Beer Drinkers Challenge

[Father Demon]

My in-laws live up ion Gloversville, which is pretty close to Schenectady.  We were going to hit Saratoga last week while there, but we ran short on time.

[ice grillin you]

never heard of gloversville but i knwo the tri cities fairly well

we have a place on the northern tip of lake george in ticonderoga

[Seabiscuit36]

Just got back from Maine. 

Geary's Pale Ale, much better as a beer than a reliever. 

Shipyard Pumpkinhead Ale..Really had too much spice in it.  If anyone's ever made Beer Bread, this beer should be banging in that stuff.  Yes, i'll off myself right now for saying that.

[rjs246]

1. Miller Lite: tastes great, not filling, got me drunk.
2. Pabst Blue Ribbon: the local pub just switched from Miller Lite to PBR so I'll be drinking much more of this going forward. Consistent. Inoffensive. Produces no hangover. HUMONGOUS mud butt the following day.
3. Sierra Nevada India Pale Ale: It's farging India Nevada India Pale Ale. You've had it. It's tasty. Nothing to write home about.
4. Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat: Crap. A light wheat beer that could have been acceptable except for the second rate blueberry taste and Lysol aftertaste.
5. Victory Prima Pils: Completely drinkable but really just tastes like Miller Lite. Mild, delicious but more expensive than Miller Lite so no reason to ever buy it.
6. Victory Golden Monkey: 9.5% alcohol. And you can taste it. It almost tastes like a good Belgian beer, but the extra alcohol adds a little bit of a barley wine taste to it. Wouldn't drink more than one or two at a clip for taste. For drunk would drink several.
7. Duvel: If you like Belgian beer, this is one of several that should be part of your standard fare. Light, delicious and easily drinkable but with plenty of flavor.
8. Harpoon IPA: Honestly, most IPAs taste the same to me. They aren't my favorite and I don't like drinking a lot of them at once, but a couple at a time is just about right.
9. Redhook ESB: I don't even know what ESB stands for, but it's $2 a bottle at my bar. So it gets the tonsil treatment.
10. Sam Adams Summer Ale: So Sam Adams beers have a lot of flavor, which makes them enjoyable to drink with a meal and less enjoyable to drink en mass. Anyway, most of the Sam Seasonal flavors are shtein, but Sam Summer is pretty drinkable.
11. Red Stripe. The further removed from my college days I get, the less I like Lagers. (Miller Lite and the other light nonsense shtein that I jokingly tout as fantastic don't count. They're basically alcoholic water.)
12. Dos Equis Special Lager. Meh.
13. Heineken. Crap crap crap skunked crap
14. Sam Adams Boston Lager. Lots of flavor. I would never marathon drink with the stuff but one or two at a time is about right.
15. Bud Light. Awful.
16. Miller High Life. Slightly better.
17. Amstel Light. Delicious.
18. I forgot that I drank something called Moonshot 69 last night. It's caffeinated and TERRIBLE.
19. Redhook Blonde. Meh. Redhook is pretty meh all around.
20. Radeberger. My friend has been pimping this shtein to me for weeks so I tried it. I was completely in the bag when I got it, but it tasted like open ass.
21. Guinness. It took me almost a month to have one of these. I'm ashamed of myself.
22. Yeungling. I never thought it would happen, but I don't really like Yeungling anymore. It's starting to taste a little skunky to me and it always gives me awful hangovers and poopbabies. Having said that I drank about 12 of them last night.
23. Anchor Steam. Mmmmm, Anchor Steam.
24. Magic Hat Mystery Beer. Had some bite. Pretty good actually.
25. Magic Hat Circus Boy Heffeviesteneinfrefneru v. Delicious.
26. Smithwick's. An old favorite.
27. Bard's Tale. I'm ashamed of myself for even accepting the offer to drink this shtein. Awful
28. Stella Artois. People love this. I think it is less offensive than most 'green bottle beer' but still rather gross.
29. Miller High Life Lite. Hahahahaahahahaha. It literally tastes like nothing. Slightly carbonated water. Far less offensive than I expected and basically a replica of Miller Lite. Will buy it if I see it and it costs less than Lite.
30. Genny Light
31. JW Dundee's Pale Ale
32. JW Dundee's Honey Brown
33. JW Dundee's Amber Lager
34. Budweiser (heavy). Some flavor, not good. Lots of explosive gas the following day, very good.
35. Blue Moon. Tasty. Kind of a lame copy of real Belgian beer.
36. Sixpoint Summer Ale. The keg was warm as shtein but it would have tasted funky even ice cold. Blecht.
37. Lone Star. Cheap and delicious.
38. Michelob Lager. Gross.
39. Dos Equis Amber. Maybe the only thing Mexicans have ever done right?
40. Woodstock Pig's Ear Brown Ale. Some bite without an aftertaste. Good stuff.
41. Woodstock Weasle Wheat. I don't really dig wheat beers, but this was drinkable.
42. Woodstock Red Rack. Tasted like Killians, which I haven't had in years.

