*** HAPPY BIRTHDAY USA #1 JULY LC THREAD*** - Page 11

Soulman · 07-02-2012, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by downtown

Soulman, it may be too late but if you're looking for good beer places use beermenus.com.

Personally I've only tasted 3-4 of the great stouts, but it's impossible to say that USA#1 doesn't dominate this category. How you would get your hands on the best though is beyond me, they are in insanely high demand here... even I only find something great a few times a year (e.g. local places tapping Founder's KBS, waiting in line for a bottle of Three Floyds Dark Lord, bartender at a local bar that had just found a barrel of a few year old Goose Island Bourbon County Stout... <3 <3 <3 ). As a tourist you would NEVER have access to that stuff unless you knew a beer nerd or were some sort of twitter beer stalker. It's impossible that there's anything better in Norway.

Yeah unfortunately it's too late. And I obv never said the bolded. Great Divide's best stout (espresso something something) was prob comparable to the best stout I've had in Norway. I'm probably not enough of a stout affecionado to be able to fully appreciate the best/heaviest stouts anyways.

cobra,
thanks but yeah it was too late. Just walked all the hills back up to the hotel and couldn't bother going back down/up again (going later in the evening for food at The House) so just used the hotel "gym".

downtown · 07-02-2012, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Soulman

Yeah unfortunately it's too late. And I obv never said the bolded. Great Divide's best stout (espresso something something) was prob comparable to the best stout I've had in Norway. I'm probably not enough of a stout affecionado to be able to fully appreciate the best/heaviest stouts anyways.

Right, just saying to judge USA#1 on our best, not our averages. On average our beer in general (not stouts, but all beer) is a tasteless miller lite. I believe you did say, and I quote, "USA#1".

fredd-bird · 07-02-2012, 07:52 PM

Feel like grilling out today and enjoying the 4th. Got this all ready and and a nice glass of Maker's Mark to keep me going. Happy USA #1 week!

Ostensibly Thremp · 07-02-2012, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by downtown

Right, just saying to judge USA#1 on our best, not our averages. On average our beer in general (not stouts, but all beer) is a tasteless miller lite. I believe you did say, and I quote, "USA#1".

Soulman isn't even aware of the significantly better Danish stouts. I wouldn't really worry about it.

fredd-bird · 07-02-2012, 08:39 PM

After:

It really sucks making one meal at a time... amirite G4S?

JohnnyFondue · 07-02-2012, 08:49 PM

Good Work freddy seagull looks omonmon

I wonder what I should eat after playing basketball ...

Hmmmmm...

cobrastatus · 07-02-2012, 08:58 PM

psshh

if you don't know already your diet is probably 100% crap

Soulman · 07-02-2012, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by downtown

Right, just saying to judge USA#1 on our best, not our averages. On average our beer in general (not stouts, but all beer) is a tasteless miller lite. I believe you did say, and I quote, "USA#1".

Sure. I've had more good beer in the US than anywhere else, and like you say I haven't even had that many of the great ones.

Complete aside, but are there good microbrews everywhere, even in all the southern states?

kidcolin · 07-02-2012, 09:10 PM

massive WIL tonight. sigh. Might have to WIM it up and find a place to squat tomorrow. Or maybe run hills tomorrow and Squats For America on the 4th.

kidcolin · 07-02-2012, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Soulman

Sure. I've had more good beer in the US than anywhere else, and like you say I haven't even had that many of the great ones.

Complete aside, but are there good microbrews everywhere, even in all the southern states?

it's getting to be that way. Not sure about the deep south but I'd be surprised if there weren't a few, and distribution keeps improving (the distro system is still the one really ****ed up barrier to entry the macros have over the micros).

West Coast is top dog for sure, though. There's some top notch **** in the north east and throughout the midwest, but from SD all the way up to Seattle it's pretty bananas.

Ostensibly Thremp · 07-02-2012, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by kidcolin

it's getting to be that way. Not sure about the deep south but I'd be surprised if there weren't a few, and distribution keeps improving (the distro system is still the one really ****ed up barrier to entry the macros have over the micros).

West Coast is top dog for sure, though. There's some top notch **** in the north east and throughout the midwest, but from SD all the way up to Seattle it's pretty bananas.

It isn't close. The South and Midwest are pretty vastly inferior. There is some good stuff (unique stuff like Purple Haze or their Strawberry product), and probably some stuff comparable to Northern Europe.

But really, why is there a need for a local brewery to make a porter? Unless its absurdly cheap I'm gonna buy Anchor Porter (or has some other gimmicky reason). The nat'l availability of top top stuff is improving day by day. The average microbrew is pretty terrible and I blame brewpubs.

Edit: If you go out to random brewpubs or poorly reviewed microbrews, you'll find a steady stream of locals drinking their swill. I find this incredibly tilting. Especially when it is just a crappy version of something better you can get at the same place.

fredd-bird · 07-02-2012, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Soulman

Complete aside, but are there good microbrews everywhere, even in all the southern states?

I don't know what "good" microbrews are, but there are plenty of random ones around in addition to the usual suspects.

I'm surprised there aren't more dudes brewing their own beer itt.

KRS ONE · 07-02-2012, 09:48 PM

Nogne Dark Horizon. aka /end stout discussion.

Just a lazy 75IBU's @ 16% Alc.

And only 480cal!

KRS ONE · 07-02-2012, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by loco

Zombie dust is a really awesome beer. One of the big dogs should just buy the recipe and commercialize it all over the world with a new name. Make billions. People would never drink corona or heineken again. Its an awesome beer because the beer donks know immediately its great but its also much appreciated by the beer connoiseurs.

This will never happen, the reason those beers are all so popular is because people dont want to taste anything, they just want to be told what to drink & to get drunk.

You start mixing that up with crazy **** like "flavor", and people will have nfi whats going on.

KRS ONE · 07-02-2012, 09:51 PM

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Originally Posted by fredd-bird

I don't know what "good" microbrews are, but there are plenty of random ones around in addition to the usual suspects.

I'm surprised there aren't more dudes brewing their own beer itt.

One of my best mates is a king homebrewer, has medelled at the national homebrew championships. Some of his stuff is just ridiuclously good.

I went along to the state compititon with him a couple of times, which basically degenerates into 50+ beers on tap along with a whole ton of bottled stuff left over and everyone getting ****faced.

A++ day, would do again.