in this thread.:D
 
the new york times held a beer rating last week...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/dining/reviews/24wine.html

Our No. 2 beer was the Valeir Divers from Contreras, a small brewery in the East Flanders region of Belgium. Once again, a totally different beer, with an aroma that reminded me of fresh corn, and complex flavors. The beer also had a touch of sweetness, but it was so well balanced that it seemed to be dry.

Another Contreras beer, the Valeir Extra, also made our top 10, coming in at No. 7. The Extra seemed less complex than the Divers, with more bitterness from hops. The Web site of the Contreras importer, 12 Percent, categorizes the Extra as a Belgian India pale ale, and the Divers as a Tripel, a style of golden beer modeled on Trappist beers. We?re simply going to call them Belgian golden ales.
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:woot: those are made 100m from my door, i can kind of say that's my home beer, i have one at least once a week
 
eltoro507 said:
They specialize in Belgian abbey ales ? :mad:
Belgian abbeys specialize in them, the others are bad rip offs.
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Name one Belgian "abbey" beer that is actually brewed in an abbey. Note, Trappistes do not count, as they are not "abbey" beers.
 
Magners said:
Guinness from a glass bottle isn't nearly as good as Guinness from a tin. Nor are either of them nearly as good as Guinness from a proper tap..
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I've never had either, but I had always thought that beer from a bottle was supposed to be better than from a can.

Or am I thinking of something different?
 
Adunaphel said:
Name one Belgian "abbey" beer that is actually brewed in an abbey. Note, Trappistes do not count, as they are not "abbey" beers.
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trappistes are the ONLY abbey beers!!!!
 
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have many pints of guiness and a fifth of Jameson irish whiskey standing by for tomorrow. all we need now is baileys for some car bombs and we are set.

finished all the irish red earlier tonight
 
well it's been St.Patricks for nearly 3 hours here and I'm lucky to have a random Canadian to drink. Forgot all about it.
 
That American Girl said:
I've never had either, but I had always thought that beer from a bottle was supposed to be better than from a can.

Or am I thinking of something different?
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No, you're correct in general, from what I happen to know myself. I greatly prefer beer from glass bottles when I'm purchasing it at the store.

Guinness (or, stouts in general) are the exception to the general rule.
 
Yeah, but you have to drink straight from the bottle in order for it to work properly. It's wonderful to have such a "portable" Guinness with a decent head, but It still cant live up to the pour of the nitro-can.
 
True. I made the mistake of pouring my bottle into a glass and it didn't really have the same taste, so now it's all just right from the bottle (unless it's on tap of course).
 
Just found this:

Controversial Brand Name
German Firm Wins Right to Make Beer Called 'Fucking Hell'

The EU's trademarks authority has permitted a German firm to brew beer and produce clothing under the name "Fucking Hell". It may be an expletive in English, but in German it could refer to a light ale -- Hell -- from the Austrian town of Fucking. Whether it will be brewed there is another question.

The European Union trademarks authority has permitted a German firm to register the brand name "Fucking Hell" for a new beer, much to the irritation of the Austrian village of Fucking.

In English, the term "Fucking Hell" is just an expletive used to express irritation or surprise. In German, it could refer to a light ale from Fucking in Upper Austria, because "Hell" is a term for light ale in southern Germany and Austria.

The problem is that Fucking has no brewery, and the town's mayor, Franz Meindl, is not aware of any plans to build one there, Austrian public broadcaster ORF reported on its Web site.

The Trade Marks and Designs Registration Office of the European Union said in a statement that it had rejected a complaint that the trade mark "Fucking Hell" was upsetting, accusatory and derogatory.

"The word combination claimed contains no semantic indication that could refer to a certain person or group of persons. Nor does it incite a particular act. It cannot even be understood as an instruction that the reader should go to hell," the Office said in its statement.

EU Trademark Office Has No Problem with Name

"Fucking Hell" was an "an interjection used to express a deprecation, but it does not indicate against whom the deprecation is directed," the Office added. "Nor can it be considered as reprehensible to use existing place names in a targeted manner (as a reference to the place), merely because this may have an ambiguous meaning in other languages."

That is good news for German marketing executives Stefan Fellenberg and Florian Krause, who own the rights to the brand name, and who had referred to the town of Fucking in their application to register it.

Tittelconsulting, a marketing agency, said in a statement on Monday that the owners will use the trademark to manufacture a variety of products including clothing and beer. "It includes the marketing of a beer among other things," Tittelconsulting said in a statement.

The new brew was likely to be presented in August or September, it added. Contacted by SPIEGEL ONLINE, Fellenberg declined to give further comment, so it's unclear where the beer will be brewed.

It is likely to heighten Fucking's fame, which is something Meindl, the town's mayor, isn't happy about, given the trouble the name has caused it over the years. "Twelve or 13 town signs have been stolen. We've taken to fixing them with concrete, welding and rivets."

The Bavarian towns of Kissing and Petting have the same problem, as does the eastern German town of Pissing. But so far, there are no plans to name a beer after them.

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The village that inspired the name: Fucking, Austria
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Source: http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,686305,00.html

Sometimes -- only sometimes -- you gotta love EU bureaucracy :D
 
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I came accross this article earlier today already and once again I have to question the accuracy of Spiegel articles. Doesn't Hell, or Helles to be more precise, refer to a somewhat halfassed lager/Pilsner type beer, i.e. a bottom fermented beer, rather a top fermented beer - an ale?
 
Did anyone ever tell you, that you can be a hell of a killjoy? :lol:
 
^ Hahaha!

So anyways I need a recommendation. Innis and Gunn is possibly one of my favourite beers, but at $3.50 a bottle It really doesn't fit in a university student's budget more than once a month. So can anyone recommend a beer similar to the "oak aged" style of Innis but cheaper? I'm located in Canada but our liquor stores do still have a huge variety.
 
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