[Phanatic]

Michelob Bavarian Wheat - Very much Yum.
Michelob Lager - Not bad since the reformulation.
Michelob Amberbock - Nice beer to have after dinner to wind things down.
Grolsch - Free and not too bad for a dutch beer.

All of this beer was free too... Thich really helps with the taste of it.

[ice grillin you]

the michelob lager is just regular michelob right?

if so i like that a lot...one of my five favorite beers

[Phanatic]

Yes. They reformulated (Actually returned to the original recipe without rice I think) renamed and repackaged it in the shaped bottles. It is one of my favorites as well.

Also Mich light is my favorite light beer.

[ice grillin you]

definitely....mich lite or mgd is my favorite beer period

[Father Demon]

119. Michelob Ultra Cactus Lime
120. Saranac Summer Ale
121. Saranac Belgian Wheat
122. Saranac Kolsch
123. Saranac Pomegranate Wheat


All in all, I have to give the Saranac Brewery a C- at best.  Maybe even a D.  None of their beers stood out at all, and they all tasted pretty much the same with only mild differences.

[shorebird]

1. Miller Lite: tastes great, not filling, got me drunk.

That would be great on a commercial.

2. Pabst Blue Ribbon: the local pub just switched from Miller Lite to PBR so I'll be drinking much more of this going forward. Consistent. Inoffensive. Produces no hangover. HUMONGOUS mud butt the following day.

I remember my old man drinking that brew back in the late 70's. In the early 80's when I turned 18, (which was legal drinking age then) it was 2 bucks a six pack.

13. Heineken. Crap crap crap skunked crap

shtein in a bottle

[Father Demon]

Been a while since I updated, but I've also been slacking.   I should pick it up some this month, since I'm traveling like a madman.

124. Warsteiner Premium Vernum (Warstein, Germany) - this was crap.  D
125. Organic Wild Hop Lager (Green Valley Brewing, Fairfield, CA) - surprisingly good.  Very tasty. B+
126. Arcadias Starboard Stout - Friend brought this from IN.  Quite tasty.  B+
127. Sam Adams Cream Stout - This was OK.  B-
128. Sam Adam's Octoberfest - Sam Adams has a shteinload of beer.  This was not one of their best.  C+
129. Sweaty Betty Blonde (Boulder Brewery, CO) - This is good brewery.  And this was a good selection.  B+
130. Mojo IPA (Boulder Brewery, CO) - I luv me sum IPA.  A-
131. Hazed & Infused Dry Hop Ale (Boulder Brewery, CO) - Very tasty, but quite an aftertaste.  B- for the aftertaste problem.
132. Singletracks Copper Ale (Boulder Brewery, CO) - Nice strong taste.  I liked it.  B

[Father Demon]

Oh yeah..  Only 95 days in to "the challenge", and I'm up 37 beers ahead of the curve.

I have 118 days left, and 82 beers to go.  Of course, it does get harder the higher the number.

[Zanshin]

Beer vid

[Father Demon]

Not bad...   I've done most of them (or at least something similar), but I seriously have to try the CD trick.  That's a new one to me.

[Father Demon]

Poker night last night, plus a couple from here and there since the last update.

133. Redpoint Ale (Avery Brewing, Boulder, CO) - B
134. Miller Lite - I can't believe I hadn't had one of these since June 1st
135. Whitebread Pale Ale (Bedforshire, England) - C+. Average and bland.
136. Unibroue Maudite (Vermont) - A- : A very good beer with a cool label and story (see below)
137. Founders Dirty bastich - B+ - Better name then beer, but still OK
138. Trader Joe's Hofbrau Bock - D-:  Ugh. This was a poor beer.
139. New Belgium Trippel - A - I think this might be my favorite New Belgium beer.
140. Three Floyd's Pride & Joy Mild Ale - A+. Wow - this is one fantastic beer, and hits the inner hippie in you
141. Oaken Barrel Gnaw Bone Pale Ale - B
142. O'Fallon Cherry Chocolate - B-  Better than it sounds, but still not all that great.
143. Jeff's Home Brew Chocolate #5 - I almost puked.  Seriously, I slammed my 12 ounces to get passed it, and almost puked.

Maudite:


Three Floyd's Pride & Joy: