The Booze Thread

[ice grillin you]

theres def gotta be ciders stronger than the 5% range.....theoretically you can make it as strong as you want....i suspect they dont go real high because then it becomes a wine or at least starts to resemble a wine like taste and then its like whats the point of making a cider if you are going to go there

[Munson]

Over the holidays I had....

Twin Lakes Jubilicious
Anchor Christmas Ale
Goose Island Christmas Ale
Harpoon Winter Warmer
Breckenridge Christmas Ale

All goddamn delicious. I think the Harpoon might have been my favorite.....but the Breckenridge was really good as well.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

I had about two gallons of Young's Double Chocolate over Christmas.

Nummy

[Diomedes]

I've seen a can of that and though bleehch!

I'm mistaken?  Chocolate beer?

[hbionic]

I've had a type of chocolate beer, pretty sure not that one, but it was delicious.

[General_Failure]

Pretzels go with beer. Chocolate goes with pretzels. It should work.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

Not really a chocolate beer, but you can definitely detect notes of it, along with coffee and occasionally toffee.

It's the farging business.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/664/73

It comes in bottles generally. Never seen the cans in person.

[Munson]

I've had Rouge's double chocolate stout before...it was just a little too much for me. I'm not a fan of coffee flavored shtein so stouts aren't my thing

[SD]

What do you folks think about hard ciders?  I've been padding the revenue stream for Angry Orchard lately.  I prefer their "traditional dry" to their other marques.  I've also tried the woodchuck amber, their original, and it's comparable (though a tad weaker at 5% vs. 5.5%).  I also had the woodchuck pear cider...at 4% it's like drinking soda, and it's way too sweet for me.

Does anyone know of a cider that breaks the 5.5% ABV?

Strongbow is 5%. Pretty sure the kind I was drinking in Australia in 98' was 8%. Not really into sweet tasting alcoholic beverages but Strongbow isn't half bad.

[Rome]

Young's Double Chocolate is farging delicious.  And it doesn't taste like a Hershey bar either.   Just a hint of it.

[ice grillin you]

i bet chocolate stout tastes extra good at the soccer bar

[PhillyPhreak54]

I tried that Strongbow stuff once...nasty.

[PhillyPhanInDC]

i bet chocolate stout tastes extra good at the soccer bar

I'd bet you have no idea what you are talking about. I'd also bet that everyone here already knows that.

[Diomedes]

I've had the Strongbow as well.  It's alright, nothing special.  I certainly preferred it over the Pear Woodchuck.

so far:

Angry Orchard "Traditional Dry"
Woodchuck "Amber"
Angry Orchard "Crisp Apple"
Strongbow
Woodchuck Pear

Next time I buy cider I'll get the big Euro brand Magner's and see how that is.

[Susquehanna Birder]

Check out:

http://jackshardcider.com/

...and...

http://docshardcider.com/

Jack's is made near Gettysburg, and they offer a nice, refreshing cider variety. I had the Doc's at a brew fest this summer, and I liked it a lot.