Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2014 3:55 pm
Forgot to mention Deschutes Black Butte. Loved that
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Forgot about that gem! It was great.dale cannon wrote:there will always be places in my heart for..
okocim porter
<sniff, sniff>
I recently had some Westmalle Tripel and Dubbel that were about a year or two old each and they were terribly oxidized. Perhaps they used to cellar well but the new stuff seems to have quality problems.Belgian wrote:^ I had almost mentioned Okocim. Actually the original Okocim Pils was a nice strong-tasting polish lager, it was later replaced with something called 'export' which I found gross. But the baltic porter, yes!
Westmalle Dubbel is coming back, briefly... I might squirrel away half a case since it ages really well for years, and stands up respectably to some to the more vaunted Trappists (same yeast strain as Westvleteren's brewery now uses, I just remembered.)
Oh, man...yeah...If I remember correctly, were they, like, 250ml?dale cannon wrote:Oh dear!
I neglected to mention the saison DuPont, specifically in the tiny bottles with the butterfly on the label...circa 2006?
+1 for the Prima Pils. I always buy it when travelling now, after having discovered it when it was at the LCBO.spinrsx wrote:Prima pils and dfh 60min
Make that a +2. I loved that beer.Inkling wrote:+1 for the Prima Pils. I always buy it when travelling now, after having discovered it when it was at the LCBO.spinrsx wrote:Prima pils and dfh 60min
mintjellie wrote: I also miss
Sam Adams Latitude 48
Aventinus Weizen-Eisbock.
Belhaven Scottish Stout
What do you guys like about the 250ml bottles? The smaller format? The cute label? I have had a lot of both and I feel pretty strongly that the smaller bottles are inferior. If 250ml is stereo, 750ml is glorious surround sound. So much of what makes Saison Dupont great is the yeast, and I just don't think the dynamics scale down well. (Incidentally, I just had a 10 1/2 year-old Saison Dupont, a 750, a few days ago--amazingly good, one of the best beers I've had all year.)JeffPorter wrote:Oh, man...yeah...If I remember correctly, were they, like, 250ml?dale cannon wrote:Oh dear!
I neglected to mention the saison DuPont, specifically in the tiny bottles with the butterfly on the label...circa 2006?
I don't like the small or large sizes. The various 333ml through 500ml sizes work best for me, cans preferred.Wheatsheaf wrote:What do you guys like about the 250ml bottles? The smaller format? The cute label? I have had a lot of both and I feel pretty strongly that the smaller bottles are inferior. If 250ml is stereo, 750ml is glorious surround sound. So much of what makes Saison Dupont great is the yeast, and I just don't think the dynamics scale down well. (Incidentally, I just had a 10 1/2 year-old Saison Dupont, a 750, a few days ago--amazingly good, one of the best beers I've had all year.)
I felt precisely the same. The one in the mixed pack was a watered down shell of it's former self. The one in singles had a potent and delicious hop profile, beautifully balanced. I will add the singles version of it to my memory lane list.toweringpine wrote:Bellhaven Twisted Thistle.
It was available years ago as singles and made a reappearance in the mixed pack from last Christmas' release. The ones last year were not nearly as good as when it was available as singles.
The butterfly effect.Wheatsheaf wrote:What do you guys like about the 250ml bottles? The smaller format? The cute label? I have had a lot of both and I feel pretty strongly that the smaller bottles are inferior. If 250ml is stereo, 750ml is glorious surround sound. So much of what makes Saison Dupont great is the yeast, and I just don't think the dynamics scale down well. (Incidentally, I just had a 10 1/2 year-old Saison Dupont, a 750, a few days ago--amazingly good, one of the best beers I've had all year.)